Love Found In the Contract

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR🦋

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Mark and I have been working hard to make a friendship come out of all of this. Mark has stopped moving away from me in public. We have made so many fun memories. We have gone to so many places and taken so many memories that I will forever treasure. In these couple of weeks, I have realized that Mark can be the man that I need and want in my life.

After about five sessions with my therapist, I have concluded that Mark and I are very different people. We come from different backgrounds and have different challenges. Mine has always been being manipulated by my parents and my desire to make their proud and accept me as their son. Mark in the other hand has had to deal with being the perfect son, human, in the eyes of society. He has dealt with having to not make the public proud of him. His challenge is not something that he can overcome or walk away from.  I have the privilege to walk away from my parents because I don't need to please them. I can do what makes me happy and if they are not capable of doing that then that's their decision. 

Therapy has also helped me see the situation with my father from a different perspective. I might have left my father's company, but I did it in such a manner that it appears as me running away. No, it did not appear rather it was like that. After my accident, I chose to hide from all my troubles and ran away hoping that the will be fixed on their own. When I left with Donovan I was running away from everything, even myself. I was ashamed of myself for allowing them to treat them so badly.  But I' m done running. I'm done hiding.   

I spoke with Donovan and we have agreed to go back to Korea for me to speak to my father. I am terrified but I'm sure of what I need to do. I need to place my foot down and speak to him about how I feel and what makes me happy. I need to speak with him and the rest of my family and say my final goodbye to them because toxic people should not be in my life. Donovan has agreed to take me to the airport but said that he will stay behind and take care of our business here in California. 

Although I have so many businesses of my own,  I didn't see the harm in adding another one. Well, it is not technically mine, I only gave Donovan some money and adviced him on how the business world works. The success that it, it's because of  Donovan's hard work and dedication. He has so much passion for his business to succeed and I cannot be more proud of him. He was just my driver but I knew that he wanted to do so much more. He has so many dreams and I am happy I was able to provide him with a little bit of help. 

Placing my last shirt inside of my suitcase, I smiled. Marked suggested going on a three-day vacation to Bora Bora. At first, I refused because I had just gotten back to work and was beginning to get back to my routine of working. Mark has been nothing but supportive when it came to getting back to work. He even learned to cook so I didn't need to be worried about the cooking all the time.   But after much convincing, I agreed, not only because I wanted to go somewhere new but also because Mark seemed to need it  

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The flight to Bora Bora was filled with nothing but laughs since Mark made it his job to make me laugh at any chance he got. I was laughing too much that the flight attendant had to come to ask me if I was alright. After we landed we went straight to our hotel and changed into our swimming trunks and dived right into the water. The water was just the right temperature. I don't know how long Mark and I stayed there but by the time we got out, it was pitch black. 

After a warm shower, Mark and I sat down for dinner.

Placing his wine cup down Mark forces a smile, "Jinyoung I am glad you agreed to come with me"

"Me too. It has been great although we have only been here for a few hours"

"Yeah. I have been having a lot of fun with you. Not only today but every day. You make me smile, laugh, and just see the world differently. I have come to know you more and for that I am grateful.  I am grateful because I got to see and meet someone as amazing as you. You are beautiful in all your forms. When you are sleeping, cooking, working, angry, yelling, crying, smiling. Over the few months, I have seen you grow into someone who is so sure of himself and I have to say that being confident in yourself is very sexy. I think that we have gotten close to you, and I dare say it. I think I can call you my friend."

Placing my cup down I smile at him, "Mark, I am the lucky one. I am so lucky to have you in my life and to call you my friend. "

Mark leans in placing his right hand on my cheek. His eyes fill with tears but he smiles at me

"Jinyoung, I... I and... my team has done some research and in the original contract, there are mistakes. We can get divorced once we go back to LA. I suggested this trip because I wanted a proper goodbye. Call me selfish but I wanted some time with you before I had to let you go. Jinyoung, I have come to love you. I love you as a  friend and as a man will love another. I... um... have to say that I never imagined that I could love anyone as I love you. But I know that I cannot make you happy. I can never make you fully happy that's why I'm letting you go. But please let me  have these three days to enjoy you as my husband for the last time."

Mark wipes my tears away and I wipe his. 

"Mark, I love---"

"No. Don't say it. I know. I know how you feel but please understand that this is for the best. I will be so happy for you when you find your true love. I want to see you with a family. I want to see you happy and in love. But please don't cut me off your life. Please"

But you are my one true love. I don't want to love anyone but you, I want a family with you.

"I promise that I won't push you away."

That night, Mark and I cried in each other's arms and fell at sleep from exhaustion

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