Every step sounded like a big thump inside her heart. Every sound and voice disappeared. The only noise she could hear was her heavy breathing and the slow and smooth pace of the Don Juan getting even more near to her direction. All of her friends vanished in her thoughts, the background between her and Woo Bin was blank, white. Nobody was there, just him. It frighten her the thought of exchanging words, even looking at each other for just a glimpse, but there she was, waiting for him to make the first move. She was not prepared for this, not yet. Even more now. She stood frozen.
Woo Bin smiled.
It could not be possible.
Just one more step and he was going to be closer enough to greet her, but he didn't. Woo Bin stood there for a second, smiling. Was he glancing at her? that's what she asked herself. After that, she could clearly feel the disappointment as it was not her who he was looking at. Stroking the hair of Geum Jan Di with no such gentleness, he congratulated her for making the best decision in her life. The commoner didn't reply back nor she dare to make one of her attempts to hit him as she felt the tense that was arising.
"I should get going. I have business to do" without caring any less, he swiftly turn around and begin to walk away from there. He try to play it cool, act like there was nothing that was bothering him. Jae Kyung was ignored, like she didn't exist. Woo Bin pretended that there was no other soul there than his friends.
As he was about to leave, he passed right beside her. Jae Kyung took a sad glimpse with her head down. The next thing he did broke her down in every way possible. He smiled. Gave a huge and happy smile like there was nothing to feel sorry for or sad about. The scary thought of him erasing her from his memories was one of her biggest nightmares. In hopes to return to someone's open arms was just a mere fantasy she imagined for long. Indeed, she was well-received by her friends, but that specific Don Juan was the one who she wanted most to see, to feel, for him to forgive her everything, but no, it was not fair even to her eyes what she did to him. Regretting was not some way to escape from the past and change it. It only made her a bit conscious that the decisions she took weren't the best, that in the future she would be careful with anything and anyone.
"Woo Bin!" the Casanova went after him while everyone stood motionless, quiet. They didn't know what else to say after this situation.
So Yi Jeong quickly found him about to enter his car and leave. Shouting once again his name resulted for the Don Juan to stop and wait for what his friend needed to say. He knew perfectly what it was, of who it was. Taking some seconds to win back the air, the potter looked at Woo Bin, back facing him.
"Don't you think this is your time?" So Yi Jeong said. Eyes squinting for the sunlight that was hitting his face.
"Time for what?" He raised his voice, losing his calm.
"Time to face her and tell her what you feel"
"Tell her what, that I don't care anymore for her?" he paused as he turned his back. "That I terribly dislike her and what she did?" Another pause.
"I don't think she will like to hear that. What am I saying- she doesn't care"
So Yi Jeong didn't know what else to say. The red face and angry voice made him conclude this was not the best time to talk. Raising his two hands in sign for him to calm down, the potter looked at him for one last time before turning around to head again to the others. Taking a few steps, he stopped and look to the side.
"I could tell by her face she feels guilty. Forgiveness is the first step to heal, Woo Bin" with that being said, he walked away.
Not delaying anymore to get out of there and without looking back or having a second thought of what to do, he headed right to his father's workplace with the head spinning around thoughts and memories that was once thought erased.
He changed.
Those two words got stuck in her head for the rest of the day. Back at Gu Jun Pyo's mansion, he seem fine that she was there yet he perfectly ignore any signal she gave being there. Even when it was a short moment they had to awkwardly go through seeing each other, she expected him shouting bad things; how he was disappointed, or maybe, that he didn't want to see her again. Now that she thought about it, her face sadden as the realization hit her- he left immediately she enter.
"Unnie, I'm glad you came back" a female voice slowly made her realize she was still not alone. Both commoners were still there with her, accompanying her to have some nice drink of coffee.
"Are you okay?" Jan Di asked, noticing her friend was still lost in her thoughts. Ga Eul knew what have her like that.
"I'm totally fine" she fake a smile and took a sip of her drink to break the awkward tense in the air.
"So where were you all this time?" asked Jan Di, again.
"I thought you already knew" she lied as she looked at Ga Eul.
"You didn't told So Yi Jeong after your arrival at Sweden" that was the answer Jae Kyung was waiting for.
"Oh...right" acting like if she realized it now. "I guess I didn't told him"
Again, Jan Di asked the question very curious.
"I was all this four years at New York" knowing it was not of great importance now to tell them where was her location, she felt more relieve that this kind of information could be shared now.
"What were you doing there?" Ga Eul needed to ask this question, knowing it was going to trap the monkey into saying the truth about why she left.
Jae Kyung stood silent. Eyes were looking into space again for a moment, until she couldn't take it anymore. Exploding into tears, both commoners looked at each other with guilty eyes for making her feel this way. Loud sobs became evidently loud for the people to hear and turn their heads to see what was happening. Jae Kyung was grabbing all the attention from the crowd and the staff got really nervous for how she could might scare away their clients. Her friends slowly caressed her hands with such gentle that words weren't needed to comfort.
"Excuse me, madam" a tall man with a serious gaze looked at her and coughed to grab her attention. Jae Kyung literally stopped her sobs and stared at the man with deep pain. "Could you lower your voice down, please?" he begged while the people was still looking at them.
