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"Don't tell me you didn't remember her as your wife at all!"

"Rina... Will you... marry me?"

"Oh my god, Karina. How far did you forget all these things? I thought you only forget things for certain short years?"

"I, Winter Kim, take you, Karina Yu, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death we do part, according to God's holy law, and this is my solemn vow"

"What are the last memories you remember?" Yeji asked and she saw that Karina was already pale like hell. But instead, the actress still manages to answer her despite all the memories and flashbacks that keep coming inside her head right now.

"M-My... high school... g-graduation..."

"I-I'm sorry, Yeji... But I think... I need to go", Karina said as she stand up from the sofa, grabbed her handbag, and rushed out of the house. The tears that came out from her eyes were uncontrollable and Karina knew she had no guts to stop them from coming.

She needs to meet Winter right now.

"I, Karina Yu, take you, Winter Kim, to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death we do part, according to God's holy law, and this is my solemn vow"

She needs to meet her wife right now.

Karina remembers everything. All the questions that keeps repeating inside her head all these years were finally answered. All the mysteries and unknown questions she keeps wondering are now known.

The car.

The Gwangjin house.

The Swarovski ring.

The familiarity.

The love.

Yeonjun and the other policeman were shocked when they saw the actress storming out of Hwang's mansion with uncontrollable tears in her eyes. Slightly panicked, Yeonjun came forward to ask about her whereabouts, but Karina goes straight inside her car and drove away immediately. The two personnel was left in a haze and hurriedly tried to catch up with the actress's car speed.

Karina pulled out her phone and called Winter.

It only took seconds for the younger woman to pick up her phone.

"W-Winter...", is the first word Karina said as soon as the younger woman greet her.

Karina's voice is heavy with sadness, the same way her guilt weighed down upon her shoulders for not remembering Winter. Her voice is fragile like she is so broken at the moment. The sound of Karina's breath from the phone is shaky and heavy, and Winter could hear clearly how her words cracked as the actress broke down.

"Rina, what happened?", Winter asked through the phone. Her eyebrows turns into furrows, her heart beats two times faster than normal, and her mind was everywhere thinking about the actress. Hearing Karina's voice in this manner terrified Winter a lot.

"Winter...", the sobs between Karina's words just getting heavier. Winter became so panicky that she got up from sitting at the police station she was at right now and was now walking in a circle in a panic manner. 

"Rina, tell me what's wrong?", she tried to ask the actress as calmly as she can but it wasn't strong enough to hide her voice that slowly become shaky in worry.

"Winter....", Karina cries heavily.

"I want to meet you...", she continued.

Winter just rushed out from the police station without even saying goodbye to Ryujin. She's in such a panic that she can't even think straight just from hearing Karina's breakdown voice and rushed towards her car in seconds. All inside her mind is now the one and only Karina. The one and only Winter's wife. The one and only Winter's hearts belong to.

"Okay, Rina. Wherever you are right now, I'm going to you. Stay where you are", Winter said before entering her car and closing the door shut.

"Winter...", Karina's cracked voice keep calling for her name from the phone and Winter tried to drive as fast as she can towards the actress's location.

"Winter... I miss you..."

"I'm coming, Rina. I promise", Winter said as she glance at the GPS in front of her.

The distance between her and Karina is getting closer and closer as Karina parked her car near the Han River. Karina came out of her car and her legs give up on standing any longer. The actress squats while crying hard on her knees.

Karina still crying while calling Winter's name, repeating again and again that she missed her. Winter couldn't help but let a tear escape from her eyes, but she know the most important thing she needs to do right now drives safely to Karina and hold her inside her embrace whatever her problem is.

"Winter..."

"I'm almost there, Rina. Almost"

Winter never hear Karina's voice that broken. The first and the last time she heard that wailing voice is when Karina lost her parents. Winter never thought she'll ever hear that heartbreaking voice belonging to her wife again.

But now here it is, Karina with that voice.

How can Winter hold it much longer?

"Babe, I'm almost there", came out naturally from Winter's mouth.

Karina's squatting figure slowly becomes visible in Winter's eyesight. She later parked her car just a few meters away from Karina's and came out running towards the actress like a madman. She doesn't know what happened to the actress, but she does know that Karina experience something bad.

Winter immediately hugged the squatting figure while stroking her head gently. Worries conquer her mind and she can't push the thoughts away when Karina's cries didn't show any sign to stop.

"Rina, hush. I'm here. I'm here, and everything's gonna be okay..."

"Don't cry. I'm here, Rina...", Winter said. Karina's hold on Winter's waist just become tighter. The younger woman is so confused but didn't have the guts to ask why.

"Winter, I missed you...", are the only words Karina keep repeating so many times that day.

Seeing Karina crying breaks Winter's heart. She will do anything just to make this heartbreak stop. As the younger woman slightly pulled away from the hug, Karina lifted her head and claimed her lips with Winter's. At this moment, she doesn't care anymore what to comes.

Articles? Scandal? Hell.

Karina just wants her wife back.

She wants Winter back.

