Chapter 89 Acceptance

Jin consoled Diana until she recovered from her state."Sorry about that," Diana said as she wiped the leftover tears from her eyes. She had been holding those tears in for some time now and felt relieved after crying it all out.

"You're alright now?" Jin asked

"Yes, I feel much better thanks to you…besides I apologize that my father talked with you like that. You must have been surprised because of the way he treated you," Diana said.

"Yeah…I sure was. I wonder why he called me Kevin." Jin probed even though he was almost sure that it was just a coincidence.

"Don't pay much attention to that. It is not abnormal for patients in the late stage of Alzheimer's to hallucinate. It might even be a made-up name," Diana explained.

"I see," Jin listened to her words with great attentiveness, and his curiosity was finally satisfied.

"So..what now?" Jin asked.

"Well…dad would need some time alone to recover so it looks like I can't introduce you to him today," Diana said with a hint of sadness.

"There's always a next time. Don't worry about that." Jin replied instantly after seeing her like that.

"That's true…" Diana murmured.

"You're hungry?" Jin asked all of a sudden.

"A bit…why?" Diana looked at him with confusion.

"That's good. Let's go and have some food together. It's been a while," Jin suggested. Sёarᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Alright," Diana agreed. She didn't feel like being alone now.

There was a good restaurant just a walking distance away. They soon arrived at the place and placed their order.

"Walking till here increased my appetite. What about you?" Jin asked.

"Same. I'm much hungrier now as well," Diana said. The walking had helped in clearing her mind and she was back to normal.

"By the way, how was your filming experience? I never asked you on chats since you always were busy," Diana asked Jin

"Oh, that…" Jin explained his first experience to Diana who was hearing everything with great curiosity. She almost laughed out loud when Jin was describing how he felt when the make-up was being applied to him.

Thus the two caught up with the details of what happened in their lives during these five days until the food arrived.

"By the way, what's your favourite food? I'm only realizing now that I never asked you this obvious question even after the countless meals we shared," Diana asked while nibbling on the starters.

"My favourite food?" Jin repeated the question and was about to say there wasn't any but Diana's question brought him back in time and replayed familiar scenes in his mind.

"Hmm, what happened?" Diana asked, seeing that Jin was taking longer than usual to answer.

"Oh…nothing. Your question just brought me back to when I was young. At that time I always used to hate a particular dish my mother used to make. However it was the first thing that came to my mind when you asked me that question,"

"You're making me curious, what is it?" Diana heard everything that Jin said with great interest since it was rare for him to talk about his past. Most of the time he just gave her topics on which she could talk for hours.

"Red beans and rice. It's a simple dish with nothing fancy." Jin commented.

"I see," Diana responded as she noted it down in her mind.

'I'll make it for him when he visits me," She thought with anticipation.

"What about you?" Jin asked.

"I like everything hehe," Diana said cheerfully. She was a big foodie and was always thankful to God for being blessed with a very high metabolism rate.

"I had guessed it by now by how ravenously you eat," Jin teased her.

"Heyyy I don't eat like that ok? I only do that when I'm alone…" Diana's words lowered down by the end of her sentence.

This invited a chuckle from Jin as he said, "So you really do eat like that huh? I was just testing waters here,"

"You-!" Diana felt embarrassed hearing this.

"Wait until I find something embarrassing about you as well in the future," She snorted and feigned anger.

"I'll be waiting for it dear," Jin replied cheekily which brought a subtle smirk to Diana's angry face.

Diana truly enjoyed Jin's light-hearted manner today. She knew that he was doing all this to improve her mood.

Their meal soon finished and they were now roaming around outside.

"Let's go to that park there," Jin pointed out and the two of them walked their way there while enjoying the surrounding hustle and bustle.

After walking for a while they sat on a bench to relax. It was around 3 by now and they were among the only few in the park.

"…I'm exhausted," Diana stretched out her hands and relaxed her body as she leaned back on the bench.

"Same here," Jin replied. After a hearty meal and a walk, he felt a bit drowsy now.

Jin felt something on his shoulder all of a sudden and turned his head.

