Citrus and Wine | Jung Jaehyun

Chapter 23

As soon as he saw the old man enter his office with her, he knew something wrong was about to happen.

"How many times do I have to tell you to stay away from me? My life is finally going in the direction I want it yo go and you show up only to fuck everything up." Jaehyun yelled.

"I am trying to save you, from the poor girl. Haeun is your future wife. Just like we decided with Mr. Choi."

"I am not marrying her." He said sternly.

"Yes, you are. I chose you out of a vast list of guys, I am going to marry you. Period." She said.

"I don't want to marry you, I didn't agree to this." Jaehyun argued.

"Son, you are moving back to Korea and you will marry her."

"I won't, now get the fuck out both of you." He was fuming as he couldn't believe his father had the nerve to come and force him into this.

The old man smirked and turned away, walking out the door, leaving Jaehyun alone with the woman.

"You too, I already told you I don't want to marry anyone like you."

"Oh please, Jaehyun, don't you remember how much fun we used to have?" She asked, her sleeve falling, showing her shoulder and cleavage.

"I don't want that anymore. I told you I wanted you out of my life that day I found you with him." He said and tried to ignore her by typing something in his computer. "Now go away before I call security."

"Awe, are you sure? Are you sure you don't miss this, baby?" She said seductively and walked over to him, her body now covered in just underwear as she straddled him.

"Get off me." He said sternly and pushed her away, but she kept on trying to seduce him.

"You're going to tell me you don't think about me anymore? I know you still want me, remember how you told me there was never going to be a woman like me?" She cooed.

"Yes, there will never be a woman like you. Because you are-" the sound of the door opening interrupted him.

He turned to look over at the door and his heart dropped at what he found. You. Your face was expressionless and you stood there speechless at the situation Jaehyun was in. He knew it looked bad, and he knew he just hurt you.

"Y/n!" He called to you and pushed Haeun away, causing her to fall to the floor. "I can explain, please!" But you were already gone.

"Oh well, I guess you are now single, we can get married now." She said.

"What the fuck do you want? Is it money? Just tell me how much and stay the fuck out of my life. I told you I didn't want anything to do with you anymore. You chose him not me." He said. "And I chose her." He ran out of the office behind you, your office was empty but your things were still there.

"Maria, where did she go?" He asked frantically.

"I don't know, I tried calling her but she just left." She replied worried.

"Fuck." He kept on walking till he was at the parking lot, taking his phone out he dialed mark. "Mark have you seen y/n?"

"No, what did you do?" He asked.

"Nothing. But haeun did." Jaehyun slammed his hand on the steering wheel.

"Hey, dude calm down, she's probably at home."

"I can't stay calm! She's gonna hate me for this! I promised her." Tears started falling down his face, as he remembered what he told you. "I promised her I was not going to hurt her." He whispered.

"Jaehyun, go to her and try to talk things out." He whispered and okay and drove home, relief washing over him as he saw you car parked there

He knocked on your door.

"Y/n please..." he sobbed as you refused to open the door for the 5th time. "Please trust me." He begged.

"I can't." your words made his heart ache, he knew you couldn't trust him after what Johnny did to you. "I want to, but I can't trust you Jaehyun."

"Please, y/n, don't do this to me." His voice was low, his tone sad. "I love you, I can't lose you again."

"I love you too, Jaehyun. I love you so much that it is overwhelming, it's taking everything in me to not open the door and kiss you. But I can't keep on hurting myself like this."

"Please, baby, I know I kept this from you, but I need to come clean now. Please listen to me." He sobbed and you remained quiet, he knew you were giving him a chance to talk.

"My dad... he wants me to marry Haeun, he arranged a marriage but I won't do it. She," he sniffles. "She used to be my girlfriend, and she cheated on me with..." he refused to say it. "She cheated on me with Johnny."

You remained silent, wanting to hear his story.

"I loved her. But I never loved her the way I love you." He whispered. "I love so much, and I beat myself up everyday knowing that I've hurt you so many times. And I keep on hurting you." Maybe you were right. Maybe you were not meant to be. All you did was hurt each other. "Maybe you are right. Maybe if I truly love you, I should let you go."

He heard the door click and saw you standing there, tear stained cheeks matching his.

It broke your heart seeing him like this.

"Why did you lie to me about who you were? Why are you living with a roommate if you can afford a home of your own?"

"Because I don't want to be Jung Jaehyun, son of two rich people. I want to be plain Jaehyun. Because I don't care about money. Because I hate people who look down on others just because of their class. I didn't want you to think of me as a bad person." He said.

"Jaehyun, do you think this is going to work?" You asked.

"This?"

"Us."

"I don't know, but I want to make it work y/n, I want to be with you."

"I want to be with you too, Jaehyun, but we are hurting each other. We can't live with this push and pull relationship. You shouldn't be with someone like me, I will never make you happy. I can't even be happy myself." You said, fresh tears wetting the floor. "I don't deserve you. I don't deserve to be loved by you."

"Don't say that, you do deserve to be loved." He kneeled with you, taking you in his arms, and you prayed your could atay like this forever.

"Jaehyun, I'm just going to hurt you. I can't trust you, I can't trust anyone." You looked up at him and your heart broke. "I love you so much, but I think it's best for us to stop seeing each other." You placed your hand on his cheek and wiped a tear away.

"Y/n please..." he placed his hand on top of yours.

"I think I should move back home." You whispered.

"Y/n, please don't, you can't leave me here alone." He cried.

"I don't want to hurt you, I've done enough already." You said. "I will be moving out tomorrow and please, please don't stop me." You asked.

"I love you, please don't leave." He sobbed into your hand.

"I love you too and I'm doing this because I do."

And there you sat, with the love of your life in your arms, begging you stay, crying on your shoulder the same way you did. But you couldn't be with him. You didn't want him to keep on hurting because of your issues, you were hurting him and yourself by staying.

Maybe someday your time to be together was going to come, but it was not today.