Her kiss is rough and needy, full of emotions and longing. Winter just kissed her back at the same pace. At this moment, she'll let anything the actress wants her to do.

After a few seconds, they slowly pull apart but Karina's tears are continuous. Winter became so worried that she wiped the tears on the older woman's cheek with her thumbs.

"Hey... look at me", Winter called.

"Tell me what's going on?"

Karina's eyes are now looking straight towards Winter. Her eyes are red and the tears on her cheeks are so messy that the view is enough to make Winter's heart drop to the lowest.

"Winter...", Karina said.

"My wife, Winter...", she continued.

Winter couldn't believe her ears and her eyes became so wide from the shock. More tears formed on the edges of her eyes, and Winter had enough playing through and cool with everything in front of Karina.

"Y-You... remember...?", Winter's voice cracked. Karina slowly nodded her head and pulled Winter again for a hug. She planted her head on Winter's shoulder, crying heavily from the pain of guilt that was conquering her whole mind.

"I'm sorry, Winter..."

"I'm sorry that I've hurt you..."

"I'm sorry that I don't remember you..."

"I'm so sorry..."

Winter just pat the actress's back gently, smiling sadly but warmly while looking up at the sky. Shit, she thought. This is where all the walls she builds this two years ago collapsed. This is where Karina needs her old Winter, her wife.

"It's not your fault, Rina. It's my fault. You didn't hurt me at all. I'm the one who's hurting myself all these years", Winter hushed her wife one more time using her thumb.

Karina with her wails and Winter keep calming her down. It goes on for several minutes and another car who was watching them right behind just scratching its head in confusion at the sudden emotional scene.

"What is happening?", Yeonjun asked the policeman right next to him. The man shake his head and lifted her eyebrows with his hand gesture.

"Nah. I have no idea".

When Karina finally calmed down, Winter pulled her up together with her. Her tender fingers were busy wiping away the tears on Karina's cheeks. Then, she fixed Karina's messy hair behind her ears. The actress's eyes are were still red from crying, but at least only soft sobs can be heard, and slowly a small smile flashed on Winter's face.

"I missed you so much, Winter", Karina said countless times again. Winter caressed Karina's cheek softly with her thumbs. The smile on her face never leave Karina's eyes, as Winter softly replied to the actress back.

"I missed you too, Rina. A lot more than you could have ever imagined", then leaving a soft peck on the actress's forehead.

"Why are you keeping this a secret? You should've told me sooner", Karina asked as she wiped her own tears that slowly become lesser.

"What actually happens is that...", Winter paused her own words when she saw an unknown car, driving at an enormous speed behind Karina without a sign to stop. At that moment, Winter can only predict the worst. Her eyes widen in shock. The moment itself feels like slow motion when the car was getting closer to them. 

She won't lose Karina anymore.

"Winter?", Karina asked and the next second, Winter already pushed her to the side of the road and Karina's butt bumped hard on the rough and hard road surface. The next moment she heard is a loud crashing sound just right in front of her and the first view Karina saw is Winter's lifeless body, a few meters away at the center of the road.

"NO!!"

Karina get up immediately from her place and ran straight towards her wife, only realizing that the younger woman was now unconscious in her own blood. Her wails from just now became worse when she held Winter's body by her arm.

"NO! WINTER! NO!", Karina shouted as she hugged Winter tight inside her embrace.

"Wint-- I just met you! I just got to remember you!"

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!!"

"WINTER! WAKE UP!"

Karina keep shouting and shouting as Yeonjun and the policeman came running toward Winter and the person who hit them.

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Karina waited nervously in front of the emergency room. Her tears are unstoppable but no one near her can only be sorry for the actress and worried for Winter. Aeri, Ningning, and Key tried to calm down the actress, but it end up in failure.

A few minutes later, Yeji came running towards her and hug the actress tightly despite Winter's fresh blood that are all over Karina's clothes. Yeji couldn't help from tearing up from the sadistic situation, knowing that the actress just got to know who actually her wife is hours before.

There are tons of busybody reporters outside the hospital, but Karina cares no more. Her mind right now is only filled with Winter.

This feeling is as worse as Karina feel when she lost her parents.

Hell. The heartache was even worse than when she lost her parents.

There are a lot of people that Karina knew, but also don't know in front of the room. There's Ryujin with some other policemen. There are also some National Security agents that Karina never met other than Yeonjun. Some sobbing, some praying.

But no one dares to compare theirs with Karina's heartbreak.

Winter is her wife. Not just a mere bodyguard who's doing her job by keeping Karina safe.

Winter is her best friend, her girlfriend, her lover, her family, her everything.

If she lost her for the second time, Karina might die.

As soon as the doctor came out of the room, Karina came running toward the doctor with her teary eyes. When the doctor questioned the relationship between her and Winter, the actress didn't hesitate to say that the younger woman is her wife, and it succeeds to leave a great shock to people near them.

"Thankfully, she survived the hit", the doctor said but he immediately continue right before Karina can sigh in relief.

"But I'm sorry to tell you, Mrs. Yu".

"Your wife is in a coma".

Karina fell down on her knees.