Chapter 27

Taehyung jolted from his seat from his daydream when he heard someone call him but more like shout at him. It's Yoongi standing in the doorway.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? Is everything okay? I heard Jennie is back." Yoongi said.

Taehyung looked down again and chuckled bitterly, "Yeah, yeah. She's here.", "Oh no, what happened?" Yoongi said as he walked to sit across Taehyung's desk.

Yoongi can see hurt in his eyes, a heavy feeling in his smile, and his heartache when he sees Taehyung is scratching his own fingers. "Tae, stop. What's going on?" Yoongi sternly said.

"She's back, but I'm not feeling anything." Taehyung confessed. When he left the apartment, he felt anger in his body. It's like what she said only made him furious.

She misses him yet she is not coming back, moreover to acknowledge his feeling to not take the case and stay by his side to go through this together. When she cried, he only thought of one thing. How he was more broke than her to stay in New York all by himself, crying himself out to sleep, trying to play with Archie cheerfully just to be crying again in the bathroom after his son fell asleep because it's not right. He feels like a single father in this.

Now, she expected him to take a day off and spend time together with him? He knows Jennie must've known that he broke down but she prefers to pretend it's water under the bridge because she thinks the best medicine to keep going on with life is not to talk about this. Talk about what's been lost.

"Do you want to talk about it? I mean not about her, about what you feel all this time about her. You never told me how you feel about her departure all this time, but I can see a breakdown on your face." Yoongi said.

"You once lost the baby with her too, how did it feel to you?" Taehyung said. To recap again, Yoongi and Jennie almost had a baby but she got a miscarriage. Worse than Taehyung, Yoongi didn't know there's a baby until it was gone.

"Betray, because it's the most important thing in anybody's life yet she only thought about what's best for her only." Yoongi said.

"Yeah, that's right. So, why should I be on her side this time?" Taehyung said bitterly.

"Because you're her husband." He's her husband but he doesn't feel like one.

Jennie goes back to her office and sees Ashley in the conference room holding a meeting. Ashley caught Jennie pass by through the glass walls, she excused herself to catch her.

"Jen! Hey! You're back! Welcome back, honey!" Ashley immediately engulfed her in a hug and Jennie also got excited. "Thank you, at least there's someone who got excited about my coming back." Jennie said bitterly.

Ashley furrows her eyebrows while scanning Jennie's face. "What's wrong?"

"Taehyung didn't even bother to hug me, he just passed by me like I was some kind of a ghost." Jennie will feel sad if she remembers it again.

"Well, maybe he's tired. He's been training here for a week for our associates." Jennie was surprised by her statement. "A what?" Ashley sighed and continue,

"Two weeks ago when I couldn't reach you, there's a crisis in the office. I got freaked out so I called your husband for help. He immediately went here and examined the office. He said this office needs a screening of our employees again and do a bit of training like a mock trial. We held a mock trial a whole week, he made a whole teaching about the cases and trials. Our associates and paralegals are getting better right now, thanks to your husband." Ashley explained.

Now, she feels guilty. "Why did he do that?", "He said this is your dream, he doesn't want you to come back without anything left here, get better or it can be gone. So, he decided to help you by doing this."

Jennie can't think about anything but what Taehyung had been through. He's miserable yet he is still doing a good deed for her. She is cruel. So, she left the building and decided to take a rest for a day to make something for her husband.

She decided to make a romantic dinner for her husband. She makes their son get tired with so much playing and puts Archie to bed early. However, she had no time and was too tired to do all the cooking, so she hired a personal chef for the apartment.

When everything settles, Jennie waits. She waits about an hour then another hour until she sees the clock. It's already ten o'clock but he's not there, where is he? Is there a crisis in the office?

So, she called Yoongi to make sure because Taehyung didn't pick up his phone. "Hello? What's up, Jen?", "Is Taehyung with you? He's not coming back home, is there anything wrong at the office?"

"Huh? We left the office at six together. We had an early dinner and went our separate ways." Jennie was shocked when she heard him. So, where's Taehyung exactly?

She hangs up the phone and gets worried. He separated ways to where? So, she calls Lisa. But, when she's about to dial Lisa's number, there's a loud bang on the door. Jennie kinda scared but immediately ran and peek through the peephole.

She widens her eyes and opens the door immediately. "Baby! Where were you? I got so worried." But, Taehyung suddenly slacked himself on her and good thing Jennie can support his body even though he's a bit heavy.

