The Secret Admirer (A Kim Taehyung fanfic)

21. Eomma

Haneul's point of view:

I flopped onto the couch, sighing in relief. The pain in my arms and legs slowly easing, from visiting Ji Eun. With Taehyung and Areum visiting Shi Woo at the hospital, I thought I'd give her a little visit, just to take her mind off things. I stared at the ceiling, slowly drifting asleep when I was soon woken up by a loud ringing.

I squinted my eyes open in annoyance, blindly searching around the table for my phone. I managed to grab hold of it still in my sleepy form, answering the call and not bothering to check who it was.

"Hello." I mumbled, my eyes slowly beginning to shut again.

There was silence. I mentally groaned, pulling the device from my ear but was stopped by a voice.

"Haneul?" He said.

My eyes widened in shock. I checked the blaring screen in my hands, hoping I had mistaken the voice. But I didn't. It was Ye Jun. I fell of the couch in awe, hitting the ground hard. I picked myself up, swearing under my breath but it ended up loud enough for him to hear over the line.

He chuckled, before speaking again, "How you been?" He asked, laughing nervously a little.

Oh, he had the nerve. How could he ask such a question? I wanted to pull him out of my phone screen and give him a few punches in the face, but I kept my cool.

"I'm good. How's you and your new wife?" I replied back, my hands scrunching into fists in hopes to get rid of the sudden pain building up.

He didn't tell me he got married again but I overheard it in a conversation between two women who couldn't tell I could hear every word they were saying about me and him.

"Urm.... About that..." He trailed off, his voice becoming more serious and quiet.

"Is something wrong?" My voice matching his low tone.

"I just found out she's been cheating on me..... So I left." He sighed.

"Oh." I said simply, trying not to get distracted by the sound of his teeth slightly chattering. Silence grew over the line.

"Urm...uh...Aish, this is so awkward. What were you thinking Ye Jun?" He scolded himself, I giggled at his behaviour.

"You do know I can still hear you, right?" I mocked him, this wasn't the time to make fun of him.

I mean he was clearly going through a lot but I couldn't miss the chance.

"I need a place to stay so could I stay over for tonight?" His said quickly, his voice racing out of him.

Silence grew over the line again.

"What?" My mouth gaped open.

Is he trying to get into a whole load of drama? There's so much going on right now, I can't add more nonsense. What about Areum? What if she found out? I tried thinking of my daughter's.... Our daughter's reaction if she was to ever get news like this.

"Umm... I... Uh..." I couldn't form no words, still trying to process everything happening.

"Please, only for tonight." He huffed, his breathing and the chatter of his teeth becoming louder.