A sunset with you

Chapter 33

Jennie

🎵Jolene-Dolly Parton

I can't get myself to look at him. Not even a glimpse of him. I know I would start crying again if my eyes met his. I leave Rose's room with my head held low to avoid looking at him. I can sense Hailey's footsteps behind me but I can't get myself to look at her either, or anyone at this point so I head straight outside, ignoring everyone in the living room. 

I hear Hailey follow me outside as well so I force myself to stop walking and turn around. Maybe talking to her and sorting this out would be much better than avoiding her. I took a week off of work just because I didn't know how to face her. I felt guilty but mostly angry. I can tell she knows about me and Tae but she doesn't want to let go of him either. What even is her motive here? Why doesn't she let go of the man who loves someone else?

"Jennie, we need to talk." I nod. "I know about you and Tae. I know he is still in love with you but I can't let you have him. Not now."

"What do you mean?" Many thoughts flow into my mind. IS SHE PREGNANT?

"I told this to Tae already and I made him promise me that he won't tell anyone but watching you suffer because of this made me realize that you deserve to get an explanation as well." She takes a step towards me. "I am sick Jennie. Sick to the point where I only have a few more months to live. I got to know about it when I was at the hospital with my mum. I can't get myself to let go of him now. Please, Jennie. Don't take him away from me. I know if you let go of him again, he will love me, at least for the little while I have left."

That was not what I was expecting to hear and now I understand why Tae had to change overnight. I can't even imagine what she must be feeling and what Tae could be feeling as well.

"Please, Jennie." She takes my hands and practically begs me to let go of the man I love. As much as I love my man, how can I ignore the request of another woman? To be fair, I have no right to steal someone else's man. I was so blinded by love that I failed to see her feelings. At least now I must do what's right. I was about to reply to her when I heard the front door open. I take my hands off of hers immediately. It was Taehyung. I shouldn't let him know that I know about her situation. 

"Is everything okay?" He asks, I'm not sure who the question was directed to but I answer.

"Yeah. All good. We were just catching up on school updates."

"Ah, okay." He looks at Hailey, then at me and back at Hailey again. "I need to talk to both of you."

"Is it something urgent?" I ask hoping to slip away from the situation. I don't want him confessing anything now. I must let go of him... "Jeremy and I have to get going. I am meeting his family for the first time today so I need to buy a dress for the occasion." I say in a very excited tone which I try to make sound as realistic as possible.

"Family?" He asks, obviously hurt. I nod. "Ah, you go then. It wasn't anything important anyways."

"Okay then. I will see you both later then." I hug Hailey, and she hugs me back tightly. This hug said words that we couldn't say out loud. I walked back inside, holding back my tears. I take a deep breath before I open the door and head inside. I went straight to Jeremy and sat down beside him. I whispered into his ear that I wanted to leave and he asked no more questions.

"Jimin, we have to go. I will be meeting Jere's family today so we have to get going now."

"Oh okay. I was hoping you would stay for lunch as well."

"Sorry can't do. We will come back sometime later." I quickly told Lisa and Rose that I was leaving and left with Jeremy. I noticed Tae watch as Jeremey's car pulled out of the driveway but I tried my best to look the other way. Once we were far gone, Jeremy finally asked me what was wrong. "It's a long story, Jere. Just drop me off somewhere. You suffered enough because of me."

"When did I suffer Jenny? I enjoyed every moment with you. Besides, today was the first day I got to play the role of your 'boyfriend'. There was nothing to suffer in that." He pulls up in front of a gelato store and asks me to wait inside the car. I watch him run inside the store and return five minutes after with two cups of gelato in his two hands. He gets in the car and hands me the passion fruit sorbet. He has known me for about a week but remembers the little things I told him which means a lot in moments like these.

"Thank you."

"No worries. Can you hold mine while I drive?" I nod and take it into my palm. I look at it and it looks quite different.

"What flavour is yours?"

"Mango." Why does his look better than mine? "You can try it if you like." I hate it when he reads my mind but of course, I take a bite and oh my god. It was so much better than passion but I don't tell him that... "Wanna exchange?"

"What?"

"I know you like mine better. We can switch."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeps." I don't ask again. I take another bite of the mango sorbet and I am in heaven. "Can you feed me as well?"

"Sure." I take a spoonful of the passion sorbet and place it in his mouth.

"This is so sour. Why do you even like this."

"Because it's sour... You don't like it, do you? Here have the mango." I take a spoonful of the mango and place it in his mouth.

"I hate the passion but I don't want the mango. You have it. I will have the passion."

"Why?"

"Because I bought it for you."

"What?"

"You said you only tried the passion before so I bought that just to be safe. I bought the mango as something you can try in addition to the passion because I don't want you sticking to the only thing you know. I want you to step out of your comfort zone and give everything else a chance as well."

"This isn't about passion sorbet is it?"

He laughs and dodges the question but I can tell for sure that he is trying to tell me to move on in life and give something else a chance.

To give him a chance...