| Two Years Later |

A Familiar Stranger
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Ji Hyo is in her brand new car, resting her left hand on the steering wheel as she admires the diamond ring adorning her finger. It's very pretty, she must admit. And probably expensive. Her fiance really did go all out on this one. Laughing to herself, she remember the tall lanky man. He must've been nervous, so nervous that he stuttered over his words. It felt like it was yesterday, she could almost picture the candlelit room as she closes her eyes.

 

“Ji Hyo-ya, w-will you marry me?” 

 

Ji Hyo smiles tenderly at the sight of the man she’s about to spend the rest of her life with, kneeling before her. His eyes twinkling with affection and conviction. Though she had suspected about the impending proposal, she pretended to be surprised. Her now fiance wasn't as covert as he thought he was. 

 

"You're one luck man, Mr. Lee." She answers, tears b along her happy eyes.

 

At the sound of her phone ringing, the actress snaps out of her reverie. Reaching for her phone resting on the passenger seat, she greets chirpily. “Ne, jagiya.” Ji Hyo was smiling widely now. “Gwaenchana. I can pick out the furnitures for our apartment. Don’t worry too much about it. I have better taste than you, anyway.” She quips, eyeing the catalogue on her lap. “I’ll see you later at home, Dong Wook-ah.” She says in the sweetest possible way, it almost hurt her teeth. 

 

Stepping out of the car, she smooths out her black pencil skirt paired with a white blouse. Ji Hyo almost looked like she’s going to a business meeting, she couldn't help but question her choice of clothing for such a casual place. And right before she enters the shop, she takes one last glance at her reflection on the car window, running a hand through her lightly curled hair to make sure that not a single strand of hair was out of place.

 

“Annyeonghasaeyo, Song Ji Hyo-imnida. I’m here to pick out some furnitures, I called yesterda-“

 

Ji Hyo stops in her tracks as the man turns around. 

 

“N-Noona?”

 

It's really him. The tall, lanky man she once loved and trusted, standing a few feet away from her.  

 

Ji Hyo was startled, but not as startled as the man was. She opens to say something but she immediately closes it again. What is there to say? So instead, all she could do was to observe him. His frame that had been all too familiar. His eyes that hasn’t changed; as brown as they've always been. If those eyes could speak, she knew they would probably say how utterly embarrassed he is. And though he looked like a day hasn't gone by since the last time he stood bef

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I should really edit the earlier chapters, shouldn't I? Every time I read them, I can't help but think that I need to edit them to make the flow of the words better, especially for the new readers. I'd hate it if they stop reading half-way through because the first few chapters are iffy. Lol

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Chicha27 #1
Chapter 60: This chapter very sad :(( . Thank you for the update!!! Can't wait for your next update^^
maisie010 12 streak #2
Chapter 60: My heart breaks for Kwang Soo *sigh*. Thank you for the update!! ^^
maisie010 12 streak #3
Chapter 58: "And though it was spring again, the bed didn't feel as warm as she thought it would be." I like how this sentence perfectly encapsulates how she really feels.

Didn't realize I'm already at the end of the story! I will wait for updates ^^ Fighting!
maisie010 12 streak #4
Chapter 56: It's like the World of the Married! I feel so sad for both of them. I feel like it's all just a misunderstanding. Kwang Soo couldn't possibly.. :(
maisie010 12 streak #5
Chapter 54: I feel so sad for this chapter huhu I dread the next one. Jealousy and insecurity can really make one think irrationally. :(
regzlim
#6
Chapter 58: I guess Dong Wook was there to pick up the pieces after the dissolution of the marriage.

I really enjoyed the way you wrote about Ji Hyo waking up to the sight of a sleeping Dong Wook. It invoked a sense of warmth in the scene's sweetness, and I can feel Ji Hyo's affection for him. Yet, reading further, one gets the impression that Dong Wook is nothing but a replacement. A rebound love. And I find that somewhat sad, and I feel myself pitying the man and rooting for him. NOOooo! LOL.

But I digress. I think deep inside Ji Hyo knows this. Knows that she is treating him as a replacement and is trying to compensate for it. She definitely is trying to convince herself about the rice. To me, the bibimbap scene is an analogy of their relationship. She wants Dong Wook's bibimbap to be like Kwang Soo's. She wants it to be good, she convinces herself it is as good. She wants Dong Wook to be like Kwang Soo. She wants their love to be the same as what she had with Kwang Soo. I found that tragic and heartbreaking.

The last paragraph infuriates me though. I would never answer a loved one's question on whether I loved her by giving her another question, even if her previous statement about meeting her ex surprises me.

"What kind of question is that?" Yeah, Dong Wook. I could ask you the same. It comes from a woman who is insecure, and wants reassurance. An answer like that says a lot about a man. He isn't confident enough in his love for her.

Darn it, I am confused again. And that's a testament on your writing skills! Good job!
alwayskpoplover
#7
Chapter 58: Aigoo... Dongwook should have gave a proper answer! I hope Ji Hyo isn't too bothered. Then again, being woman, woman overthinks way too much so... >< aigoo!!
Lmoonlight #8
Chapter 57: Why am I crying like this?? gosh they don't deserve this I hope that ji hyo would find out that it's just a misunderstanding
And im curious how kwang soo adopted the girl
Tasyakamila27 #9
Chapter 57: Why? Why? Why? This is very sad! I feel that there is still love between them but because of that misunderstanding.........
I just want them to resolve the misunderstanding all this time.

Can they still be together again? And I want them to get back together!
alwayskpoplover
#10
Chapter 57: Damn! I'm crying yet again! How ironic how life is! Once the person you thought you couldn't live without had suddenly become more than a stranger and that hurts! Aigoo!