Chapter 17
Next day
Elizabeth's POV
I fix my hair into a pulled back look. There's a knock on the door I walk over to the source of the sound. I open the door. "Oh. Jason you're just on-". My heart stops. "Happy Birthday Elizabeth." He grins at me. "Y-Yoongi." He had a bouquet of sunflowers in his hand. I stand there for a while, trying to let my brain function. This was another dream right?
He looked exhausted, like he hasn't been sleeping right. Maybe its because of his hard work with his album, I knew it wasn't because of me. I knew he already moved on, I had read numerous articles about them being together in public. For the three months we weren't together, he had looked happy with her. After the twentieth article I stopped reading them and let my life change without him in it. Even if it didn't change all too good, maybe the only good thing that came out of Yoongi leaving me is Jason.
"You look beautiful." He says. I swallow saliva, my throat had gone dry. "T-Thanks.." I say. He runs his fingers through his blonde hair. "These are for you." He shows me the bouquet. He looked well dressed, like he was going somewhere. Maybe somewhere nice with Jennie. I take the flowers from his hand, avoiding his touch.
"Thank you.." I whisper. I hear a hiss. I look down at Mittens, he had anger in his little eyes. His back arched and his tail stiff.
"Elizabeth.. I.. Uh.." I stare down at the flowers. I couldn't stop my heart from pounding. "I hope you have a nice day today.." He says. I nod.
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Yoongi's POV
It pained me to stand here and see her unable to look me in the eyes. And I wondered whom this Jason guy was, it was obvious that she had moved on. And I wondered if I should let her go.
"If you don't ever want to see me again I won't come back." I say. She looks up at me. "I don't know what I want anymore." She says. I try to steady my breath. "As I stand here in front of you, its clear to me that my heart has a mind of its own. And that I can't stop any sort of feeling that comes from my chest." She looks else where. "I needed answers from you Min Yoongi. And yet you pushed me away." She says. "Because I had to." I speak up.
Her eyebrows knit. "I don't understand how you can say that." She shakes her head. "Watch channel 4 tonight and you'll understand why." I say. She shakes her head. "I'm sorry Min Yoongi. I don't think anything will.." She stops. "Why are you doing this?" She asks. I take a breath. "Because.. I still-". "Elizabeth?" I hear behind me. A smile grows on her face. "Jason."
My heart had just been ripped out of my chest and stepped on a thousand times. That smile, wasn't for me. I step back and look at this Jason guy. He was around my height, maybe a inch or two taller. "Whose this?" He asks looking at her. My stomach drops. There it was, the look in his eyes. There was a twinkle in his eye as he looked at her. And I've realized that I'm out of place, like a black sheep in a herd of white.
"This is Min Yoongi." She says. His eyes shoot to me, there was such hate that stirred in his gaze that fell so harshly upon me. He knew, he knew that I had hurt Elizabeth. "So you're Min Yoongi." He says biting his lip. I hear her door close. "And he was just leaving." She says walking in the middle of us. She hands me the bouquet of flowers and I tried my best not to let my eyes water. "Good bye Min Yoongi." She says taking Jason's wrist and pulling him off her door step.
From the three months of not being able to see her, I'm slapped in the face with this. I felt so violated and thrown down. This lingering pain that crept into my chest where my heart was supposed to be. Now a dark dark pit of nothing.
I bite my lip. This was our goodbye. I see him wrap his arm around her and I can't bare to look anymore. I can't help but fall against the wall, my tears running down my cheeks. I can't breathe right, maybe its because something was missing. A large part of my soul was gone. I look down at the bouquet of flowers in my hand. Her favorite flower. What she was of my life, my sun.
My sobs start to leave my lips and I can't think straight. I came here, to give her the assurance that I was willing to man up and have her. But she shoots me down, and shatters me. She was the person I'd take a bullet for. But really, I was pointing the gun at me own head, my finger waiting to pull the trigger. I didn't know what I was going to do now. Today was my trial and I really didn't know how I'd be able to hang in there.
I have officially been pushed to my breaking point. And this was my breaking point, Elizabeth was my breathing point. And now I'm completely lost.
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Elizabeth's POV
Sit in the passenger seat, trying my absolute best not to cry. My heart was still pounding and I can't believe I treated him the way I did. It was just the moment my mouth had a mind of its own. The look on his face when I handed him the flowers haunts me. "You're really quiet.. You okay?" He asks.
"I'm fine." I say. He let's out a breath. "You really need to stop lying. I saw the way you looked at him." He says. I bite harder in my bottom lip. "You love him Elizabeth." He says. "No." I shake my head. "I.. Can't love him." I say through gritted teeth. Using all my will not to cry. "But you do." He says. Tears fill the rim of my eyes. "Jason stop." My hands clinch into fists.
