Taeyeon flipped to another page and took a sip from her coffee. She heaved a sigh and inhaled the sweet and bitter aroma from her coffee. She felt calm whenever she is reading a book. After a few minutes, she closed the book to take a break and look out the window.
It is currently raining heavily outside, so she could see a lot of people running towards the coffee shop and hiding under the roof from the heavy rain. Taeyeon stared at the people's backs, they were all drenched from the rain. Her heart clenched in pity as they don't have an umbrella. She glanced around her and found that the coffee shop is too crowded to let those people in to get dry.
She looked out the window again and saw a guy crossing the road and running towards the shop. She stared at him through the window, her hand stopping mid-air when she caught sight of his face. She squinted her eyes to get a closer look of his face.
He looks like her past lover, Kang Minjun.
She abrubtly stood up from her seat and stared at the guy as he stopped in front of her, only the window glass is separating them. The guy glanced at Taeyeon in curiousity as she stared at him longingly.
She broke out of her trance when he turned his back on her. Without hesitating, she grabbed her pale blue umbrella and rushed outside. She stopped in front of the guy that looks like Minjun. He looked up at her when he noticed her staring at him.
"Can I help you?"he asked.
"Minjun-a!"she said, grabbing his shoulders with her eyes filled with tears.
"Ms, I think you recognized the wrong guy."the guy said.
"No I didn't. It is you!"she teared up.
"Ms, I have never met you before."
"How can you leave me like that?"she got emotional and hit his chest, earning a few judging glances from people beside him. "How could you?"she questioned him, her voice cracking in the end because of her sobs.
"I swear I don't know this girl!"he said to the people beside him, waving his hands in front of him frantically.
"What a jerk. Treating his girlfriend like that."he heard someone elderly muttered beside him.
"Hey stop!"he grabbed onto her wrists before she could hit him again. "Let's go somewhere more private."he pulled her along with him and went into the coffee shop. They sat down at the place where Taeyeon just left her book.
Once they were inside, Baekhyun dried himself off with a few tissues before looking up at the stranger who just abused his chest. He froze when he saw how beautiful she actually is, not under the dark sky and heavy rain. She was staring outside the window blankly, with her hand casually stirring the half empty mug of coffee.
He cleared his throat to get her attention. She snapped her head towards him.
"You were embarassing outside just now. Are you my stalker?"he asked her.
"What?"she stared at him blankly at first before registering what he just asked her. "No. I am not a stalker."she said and looked down at her mug, trying to make clear about the situation she is in now. If this guy in front of her isn't Kang Minjun, then who is he?
She closed her eyes and tried to refresh her memory, something she doesn't do ever since what happened three years ago.
Three Years Ago
Her family was facing bankruptcy so her mother decided to pair her up with an unknown stranger that came from a very rich family, hoping that it will solve their financial crisis. She remembered talking on the phone and complaining how mad she is at her mother for arranging a marriage without her consent. She didn't look where she was going while crossing the road. The light turned green and a car almost hit her until a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her back to the path.
