｡⋆୨୧EPILOGUE

FEW YEARS LATER

"SUNGHOON? HEY, PARK SUNGHOON!" I yelled across our house, walking around. This guy was nowhere to be found and he was literally not answering his phone.

Frustrated, I paced around each room, checking every single individual room. Was he even home? I swear I heard his phone ring somewhere in this house.

And Sunghoon isn't even the type to ignore me. He knows better.

I let out a groan of exasperation, heading into our main room and searching around. He's been real weird lately, and I'm not sure what it was about. The only thing I've heard about is his new secretary has been subtly trying to make moves on him.

You know how badly that frustrated me?

Especially since she knew I was his girlfriend, and the mother to our child. I rolled my eyes, texting Jiwoo. Surprisingly, she'd got her life together, real good too. A husband, family and even stability. I would've thought she would've been living that party lifestyle like she used to back then.

It's crazy how much we've matured progressively.

Jiwoo offered to take my son with her today, to some play area with her own children, they weren't that far apart regarding age, so I was cool with it. I needed some peace for a few hours anyways.

But I was not getting this peace with Sunghoon blatantly ignoring me. Matter of fact, I don't even know what I did?

Seriously, this guy just disassociated half the time, was too busy with work or whatever or just wasn't home. What happened to a few weeks ago where we'd spend ages together?

I decided to figure at least something out, grabbing keys to one of his cars and heading out to his company building. Lee Yerin a few years ago would not tolerate this ignorance one single bit, not at all. I should've probably made a move earlier, but I guess I've only just come to some conclusions that sound a little too concerning.

I stormed through the building, heading straight for the elevators and to the floor where his office was. None of his staff stopped me, obviously, knowing who I was.

As I marched to his office, one of his workers stopped me, greeting me with a smile.

"Yerin! What brings you here?" She smiled, fixing her collar.

"Where is Sunghoon?" I looked around just incase he was hiding anywhere, "I mean, your CEO."

"CEO Park? Hm, I last saw him heading out with his secretary.. I thought he would've told you.." She batted her eyelashes at me in confusion, as my heart dropped and my fists clenched gently.

So it was something with the secretary.

"Do you know where? He's not answering his phone." I tried to compose myself in front of his workers, trying to make it seem like everything is totally fine. But really, I wanted to lash out at this girl, so sorry, but rage is uncontrollable.

"Ah, no sorry. I could leave him a message for when he comes back, would you like that?" Her voice quivered lightly, trying to remain a polite expression on her face as she stared at my annoyed expression.

"No. It's okay. Thank you for your time." I gave her a slight bow, turning round and heading straight out.

I slammed the car door shut, crossing my arms and just thinking. Where the hell could a guy like him go? Genuinely, where?

I finally received a text from Jiwoo.

kjwoo: sunghoon? wasnt he at his office?

kjwoo: idk

kjwoo: better not be with that secretary hoe.

kjwoo: or else jiwoo from the club will be back. itll be like areum over again

I managed to let out a chuckle at her text, finding it quite amusing how she literally fought with Areum to protect me. I was eternally grateful for someone like Jiwoo by my side all these years, she never-ever backstabbed me. And even when I was in the wrong, she somehow made me be in the right.

The dread finally came across me, just not knowing where Sunghoon was, not just that though, the fact he was with his secretary. The secretary, who has no shame on hitting on a guy with a kid, with a girlfriend. I took a deep breath in, trying to not think of the worst.

Maybe he's simply in a meeting?

But no, he would've literally told me. And here it begins, the actual anchor pulling my heart down, he was probably tired of me or something, we'd been together for a few years, and he probably wants somebody new.

I pressed my fingers between my brows, just trying to erase all these thoughts and the blistering beating of my heart.

I found that the best thing was probably just to drive home and give it a day, if he wasn't back by the usual time, I suppose I'd have his shit packed and ready for outside of the house.

I made it home, and I threw myself onto our bed, staring at the ceiling for a while, till I heard a phone ring, one that wasn't mine. I sat up in an instant, looking for the ringing, and once I found it, I realised the owner of this phone.

It was Sunghoon's phone. He had left it home - which, was pretty bizarre considering he needed it for work.

Now it was getting even worse, he didn't bring his phone, he's with his secretary alone, nobody knows where they are, he's not reaching out for me or anything. Fuck, he's definitely cheating.

