Just A Few Numbers Away

Chapter 30

The Most Beautiful Betrayal

The night was young, and the mini-park inside Yoongi's residence had a peaceful ambiance.

Yoongi had suggested that they talk here instead, to avoid the prying eyes and ears of the public.

Aen hadn't started talking yet, but the atmosphere already felt so tense that one could almost taste it.

Yoongi sighed, breaking the silence.

"Aen-ah... what is it that you want to talk about?"

Aen took a shaky breath.

'I guess this is it. Here goes nothing.'

"Sorry... To be honest... I'm quite nervous... I'm not sure how to start... Haha. I've... I've, like... memorized this scenario a thousand times already, but being here... right now... talking to you about this... it feels frightening."

"Then you don't have to do this-"

"No. I need to do this. I need to tell you... everything. The truth."

"What truth?"

Yoongi's brows furrowed.

"It's-"

"Ahh... Is it about why we can't be together?"

Aen nodded.

"I already know. You don't have to tell me."

Yoongi said coldly.

"What? How? When?"

Aen panicked.

"At the bridge... the person who called you after I confessed. It's your lover, right?"

"What?"

"I've connected the dots. That's why I didn't try to contact you after. I don't want to intrude on you two. If I had known, I wouldn't have even tried to confess. Maybe we could have still stayed as friends, but I think that's impossible for now."

Yoongi stood up.

"I felt betrayed. You could've told me from the start. I would've understood and wouldn't have tried to..."

Yoongi sighed.

"It's getting late. You should probably go. Since you know the way out already... I won't escort you."

Yoongi was about to leave when Aen grabbed his hand.

"You've got it all wrong!!!"

"What?"

"I... I don't have a lover."

"Aen-ah... please stop... Stop lying."

"About having a lover? I don't have one. I'm not lying. But I did betray you and that's the truth."

Yoongi looked confused but Aen kept quiet.

"Then who was that person?"

Yoongi held Aen's arms gently, urging her to look at him, but she refrained.

"Aren't you going to tell me everything? If that person isn't your lover, then who is it?"

Yoongi was nervous.

He wasn't exactly ready for the next few words that came out of Aen's mouth.

"It's my child."