Mina's POV
Chaeyoung slowly raises his arms to return the embrace I was giving him. "I love you."
And I simply nod in acknowledgement.
Inside me, my mind and heart were having an intense battle.
Son Mina, you absolute fool. He left you seven years ago and all this time you were waiting for him like a poor puppy to her happy go lucky owner.
With just one gentle touch from him...
With just one sweet word from him...
With just one pained look from him...
All your defenses fall like a flimsy plastic cup tower built by a bored kid in a daycare center.
"Mina..." Chae even buries his face to the crook of my neck and mumbles over my skin. "I love you so much."
"Hmm." I simply hummed to him. Son Mina, you have to hold your— UGH! What can I do?! I love hearing it from him.
Like a crazy person, my mind kept on shaming my whole being in the hopes that it would wake up my logical brain to pull up all of my defenses again.
Son Mina. Oh, Son Mina. You queen of all fools.
How could you let him play with your heart like this?
How could you give him all these chances which he never deserved in the first place?
He knows what you want. You already told him countless times.
And what did he do? What did you husband—
"I didn't want to tell you about this right away but..." Chaeyoung continued to speak in almost a mumble. "I promise to go back here to Korea as soon as I can after I fly back to Europe."
See? He's still leaving. It's like he never heard a single message you've been trying to tell him.
The disappointment inside me is making my logical brain start to power up. He's still the same guy who left you seven years ago. I shakily exhale as I try to muster some courage that I could use if I want to push him away. I kept my silence as a million things began to run in parallel within my head.
I need to push him away before he says more things that will surely reel me deeper into his unrivaled charisma that I gave up thinking how in the world could I possibly shake off.
"Mina..." Because of our close proximity, I clearly heard him heave in a very deep breath. Son, Mina. You have to push him away now before he— "I'm planning on resigning from the university."
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Huh? What did he— My eyes slowly widen as the words he just said sinks into my mind. Resign?
Did I hear him right?
A minute passed and there was just utter silence between us. I was just a blinking mess who kept on opening her mouth but ended up closing it again.
"Mi— Mina?" Chaeyoung gently breaks our hug and scans me nervously. "Are you— what do you... what do you think of that? I don't know yet how long or how complicated the process would be but what if— what if I resign from the university so that I can go back here to Korea as soon as I can? For good."
"Are you serious?" My logical brain has finally awakened. But I don't think this is the right time or right way to use my brain. "Chae, that's— Resign from the university? You do realize that that's seven years of your career building going down the drain, do you?"
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Once More, Love 2
Fanfiction"Don't!" Mina quickly interjects and moves her face slightly sideward, away from Chaeyoung's hand. "Stop right there. Everything about you makes me weak, Chae. Please, stop making me question my sanity because every single time I hear you call my na...
