Pay With Your Heart

Chapter 323: Take Me Back (Unedited)

Theme Park

Eun-sun wasn’t sure how long she had been sitting on that spot at the park, but she knew it has been hours. Not sure of where to go after leaving the company, she had wandered there, the one true place that helped her clear her thoughts.

She had arrived when the day was bright and clear, but now, the sky was dark but she still didn’t feel like leaving yet. She didn’t want to go home or see anybody. She wanted to avoid having a conversation about her mood with Hei-Ran as she was certain she would ask.

Life wasn’t giving her a break or happy moments to share. Even when it tried to, it gave her more heart break and pain than she had ever felt in her lifetime. For someone who had a constant rough path in life, she still wasn’t used to the pain. She couldn’t numb her heart not to feel hurt. Right now, her heart was in so much pain she felt she could die.

Again, she was lonely with no one to call her own. No family, no friends except Hei-Ran of course. She was the only true and constant person in her life. Her pathetic life.

She wasn’t sure if she had done the right thing by completely ending things by herself. Yes, he had broken up with her a few weeks ago but it didn’t hurt as much as it does now. Maybe it was because she had felt he was angry with her at the time, and she was hopeful he’d forgive her soon, but now, she really knew that they were done. She had ended things herself.

Maybe she shouldn’t have done that. She should taken it all in and let him vent on her a bit more. She deserved all his anger and whatever he tossed at her. She deserved it all, but he was taking it too far. She was in pain just as much as he was. Mrs Lee might his mother, but she was also one to her. She was her friend, and she had lost her friend and mother.

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She sniffed and wiped the tears off her face.

Maybe this was for the best. This would save him the stress of fighting with his family and also save him from losing his company and the years of hard work he had invested in it. If leaving him would help him forgive her and stop him from hurting, then she’d do it.

She leaned on the swing as she tried not to think about him or reminiscence on the few good days in her life, or think about anything else. She was tired of everything, and she wanted to ease her mind.

Eun-sun stayed at the park a little longer before she finally decided to leave. She didn’t want to get home on time, so she decided to walk. It was a long walk but she would embark on it to clear her mind and also wear herself out.

She had expected the walk to last a bit longer but surprisingly it didn’t. She sighed as she stood in front of the apartment building. Her eyes gazed over the building and she couldn’t help but feel more sad.

Was everyone in this world as sad as she was? Or was she the only person who felt this miserable.

She had only taken a step towards the house when she caught sight of a familiar Maybach parked across the road. And as if he had spotted her, the door opened and he stepped out of the car, making her freeze. They both stood afar off with their eyes locked on one another.

Eun-sun was stunned beyond words to see him there. She had not expected to see him there at all. Why was he here?

Her heart skipped and she stood transfixed when he suddenly started walking towards her. She could hear the fastened beats of her heart in her ears.

She gazed at his face when he stopped barely two feets away from her.

“You sure did take your time to get here.” Were the first words that left his mouth.

“W-why... what are you doing here?” She stuttered. She couldn’t imagine one possible reason why he was there. To yell at her a bit more?

“You broke up with me.” He said.

“You broke up with me first.” She replied making him sigh. Her small voice and red eyes told him she has being crying.

“I’m sorry.” He apologized making Eun-sun stunned. Her hazel eyes gazed up at him with confusion.

“F-for what?” She asked.

“For everything.” He replied, before taking another step closer to her and covering the space between them.

“I’m sorry for being selfish, and for not seeing how much you were suffering just like me, and for making you cry.”

She looked at him with befuddlement. She should be apologizing to him.

“I should be the one apologizing to you, I’m sorry.”

His hand held her chin. “I know.”

“I didn’t mean to keep anything from you, or watch you suffer. I was-” Her lips trembled and tears began to stream down her eyes.

“Shh.. it’s okay.” Dan-Han hushed her and cupped her face. Her face was so lean and her eyes had sunk into their sockets. Even with the dim street lights he could see her dark circles. His heart pricked him as he pulled her closer to himself.

Dan-Han knew he had every reason to be angry with her, but even in his anger he should have understood her struggles her pain at least once. It couldn’t have been easy for her knowing something so big and still tried to keep it away from him. She must have felt conflicted everytime wondering what the right thing to do was. It wasn’t her fault that he had been kept in the dark about his mother’s illness. That was his mother’s decision, and whatever reason made her to take that decision he believed it was from a place of love.

Eun-sun’s glistening stared at him not sure of what to say. What did this mean?

“Do you forgive me?” Her shaky and nervous voice asked, while Dan-Han responded with a single nod. Her heart skipped as her eyes zeroed on his in a discerning manner. She didn’t believe him.

“Y-you do?” She asked again just to be sure.

Dan-Han wiped her tears away with his thumb. “Only on one condition.” He said, making her eyes widen and her ears perk with attentiveness.

“No more secrets.” He said making her nod.

“But you’re the one keeping a secret now.” She said.

“Kwon-Nara isn’t my girlfriend and she has never been. And i’m sorry I didn’t mention anything about my health, but that’s because it’s in the past and I’m better now.”

“Bu-t Ji-Tae said-”

“He was just trying to take advantage of our misunderstanding.” He explained.

“So you’re really fine, an-d you’re not – sterile?” She nervously asked. Dan-Han’s brows narrowed.

‘Sterile?’ He was never sterile. He had erectile issues, he wasn’t sterile. Hence why he had his specimen saved in a fertility bank. But did it matter? He sighed and shook his head.

“I’m not.” He assured her. ????????????????????аd. ᴄom

“A-nd that girl?” She asked again. Her heart still pounding in an uneasy way.

“She’s nothing to me.” He firmly told her. She believed him.

“Does this mean you’ll take me back?” He asked while he tucked a stray lock behind her ear. He missed doing this.

Eun-sun couldn’t help but look at his face in utter silence. It took a while before she could respond to him. “Only if you’ll take me back.” She muttered.

His lips twitched as he snaked a hand around her waist and pulled her even closer. “I never gave you up in the first place. You assumed that on your own.” He tilted her chin upwards as he leaned closer.

Eun-sun heart thud erractically as he leaned closer to her. Her eyes closed even before his lips could touch hers, and when it did she felt she could melt in his embrace. She had missed him more than she had imagined.

His kiss was so gentle and compelling as usual making her knees her turn weak. Her hand subconsciously gripped his shirt as she let him kiss her.

“I missed you.” He whispered into her ears.

“I missed you, Lee Dan-Han. I really did.” Was all she could reply.