Still wrapped in his embrace, head tucked securely on his chest, and his hand enclosed in his, she asked.
"It doesn't matter. It won't change anything. I love you." He said as he dropped a gentle kiss on her hair.
I'm not married, Jeong Hyeok-shii.
"What?!? Don't do this to me, Seri."
Are you forgetting that I am a very rich swallow, Jeong Hyeok-shii? Money can make everything, even untruths seem real. Believable.
"Seri."
I know you, my Hyeoki. I know you would do everything for me. Even go as far as defect for me. I cannot let you do that. I cannot let you risk your life and your family like that.
"But -"
You wanna know the whole story, Jeong Hyeok-shi? Don't ask too many questions. Just listen.
"Okay, I'm sorry. Go on."
Aside from money, you are all I have, Jeong Hyeok. I will do everything, use all my wealth if I have to, to protect you.
If your enemies think that you are angry at me because I got married to someone else, they can no longer use me against you.
"But I did want to confront you when Seo Dan told me."
I know. And I'm thankful that for whatever reason, you didn't. I couldn't have turned my back if you came for me again.
Anyway, I contacted Alfons, had him fake a marriage bann and another friend wrote a special feature of our marriage especially inserted in a fashion magazine that Dan regularly reads. It worked. She told you.
"And her mother."
And by doing so, everyone in the village knew. And soon enough, even your enemies learned of it. They didn't bother you because of me, didn't they?
"Well -"
Stop pouting, Jeong Hyeok-shii. C'mon, tell me I'm brilliant. Not that I don't already know that but you can still tell me. I wouldn't mind.
"Five years, Seri-ah. Five years and I didn't even try to find out if it was true."
You didn't? Really?
"I tried. But I was so angry. I couldn't see straight. I am so sorry. Can you ever forgive me? "
Remorse was evident in his choked voice, it was clear that guilt was still nagging at him.
Sitting down, with the sheets demurely covering her bare chest, she kissed him. First on the lips. Next, on his forehead.
There is nothing to forgive, Hyeoki. I love you. I've never stopped. But if you want to make it up to me, kiss me.
He kissed her, then. Reverently. His strong arms wrapping around her as he kissed her again, hungrily, this time, pulling her on top of him
"I will make it up to you, Seri-ah. I promise. Even if it takes a lifetime.
Are you proposing, Hyeoki? It's a yes! A thousand times yes!!
Marry me, Seri.
And there it is, a ring on her finger. Her eyes round with shock and then with tears. Happy tears.
He grinned, his smile wide, but not for long as Seri draw his head to her, catching his mouth in a hungering kiss.
For a long while, nothing can be heard except the sweetness of a tender moment swept over a fevered urgency.
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And then -
"Alfons, that guy who kissed you is gay?"
Kissing on the lips among close friends is a European thing, Hyeoki. It's nothing.
"But gay? Him?"
Why, Hyeoki? You got jealous, didn't you? Wait till I tell him.
And so reaching over, she got her telephone and dials a number until a shriek can be heard.
"Girrrrrl!!!!!!!"
- The End -
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