Stuck on You

The HeartBreak

'Because you didn't even bother to tell me!' Yejin said as she took out a duffle bag from their walk-in closet. She could feel the feeling of nakedness, of being on display because Bin knew all along but refused to tell her.

Briefly closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, her husband tried his best to regain calm before followed her from behind. 'No, you're not going anywhere like this. I won't let you.' He stopped her by putting her clothes inside the closet again.

Yejin went to his office soon after she talked with her older brother that afternoon, but Bin was in the middle of a meeting. So, she decided to wait for him at their home to talk about this.

Expecting some loathe, detest, or even anger from Bin, his reaction was far from that. Somehow, she could sense from his face that he knew about this already. Especially when Bin said that this was why he didn't want her to talk to Haejin in the first place.

And she was right, he knew about this after he talked to Haejin the other day.

Yejin looked at him straight in the eyes, 'Just get mad at me, Bin! That would be better because you have the right to do that. You make me like the worst villain by doing this. Don't you hate me now?'

A strangled-sounding laugh left his lips, 'Why would I, Yej? So, what if you were the one who picked up the call from Hyekyo on the night of the accident? You were merely picked up a call for goodness shakes!'

New York, 5 Years Ago

Mr. Son tossed pictures of Haejin with his lovers on the table between them. 'Three at once and one of them is the daughter of Songae Group's chairman?' Mr. Son mocked his son.

Haejin could feel a quick tensing all over his body, 'D-daughter of Songae Group's chairman?'

'Of course, she is Song Hyekyo, daughter of Song Ilwoo from Songae Group. You didn't know? Well, she never showed up in public, not even once. So, I guess it's possible if you don't know her real name.'

Clearly, Haejin knows her as someone else.

'But the point is you SHOULD clean this up. Break up with them whatsoever, especially with Song Ilwoo's daughter. I don't want this situation to affect our business. And don't forget to pick up your fiancée from the airport tomorrow.' Mr. Son emphasized the word 'should' to showed him that it was an order and not an offer.

On the night of the accident, Hyekyo threatened him by saying that she'll make him responsible for this, for their baby. How? Will she talk to a reporter or some newspaper? Or make a post about it through SNS? Talking to Father?

Trying to grasp what was going on while Hyekyo declined all of his calls, he called Yejin who was back in Seoul during her summer holiday 'Did Father said something, Yej?' Being in a tense situation with his father because of the pictures before, Mr. Son told his secretary not to pick the call from Haejin.

She sighed, 'How I'm supposed to know. It's 15th, he always went to that some sort of gathering every month.'

'Ahh, right. Call me when-' But the phone call in the main living room started to ring and Yejin asked him to wait while she picked it up.

'Who was it?'

'She said she's Mr. Song Ilwoo's secretary, asking for where Father is because Mr. Jo didn't pick up his phone.'

Song Ilwoo's secretary? It must be her!

And soon after that, Son Haejin called Ha Daejung to kill the woman who bears his child.

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'But what if I didn't pick it up? She would still be here by now. Raising her child although maybe without my older brother. But she would be here! And you don't even need to go through those hard times full of guilt because you think it was your fault, where it's mine! And the baby...I killed it too.' Tears won't stop coming from her face.

'But it's not your fault either!' Bin ran his hands through his hair in frustration, 'It's just happened that way. Did you wish for her death back then, Yej? You didn't even know that someone named Song Hyekyo, one of your older brother's lovers or my ex-fiancée even exists!'

Why it should be this hard? Did we really not meant to be? Somehow, she feels like the happiness went further away and becoming more and more out of their reach after all of this.

'I just...I think I need some time alone. I'll be at the hotel.' Yejin could feel the dizziness and weakness in the legs and knees as she started to put her clothes back into the duffel bag.

With Yejin's condition, he didn't want to push her and decided to yield for now. 'I'll take you there.' He took a sharp intake of breath.

The ride to the hotel was quiet with her eyes on side of the road. And when Bin tried to hold her left hand, Yejin let him do that as she didn't have the energy left to speak. But tears escaped from her eyes once again when Bin kissed the back of her hand.

Inhaling her sweet scent, he tried to keep it on his mind in case they couldn't see each other for some time.

'If you need anything like craving something, even in the middle of the night just tell me. I'll go straight to you.' He said after he put down the bag in the penthouse.

Just before he walked towards the door he said, '...And if you don't mind would you call me when you need to go to the ob-gyn? Still, I'd like to see Tadpole...'

'I'll let you know.' Yejin said while she avoiding his eyes.

He stared wistfully at his wife as he took a step closer. Putting her locks behind her ear and caressing her cheek softly with his right hand.

Bin kissed her side of her face slowly until his brows knitted together as he closed his eyes.

And Yejin could hear him saying, 'I love you.' 

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-timtamchow