Rayan slowly opened his eyes when he heard the sound of a giggle. He tried to move but couldn't because he was sleeping on the couch with Crystal.
But who's that? His vision was still blurred, he blinked his eyes to clear vision. His lips parted as he saw his mother and daughter looking at them with a smile on their face. He tried to find something to say, but nothing came out.
"Good Morning, dad." It was Anne who giggled again. They must be curious about why were they sleeping here!
He rolled his eyes at them. "Good Morning. Princess, Good morning, mom." He said with a loud tone, trying to wake Crystal up.
Crystal's brows slightly furrowed as the loud voice rang in her ear. She hid her face in Rayan's neck. She is definitely going to regret this.
"Princess, go downstairs," Yolly said to Anne. Anne nodded obediently and left.
As she left, Rayan took a glance
It was the second time, Rayan and Crystal laid their feet on abroad together. Though it's Venice of Italy this time, it reminded them of Paris. A lot of memories from the school trip started coming to their mind as soon as they came out of the plane. Their story began in Paris. And now they were here to start with another story. Anne! Their daughter.When Crystal asked Rayan Why did he choose Italy. He answered saying it's a new beginning of us. Really A New Beginning. Of Life. Of Happiness.Alex, Lily, and Nick came along with them. John couldn't make it because of his busy schedule. Rayan said Daniel will join them in the evening."Rayan. This one? This water bus?" Crystal couldn't believe she has to climb up on this bus. It's already rolling a lot! God! It's scary. What if it gets drowned?Seeing Crystal's expression, Everyone burst out laughing. She was nervous from the plane when Rayan said her it'll not be lik
Daniel was hugging Crystal like he missed her so much. Crystal was looking uncomfortable, shocked obviously. Nick wasn't shocked at all. He was anxious about Rayan's temperature. He wasn't reacting at all, looking calm. It's unusual.Rayan inhaled a deep breath and put his clenched hands inside his pockets. As Crystal glanced at him with a sorry look, Rayan blinked his eyes, assuring her with a it's okay look.Daniel pulled away from her and turned to Alex. "What's up, dude?" Then he smiled at Lily and squatted down in front of Anne. "Hi, beautiful."Anne grinned. "Hi, uncle. I'm Anne. You're Daniel uncle, right?"Daniel nodded. "But do I look like an uncle to you?" He pretended to look sad.Rayan forced himself to laugh. "Daniel.""Yeah.""You'll be okay with Alex and Nick in the same room? Or...""I'll be more than okay." Daniel cut his words off.
The next day everyone meets in the hotel launch."What now?" Lily asked Rayan when he pulled everyone out of the hotel.Rayan smiled cheekily as he pointed two private gondolas (traditional boats) waiting for them. "Now this. sister, we are in Venice. Let's just wander and lost here. We'll meet again at St. Mark’s Square.""Just say you want to have some time alone with your wife." Lily narrowed her eyes at her silly brother. There were two gondolas. That means they aren't going with them.Rayan threw a glare at his sister before climbing down on the gondola and extending his hand to Crystal. "Come, darling.""What about Anne?" Crystal pursed her lips, looking at her daughter."Lily aunt and uncles will be always with Anne, mom. Don't worry." Anne assured her mother with a sweet smile.Rayan let out a soft laugh. What an understandable daughter! He felt proud of him
The night at the Party..."....I'm just curious about one thing. You have enough, right? Then why are you after all the rich guy?""What did you say I'm after rich guys?" Somin face darkened more, her hand was still on her cheek. Her blood was raging inside her body. No one in the earth slapped her before.Rayan nodded. "Yeah. You're. First Alex. Second Daniel. Now me. You know what you want attention. You want every rich guy for you." He was looking like nothing happened, normal.Taking her hand down from her cheek, she looked sharply at Rayan who was looking cold. "And you want every girl to play with you, right? We're the same, Rayan." She smiled wickedly.Rayan let out a soft laugh and nodded. "You can say I WANTED to play with girls like you. Believe I regret that. I regret I dated someone like you."The disappointments on her face were obvious to see. But she forced herself to
After coming to San Marco Square, Rayan held Crystal's hand. "What?" Crystal blinked her eyes as he pulled him with him to the place where so many pigeons were flying."Rayan. They will attack us." Crystal shouted hurriedly when he started walking towards them.Rayan nodded. "I'll protect you." Crystal pressed her feet on the ground, not ready to go. They were flying too much.Rayan narrowed his eyes and pulled her harder. Crystal lowered her head and closed her eyes tightly as the pigeons started flying around them. She stood like a statue, holding Rayan's hand. "Rayan....!" She screamed as a pigeon sat on her hair.Rayan couldn't help but laugh. She was looking so cute. Suppressing his smile, he turned his head to the other side. "I'll not do anything. I'm angry with you." He pressed lips together.Crystal creased her brows and opened her eyes now. "Why?" She turned her head to him confusingly.
