Once Upon A Time In Paris

Three choices

"So, what did you think about my story?" grandma says and eagerly looks at Jisoo

"Zee, the woman you talked about" Jisoo starts tearing up

"That is not my mother. They used my mother not the other way around" she says

"You see, life is all about making the right choice. Zee made the wrong one at every step of the way and you know how her story ends. Now it is your choice, to decide whether you want to believe the truth or indulge in the lie that you have been believing so far. But this is not the only choice you have to make today. Another, a bigger choice lies ahead of you. Look at me, I have protected these kids all these years from Zee, her existence. And I'll protect them from her daughter too. I won't hesitate even a moment to reveal your truth and ruin you. But I won't do that. You're still young, still immature, blinded by your love for your mother, your mother didn't have a guardian who would guide her to the right path but I can be that guide for you

The decision is yours. Today we are going to wedding dress shopping, tomorrow is your wedding. It is obviously meant to be a surprise to you. My grandson is probably looking at the family heirloom, the diamond ring that his mother gave him to propose to you today. Obviously he consultted with me first and asked me to pick the first flight back to paris to help him. What he didn't know is that I was already in the flight when we were texting.

You have three choices,

Tell him  the truth, about you, your past, irene, everything before the wedding and risk losing your love forever
or
keep him in the dark and start your new life based on a lie
or
run away from here, far away and never come back. You can even start a new life there. I'll give you the money you need

Tough options, huh? I told you that I'll guide you but I can only do so much after all the mess you made around here.  All I can say is, don't repeat the history. You know it doesn't end well. Don't turn yourself into your mother, don't steal someone else's  right, someone else's love. Life always takes a life in exchange of the other. Zee payed the price, you don't have to" she says

Jisoo takes a moment to process everything, every bit of information that was revealed to her. She doesn't want to believe her but deep down, she knew this was the full truth. She tried so hard for her dead mother that she forgot that she herself was a living being with years to live ahead. She turned into Zee, she stole Irene's happiness with lies. She is Zee, genes don't lie

She holds her ground strongly clenching her fist trying not to let her emotions get the best of her, trying to cry.

"What if I choose wrong?" she asks

"There will be consequences" grandma replies

"Are you guys done?" a voice says from above

Jisoo doesn't even hear it, life has put her in a crossroad where she doesn't know which way to go.

"Impatient as always. We are done" grandma  says

Taehyung comes down with his hand behind his back. Jisoo looks at him

"he is going to propose now, with his family hairloom" she thinks, her mind is in clouds.

"I can't decide, I can't decide. I can't leave him, I can't. Not after what happened last night"

Just like pictured, Taehyung kneels downn and pops the question

"Will you get married to me? Tomorrow?" he asks with a bit of nervousness

Grandma squeeks as he holds out the ring

"I---I will" Jisoo can't help but accept.

Taehyung beems with joy as he put the ring on her, for the second time. Grandma claps at the scene and click a few photos

"These are for the family album" she says

"Let's go wedding shopping then, shall we? We don't have time kids, the wedding is tomorrow and a lot needs to be done" she adds

Jisoo is just sitting there silently, questioning herself repeatedly.

"I don't want a grand function tomorrow, I just want our close family and friends to be present. I want it to be an intimate event, no fake media, no fake guests. I want a raw, genuine wedding" Taehyung says and looks at Jisoo for affirmation

"Same" Jisoo replies

"Noted. Now get up. We need to go shopping. I'll invite rest of the family on the way. Lisa is going to jump at the idea of wedding shopping" grandma says and walks towards the door

Taehyung looks at Jisoo but she could feel her tense up a bit

"Nervous to be called  Mrs. Taehyung from tomorrow?" he jokes

"yeah, I am just--a bit nervous. That's all" Jisoo lies

Taehyung holds her hands tightly and leads the way to the car. Jisoo's heart aches knowing that maybe tomorrow, just maybe, these hands wont be holding her anymore, these eyes won't be searching for her anymore  and this person won't be her's anymore.

Maybe

A/N: Only one more chapter left. Thank you so much for supporting this fanfic and being soooo patient. The last chapter is already written. I'll upload it in a few hours