Chapter 229 - Finale

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"Aren't you coming? Okay, okay, unnie. I'm fine actually. You better not come, you don't want little Hanul to learn martial arts before he learns to speak. That's what will happen if he remains unsupervised around his father for so long," Ye Rim gave a weak laugh, trying to make Eun Ha feel better. It wasn't a problem that Eun Ha did not come tonight. "My mom returned to her house because you said you were coming. But if I need anything, I call my manager, rest assured…"

"Will you forgive me?" her unnie was anxious to leave her alone after she passed out at the store.

"Stay calm, I already said I'm fine." Ye Rim actually wanted to sleep and not wake up anytime soon. But she doubted she would be able to do it. Not after seeing Jun Hyeon that afternoon.

She stroked the guitar strings beside her, producing a dissonant sound. Looking at the night scenery from the window of her duplex apartment, she had finally decided to accept that all she would have of Jun Hyeon was the memories of some happy moments and the child they would have together.

Ye Rim couldn't stalk and surround him and force him into something he no longer felt, could she?

But what to do with that feeling of incompleteness in your chest?

"I want to be complete for you, my baby. I can't have an end like Eun Ha's mom. I cannot let the wraiths come to us. If I can't do it alone or with the help of my friends ... I must seek professional help. I must be strong for you, wherever your father is. I know that if he was okay, he would be here, by our side. Because that's how he is. A kind idiot, concerned about his family. A caring and full of love person, even if he has shut himself in a hard shell. " She stroked her belly tenderly.

"Is that what you think of me?" she heard his voice. It seemed too real to be one of her delusions.

Was it a wraith? She turned over her shoulder. And I would have been less surprised if it were really a Wraith.

But it was him. Jun Hyeon.

In Ye Rim's room.

"J-Jun Hyeon?"

"Yep." He had his hands in his pants pockets looking at her as if he were holding his breath.

It was so unreal that Ye Rim stood up cautiously, refusing to believe that he was right there in his room, looking like he had done something very wrong.

"How… ?"

"Eun Ha gave me the key. In her defense, I…" he didn't seem to know where to start. But Ye Rim had already had too many disappointments to easily believe, and said,

"Go away. I still have enough strength to finish you!"

"I know. You're good at fighting. And there is a legion of fans who would crush me like a flea, if they knew I'm here."

"...!" The singer kept blinking, and grabbed the guitar's neck.

"Oops! Ye Rim. Listen! I almost died tonight. Seriously. I am here to ask your forgiveness. To beg, actually."

"How is it? Did you almost die today? And that's just why you're here to ask me for forgiveness?" she snarled. "Is it a type of regret due to traumatic stress? Did you decide to change your life starting today, thankful for your second chance?"

He inhaled even more. "I knew I was going to face your wrath."

"And how else would you have been received? With cherry blossom petals and glitter rain?" she was shaking and unsure if she had control over what came out of her mouth.

"I think you are having a denial episode, Ye Rim." Jun Hyeon narrowed his eyes, and walked over to her. "It's not that I don't deserve to get that guitar slammed on my face, but if you do it, we're going to waste precious time at the hospital. And… I may have another amnesia…"

"JUN HYEON!" she screamed, now finally convinced that she was not delusional.

"Yes. Your stupid lover. Fiance. Future husband. It's been two years, as we agreed. We must get married, so the people don't keep talking..."

It was him. Her Jun Hyeon with his weird sense of humor.

It was him, and he was back.

Ye Rim threw the guitar aside with an out of tune kabong, and then threw herself into Dr. Kim's arms.

He hugged her tight, crushing her to his chest.

Ye Rim buried her face against his shoulder, feeling tears streaming down her chin. She couldn't contain the sobbing and whimpered,

"Why did you take so long?"

"I was afraid that I was falling in love again with a crazy, temperamental, complicated and independent woman."

She looked up at him, surprised to hear his words spoken in a hoarse and choked voice.

"What?!"

"I was always afraid to love and make a fool of myself. To be fooled and cheated. I never wanted to open my heart to anyone, Ye Rim. Well, the truth is, I didn't open my heart to you. You are a heartbreaker, you know? You broke your way into my heart, like a burglar." Jun Hyeon kissed her hair while talking, and rocked her back and forth to calm her crying.

"Are you accusing me?"

"Yes. I've known since I saw you I should run away from you."

She grabbed his face, and looked him in the eye.

"Did you remember everything?"

"Yes. All the most absurd and meaningless things. The magic. How well we dance together. How we are always bickering for silly things like right now. How do you make me a slave..."

"What lie is that? I never made you a slave!"

"So what is this memory of you telling me to give you pleasure, and saying that you will hit me if I stop?!" He scratched his head with a falsely innocent smile. Ye Rim laughed, wiping tears from her eyes, and slapped him on the shoulder.

"Is this not a memory, but a vision of the future?!" Jun Hyeon questioned.

She laughed more, feeling so complete in his arms.

He looked at her again, and held her face too.

"Ye Rim. I love you. I regret nothing. I'm happy to have a new chance. Please tell me you are going to marry me. Please tell me you want me by your side. Forgive me for being such a stupid and slow man."

"You are going to be a father, you know?" she smoothed his brow affectionately, as if it already implied her answer. "I was preparing to face this alone. But I think we should get married soon, to avoid..."

"What?! Would you leave me out?!" he took her hand off his face, huffing.

"Hey, wait. That's not what I meant..." Ye Rim was terrified to explain, and when Jun Hyeon started to move away, she grabbed him.

And he grabbed her back, this time holding her chin in a possessive way and kissing her passionately.

Luckily they were very close to the bed, and Jun Hyeon lifted her up in his arms, depositing Ye Rim on the mattress and leaning over her with a look full of love and desire.

They knew their love would win it all.

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On the other side of the avenue, on the terrace of another building, a couple moved away from the camera with telescopic lenses at the same time.

"Ahem ... Do you think our job is over, Shin?" Eun Ha looked at her husband, with a beatific smile on her face. 

Shin was putting the equipment away, and said, without turning to his wife,

"Yes. We should no longer interfere. And with that I say: YOU mustn't be messing around anymore."

"It was just a little help ... Basically, I just gave him the key..."

Shin ignored the opportunity to start an argument with his wife, and hugged her, sliding his hand over Eun Ha's sweet arse. The stylist gave a small sob of surprise. "SHIN!"

"What? Don't you think your Mom could be with Hanul for a while? Or my sister? Our little fairy boy should visit his ancestral house, don't you think? Also, don't you think we deserve a vacation and a real honeymoon, only for us, my love?"

Was Shin saying that?! Eun Ha could hardly believe it! He was usually demanding in bed, but that was so romantic!

"YES!" She threw herself into her husband's arms, grabbing him for a kiss.

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