"What? Do you care? That's new! I thought my wife would be gone by now because that's what she always does." Jennie squinted her nose, he stunk. "Tae, baby, you're drunk. Oh my god." Jennie put his hand on her shoulder and helped him to walk to the bedroom. She throws his body to the bed and starts to lose his shoes, and his suit.

"NO!" Taehyung drunkenly yanks Jennie's hand when she's about to unbutton his shirt. Jennie gets startled. "Tae, baby, you need to change. Why are you drunk?"

"Because of you." Taehyung mumble while he's closing his eyes. He gets sleepy. "Wh-what?" Jennie is taken aback by his answer. "You left me. You know how much I try to pick up the pieces of myself? it's hard. . . so-so-so hard. But . . You left! You selfishly left me and thought the only one who got hurt was you!" Taehyung shouted, he pointed his finger to Jennie's chest.

Jennie felt heartache when Taehyung accused her like that. "Tae–"

"You know how many times I cried in a day? Four! Before going to work, while at work, when I played with Archie, after Archie fell asleep." Taehyung mumbled.

Jennie feels bad and tries to make him lay in bed properly and she engulf him to a hug. They lay in bed together. Jennie caresses his cheek and notices there's tears in his closed eyes.

"Taehyung, I'm sorry, I love you so much." Taehyung's eyes open and see Jennie's eyes, he sees Jennie start crying when she sees hurtful eyes in him.

Taehyung caresses her cheek and suddenly leans in for a kiss. Jennie gladly accepts it and hovers on top of him immediately. Taehyung started roaming his hand around her and put up the hem of her shirt. Meanwhile, Jennie sucked his neck and made him whimper in lust.

"Jen–", "Nah, shut up. Let me taste you, Tae." Jennie also unbuttoned his shirt immediately and put down the zipper of his pants.

Jennie stilled in his arms and then attacked his mouth with renewed ferocity, slipping her hands into the low waistband of his trouser and pulling their hips together, sending a dizzying wave of desire through me that forced a groan from deep in my throat.

"Oh...god," He breathed, tearing his mouth away from hers. She took the opportunity to trail her lips along his chin and suck gently on his neck, just below his ear. Taehyung trembled, overloaded with sensation. "Jennie. . . please," He whispered, not even knowing what he was asking for."

Everything tightened in her core, the tension building as he switched their position. Now, Taehyung is on top of her and immediately slump down to massaged her clit and push his fingers in and out in a steady, unhurried rhythm.

"Give it up to me, Jennie," he ordered. "Now."

Jennie climaxed with a thready cry, her grip white-knuckled on the sides of the cushions as her hips pumped onto his hand, her mind far beyond shame or shyness. her gaze was locked to his, unable to look away, riveted by the fierce masculine triumph that flared in his eyes. At that moment he owned her. She'd do anything he wanted. And he knew it.

Searing pleasure pulsed through Jennie. Through the roaring of blood in her ears, Jennie thought she heard him speak hoarsely, but she lost the words when he hooked one of her legs over his shoulder and covered my cleft with his mouth.

"No—" I pushed at his head with my hands. "I can't."

Jennie was too swollen, too sensitive. But when his tongue touched her clit, fluttering over it, the hunger built again. More intense than the first time. He rimmed her trembling slit, teasing her, taunting her with the promise of another orgasm.

"Tae, just fuck me already." Taehyung looks up to her and sees a heavy lust on her, so he stops and pushes his brief immediately that Jennie didn't continue since he wanted to taste her first.

"Gladly." Then the night continued with the best sex they ever had after months.

Sex could be a key to fixing a relationship. But, it's not what Jennie and Taehyung have, they are a married couple and apparently sex it's not a way to fix it because when Jennie opens her eyes, expecting a good morning kisses and hugs from him, he's not there.

Jennie feels the side of her bed with her hand, she feels empty so she opens her eyes immediately in confusion. Taehyung isn't here. She sits up straight, trying to gather her mind first. Did he go to work immediately? She checks the time and she sees it's eight o'clock.

Then, she remembered Archie must've been awake since six o'clock. She grabs her bathrobe hastily, lashing out from her bedroom. But, when she's in the doorway of her bedroom, someone opens the entrance door. It's her mom with Archie in a stroller.

"Mom? You came here this morning?" Jennie stands up straight. "Oh yes, honey. Taehyung invited me to take a stroll with Archie today. He said you're having a deep sleep so he didn't want to disturb you since you just came back here yesterday. He invited me to go to the park before he's going to work." Her mom answered.

"Oh." Jennie shrugged and grabbed Archie from the stroller.

