Chapter 144 - Lee Donghwa: A Place Of Memories (2)

I lowered my head and smiled weakly, showing how I reminisced about all of that today. I never thought that those times would pass so quickly.

If you think about it, ten years wasn't a short time, but for me, it was a very short time. It felt like just yesterday I graduated from this university, but now I had become who I was today.

Lifting my face, I looked at the students who were in this place and thought that going back in our twenties might be fun. Where you could still joke around with your friends and the only thing that stressed you out was your college.

Now that I had become an adult, balancing a career as well as romance, I had come to realize that emotional stability was the most important. Because if you didn't, whether it was your career or your love, one day one of them must be destroyed or even both.

However, I was stupid enough to only realize it now that I destroyed what I had been building for so long.

As I was thinking about this, I heard the giggles of some girls around me. So, out of curiosity, I turned around to where the voice came and saw several girls looking at me whispering to each other. I knew that now they were talking about me.

I didn't know what they were talking about right now and I didn't even care. I just smiled when I saw them before I got up, then went to where my car was parked.

In the car, I took a deep breath to relax. After feeling better, I started the engine and immediately drove the car to my next destination.

Along the way, I continued to massage my forehead and felt my head a little heavy. I also feel so tired even though yesterday, I was spent the whole day sleeping.

People said, if you were mentally exhausted, then how often you rested and how often you slept, when you woke up in the morning, you would still feel exhausted like you just spent a whole day working.

I was in that state now. And perhaps, I was really mentally exhausted right now because every time I woke up, I would feel exhausted like I had done a hard job.

Amid my thoughts suddenly shattered after hearing the buzz of my cell phone. I quickly fumbled into my pocket, then took out my cell phone and looked at the caller ID.

As soon as I saw it was Sunyeon, I was about to reject it, but I didn't know why my thumb was pressing the green button.

"Ah, Brother Lee, you—"

Before Sunyeon finished his sentence, I immediately cut off his words, "Get to the point. I don't have time to hear your nonsense."

"Um ...," Sunyeon said, "I waited for you all night but why didn't you come? I just wanted to talk to you."

"Have I agreed to it?"

"...."

"So, if you have something to say, then say it now on the phone."

"Um, actually ...." He paused for a moment before continuing in a low voice, "Actually, I want to take you out to dinner too ...."

"Heh, as I thought ...."

"No, no, this is not what you think." Sunyeon hastily interrupted and explained, "I just want to take you out to dinner and tell you something. Didn't I tell you that I don't want to discuss our relationship again? I mean it. So, when do you have time?"

"Is that important?" I asked indifferently.

"Of course!" he exclaimed. "Of course it's important — it's very important to me." He lowered his voice at the last sentence as if he had known that saying it was a waste.

Silence for a while, I replied, "Okay—"

However, before I had time to finish my words, Sunyeon immediately exclaimed eagerly, "Do you agree?!"

Taking a deep breath, I replied, "Yes. But, not now and not for this month."

After saying that, he fell silent for a while and I assumed that he must have felt disappointed after hearing my words.

However, after all, my heart was already numb to feel sorry for others, so I didn't really respond and just said nonchalantly, "If you agree, then it will be decided. Yet, if you don't, then you shouldn't expect me to have time for you again."

A few seconds after saying that, he asked in a voice that sounded lethargic, "But, does that mean next month?"

"Yes." I continued, "I've got stressed lately, so I don't want to be bothered."

There was a brief pause before he replied faintly, "Okay. I'll be waiting for you."

After he agreed, without wanting to hear anything else, I immediately hung up. However, as soon as I hung up and was about to throw my phone in the back seat, the next incoming call was heard.

Frowning, I glanced irritably at my cell phone screen.

- Bae Yunhee -

Seeing the ID, I gritted my teeth in annoyance and immediately answered his call, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, you're still alive. I was worried about you," Yunhee replied jokingly.

"What do you want?"

Instead of answering my question right away, he asked, "Why haven't you picked up my calls in the past few days?"

I rolled my eyes before replying, "I don't want to be bothered. So, hurry up and say what you want to say."

He was heard sighing heavily before declaring, "Kim will return to France."

As soon as I heard that statement, I was immediately startled and unconsciously hit the brakes suddenly so that the car behind crashed into the back of my car. Luckily, the crash wasn't too hard, so I don't think there would be any major damage to any of our vehicles.

I froze in silence, trying to rearrange Yunhee's words in my head.

'Kim - will - return - to - France.'

As I repeated those words, the voice of someone raging while banging my windshield immediately brought me to my senses.

"Yunhee, I'll call you later. I got a problem," I said as I removed the seat belt.

"Oh, okay."

Hanging up, I immediately got out of the car to talk to a middle-aged man who was currently cursing because he might not accept his car was scuffed.

"Fuck! You're a danger to other drivers! Now, look — come and look!" While saying this, he waved his hand for me to follow him to see his car.

I followed him without saying anything to see how badly damaged his car was.

"Look! My car's hood is damaged! You have to pay compensation!" The middle-aged man said angrily.

I looked at his car expressionlessly, then saw mine also had minor damage. However, not wanting to prolong the matter, I immediately took out my wallet and took a few won, then put it on top of the man's car while saying in a low voice that seemed cold, "I'm sure the repair costs won't be too expensive. But, I'll give you more money as compensation as well as my apology."

The middle-aged man was silent, but by the look on his face, it could be concluded that he was feeling embarrassed. With a frown on his face, he took the money without saying a word, then immediately drove his car away.

After that, I also got in the car and immediately drove it.

On the way, I immediately called Yunhee back and it only took a few seconds, he immediately answered my call.

"What happened?" he asked on the phone.

"Um, nothing." Without saying anything else, I asked, "How did you know that Kim will return to France? Who told you?"

"Rumor," he replied, "He just hasn't been on good terms with his father lately because he refuses to be arranged."

Paused for a while, I muttered under my breath, "Oh, so he refused the marriage...." "Yes." Yunhee stated, "I don't think the rumor is just rumors either. There is a rumor that he had a big fight with his father, so he was ordered to return to France."

I was stunned. Actually, I didn't care if he was leaving or not. It was just that, there was a sense of displeasure if he would bring Chunghee to come with him there. So, just to be sure, I asked, "So ... will he take Chunghee with him there?"

Yunhee paused for a moment before replying in a low voice, "Yes, that's for sure. He couldn't possibly abandon Chunghee. After all, I also believe that Chunghee was the only reason for refusing his marriage to the daughter of his father's colleague."

I lowered my gaze slightly when I heard Yunhee say that. I never asked him to explain to me in such detail and didn't even want to hear it at all. But, hearing all that, I felt jealousy and the refusal in my heart grew stronger.

However, what hurt me the most was that I could no longer do anything but accept it without complaining or getting angry, where I seemed to be required to be calm when I watched the two of them make love right in front of my eyes.

Taking a deep breath, I said, "It can't be helped, right? There's nothing I can do at this point — our relationship is over."