Hi My Dear Readers, Workdays are coming again and it only means one thing...I can't promise to write everyday...my work is just heavy during June to August...so I can only do these double updates seldomly. For my readers who has been reading since Why Did I fall, WW club and WWMAD, you would know that I love to upload the chapters I write as soon as I have them--- thus you would often see double updates....it's just that I really can't do that now that much due to work. But I will still ty to write once I get some free time. Thank you so much for reading and loving The LUCEAT Bulletin. Please prepare your heart for this chapter. I was listening to a lot of ballad songs when writing this. Hope you enjoy it! :D      

 

Chapter 19

Truth Revealed

 

It was a beautiful house. Lee Joon welcomed them warmly. He hugged Hara and Minho tight…His longing for the 2 is obvious.

“Oh…wow…Miss Editor…it’s been a long time.” Said Lee Joon

“Yeah.” Said Sulli.

Though she was not the person who did the fire back then…she knows everyone blames her…so she had this fear to face the people who got affected by it..especially Lee Joon…who lost his masterpiece back then…

But it seems…he doesn’t hate her…

They were led to the living room. The 3 were hungry to catch up with each other.

“Minho and I will sometimes still meet when I go to Seoul for business.” Said Lee Joon

Lee Joon…apparently became a businessman…and did not pursue Arts…after the fire…

Sulli felt like suffocating. She needs to give the 3 space to talk.

“I’ll just go to the toilet..where is it?” asked Sulli

“Oh just turn left. And then right…then left again.” Said Lee Joon.

Left-right-left

“Got it.” Said Sulli

Sulli went out of the room. They will now be able to talk more freely.

Sulli walked around the house. Until she got lost. It’s not a very big house…but it’s structure is confusing.

Sulli saw a semi opened room. She tried to take a peak inside…But something caught her eye making her enter the room.

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Sulli is taking a while.

“Let me just look for Sulli. You’re house is confusing…she might be lost.” Said Minho

“Oh yeah, let me help you look for her.” Said Lee Joon.

“You’re not going to leave me here alone are you?” asked Hara

“Let’s go find her.” Said Minho

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Sulli entered the room

In the wall is a painting…                                                                       

It’s a painting of a couple walking in the field of flowers…the sun is up high and they seem to be having a good time…spring..it feels like spring…it feels vibrant and lovely while looking at the painting…

This feeling…Sulli closed her eyes…feeling the warmth of the painting…

Why is this feeling so familiar…

Wait….

Sulli opened her eyes and looked at the painting.

Was this Lee Joon’s masterpiece? But it can’t…it should have been destroyed by the fire…did he recreate it? No…no…you can’t recreate a masterpiece….

The door behind Sulli opened wide.

Minho entered and stopped behind Sulli.

Sulli turned to see Minho behind her. Tears falling from her eyes.

Minho stared at the painting in front of him.

Lee Joon’s…Spring Painting…

Hara stopped by the door with Lee Joon

Hara’s hand went to …unbelieving what she sees…the…

Spring painting…

“I thought…I thought…” Hara doesn’t know what to say.

“You..did not lose the painting…in the fire back then?” Sulli’s tears are uncontrollably falling.

All this time…she has been haunted by the memory of that fire…And the worst part was…she thought she ruined someone’s dream…That’s why Minho hated her…that’s why she had to leave…

For 7 years….

Lee Joon started to shake…his hand…his knees…until it’s too weak to keep him standing…he fell to the floor kneeling.

“I…never lost it…” said Lee Joon “I…hid it…before the fire started.”

“Hid it….before the fire? Why did you have to hide it, Lee Joon…”Said Hara

“Do you..know that there will be …fire?” asked Sulli

“Lee Joon…did you…start that fire?” asked Sulli

Minho closed his eyes in all the mixed emotion he’s feeling.

Lee Joon faced Hara.

“I did it for you…I did it for you Hara.” Said Lee Joon desperation in  his voice.

“I have loved you… for sooo long…and it hurt me to see you hurting because Minho was getting too close to Miss Editor…I can’t just stand there watching.” Said Lee Joon

“No…why…why would you do that Lee Joon?” Hara knelt in front of Lee Joon

“I heard her when you two fought…if I put fire on the Art’s room…She would be the first person everyone will blame…And Minho he…he’s the person who cares for our dreams more than anyone…he will surely get mad at her…so I…did it…to separate them…so that Minho can pay attention to you…Hara…I did it because I love you.” Said Lee Joon

Sulli is losing her strength…Everything…was for his love for Hara? He was willing to put everyone’s dreams at risk…just for Hara….and he…he almost destroyed her life…

Sulli looked at Minho…he hated her…for what?

For nothing.

He broke her heart…for nothing.

“Did you…know?” asked Sulli

Minho is feeling his chest constricting in pain….hsi eyes blurred by the tears forming in his eyes.

“I…learned about it…before the highschool graduation.” Said Minho

He…

Minho he…knew…

Sulli’s heart is squeezing in pain….her mind and heart can’t think anymore…it’s just full of pain…and hurt…

All this time…why didn’t he say anything? Why didn’t he tell her the truth? She…deserved the trut