It was a weekend. Young-soo took Eunbi out for shopping and she bought some new clothes and accessories for her by using her banking card. Young-soo was not angry with her for using her card to do the shopping; instead he was happy that she just started to come out with him. He could understand situation that it'll take some time for her get along with him, so he maintained his patience with the strong belief that the day will come soon in his life.
The next day was a new day for Eunbi, she woke-up early in the morning and gets ready to go to the college with excitements. Young-soo dropped her off in the college through his car and wished her to do the best in studies even better than before. She didn't like him though but his words boosted her up like vitamins she just nodded her head confidently with a smile.
After finishing off some formalities in the administration and principal's office Eunbi tried to go to the class before the professor arrives, but she reached the classroom a minute late. She took a deep breath and asked the permission to the professor, "Excuse me, sir, may I come in."
The professor turned his head to her side and looked at her. He was a good looking man in his mid-forty wearing black thin square frame specs, and a formal suit, "Come on in." The professor, said with his thick voice.
Eunbi approached the professor who was standing at the dais and wished him good morning, "sir, I am a newly transferred student to this university," Eunbi said politely and showed the admission letter to him.
The professor goes through the letter quickly and asked her to sit down at one of the empty seats. Eunbi bowed her head to the professor and as she was looking for the right place to sit down a girl waved her hand and signaled Eunbi to sit down next to her.
Eunbi widened her eyes in surprise as she looked at the girl and the boy next to her, because they are the couple that saved her on the other day from those strangers on the street. Eunbi sat down at the empty seat next to that girl and gave them a smile on meeting them again unexpectedly. In a minute the professor started to take the class so the girls couldn't express how they felt to end up being a classmate at the moment.
During the lunch break Eunbi went to the cafeteria along with the girl and her boyfriend. She introduced herself to them and the couple introduced themselves one by one to Eunbi. "My name is Bae Hee-Jung," the girl said followed by the boy introduced himself; "my name is Jang Hong-Joo."
Jang Hong-Joo's family holds a national wide investment private limited company in South Korea and Bae Hee-Jung's family holds a leather export company in Busan. They were dating since from their high school. They did their schooling together in one of the high schools in Busan and did their bachelor's degree in business together in Seoul.
"I'm so happy to meet you guys again and that to as my classmates, today is my treat so tell me what you guys would like to have?" Eunbi asked them with a cheerful smile on her face.
"First let us have our lunch and you treat us later in the evening after the classes." Hee-jung said with an assuring smile while Hong-joo nodded his head to his girlfriend's response.
While having their lunch Hee-jung asked Eunbi, "If you don't mind, may I ask you something?"
"Yup"
"What caused you to transfer the college in your second year? Hee-jung asked Eunbi with hesitation."
The delightful expression on Eunbi's face faded away quickly with Hee-jun's question.
"Yeah! Why are you asking her the personal questions, we are not that close enough to ask such question to her." Hong-joo said and asked Hee-jung to apologize to Eunbi.
"I'm extremely sorry Eunbi I just asked you out of my curiosity." Hee-jung apologized.
"No Hee-jung you don't need to apologize because you didn't question me anything wrong." Eunbi bites her inner cheek, "the reason I transfer to this college is because of my marriage and recently I got married."
Hong-joo and Hee-jung wondered in surprise what caused her to get married at his young age. In a next few seconds the collage bell rang it refers that the lunch-break was over and the student's in the cafeteria started to leave to their respective classes. "Now let us move to our classroom and chat in the evening after the classes." Hong-joo said. The girls nodded their heads in unison and the three of them went to their classroom.
In the evening after the classes Hong-joo took the girls to one of his favorite coffee shop, which was located next to the beautiful view of the blue ocean. The elevation of the coffee shop made with pivoting reflective glass doors.
Hee-jung and Hong-joo sat down adjacent to each other on the chair and Eunbi sat down parallel to the couple. Eunbi ordered caramel macchiato with double croissant, Hee-jung ordered cappuccino with doughnut, and Hong-joo ordered mocha with cookies and cream cheesecake.
"If you guys don't mind may I know, where, how and who first expressed the love in between you two?" Eunbi asked them with excitement.