I stared at the Caller ID, just wondering who the fuck Mejoo was. Mejoo? Seriously, a girl calling his phone too? Even better, what, are they having a threesome?

I groaned, not even wanting to see this name across his phone. I left his phone where it was, turning it face down so I didn't need to see every female calling his phone. Yup, this guy was done with me, I should probably expect a goodbye letter soon enough.

Around two hours passed, and I tried to make myself as busy as I possibly could - taking up stupid chores like cleaning the house so precisely, or attempting to make macarons, or even took up the job of cutting the leaves of our house plants.

It was anything, anything to just take my mind off Sunghoon and his little girlfriends. I threw myself onto the couch, a large groan following as I seriously could not stop thinking about this. Sunghoon was supposed to be home in like twenty minutes, and by the looks of it, he was definitely not coming home.

My phone suddenly rang, and for a split second, I thought it would've been Sunghoon, till I realised his phone was here. I answered the call from Jiwoo, not expecting much.

"YERIN! YERIN!" She yelled from the phone, clearly in a state of panic.

"Huh? What?" I replied, equally in panic as her.

"You have to come here, AS QUICK AS YOU CAN!" Jiwoo vaguely shouted, and I stood up, getting ready to leave despite not knowing the circumstance.

"What's going on!??!" The worst thoughts raced through my head.

"Seojun - he's.. something happened with him. QUICK YERIN. I'LL SEND YOU THE ADDRESS." Jiwoo rushed, ending the call and my heart thumped out of my chest like no other. There was no worse pain than hearing your own child is hurt. And it sounds pretty serious too.

And where is Sunghoon through all of this? Probably on round two, in some forsaken position with his girls. It made me furious, stepping out of the house and running to the car alone, because our son was hurt.

I drove like none other before, recklessly among the streets. The sun was going to set any second soon, and there weren't many cars on the streets, but I'm pretty sure I earned a few honks.

As soon as I arrived to the address Jiwoo sent me, I parked the car and ran out, heading along the trail. The sun was now starting to set, the colours all blending together.

I ran, ran as fast as I possibly could. Till I reached a trail, and now I was confused, what the fuck was Jiwoo doing here?

I carefully made my way along the trail, still a little confused, till I reached the top of some hill. A figure stood in front of a flowery arch, back facing the gorgeous sunset, a trail of petals and a few candles.

My heart slowed down a little.

The figure turned around, orange sunlight glimmering on his skin. He was still as beautiful as he was three years ago. Matter of fact, since we met.

I stood, staring at him, in awe. What was even going on.

"Yerin?" Sunghoon spoke gently as I approached him, his face making my heart beat much faster. It was just like the first time we had ever interacted.

"Sunghoon.." I was a loss for words, he glanced at the sunset, and I stared at the captivating sunset for a while, looking back at Sunghoon, his brown, honey eyes staring back at me so lovingly.

"Wha.. what is going on?" I looked around the landscape, it was gorgeous, truly picturesque and just, unexplainable to how beautiful it was.

I looked back at the gentle sunset, deep colours blending together like oil pastels. Suddenly, lanterns from below began floating up to the sky, dotting the serene sky with yellow sparkles of light. I watched as the magical sight unveiled before me, realising that it was the day of the lantern festival.

I glanced back at Sunghoon, reaching for something in his pocket.

"Yerin. You're the only girl I've ever seen in my life. Before we even met, when we were stupid college kids, It was always you." He stared and a smile began forming on my face, I tried to plaster it, a foolish attempt to conceal the happiness in my heart, "I wish to laugh about our small arguments together and tell our kids how we fell in love, I want to be the person you wake up to, every morning..." He continued, and my eyes teared up, the scenery? The moment? I'm surprised I wasn't bawling my eyes out already.

"So, Lee Yerin." He began to get down on one knee, pulling out a box and revealing a beautiful ring, embedded with a sparkling, huge, white diamond.

"Would you marry me?" Sunghoon finally popped the question, and at this point, I was crying my eyes out, giving him a very vigorous nod as he placed the ring on my finger. He stood up, embracing me in a hug and a kiss.

"You would've never had a choice anyways." He smiled with teary eyes, giving me a tight hug as the lanterns raised higher up to the sky. I suppose his way of confession never changed.

THE REAL END

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