𝐌𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 | 𝐊.𝐓𝐇 × 𝐋.𝐋𝐌

여든 여덟-88

“Miss Park, you…” the bartender looked at her, stunned. This young bartender was unable to resist women like Sooyoung—rich, beautiful, and of “premium grade.” He was delighted to think that she had an interest in him.

He immediately said, “I do, of course, I do. Miss Park is the goddess in every man’s heart. Every man likes you.”

“Is it? No man would dislike me?” Sooyoung looked at the bartender in feigned shock, but tears welled up in her eyes the moment she thought of Taehyung’s cold and heartless expression.

So all men would like her. But that did not include him. But besides him, who else did she care for. She just wanted him, just him, to like her. And yet, his heart was already with another woman.

He was willing to sacrifice her and have her heart bleed, just for that woman’s sake. He didn’t care how much pain she felt. Nor did he care about the wounds he’d leave on her.

He didn’t give a hoot about 20 years of her contribution and feelings. All because of that woman Lalisa. She knew that at this point, she should just let go of him and walk away with her head up high.

She was Young Lady Park, the ideal partner of many and the envy of many more. She was the winner in life in everyone’s eyes. How could she harass a man at the expense of her dignity?

She’d be a laughing stock if anyone found out. The First Miss of the Park family couldn’t possibly do something so low. But she felt indignant. He was taken away just like that.

When she’d found out, it was all too late. He saved on all the dating and went straight for marriage with that woman. All of a sudden, he was a man with a wife. All of a sudden, he had become someone else’s husband.

And then, he started to draw boundaries, distancing himself from her.

“So all men would like me… but why doesn’t he? Why did he choose a woman he’d known for less than a month, over me What am I to him? Why did he marry a woman like that instead of considering me?”

She was so, so indignant. How could she be willing to back off after being defeated by a woman like that? She was full of anger.

Anger towards herself for not being proactive all this while. Why did she have to save that pride, to be so passive as she waited in expectation of the day he would confess to her?

If she’d put down her pride and pursued him back then. Perhaps, she wouldn’t have lost him.

She wasn’t sure if it was too late to realize this now and to do it all over again. But she knew that she couldn’t just let go of him like this.

20 years of feelings for him. If she let go, it was going to feel as if she’d lost a part of her heart. Although she wouldn’t die immediately, she’d be living in pain.

“Miss Park, you should stop drinking,” the bartender said out of concern as he watched her down one drink after another. “You’ve drunk enough. You’ll get really drunk if you go on like this.”

“So be it, then.” Sooyoung swirled the blue liquid in her glass and smiled mockingly. “I just want to get drunk right now. When I’m drunk… I won’t feel so terrible anymore. Two more glasses.”

She downed the drink and raised her empty glass, asking for more. The bartender hesitated. This Young Lady Park wasn’t just anyone.

If she got drunk and ran into some kind of trouble, their bar couldn’t bear that sort of responsibility. Let alone a bartender like himself.

Just as he was deliberating, Sooyoung yelled, “The drink, get me one more. What are you waiting for, you think I can’t pay for it?”

She took out her wallet from her bag and whipped out a golden card, slamming it on the counter. “This card is full of money, get me the drink!”