I was stunned for a moment, realizing how stupid he would be to do that without using his brain first. I felt like berating him, scolding him, but on the other hand, I also felt that I no longer had the right to do that.

I carefully turned around, looked at Donghwa who was standing behind my back with a frown. His lips parted slightly, looked tense, and the pink color on them faded to be pale. However, By the line on his face, he still didn't want to be blamed and started to show me a manipulative face.

I painstakingly assembled word by word on my tongue until it came to a question, and asked in a trembling voice slightly with anger, "What have you done to him?"

"Chunghee ...." Donghwa clenched his fists tightly. Of course, there was jealousy in his eyes that he was trying to suppress. Grinding his teeth, he tried to defend himself, "He got in my way when I wanted to see you, so I only pushed him a little. But, he deserved it because he forced me to!"

He excused like a child who didn't want to admit that he was wrong. It felt like I wanted to laugh at it, but sadly, I had forgotten how to laugh at something.

I walked towards him slowly, then ...

Slap!

The loud sound when a palm hit the skin instantly shook the air. Everyone fell silent as soon as I landed a heavy slap on Donghwa's face, even the wind was silent in the silence among the three of us.

I had wanted to do this for a long time, but my love for him was more than anything in this world so I never had the heart to do it, even if he hurt my heart even more. But, letting him kept oppressiving me all this time, made him even wilder, and did arbitrary things, where I even had to endure all the humiliation and the intense torment.

I was sure that other people would divorce their husbands immediately if they kept pressuring in their household was over the years. However, unlike me, I chose to stand and wait for his love for me to return intactly as he used to see me as the only one he saw and the only one in his heart.

However, he always tried to test me; how patient I was; how much did I love him; how long could I stay with him. I endured the pain and proved everything by patching up the wounds and wasting lots of tears. But, one day, the time came when I truly reached my limit, where there were no more wounds to heal and tears that couldn't be contained.

He shouldn't need to chase me back because he was the one who made me left.

In the past, I always saw him with lots of cheerful colors but now, I could only see the two remaining colors in him, which were black and white.

I thought that he would keep coloring my life until our hair started to turn grey. However, when we had just entered our old age, everything was crushed like a relationship that was just built and still very fragile.

Clenching my fists at my sides, I felt startled at first, then gradually felt better as if a quarter of my wounds had started to heal. Meanwhile, Donghwa and Daehyun were silent for a long time.

A few seconds later, Donghwa suddenly let out a hollow laugh. "You slapped me just to defend him?"

"You deserve it," I replied calmly.

Actually, I felt like my heart was so messed up, but I never thought that I could say something so calm like saying, "Look, the weather is so bright today."

Donghwa sneered, "Heh, alright then, since he's been taking care of you all this time, I will think of this as something worth it. I don't want a clingy young master like him to collect a debt to me any time. After taking you away, I don't want to have anything to do with that bastard again."

"What the fuck are you saying?!" Of course, Daehyun who heard the words got furious instantly as he felt he was being humiliated.

Daehyun was about to step forward to teach him a lesson, but I quickly stopped him, holding his body from moving.

I held his hand, trying to calm him who started showing a fit of anger in his eyes.

Daehyun smiled, and the atmosphere among us suddenly grew colder. I could feel the strong currents from the two directions that couldn't merge, which made the air pressure in this room feel stifling.

Ignoring Daehyun, Donghwa kept persuading me by the words, "Chunghee, let's go home. I promise I will never scold you again. If you want me to always accompany you at home, then I will tell Hoonsik to run the company. I promise. I swear." His voice was very gentle, trembling slightly as if the words were straight from his aching heart.

I looked at him deeply, hoping that what he just said could happen one day. However, disappointment had blinded and sunk me into darkness. I forgot how to get to the surface when I reached the bottom.

After that, I turned to look at Daehyun behind me, looking at him with the pathetic eyes that I always showed him. It never changed even though how often I tried to plant seeds of love that never even grew in my heart.

My old feelings for him were truly dead and as soon as I wanted to plant the seeds, the land in my heart was so barren and dry that nothing could grow in it.

"Chunghee, come back to me, I beg you ...," Donghwa begged me again.

Hearing his words, I turned my head towards him. I thought about them, considering the good and the bad about both of them. Until finally, I decided on something, which even I didn't believe would choose this path.

I turned around and immediately fell into Daehyun's arms, drowning my face as if drowning myself in the flowing water, letting myself be carried away by the current.

I could feel Daehyun tighten his embrace as if he just got a treasure that was once lost and didn't want to lose it again.

Seeing me choosing someone else right in front of him, Donghwa must have felt unacceptable. He immediately shouted furiously, "Chunghee, what the hell are you doing?! Why are you even going by his side?! Come over here right now!"

After he finished his sentence, he was heard stepping closer so Daehyun immediately turned my body so that I was behind his strong back.

Donghwa, who couldn't hold back was about to pull me away, but Daehyun immediately grabbed his wrist quite firmly. He said coldly, "We shouldn't fight in front of him. I could have beat you up earlier if only Chunghee isn't here."

Hearing about this, Donghwa slowly began to relax his hardened facial muscles so Daehyun let go of his wrist when he felt that Donghwa was no longer threatening.

Donghwa was silent for a while like a person who was in the daze before he shifted his eyes towards me who was standing behind Daehyun's back. He said gently, "Chunghee, I'm sorry. I was wrong. It has always been my fault. Please give me one more chance to fix everything. I beg you." While saying, he held out his hand for me.

However, I turned my face away to the side, ignoring his words indifferently.

"Chunghee ...."

Not giving any response, Daehyun suddenly interrupted. His voice sounded gentle, cold, and deep, revealing a strong mysterious aura. However, once he finished his sentence, I felt like I was going to get havoc.

"You want to talk to him, don't you?" Daehyun asked.

Hearing the question, I immediately looked at Daehyun who was turning his back to me in surprise. I wanted to interrupt, but Donghwa spoke up first, "You already know, then what do you want?"

I didn't see Daehyun's face right now, but it could be heard from his voice that he must be showing a mocking face.

"Why?! Do you want me to kneel at your feet?!" Donghwa shouted impatiently.

However, Daehyun suddenly said things I never expected before.

"Yes, I will give you that chance if you kneel before me as you did back then."

Surprised, I immediately turned my eyes to Daehyun. I gripped his arm, hoping it was just nonsense of him to ask Donghwa to leave. "Daehyun, what did you just say? After all, I—"

However, before I finished my sentence, Daehyun immediately interrupted me by asking Donghwa to urge him to answer, ignoring my words. "Are you going to do it or not?"

I kept whining behind his back, "Daehyun, what are you saying? I don't want to talk to him anymore."

As Daehyun didn't give an answer and even ignored me who was almost going crazy beside him, I shifted my eyes towards Donghwa in front of me. His jaws began to tighten and his fists clenched tightly. He really tried hard not to explode, holding back the overwhelming emotions.

Two seconds passed, Donghwa suddenly gave a surprising answer, "Alright."