My You || JJK

98.

Sarang sat on Nari's bed, her back resting on the headboard as she placed her right hand on her tummy. She had grown that habit of placing her hand on her tummy since the time she began showing. Her gaze was fixed on her future mother-in-law, who sat on the edge of the bed near her. 

The two of them were gazing at each other. Nari was biting her lower lip as if she was contemplating something and Sarang knew by now that she wanted to discuss something important with her. 

"Mom, did something happen?" Sarang finally let out carefully.

"Sarang, I'm going to share something very important with you that Jungkook would never share. But since he is planning to spend his whole life with you, I feel that letting you know about this is important. Just don't reveal to him that I've already shared this with you. Just act oblivious like him." 

Nari's pleading eyes furrowed Sarang's eyebrows. He was planning to spend his whole life with her? So did that mean he was planning to marry her soon? If so then why wasn't she aware? It wasn't like she would reject him because she herself was planning to propose to him. She loved him immensely and was more than ready to dedicate her whole life to Jungkook. But still, he should share it with her.

"Yes, he is planning to marry you." Nari's confirmation widened Sarang's eyes. "I shouldn't have revealed this because he was going to surprise you. But since he was planning about this, I just felt that I should talk about his past with you. About what happened on the first of September and why he doesn't go to work on that particular day."

Sarang finally understood Nari's point. She wasn't wrong and Sarang's respect for the woman only increased, because even though she was Jungkook's mother, she somehow didn't want anything unfair to happen to Jungkook's future partner.

"I'd reveal something right away without beating around the bush. Hana isn't Jungkook's daughter." The major revelation widened Sarang's eyes and she let out a shocked "What?" as if a nuclear bomb had dropped on her heart.

Without responding or confirming her statement, Nari got on her feet and made her way toward her wardrobe. She opened it and pressed a button. Soon, a door opened and there was a room. 

A shock took over Sarang's face. She couldn't help but stand up as well. She carefully followed Nari who began turning on the lights of the room and waited for Sarang. Somehow she guessed that Sarang would follow her.

Hana and Sarang had been to this room numerous times. But no one could have imagined that there was a secret room behind Nari's wardrobe.

Once Sarang made her way inside, her eyes roamed around the place and the whole room was covered with photo frames of Jungkook with a baby, who Sarang assumed was Hana; with photos of a couple holding the same baby; there were some family pictures too; and now Sarang was sure that if Hana wasn't Jungkook's daughter than she was that couple's. However, who were they?

"He is my older son Ji-Woon and his wife Hee-Jin. They are Hana's parents. They were." Nari mumbled the last part as her eyes teared. 

"Wasn't Hee-Jin Jungkook's ex-girlfriend?" Sarang voiced out. As long as she remembered, that was the name that Jungkook mentioned while he was talking about Hana's mother. It was just once but she remembered the name clearly.

"He lied. Hee-Jin is Hana's mother but not Jungkook's ex-girlfriend." 

"Then what happened to them and why did Jungkook lie to me?" Sarang inquired; her face was puzzled as she wasn't understanding anything. She glanced at Nari, expecting a reply but instead, she walked further inside and brought a wooden short stool and placed it near Sarang, guiding her to sit.