"Doctor Jeong, I want to take some medicine."

Doctor Jeong sighed heavily. "Mr. Park, you should directly do surgery or at least chemotherapy."

Hearing his words, I smiled bitterly. I glanced at Daehyun immediately to see how he reacted, but there was a relief when I saw his face that was still calm.

"I'm not ready."

"It's quite late if you're still waiting, sir ...."

Judging by the look on Doctor Jeong's face, he seemed to wait for Daehyun to interrupt us and made a firm decision. But luckily, Daehyun didn't say anything.

Not long after, Doctor Jeong gave in with disappointment. I grabbed the plastic medicine he gave, then left this hospital.

Meanwhile, Daehyun didn't ask anything about Doctor Jeong's words. It made me a little relieved. It would be difficult for me to argue with him if he spoke up earlier.

In the car, Daehyun spoke in a commanding tone to a driver, "Drive us to the nearest restaurant."

Hearing that, I immediately turned to stare at Daehyun. However, even if I didn't agree with him, I didn't have the option of refusing his decision.

"Yes, sir." the driver said.

The car drove quietly, and then we arrived at a restaurant located at a five-star hotel a few minutes later.

However, as we were about to enter the restaurant, a familiar figure shocking me and was even more shocking than before.

Donghwa? Isn't he, Donghwa?

At this time, I saw him walking into a hotel, not far from where I was. However, it wasn't because of seeing him in this town so that shocking me, but the person who he was with.

What will you do with that person with you?

I didn't want to think about my thoughts but it felt so impossible to hold everything in my mind. Even though I exactly knew what the fun he was doing behind my back all the time, I just kept silent patiently like an idiot all over the time.

"Chunghee? Hey, Chunghee?"

Daehyun's voice brought me back to my senses, and it seemed that we were already inside the restaurant right now. I didn't even notice myself walking in.

"Here, just order something," Daehyun said, handing me a menu.

With no passion, I grabbed the menu and ordered food randomly, followed by Daehyun himself.

"You have to do what the doctor suggested you ..." Daehyun said, in a deep voice.

I thought that he no longer wanted to care about it anymore. But, it seemed different from what I thought.

I was stunned. I lifted my face carefully, gazing at him without saying anything.

"Chunghee, I beg you. I don't want to see you like this ..."

"Daehyun, I don't want to argue with you."

Daehyun sounded sighing heavily, then stopped talking. He looked away. I knew that he was upset as he faced my stubbornness, yet I couldn't do anything but let him be.

We fell silent after doing that small talk. At first, I wanted to start a conversation with him, but seeing his expressionless face, I gave up on doing so.

He was currently in a bad mood. It would be better to remain silent. Even as our dishes arrived; until we finished our lunch, only silence dominated during the time.

With great effort, I mustered up the strength to speak, "You must go immediately. You're busy today, right?"

He put his cell phone in his pocket, and said nonchalantly, "Let me drive you home first."

I sighed, then fell silent again.

Now, I was going to pretend that I didn't care about it. At least, knowing that he still had a caring personality was quite a relief.

After that, we immediately left and arrived at my apartment a few minutes later.

Daehyun didn't stay long. As soon as I got out of the car, he also left immediately after dropping me. Seemingly, a busyness couldn't make him stay even for a moment.

In the evening, I waited for Donghwa in the living room. I was certainly sure that tonight, he would come home since I saw him this afternoon.

But, when I remembered someone who was with him at that time ... there was a suspicion that I tried to keep in my mind. I had never seen that person previously. Perhaps his colleague — his young colleague — who seemed so close to him ... Yes, so close that he had even embraced him into a hotel and would probably fuck him in there.

It was enough to prove that how close they were.

I hugged my knees tightly. Now and then I glanced at my cell phone which was lying on the table, hoping that Donghwa would call me and would say, 'I'm going home tonight, what a present do you want?' Like when he wasn't being another person to me yet.

Finally, my impatience was driving me crazy. I grabbed the cell phone and called him directly.

"Hello?" A familiar voice came over the phone that was already connected.

I was both surprised and amazed. This was the first time that Donghwa answered his phone immediately.

I held my cell phone tightly while asking, "Hello, are you coming home tonight?"

He paused before answering. There was a rather foreign tenderness in his voice, "No, babe, I'm ... I'm sorry. I'm still in Daejeon. I have a lot of work to do right now. I'll be back in five days ... I promise," with a pause, he continued, "Do you want a present? I'll buy it for you if I'm coming back ..."

I smirked. Can you keep your promise?

I doubted him. Hearing his promise made me shed tears. He had promised too often and broke them without caring about what I felt as if by saying an apology, everything would return to a normal way as usual.

I was in pain because of that, but only showing a smile.

"Yul-lan cake ... I want Yul-lan cake ..." I spoke in a small voice.

Hearing this, he chuckled. "Is that all? Okay, I'll buy something tastier for you."

This conversation only lasted five minutes. He hung up on the excuse that he wanted to return to his work.

I knew that it was a lie. However, thinking about our old relationship, I could only remain silent with my pains and doubts.

I tried to be okay and hold back my tears from coming out continuously. However, something else happened while I was trying to keep smiling.

How shocked I was when I saw the blue pajamas that I was wearing had been dirty because of blood droplets from my nose. I immediately wiped it by using my sleeve and went to the bathroom quickly to clean my face.

After that, while in the bedroom, I looked at my body in a vertical mirror next to the wardrobe.

I looked thin and pathetic. Perhaps, that was the reason why Donghwa betrayed our relationship, which had gone through a decade.

I didn't know how long this body could last. If the doctor's words were the truth, then my life had not been long enough for this short time.

Without knowing it, my tears were dripping when I remembered the short time I had.

I wondered, 'What about you, Donghwa? if I'm not here anymore, what about you?'

In my deepest heart, I didn't want him to be lonely. I hoped that one day he would find someone who would always be with him in the future, taking care of him wholeheartedly the way I did.

However, there were two things that I truly wanted before he looked for someone else to replace me in his heart. I wanted him to love me like he used to do and accompanied me until my time was over.