Attraction

Part Thirty One

Aila came back from her shock.

It took her a while to realize her ex-husband was standing a few ways from her with Kcire and Iletsi in his arms.

Both her kids kept crying, asking their father for reassurance that this was real and not a figment of their imagination.

"What?" She whispered to herself, not knowing what else to say. Aila saw her ex-husband give the kids one last hug before slowly making his way toward her, one kid in each hand.

Her throat ran dry and her nerves spiked. She had only seen Adrian a handful of times since he left to be with his soulmate.

If she's being honest, he looks even better now. Just as handsome as before.

They locked eyes and Aila felt her world crumble around her.

"Mama!! It's dad!! Dad's here to see us!"

It had been a long time since Aila felt like everything closed around her. Her body wouldn't move and her mind didn't seem to catch up to what was going on.

"Baby, let me talk to mom. She didn't know I was coming." Adrian smiled to his daughter. Both his kids nodded their heads running towards their friends who had huge smiles on their faces. Adrian felt his heart burst with love towards his kids as well as the other kids that are a testimony to his best friends' love.

He looked back at Aila, finding her eyes locked on his form. He stepped closer and disguised the hurt when she responded by stepping back.

It was a natural response. She had to train her mind and body to not run towards Adrian at the mere thought of him. It took a long time to get her walls to come around for him.

Jimin was the first to move.

He noticed that Aila looked almost uncomfortably in a way, so he stepped closer to her, placing his hand on her lower back and turning her attention to him.

Aila's eyes moved from Adrian towards Jimin, her heart skipping a beat at the warm hand, her back feeling sweaty almost.

"Hey, are you ok?"

His soft voice reached her ears, filled with concern.

She felt her throat constrict with his voice. With Jimin's body being so close to her, she could feel his body heat. His face was set straight, no glimpse of the smiling Jimin she had met.

"Uh, I... I... that's... thats my ex husband." She whispered, words coming out between staggered breaths.

Jimin only nodded his face and turned his attention towards the men in front of them. He removed his hand from her back, but didn't step away from her.

Adrian's eyes had caught to the way Jimin had placed his hand on her back, almost tenderly and protectively. The way he leaned to ask her a question only made Adrian think somehow, they had gotten closer.

However, the way Jimin starred at Adrian made him think that maybe, just maybe, there might be something going on.

"Mama! Say hi to papa!" Iletsi's voice brought them out of the tense atmosphere.

Aila cleared her throat.

She had been through too many movements that had caused her to doubt reality. And this was just another instance she's going to get through.

"What are you doing here? How did you get here?" She finally asked.

Adrian smiled. He had missed her so much. Everything about her. Even when she drove him crazy over the little things he can't seem to get right.

"I miss you. I miss my family. My home. My wife and my kids. So I'm done pretending that everything is alright when I feel so broken."

Jimin felt anger rise in him. He wanted to punch this man and tell him to fuck off. Namjoon could see Jimin swing at the man. Before it actually happened, he moved towards his soulmate to pull Jimin away from Aila. He felt how tense Jimin's body was.

"Minie, you can't get in between this." He whispered in Korean. Jimin knew this. He did. But his logic and heart weren't in sync. Namjoon grabbed him and pulled him away from Aila.

Adrian watched as Namjoon struggled to get his soulmate to step away from Aila. His eyes then wondered over to the famous group of soulmates. In any other situation, he would have been static to meet them, however, he couldn't help feel there was something. The way Jungkook and Hoseok were staring at him wasn't normal.

He's a man and he knows the look they were giving him.

"I guess it was true you met BTS." Adrian smiled towards the group of idols, trying to lighten the mood.

Seokjin and Namjoon were the only ones to give him a small smile.

"Sorry about this. I'm Adrian, Aila's husband." Adrian walked up the first one in the group, Yoongi, and extended his hand.

Yoongi looked at the man, finding similarities between him and Iletsi and Kcire. He put his hand out, out of courtesy, because he had to, because he didn't have a reason not to, and shook this strange man's hand. Yoongi didn't like the fact he called himself 'her husband.' They haven't been together for a year now.

After shaking Yoongi's hand, Adrian proceeded to greet the others, who also had a hard time.

"I'm really sorry. I'm intruding but it won't be too much. Just wanted to spend some time with my family." Adrian emphasized the words my family towards them.

"No you don't need to worry." Namjoon decided to be the bigger person and even give him a smile.

"Thank you. Now...." He turned towards Aila and finally went up to her and wrapped his arms around her.

Namjoon grabbed onto Jimin and Taehyung, and Yoongi held onto Jungkook. Seokjin and Hoseok flinched, but they held themselves from ripping Adrian off Aila.

Aila felt the butterflies she's always felt when she's around Adrian.

This is a man she would love for the rest of her life.

However, she didn't know if she was in love with him anymore.