Chapter 29

Yunho raked his fingers through his hair for the fifteen times already since he called Yuri this morning. He buried his head under his hands. How come the situation became worse like this? How could the media catch him with Jiyeon that night? He had prepared the details carefully but it seems like the media was cleverer than him. He couldn’t believe that he fell into their trap again. Where had it gone wrong? How could they know that he visited Jiyeon that night?

He stared again, at the magazine in front of him. He shook his head in depression. They took his photograph with Jiyeon in a perfect angle, convincing the readers that he was really having an affair with Jiyeon. His face was light & his smile was bright. Did he really smile brightly that night? He sighed again, “I’m doomed this time. I’m definitely dead.” He said to himself.

He closed the magazine & threw it away into the rubbish bin. His mind was thinking about Yuri. He just called her, trying to explain the exclusive report on the magazine about Jiyeon & him. However, to his frustration, Yuri refused to talk to him. She just kept silent on the phone, letting him talked by himself. She hung up the phone when he asked her whether she was still there or not. He sighed again. Getting Yuri back would be extremely difficult. He had to make sure that he had Yuri’s trust of this horrible news first before he made the next move.

The sound of someone knocking on the door made him lift his face up. He saw Jiyeon entering the room, smiling beautifully in this bad morning. The weather was as bad as his feelings.

“Yunnie Oppa, I’m sorry for making you miserable. I didn’t expect the press to catch us. How did they know? Maybe they were following you from your apartment.” She paused, waiting for Yunho’s reaction but he didn’t say a word, “Moreover, I shouldn’t ask you to accompany me to buy the wine under the rain. I should go by myself. It’s my fault that I forgot to buy the wine otherwise the media won’t see us.” She put on a guilty face in front of him.

Yunho forced on a smile as he shook his head, “Never mind. It’s not your fault. As you said, without wine, dinner means nothing. I thanked you for making the delicious dinner. It’s a bad day that the media had been around there but I don’t believe they stirred up the story & put your words as if they have interviewed you. I want to make a press conference to clear this up. Do you want to appeal of the news, too?”

Jiyeon shook her head softly, “What for? It has already happened. If you make a press conference than the media will bully you again. You’ll turn their attention to your privacy life, making them more curious about your true girlfriend. Your relationship with Yuri would be discovered. You told me that Yuri hates the media. If you do that, you’ll dig your own hole, Oppa. Let it be & they will shut up after they don’t get any responses from you. As for me, I don’t care as long as we can still keep our friendship but I don’t regret that night. It was wonderful. You won’t forget it too, will you?” She said in a soft tone, her beautiful eyes looking at him tenderly.

He smiled in gratitude, “Thanks. You really understand me.” He said quickly, to avoid answering her last question. He turned his head to the file in front of him as he didn’t want to pursue the matter, ‘But one thing you’re wrong. I regret that night. I shouldn’t have gone to your place.’ He said to himself.

She moved closer & put herself on the chair in front of him, “How will you explain this to Yuri?”

He sighed deeply. His face suddenly darkened, “I just called her & she hung up the phone. I don’t know what I should do. I need time to think it carefully because it’s a sensitive matter. Yuri has a bad temper.”

Jiyeon hid her triumph smile. So, Yuri is angry with him. She didn’t want to hear any explanation from him. Good. She had to move into her second plan, “Oppa, the meeting will be starting soon in eight minutes. Why don’t you prepare yourself & go to the meeting room. I’ll follow you after I finish this file.” She pointed at the document covered in a red plastic file keeper in her hand.

“Alright. I’ll go first. I need some coffee to concentrate on the meeting. God, it’s really a bad day.” Yunho got up from his chair & took his empty cup to pour some more coffee outside.

Looking at the closed door, Jiyeon smiled evilly. Did Yunho say that he just called Yuri? She moved to Yunho’s chair & pressed the redial button on his phone. The screen showed the last number he dialed. Yuri’s number. She quickly took a blank note & wrote the number down. She smiled again, in victory. She had to move fast before Yunho could talk to her again.

The storm in Korea that followed Yuri’s heavy disappointment of Yunho left her on the verge of nervous breakdown. She had never felt so much pain like now. How could Yunho do that to her? First, saying that it was a business meeting. Second, he was dating her when he still kept his affair with Jiyeon & just now, he called her, telling her that the media lied about him & Jiyeon. How could the media tell some lies if they had the proof? Those romantic pictures were the proof of his betrayal. She sobbed silently. The tears that were flowing down her cheeks were liked the heavy rain outside her window.

All her beautiful dreams about him had shattered into pieces. It was really painful. She cried until her eyes were swollen & red. Although she was pretending that she didn’t care about the article in front of her family, her eyes couldn’t utter a lie, “God must be punishing me for betraying Yoongi Oppa. Maybe Oppa would feel the same heartache as me if I told him about Yunho Oppa.” She muttered, under her breath. Tears were flowing down again, on her cheeks.

“How can he do this to me? I know he doesn’t love me. I know I have no right to stand between Jiyeon & him but why do I feel as if I lost my soul already?”

Wiping her tears away with a soft tissues, she stared at the magazine again, & her fingers opened the main page.

‘The famous hottest couple in Seoul have done it again. Park Jiyeon & Jung Yunho were spotted having a romantic meeting at Miss Park’s luxury apartment on Tuesday night. Jung Yunho, wearing khaki lighthouse traditional fit chino pants & green short sleeve supima interlock pocket polo shirt, had visited his former girlfriend secretly. Parking his A4 Audi on the tenet parking lot, he seemed to hide from the journalist.

Our witness said that they have never seen Miss Park smile was so brightly. She was more beautiful & beaming than ever in his embrace. He hugged her tightly as they were avoiding the heavy rain under his black st&ard camorra bomber jacket. Liked the movie scene, under the heavy rain they had shared a passionate kisses.

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