Together Forever | LK

Epilogue - (1) - The Goodbye I Owe You

The winter of the year he and Lisa separated, he returned to Philadelphia and also changed to a different firm.

Originally, due to issues with his visa, he had needed to leave the country for seven days and while he was there, he would do a post-surgery physical examination. However, after he completed the examination, he had soon received his new project, a joint collaboration between the Philadelphia and Korea offices on a hedge fund investment project.

Grandfather's health was gradually turning for the better, so it seemed there was no reason compelling him to return. In the end, Jungkook decided to indefinitely extend his original seven-day leave from Korea and stayed in Philadelphia.

When Christmas came, coincidentally, both Taehyung and Jieun went to visit him.

Taehyung arrived earlier, while Jieun, because she first went to visit a friend, did not arrive until the evening of Christmas Eve. Outside, there was a thick holiday atmosphere, but when she pushed open the door, there were only two men sitting across from each other, typing and staring ceaselessly at their own computers.

"Today is Christmas, right?" Jieun felt as if she had stepped into the wrong dimension.

Taehyung breathed out a long sigh. "Merry Christmas. Finally, there's an alive person here to talk to me."

Jieun burst out in chuckles.

If Jungkook wanted to ignore someone, it was simply too easy to do. He needed only to shift his gaze away and then his world would belong only to him. Absolutely no one would be able to intrude on him.

Irrespective of where she was, Jieun would still spend Christmas with fellow Catholics and go to hear Mass.

Taehyung could not bear the feeling of lonesomeness and went with her to experience a festivity of the Church. When the two returned, it was already early the next morning, and Jungkook was in the kitchen warming some milk. In that quiet kitchen, aside from the sounds of cooking, there were no other noises.

Without warning, a manila envelope blocked his sight, and raising his head, he saw Jieun say, "I got it done for you."

Opening up the envelope, he pulled out all the documents but discovered that one piece was still missing. "It seems the alimony piece is missing."

Jieun took out some bread from the refrigerator, cut herself two slices, and took a bite into her mouth. "My great lawyer, don't forget I'm your elder and senior sister in this field. How could I possibly not get this done properly? The problem is, your Mrs. Jeon also has a law background, and she honestly read through word by word, for fear that she might be taking advantage of you somewhere ... It's almost done. Sometime before the Lunar New Year, I should be able to get everything to you. I never represented any such case before. A divorce, but both sides are scared that the other party is going to be shortchanged."

He looked back down again, reading through each page at a time.

This kitchen was truly overly clean. Jieun, herself, was someone who did not cook, but even in her eyes, it still somewhat gave off the sad feeling of a lonely bachelor. Leaning against the refrigerator door, she suddenly pressed her lips together and looked at him over.

Jungkook sensed her gaze, and tilting his head to the side, he signaled that she should speak directly if she had words to say.

"When Lisa broke up with you, what exactly did she say to you?" She thought about how she should word what she wanted to express but in the end decided to simply to cut to the chase. "I actually hinted to her before that you and I both would not take it to heart if she left you first ..."