When a Heart Dies

8/19/2019 When a Heart Dies

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When A Heart Dies

Pain

*knock* *knock*

"Yes"

The Door of an office opened and from there came in a short, extremely cute girl with

short boyish blonde hair wearing business attire of a white dress shirt that has the first

button open and a Black blazer and a pencil skirt.

"Taeyeonie, all that left is to sign a couple of documents and you're done for today"

The blonde smiled at Taeyeon who looked up at her.

"Really ? but it's still 7:30 though"

Taeyeon looked up at the time from his PC and she only nodded, walking closer to him

and sat on his desk.

"Yeah, you know we're almost finished with this last project we have been doing so

naturally the work is getting lighter, besides i think a certain mushroom is missing you

like crazy"

The Blonde winked at her boss making him smile at the mention of a certain

mushroom.

"Yeah...we haven't spent time together lately, aish !! it's all because of this goddamn

hotel"

Taeyeon muttered and the blonde only giggled.


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"You're the one who wanted to build it !!"

Taeyeon glared at her.

"Sunny-ah, aren't you the one who suggested we build it ?"

Sunny glared back.

"And you liked the idea and immediately started it"

They had a battle of glares for a few more seconds and both broke into laughers.

Sunny Left The Documents on Taeyeon's desk as she got up.

"Just read through those and sign them, if there is anything you would like to change

just send it back to me"

Taeyeon nodded as he opened the documents and Sunny left his office.

30 minutes later Taeyeon was finally done for the day, he turned his office lights off and

locked the door.

Right next to his office is Sunny's Desk, she was so focused that she didn't notice

Taeyeon standing in front of her so he had to knock on her desk to get her attention.

She looked up at him and smiled as he gave her the documents.

"I liked everything about it except number 19 in Italy's branch"

Sunny opened the document and nodded after reading the notes Taeyeon wrote.

"Okay, i will do something about it"

Taeyeon smiled and bid goodbye to his secretary/cousin.

As Taeyeon walked through the corridors of his company he hummed and

unconsciously sped up his steps as he thought about his wife who's waiting for him.


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He said goodbye to every employee that he passed by with a bright cute smile and a

cheerful tone that made the whole company spazz about how cute their boss was that

night and what in the heavens came over him.

Well he's always like that but tonight he seems cuter and happier.

When Taeyeon reached his car in the company's parking lot he took off his blazer and

got in taking out his phone from his pocket and proceeded to call Tiffany as he drove

away his company.

"Hmm Weird, She's not picking up"

Taeyeon said to him self as he looked at his iPhone screen and threw it on thepassenger seat.

Today Taeyeon is in a very good mood, he finally finished his work and the night is still

young so he thought to take his lovely wife out to a little romantic dinner.

But she wasn't answering her phone which was weird because Tiffany never misses a

call from Taeyeon.

Taeyeon let out a long sigh full of stress that have been building up for the past 5

months that Taeyeon had been working in none stop.

He losses his neck tie a little and unbuttoned the first two buttons of his dress shirt, heactually can't wait to reach home to see his lovely wife Tiffany.

A wide smile crept on his face as he remembered his wife's eye smile that always

makes him smile.

He sped up a little bit not reaching the rode speed limit yet and looked at the street

lights that were lighting the high way just enough to see the rode.

He brushed his browning blonde hair that's on his forehead to the back but as silky as it

is, it came back on to his forehead more perfect than it was before

He opened his home's garage pressing the remote and parked his car inside, got out

than skipped to the elevator and pressed the 20th floor where his penthouse is located.

As the elevator doors closed Taeyeon looked at his watch smiling, it was still 9 PM, he

finally has time to see his wife, he put his hands in his pocket and hummed watching as

the elevator went up which made such a cute sight.


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His heart started pounding with just the thought that Tiffany is up there waiting for himand how surprised she will be when he comes in way earlier than usual.

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20 ^ *Ding *

Finally The elevator door opened and there he was in his own penthouse that he lived in

with his Wife Tiffany, he skipped fast calling Tiffany's name.

"Fany-ah~!! i'm back"

Taeyeon stood still waiting for his wife to respond but was only faced with the echo of

his own voice.

"Fany-ah ? where are you ?"

Taeyeon looked right and left, up and down for Tiffany but there was no sight of the

Mushroom.

"She must be taking a nap"

Taeyeon giggled to himself imagining his cute wife taking a nap in their bedroom.

He Tip Toed to their bedroom silently not wanting to wake his mushroom up, when he

reached the bedroom he noticed that the door was slightly open and a faint voice could

be heard from it.

"Oh, she's awake"

Taeyeon smiled to himself as he peeked through the open space of the door to see

what his wife is doing.

The smile on his face slowly came down into an expressionless face than confused thanshocked and finally settled to a sad expression as he got away from the door and

leaned on the wall and slowly sled down until he is sitting on the floor still looking at the

door that is in front of him now.

How could this be ?

"Fany-ah *huff* *huff* I Love you"


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Gasps and huffs could be heard from the room

"Khunie, ah ah *huff* I Love You Too"

As Taeyeon heard his own wife mutter those words to another man, he felt something

weird happening inside of his chest.

He slowly got up and stumbled as if he's drunk and made his way out of the Penthouse

with a rush of emotions coming through his heart like a train.

He went back to his car and drove away from the building as fast as his car could go.

Everything hazed.

All Taeyeon can see right now is a blurry mess because of the tears that are gathering

in his eyes but refusing to come out.

His face is expressionless at the moment.

Mouth slightly open.

Eyes open a little wider than usual.

"Khunie, ah ah *huff* I Love You Too"

As Taeyeon remembered what Tiffany muttered to that man on top of her, he blinked

twice as his tears finally came down his cheeks like a waterfall.

Everything he's feeling right now doesn't really make any sense, he's so sad that it feels

like his heart is about to rib into small pieces but he also feels anger taking over hisbody as he clenched his teeth tight that it's a wonder how they didn't brake, he also

feels panic, disbelieve, betrayed, humiliated and everything in between.

His silent tears started turning not so silent anymore, he started wailing and sobbing

hard, the pain in his heart started getting bigger and bigger that he had to clench on his

shirt tight, he can no longer see the way in front of him.

Before he realized it he has drove to the beach where no one is there at this hour, he

sat on the sand in front of the raging ocean panting softly as his tears came to an end

for now.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG "

He let out a frustrated scream that he thought his throat is about to explode.

Tears started to fall again but this time harder than before the pain in his chest grew

harder and harder that Taeyeon had to look inside his shirt to check if it's bleeding or

not.


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He isn't sure anymore why he's crying like that.

Is it because the love of his life is cheating on him or is it because of the pain that it

caused.

He finally laid on the sand sideways still looking at the raging ocean

"Why...?"

He muttered to himself painting hard with a red face and a hand clenched on his chest.

Am i not enough for her ?

Am i not good enough for her ?

Am i not manly enough for her ?

Is it because i'm short ?

Is it because i haven't been giving her enough time for a while ?

Does she not love me anymore ?

Why...?

After a couple of hours Taeyeon got up from the sand and walked to his car that was

lighting the place with it flash and started driving back to his home.

He recalled what he saw in his own bedroom.

The man who was laying on his wife.

...Who is he ?

Just the though of him makes Taeyeon's whole body burn in flames and anger.

He made up his mind.

When he gets back.

He's going to sit down and talk with Tiffany about what he saw and heard and gonna

hear her explanation and reason.

When he reached home he didn't know what kind of expression he should put on his

face.

But than he should just do what he's feeling.

*ding*


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The Elevator door opened and finally he's walking in the middle of his penthouse

looking right and left for his wife.

"Ah, you're back"

Taeyeon looked at the kitchen door where Tiffany was standing there with a sweet, cute

eye smile.

"Welcome back"

She walked to him and placed both her arms on his shoulders leaning in for a kiss.

The kiss lasted only two second but Taeyeon didn't bother to move or close his eyes

and just stood there waiting for Tiffany to get away from him,

"What's wrong ? you don't look too good, did something happen at work ?"

Through what Taeyeon is feeling right now he couldn't help it but curve his lips into asmall smile at his wife's concern towards him.

"Come, let's talk"

He smiled a little at her and held her wrist leading her to the living room.

"Sit"

Tiffany did what he said and looked at him confused.

"You..."

Taeyeon started but as he looked at Tiffany's face he couldn't continue what he was

about to say.

At the moment there is a fight going on inside of him between Devil Taeyeon and Angel

Taeyeon.

"Just ask her about it !!" Devil Taeyeon said.

"Don't !! it will ruin everything you have build up in your relationship and marriage !!"

Angel Taeyeon said.

"Just ask her !! you want to know the truth right ?" Devil Taeyeon said back.

"Don't !! think about the times you went through with her !!" Angel Taeyeon said back.

