57 pages 1 hour read

Frances Cha

If I Had Your Face

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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Chapters 5-8Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 5 Summary: “Ara”

Every night, Ara listens to messages recorded by the K-Pop band she likes, Crown, in the hopes of hearing Taein’s voice. She thinks about one message he’d recorded, explaining that the life of an idol isn’t as glamorous as it looks. Ara doesn’t mind that she can’t say anything back to him, and is relieved she is not expected to and can simply enjoy the sound of his voice.

At her hair salon, Ara is having trouble with one of the new assistants, Cherry. Ara tries to manage caring for several high-profile clients at once but becomes overwhelmed. Ara is already in a bad mood because there are rumors going around that Taein is dating another idol named Candy from the group Charming.

One of Ara’s regular clients is a KBC producer who works with Crown regularly during their music promotions. Ara builds the courage to ask the producer if she could introduce her to Crown. However, the appointment goes south as Ara realizes she is supposed to be tending to three clients at once, and her assistant Cherry is nowhere to be seen. Each of the clients becomes angry at Ara for not tending to them fast enough.