Y/n's Pov
(Few Hours earlier) - Flashback
A part of me wanted to retreat from this meet-up as soon as I laid eyes on the familiar brunette woman I was to meet. Well, technically she wasn't familiar to me, I only recognized her by the description of her appearance that she gave me over text.
Without thinking much, I went to sit beside her. Right from the corner of my eyes, I saw her move in her chair to face me. My throat went dry, so dry that I couldn't bring myself to even fake the unnecessary formalities of officially introducing myself.
She circled her glass with her middle finger before her long nails tapped on it and with that she fully gained my attention. I knew right then and there I had to stop being a nonchalant idiot and begin to say something at least.
"I see there is already so much tension in the air, well nice to finally meet you, Yewon or do you prefer Ms Jung?" I finally let the words loose. I couldn't deal with all the tension dancing around the air.
"Just Yewon would do and you? Is it Mrs Jeon or just Y/n?"
"Just Y/n." I said before staring at the bartender that offered to take my order and I just went with water.
"I am actually very curious about this one thing. It's not a coincidence that you and Ju-, I mean your husband are having your honeymoon in the same city I have been staying in for months now, right?"
The slight pause right after Jungkook's name said a lot and my empathic side almost touched her hand to comfort her but I couldn't bring myself to do that. She was still a stranger to me perhaps even an enemy because we were definitely never going to be friends. So many things have happened due to Jungkook's past, Yewon's revenge and all of that messed up my whole life. I still live in the remnants of all the chaos that Jungkook and Yewon's battle has left behind.
"Well, that is not a question I can simply answer with a yes or no. We always wanted to come to Maldives together, but I ditched other options to make sure that I could finally meet you. You are a hard woman to find after all."
"You are not a hard woman to find but just hard to get in touch with." She chuckled and took a sip of her pink drink that seemed to be a Strawberry Daiquiri. I spaced out for a second when her words finally sank in.
"Why have you been meaning to be in touch with me? What do you want?"
"I don't know exactly but I feel like you deserve some closure after being dragged into matters that didn't even concern you. At least if not you then me. I want to move on with my life Y/n and I don't think I can when I hurt someone who didn't even deserve it. My enemy was your husband not you and more especially not your child that had to grow up without a father just because of my revenge schemes."
She looked down the whole time as she uttered her words. I just kept nibbling on my inner cheek to distract the turbulent thoughts and emotions I was feeling. It was as if with every word, I was just replaying everything, from our break-up to all those years of being a single mother.
"Why now? What changed your mind?" I finally asked when my train of thoughts started to die down. I simply ignored the fact that she knew so much about what has been happening in my life when I kept so many things private.
"Guilt was eating me up all these years and I thought that I would feel so good after ruining his life, hurting you, the one he cared about the most. I had never been this wrong, revenge isn't always so sweet and while at it, I felt like I lost myself. I can barely recognize the reflection I see in the mirror; I don't know who I am anymore. That's why I have been looking for you all this time and I am sorry for making you feel paranoid."
"So, you basically hired a P.I to try and find opportunities to talk to me?" She nodded at my words and I looked at my glass for a moment before realising why she did all that.
"Main reason for all this was not just to find me but to make me feel paranoid. My paranoia would then cause me to get my own P.I to investigate where you were so I could get in touch with you first and you made it easy for me. It all makes so much sense now." She nodded at me again and raised her eyebrows looking pleased at how I figured all that out.
"That was my best bet that didn't involve neither your husband or Lisa. And besides I wanted you to have the urge to meet me on your own terms." I nodded and looked at her. We paused for a few minutes again before I finally said what needed to be said.
"I forgive you and besides I did long ago, because I understood where all of this was coming from. So please stop blaming yourself for what happened, Its all in the past. More than anything, I think you know that you won't find your closure just by talking to me. You can't even say Jungkook's name and already that should say a lot, I think you two deserve to talk. That is the only way that both of you can move on and stop dragging people into your matters and using them as pawns to your revenge games." She stared at me blankly for what seems like an eternity.
"I guess you are right but I still need time to think about it." She responded.
I nodded in total understanding of what she said. We then remained quiet for a while before my phone rang, seizing away the pin drop silence.
*On the call*
"Hello!"
"Mrs Jeon? How much more time do you need? I want to come and pick you up"
"Oh no that's not necessary, I will just come back by myself." I really didn't want to be caught in this lie that I created.
"Y/n we are not home okay, there is nothing to do and you reprimanded me from working so what am I supposed to do in this hotel?"
I rolled my eyes when he started sulking like a baby.
"Jk please, there is a lot to do. Take a walk at the beach, watch a movie or video call anyone back at home. Enjoy some time to yourself, okay? Bye"
"Fine! rather you enjoy your alone time. Bye."
He wasn't pleased but then again, the faster that call ended the less uncomfortable Yewon would have felt.
"I am sorry about that but I actually have to go now."
"Thank you for meeting me here maybe we will see each other soon again." I nodded at her words, she gave me a little smile and the rest was history.
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Playlist: Lana Del Rey - Video Games
- Yosemite
Jungkook never asked much about my whereabouts when I got back to the hotel and that was concerning yet so relieving so I just let it go.
