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Chapter 25 Always Too Late

     It's still early in the morning, and only a few people have already started their activities, but Ji Hoon is already sitting alone in his car, which is parked not far from Iseul's house. Yoon Hee had told him last night that Iseul had come to see him; she also told Ji Hoon about what she said to the designer and how Iseul reacted to it all. 
    Yoon Hee says that the woman came to visit his apartment, but he has never seen the designer anywhere. That's why he decided to meet with Iseul and ask her directly. It had been 2 hours after he finally saw Iseul emerge from her house.
    "Iseul-ah," calls Ji Hoon, hurriedly getting out of his car and approaching Iseul. The woman looked confused because the man had visited her suddenly in the morning, let alone until he came in front of her house; she was just about to leave for work now.
    "oppa? I mean, Kim Ji Hoon-ssi, why are you here?" Iseul asked confusedly.
    "Yoon Hee told me that you went to my apartment last night. She said..."Ji Hoon was silent for a while and made Iseul wait for him to continue what he was talking about.
    "She said that you are...You already know about my feelings." Ji Hoon was staring at the ground underneath, not brave enough to see Iseul's face directly. She sighed deeply and bit her lower lip after hearing his words.
    "Are you... really here last night?" Ji Hoon asked again, this time trying to look at her face.
    "Anniyoo," Iseul said coldly. The image of that man hugging another girl last night completely tore her heart apart, and remembering all that really made her good mood instantly change.
     "But... Yoon Hee said..." Ji Hoon's words could not continue when Iseul immediately cut off his speech.
     "I didn't come; I never came to your apartment and never saw anything!" Iseul said Somehow, she suddenly felt very angry for no reason whatsoever.
     "Did you see anything? Did you see me with Hyori?" Ji Hoon asked curiously. Iseul rolls her eyes in annoyance. She gets annoyed to hear Ji Hoon call Hyori's name in front of her.
     "Anniyo," said Iseul, constantly acting cold.
     "I don't want to make you misunderstand, me and Hyori, we... ", said Ji Hoon again, stopping by Iseul.
     "I don't want to listen to it!" Iseul said she was covering her ears with her hands, unwilling to listen to anything from him, especially when Ji Hoon mentioned the word "we" between him and Hyori.
     "Iseul-ah," said Ji Hoon, gently holding Iseul's hand and trying to take her hand off of her ear.
     "We don't have any relationship." Ji Hoon continued.
     Iseul looked at him blankly after hearing that sentence; she just silently looked at Ji Hoon without saying anything as she tried to figure out what he meant by that, and she only caught the honesty and sincerity in Ji Hoon's eyes. She knew the man wasn't lying; she was starting to have expectations about him, but she knew it was too late now.
     "Let me go," said Iseul, pulling his hand away from Ji Hoon. Ji Hoon just let go of his hand without saying anything. He waited for the woman's response to what he said earlier.
    "He's not my girlfriend..." Ji Hoon is trying to make things clearer for Iseul. Iseul was silent for a while, staring at the ground, before lifting her face to stare at the man's face.
     "really ? But why do you have to tell me that? "I don't think I have anything to do with any of that; after all, I'm now engaged, even though I'm not officially engaged yet." Iseul said at the time. Trying to bring himself back to reality.
     She had actually accepted her marriage to Ro Woon last night after everything they had gone through together. She decided to really move on and welcome a new love; why should the guy go back and say everything like that? Why tell her everything now and confuse her again? She knows it's not her fault if she just tells her now, but why should she know about it now when everything has really changed now?
     She is very tired of everything about her feelings for the man; her heart is always going up and down every second, and she feels that she can have a heart attack at any moment. She is very tired of their condition and their complicated relationship that never ends.
     Ji Hoon was surprised to hear Iseul's words; his words really hurt him when the woman came back to mention about her engagement. In a few moments, she completely forgot that the woman had become another man's fiance; all she thought about was their relationship and the feelings she had towards the designer. 
     The woman was right—everything about her and Hyori was none of her business, and the truth literally threw her to the ground. Hearing the woman say directly to her about her engagement makes her feel that she has crossed the line regarding her relationship with another man.
     "I'm sorry...."Ji Hoon said in a sad tone. He lowered his face and looked at his shoes with a fractured heart.
     Iseul saw the deep sadness in her gaze; her frame of sadness was completely killing her heart from within. She couldn't bear the pain because, seeing how sad the man was now, she raised her hand and wanted to ease the man's pain. She wanted to treat the man well and remove all the pain, but her hand just stopped above her stomach, unable to lift him higher.
      "Tiin!" suddenly, as Ro Woon's car approached them, it was time for Iseul and Ro Woon to go to work together as usual. Ro Woon immediately got out of his car and walked towards the two men.
      "What are you doing here, Kim Ji Hoon-ssi?" Ro Woon asked for his fiance's first love. 
      "I have something to talk about with Iseul," replied Ji Hoon.
      "What is it?" Ro Woon asked intriguingly. 
     "Let's go, we'll be late." Iseul said to To Ro Woon. He stepped over his feet and entered Ro Woon's car while the two men were still standing in their place.
     "May I ask for your help?"Ro Woon asked Ji Hoon. The singer just looked at him without saying anything.
      "Please leave Iseul's life; you have to let her go completely; you are just the past for her while I am her future," Ro Woon told Ji Hoon.
      When Ro Woon feels that Ji Hoon won't bother giving him feedback, he decides to talk again.
     "Iseul decided to forget her first love; she has already forgotten you," Ro Woon added.
     "First love?... me?"  Ji Hoon was surprised; he never realized that he was actually Iseul's first love.
     "Ne...You don't know that?"  Ro Woon was confused; he never thought that Ji Hoon didn't know about it.
     "I never knew about it; I never even thought about it once, first love... I must be the stupidest man ever," said Ji Hoon, grinning to himself. There was a big blow on his chest when he thought of Iseul, who loved him all the time but he never knew about it and kept thinking that his feelings were never avenged.
     "But it doesn't matter anymore, Cheomsarang. You know what he said about that? She says she does not believe that the first love will work; she does not expect anything from you, which means that you both are not destined for each other. That's why you should get away from him.
      "Don't put him in a difficult position; he has cried so many times because of you; you have hurt him so much." said Ro Woon paused for a while to read Ji Hoon's expression; he knew Ji Hoon really didn't understand Iseul's feelings now, and he also knew how much Ji Hoon really loved him with the look of eyes full of sadness he showed when he said that Ji Hoon had hurt the woman. He knows Ji Hoon keeps cursing himself for being the stupidest guy to let go of the girl he loves without ever trying to reach her.
     "If you really love him... I don't think you want to hurt her anymore, do you? So... I think it's better for you to just let him go. Bye..."Ro Woon said at the end, then walked towards his car to approach Iseul and left Ji Hoon speechless alone.
     "I'm sorry, Iseul-ah... for having hurt you, for not being aware of your feelings, and because it's always late," said Ji Hoon, who saw Ro Woon's car drive away from him.
 

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