Chapter 22

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Taehyung

It's now or never. I don't want to keep her in the dark about my marriage anymore. If after this she doesn't want me near her, then I will definitely not insert myself into her life once again. At least I will be able to believe that I didn't cheat on her.

"What?" Maya holds my hand in hers, still sitting on my lap as she takes a good look at my wedding band, her mouth agape. "How come I never saw this?" Her voice is thick with defeat and disappointment as she gets up from my lap, letting my hand fall limp over my thigh.

"It's because I don't always wear it. Maya, I'm sorry. I didn't really intend to keep it from you. I- I actually wanted to talk about it," I get up from the bed as I speak, and she takes a couple of steps backward.

"No, you stay there!" Maya holds out her hand in front of her, her other hand grabbing the bedsheet from the bed and clutching it tight against her chest. "How can you not tell me about it, Taehyung?" Her voice and shoulders shake, and her tears fall.

It literally feels as if someone plucked my heart out with a pitchfork, threw it in the mud and stomped upon it.

"Maya, I never thought I would meet you again, like forever. And even after the reunion, I didn't expect to meet you again. What happened the other night was unplanned too... I really didn-"

"Stop! Just stop it, Taehyung! You could have told me the other night. At least the next morning when I told you about Richard. How about when we had dinner earlier tonight? Huh?" She uses both her hands to tie the bedsheet around her chest and wipes off her tears as she keeps talking.

I chew my lips, nervously running a hand through my hair.

I really wanted to open up, but it is my fault. I shouldn't have taken it this far without telling her about my marriage.

"Maya, this is just a wedding ring, a piece of metal that means absolutely nothing to me at this point," I stand rooted on the spot and defend to no avail.

"No! Shut up! You can't just say that!" She shakes her head, slapping her forehead, her action reflecting her frustration.

"But that is the truth. That is where my life is. I get absolutely nothing out of my marriage, and I consider it to be nothing but one of the biggest mistakes that I've ever made," I know I'm losing this argument, and I'm losing her as well. But I don't want to give up so soon.

Maya's jaw drops open, but then she sucks in a sharp breath with her eyes closed, and then she opens her eyes as the breath slowly leaves her lungs.

"Is that an excuse to cheat on your wife? Would you feel the same if she cheats on you and says that you're the biggest mistake in her life?" She sounds more solemn and composed now.

When I lower my eyes and don't give her an answer, she continues speaking.
"Tell me, Taehyung! If we had gone any further and had sex tonight, which we were, in fact, intending to do, you would have cheated on her. Is that what you want to do? Do I want to be a home-wrecker? No, I absolutely don't want to be that!" She huffs out angrily, yet her voice is still soft, making my eyes lift to look at her.

"So am I a cheater only if I have sex with someone other than my wife?" My eyebrows lift a little. "I don't think so!" I shake my head, crossing my hands under my chest and putting forward a question which makes her eyebrows shoot upwards.

"What else do you think it is?" She crosses her arms under her chest too and questions me right back, her nose turning red, and her eyes turning glossy once again.

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