Jessica 's pov. "And second?" Taeyeon asked. "Huh?" "You said first 'an apology' so there must be a second coming." The moment Taeyeon muttered those words; I winced, all of a sudden I was feeling nervous, really really terrified. 'Was it the time to tell her I love her?' The words trembled and surged in my mouth as I stared at her face, the hook of her nose I used to think of as arrogant, was now so dear to me. The sharp line of her jaw I used to believe showed her overbearing pride, now only seemed absolutely right for her. And her eyes, her beautiful dark brown eyes. I wanted to see the love for me in those eyes. But Taeyeon looks like she was in deep thought, her eyebrows furrowed, she was getting confused and nervous, and without a second thought, my brain zinged into action. "I love you, Taeyeon." I confessed but there was no immediate reaction from her. I waited for her answer or any reaction in anticipation. A poignant silence fell between us as she continued to stare at me, not in confusion now but astonishment was clearly written on her face, as if I was changing colors or something and I watched her, watched the tenseness of her shoulders slowly fading, watched as her hands slowly relaxed at her sides. Watched her face as she finally took my words in. “What did you say again?" Taeyeon asked and held her breath. “I love you, no I'm in love with you.” I effortlessly took my heart out of my soul and placed it in front of her feet. "I know you were coerced by Hal-abeoji to find a life partner which brought us to this contract marriage, I also know you don't do love or commitment, and I'm not going to force you to do anything you don't want, feel anything you don't feel, or be anyone you don't want to be. I just love you and it's killing me." She shook her head calmly, her eyes softening, then flashed a tiny smile at me. "Maybe I didn't want to be in a relationship. Maybe we only got married because I wanted this position. And maybe I wasn't ready to be committed. But now I know I want to be your wife on my own will, in every way, I want to be beside you when you wake up in the morning and fall asleep in the night." "You don't have to if you don't want to." "Well, you see I want to," she eyed me up and down before adding, "so bad." She looked into my eyes and our eyes locked, I felt my love for her coursing through me and joy flooding onto my face. My heart bloomed as I saw her stood and stepping toward me (still ), she halted in front of me. Feeling shy all of a sudden; I looked down at my feet. “Look at me, Sooyeon.” Her voice was solid and smooth. When I tilted my face up to look into her eyes again, she claimed my mouth in a hot and unrelenting kiss. Her warm tongue swept across my lips. The movement was so swift it took my breath away, and I reveled in the taste of her. “After meeting you, I couldn't think of anyone else,” she said as she laid a reverent kiss at my throat. “When you agreed to my contract, I couldn't accept it then,” she laid another kiss to my shoulder, “but I was the happiest woman, on our wedding day.” she caressed the skin where the shoulder she kissed dipped. "You were?" I asked feeling giddy all of a sudden. "Hmm." She smirked ily. "Why?" “Because I loved you, because I'm in love with you,” Taeyeon confessed. A shiny zing of pure joy filled me. This was the only thing I needed to hear, the only thing I wanted to hear. "I've loved you for quite a while, I can't say when because I also don't know when and I never acknowledged the feeling until It slammed into me so hard it nearly knocked me from my feet, I was so scared you didn't and won't feel the same way, but I loved you Sooyeon, I love you and I'll always love you." My eyes dropped closed, savoring the truth in her words, happiness soaking my body, my nerves thrilling in excitement while my heart beat with a steady content at the number of times Taeyeon had said she loves me. "I love you too, Taeyeon." I smiled, the words feeling so right coming out of my mouth the third time, I could never get tired of saying them. "I love all sides of you. The cool, calm businesswoman and the passionate, emotional, cute, kind and funny woman beneath.” I touched my hand to her cheek, loving the softness of her skin “And I also love your family, Hal-abeoji, because, without him, we would never have found each other. And without the honor, compassion, and integrity that drives you, I would never have fallen in love with you." I pulled her closer by her neck, kissing her open mouth until she met my passion with her own. "I'm going to spend my whole life by your side." Taeyeon murmured against my lips. My eyebrows arched. "Your whole life?" She nodded. "Didn't we vowed to be together until death?" I grinned. "We did, but that wasn't real." "Then we'll make a new vow now." She squeezed my hand as I hold her gaze. "I love you, Sooyeon, and I vow that I am yours until death." I fell silent as she searches my eyes, probably waiting for my own vow. Suddenly, I felt a flicker of fear brushing across