A stable source of income, a roof above their head, and few trustworthy friends are the dream for everyone. You had all of those things but life still felt very empty. While being driven down the roads of Seoul, you stop at a traffic light and look at the billboard with a picture of you receiving the award for becoming the youngest billionaire in Korea. All the accomplishments mean nothing to you because in the end you still weren’t enough for her.
The car comes to a stop signaling that you were at your destination, as you walk to your office people greet you with respect and some with admiration. You always replied with a smile and a nod. After settling down in the office you call your secretary “ hey, Choa how are you? Please tell me there is a lot of work for me to do today”
Choa was your secretary, she was a beautiful woman and a really good friend of yours, “Luckily for you, there is a lot of work that needs to be done. You need to make the decision on whether or not to invest in Seoul Logistics, there is some paperwork that needs to be signed, and other than that you also have a dinner scheduled with the CEO of Busan Motorworks.”
“Thank you so much!” you say with a smile on your face
“Did you have breakfast?” Choa asks
“ No, I woke up late today, I was busy watching some K-drama and didn’t notice how late it was”
Choa shakes her head in disappointment and says “yeah, I completely forgot your obsession with K-dramas and I am going to get you some food so do you have anything you want?”
“I will eat after I get some work done Choa, I am not that hungry” you start reading the documents in front of you.
“Oh shut it the last time you said that you didn’t eat the entire day and I found you unconscious in the office,” Choa said
“Fine, get what you want, I will eat it, and is that the way you speak to someone who pays your wages?” You say playfully with a smirk on your face
“Fire me if you want then, I know that you won’t survive for a week without me,” she says, You laugh at her comment and nod in agreement
Choa brings you a chicken sandwich with a Matcha latte, you thank her and get back to staring at the computer as you are thinking about what you should do, this investment was a very large one and you desperately wanted to get it correct, finally, by doing some analysis and studying past trends you decide that you should invest in the company. Working was the best way to stop thinking about her every minute and you needed to get her out of your mind before she completely destroys you.
Reading and signing the documents took a lot longer than you expected, it was almost time for the dinner meeting so you left immediately for the hotel. The venue for the dinner was a 2 Michelin star restaurant. You walk into the private dining room with a few other people, and you notice a familiar face in the room, “I was not expecting that you would be here for the meeting today Ryan” you say as you walk toward him
“Yeah I was not planning on going but I won’t be here for long my wife wanted to go somewhere” hearing him say that you almost felt a little jealous because he found someone that loved him and cared, but you were happy for him as you knew very well about all the hardships that he had gone through.
“Take care man hope to see you more often, hit me up when you are in town and want to hang out,” you said and went to your assigned seat as the food was being served.
The dinner was very boring, it was mostly about business, you finish the dinner and decide to head back home as it has been a long day. The drive home was a time when your thoughts ran wild and made you think about her, the girl who cheated on you, blamed the entire situation on you saying that I wasn’t enough and that you should never date another woman because you were useless. Remembering the things she said to you was very painful and almost brought tears to your eyes, the breakup happened a week ago and the wounds were still fresh. The memories that you wanted to forget and drown out so badly wouldn’t go away it was almost like the whole scene was playing in your mind over and over again.
After reaching home, you took a cold shower and poured yourself a glass of whiskey, sipping on it while staring at the city view. Your thoughts begin to spiral again but the sound of a notification pulls you out, you go to check your phone and see the name that you never wanted to see ever again. The message was from Miyeon, your ex, you opened the message to find a video of her having sex with another man. The message under the video said “This is what I have been doing behind your back since the first day of our relationship, you meant nothing to me, I used you for your money and since you found out and broke up with me here is a parting gift, This video was taken on the day of our 1 year anniversary the day I said I couldn’t make it because I was busy. Bye and enjoy the video”
The video and message really sent you off the edge. You were barely holding on, she had meant everything to you, the past week had been very difficult for you, not being able to sleep, forcing yourself to eat and even throwing up from time to time. The glass of whiskey in your hand shattered from how tight you were holding it, the pain felt comforting and almost inviting as it helped take your mind off of her. Shattered glass everywhere and broken furniture everywhere, you had finally decided that this was enough and that you wanted to end everything so you went to the roof, the fall was 20 floors guaranteeing a 0% chance of survival.
Standing on the edge on the other side of the railing felt thrilling and also comforting knowing the fact that this was going to be the end and that you wouldn’t have to face Miyeon ever again. As you were about to Jump off the door to the roof opens, and a girl walks onto the roof and is shocked by the situation that she is witnessing. She takes a deep breath and says “Don’t do it, whatever is causing you to contemplate death is going to pass, don’t give them the pleasure of letting you win. I have been in your place contemplating death but there is light at the end of the tunnel trust me, get down, please. Talk to me about it, I am a complete stranger and you can vent to me.
You turn around to find an average-height woman with short black hair. she was pretty and her eyes were full of hope and were begging for you not to jump. Not wanting to traumatize a young woman you decide to step back to the safer side of the railing and hear what she has to say and maybe jump after she leaves.
“I am Gaeul, what is your name?”
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