𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 | THV FF

CHP 40

~~~~~PRESENT~~~~~

KIM TAEHYUNG

The tears started falling without me even realizing it. I didn't mean to cry in front of Mila.

Men are conditioned to hold their tears, and that's what I grew up learning, that tears were a form of weakness.

Even when my mother left me at the tender age of six to start a new life with another man, I was told not to take it personally and to move on. I'd learned to build these walls around my feelings, which weren't easy to break.

Watching Mila with Jungkook only made my fears turn into a reality. That wasn't just any man, he was Mila's former lover and the father of her child.

The whole point of our marriage from her point of view was for Jun to have a father, and with Jungkook in the picture, she wouldn't need me anymore.

The thought of my Mila going back to Jungkook made it hard for me to breathe. I was able to handle the pain before, not knowing what it was like being with her, but I didn't think I could handle it again.

I've known what it's like holding her at night in bed, knowing she's only mine. I can't go back to being alone.

She looks at me with a curious expression on her face as she sits in my lap.

Her thumb wipes the tears off my cheek. "You think I'm going back to Jungkook?"

There's guilt on her face. I hold her tighter because I don't think I'll be able to hear her say that she's planning on leaving me.

I love Mila so much, always did, but if she thinks she can find happiness elsewhere, it might k!ll me, but I'll let her go.

 KIM MILA

For a CEO of a multi-billion-dollar company, Taehyung's got a thick head when it comes to relationships. He can't read people outside of his workplace.

"I know that's what you want to tell me," he says with tears streaming down his face.

I've never seen him in this vulnerable state before. It breaks my heart to see him cry. "Mila...I-"

I don't let him finish as I claim his mouth with mine in a deliciously slow kiss. I've told him how I feel about him, and yet he thinks I would leave him for someone like Jungkook.

Jungkook is a boy, and no matter how old he gets, he'll always remain a boy. Taehyung was far more responsible. even in his early twenties.

He's a man I've always loved. He put others first before himself, and this is exactly why he's struggled to talk about his feelings, because he doesn't know how to.