Jae Kyung looked at him with a comprehensive glance, but her face quickly sadden again. Out of nowhere, she swiftly grabbed the man's shirt and pulled him close to her face, shaking her head in disapproval.
"Do yoi know how does it feel to be heartbroken?" she begin to speak out loud. Jan Di and Ga Eul try to stop her but she held her index finger high, signaling them to stop.
"Have you been heartbroken before?" her voice decreased as a murmur, and the man himself was afraid to answer thinking she was just pshyco.
"Answer me!" she asked raising her voice again.
"Yes" the man stuttered.
"So let me suffer here with my friends and dont interefere" she sounded like she was begging him but indeed was more of an order.
"But-" he try to reason with her, but she interjected him quickly by yelling out loud "Who here has been heartbroken?" she looked around.
Some people raised their hands slowly, hesitating a bit of what was going on. "Well, I am right now. I am. Seriously, I am" she kept insisting while touching her chest.
"I feel like- like wanting to smash his head against the floor" she said and gave a wicked laugh for a second.
"Because they- they don't care. They don't care how you feel. They don't care how bad you feel for everything you did" she kept on talking nonsense for a good couple of seconds until the commoners decided to pull her out of there. Jae Kyung kept on screaming to the people, giving them a speech on what they have to do. This was definitely the monkey girl they knew.
"Fighting!" she yelled while getting out of there. Surprisingly, lots of people responded back with great enthusiasm and this made her feel a bit powerful.
"Unnie, why you did that?" asked Ga Eul with an embarrass glare.
"That stupid- he needs to learn not to ignore me" not even drunk she was and Jae Kyung was acting like it. It was totally the breakdown that was making her say this.
Tears were still rolling down her cheek when she realized that coming to South Korea was the worst decision she could ever made. Breaking down like this and giving a senseless speech to strangers was not something she would dare say even to her two best friends alone, and that was a solid prove of how Woo Bin was still a big impact on her life. There was no denying she was deeply in love with him, but he didn't seem to share that with her now.
Coming back to her senses, an apologize was all it took for them to forgive the weird behavior she had minutes ago. Four years didn't do any change on her. Jae Kyung was still the same monkey they met in the beginning. The only matter was getting again used to this constant change of mood
"Do you want us to come with you?" Ga Eul asked right when she noticed Jan Di waving her hands from side to side. That meant no. The commoner couldn't go with them but she acknowledge it was a bad idea to go with her. Jae Kyung needed time for herself, to think and meditate on how she was going to get over that silly Don Juan.
"I just want to be alone" there was no energy in her voice. Eyes were looking down all sad.
The country bumpkin asked her once again but she rejected the offer politely. A small smile grew on her face while she watched her two now-busy friends disappeared around the corner.
Being alone felt more depressing. That was her choice.
"Son, it is very odd to see you here. What motive makes you come here?" the body of the old man was hidden behind the big black swivel chair. Two tall man were standing on each side of the desk for every protection.
"Do you have anything for me today?" he asked knowing his father was going to understand his question.
Amazed by this, father Song swiftly turned around and looked at his son like if he was crazy. "I thought you didn't like this kind of dirt" the voice sounded a bit uninterested while looking at the cigar he had in his hand.
"What do you want me to do?" frustrated, he got to the point immediately, not wanting to waste any more time. Father Song gave an evil smile and leaned towards the desk, resting his elbows on there.
Instructions were well-explained as always but Woo Bin didn't need this, he was almost a Mafia leader, he knows what to do. Listening very attentively to every detail that was told, with one last glance, he disappeared from that dark room to search for his victim. It was true, he hated to do this, but the slight image of that monkey inside his head was driving him crazy. Woo Bin was desperate to forget about her even for just a second, and what better than to let out his fury with somebody else.
The engine started and the Don Juan soon drove as fast as he could to his target.
The place was cold and quiet. Silence filled the room as there was no one but her as the only customer of the restaurant. It was not coincidence that this place was empty just for her. Paying a great amount to throw everyone out was considerably nothing for her to do, she was used to this lifestyle.
All tables and seats were free and at that moment she decided to sit on most of them, playing like a child bored to death. She stopped at one beside the window where no one inside the restaurant could see her. It was a private section.
Hands interlocked, lovely stares shared and small kisses on the forehead was all she could see outside in the street. Young people seem so vivid while the old couples seem fresh. She admire them for the fact that their love hadn't change since their early years of being together. That's what she could see in their eyes and the affectionate way they looked at each other. Nothing could break it. Jae Kyung longed for that, just to be loved so dearly, and forever with the same person, but that was just a dream far away from coming true- that's what she thought.
Soon enough, something -better if to say someone- caught her attention and her eyes widen by the sudden realization of who was the person entering quickly to the restaurant. Could this be her worst day?
Avoiding seem impossible and that's when she thought maybe she was being condemned to a life where there was no escape from him. She was definitely being punished for all she did- that's what she thought. But unexpectedly, she saw something that shocked her fully. Was she seeing right? Yes. Anger begin to fill inside her body as she could not stand what was happening in front of her eyes.
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What will Jae Kyung do?
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