She grabs her phone on a countertop while carrying Archie in her arms. She tried to call Taehyung but he didn't pick up.

"Was he saying something like he's going to be busy at work?" Jennie asked. "Uhm, no. but, he said these days he will be busy working so he asked me if i can go here often to take care of you and Archie."

"He said that? What did he mean by that? Was he meaning to not go home anymore?" Her mom just shrugged and made coffee for her.

Jennie is confused about his act right now. Why should her mom be here? He has always been busy but never been this busy. So, at lunch today Jennie decided to visit him in the office.

"Jen, before you go, i have something to tell you."

Knock Knock

Taehyung, who is reading a document on his desk, doesn't even move his head to see who it is. "Yeah, what's up?", "I brought you lunch." Taehyung snaps his head to the doorway and sees Jennie with a big plastic bag in her hand.

"What?" , "I want to have lunch with you.", "Oh." Taehyung closes the document on his hand and waits for Jennie to prepare the food for them.

But, when they're eating, Taehyung just eats silently and focuses on his food, making Jennie feel nervous.

"Uhm, tae. Thank you for taking care of the law firm for me. Ashley told me yesterday about the screening and training." Jennie said. But, Taehyung only hums.

Jennie remembers what her mom told her before she went to work. "Tae, do you want to go to couples therapy?"

Taehyung suddenly stops eating and looks up to her. "Why?", "I saw the brochure below the coffee table. Mom told me too. Do you want to?"

"Do you?" Taehyung asked back. "Uhm, i'm on board for anything."

"Oh, yeah. For what?" Taehyung suddenly talks back and makes Jennie startled. "You know, for you–", "Oh for me? Suddenly it's all for me? When we have to do something, suddenly it's for the sake of my problem. But, when it's about something comfortable, you're on board right away by yourself. How come this is only for me?" Taehyung suddenly blurted out.

"Tae, i didn't know–", "Of course you didn't know anything about me. You left. So, how come you know?" Taehyung said bitterly. Jennie just sits there silently, she doesn't know what to say, it's like Taehyung already has the ammo to talk back when she says anything from her mouth.

There's a tension between them and their food just left on the desk like that. They stare at each other but with a different reaction. Taehyung felt anger around his face while Jennie was scared to death.

About a minute they stare at each other, Taehyung puts down his cutlery and stands up. "I can't do this, I have to go for a meeting. You eat here, I go." He grabbed his documents and left his office, leaving Jennie with her eyes sting. She's about to cry again.

Meanwhile, Taehyung rushed to the restroom and punched the wall until his knuckles got reddened. He's pissed why he has to act like that, pissed why Jennie never says anything right, and why this should be happening.

He stared at the mirror while putting his hands to the running water to heal his knuckle. He's frustrating, but he can't hate Jennie, he never hates her. He loves her, at least he knows he once loved her so much.

Jennie tidies up the food on Taehyung's desk. She didn't throw the leftovers, she kept Taehyung's food on his desk so he can finish it later. Taehyung didn't eat that much and he should be eating properly.

"Jen? So good to see you." Yoongi suddenly came into Taehyung's office, he peeked first when he passed by and curious who the girl was, he was surprised that Jennie was here.

Jennie tried to clean her eyes from the tears and sniffling, but Yoongi already knew she was crying. "Jen, everything's fine?", "Huh? Yeah, of course! I just finished lunch with Taehyung but he's so busy so I let him go first so he won't be late for his meeting." Jennie said as she kept looking down, not dare to look at Yoongi with her stingy eyes.

"Jen, jennie.", "Yeah." Jennie finally looks up and tries to smile, but he also notices those fake smiles. "Don't hound him with what you think he needs, think about what you guys need." It's like Yoongi reads the situation and her mind.

All this time after she arrived in New York, she thought Taehyung needed something to fix, but she had to realize their relationship that needed to be fixed.

"Ho-how.", "We talked." Yoongi replied.

"Why are we here again?" Jennie said as now her and Jisoo stand in front of the building on the upper east side near hudson river. "We're going to meet a wedding planner." Jisoo said in excitement.

After Jin's birthday, Jisoo decided to start planning their wedding. She doesn't want to bother Lisa with her pregnant belly so she asked Jennie if she can do her a favor for a big event. Apparently, Jennie still needs to ease her mind from what happened to her and Taehyung. Jisoo didn't know what happened but Jennie gladly helped her even though at first she didn't know what the big event was.

