Shifting Boundaries | RyujinxYeji

Chapter 27

Seulgi's POV

My eyes laid at her, astounded. She's wearing a white turtle neck and black blazer with her hair tied in a low ponytail.

Looking much like an heir.

"Thanks for showing up in my place. I expected you to come." Irene said while walking closer to me.

I feel my tears building up. I'm still stuck in my imagination, where she's walking close to me—inside the church we supposed to meet.

I love my family. I love them but...but I can't deny the fact that she's my great love—she's someone that no one could ever replace.

"Seulgi, I told you everything already. What's keeping you from holding on?" she asked, staring at me with those eyes I used to watch over in my class.

"We both have families, waiting for us?" I uttered and smiled.

"It's not too late. We can keep it until we're both ready to speak up. Seulgi, I still love you." Irene held my hands. It's what I was looking for.

"And so if we continue everything? You're still that Irene who's afraid of her father, you're still that Irene who's gonna leave me dumbfounded, you're still that kind of woman and—and why would I choose another heartbreak from you?" I averted my eyes to avoid her stare.

Stop being idiot, Seulgi.

You have Jaebeom, Yeji and Hyunjin. They're enough, aren't they?

"I chose his happiness over mine for long years...I want to be selfish right now, Seulgi." she cups my face as she steps closer to me, "I can be a mistress. I don't need to be introduce in public. You can hide me...deep in your heart, away from everyone. Just...just take another risk for me." Irene tiptoes and puts her forehead on mine.

"What if we're each other's beginning but not the last?" I asked. I still can't bear to hold her waist and be comfortable with everything that's happening right now.

When I found out the truth, we spent days together. But when I saw Jaebeom, it's killing me slowly. I cheated. I'm cheating...

"Don't trust the fate, trust in us. I wanna grow old with you..."

"Irene..." I whisper, realizing we're sharing our breath. "Half of me is happy and half of me is in agony. What if I don't love you anymore? What if I just got too hype because of Ryujin? She's...she's what matters to me the most. Irene, did you feel it? Did you feel it back then? I was the happiest when she was born, I love her and what if I'm just rooting to see her—to touch her? What if it's Ryujin that I wanted to see and not you? What if I've moved on and I'm just having mix feelings when I found out everything—" I was cut off when Irene's lips touched mine.

Irene stepped her feet back after parting from me, "She's not yours to think. Seulgi, you don't have responsibilities on her and you shouldn't feel that way with her. She's not your blood, she's not your flesh—"

"I didn't run away with you back then because I love you. I did that because of her, because I wanted to protect her and I want to take the responsibilities that was left on your shoulders. Irene, she was mine. SHE'S MY BLOOD, SHE'S MY FLESH, SHE'S MY DAUGHTER, SHE'S OUR DAUGHTER." I said, emphasizing the last sentence for her to understand.