So much of her past lingers on her mind as today marks Yumi's wedding. She is about to give herself to another boy for a lifetime, a choice she never wanted. Forced into this situation, she knows no matter whom she marries, her heart will always belong to Namjoon.

At this moment she is sitting there in the make up room with a blank expression, resembling a lifeless doll. The make up artist completed her work some time ago, but Yumi is remaining there, lost in her thoughts.

She is broken and scared about what might happen when she marries that boy. A part of her heart whispers something worse is yet to come, something even more painful when she takes that step.

Her thoughts cuts off when the make up artist starts speaking...

"Mam, you are looking very beautiful." She says with a smile.

Yumi looks at the mirror and a painful smile appears on her face, she looks at the artist "Thank you for making me beautiful with your work."

"No mam, what do you mean? You were already so beautiful. I didn't even put too much make up on you. You are naturally beautiful."

"Really?" It feels different from when Namjoon used to tell me I'm beautiful. That time I used to feel like it's real but now it feels fake.

The artist feels something is wrong so being concerned she asks "Mam, is everything okay?"

Yumi smiles "Yeah, everything is okay."

Suddenly, a knock sounds at the door and the artist grants permission to enter. Two figures step inside: Yumi's parents with a smile which only she recognizes. It's that familiar smile they always give when they want to force her into something or when they need to unleash their anger by beating her.

"Our daughter is looking beautiful, right honey?" Says her dad with fake smile.

Her mom smiles "True, she was a little princess and now look, she is getting married. *She turns towards the artist* umm actually can you please give us a little bit space? We need to talk to her a little bit."

The artist smiles "Of course, you are such nice family. Take your time." Then she leaves from there after giving a smile to Yumi.

As soon as she left Yumi's parents soft gazes turns into an intense and piercing look. Their glare cuts through her, making her heart race in fear.

Her mom grips her chin tightly "Listen, you must treat your in-laws like royalty no matter what. And if you don't, you have face bad consequences."

"Right, listen to us if you want to live peacefully in future." Says her dad with firmness.

"Now hold your dad's hand and walk down the aisle with a smile."

"Can't we change the rules? I don't wanna hold this trash's hand." Her dad says with disgust which is tearing her heart apart.

"Sadly no." says her mom.

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𝘼𝙩 𝙉𝙖𝙢𝙟𝙤𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚...

"Lia, can you please check on Namjoon? He is acting so strange. I don't know what happened to him." Says his mom being worried.

"Aunty, don't worry please. I'm going to check on him." Lia pats on his mom's shoulder reassuring her.

"How can I not worry? His dad went to another flight and now his strange behavior. I have never seen him being like this. He looks so deppressed."

"Aunty, people doesn't have to be smiley all the time. Maybe he is going through something that's why he is being like this. I'm sure he will be happy again after some days. But since you told me to check on him, I'll do it."

His mom smiles at her and caresses her hair lovingly "I really hope you can bring a smile on his face."

His mom's words makes her heart race at an abnormal speed. She starts feeling those familiar emotions again, but she tries to push them aside for now since now it's not the right time to dwell on them.

"I'll try to aunty." She gets up from the couch and goes upstairs.

The door of the room is slightly open, she knocks on the door and hears a faint "come in".

She opens the door and sees Namjoon in a state she could have never imagined. His eyes are puffy and red from crying, with dried tears on his cheeks and a red nose. He looks like a lost and miserable person. Lia's heart clenches at his condition and worry spreads across her face.

She goes to him and sits beside "Namjoon what happened?" She says with a soft voice.

Without saying anything else Namjoon hugs her and puts his face on the crook of her neck, his action makes her heart skip some beats. She takes him in her embrace, she can feel Namjoon's tears on her neck so she runs her hand across his back to calm him down.

"Namjoon, you know that I'm always here with you. I'll always stay by your side. If you don't wanna tell me what happened then it's okay. Take your time."

Her soothing words calm him down after some time. He breaks the hug and looks at her, he stares at her for some moments and says "Yumi... we broke up 2 weeks ago."

She looks at him shocked "What? But why?"

"She cheated on me and now she is getting married with that boy." He says and looks down.

What? I didn't expect this from her. I thought she was a good person. How could she do this to him? He really loved her a lot.

She takes Namjoon's hands in hers "Namjoon listen, I don't think you should cry for her anymore. She is getting married and soon she is going to live her life and forget you. Don't you think you should also live your life and forget about her?"

Namjoon just stares at her and smiles "Right, I should forget about her and maybe *he pauses for a moment and looks at her eyes* find a better girl then her. Find the true love of my life."

She doesn't know what she should tell him now because of his stare on her. Her heart is beating fast and her neck and cheeks starts heating up. To break the silence she clears her throat and smiles cheerfully "Right! You should find your love and live your life. It will be better for everyone."

He just hums still staring at her.

Why is he staring at me like this? I need to find an excuse to get out of this room or else I'm gonna have a heart attack because his stare. Lia thinks.

"By the way Namjoon, I think you should to talk to aunty. She is really worried about you.

"Oh right. Let's go then."

They both go downstairs and see his mom in the kitchen, cutting some fruits keeping her eyes on the fruits. Namjoon slowly enters the kitchen without making a noise and closes his mom's eyes with his hands.

A smile appears on her face as she recognizes who is it "Namjoona I know it's you."

He removes his hands and whines "How do you always recognize me?"

"I gave birth to you, I held you when you were very little. I showered you when you were a baby and now you are asking me how do I always recognize you? Maybe you grew up and don't have those little hands anymore but as a mom I can always recognize you in your every aspect."

He hugs mom tightly as he got overwhelmed by him mom's love for him "I love you mom."

She hugs him back "I love you too son."

Lia clears her throat and smiles "Excuse me, can I also get a hug from aunty? You can't take all the love, Namjoon."

Namjoon looks at her and smiles "Sure you can hug my mom. But not for too long."

"What a possessive son I have." His mom scoffs in which everyone laughs.

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𝘼𝙩 𝙔𝙪𝙢𝙞'𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙'𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚...

Yumi is sitting on the bed after getting changed and her husband, Subin is still in the bathroom. He didn't even take a glance at her after entering the house. During the process of wedding Yumi saw his eyes, they were full of hatred and anger.

I'm sure something bad is waiting for me again.

In one side she is heart broken and in another side she is scared of her future.

Her thoughts cuts off when the door of the bathroom gets open by Subin, he stares at Yumi for some moment and then starts speaking...

"Listen, don't expect me to be that sweet husband. I only married to you because my dad said he is gonna take away all my money if I don't." He says with a stern voice.

She nods with fear and then he continues "I have a girlfriend, so don't you dare to interfere in my matters. Or else *he grips her chin tightly* you will see what I can do to you." He clenches his jaw in anger.

Tears begin to fill her eyes as she nods again.

"And yeah, don't you dare to show me your shitty tears as well." He says with disgust and then leaves the room.

Yumi falls onto the floor, her tears starts falling uncontrollably. Hiccups and sobs echo throughout the room like a haunting melody. First it was her cruel parents, then the loss of her only love Namjoon and now her monstrous husband.

I knew something was waiting for me. Why does it always happen with me? What did I do?

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𝐘𝐮𝐦𝐢 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐧, 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫?

𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐣𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?

𝐋𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐣𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬, 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐮𝐦𝐢?

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧? 𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐝? 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬.

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