"He obviously still loves you if he came out of his way to bring you your favorite flowers on your birthday. He came to give you an explanation, the explanation you've been waiting for and you pushed him away."
My tears run down my cheeks. "Stop Jason." I cover my ears and let my tears stream out of my eyes. He pulls the car over. "Elizabeth. Listen to me." He says unbuckling his seat belt. I can't look at him. "Are you listening?" He asks. "I don't... Yes! Yes I'm listening." He grips my shoulders and forces me to look at him.
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Jason's POV
I couldn't believe I was going to say these words to her. The girl I thought about 24/7. The girl that had stolen my heart like no girl had, I was going to tell her something I'd never imagine would leave my lips. I look into her watery eyes that looked dark brown in the shadow of the car.
"Elizabeth.. I was with you the three months that you were without Min Yoongi." I use my thumbs to wipe her tears, her cheek pink but her tears still flowed out of her eyes. "And even though you were confused about why Yoongi left you and you wondered if you can still love someone like Min Yoongi.." I pull strands of hair behind her ear.
"I know you love him." She shuts her eyes and shakes her head. "Yes Elizabeth. You do. You always have." I say, my own heart hurting. "But Jason.." ,"No.. Elizabeth." I press my forehead against hers. "You love him. I know you do." I say. "What do I do?" She whispers. "What if the way I acted makes him hate me?" She asks. "If he's as crazy about you than I am, he'd be stupid to fall out of love for you." Her sobs stop and she looks up at me. "What?" She asks.
I smile. "Don't worry about it. The important thing is that you have Yoongi." Her eyebrows knit and I almost chuckle at her cute expression. "Jason what did-" ,"No Elizabeth. I told you not to worry about it." I say wiping her tears again. She frowns. "Are you hungry?" I ask. She nods slightly. I smile. "Okay. Good." I pinch her nose and rebuckle my seatbelt.
Why couldn't I man up and tell her she had to be with me? That I can treat her better? That I can keep her from harm. But I knew her heart would never belong to me, for Min Yoongi was the love of her life. Even if she denied it I can see it in her eyes, the way she couldn't hold back her tears after she saw him. I knew it stirred her the wrong way, she was taken by surprise that he had showed up. As I'm sure anyone else would be.
The way I looked at him, was wrong. As I drive over to a restaurant to celebrate the birthday of the girl I love, I felt the remorse run through my veins like I had shot a high end drug into my system. It was the envy that had come through me. I wanted to tell him he was lucky to have a girl like Elizabeth love him. And it angered me that he stole her heart way before I ever could. That he was the reason she couldn't feel for another person. That for a fact, she couldn't love anyone else but him.
I'm sure Min Yoongi was a great guy, maybe even greater than me. But it was crazy how Elizabeth changed me, before I was a guy who manipulated younger girls and used my 'charm' and 'good looks', which I don't have, to sleep with me. But when I saw that Elizabeth was completely thrown down and shattered by how Yoongi left her. It made me think about how I made the girls I had slept with feel. They felt the way Elizabeth felt.
I was an animal, a asshole, and Elizabeth brought the better out of me. And I thought it would be a good thing if I would keep her around. But when I saw that Yoongi had her heart, I knew I didn't have a chance. Even if I did as she asked, if I'd get down on my knees and crawl for her. To scrape and cut my skin, she'd see me nothing more than a friend. Because that's what I was supposed to be, a friend, a mile behind Min Yoongi.
And I knew what I had to do soon wouldn't hurt her as much as it would hurt me. I had to make sure she could get him back. Because as long as she was happy, I'd be happy.. Even if it wasn't with me.
I turn and look at her as she stared out the window. My heart singing a song for her that only I'd listen to, because she was listening to his song. I grin to myself and look back at the road.
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Yoongi's POV
I pull on the front of my coat and walk towards Jisung. "You ready?" She asks. I nod. She wore a black tight shirt, navy blue slacks and a jacket over her shirt. "I wish you luck Min Yoongi. I'll be here to root for you. I know you'll win." I smile and give her a hug.
"Thank you Jennie." She plants a kiss on my cheek. It was light from the sun had come up and warmed my heart. My heart that still belonged to a certain someone. And I wasn't willing to give up on her. Even if she already gave up on me. This was me taking a stand that I should have months ago, this was me becoming the man I should have been.
I follow Jisung into the court room, and of course we were greeted by flashes and reporters. "Min Yoongi! What will you do when you fail horribly?" My eyebrows knit, and I fight back words that can get me in trouble. "Don't you know Yoon Guk is a successful business man? Are you being idiotic?" A man stuffs a microphone in my face. "Did you bring Jennie because she's behind this aswell?" ,"Are you fighting for your love?" My heart stops and I'm taken back.
