You feel uncomfortable going to work and meeting Ju Min after the last event yesterday. But you think it is too unprofessional to ditch work for a personal reason. So here you are. Come to your office with a heavy heart.
"Hey Hyu Ri.... Congratulations for your engagement... " There are two familiar women who come to greet you.
They are from another department. You are puzzled by the things that they are saying. What engangement? They mention Ju Min's public proposal at the party and you actually really forget about it.
"Ah, right... There is a thing like that," now you remember.
After they left, some other people congratulated you for the same thing. But you are really confused about what to do to respond to them. The thing is... you are not in good condition with Ju Min right after his proposal. You don't think that you could continue your relationship with him or even marry him. Everything is just too complicated now.
You can't trust the CEO. All that you feel toward him right now is doubt and remorse. All that you can think right now is that Han Ju Min was taking an interest in you because you are a beloved person for Ryu Min. You wonder, if you are not someone who is deeply involved with their brother, would he ever take his eyes off of you? You doubt it. Ju Min is the kind of person who is not easily attracted to others. But he does have a complex anxiety when it comes to his brother, whether it is a superior complex or just an inferior complex, which you don't understand at all. You decide to come to Ju Min's office to confront him directly.
Ju Min's mind is in a mess. He can't focus on everything that he works at. The memory of you kissing Ryu Min wrecked his heart severely. He is terified now. His eyebrow has frowned for a very long time. He is terrified that you would decide to leave him to be with Ryu Min. But he would do anything possible to make you stay. Is it a mere posse and obsession? He wondered.
He was never really good at understanding his own feelings. But he is sure that he has this special feeling for you that wouldn't be replaced by another. He knows that he cherish you a lot. Maybe you are right; his initial reason for approaching you is a mere ego trip. His ego, thinking that he can get everything that Ryu Min's own, his envy of Ryu Min's happiness. He is always seeking affirmation to prove that he is better than his little brother in everything.
But once he really knows you, he learns a thing. All that matters to him now is you and only you. He does keep his worries about losing you to Ryu Min. But all that he cares about now is how to make you look at him as his own self. He doesn't want to prove that he is a better person than his brother now. It doesn't matter that people would only like his brother. Because you make him believe that it is okay to be himself and accept all his good and flaws. But how could he rely on his feelings in order to make you understand? He had no idea.
You knock on his door and open it. Once the CEO sees you, he stand up quickly and freeze in place. He couldn't predict that you would come to him earlier than he thought.
"Hyu Ri...." He called out your name with a low, deep voice.
You enter the room awkwardly. You are not really ready to make eye contact with him. You come up with a decision to break up with him. But you don't know how or where to start, so you just gaze at the floor silently.
"Ah.... Emm.... I think everyone is hyped up about what happened at the party. People keep coming and congratulating me. Some even wish us a happy marriage. Ju Min tries to divert a conversation to focus on the two of you. He smiles and talks like nothing bad happened yesterday. He is avoiding the truth and it makes you sick.
"I want to take a leave in the meantime." You left out another thing. You do not really want to get involved with the topic that Ju Min tries to discuss. He is silenced by your cold demeanor. His smile left his face.
"..... Alright, do what suits you best." He is able to put on a fake smile, but his eyes are filled with agony and anxiety. He doesn't dare ask you the reason.
"Won't you ask me why?" You ask him and look straight into his eyes. He diverts his eyes from anything except you. He doesn't want you to recognize his anxiety because he is afraid that you will really bring up the topic that he worries about.
"No... It's okay, I trust you. I won't ask. " He tidies up the documents, which are not in shambles at all. He tries to keep himself looking busy.
"I went to meet Ryu Min yesterday." You really start it now.
" Stop...." He demands you with a weak voice. He stopped his activities. His body is paused. His heart beat faster, and it felt like his chest was going to burst out anytime soon.
" We reveal our true feelings to each other. We decide to be honest about our feelings and never hide them anymore. So I say I want to... " Your voice is being cut off by Ju Min's echoing sound."
"STOP IT!" his deep voice screamed in a rage. That was the first time you ever saw him angry. And that was also the first time he ever raised his voice to others. He was always a calm and respectful person who did not easily get irritated by things or, moreover, angry about things.
He is staring at you with a lot of complex feelings that are shown through his eyes. Betrayal, rage, sadness, agony, and desperation. He almost wanted to cry.
"I saw the two of you kissing each other." It hurt his heart a lot to say it out loud. He is trying to show how desperate he is right now. He is devastated and broken. But you only stared at him with a flat expression, as if you didn't give a damn about his feelings at all.
"Good then, so it is easier to go to the point." You are being heartless to him. He couldn't believe it.
"Let's break up," you say finally, delivering the death sentence.
"Hyu Ri. Please..." Ju Min is reaching out to you. He walks closer and tries to hold your hand.
"I cherish you. I love you.... You are just too angry at me now and it blinded you. Now you misunderstand everything. Please let's talk it over. " Ju Min is trying to persuade you, but you dodge his hand.
"there is nothing I want to talk with you anymore Ju Min. Everything is so clear for me" You're being stubborn, and he can't stop you.
"How? How is everything so clear? How can I prove my sincerity to you? If I let you date Ryu Min on the condition that you were still seeing me, would it work for you? Alright, let's do that... I'm okay with any condition. Just let me stay by your side as your backup... I don't mind it, but please don't break up with me." The CEO keeps pleading with you. You smirk cynically. You feel totally ridiculous.
