BOOK 1: The Heir Series; Choi Seungcheol

51: HIS TERROR

What Seungcheol feared is finally happening.

Taerin's leaving.

Fvck!

He quickly grabbed his scotch and gulped the last drop of it, feeling the liquid burning through his throat down to his chest. He needed that to push away the fear strangling him and the aching hole on his chest. But the pain subsided just for a while. That pain kept on resurfacing, hitting him on the head like a brick.

He clutched his hair, trying to figure out what to do. He could feel the lick of desperation on his skin, in his blood. His chest always has that feeling of fear and hurt everytime he remembers Taerin's blank face and her cold voice. Much less breathe thinking about her naked fingers. It doesn't need a rocket scientist to figure it out why. Taerin wanted out of his life.

Fear crept back to him and his body froze. He immediately reached for a packet of cigar on a table. He filled his lungs with the smoke and breathed it out through his nose. He knew that his Mom would scold her if she knew him smoking again. But fvck! He doesn't care! He needed to calm down. If not, he'll go insane.

This was Jinwoon Shin's fault. He thought he was handling him perfectly without Taerin knowing and he was close to making him bend on his knees. But this has had to happen! Damn it! He never wanted to sacrifice their marriage. He didn't want to risk Taerin. But it was what's happening.

And now, Taerin Dominique wanted to leave him. He was going to lose her!

God!

He face palmed while crying. No, he couldn't bear to live without Taerin again. He couldn't go through that shit hole again. The last time he left her, he almost went crazy. He fvcking live like a dead man. Everyday, he felt like he's trap inside a zombie's body, numb and can't feel anything.

He doesn't want to like that again. It's tiring and it's droving him out of sanity. He just wants this life he had. Is it too hard to achieve? He loves Taerin so much and it will kill him if she leaves him.

He sighed deeply and drank one shot from his bottle of alcohol. He had to do something. He needs to stop Taerin from leaving. He can't just let her go. He needs her to keep breathing – to live. He will do everything, even if it means giving up the truth and letting Jinwoon Shin go. He will do that just to make her stay. It's that or nothing.

He doesn't care if Taerin would know about the whole truth – which he's a criminal. That he's the reason why his wife lost her father. No matter what happen, he will still grab the end of the rope and hang onto it tightly, even if he bleeds. Even if Taerin wants to give up already.

Taerin carefully sat up from bed. She opened a box of biscuit on her bedside table and got one. She ate for a while before she stepped down. That's what Dr. Kang said, that she has to eat at least one biscuit for her not to vomit when she gets out of bed. And gratefully, the cracker worked magic.