"Ask her !! let her know how much she is hurting you and how much she humiliated you

!!" The Devil said.


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"Don't let her know, it will ruin everything, just bare with it, she's gonna come back to

you eventually !!"

If He asks her, their whole Marriage is Over and Taeyeon is way too deep in love with

her to let that happen.

If He Doesn't, She might come back to him eventually and everything will be back to

normal again.

It's decided.

"TaeTae..."

As Taeyeon is lost in thought he didn't realize how much Tiffany have scooted over to

him until he felt her weight on his lap and her hands on both his cheeks.

"TaeTae, What's wrong ? why are you looking like that ? so...so heartbroken"

Tiffany looked deep into Taeyeon's blank eyes in worry.

"What's wrong ?"

She asked him again softly but when she realized that there will be no answer coming

from Taeyeon anytime soon she leaned in and kissed him.

He didn't respond.

He didn't close his eyes.

He didn't get into it.

But he didn't breath either letting Tiffany do what she wants.

At that moment Taeyeon felt like an empty doll with nothing to live for.

Tiffany Hwang is His life.

If there is no Tiffany Hwang that means there is no life.

There is Tiffany Hwang but at the same time there isn't.

He has her but he doesn't have her.

"Do you love me ?"

Suddenly Taeyeon muttered out of no where startling Tiffany who just broke the kiss.

"Why are you asking this so suddenly ? of course i love you TaeTae, if i don't i wouldn't

have married you, right ?"


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Tiffany's words were sincere, Taeyeon knew that.

"Am i the only one for you ?"

Tiffany was taken a back by that question.

Why is Taeyeon asking her that now ?

"There is only you, no one else but you"

This time Tiffany's words weren't so sincere and Taeyeon realized it.

Liar

Taeyeon thought as he looked at Tiffany very deep in the eye as if he's reading

everything she's thinking.

I Can't let Taeyeon find out about my relationship with Nichkhun, he will be so hurt and

heartbroken, I Love him, i can't see him like that, but i also love Nichkhun who gives meall the time in the world and loves every single thing about me.

At least now Taeyeon knows that Tiffany still loves him, not as much as before.

Now he has to share her with that other man but Taeyeon refuses that.

After all Tiffany is his and his alone, she's his wife, he doesn't have to share her with

anyone.

If she doesn't love him as much as before, he will just have to make her fall in love with

him all over again.

"I will be done soon with the current project i'm doing now, you now The Hotel i'm

building in Italy"

Taeyeon started curving his lips into a little smile and Tiffany nodded.

"When i'm done let's go to Italy on vacation, just the two of us"

Tiffany's eyes opened wide in surprise but than turned into the pretty shape that

Taeyeon loves so much.

"Really ?"

Tiffany asked excitedly and Taeyeon nodded gently giving Tiffany the most gentle smile

she has ever seen Taeyeon make which made her blush a little.

This is a new expression she has never seen Taeyeon make.

"God, i miss you so much"


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Taeyeon said hugging Tiffany who's still on his lap and she hugged him back feeling

things that she has never felt for months because of him.

"I miss you more"

Tiffany said braking the hug and looking at Taeyeon's cute smiling face.

"Ugggh, why are you so adorable !?"

Tiffany said hugging Taeyeon again even tighter but before Taeyeon could hug her

back she broke the hug and squished Taeyeon's cheeks together pulling him in a deep

rough kiss.

The Kiss lasted for how long ?

Only god knows.

When Tiffany finally leaned back Taeyeon was still giving that Gentle smile but this timehis face was red and he was breathless.

"I'm tired..."

Taeyeon said softly and Tiffany thought of that bright idea.

"How about i carry you to bed ?"

Tiffany suggested smiling and Taeyeon looked a little surprise but than he smiled.

"Can i ?"

Tiffany repeated.

"I Don't know, can you ?"

He laughed a little and Tiffany took that as a yes and leaned her back in front of him.

"Come on"

Tiffany said and Taeyeon didn't hesitate to get on her back.

"Am i heavy ?"

Taeyeon asked as Tiffany got up easily.

"you're way too light for a guy, you need to start eating !!"

Tiffany scolded Taeyeon.

"Dae~"


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Taeyeon responded cutely which mad Tiffany giggle as she placed Taeyeon on his side

of the bed but than realized that Taeyeon is still in his work suit.

"Let me strip you"

Tiffany smirked as she placed her hands on the buttons of Taeyeon's dress shirt but

was stopped by Taeyeon's hand on her wrist.

Tiffany stripping Taeyeon out of his Work clothes leads to Sex.

Taeyeon knew that.

Tiffany is wondering if Taeyeon got her hint or not.

"i'm tired Fany-ah, just let me sleep"

Tiffany is shocked, it's the first time in her life that Taeyeon has ever refused her

invitation.

He must be very exhausted to refuse her which he really is.

"Okay, sleep tight"

Tiffany leaned down to at least give Taeyeon a good night kiss as he looked at her

tiredly.

"Good night"

He said to her.

"Good night "

She replayed and got to her side of the bed.

After a little while Tiffany turned around just to be faced by Taeyeon broad back that is

covered by his white dress shirt and hugged him.

I'm sorry Taeyeon

Tiffany thought that in her heart unknown to her that Taeyeon had a painful expression

at the time with silent tears streaming out of his eyes wetting the pillow with his hand

clenching his shirt where his heart is located tightly.

It hurts so much...

Day Off


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*Sniff* *Sniff*

The Next Day Was A Saturday and Unusually Tiffany is sniffing something delicious that

the smell woke her up.

Tiffany Usually tends to over sleep so she never has the chance to see Taeyeon in the

morning except for the weekend.

She looked beside her and there is no sight of her husband any where so she got out of

bed, scratched her head a little and went in the bathroom to freshen up.

After she was done and dressed she made her way to the kitchen where the delicious

smell is coming from and was surprised to find Taeyeon with an apron on blending

something in the blender and so she sneaked up behind him and put her chin on his

shoulder.

"What are you doing ?"

She asked with her husky voice whispering in to Taeyeon's ear which sent shivers down

his spine.

"Good Morning"

Taeyeon's lips curved into a little smile and greeted her ignoring her question as he

pored what he was blending in two glasses and placed them on the dining table after

getting out of Tiffany's hold.

"What is this ?"

Tiffany Asked taking a seat and watched Taeyeon's every move as he took off his

Apron.

"I made breakfast"


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Taeyeon smiled a little as he placed the silverware and sat in front if her gesturing for

her to start eating.

"Yeah I can see that, how rare"

Tiffany said as she got a hold of her Silverware and scanned the table.

As always, every time Taeyeon cooks she could literally see the food glow.

Today is fancy American Style Breakfast.

Everything is cooked to perfection and looked so delicious Tiffany was about to droll.

The Taste of course was more than perfect because Kim Taeyeon made it of course.

Tiffany Can't remember the last time Taeyeon cooked for her.

And that's why she's savoring every little bit of it and smiled in bliss.

Taeyeon always knew what she likes to eat.

The Food she has always missed...

"Thank You TaeTae it's Very Delicious"

Tiffany flashed her eye smile to Taeyeon who in return flashed her his chin dimple as he

smiled back.

Tiffany couldn't help it but feel a little sad.

"It's been a while since we sat and ate breakfast together like this"

Tiffany said not looking at Taeyeon who also didn't look at her and continued eating.

"Yeah...I'm sorry..."

Tiffany chuckled still looking down.


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"Why are you apologizing now, it's not your fault for being too busy"

"I really sincerely apologize for all the loneliness I had you bare for all this time, I'm sorry

Fany-ah"

Taeyeon finally looked at Tiffany and when Tiffany looked at Taeyeon's eyes she

smirked.

"You're forgiven on Three conditions"

Suddenly Taeyeon is on cold sweat.

"Whatever it is I will do it"

Taeyeon said confidently.

"Well first of all..."

Tiffany paused for a little as she put her index finger on her chin thinking and Taeyeon

gulped and nodded for her to continue.

"You have to promise to not leave me in the shadow for that long, ever again"

Tiffany said seriously and Taeyeon held her hand with both of his hands.

"I promise, what else ?"

And the Smirk Returns.

"As punishment for rejecting my invention last night..."

And now Taeyeon is standing on thin ice.

Tiffany Leaned in and whispered to his ear.

Taeyeon looked at her in disbelief, his face heating up by the second.


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After Half a minute passed Taeyeon found his voice again.

"I...I promise..."

Tiffany giggled a little at Taeyeon's cute reaction and thought of what else she would

have Taeyeon do.

And the best idea of the day came across her mind.

"The third condition is...You have to accompany me on a date, we haven't been on a

date in like...2 months...?"

"Yeah..."

Taeyeon looked down in guilt.

"Okay than, let's go on a date today !!"

"Wha-What ? Today ? aren't you busy ?"

