My Marriage is Just a Business Deal(Completed)

Chapter 4- Seoul

Well our happy couple is at home now...what do you think? Please comment and vote!

Hyerin's POV

Our new home was actually an older home that I had always admired, mostly because of the grounds, it has beautiful gardens and really nice privacy, considering how close it is to downtown. Before our wedding I basically only renovated the master suite so we would have a nice place to sleep and hang out, then after the wedding I has planned to get to work on the rest of the house.

Having just come from France my mind was full of beautiful European designs. It was good that I had something to keep me busy, because Jungkook was rarely home. If late evenings and dinners out for social obligations counted, I didn't see him for more than quick snippets of time. Every night though if I was awake he would have sex with me. I didn't call it love making because in all but the obvious basic ways, it was not love making...it was just sex. He rarely kissed me on the mouth or allowed me to linger holding him, no sweet endearments or snuggling. I almost felt used...like I was just an end of the day stress reliever. I could have feigned that I was asleep, but I was so desperate for any touch from him that those brief moments that he was with me I cherished...as base as they were.

I had to keep myself busy...busy or I would break down. Every day I met with contractors and decorators, I would also have lunch with my mother and mother-in-law, plus other society wives...it was an exhausting charade.

When I wasn't 'on stage' as I put it I became more and more withdrawn, I am sure that I was depressed, I lost weight.

Finally one day, after bout 5 months, I was talking to my sister-in-law Jennie, who is also my best friend...she just stopped mid conversation and said,

"Hyerin-ah...sweetheart...whats wrong?...Tae and I are worried about you."

I froze a moment, I guess my acting wasn't that good. I stammered and stuttered before just releasing and breaking down. I sobbed and slid down onto the floor crying. I said,

"I thought Jungkook loved me...but he doesn't Unnie." Big sigh."

"Why? Why would you think he doesn't love you?" She asked.

I looked around at the two maids that had just come in the room, one to bring a vase of flowers in the other to tell me my mother was here, so I replied to Jennie,

"Can I come and stay with you guys for a little while?" I asked. The idea really warming me up.

"Of course, just text me when you will be here!"

"Thank you Unnie." I hung up and faked my way through a cheerful visit with my mom.

Tae and Jennie are living in LA right now, and literally as soon as my mother left, I was on the phone booking a first class ticket to LA.

My main means of communication with Jungkook on a daily basis was through his personal assistant Jimin. So I called their offices, which I rarely did and informed the man that I was going to visit my brother in LA, to please inform my husband... and that was it. Passive aggressive I know but I don't care. I packed the minimum planning to shop till I dropped in LA, spoke with the contractor and left for the airport. My plane leaves in about 2 hours...I never heard from Jungkook before I took off.

Jungkook's POV

I am exhausted. I am running almost non-stop all day every day. Things are finally shaping up like I want them to and as I drag myself into the house at 11:30pm, all is quiet. Hyerin must already be upstairs, I quietly enter our bedroom and it is dark so I go directly into my dressing room and peel off my suit. I walk into the bathroom in my boxers to get ready for bed. I take a quick shower and as I brush my teeth I look out at our bedroom...the light from the bathroom bathes the bed and I see...nothing. She isn't there!

I take several steps closer and look, she really is not in bed. Where could she be? I walk into her dressing room...nothing, into her sitting room...nothing. I am confused and a little worried, I quickly scour the quiet house and do not find her anywhere. I pick up my phone but I don't have any texts from her...or messages, just my normal end of day update message from Jimin. I listen to him go through a list of things we need to discuss tomorrow and at the very end...he says,

"Mrs. Jeon asked me to inform you that she left today to visit her brother." Thats it...she went to LA? Back in the bathroom I then notice that some of her cosmetics are gone...she left?...Without telling me in person?

I rarely tell her what I am doing and where I am going...but? It is no big deal I tell myself, she should see Taehyung and Jennie if she wants to...I am busy anyway.

But somehow...for some reason...I feel...bereft...and sad.

Hyerin's POV

I texted Jungkook when I got to LA that I made it fine and to call or text me if he needed to talk to me. That was it.

For the first few days, Jennie didn't ask me much or say too much about Jungkook or why I was here, but after 3 days where I stormed through Rodeo Drive like a woman on a mission, she confronted me.

I had just got back from a run through their Pasadena neighborhood when she pushed me into a chair, handed me a bottle of water and said,

"Spill it sister...why are you here?!"

I stared at her for a few moments, I was afraid that if I started to open up I would fall apart and no one would be able to put me back together again. I took a deep breath and pushed out a sigh...and said,

"Our honeymoon...(started to tear up) was wonderful...I never wanted it to end. Seriously...he...we...I was so happy! Then as soon as the plane's wheels touched the ground in Seoul he became a different person."

"He stays at the office all day and most nights, I haven't had dinner with him, seriously in months that wasn't a business dinner surrounded by strangers. When he comes home...I am usually in bed already and I could pretend that I am asleep...but...(I pause) I want...I want him to..." I say.

Jennie nudges me on saying, "Want him to...? What sweetie?"

"For us to have sex. He almost always has sex with me before he sleeps. (I am crying now) And...and I know...I feel used sometimes...it isn't like it was on our honeymoon....but I don't stop him...because I am so lonely! I am so lonely Jennie! I just need to...(I trail off sobbing)" I reply.

"Oh...Hyerin...baby, shhh! I am sorry! I thought you were happy, I am so sorry!" Jennie said.

There is only the sound of Hyerin's muffled tears and Jennie rubbing her back.

"You can stay here as long as you want to...but you need to talk to him, he needs to know how unhappy you are. I am sure he cares about you...loves you. It will be okay but you need to tell him. Give him the chance to do the right thing." Jennie continues and I look at her with my swollen eyes and let out a deep sigh.

"I have been here 3 days and he hasn't called me..." I say.

"I wonder also if there is another woman, someone at work that has taken my place...that I am the wife in name only. Just the one to give him children and be...arm candy!" I say as Jennie looks at me with a serious expression.

*Naw...he isn't cheating...we hope! Please read on and vote..and comment! PLEEEEASE!