[ COMPLETED ]
" Tell me you don't love me, and I won't ever show you my face. Push me away so hard that I'd stumble to even look at you. " He leaned closer to my face. " Push me before I kiss you, before I cherish every inch of you. " His palm trace...
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VESTA'S POV
"What the hell are you doing?"
Anna sat cross-legged on my bed, arms crossed, with disappointment creasing her usually cheerful face.
I could feel her eyes boring into me as I avoided her gaze, picking at the frayed edges of my bedsheet.
"This whole thing with Jungkook- marrying him? Are you serious?" she snapped at me sharply.
I sighed, the exhaustion and frustration of everything was catching up with me. "Anna, it's not that simple."
"Not that simple?" she echoed, her eyes widening in disbelief. "Ves, you're about to marry a guy whom you don't even love! What happened to Taehyung? What happened to everything you wanted?"
I swallowed hard, trying to find the words to explain, but they wouldn't come. How could I tell her that I was doing this because I felt like I had no other choice?
I'm a coward.
Because my father had cornered me, guilted me into thinking that this was the only way to repay him for everything he'd done for me?
"I'm trying to do what's right." I finally said, with my voice barely above a whisper.
Anna stared at me like I'd lost my mind. "How is marrying someone you don't love is right? How is throwing away everything you had with Taehyung right? How is betraying someone you love after everything he did for you, fought everyone for you is right ?"
I shook my head, feeling tears prick at the corners of my eyes. "You don't understand. My dad-he's been so angry, so- disappointed. He thinks this is what's best for me. And not like i didn't try. I did, a whole month , I begged and screamed but it was all futile. "
"Your dad isn't the one who has to live with this decision for the rest of his life." Anna shot back. "You are. And let's be real, my question is-are you really going to be happy without Taehyung?"
Her words hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew she was right. I knew I wouldn't be happy. But I was stuck, caught between my love for Taehyung and my loyalty to my family. It felt like there was no way out.
Anna's expression softened as she saw the tears starting to fall down my cheeks. She moved closer, pulling me into a tight hug. "Vesta, I'm not trying to make you feel worse. I care about you, okay? I want you to be happy."
I clung to her, feeling the dam break as the tears I'd been holding back finally spilled over. "Everyone will be happy, Anna. My dad, Jungkook's dad, even Jungkook-everyone. Sacrificing my happiness for theirs,Isn't that what repaying back looks like ?"
Anna pulled back slightly, her eyes narrowed as she looked at me with a mixture of frustration. "No, Ves, that's not okay. Sacrificing your happiness doesn't make you a good person,it makes you a martyr. And that's not what life is supposed to be about. You deserve to be happy too. You deserve to be with the person you love."