"It's Saturday Fany-ah~"

Tiffany Smiled.

"Okay than, when do we leave ?"

Taeyeon smiled.

"We leave after dessert"

10:23 AM

Mall

"So What do you think of this ?"


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Tiffany smiled as she held on the hat she just put on.

"It's Nice, I think red suits you better though"

Taeyeon said as he showed her the red hat.

"Really ? red hair and a red hat ?"

"Yeah, you look pretty with red"

Taeyeon smiled and put on the pink hat Tiffany showed him earlier backwards.

"hahahaha, TaeTae you're so cute"

Taeyeon chuckled and bought both hats.

It was a weird switch since Tiffany is the one usually wearing pink but now she's

wearing red and Taeyeon is the one wearing pink but nevertheless they both look good.

"So we looked behind us and--"

Tiffany was telling Taeyeon what she witnessed with her best friend Jessica in a

restaurant the other day while she was in a dressing room trying on some clothes and

Taeyeon was leaning on the wall outside listening to her but she was interrupted by her

own phone.

"Um Taeyeon, could you get me those sweaters we picked earlier ? I wanna try them

on"

Tiffany said with a worried tone.

"...Sure"

Taeyeon immediately realized who is calling Tiffany at the moment when she requested

that from him


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He didn't want to listen to it one bit

He considered himself lucky that Tiffany was considerate enough to send him away.

So he took his sweet time picking up the sweaters hoping that when he go's back

Tiffany would be done with her call.

But it seems like he wasn't lucky enough

Cause when he came back Tiffany was still on the phone.

"No Nick I can't meet you tonight, I'm with my husband right now"

Taeyeon leaned on the wall and shut his eyes tightly as he felt tears were about to drop

but he can't do that right now.

He clench his teeth hard and took a deep breath.

"Maybe on Monday cause he will be home tomorrow too...Yeah...Alright...I will call you

tomorrow"

Taeyeon cleared his throat before Speaking to make sure his voice wont crack.

"Tiffany ? I bought you the sweaters"

Taeyeon spoke and extended his arm with the sweaters through the curtains.

"Oh, okay Thanks"

Taeyeon waited outside the dressing room for a bit and his mind started drifting for a bit

I wish Monday never comes

He swallowed the lump in his throat, sighed tiredly and rubbed his eyes to look normal

when Tiffany comes out.


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Taeyeon somehow managed to act normal for the next hour but Tiffany couldn't help it

but think there is something wrong with Taeyeon.

"This one is pretty"

Tiffany was holding a t-shirt across Taeyeon chest

When Taeyeon didn't say anything Tiffany looked at his face and noticed it

"Why do you seem so distant today ?"

Taeyeon's acting skills ticked in and he immediately smiled and giggled

"You're imagining things. more importantly does this suit me ?"

Tiffany smiled when she saw Taeyeon acting normally again.

"Let me get the pink one"

Taeyeon sighed for the nth time that day

It's really tiresome to have to act in front of the person you're supposed to be most

comfortable with

Especially in this kind of situation

Taeyeon looked at Tiffany who's searching for a nice pink tee for him

Again

"This is the one"

Tiffany said placing the new tee on Taeyeon's chest

More than half of his wardrobe is pink because of his wife

But he can't bring himself to say no to her when she looks at him like that


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"It's nice"

Taeyeon muttered with a smile to convince Tiffany that he is pleased

"Alright !! go try these on"

Tiffany threw all the clothes she selected on him and pushed him inside the dressing

room

Taeyeon stood there for a second confused than chuckled and proceeded to take off his

shirt

He looked at the clothes Tiffany selected and sighed

He was about to pick up something but he heard the ringtone of Tiffany's phone again

He paused when he heard the sound fade a little and than Tiffany voice was there

"Hey, you miss me so much you're calling every minute now ? I see what you did there,

he he I miss you too"

Taeyeon clenched his teeth and looked at himself in the mirror with disgust

What is wrong with me ? What am I lacking so much ?

"No, he's in the dressing room"

He's asking about me

"What are you getting all conscious about ? ha ha ha, you know I would love to be with

you right now"

That moment Taeyeon felt his pride shatter to pieces again

You would prefer to be with him than me ?

"Yeah...Me too...See you Monday"


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Taeyeon is unbelievably angry right now

He wants to get to that guy and murder him on the spot right this moment

Why do I have to bare with this shit ?

"Tiffany..."

Taeyeon called for his wife and it only took three seconds for Tiffany to stick her head

through the Curtin

"What, you're not dressed yet ?"

Tiffany looked at Shirtless Taeyeon who was smiling at her.

But there was something about that smile like...he's angry...furious even...

Taeyeon walked to Tiffany and got a hold of her cheeks which made her look at him

confused for a second but relaxed when he crashed his lips with hers and immediately

kissed back

We'll see who's better

The Husband

Or the Boyfriend


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After their date in the mall they went to watch a movie and went back home after having

dinner

"So when will you be done with the project ?"

Tiffany who just sat on the comfortable couch asked Taeyeon who's standing next to the

table in front of her pouring some wine.

"Hmm, I don't know, the building and decorating progress is pretty much done, I guess

all that left is employment"

"Okay let me rephrase that, When do you think you will be done ?"

"As I said, I don't know, once we're done hiring the hotel will be ready to open so all I

have to do now is look for employees"

Now they're both sitting on the couch cuddling in their loving room with wine and a

comedy tv show that they're not even paying attention to

It was rare for Tiffany to ask Taeyeon about what he does at work, usually they don't

even have the time to sit and cuddle like this because of Taeyeon's work

As they silently pretend they're focusing on the TV Tiffany's phone buzzed as a text

message reached her phone.

When she opened it she lean away from Taeyeon so he won't see, assuming that he's

watching

The moment Tiffany leaned away Taeyeon realized that Tiffany is trying to not showing

him the text

It's Him again

Taeyeon knows it


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This is the third time that day that he interrupts they're time together

Taeyeon swore that when he actually meet this guy he's going to break both his legs

and all of his fingers and do unmentioned gory stuff

Taeyeon unconsciously frowned and clenched his wine glass hard grabbing Tiffany's

attention

"What's wrong TaeTae ?"

Taeyeon immediately relaxed his expression and looked at Tiffany

"Huh ? no nothing, I was just thinking about work"

Tiffany looked at him for a second and smirked than leaned back to him

"TaeTae..."

Tiffany called him the sexiest voice she could pull off and traced her index finger in his

chest

"Don't you think it's time for you to keep your second promise ?"

Taeyeon immediately froze remembering what Tiffany made him promise that morning

"You know...I did buy it when you weren't looking..."

What other things did you do while I wasn't looking ?

"N-Now now Tiffany, d-don't you think we should wait for a bit longer ?"

Taeyeon tried to drag time a little bit more

"I don't see a reason to do that, it's almost mid night, unless you're...planing to brake

your promise ?"


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Tiffany looked at Taeyeon almost with teary eyes which immediately made Taeyeon

regret what he said

"Are you perhaps...scared ?"

Tiffany smirked and cupped Taeyeon's cheeks and when Taeyeon looked away Tiffany

confirmed it that Taeyeon is really scared of what's they're going to do in a few minutes

"Don't be scared TaeTae *chuckle* I promise I will be gentle"

Tiffany sealed her promise with Kiss that lead them to the bedroom later.

"Oh my god..."

Taeyeon woke up first the next day

The pain in his body is unbearable that he had a hard time holding him self

together making his way to the bathroom

He immediately looked for pain killers in the cabinet and when he finally got out of the

bathroom Tiffany was also awake

"Morning..."

Taeyeon smiled a little and greeted her while covering his privets which made Tiffany

chuckle

"Morning, Struggling much ?"


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"It's because of you !"

"Oh please, you enjoyed it !"

"Well *chuckle* maybe"

Taeyeon took a shower and Tiffany hopped in after him, they both took they're sweet

time getting dressed and eating breakfast Tiffany made because Taeyeon was in no

state to move.

After breakfast Taeyeon laid on the couch on his stomach to relax a bit and ease the

pain and Tiffany sat next to him and stroked his hair

"Why are you so cute ?"

Tiffany asked when Taeyeon raised up a little and looked at her with that face she fell

for years ago

"Ask my mom *chuckle*"

Taeyeon said before putting his head between his arms

"Fany-ah..."

Taeyeon called out not moving from his place and Tiffany just continued playing with his

hair

"Hm ?"

"My friend told me a story, do you wanna hear it ?"

Tiffany was a little taken a back by that not expecting a mid day story

"Sure why not ?"


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"My friend doesn't treat his wife right you know, he doesn't spend time with her and

doesn't take her out, but he still love her very much"

Taeyeon paused a little feeling a lump in his throat

"And ?"

"And then he found out that she is cheating on him..."

"Oh...t-that's not good..."

