Chapter 7

Yuri’s first instinct was to slam the door shut & hide. Yunho sensing this, immediately put his hand against the door, preventing it from being closed.

“Yul, can we talk?” When Yuri made no response, Yunho pleaded, “Won’t you at least let me in?”

Yuri resigned herself to dealing with Yunho at the moment. Silently, she opened the door wider & gestured for him to enter.

They headed to the sparsely furnished living room. Yunho looked around & noticed the big difference between this place & Yuri’s old apartment. Whereas the old place was warm & welcoming, in contrast, this one didn’t have any of Yuri’s personal touches. It was as if she didn’t plan on staying here for long.

“How did you find me?” Yuri asked, when Yunho made no effort to start the conversation.

“I hired a private detective.” Yunho couldn’t take his eyes off of his wife. He sat there, not blinking, afraid that Yuri might disappear again.

“The same one that you used to find out about my brother & me?” Yuri asked sarcastically. Then she started worrying, ‘Does he know about the baby? Is that why he’s here?’

“Yul, I know what I did was wrong & I have no excuses. Please give me another chance, please let me explain?” Yunho said earnestly, & lifted his hand in a pleading motion.

“What are you doing with that?!” Yuri demanded sharply, while looking at the bracelet on Yunho’s wrist.

Yunho lovingly touched the treasured bracelet, the one that made him feel closer to Yuri, “I found it amongst your things. I noticed my name on the box &...”

“Give it back.”

“W...What?” Yunho asked in confusion.

“I said give it back. That bracelet was meant for a man whom I married because I thought he loved me. You don’t deserve it.” Yuri said bitterly, as tears trickled down her face.

Yunho was devastated. He instinctively held onto his bracelet. Then wordlessly, he slowly removed the bracelet & started to hand it back to Yuri. Just when Yuri’s long fingers started to curl around the bracelet, Yunho stopped her motion with his hands, “Yul, give me a chance to show you how much I love you. I swear to you, someday, you will willingly give me the bracelet again.”

Yuri pulled back her hand as if a snake had bit her. She wanted to believe what Yunho was telling her so badly, she really wanted to be held by him again, but she knows better now. An alarm clock went off somewhere in the house making Yuri stand up & said, “There’s nothing more to talk about. If you have any ounce of pity left in you, you’d go & leave me alone.” & she started to walk towards her bedroom to turn off the vintage mickey mouse alarm clock. She heard the front door opening & closing. She stopped for a moment & leaned against the wall as tremors went through her body.

She came back out, headed towards the kitchen & poured herself a glass of water. Just as she popped some pills into , the door opened again.

Yunho stood there with his green ebags TLS 25” expandable upright suitcase. When he saw Yuri taking the pills, he hurried towards her, “What’s wrong? Why are you taking medications? Is it the baby?” He asked worriedly, as he held her by the shoulders.

“What do you think you’re doing?! I never invited you to spend anytime here!” A pissed off Yuri retorted.

Yunho ignored her questions. This was too much for him to take in. Is she sick? She looked a little pale but he thought that was normal considering she was pregnant & shocked after seeing him. He lifted her into his arm, took her to the bedroom & laid her on the bed. Then he pulled out his T-Slide cell phone, “What’s your doctor’s phone number?”

Yuri was still trying to reconcile what had happened. One minute she was in the kitchen & then she was lying in bed, “What are you doing?” She tried to sit up. An upset Yunho immediately made her lie down again, “You’re sick, you shouldn’t be out of bed!” He commanded.

“First of all mister, I’m not sick. Those were vitamins I was taking. Second, what are you doing back in my apartment with your suitcase? & third, who told you about the baby?”

A sheepish looking Yunho said, “Those were vitamins? Um, sorry.” Then he gave her an apologetic grin.

Yuri rolled her eyes, ‘What’s wrong with him?’ Then she said, “You still haven’t answered my questions yet.” Yunho sat on the bed & held Yuri’s hand but she immediately pulled it back. He sighed & then said, “I’m staying here & never letting you out of my sight until I convinced you that we belong together. Of course it would be better if we could go back home & have the best doctors looking after you. Your choice.” Yunho smiled tenderly. All Yuri wanted to do at that moment was smack his head,