"Are you planning to stare into the mirror the whole day, Mrs Jeon?" He asked as he got me back to reality while I stood in front of the mirror, re-analysing my meeting with Yewon earlier.
"Well, absolutely not." I looked at him through the mirror with a smile, finally out of my trance.
"Okay then, hurry up we have to go, it's just the beach not a party." He smiled back and left a peck on my cheek.
I immediately went back to what I was doing and brushed off the thought that I actually lied to him in the morning, and he never realised. The moment I was done, we didn't even waste time as we both were ready to take a walk under the infamous Maldivian moonlight.
We walked hand in hand along the turquoise ocean waters and impeccable bungalows that were all around the place. The gentle rustling of the breeze was more than soothing, and the air there just felt different. It was a combination of salt and coconut. The combination of the two smelt weirdly pleasant. On top of that, the coconuts were all around the palm trees like celestial bodies encrypted in space.
"Wow! I can't believe that we are really here, it feels like an incredible fantasy." Jungkook said in awe as he looked around him to take in the breathtaking scenery surrounding us.
"Same here honey, it looks incredible and definitely the best place to be during the honeymoon." He nodded as he agreed with me.
For a little while we were just walking around, taking breaks to sit on the sand, my head resting on his shoulder, or his hands wrapped around me. All while when the waves came crashing on our feet and sometimes our legs. It felt like the kind of summer night Lana Del Rey writes about in her songs, more especially Yosemite. A song that spoke of an unchanging love in every season, free and resilient. In a way, it felt like us and our whole journey that led us to where we are.
"Do you want to stay here a little longer or should we go grab a drink at the beachside bar?" Jungkook asked and there couldn't be a better timing than that. It had started to get a bit chilly, worse because we were stagnant for a while as we were sitting on the sand.
"Let's go grab a drink, it's getting a bit chilly here." We got up and he helped me dust off the sand on my shorts.
The beachside bars were luxuriously built overwater. The atmosphere was livelier with a bunch of people and a similar smell from the beach, but the only difference was that this one smelt a bit fruitier too. We both ordered piña colada and surprisingly my husband finally admitted that he really liked it. The more time we spent at the bar and the more of those I had and Jungkook was definitely enjoying the sight of me being a bit tipsy, talking way more than I did, perhaps better to say I was just blabbering to him. He kept on laughing at the silly things I was saying.
"That's your last drink for the night, no more. You will wake up sick tomorrow." He warned as I took a shot of vodka that went down shooting and burning my throat. I nodded and pulled my chair way too close to his, I sat down, and my thighs were between his. The proximity startled him a bit considering how much I was always careful with public affection, so that was a bit off character for me.
"Baby come here." He leaned closer at my command, and I pulled him even closer by his shirt until our lips were brushing for just a few seconds. "Let's go dance." I whispered against his lips and that man always understood the assignment when no hesitation took over him.
The flickering lights in the bar, lowered its brightness a bit as there kept being an influx of people on the dance floor. Boy oh boy, they started to play 'One in a million' by Aaliyah', and I think my last brain cell collapsed somewhere on the way of feeling that song. I just kept lip syncing it to Jungkook and showing him how I felt being a woman deep in love with him.
Your love is a one in a million (oh)
It goes on and on and on
You give me a really good feelin'
All day long
Turn me inside out, make my heart speak
Need no one else, you're all I need
Personality in everything you do (do)
Makes me love, everything 'bout you.
Your smile, your style, is so fly, I can't deny
I got a crush on you, and that is true indeed
And I'm digging you, you make me believe
I think it just matched the semi-sensual dances all over the dance floor. I don't know if it was the song, or the drinks or the fact that everyone just seem to be so carefree and dancing body to body that I didn't mind doing the same. I think I had forgotten how it felt to express myself through songs and that moment reminded me how powerful music was.
After the dancing had exhausted us and I had made sure that whoever had eyes on my man had backed off because honestly that was why I asked him to dance in the first place. These random two women couldn't stop starring at him and he laughed at me when I admitted it to him, when we were laying in bed and the slumber was getting to me. I was blabbering myself to sleep while latched on him like a koala.
"It's adorable how you got jealous, but your dancing was the total opposite of that." He said in my hair and his calming voice was making me feel even more sleepy.
"It was the drinks, okay." I responded as my voice was going lower.
"Yeah, yeah blame it on the drinks. Go to sleep you had a long day today." I felt him pull on the covers to cover us up and I snuggled more into him.
"She wants to see you." Jungkook looked confused unable to understand the words that came out of my muffled voice.
"Who?"
"Ye-, your frie-"
Those were the last words that came from Y/n before she went into a full slumber that she had been fighting the whole time. Jungkook on the other hand just looked at her sleeping form hoping that whatever she said was because of her drunkenness and it meant nothing. He hoped it was a slip of the tongue but deep down he knew it was possible she meant Yewon, and he was in denial of it.
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*To be Continued*
"Almost thought of deleting this story but here I am to finish it because I couldn't ignore that we have less than 7 Chapters left, and I keep seeing this book being added to reading lists. It has more than 30k reads, that's insane. Also, I will add an author's note at the end of the book, please read it."
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