Tiffany's voice trembled and suddenly she got nervous

"But you know, my friend is an idiot..."

Taeyeon raised his head and put his chin on his arms looking directly at Tiffany's eyes

"Why ?"

"He never confronted her and forgave her in his heart"

"Wow, he is an idiot, he must love her very much"

Taeyeon chuckled

"He loves her so much you have no idea"

Taeyeon smiled gently at Tiffany making her heart thumb at the sight

"Now he's waiting for her to come back to him, and struggling to with the pain of having

to share his own wife"

Tiffany stayed silent and looked at Taeyeon's eyes thinking

"You know Tae, I think that women still loves her husband very much too because she's

still with him, maybe her heart is wavering, maybe she's confused, or maybe she's just

looking for someone who treats her right"


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"What would you do Tiffany ? If you were in place of that women"

Tiffany paused and thought about it, oh how similar it is to her position

"I would take my time to sort out my feelings...Either the husband I married because I

love or the Boyfriend I love because of my husband's lack of attention"

"I see...So you're saying the husband should wait ?"

Tiffany paused again...

Would she want Taeyeon to do that for her if he knew ?

"Yeah...he should wait if he really loves her and puts her above his pride..."

That Tiffany thought of that Bright idea (Sense it)

"What would you do Taeyeon, if you found out I was cheating on you ?"

Tiffany asked Taeyeon who just looked at her

"Me ?"

Taeyeon looked down at his arms thinking

"I would be so hurt I could die..."

That sentence was a bang to Tiffany's heart

"But I will wait...because I love you"

The look Taeyeon gave Tiffany at that moment was as if angels painted Taeyeon's face

Their friend said it before, and now Tiffany see's it too

Taeyeon looks like an angel

Right now it's not even a thought


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It's a fact

Tiffany opened her mouth about to say something but Taeyeon's ring tone

interrupted her

Taeyeon looked at his phone screen and slowly got up baring with the pain

"Excuse me..."

Taeyeon said about to exit the living room but Tiffany's voice stopped him

"Who is it ?"

Taeyeon looked back and Showed her the screen

Lee Sunny

Was written across the screen

Taeyeon went to the bedroom and answered the after laying on his stomach on the bed

"Morning Bunny"

Taeyeon said smiling

"Morning Tae, got laid last night ?"

"Yah !!"

Taeyeon chuckled when he heard Sunny's giggle from the phone

"Anyways, there's a problem Taeyeon"

"What ? What happened ?"

"I checked with the system programing company and there seems to have been an

error with the schedule"


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"What ?"

"But don't worry it won't get in our way to open the hotel"

"Then what's the problem ?"

"The problem is that they made a deal with a rival company to finish programming a

system for them the same time as us"

"And ?"

"And now it's either they get the program and we use our old system and wait for three

months for our's to finish or they wait for their's to finish and we get to open the hotel

with a brand new system"

"Oh no, why now ?!"

Taeyeon really wasn't in need for anymore problems especially in work

"Who's the rival company ?"

"Robin Heart Studios, they're a film producing company from 2006 and has 5 award

wining movies out of nine so far and their next movie is one of the most

anticipated movie's that will be released next year"

"Hmm, Impressive and where is it located ?"

"USA, Ohio"

"Okay, Book me the nearest trip there and a room and rent me a car''

"Alright, I will call you later"

"Bye"

Taeyeon's mind was swimming in thoughts for the whole day that day


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This was definitely not a good time for work Problems

Not a good time at all

Temptation

Taeyeon woke up early

Too early actually

It's six in the morning and he's busy in front of their bedroom mirror fixing his suit

When he finally was satisfied with his look he walked to the bed and sat on Tiffany's

side who was still sleeping

He looked at her beautiful peaceful face with sadness and bitterness and patted her soft

hair

He went to their garden earlier and cut a few flowers and made a little bouquet of white

Callas in a blue contemporary glass cube vase and left her a romantic note next to the

bouquet

After a last look at her face her planted a kiss on her forehead and made his way out to

the airport

He spent those 14 hours in the plane thinking of way to pursued the Programing

company or maybe talk it out with the rival company's owner himself, he caught up a

little with his sleep and did some work on his laptop.

When he finally arrived to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport he made

his way out and his sight caught a man from the car renting was already there with a

banner with his name on it which made things easier for Taeyeon


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He immediately drove to the hotel and settled down for the time being

It was almost midnight so he can't do anything right now

He already made an appointment with the rival company's owner tomorrow in the

afternoon

Thank god the owner was in a vacation and for some reason he agreed to meet him

Taeyeon picked up his phone and dialed Tiffany's number to inform her that He has

arrived to Ohio safely but it seems Tiffany is too busy right now because she's not

picking up

Taeyeon sighed

Today is Monday

Which means that she's with that guy right now

Just the thought of that man made Taeyeon so angry he was about to punch the table

so hard but he calmed down when his phone rang and the caller is Tiffany

"Hey Tae, sorry I didn't pick up earlier, did you arrive safely ?"

Tiffany asked cheerfully not even wait for Taeyeon to say hi

"Yeah, I'm in the hotel right now...what are you doing ?"

Taeyeon hesitated a little but he asked anyway

"Huh ? uh...I'm...watching a movie on TV"

Taeyeon immediately knew that Tiffany was lying by her tone and hesitation to answer

Right at that moment he heard shuffling in the background and a faint "Come here"

"You're alone ?"


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Taeyeon asked

"...Yeah..."

Taeyeon chuckled

She's with him right now, it's confirmed

"I gotta go TaeTae, don't forget to Bring me souvenirs !!"

Taeyeon paused for a little

"I understand...Love you..."

He said softly almost in whisper and painfully as it started to hurt him to even say it

"Love you too"

The sound of the line being cut off could be heard and Taeyeon's tears couldn't get any

hotter as they fall softly on his cheeks

He took a deep breath and wiped the tears and stood up

Until when am I going to cry ? I have to be strong

At that moment Taeyeon made the decision of not crying on this anymore

Right now he's really tired and stressed out but wasn't in the mood for sleep so

he thought he would go down to the hotel bar and have a drink

He took off his blazer and was lift with only his dress shirt neatly tucked inside his pants

and his sleeves are slightly rolled up but his necktie was perfectly in it place.

He made his way to the bar hotel and ordered a drink

He's drinking right now to get his mind off things a little but seems like his heart has a

different idea when it's started aching at the thought of Tiffany


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Taeyeon looked up at the man who suddenly asked

"You are right"

Taeyeon smiled gently and took a sip of his drink

"Marvelous, I love Korea !"

The man grinned and Taeyeon just smiled at him

"But every time I try approaching people with a smile, they just run away"

The man said his smile going down

Taeyeon giggled softly and smiled apologetically at the man

"Yeah, Korean people aren't very good with foreigners"

"Even though I talk to them in Korean ? Oh, but old women are different. they're very

friendly"

Taeyeon giggled again

"You're that eager to speak Korean ? You are a weird guy"

The man chuckled and Taeyeon took another sip

"Watch out though, you might fall prey to a criminal"

Taeyeon smiled softly and the look the man gave him was way too charming that

Taeyeon got lost in his blue eyes for a moment

"Korean Culture is the romance of the orient"

The man paused a little and than continued

"Especially you beautiful stranger, I imagine you suit Korean clothes very well, it's ideal"


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The man smiled at Taeyeon and to be honest Taeyeon was very charmed by him he

blushed a little

Taeyeon laughed softly and brushed the nape of his neck not daring to look at the man

"R-Really ? it doesn't suit me that much, but..."

Just at that moment Taeyeon just had to remember Tiffany and his smile instantly went

down

"You are sad again..."

The man muttered and Taeyeon looked at him again and smiled apologetically

"You're the only one who said anything like that to me."

"Really ?"

The man smiled again

"Even from my male perspective, you're very brave and masculine...and very attractive"

Everyone Taeyeon ever known only called him cute or adorable but never Brave and

Masculine

"Eh, Really ?"

"And you're silky hair stands out even more beautifully with this shirt, it shows the color

very well"

The man touched Taeyeon's dark brown hair that he dyed back to it's original color the

day before

The touch of the man's gentle hand sent shivers down Taeyeon's spine

"I can barely keep my eyes away"


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Rob asked with a smile and Taeyeon smiled back softly

"Taeyeon"

The man paused a little and looked at Taeyeon's face carefully

"Taeyeon...what a beautiful name...it suits you"

Taeyeon giggled softly and blushed as brushed his nape again.

After that Rob invited Taeyeon to his room to continue their chat in the balcony with the

beautiful view of the river in this late hour

"So this is your room Rob, it's pretty small"

Taeyeon said as he got inside Rob's room after they finished their drink out at the

balcony

He couldn't get a good look earlier because the lights were off but now Rob turned them

on

Indeed Rob's room was smaller than Taeyeon but was still fancy and beautiful

"Uh-huh. you really hold your alcohol well !"

