Torn between Love and Hate

Fifteen

A week have passed and Dara is just so dead tired. She and her assistant Kyle have been trying to close a deal with a company in America through SkyLynx but they just won't budge. They want to meet her in person if she wants to close a multi-million deal with them. So, she and Kyle booked a flight to America first thing Monday morning. But this weekend she's planning to do some R and R (rest and relaxation). Her best friend Bom invited her to get away for the weekend. She booked a spa weekend for just the two of them.

She got in to her bedroom when her phone rang.

"Hello."

"Dara-aah! How's my sister from another mother?"

Dara laughed upon hearing her best friend Bom.

"Bommie-aah! I'm doing well. You? Are you back here in Korea?"

"Yes. I am! I miss you sissy! By the way are you doing anything this weekend?"

"No. Nothing listed in my daily agenda that I can recall. Just planning to rest. Why?"

"Let's go away this weekend. There's this spa place that I know and had enjoyed it much before I went to America. Let's go there. We haven't really hang out for a while now and I miss all of our adventures."

"Dara make sure you pack some bikinis with you and I can assure you that you are going to enjoy every minute of it."

"Where is this place at that you are talking about?"

"That is a surprise missy. Just trust me on this will ya?"

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Jiyong came back home from Japan late morning that Saturday after Dara and Bom left. He was tired but looking so forward to have a talk with his wife.

"Hello Mrs. Kim. I'm back." He then started looking around for the sign of his wife but found nothing. So he asked, "Is Dara home?"

Mrs. Kim answered by saying. "She actually just left right before you arrived. She said that she will be taking this weekend off and have a relaxing time, since she's been really busy this past week."

Jiyong's face showed a control anger and Mrs. Kim decided to take her leave to give him time. She raised Jiyong herself and have mastered up his personality.

Jiyong went up to his room to take a shower after a long flight. As he stood under the shower with both of his palms on the shower walls and his head bowed down. He started to think of his wife. They have not spoken to each other for a week now, ever since he left for Japan. He did tried calling her on several occasions but opted out of it.

Yu Na did visited him in Japan and stayed for a couple of days with him. But his mind has been preoccupied with his wife all throughout the week. Mrs. Kim has been reporting to him every night when he calls to check up on his wife.

"Mrs. Kwon has been really busy and not even taking a break to eat. Her and her assistant would lock themselves in her office from early morning to really late at night. Then everyday after that for a week."

Jiyong is not quite familiar of exactly what kind work his wife do for a living. Because of the fact that he did not want to do anything with her nor care what she does from the very beginning. But now... he's very curious. He then turned off the shower and hurriedly dried himself and put on his sweatpants and a clean shirt. He then went to get his laptop and took it with him as he plopped himself on his bed.

He searched for his wife's company and was surprised to what he had seen and learned about her.
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As Dara and Bom are having a full body massage. Bom suddenly asked Dara about Kyle.

"Dara, there's something that I have been meaning to ask you. Does Jiyong and Kyle ever met each other yet? I mean does Jiyong knows anything about you and Kyle, that you had a history together?"

"No. They haven't been introduced and I really don't think that there's a need for them to meet anyways. Jiyong and I have signed an agreement that we wouldn't ask about our business. He does his own thing and I do my own."

"Whoa! He actually agreed to that?Bom exaggeratedly said. "The Mr. Kwon, Jiyong that I have heard of doesn't agreed on anything. He is the most tyrant, self centered, whore I have ever heard of."

Dara started giggling and Bom joined in as well. As they finished their massage, they went to take a quick shower and went down to the swimming pool to swim for a bit. From there they went to relax in the jacuzzi while drinking red wine.

The jacuzzi is located outside overlooking the beach. As it is still summer which is Dara's favorite season, she then closed her eyes to feel the sun as it hits her face. She feels so relaxed right now that she doesn't want this weekend to be over.
She hasn't gone on a relaxing trip since she had started her business. She's been working nights and days nonstop seven days a week for the last five years.

Though she had dated quite a few men she has never given it some thoughts of really committing into the relationship. Take that back she actually once did. Just before she went to South Korea.

"Dara we've been dating for about a year now. Isn't it time for us to take on to the next level of our relationship? I know you have said that you still need to focus on building your business, for which you have. You have now become the most influential woman in this generation. You know that I can also be an additional asset to you and your company. Together we can grow more don't you think so? I love you Dara from the very moment that I have met you. I never did deny that from you. Can't you give me a chance to prove it to you?" Lee Donghae poured out his heart to Dara hoping that she can see and feel his sincerity towards her.

That same night they had a dinner date. That was also the night that her mother mentioned about her arranged marriage with Jiyong. She knows that Donghae is a really good man and that they will be good together. Not just in business but him as a husband to her.

"Dara." Bom hesitantly called her. "Uhm...Have you and Donghae officially ended your relationship before you got married with Jiyong? I mean. You never did mentioned about him once, and as a friend I care about you and I don't want you to get hurt at the end."

Dara just looked at Bom with hesitation, then lowered her head down.

Bom was shocked and couldn't get her words to come out right away. "D...do you mean?! Yeah! Dara-ah! Are you crazy? Donghae doesn't have a clue that you're already married? Did you at least had a chance to talk to him and parted ways with him?" Bom was getting hyped up about this.

Dara continued to stay silent.

Bom finally re-gained herself. In a calm voice she asked again. "What is it Dara? What is going on in that head of yours? You know that you can always talk to me. Hmm?"

Dara finally lifted her head up and looked at Bom with the saddest eye. "We haven't really talked for quite a while now, even before I've decided to accept this marriage arrangement. The last time we talked didn't go so well." She sadly lowered her head again with a teary eyes.

Bom then decided to hug Dara and comforted her in silence, as Dara finally let her cry come out. She has been holding it in for the longest time.
She cannot deny it anymore that she did love Donghae but she was just so focused on her business that she had ignored her feelings over and over again. When they once again met at that restaurant Donghae tried to call her many times but she avoided him. She didn't want to talk to him and let him know that she had gotten married already. She doesn't want to know or see how much she had hurt him by marrying another man.