3 Years and Forever [EN- Jay X OC] [EDITING]

Chapter 18: Split Identity

Haneul was busy drawing on her drawing tablet in her room peacefully. Her phone did receive lots of notifications suddenly but she ignored it as she was determined to complete her task on that day.

"Haneul!" Jongseong burst into her room. "What-" she couldn't get mad at him when he shoved his phone to her face.

On his screen was a post from her Lyra instagram account. Below it was comments that read

[Rocket*****] So this is Lee Haneul??

[CarotB****] Isn't it Park Haneul? The model Park Jongseong's wife??

[USER*****] Lyra = Haneul. That's it people!

[IdoNot****] That faceless insta famous is both lyra and jongseong's wife??!!

[927Hot****] i couldnt believe its the same person. But they r right. Both of their posts looked the same even without showing any face.

Haneul gasped so loud. "How-" she quickly picked up her phone that still received lots of notifications. Both her Lyra and skyNotSoHigh accounts were bombarded with comments and private messages.

"Oh no! How do people know?" She panicked.

"Hey hey" Jongseong called her but she was already pacing around the room in panic.

Right then, her phone rang. She picked it up and immediately burst into tears. "Oppa..."

"Haneul, listen to me" Hyunjae's voice on the other end could be heard. "Hyung" it was suddenly Jongseong's voice talking to Hyunjae.

"Jongseong, my sister-" "She's with me" Jongseong glanced down to his embrace where Haneul was bawling her eyes out.

"I'll be with her, don't worry" Jongseong told him. Hyunjae nodded. "Alright tell her I'll talk to her later" "Okay" he ended the call and shifted his focus to her.

"Haneul" he called but she couldn't reply to him. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer.

"It's going to be okay. Everything will be okay" he whispered as he caressed her hair.

He took the time to stroke her back softly, whispering reassuring words whenever her sobbing started to die down. After a few minutes Haneul finally calmed down after Jongseong spoke softly to her. When she was feeling better, she pulled away and wiped her tears, smiling weakly at Jongseong. He returned the gesture.

Then she hugged him again. He held her back tightly, not letting her go.

"Sorry for causing you trouble. Sorry you have to see all that" she mumbled against his chest.

"No. Don't apologize" Jongseong shook his head slightly. "You're not a burden, Haneul. Not to anyone"

"Thank you, Jongseong" She said shyly. "I just... I know this moment will come but I'm never prepared for it" she sighed.

"I know, Haneul. It's okay. We'll get through this. Together" He replied. Haneul smiled. She was glad he was there at that moment with her.

After some moment of silence, Haneul finally broke the hug and moved away slowly.

"Hey, why don't we grab something to eat? I think we still have some ice cream in the fridge. We can eat them in the greenhouse" he suggested with a smile. She nodded. Slowly her lips curled into a smile.

"Come let's go" he held her sleeves and dragged her out of the room.

Jongseong stole a glance at Haneul across from him. Her puffy eyes were too visible anyone could tell she had been crying.

"Now what?" her voice was silent. "I haven't contacted Omma and Appa yet. What would they think about me later? Did I make them look bad?"

"Hanuel, can't you not think about others for now? Focus on yourself right now" he said.

"I.." she sighed.

"You know you can't control what other people think" "I know but I can't help doing so"

Jongseong put down his spoon.

"Why cant you just stop for once in your life?" his voice was firm. "Just think about yourself"

She looked up to him.

"Look. You currently have two jobs and to me that's incredible! You don't have to please other people, you have nothing to prove to anyone. The only thing that matters is that you feel proud of yourself for coming this far in life" he continued to list great things about her.

"So this kind of problem, you should not think so hard about it. And don't let it burden you, or haunt you. I'm sure something good will come from this incident" he assured her with an encouraging smile.

Her eyes turned glossy again. She took another bite of the ice cream.

That night, after having a small talk with Hyunjae over the phone, she laid in her bed. She exhaled a deep sigh. Haneul braved herself to check her accounts and read the comments. Most of them were shocked and some of them even praised her for keeping a low profile given her background and families.

[tokki****] Lyra-nim, I'm always a big fan of yours!! Keep fighting!

[monsTER*****] Finally the identity reveal! Now I can greet you if I ever see you in public... if your husband okay with it ^^

[potato***] I've had a feeling Lyra-nim is a gorgeous person. Tsk! Turns out she's an actual goddess!!

[luna****] An author, an insta-fame, a model's wife? Can it get any better?

[hubby****] Does this mean we can have a meet-and-greet??

A smile appeared on her lips.

"Meet-and-greet doesn't sound so bad" she said. She replied to the messages she received from her friends and agencies, worrying about her suddenly missing for the whole day.

Her phone rang. She hesitantly answered it.

"Omma" she bit her lips to hold her tears. "Haneul, your oppa told us about it. I don't know that you're someone famous" "You're okay with it?" "Of course ! Why won't we be? Anything you do, we are proud of you, you know that Haneul"

Listening to her mother, Haneul bit her lips harder as tears fell down her cheeks.

"Thank you, omma" "Why are you crying, dear?"

With that, she once again burst into tears.

Jongseong, who was outside listening to her, smiled.