Rob said as he loosened his necktie a little and ushered Taeyeon to sit on the bed

which Taeyeon did

"But I think you have had a little too much to drink, wait a moment please, I will pour you

some water"

Taeyeon let out a sigh as he also loosened his necktie and shirt and relaxed a little on

Rob's bed closing his eyes


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Taeyeon didn't realize that Rob was looking at him from the table as he poured water in

a glass for him

At the moment Taeyeon is looking incredibly sexy, His face is a little red from drinking,his hair is a little messy making him more and more sexy, a disheveled attire showing

Taeyeon's pure white neck and a bit of his chest, with a beautiful baby face like that,

Taeyeon is looking like a sin right now

Taeyeon is looking so sensual that Rob unconsciously blushed and didn't realize he

was pouring water on the floor instead of the glass

Taeyeon moved his head to the side a little accidently showing more of his chest line

and making Rob swallow his spit at the sight

Rob finally snapped out of it and shook his head a little and continued pouring water in

the glass

This man is married...I shouldn't...

Is what Rob was thinking at the moment but as he approached Taeyeon on the bed the

thought flied out the window

"Taeyeon, it's rather late. shouldn't you be getting back to your room ? You just arrived

here earlier didn't you ? You must be very tired"

Rob said with a low voice not wanting to disturb Taeyeon as he sat next to Taeyeon on

his bed.

Rob almost died at the sight of Taeyeon fluttering his eyes open only half lidded and As

Taeyeon leaned to his right where Rob was sitting to get the glass of water Rob was

offering their fingers accidently brushed making both of them pause at the touch


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Taeyeon wasn't thinking straight right now and he only paused to get a good grip on the

glass not realizing what Rob is feeling right now

Taeyeon finally took the glass from Rob's hand and looked straight braking the weirdeye contact they were having and closed his eyes again than started drinking the water.

Rob could only stare at what he couldn't have as Taeyeon drank the water slowly and

making the harder for rob

How long and thick Taeyeon's eyelashes and how his Adam apple moved up and down

as he gulped the water, How Taeyeon's neck is covered with a thin layer of sweat

making his skin shine and how curvy is his chest line, his smooth looking pale skin that

begged to be touched and above all that sinful beauty mark on the side of Taeyeon's

chin

Rob has to admit

This beautiful man is the hardest temptation he has ever faced in his life

When Taeyeon finally finished the glass of water her placed it on the table next to them

and smiled at Rob

He was about to open his mouth but the hand that gripped his own stopped him

"Taeyeon..."

Rob was looking at him right in the eye looking all sexy and charming and the dim light

of the room wasn't helping at all especially that Taeyeon wasn't thinking straight at the

moment

"Taeyeon...let me comfort you..."

Rob said as he looked at Taeyeon feeling brave for a moment


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"Let me take your pain and sadness away..."

Rob held Taeyeon hand tighter to make his point get through

"Just for tonight...Let me be your mate..."

Rob said with his sexy deep voice as he got closer to Taeyeon's face

Taeyeon's eyes traveled to Rob's red lips and Rob's eyes were on his pink once

Slowly getting closer to each other as Rob's other hand traveled to Taeyeon's waist

Just a little more...

Rob's heart was waiting in anticipation for this moment

But it never came

Taeyeon turned his face away and pushed Rob gently on the chest to make a little

space between them

Rob lowered his head a little at Taeyeon's rejection

"I'm sorry..."

Rob said softly and Taeyeon turned to him quickly and looked at Rob

"No Rob, I'm the one who's sorry...I might have made you get the wrong idea..."

"No Taeyeon, you're not the one who's supposed to be sorry, I'm the one who got

ahead of himself and thought that I could maybe--"

"Rob ! it's fine...I should...go back to my room now...it's getting late"

Taeyeon said as he stood up but stumbled not feeling steady because of the alcohol in

his system


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Thank god Rob stood up in time to catch Taeyeon before he fall to the floor

"At least...Let me walk you to your room"

Taeyeon looked at Rob for a moment smiled softly at him

"Yeah..,I would like that"

The walk to Taeyeon's room was awkward but Rob couldn't stop his heart from beating

incredibly fast just being near Taeyeon but he was also sad that what he did might have

ruined a chance to friends with Taeyeon

When they finally reached Taeyeon's room they booth just stood awkwardly in front of

the door not daring to look at each other

"I'm really sorry Rob..."

Taeyeon finally broke the awkward silence and looked up at Rob who's way taller than

him

Rob looked sadly at Taeyeon

"If you weren't taken...would you have considered being with me ?"

Taeyeon was taken a back by the question but smiled gently at Rob who's now looking

away again

"Yes...I would be more than happy to be with someone as charming as you"

Taeyeon said standing on his tiptoes and planted a soft kiss on Rob's cheekmaking Rob blush a little and smile finally looking at him

"Thank you Rob...really..."


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Taeyeon extended his hand to Rob and Rob smiled softly and held Taeyeon's hand and

rubbed it gently with his thumb

"No...Thank you"

They stood up there for about a minute before Taeyeon retracted his hand and slipped

inside his room leaving Rob there with a smile

What a Beautiful Stranger

That was the last thought Rob had of Taeyeon before walking away with a smile

On the other side Taeyeon slumped tiredly on the bed after taking off his shirt and belt

Taeyeon has no regrets

It was the perfect chance to get back at Tiffany for what she's doing to him

But no

If Tiffany finds out about this she would so much hurt...Just like him

Taeyeon doesn't want her to express any of this horrible pain that's seeping through his

heart as if cutting it to million pieces

She's too precious

But he can't help but feel sorry for Rob

He seriously didn't mean to make Rob feel like that

But it seems he doesn't know what's he himself is capable of

Thanks to Rob, now Taeyeon think that he could pull him self together a little more

And just like that he fell in a deep sleep


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The next morning Taeyeon thanked god that he wasn't that hang over because today is

an important day

He took a shower and freshened up

He made sure that he's looking proper and made his way down

He had a light breakfast that he couldn't finish and immediately set out to the

programing company

"Welcome sir, You must be Mr.Kim Taeyeon, we have been expecting you"

Taeyeon was immediately greeted at the front desk and led to the CEO room where he

met the troubled old man

"I'm really sorry about the mistake that happened"

As soon as Taeyeon met with him the man didn't stop apologizing and bowing and

wiping the swat off his forehead with a napkin To the point of making Taeyeon feel

ashamed of him self for causing a man as old as his dad to bow this much

"Please stand up, I'm not asking you to apologize, I'm here to look for a solution for this"

The man finally Stood up straight and sat back in his seat

"If by any chance you can sell the program for both companies..."


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The old man started sweating more

"I'm afraid we can't do that, this system is exclusive, it's either you or the other company

who is the preferable one since they made the request for the program systemfirst...unless..."

"Unless what ?"

"Unless...you negotiate it out with them and come out with a solution...that would be

great..."

The man wiped his sweat again

Taeyeon had already seen that coming

The only solution is to talk this out

After the meeting was done Taeyeon went back to his car and sighed

Even though he saw it coming he felt stressful

He drove to his next meeting with the CEO

As Soon as he arrived to the company he was more than welcome there he got a little

suspicious about cause the employees were getting out of there way to make him

comfortable

When He finally sat alone in the meeting room he relaxed a bit but tensed up as the

meeting room door opened slowly and a familiar figure came in smiling.

"We meet again Taeyeon"

Taeyeon was really shocked at the revelation

"Rob ?"


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The CEO/Owner of Robin Heart studios...Robin Heart himself...Is the same Rob he met

Last Night ?

Home

"So did you know who I was all along ?"

Taeyeon asked Rob who's sitting across him on the table before sipping on his coffee

"Actually yes, the moment you told me your name"

Rob smiled and also sipped from his coffee

Right now they're sitting in a cafe smiling at each other awkwardly

Taeyeon wanted to ask...

He wanted to ask Rob so bad if he knew that he was married yesterday when he made

a move or not

"I didn't know my rival leans that way though"

Taeyeon chuckled and Rob chuckled back

"But you don't right ? You're married to women"

Taeyeon paused for a second feeling the pain again but...he has to endure...

"Yes, I see you've read my profile"

Taeyeon smiled

"Taeyeon, I'm really sorry about last night, I knew you were married and I knew you

were straight yet I..."


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Rob sighed and face palmed

He knew he's going to regret it and now he is

"And you were even kind enough to cheer me up after...my god I feel horrible"

"It's alright Rob *chuckle* I was seriously about what I said though, if I wasn't straight I

wouldn't have rejected you"

Rob chuckled

"Well that's very kind of you Mr.Kim, your wife is a very lucky women to someone as

loyal and faithful as you"

Taeyeon didn't answer and just looked down

Rob inspected Taeyeon's face as he went quite

There is something tearing Taeyeon to pieces from the inside

And it's definitely related to his wife

Rob really wanted to talk to Taeyeon...But it wasn't one of his business

"Ahaha, let's leave that aside for now, we're supposed to be in a meeting"

Taeyeon giggled and Rob smiled

"About the Programing company..."