" You are being unreasonable, Ju Min. " You are criticizing him, who is not in his right mind now.
" I really don't mind it. I think it is actually a good idea." Ju Min plestering you so you can accept him again.
"I do mind! Are you trying to make me a bad person? There's no way I could double-date Ryu Min and you," you explain, frustrated.
"Then what should I do? Hyu Ri ah, I truly adore you....My heart is always honest with you. I know you can recognize it too. You can feel my love for you. aren't you? " Ju Min is seeking an answer by looking right into your eyes. The little boy inside him is begging for love right now.
"I don't know. I never knew," you are lying. There are times when you truly believe he is sincere to you.But now, you don't want to admit it.
Ju Min is speechless. He can't believe what he's hearing. He thinks he did rely on his true feelings and you accepted them too. But you say otherwise. Is the thing that happened between the two of you just a meaningless thing to you? Is he never become a special person for you? Not at all? He sighed heavily. His heart is being hurt when his sincerity can't be recognized by you.
"Do you ever fall in love with me?Even if only for a brief moment?" He was hesitant to ask this question, but this is the question that he had always been wondering about. His questions take you aback. It tears you up to see him desperately pleading for your love.But your pride doesn't allow you to show that because you are afraid. You are afraid of being disappointed again.
"No. I don't love you. Never" Ju Min smirks, but his heart is totally broken.
You rummage through your bag and pull out a ring from inside. It was the ring that Ju Min gave you at the party. The diamond ring he used to propose to you. You take Ju Min's hand and put the ring on it. You tell him that you can't accept the ring, you can't accept his love. You turn around and are going to go, but Ju Min stops you and holds your hand.
"Goodbye, Ju Min," you say sternly, pulling your hand away from his.You walk away without looking at him again.
"Hyu Ri-ssi.... Lee Hyu RI!" His voice is echoing in the office.
Everyone is surprised by that, but you didn't care at all. You catch Jae Hee's confused expression briefly. But you are not in the mood to stay and make an explanation. You leave the CNR building to avoid any other commotion. This is the end of your relationship with Ju Min.
Ju Min is left alone in despair. He is staring at the ring silently. His eyes were full of misery. He starts to regret everything that he did. If he told you anytime sooner, would the pain feel less hurtful? One thing he is certain of is no matter what happened, he would never have a chance to charm your heart. You can't love him. It makes him become a phatetic man even more.
Meanwhile, Ryu Min is sitting on the park bench outside his studio. He is staring at his phone. Ha Na, just send him a message. She thanked and apologized to him for everything. She expresses her hope that she did the right thing to make him happy by letting Hyu Ri know about his feelings. She expresses how thankful she is to get a chance to stay with him. Ryu Min answered her message with a short "Thank you... I'm sorry."
Suddenly, his door bell is ringing. He goes toward the entry door and opens it. There he found you, standing alone with an unreadable expression.
Ju Min gets out of the building in a rush. The driver, Kim, is already waiting for him outside. He is standing beside the CEO's car, opening the back door for his boss. But Ju Min doesn't go to the passenger seat, instead he goes straight to the driver's seat. His sudden action makes the driver, Kim, flustered.
Jae Hee, who happened to be watching, is panicking. Ju Min had never driven a car by himself before. Is he losing his mind? Is he able to even drive? The secretary tries to stop his crazy act, but the machine is already turned on and driving at full speed. The two terrified people were left in awe.
Ju Min wants to escape from reality, so he drives like a professional racer even though he doesn't know where he has to go. Your word of farewall, your cold expression, your hateful eyes haunt his memory. He tries to drive as fast as he can and wandering around without any destination.
After hours of driving, Ju Min parks his car on the side of the river. He is sitting on the ground in front of his car. staring at the surface of the river in front of him. His radio car is turning on. It plays a Chinese song by RENJUN and XIAOJUN titled "Ubreakable Love." Ju Min is often on a business trip around the world. Mastering another language isn't a problem for a genius like him. He is quite fluent in Chinese, so he can understand the song very well.
...I got through the long wait of finally losing you in the end.
What if no one understands you?
Who will spoil you like I did?
Ju Min tries to interpret the lyrics carefully. His mind slowly diverts to you again, the time of your first meeting. The time you spend together as a lover, the feeling of your lingering kiss, the way your gaze stares at him with yearning. The moment he watched you kiss Ryu Min, the moment of the break up and the death sentence. "I don't love you." Goodbye Ju Min, your hurtful words pierced into his heart.
It's okay if you just look back now.
You'll see that I never left.
How he wished for you to turn back and recognize that he would always be there. He wants to show you desperately that he wouldn't leave and give up.
You gave me the unbreakable love of my life.
Every message from you makes my heart beat faster.
I want to hold you in my arms every second.
You are the loveliest girl in the world.
The way you laughed at his absurd joke made him smile. You are the only person who could find his joke funny. The loviest girl in his world.
You are the unbreakable love of my life.
Even if we are a thousand mountains apart,
Please believe in my love.
An unbreakable love
His love for you is an unbreakable love. Even if a thousand mills take you apart, a long life separates you, and remorse causes you to leave him, his love for you cannot be broken. He desperately wants you to believe in him, believe in his love. But why can't you do so? The CEO is finally crying out his pain silently.