"There's barely enough time to love in a lifetime, please don't give it all away to pain," his words were gentle, yet slightly pleading as his hand trailed down my cheek.
"But what if the pain has already consumed me?"
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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞
NOVA
Jimin slowed to a jog as he approached us—definitely the wrong moment for him to show up. I had hoped last night would be the last time I heard from him outside of work, but it seemed he couldn't take a hint.
His presence brought an overwhelming sense of guilt. How could I let his face intrude on my thoughts when I had the perfect man right beside me? Jimin wasn't a good guy; he came across as overly possessive and controlling, traits I neither needed nor could handle.
Wiping the beads of sweat from his face, I couldn't ignore the certain level of cockiness that resonated on Jimin's face at all times. "Fancy seeing you guys here!" he panted, trying to catch his breath.
There was no way that man just happened to be running along the Han River at the same time as us. It was too much of a coincidence, and it angered me that he was always appearing out of nowhere. I was enjoying my time with Jungkook, why did he have to go and ruin it?
I felt my eye twitch and before I knew it, I was yelling at him once again.
"You know what, Jimin, actually I'll drop the formalities since we're clearly not on that level," I said firmly. "Mr. Park, I thought I made it abundantly clear yesterday that I wasn't interested in your company. This isn't a coincidence."
He responded first with a devious smile.
"Mmmm, scold me again," he then taunted, clearly trying to get under my skin. It was working. His presence was fueling an anger I couldn't shake.
"She's right. You don't even jog?" Jungkook asked, looking at Jimin as if he were mad.
"Well I fucking do now..." He snapped back.
If I didn't walk away now, I was going to shove him off the bridge, leaving him with something worse than a bruise. Thinking of it now, I should have let Hyunjin continue.
"I told you I didn't want anything to do with you," I sighed out of frustration. "I tried to be nice and let you down easy, but you ignored me!"
"Did you really mean that?" Jimin asked, his cocky bravado dropping.
Something in the back of my mind told me to stop and that I'd said enough but I just couldn't. Every time I saw him, it was like he'd infected me and my body was trying to reject the poison.
"Yes, I meant it!" I confirmed, pulling Jungkook to carry on walking. Jimin was left with his lips slightly parted yet he was speechless.
"Wow," Jungkook snickered, "you handled that bluntly, but well."
"You said you get possessive over what's yours... I don't want to give you any reason to worry," I mumbled, still feeling the anger bubbling away inside me.