"I already settled that with them earlier"

Rob immediately said when Taeyeon trailed off

"I have given up the system to your company"

"What ? but..."


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"I have already contacted another programing company a while ago to make a new

system just in case something went wrong with this one, it should come in handy now,

besides you need it more than I do, you're opening up a new branch right ?"

Rob said and took a sip of his coffee

Taeyeon went silent for a little progressing all what Rob just said again he brushed his

nape just like last night

"Are you sure Rob ? I mean...this isn't something trivial to give up that easily"

"I know, but as I said I have already contacted another company and everything is

settled, it might even be a better opportunity for my own company you know, so

everything is fine"

Rob sipped his coffee and Taeyeon smiled apologetically

"How can I ever repay you for this Rob ?"

Taeyeon leaned forward and Rob put his finger on his chin pretending to think

"Just promise me that the next time you visit Ohio you would treat me to lunch"

Taeyeon laughed quietly

"Alright, I promise"


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After Meeting with Rob Taeyeon went back to the hotel and sat back a little

He called the programming company and settled thing with and his company will get the

system installed in their hotel just in time for the grand opening

Now Taeyeon can rest assured

He did some work on his laptop after calling Sunny

Right now it's night and Taeyeon is waiting in a restaurant for his friend that he hasn't

seen in months

"Taeyeon !!"

Taeyeon immediately stood up and hugged the girl with blue hair who just approached

him

"Hyo ! Oh my god , I love the hair !!"

This girl here is Kim Hyoyeon

Taeyeon's childhood friend since elementary school

She owns a dancing school and has a lot of signature moves and was the

choreographer for a lot of famous groups

Overall Hyoyeon is a very successful women

"So how have you been ?"

Hyoyeon asked after they placed their order and Taeyeon sighed

"Stressful, how about you ? getting used to the live here ?"


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"I'm struggling a bit with my English but I'm good"

"And that's why I was taking English lessons in high school, it's your fault for skipping it

!!"

"You know I was going to a dancing school at the same time !!"

And just then their food arrived and the topic dropped

After catching up on each others lives they went to Hyoyeon's house to have a drink

and as soon as they sat down and the wine was poured Hyoyeon asked

"How's your wife ?"

"My...Wife ?"

Hyoyeon looked at Taeyeon weird

"Yeah, You know Stephanie"

Taeyeon hesitated

"Actually..."

Five Minutes Later...

"What ?! Taeyeon !!"

Hyoyeon exclaimed

"Taeyeon !! She's cheating on you !!"

Taeyeon didn't say anything and just looked down at his wine glass


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"How...How could she do that !!?"

Hyoyeon face palmed thinking of Taeyeon's situation

"But...Why ? there must be a reason"

Hyoyeon lowered her voice and Taeyeon looked up at her

"The only reason I could think of is because I don't give her enough attention...or

because I'm not good enough...or..She might be board with me...maybe she doesn't

love me anymore..."

"Yeah...right"

Hyoyeon said in sarcasm and grimaced

"Taeyeon...how did it end up like this ?"

Taeyeon's eyes gave up on holding back any longer and tears streamed down

"I don't know..."

"Taeyeon..."

Hyoyeon was surprised to see Taeyeon like that

He wasn't the type to cry easily

He would always be calm and bravely find a solution to any situation

But now he's all weak and falling apart

"Why won't confront her ?"

Hyoyeon asked calmly


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"I...I can't *inhale* if I confront her *inhale* she's going to leave me *inhale* all alone...I

can't bare that"

Hyoyeon sighed

"So are you going to leave it like that ? Taeyeon she's with another man right now, are

you really okay with that ?!"

"No !!...no..."

Taeyeon exclaimed

"I don't want that !!...but...*inhale* I will wait for her to come back...I will give her time"

"But Taeyeon...what if she doesn't come back ?"

Taeyeon went silent for a moment before more tears came down

"I don't know !"

Taeyeon sobbed more and Hyoyeon hugged him to comfort him until he calmed down a

little

"I'm sorry for crying on you like that...god I'm so pathetic"

Taeyeon said leaning on Hyoyeon who was patting his head

"Taeyeon everybody needs to let it out every once in a while"

Taeyeon sigh

Hyoyeon is the only one who he can show this side of him self to

"Don't worry Mr.Kim...everything will get through"


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After checking out of the hotel and buying souvenirs Taeyeon made his way to the

airport

The only available trip to South Korea was To Daejeon which Taeyeon wasn't very

please with

Honestly Taeyeon doesn't want to go back to Seoul

He doesn't want to face Tiffany right now

Not at all

Taeyeon looked at his watch when he finally took his seat in the airplane

1 PM

Which means he will arrive to Daejeon Airport in 3 in the morning and than ride in car

for 2 hours so he called poor Sunny to come pick him up

This time Taeyeon is on second class just because there wasn't any seat available infirst class

Today Taeyeon isn't lucky at all

"Oh, sorry sorry, didn't mean that. sorry..."


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Taeyeon looked up as he heard a female's voice apologizing repeatedly and it was a girl

with ginger hair, green eyes and bright red lip stick who looked like about his age

pumping into people and bowing to them muttering quick apologize

Taeyeon didn't mind her and just looked out the window

"Oh sorry, Hi"

Taeyeon was surprised when The apologizing girl sat right next to him and greeted him

cheerfully with English

"Hello..."

Taeyeon greeted with a low voice and a little nod before looking back out the window

"Where are you from ?"

Taeyeon cursed him self mentally

He doesn't want to talk at all right now

"Korea..."

He answered smiling softly

"Oh interesting !!"

He might as well let the conversation flowing to not die from boredom for the next 14

hours

"Yeah, and where are you from ?"

"Me ? I'm from Germany"

"Germany, huh"


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The conversation was cut off when the voice of a flight attendant echoed through the

plane asking them to tight on the safety belts.

"Can you hold my hand ? I can't take take-off's"

Suddenly the ginger girl turned to Taeyeon with pleading eyes and Taeyeon was so

taken aback by the girl's request

"Um...Ahh...A-Alright ...I guess"

Taeyeon gave her his hand and she clenched it tight until the plane took off and it as

okay for them to unfasten the safety belts

"Are you okay now ?"

"Yeah, thank you very much, you didn't tell me your name"

Taeyeon smiled softly at her

"Kim Taeyeon"

"So is Kim Your first or last name ?"

"Haha, my last name, you can just call me Taeyeon or just Kim if that's too hard for you"

"Alright, nice to meet you Kim !! Lea Roth"

They shook hands and got lost chatting

Taeyeon learned in a this short while that Lea is a 24 years old independent women

who actually owns a Bakery in Daejeon and she was at Ohio to visit her 16 years old

younger brother who fell off the stairs when he was too sleepy and humorously broke

both his legs.


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"He said it doesn't hurt but we all laughed because we all knew that he was lying

because his face speaks for it self"

"I see, he probably doesn't want you to worry about him so much so he pretended itdoesn't hurt"

"Yeah, that's more like it"

Taeyeon and Lea continued chatting but not really because Lea did all the talking and

Taeyeon did the listening and responded when he was needed to until Lea decided to

fall asleep and it was the perfect time for Taeyeon to open his laptop and do some work.

When they reached Daejeon Taeyeon woke Lea up and fastened the seat belt for her.

"Do you need me to hold your hand this time too ?"

Taeyeon chuckled and Looked at Lea who blushed a little

"If it doesn't bother you..."

She said shyly and smiled when Taeyeon held out his hand for her

"I got it"

Lea smiled shyly at Taeyeon who just handed her her belongings from up the cabinets

"Thank you Taeyeon"

They shook hands and Taeyeon was about to bid goodbyes but before he could say

anything Lea got closer and landed a kiss on his cheek accidently leaving her lips markon his cheek because of her lipstick making both of them chuckle and at that moment

Taeyeon realized

Lea's intimate gaze at him as if she's waiting for him to say something...


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The way she's caressing his hand with her thumb...

Taeyeon knew that she might be interested in him just by the way she's looking at him

now

It another perfect chance to get back at Tiffany...

But it also made Taeyeon realize something else

He doesn't feel anything anymore

Unless it's Tiffany he's thinking about he could not feel anything

"Well it was nice meeting you Lea"

Taeyeon quickly said as he discarded his hand from Lea's grip

"It was nice to meet you too, Kim..."

