The way back home was much quieter than before. Jae stares out the window in deep thought, while Seo Joon keeps peeping to understand his younger brother's expression. It's hard to tell. Seo Joon loves his brother the most, but he never really understood Jae's feelings, maybe because the young master rarely showed them to him.
Soon, they reached their home. Jae came closer to Seo Joon, gave him a peck on the forehead, and wished him good night. But Jae doesn't go back to the mansion with him; instead, he takes the entrance beside the front gate of the mansion and walks towards the one-storey villa, which faces the backyard.
Meanwhile, Seo Joon watched him go!
Seo Joon's POV
I stood at the front gate and watched Jae go. My heart ached at the moment. Oh, how I wished I could ask him to come back home and stay here with me.
I don't have the courage to even utter these words to him, unless I have a death wish.
I can't help but laugh at our lives right now; it looks funny.
I wheel myself swiftly towards my bedroom, with thoughts lingering of the past.
It's heavier to bear the more I think.. If I had known earlier that he and I would suffer the consequences of our past to this day, I really wanted a magic wand then so that I could go back and rewrite everything.
* we made him this way * (Seo Joon says while looking out of the window and watching the dark sky.).. (he sighs.. as a tear rolls down from his eye.)..
I am indebted to him for taking away his happiness and a different life. I know he would never take the initiative of marriage himself, and that's why, when I got the chance, I took it. I trust Mr. Jeon. Even if I have to lie and say that this marriage is a business deal, At least some one will be with Jae; at least this would give him a chance to see a different perspective of life, maybe happiness as well, and I really hope (takes a long sigh) my brother gets a chance to find love.
This would be my repayment to him. I want to be hopeful, and for him I must be hopeful.
Jae's POV!
I can't believe this is happening to me. The one thing I hate the most [breathes heavily] is happening to me.
It takes big steps to reach his place. As he reaches it, Jae goes directly to the kitchen and gets out a bottle of rum and his cigarette packs from a drawer near the TV. He walks towards the back of the villa and sits on the porch. He pours himself some rum and lights a cigarette; however, his hands are shaky.
(Heavy breaths) Calm down, Jae. A marriage is nothing; it's just a piece of paper. Yes, nothing will happen to you. That's what I told myself.
I knew this day would come because I have no strength to ignore my brother's wish; after all, everything I have is his. I would be a selfish brother if I didn't agree. But I didn't know that such a day would come this soon.
My brother has never asked anything from me, not a single thing. But I knew if he ever did so, something like that would be his wish.
I hate marriage the most; oh, I hate it. I hate it. (puts the rum glass down on the table with a loud thud)...
I can't cry, and I can't be weak. I can't let myself go back to that little weak boy. I can't. I just can't!
(Sighs) But I have no choice other than to accept this; it's the first time my hyung has asked something from me.
(As he takes the last puff of his smoke, he calls his secretary.)
Hiya, book an appointment with Mr. Jeon Joon tomorrow.
Is everything alright? You sound different, Hyung.
''Its the worst! '' relayed Jae