Diana had rested her head on his shoulder. His heart fluttered seeing this.

"Thank you for today," Diana said.

"What for? I didn't do anything apart from spending time with you," Jin replied.

"You think I didn't notice all your considerate actions today? I must say…you made this woman who had already fallen for you fall for you again today," Diana said.

Since her eyes were gazing ahead it was easier for her to say those words.

Jin didn't reply to her.

A whirlwind of emotions was moving around within him at this point. He wanted to tightly embrace this woman this instant and never let go of her for all his life.

However, through sheer willpower, he held himself back. Continue your journey on empire

'I can't ruin her life. It would be too selfish of me to accept her love now when it all started as an act from my side. She deserves someone better…'

"Jin," while Jin's mind was in the middle of a turmoil his attention was attracted by the sudden call from Diana and his thoughts cleared out.

He noticed that Diana's face was staring straight at him.

"I-" Jin wanted to say something but Diana's finger blocked his lips the next moment.

"Shush" She hushed while smiling softly and moved towards him "Your heartbeat told me all that I needed to know,"

Their lips joined.

An electric-like ecstasy ran over Jin's mind the moment this happened and he actively responded to Diana's actions as the two lips exchanged the love they had been holding back for long.

There was only one thought in Jin's mind at that moment 'I want her,'

And this thought was enough to overpower all the flimsy reasons he had been giving himself to not go after the woman he loved.

'Yes, it all began as an act but so what? My feelings for her right now are true and that is all that matters!'

A fresh stem of reasoning stemmed in his mind and with that he had finally accepted Diana.

Jin shifted from Diana's lips to her neck and it invited a slight moan from Diana as she truly enjoyed the feeling.

THUD Thud thud

A voice however attracted her attention and she opened her eyes only to be surprised by the face of a 12-year-old boy a few feet away from them.

A football was bouncing slightly on the ground near the boy's feet as he stared at Jin and Diana's shameful display of affection with an open jaw.

Diana immediately pushed away Jin who was way too engrossed in the act. Initially confused Jin soon followed Diana's gaze and realized the situation.

"Let's go," Jin caught Diana's hand and the two left the scene.

When they were at a distance from the place Diana finally let her thoughts out.

"GODD!! I'm so embarrassed!"

Jin laughed out loud seeing her like this.

"This is no laughing matter! That child saw us kissing…a child! We might have even given him some trauma…" Diana said hysterically.

"Trauma? If anything that child would be looking forward to growing up," Jin reasoned out.

"Still! That doesn't make it right…" Diana was still unsettled.

"Just relax Diana. It was just an accident. Besides, thanks to that, we got a good memory to look back on in the future, don't you think so?" Jin asked.

"That really do seem to be the case," She chuckled at Jin's words and calmed down as a result.

"Let me drop you home then," Jin said and they waited for a cab together.

Half an hour later,

"See you later," Diana waved at Jin.

Jin waved back at her from the cab as the cab proceeded to his hotel.

Jin leaned back on the car seat and closed his eyes now that he was all alone.

'I guess there's no going back now…' Jin thought as Diana's innocent smile flashed in his mind.

Upon arriving home Jin tried to sleep to give rest to his restless mind. He tried it until 6 in the evening and failed miserably.

'Fuck! I can't even sleep now,' Jin pushed himself off the bed in irritation.

He went over the notes he had made for his plan to infiltrate Zenith. He did it several times until his mind was finally calm.

Jin looked at the time.

"10 PM…the hell" He had been too engrossed in the task. His stomach grumbled the next moment, attracting his attention.

He ordered the food and soon went to sleep.

The next day.

Jin spent the majority of the day shooting and arrived back to his room in the evening.

After completing all the required preparation Jin left in a cab at 11 PM. The cab dropped him a kilometre away from the branch office.

Jin went to a secluded place and took out a dark set of clothes from his bag before changing into them.

After that, he changed his appearance to match that of the newly appointed branch director and finally complimented it with a mask on his face.

Jin then waited there until it was past midnight before finally making his move.