Lea said with disappointment visible on her face but Taeyeon wasn't looking at her

anymore to notice it

When Taeyeon finally got out of the suffocating plane and entered the airport he

immediately ran to the bathroom later to wash the kiss mark

When he got out he somehow spotted Sunny in the crowd with a banner with his name

on it

"Welcome Back Tae"

They hugged for about 2 seconds before Sunny broke it and looked at Taeyeon's face

"You look tired, how was the trip"

"It was...alright actually"

Taeyeon smiled and the smile only got wider when Sunny handed him Iced Mocha


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"Yummy"

Taeyeon wiggled cutely before following Sunny out to the car

"Seriously Tae you're 26 you should act more mature by now"

"Hey I'm always mature !!"

"Right..."

On the way back they discussed work mostly and Taeyeon told Sunny about what

happened to him that night at the hotel

"Wow...I wonder what he saw in you"

"What ?! what do you mean ? I'm full of charms you know !"

Taeyeon exclaimed when Sunny showed an uninterested face

"You just don't realize how good I'm because we're cousins !"

Taeyeon crossed his arms and pouted looking out the window

"Taeyeon...have you ever looked at the mirror and said your self Man do I look like a

child ?"

Taeyeon looked at her with a poker face

"Hell no"

"Well you should"

Taeyeon was about to protest but Sunny suddenly stopped the car.

"Why did you stop ?"

"We're almost out of gas"


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Sunny said before getting off

Taeyeon sighed and looked around the station they're in and spotted a fast food

restaurant

Perfect

"Where are you going ?"

Sunny asked when Taeyeon got off the car

"Food..."

He didn't look back at Sunny and just continued walking.

When he got inside he was blessed with the cold air conditioning

He smiled blissfully and ordered some food for himself and Sunny for the road

He took out his wallet from his pocket but he accidently dropped it

When he leaned down to get another hand got it first

He looked up to see that it was a very beautiful lady who looked like in her early 20's

and somehow looked a lot like Tiffany

He was silent for a second and didn't realize that the girl was offering him back his

wallet until she spoke up

"Um...your wallet"

"Oh yes ! Sorry, I mean Thank you !!"

Taeyeon cursed him self mentally as the girl giggled softly at him as took back his wallet

"I'm Sooji by the way"


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The girl offered a hand to Taeyeon who offered his hand back

"Kim Taeyeon"

He smiled and she smiled back at him

"Say Taeyeon-ssi, are you on your way to Seoul ?"

"Oh yes, I'm coming back from Daejeon"

"I see...well I'm actually hosting a party tomorrow night...I think a new face wouldn't hurt"

Sooji smirked at Taeyeon and took out a pen from her purse and got a hold of

Taeyeon's hand

"Call me..."

And she left just like that leaving Taeyeon stunned

"What just happened ?"

Taeyeon asked the dude who's supposed to be the cashier that just witnessed the

whole scene while leaning on his cheek

"A Cute girl just invited you for a party, wrote her number on your hand and asked you

to call her"

Taeyeon looked down trying to progress but Sunny's voice interrupted his thoughts

"Tae let's go"

Sunny said with a loud voice peeking out of the door

"Ah, yeah"

Taeyeon snapped out of it and followed Sunny out to the car after paying for the food


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"Great, you will get me fat Taeyeon, Burgers and Fries at 3 in the morning ?"

Sunny exclaimed as Taeyeon handed her a burger he just unwrapped for her to eat

while driving

"What ?! you're driving ! and besides aren't burgers like your favorite food ?"

"You know what fuck it"

Sunny said and took a big bite out of her burger

"Language"

"Oh please, like you don't curse"

"...A little"

"I wanted to ask earlier but when did you dye your hair back ?"

Taeyeon glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and looked back to the front

"Saturday"

"I like it better this way, it makes you look younger than you already look"

"Ow thanks...I really appreciate it"

Taeyeon said his tone full of sarcasm

They continued chatting until Sunny parked the car in front of Taeyeon's condo and she

let the steering while and relaxed on her seat with a sigh

''Finally, that felt like death..."

"Thanks Sunny, I don't know how to repay you..."

Taeyeon said really appreciating what Sunny did


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"Let's just say you own me one"

Sunny smirked

"Not anything crazy all right"

They bid good bye to each other and Taeyeon for the first time doesn't want to go home

He stood in front of the elevator hesitating whether he should go up or not

After all for all he knows The other man might be in there with his wife

Go Up ? Stay Down ? Go Up ? Stay Down ?

He doesn't know anymore but eventually he gathered enough courage and pressed the

elevator button

He got in and watched the numbers go up slowly

10 ^

11 ^

12 ^

Unlike last time he did this, this time he's not smiling he's frowning

15 ^

Unlike last time he's not humming he only could hear his heart beating loudly in his ears

18 ^

Unlike last time he's not anticipating seeing his wife he doesn't want to see her at all

20 ^ *Ding *

Taeyeon felt himself sweating bricks as he entered his passcode slowly


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Relief washed in his whole body and mind because when he opened his eyes the only

thing he saw was his beautiful wife sleeping alone on their bed

Just like I left her

He smiled to himself as he put his hand on his beating heart, closed his eyes and let out

a deep breath

Taeyeon legs gave out and he fell on all four

He was so glad that he doesn't have to face that now

So glad

After a while Taeyeon stood up and collapsed on their bed as he hugged Tiffany from

behind accidently waking her up

She turned around and faced him

"Hey..."

He whispered smiling and she smiled back

"You're back...how was your trip ?"

Tiffany whispered back as she put her hand on Taeyeon's cheek and rubbed it slowly

and softly with her thumb

"It was alright..."

Tiffany leaned in and pecked both of Taeyeon's cheeks and his lips

"You must be very tired..."


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Tiffany whispered as she hugged Taeyeon's head and smoothened out his silky hair

"Yeah..."

Taeyeon smiled

"Go to sleep..."

Tiffany whispered softly in his ear and caressed his hair until she felt his steady breath

on her nape

Taeyeon didn't know why

Maybe it's the relief that washed over him

Maybe it's the relaxation of getting the system in time

Maybe it's the happiness that Tiffany wasn't with that guy

Maybe it's the tiresome of the trip kicking in

Or Maybe it's Tiffany's whisper that put him to sleep

Taeyeon Didn't know why at all he was able to sleep that good at that time

But he knew he could forget everything that's happening right now and just sleep

peacefully

Revelation

"Taeyeon ?''

Sunny called out.


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Taeyeon looked up at Sunny who just entered his office.

"What's wrong ? are you sick? you look like a mess."

Sunny walked over to Taeyeon's desk and touched his face.

"Nothing's wrong...I'm just not getting enough sleep"

Taeyeon lied and Sunny didn't believe him.

"No, you can't lie to me, I can tell that you're suffering from something since you came

back from the US, what is it ?"

Taeyeon has been suffering since before he even went to the US two weeks ago but

Sunny didn't know why is Taeyeon being like this.

Taeyeon looked at Sunny for a moment and hesitated.

"Nothing...Nothing...I need to work Sunny...I will see you later"

Sunny sighed and decides that she will let it pass for now but she has to know what's

wrong with Taeyeon.

Because she knows something is really off.

"This isn't over yet. "

Sunny warned and left his office making Taeyeon face palm and sigh.

The last two weeks has been the most stressful in his whole life.

He has to go through hundreds of CV's with Sunny and some other employees tonight

to finally finish the employment for his new hotel and he just can't bring himself to focus

with his personal life interfering and affecting his mind setting

Tiffany Tiffany Tiffany Tiffany Tiffany Tiffany


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"Okay, something definitely happened between you two, explain...now..."

Taeyeon sighed for the nth time that day and face palmed as he turned around to his

desk again only to be face by Sunny again

"Nothing happened between us Sunny, I'm just tired..."

Sunny chuckled with a bitter expression on her face.

"Yeah right..."

There was silent for a moment .

"So you're not going to tell me ? okay...I get you..."

Sunny bit her lip and continued working glancing at Taeyeon every now and then.

His perfect silky hair is messy but still looks good.

She could tell that he can barely open his eye.

Dark circles are invading under his eyes and his skin looks paler than usual.

"Taeyeon I really think you need some rest...let's continue this some other time, okay ?"

Sunny flinched when Taeyeon punched the pile of papers with his fist and let out a loud

sigh.

The glare on his face was terrifying.

Taeyeon was always calm and collected but now he looks like he's about to commit a

crime.

Even Sunny was scared.

That was rare because she knows Taeyeon since they grew up together.


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Sunny thought she was going to get killed only for Taeyeon to let out another sigh and

cover his face with both hands.

"You're right..."

Sunny relaxed when Taeyeon removed his hands and his face was back to normal.

"...I can't focus like this, let's continue this Monday..."

Taeyeon got off his chair and got a hold of his stuff before glancing at Sunny.

"Wanna go drinking or something ? I don't feel like going home"

Sunny immediately stood up.

