Chapter 40 I’m in love with another man

In Hee-jung's house Eunbi sat down for a talk on the sofa at the living room. Hee-jung could guess that something has happened between Eunbi and Young-soo through the disturbed look on her friends face. She put her hand on Eunbi's shoulder and asked her, "what happened?" with a serious expression.
She hugged Hee-jung on the sofa, "He kept on humiliating me I couldn't endure it. Yesterday he was admitted in the hospital for the treatment of his fever, I tried to help him to take care of him, but he kept on ignoring me. He didn't talk to me properly for rejecting his love proposal as if I have done that for retribution. Why couldn't he understand that I only see him as one of my friends? I don't know how he thought that I was in love with him." She sobbed.
Hee-jung broke the hug and hushed her, "you haven't done anything wrong. You should have been carefully lived with him without giving him a chance to think that you are in love with him. Even I also thought that you are in love with him. I know that you are in mixed feelings with him. Take your time and think deeply whether you are in love with him or not."
Eunbi shook her head, "No, I'm not in love with him I just had infatuations with him."
"You have already made a hasty decision; don't make the same mistake again. Take your time and think properly." Hee-jung advised.
"There is nothing to think about it anymore. How could I fall in love with Young-soo, when I'm in love with another person, I'm damn sure that my feeling for Young-soo is just infatuations." Eunbi expressed.
Hee-jung was shocked to hear such unexpected answer from Eunbi, and she gave her a questioning look.
"Yes I'm in love with another person, his name is Lee Min-suk he is a year senior to me, and he is one of the sons of my father's business acquaintances. During the childhood time he used to come to our home or my sister and I use to go to his home to play together in the summer vacations. Both of our families used to go out for vacations to enjoy it together. Everything was going smooth in between us until I reach my adolescence. We joined the dance academy to learn dance and the dance teacher paired me up with him because, we two already knew each-other. From there I started to feel uneasy with him whenever he held my hands, or touch my waist or he carried me up in his arms for the dance steps.
Once he completed his schooling he went to America to graduate his bachelors and masters in business. I tried to go to America to graduate my degrees at the same university as him, but my father was against to my decision so I couldn't able to go. Until before my marriage we keep in touch through conversing over the phone and texts messaging through the social media. It was an one sided love and I never expressed my love to him I just locked it inside me for all these years." Eunbi explained.
By hearing Eunbi's explanation Hee-jung was confused on what to say to her friend. After thinking for a while she asked, "So, you are planning to divorce Young-soo and start a new life with that guy."
Eunbi nodded her head.
Hee-jung pressed her lips together with questioning look, "for instance what will you do if that guy already has a girlfriend."
"No he doesn't have a girlfriend and still he's single."
"How do you know about that?"
Eunbi sat down properly on the sofa and tell the flashback.
During our semester break I attended a social occasion at Busan with Young-soo. In that event I met Lee Min-suk accidentally when I came out of the restroom after using it and both of us were surprised to meet each-other after a few years. I just hugged him without thinking about anything soon he broke the hug before anybody else sees us.
Min-suk held my hand, took me to the open balcony, and that place looks so quiet without anyone.
First both of us inquired about our health. Then Min-suk said that he's graduated his master's in business and returned back to South Korea only a few days back. He held my hands and asked, "why didn't you stop sending text messages and contact me through the phone for the past few months? You know how did I felt at those months without your texts and calls, I just felt like I was living in the hell. At those days I just realized that you were in love with me through the way you treated me. I don't know whether it's the right time to express my feelings to you but I can't hold back my feelings anymore. Eunbi, I just realized that I was in love with you and hope you still love me."
My heart was in my mouth, I have been waiting for this moment in my life for such a long time, but I never expected that he'll express his feelings to me in a wrong timing. I don't know whether I should be happy or unhappy. I pulled my hands from his hold and said, "I'm sorry Min-suk, the reason I haven't text and call you for the past few months it's because I'm married, and you are too late to express your feelings to me."
"I know that you are married, also about your marriage relationship that you guys are living together in Jeju Island just as a friend not as a husband and wife. I know that I'm late to express my love to you but I'm not too late. So take your time and think about it, I'll be waiting for your answer. Now let's move from this place before anyone sees us." He said and walked me to the ballroom.
I was puzzled that how did he came to know that I'm not living together with Young-soo as a husband and wife. I silently sat down next to Mrs. Lee with loads of thoughts. When Young-soo beckoned his hand at me and asked me to come over to him. I just stood down from my place and while I was walking towards him I was startled to see that Park Inha gave a kiss on Young-soo's cheek. In addition, Min-suk was standing behind them and gave me a smile. Therefore, I just wrapped my hand around Young-soo's arm and asked him to let's move from that place immediately before the situation gets complicated.
End of the flashback
After hearing Eunbi's flashback Hee-jung just keep quiet without saying anything to her.
Eunbi held Hee-jung hand and asked, "Why are you staying quiet say something?"
She shook her head with disappointment, "I don't know what to say, Eunbi. Actually what you did is not wrong, but the problem is you should have not accepted Young-soo's love proposal, when he expressed his love to you in front of his friends. Don't you feel like you deceived him?"
Eunbi did agree, "Yes, that's was the biggest mistake I've done to him and I did feel like I deceived him."
Hee-jung wrapped her arm around Eunbi shoulder, and advice her, "Young-soo was maintaining distance with you to overcome the pain you gave him. It would have hurt him badly; he needed some time to heal. Maintain some patience until he gets back to normal."