𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦. sunghoon

ꗃ twenty-four

"president park, you might wanna take a look at this." jungwon informed him while handing out the tablet that was previously in his grasp, anxiously swallowing his saliva while standing before the older guy. sunghoon's eyes quickly examined the text displayed on the screen feeling his heart in his throat as his mind registered what he was reading.

it was an article regarding his marriage, and it wasn't anything nice about the two of them. the article talked about how sunghoon 'turned down' takara's request to marry him for hari, and continued exposing their origin from two polar opposites social classes. that bastard, he must've told the media about this..

sunghoon clenched his jaw with eyes closed shut, attempting to maintain his composure but nearly failing. "who published this?" he demanded with voice deep sending a shiver of fear down jungwon's spine, the younger boy swallowing his saliva nervously before speaking again.

"it's from an anonymous source, but it's been picked up by several major outlets." the president pushed his office chair backwards and stood straight from it, adjusting his glasses and tightening his tie before clearing his throat. "i need to talk to hari." just as he was about to reach for the doorknob, jungwon stopped him by placing a hand in front of his chest before proceeding to shift his body in his way while shaking his head.

"heading out by yourself to look for her will only worsen the situation-"

"jungwon, move. i need to know if she's okay." won sighed defeated as he silently stepped aside while sunghoon took a deep breathe with chest heaving up and down, trying to calm the storm of emotions that twisted his mind. he felt worry, anger, fear and frustration all at the same time, and he couldn't stop thinking about how much these news will affect his wife.

speaking of his wife, no matter how much he roamed around the building looking for her, she was nowhere to be found. he needed to see her, or else his worries would've eaten him alive.

his steps halted once he walked past the bathroom and his heard pearked at the sounds coming from behind the door, leaning closer against it to hear them better and closing his hand into a fist before knocking on the wooden surface. "hari? are you inside?"

"n-no." the familiar honey yet shaky and broken voice spoke from behind the door spoke and sunghoon could immediately recognize his lover's cries, sighing deeply before knocking once again. "it's me, sunghoon, you can open the door."

"it's the women' bathroom though."

"well i don't care if it's the women' bathroom, just let me in." her muffled sobs continued and every sound was like a stab in the heart to sunghoon, wrapping his hands around the doorknob and forcing it open once again only for his efforts to go vain.

"hari, please.." there was a moment of silence from the other side of the door as the girl hesitated, her arm outstretched with fingers holding the closed lock as she pounded whether she should open the door for him or not while crystalline tears rolled down her pearl-like cheeks.

the snap of the bathroom lock was a sign for him to immediately open the door, his eyes softening as soon as his irises landed on her fragile figure seated on the closed toilet while her face was buried in her palms. god, seeing her cry is like a stab in the heart, especially since he's the reason why tears stained her cheeks.

"did you see the articles? have you seen what people say about me?" she looked up at him through her blurry vision with voice cracking as she recalled the comments she endlessly scrolled through, handing out her phone for him to read what she was referring to and sunghoon felt his blood boiling in anger.

how could people call her a gold digger with literally no proof that she was with him for money? simply because she belonged to a different social class compared to him it doesn't necessarily mean that she's after his fortune. hell, when they first met hari had no idea who he even was.

"all the employees.. they were all talking bad about me behind my back." she cried harder and the raven instantly wrapped his comforting arms around her and hugged her tight, letting her rest her head on his shoulder and soak his suit with tears and smeared mascara which he couldn't care less about, because all that matters is her right now.

sunghoon placed a deep, sweet kiss on the top of her head and pulled her even closer to him, rubbing her back in circles while hari continued to quietly cry in his embrace that made her feel at home. "they'll stop, i'll make sure of that."

i almost forgot to update..