Taeyeon barely ever drinks.

That is rare again.

"Uhhh...sure..."

As Sunny thought there was no way Taeyeon would go in a bar.

He bought a few bottles of Soju and drove them to the Han river and sat on the side on

the grass in a spot where people don't really know staring at the lights of the bridge.


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Taeyeon was indeed drinking.

Sunny was only taking small sips not intending to get drunk because someone has to

drive.

To Sunny's surprise Taeyeon wasn't only drinking

He was crying as well.

Not quite sobbing but tears were coming out and his expression wasn't normal.

"Taeyeon...!?"

Sunny put her bottle down and got a hold of Taeyeon's shoulder.

"I'm...I'm just stressed...I need to let this out..."

Nope.

There was no way Sunny would believe that Taeyeon was crying because of stress.

The last time she saw him cry was when they were 11 and Taeyeon's puppy got run

over by a car and that was it

The last time Taeyeon ever cried in front of someone was freaking 15 years ago

But now he's saying he's crying because of stress ?

Sunny panicked

"Ahhh...uhhh...Tae...Taeyeon...d...don't cry !! uhh..."

Taeyeon chuckled while tears continued going down.

"It's alright...you don't have to comfort me or anything..."

Taeyeon wiped his right cheek only for it to get stained by tears again


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"Just stay here...I need you..."

Taeyeon face palmed to hide his puffy eyes and Sunny relaxed and felt guilty for feeling

somewhat happy.

It was the first time ever that he tells her that he needs her.

Sunny has always respected Taeyeon.

He was always so cool and collected and good in anything he does.

His mood rarely ever changed always laid back and serious at the same time.

She wanted to be needed by someone like him.

She wanted to become so good that someone like Taeyeon would always need her.

To have him tell her this was something Sunny has always wanted to achieve

But now he's looking so sad and broken

This isn't how Sunny wanted it

Seeing Taeyeon like this wasn't in Sunny's bucket list

"Taeyeon...why are you like this ?...who did this to you ?"

Sunny had a painful expression on her face as she stood on her knees and hugged

Taeyeon from the side

Oh how pathetic Taeyeon felt

All he has been doing is make everyone around him conscious of what he's going

through and get comforted

He has to put a stop to this soon


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This isn't working

It's all his fault

It's all his fault for driving Tiffany to the point where she had to find someone else

"Are you sure you're going to be okay ?"

Sunny asked Taeyeon who's sitting lifelessly in the passenger seat

"Yeah...I can manage..."

Taeyeon smiled at Sunny

"Thank you for staying with me...I really needed you"

"No problem...I'm always here for you..."

Taeyeon waved at Sunny as she drove away

"Ah...the car..."

Sunny realized that she's driving Taeyeon's car

She would just have to take it back tomorrow

When Sunny arrived to her apartment she took a quick shower and went to her

bedroom only to find an adorable mess of blue hair peeking out from under the blanket

She giggled when a figure under the blanket smiled cutely at her

"Hey...you're back..."

A fit guy wearing only jeans took the blanket off to look at Sunny probably

"Hey..."


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Sunny greeted and accepted the cuddling offer the guy was making by opening his arm

and scooting over

She snuggled to his warm chest and he hugged her small body tightly

He placed a kiss on her temple and played with her blonde hair

"Are you tired ?"

The guy asked

"Yeah..."

Sunny responded

"Sleep..."

The guy covered them both with the blanket and Sunny fell into deep sleep

When she woke up in the afternoon, her boyfriend has already made lunch for both of

them

"Good afternoon pretty"

Sunny's boyfriend immediately got a hold of her and kissed her

"Hey Soo..."

Her boyfriend Sooyoung led her to the dining table and surprised her with all of her

favorite foods

"You could have at least wore a shirt"

Sunny laughed as Sooyoung shivered a little

"You know that shirts are my enemies"


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Sunny giggled as her boyfriend made a funny look

After having lunch they both snuggled on the couch in front of the TV

She was sitting on his lap and he was back hugging her with his chin on her shoulder

He placed kisses on her neck every now and then which slightly tickled her

This is Sunny's ideal Saturday

Snuggling with her affectionate boyfriend on the couch while watching a good TV show

in the middle of the afternoon after a delicious lunch

Too bad they couldn't do this a lot cause he is still in college and she's in work more

than she's in home

This is what you get for being the first love of a cute, young, smart and handsome

college student

There is also the age gap of 6 years between them but they have been managing just

fine since he moved in with her

Sunny has always thought she was in a happy relationship which is true

But there is someone who's certainly suffering because of trying to maintain a happy

relationship

Taeyeon...

She's wondering what in the heavens happened between them to get Taeyeon to thatstate

If Taeyeon isn't going to tell her she just has to ask the other party

Tiffany...


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"I'm going out tonight and I need you with me"

She said to Sooyoung

"Where are we going ?"

"Taeyeon's place...''

"Ohh, Taeyeon Hyung, alright"

Sooyoung didn't question any further and as agreed once it was night time Sunny texted

Tiffany and as she suspected

Taeyeon wasn't at home right now

He borrowed Tiffany's car to go do his weekly check up on his hotel and as always he

would come back soon after

It was her chance to talk to Tiffany

She doesn't mean to meddle with their lives but she just wants to know if she's able to

help them

It's their first time having a fight

Or so Sunny thought

After parking Taeyeon's car in it's place Sunny knocked on her boyfriend's car window

"Stay here, okay ?

Sunny left Sooyoung in his car without explaining anything and Sooyoung only sighed

and waited as instructed

"Hey! it's been a while"


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Tiffany and Sunny hugged before Tiffany led Sunny to the living room and served her

probably

After chatting and catching up a little Sunny sensed something weird about Tiffany

They have been friends since high school

She could at least tell if Tiffany is trying to hide something

"Did something happen between you and Taeyeon ?"

Sunny asked out of the blue which confused Tiffany

"What do you mean ? nothing happened"

"Taeyeon has been acting really weird lately, he's bumping into everyone and

everything when he's walking, the other day I caught him chewing on an empty fork

while spacing out instead of the food on his plate, he's looking more and more tired with

every passing day, I thought maybe you two had a fight or something"

"A fight ? nah, we didn't have anything of that sort, actually our relationship just got

better recently"

Tiffany blushed a little as she remembered the little things Taeyeon has been doing for

her for the past two weeks

Sunny got silence lost in thoughts

"How is he acting weird ?"

Sunny remembered the state Taeyeon was in last night

If she were in his place she wouldn't want Tiffany to know


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And the fact that he needed her more than Tiffany means that what he's going through

has something to do with Tiffany

"Maybe I'm just worrying too much...you would know better"

"Now that you mentioned it, he does seem more stressed out lately even though the

work is supposed to be lighter now ?"

"Yeah...as I said maybe I'm just worrying too much"

After catching up with Tiffany some more Sunny remembered her poor boyfriend who

has been waiting for her in the car for how long ?

Two hours now ?

Sunny bid goodbye to Tiffany and when she reached the car she smiled at the scene of

Sooyoung hugging his knees to sleep waiting for her

"Baby...Wake up..."

"Huh?! what?! I wasn't sleeping!!"

Sunny giggled when Sooyoung jumped as she closed the door behind her

"Are you done ?"

"Yeah, let's go have dinner...my treat"

Sunny kissed her boyfriend and as she pulled away she saw a figure coming out of the

building from the corner of her eye

Sooyoung noticed where she was looking and turned to the same direction

"Isn't that Tiffany ?"

"Hm ?


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Sunny and Sooyoung looked confused at Tiffany who was acting sneaky and suspicious

As if she doesn't want to get caught doing something

She was looking right and left and smiled when a sports car stopped right in front of her

and a guy as tall as Sooyoung got out

Sunny and Sooyoung couldn't believe what they were witnessing when Tiffany and the

dude kissed

"You have gotta be kidding me"

Sunny and Sooyoung watched as The guy put his arm around Tiffany and led her to the

car, opened the door for her and drove away

"Oh my god...did that just happen ?

"She's cheating !!"

Sooyoung looked so scared right now

He wanted Sunny so badly to tell him that (No, Tiffany is not cheating) and give him

some lame excuse but the look on Sunny's face said otherwise

Sunny had a hand on her mouth to prevent her sobs from coming out

Taeyeon has been suffering all alone

Suffering because of the fact that his own wife is cheating on him

How scary that is to have the person you love cheating on you behind your back and

pretend that everything is okay

Just what kind of pain is Taeyeon going through right now ?

Why is Tiffany doing this ?


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Why is she hurting Taeyeon like this ?

How could this be ?!

A lot of questions went across Sunny's mind

But one thought interrupted them all

"Taeyeon knows..."

Sunny muttered

Taeyeon knows that Tiffany is cheating

And he's quite about it

That's