Her Secret (VJoy)

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Sitting still on the cold floor, Joy cried endlessly.

So this is how it feels like. To cry as if she's never cried before. Even her mother just stared at her with no emotion in her face.

Joy crawled towards her and grasped her hands in hers. She looked up to her like a child would.

"Let's start a new beginning mom."

Her mother still stared at her unfazed, Joy doesn't even know what she's thinking.

She huffed. "Mom... Let's go far away from here. Let's live somewhere else mom."

Then her mom nodded so slowly with tears rolling down her cheeks. She looks so much in pain that Joy pulled her in her embrace.

Whoever that man is, whoever my father is. I can't forgive you for leaving mom and me.

I hate him.

He pushed her mother to the brink almost to the point of no return, he made her lose herself.

Love is such a cruel thing. Her mom is a living proof of that.

For the first time, she felt that she and her mother got closer. The wounds they both tried to hide draw them apart and now it was opened again but this time they won't hide it anymore. They'll leave it open and let time pass and heal it.

After some time. Joy let her mom sleep and cleaned the house, taking down some things on the process so she could pack them.

The day after, she left with her mom. Leaving no trace behind. As if they've never lived there before, no one knows who they are and when they've gone.

Days passed before it turned to weeks then weeks turned to months then months became years... Seven years passed in a blink of an eye.

In the bustling City in US, inside a popular club for the elites sat a man at the counter facing the bartender.

Someone tapped his shoulder. Taehyung glanced on his side and saw a woman staring at him seductively. He glanced at her from head to toe before turning his head back to the front drinking his glass of alcohol acting as if he didn't saw anyone.

The woman probably left when she encountered his cold look. Not that it mattered.

Someone tapped his shoulder again, it's another woman but someone he knows. His fiancé, Bae Joohyun.

She arched her eyebrow at him as if telling him to invite her for a drink. Taehyung gave her a smug look.

"You're not crippled, sit on your own."

Joohyun wasn't even surprised of his cold atittude. "Cold as always."

She gave a signal to the bartender for a drink before sitting down just a seat apart from him. The bartender feels like he's in the Antarctica from what the two emits.

"We're miserable, aren't we?" Joohyun doesn't drink much alcohol but she feels like she wants to get drunk that moment.

"Something must've happened for you to finally go back." she said again when he didn't reply.

"When is your flight?"

He replied shortly, "Tomorrow."

"If... Just if... The man I love doesn't give in to me and you couldn't find the woman you kept on looking for, can the thought of us together ever cross your mind?"

Taehyung turned his head to her finally before standing up. "Let's go. I'll take you home."

"You haven't answered me yet."

Taehyung turned to her. "No. Not a chance."

"Why? I know you don't love me but you don't hate me. It's not bad if we end up together right? Besides we both benefit from each other."

"Your question doesn't need an explanation so don't think about it again."

Joohyun stared at him thinking for a moment. "You found her?"

Taehyung didn't say anything but left  instead. His silence is a confirmation.

He really found her.

***

The sun rises, spreading a mixture color of orange and yellow, it illuminated on the ocean like a mirror with rays that goes everywhere. On the terrace Joy stood with her eyes close, feeling the cold air hit her face. She leaned on the railings with both her hands.

She can still remember that day, making her tear up. She did not regret it even once. Leaving everything behind.

She smiled serenely. It's still painful but now she can smile without trying. Be that as it may, she missed her friends though, Seulgi and Wendy. Even Yeri whom she worked with.

She took a deep breath and opened her eyes. Today is another day. She's done missing things and people, now it's time live again.

She looked down when she felt someone tugging her shirt. A pair of big eyes is staring at her. She instantly lit up, crouching down. Ruffling his hair, Joy pinched the child's cheek.

"You're awake already?"

The little boy nodded rubbing his sleepy eyes, he looks so cute Joy couldn't help from crushing him in her embrace.

"Mom... It hurts."

Joy laughed letting him go. "Mian, you look so cute I couldn't help it."

He nodded then rubbed his tummy. "Mom... I'm hungry."

Joy kissed his cheek then held his hand. "Come on. Let's go down and eat."