"I want your company to meet Jennifer Zabinski. Everyone said she's the best wedding planner, and she often handles a celebrity's wedding so I should give it a try." Jisoo said. Jennie was surprised and agreed immediately.

"Wedding?! I love weddings! Although I don't have one, I love to arrange events." Jennie said.

They both enter the building and immediately go to Jennifer Zabinski's office. After the receptionist told them to wait for her for ten minutes, they heard footsteps from behind.

"Hello, good afternoon! My name is Jennifer, and I'm here to help you. Are you both the brides?" She asked immediately. Both of them stare at each other and think " what if Jennifer thinks that they are a couple or there'll be two weddings?"

"Ah, I'm the bride, this is my friend accompanying me to meet you." Jisoo quickly replied.

While they're waiting, Jennie keeps seeing Jisoo's moodboard. Jennie thinks it's so beautiful, she wonders if she ever regretted missing their wedding ceremony to fasten her marriage with Taehyung. While she scans around, suddenly Jennie's eyes get teary, making Jisoo surprised.

"Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Jennie realizes her cheek is wet so she wipes and laughs a bit. "I'm fine, it's just I wondered if I regret not having all this kind of stuff with Taehyung. All of these are beautiful, unnie. I realize I wish I had one." Jennie said.

"Do you really want to have one or are you just hoping that if you have this everything will be different?" Jisoo asked. Jennie is confused with what Jisoo said, she doesn't understand any of her words. "What do you mean unnie?"

"What's going on with Taehyung at home? Are you guys made up?" Jisoo asked.

Jennie shakes her head, everything's wrong. She doesn't know where their marriage is going, it's like they're missing each other's presence already.

"He's avoiding me. He clearly can't look at me anymore. Taehyung just comes to me when it comes to Archie. We never had dinner together anymore, he always skipped meals or just played with Archie all night until Archie fell asleep. And then, he sometimes sleeps in the nursery room or on the couch. He barely touches the bed. I miss him." Jennie confessed.

"You know that he never ate dinner ever since you had gone, right?", "What?" Jennie is new to this, suddenly she feels to be becoming more distant from him. He's really in a bad place. She is also in a bad place since that miscarriage, but she always finds a way to ease up her mind but she only works alone.

"I suggested couples therapy, but he said he doesn't need to because he's not the problem. I know I'm the problem but I think he needs someone to express his feelings for me." Jennie looks down and continues, "I'm just scared he will suggest a worse idea than mine."

"What is it?"

"A divorce."

But, her assumption not just in there, it keeps lead to another problem when Jennie at home. She notice the apartment feel empty, she check Archie still in her mom's charity event. But, that's not what empty she talk about.

"Tae?" She called but there's no one in the apartment. When she enter the bedroom, Jennie shocked. She can see the drawer and wardrobe on Taehyung's side in the closet just leave open like that and they're empty.

Did taehyung just left the apartment? She check the study room and see Taehyung stuff isn't there too. She panicked and try to call him but it's useless.

So, Jennie checks his office and he's not there. She calls on every friend she knows but they don't know where he is, and she goes to every bar he has and asks the bartender or everyone who works there but she gets nothing. Until, Lisa informed her that Taehyung was checking into a room in her cousin's hotel for days. She rushed there.

Ding Dong

Taehyung in his bathrobe with a bowl of popcorn in his lap while he lay on the hotel bed just groaned, he ordered dinner but he didn't expect to be this fast, he was just about to watch a good movie right now.

"I got $100 here just take the change–" Taehyung holds the money while he opens the door and stops when he sees crying Jennie in front of him, he is shocked that Jennie can find him. "Jen, how–", "Where is she?", "What?" Taehyung was confused.

Jennie barged in and looked through the hotel room. "So, this is what you do when i wasn't around? Playing with some girl?" Taehyung suddenly understands what's happening. "Jen, don't push me." , "What? So it's true then?", "No, it's not. There's no one here but me." Taehyung replied.

"Then, why are you here?", "To get away." Jennie still doesn't understand what he meant. "From what? Are you having a hard time at work?"

"I am having a hard time with you! You come here like it's nothing! Like what happened in the past didn't happen or you are already moving on and don't realize I'm still not okay!" Taehyung shouted.

"Then, let's go to that psychiatrist if you want!", "Oh do you think I want that?! It's not what I want! I thought it's what we need! But apparently you only do what you want." Taehyung said.

"Tae, i'm sorry, i-i–", "It already happened, Jen. too late to fix it.", "What do you mean?" Jennie was confused.

"Do you think our marriage can be saved?"