Jisung pulls my hand away from the media and we finally make it onto the main floor where no media were allowed to be on. "Don't let them faze you Min Yoongi. They're just trying to get a story out of you." She whispers. "Ah. Min Yoongi." I instantly stiffen to his voice out of habit. "Mr. Yoon." I say not looking at him. "I hope you have new jobs in mind when you're forced out of Big Hit." He says. I smile, he had no idea I had his ass. "Same to you." I say.
He just chuckles and walks over to his side. "All rise for Judge Rhee." A police officer says. We all stand up. A man with gray hair walks out in black. "Please be seated." He says, and we all sit. "Ah. Ms. Jung. Its always swell to see you." He smiles. "As it is to see you Rhee." He turns. "I'm quite surprised to see you here... Again after so many years Mr. Yoon." He became serious. Its quiet.
"Today we are here to set a case between Min Yoongi and Yoon Guk." He pulls on his glasses and looks down at papers in front of him. "Mr. Min is suing Mr. Yoon because of negligence. Is that right?" He asks. "Yes Judge." I answer.
"Please stand and put your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand." A officer come up to me. "I do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth." I repeat after him. Jisung, Guk and Won also do the same. "So explain to me exactly what is the reason for negligence." Judge Rhee says. I nod.
"Sir. I am here today because three months ago I was assaulted by Mr. Yoon." His eyebrows knit. "Assaulted? By.. Mr. Yoon.." He repeats. "Yes sir." I nod. "May I speak?" Jisung asks. "Of course." ,"We have photographs of Min Yoongi's torso. He was badly bruised by Mr. Yoon kicking him over and over again." Jisung explains. "Min Yoongi also had a cut of his cheek from a hit by Mr. Yoon."
"May I see the pictures?", "Of course Judge." She hands the folder to one of the officers and he walks over to give it to Judge Rhee. He examines the pictures, I see his eyebrows go up then knit. "You understand that you can lose your job if they offer extremely good evidence, Mr. Yoon." I look at him, he just sat there as if accepting that he was busted.
"Yes sir. I understand.", "And you're lucky Mr. Kim isn't here. Aka your employer, and I'm sure he doesn't know about this because he's been on a business trip and he'll be finding out about it today when he watches this on television." Judge Rhee raises an eyebrow. "Yes sir." He raises his nose. "You don't seem intimidated." Mr. Yoon nods. "Because I know my consequences." He says.
"So you don't have a defense." Mr. Lee and Mr. Yoon exchange whispers. "No sir." They finally answer. "Proceed Ms. Jung.", "We have a video to show you Judge Rhee." I turn and look at Mr. Yoon, and he looks scared. "Before I look at this video is there anything you'd like to say Mr. Yoon? Mr. Lee?" Rhee asks as one of the officers wheels out a television.
"And how did you get this footage?" Rhee asks as he's handed the remote. "From the security camera in Mr. Yoon's office the day my client was assaulted." Jisung says. With a click of a button the clip plays. I look away at the sight of everything that happened to be on that day. It seemed that everyone was holding their breath. It was so silent you can possibly hear Mr. Yoon's heart pounding in his chest. He's lost.
There was no way he was going to recover from this. And Mr. Lee just made easy money. I'm finally able to loom up and Judge Rhee. He looks shook. Its silent for a long time. "I don't need to see anything further." He says. "The obvious win is Mr. Min Yoongi." He looks at Mr. Yoon and points at him. "You're lucky, that Mr. Min didn't press worse charges." He slams the malet on the desk. "Case closed." He gets up, he looks at Mr. Yoon.
"I can not believe that you'd do such a thing, especially because of your position. This is the fastest case I've ever had to settle." She shakes his head and walks out of the room. I turn and shake Ms. Jung's hand. "Thank you so much for getting the video for me. It was the real structure for this case. If you would have never been able to find it.. This case possibly would have been more difficult."
She smiles. "It's my job." She nods. I turn and look at Mr. Yoon. "You got what you deserve Guk. You ruined my life and now I ruined yours. Am I still a weak man? Or is it the other way around." He just stares at me. "No gonna say anything?" I ask. He looks at me and walks towards the isle way to leave the courtroom.
Questions filled the courtroom and he just walked pass them all. They all look at me and wait for me to walk towards them. I turn to Jisung. "What do I do?" I ask. "Just.. Walk pass them." She says. I nod and do just that, even though I was sure there would already be articles about me I didn't want to encourage them more.
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"What are you going to do now Yoongi?" Jennie asks as she sits next to me on my couch in my house. "I get her back. Now that I can explain what happened." She smiles and nods. "I'm happy for you. And thanks for not including YG in this." I smile. "Of course I wouldn't. Maybe that would teach your manager not to do such shady things anymore." I say.
"Ugh. I know." She says. There's a knock at the door and I excuse myself to go and answer the door. I open the door and before I know it, everything goes black.
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