The couple looked at each other and smiled; Hong-joo held his sweetheart's hand, interlocks his fingers with hers, and replied, "Of-course it was me," Hong-joo replied proudly. "It was a summer holidays of our second year high school. I took her to a ride in one of our private yachts for the summer party along with the few of our friends. Once the yacht stopped at the middle of the beautiful blue ocean, I made her stand at the bow of the yacht in a signature pose of the titanic movie. Then I stood behind her, put my hands on either side of her waist, and expressed; 'I don't know why my heart always beats too fast when you are with me, I think I am in love with you'. And in a few seconds she turned over looked into my eyes and replied, 'yes I feel the same as you, and I feel so happy when you are with me, Hong-joo I think I love you too'."
End of the flashback.
One of the café servers placed their order on their table. The three of them took a few sips of their coffees and had some bites of their pastries and desserts.
"To tell you the truth, at that time I liked the way he proposed me and I felt like wow! But now when I think about I feel like it was too dramatic." Hee-jung said by glaring at her boyfriend.
"What did you said?" Hong-joo pinched Hee-jung's cheek playfully, "is my love proposal is too dramatic for you?" he stared at her intently. "Yeah! Do you know how tough it is to propose the love successfully as it was planned?"
Hee-jung hissed in pain, and replied, "Araso, I'm sorry I just teased you I really liked the way you had proposed me."
Eunbi laughed brightly at them, "You guys are so lovable to each other." Soon the cheerful expression of her face was faded away, "I'm very unlucky because I have never experienced a love proposal in my life," she said with a bitter smile.
The couple looked at her with puzzlement.
"I can guess what you guys are thinking now. You guys are thinking that how did I get married without a love or marriage proposal from my partner, isn't it?" Eunbi asked them and smirked, "I have only experienced a bitter marriage proposal from my elder sister's fiancée. Yes I was forced to marry him by his tricks. He took the advantage of my family's weakness as his strength by acting genuine in front of my parents as if he really cares for my family, and forced me to say yes to his marriage proposal to marry him." Her voice cracked down with emotions as tears wells up in her eyes.
Hee-jung gets up from her place and sits down beside Eunbi, she put an arm around her shoulder, and tried to console her. She pulled out few tissues from its holder which is on the table and gave it to Eunbi. Eunbi took the tissues from her hand, wiped off the tears from her face, and rested her head on Hee-jung's shoulder. To give some privacy to the girls Hong-joo gets up from his place and lied to them, "I think I left my smart phone in the car, I will go take that and come back."
Hee-jung nodded her head to Hong-joo.
Eunbi said everything in brief about the hardship she has gone through since from the wedding. Hee-jung listened to her words patiently without interrupting her with her questions, as she heard how Eunbi's husband has tortured her physically and mentally, tears automatically wells up in her eyes with anger against Eunbi's husband. Once Eunbi finished saying everything to Hee-jung, she consoled Eunbi, "tell your husband that you are not alone anymore, Hong-joo and I are with you as your friends. If your husband try to misbehave with you again inform it to us immediately, we'll make him face the consequences in a worst way."
Eunbi made a friendly smile and Hee-joo did smile at her.
Both the girls came out of the café after an hour while Hong-joo waits patiently for them by sitting down on the chair at the outside of the café by admiring the evening view of the blue ocean.
Hee-jung asked Hong-joo to drive them to their apartment. Hong-joo nodded his head and did what his sweetheart asked him to do.
Hee-jung and Hong-joo are living alone at same luxury apartment but in different units, because their parents strictly advised them to not be in a living-together relationship until they complete their studies.
Hee-jung took Eunbi to her apartment unit and toured the house. They had some girls talk, had the dinner together and Eunbi returned back to her house through a taxi.
When Eunbi reaches the house the interior lights of the house were switched on which referred that Young-soo has returned back home from his office before she arrives.
Eunbi rang the door bell of the house, and waited. As he heard the doorbell rings Young-soo rushed towards the entrance door and opened it quickly. He breathes in a relief as he saw her face, "where have you been? I was worried that something bad has happened to you and why you are not answering my phone calls?"
"I forget to turnoff the silent mode of my phone so I was not aware of your phone calls, and I went out with my friends after the college in the evening." She replied him by walking towards her room.
"Friends?" He asked her with a smirked. "Are you serious, you have just spent a day in the college and you went out with some of your classmates calling them as your friends?"
"It's none of your business, Young-soo," she said and gets in to her room.
Young-soo tightly pressed his lips together in line with annoyance and get into his room.
After a while the house was occupied with a complete silence, Eunbi went to bed as she have no work to do, and Young-soo reads some books in his room on the bed.