THE SURROGATE MOTHER

Chapter 41

"Who is she?" a woman who has a beautiful face and fair skin, asked Eunwoo but the latter can't even utter any words, so Jen speaks instead.

"I'm Ruby Jane Kim, his co-teacher"

"Oh nice meeting you Ruby Jane. I'm Shin Minah, by the way. His girlfriend" She says, beaming.

The pain Jennie was feeling a while ago increase hearing what the woman says.

"Oh girlfriend. How long have you been together?" Jen asks, faking her smile to hide her true feelings.

"We've been together for five years"

"Oh five years...."

"Jennie" Jisoo and Rosé came out of nowhere. "Oh Eunwoo. Have you two talked already? Should we celebrate now your first night as officially couple?"

Jennie mentally face-palmed for what Jisoo says. She's keeping the girl from knowing about her and Eunwoo because she doesn't want to ruin her good mood, but this Jisoo is a talker.

"What do you mean officially couple?" Minah slowly asks, looking at her boyfriend and Jennie vice versa.

"If you don't mind, can I ask who you are?" Jisoo politely asks.

"I'm Shin Minah, Eunwoo's girlfriend" the way she introduces herself now is not the same as earlier. She seems to notice something.

"Girlfriend?!" Jisoo and Rosé synchronized.

"You have a girlfriend man?! How can you court someone if you still in a relationship?" Jisoo took a step towards him but got stopped by Rosé.

"You courting her?"

"Not me" Jisoo answer quickly.

"I'm sorry" was all he could say.

"Sorry? That's all you have to say?" Minah yank her hand off his grip and then took a step back. She wiped off her tears first before speaking. "Babe, I'm not dead yet, but why did you look for replacement so soon? I went to this event to experience happiness once again, but then- this?! That's why you don't want me here because you're hiding something. I've been wanting to let you go for a long time because we both know we won't grow old together, but you don't want to cause you said you want to be with me until my last breath. But because of what you did to me, I want to die right now"

And with that the woman left and Eunwoo follow her right away.

Jisoo dragged her cousin back to the bench garden.

"We both want to experience happiness tonight. But we only got pain. I feel guilty for what Eunwoo did to her, I think it's my fault-"

"No! Don't blame yourself. If anyone is to blame, it's Eunwoo" Jisoo tells.

"I should have gotten to know him better so that I would have known that he had a girlfriend"

"He was so careful that you didn't notice he was already in a relationship"

"It's a good thing you two didn't become official, by chance you have a cheater ex-boyfriend" Rosé says.

"For now forget what happened, let's get inside and just join our friends" Jisoo stood up and starts dragging Jennie.

"Uh... I have to go home. I'm not in the mood to socialize anymore"