Mystery Lover Ch. 15
15 ~ first day as husband & wife
Next morning...
It was the next morning and Taemin's alarm started going off. Since it was his phone he tried looking for it without turning his body over to turn it off. He kept running his hand from side to side but still couldn't get to his phone. Not having any other choice, he had to roll over and turn the damn phone off.
Being grungy he pulled up his body and sat up on the headboard. His messy brown hair flowed in front of his face as the sunbeam bounced off the side of him. He stretched his arms up in the air as he started to get out of the bed. He got up to head to the bathroom but was knocked down by a powerful force that came out of nowhere knocking him against the wall.
As he tried to come to as to what the hell just happened it dawned on him at that very moment. That he was now married to his best friend, Erika. It hit him like a ton of bricks as he raised his left hand to acknowledged that it was true. He was wearing Erika's grandfather's wedding band.
All he could do was laugh at the craziness that he just put himself into. Coming back to reality he heard the sound of the toilet flushing and then the water coming on in the sink.
Finally the door open and out stepped Erika. She was rubbing lotion on her hands as she came out of the bathroom," sorry about pushing you, duty calls," she smiled.
Taemin smiled before heading over to the same bathroom that Erika just came out of before.
After a while, he came out and leans on the wall with his hands folded. "Tell me," he said.
Erika look towards Taemin, "tell you what?" she asked, even though she already knew what he wanted her to tell him.
"How far along are you? Who's the father? Tell me why you stopped communicating with me? Just why to everything Erika?" he yelled asking all of these questions to her.
Startled at his outburst, Erika didn't know where to begin. She sighed softly running her fingers through her curly hair. "Where to begin," she joked.
"How about after you left and went back home," Taemin answered, shifting his weight on the wall.
Staring at him Erika could definitely see the change in his attitude. He wasn't the soft-spoken guy that she met and became friends with in high school. Everything about him from his features, personality and the way he carries himself she knew that life for him has gotten better.
She lifted her legs from off the floor placing them Indian style with her hands in her lap. "Once I got back to living with my mom's everything was great the first couple of days but then things took a turn. My mom found out that she was pregnant. My step dad and her were so excited, I was too. I was going to have a baby brother or sister but the celebration didn't last long. The day that I was talking to you was when everything went from bad to worst. My step dad didn't really care too much for me and things that he said or did confirmed it. He told me that day that I needed to leave. Anything that he supposedly bought was to be taking away from me. I honestly wanted to contact you but I had no way of doing so. I basically left with the clothes on my back."
"I stay with family for a little bit but after while that gets old. I was going to school for a little bit and that's where I met him."
Erika sighs deeply. "I guess you could say I was trying to fill a void that was empty but it was never filled. At first, I didn't want to be in a relationship but he kept pursuing until I finally give in. He was caring, passionate what I guess I was searching for. After a year of dating, he changed. The real him came forth and fear was knocking at my door. He hit me a couple of times just for leaving my books out on the table. Anything to him that appeared out of the norm I was punished for. I wanted to leave him so bad but where could I go? Neither one of my parents wanted me, they moved on with their lives and left me to deal with being alone. I guess you could say that this was payback for how I acted when I was younger," Erika scoffed.
"Then right before finding out what was happening with my grandmother, he got drunk one night with his friends. They dropped him off and he went through one of his spells. Throwing things around, punching holes, calling me any name that he could think off. I tried to keep my distance from him by going into the bathroom and locking myself inside. But he found a way to get in there and he did the unthinkable. I was scared I didn't know what to do. He left after he raped me and I didn't hear from for the longest. Meanwhile, I received a call from one of my grandmother's friends telling that she was very sick. I knew right then and there, that was my sign to leave. I scrambled around searching for anything that I could get my hands on to sell and what money I had remaining and got the first plane ticket back to Seoul. I knew that my heart was there but I just couldn't imagine that she would ask for you on her death bed.
"What do you mean?" Taemin asked with a worried look.
"I haven't talked to you in years and to think that you still kept in touch with her, I honestly couldn't fathom the idea."
Taemin rubs his chin with his left hand as he moves off of the wall and sits next to her. "You promise me to keep in touch with your grandmother before you left and that's what I did. I may not have been able to go there much but I still kept my promise."
Erika nods her head as he played with her fingernails. "You also kept another promise with her as well, huh?"
Taemin smiles thinking about it. "I did, huh?"
Erika grabs Taemin's hand and holds it tightly as he squeezes his hands with her's. "So what do we do now?"
Taemin releases his hands from Erika and falls back on the bed placing his hands behind his head. "We do what normal people do in this case."
Erika bunched up her face."What do normal people do? The last time I checked you're a celebrity and I'm pregnant with someone else's child."
Taemin rolls over putting his hand on his hand. He places a hand on Erika's stomach and thinks. No matter the circumstances is, he made a promise to her grandmother that he would take care of Erika, even if that meant taking care of the baby growing inside of her belly.
"Erika, we will raise the child together. Once the child is born, I will adopt it."
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