Somin looked at herself in the mirror before spraying the perfume on her neck. She adjusted the robe and hair when someone knocked on the door. Her smile spread on her face knowing who was it. It's Rayan! It's strange but he called her and said he'll come.Taking a last glance at herself in the mirror, she opened the door and the smile on her face faded away seeing Crystal standing outside. Not Rayan. "Why are you here? The person I want to see is Rayan." The blood ragged inside her body.Crystal sighed. "So rude. You don't have any manner." She put her hand on her shoulder and gently push her aside, making space for herself to come in. Somin was blocking the space.Somin was still holding the doorknob. "Get out. And send him." She shouted at her.Crystal sat on the couch and looked at her. "My husband wasn't ready to let me come here. He said he'll handle this. I think this was the reason. He was afraid of your rud
Crystal flipped her eyes open when she felt wet kisses on her neck. "Rayan. Stop." Rayan bit on her skin and she whined."Darling. Can you check at the clock?" He whispered.Crystal blinked her blur vision and glanced at the clock. Her eyes got rounded seeing the clock ticking at 11.48 pm. She quickly pulled herself in a sitting position. "Rayan. Why didn't you wake me up? We don't have time."Rayan sat beside her and nodded. "I tried but... couldn't. And don't worry everything is ready, see I changed your dress to nightgown so that you don't have to waste time in it.""What are you saying?" Crystal got confused, she creased her brows. As Rayan hinted her to check herself, she scanned herself from head to toe. That's right. She wasn't wearing a nightgown. Her eyes widened again with shock. Did he change her dress? Really? Her face turned red.Rayan noticed that he pressed his lips together, trying t
"Actually we met before at a club. But here in the canteen your mom first saw me." Rayan said as he took a glance at the cash counter, then at the seats. A smile spread across his face. Though seven years have passed, the canteen is still the same. "We started with a catfight between us. I still remembered her glare so clearly."Crystal let out a soft laugh. "I didn't see you at the club but I talked with you."Rayan narrowed his gaze at her. "Yeah. You called me uncle. Really? Uncle? I still get angry about that."Anne turned to her mother with a curious face. "Mom, how do you feel when you first met dad? Your heart was beating so fast, right?""Why do you think my heart will be beating fast seeing you dad?" Crystal asked as she squatted down in front of her."Because my dad is so handsome." Anne replied with a sweet smile.Rayan laughed and knelt beside Crystal, looking at his dau
Dear diary, How long has it been? 13 years? No, to be exact it's 13 years 6 months and 4 days. I remember the first day we met in the canteen. A coincidence encounter brought us together and changed our life. We talked, we laughed, we fought. No, it was never a fight. I yelled at him. Because he never fights back. Whenever I get mad, he just smiles. Everything was going perfect between us. But one day a simple misunderstanding broke us apart. We cried. We suffered. And fate binds us together again. With our Unexpected Love: Anne. Everything just felt like yesterday. The day he was shot by the gun and was in the OT's bed in front of me. The day I was asking one day from him as my birthday present and he was ready to give me forever. The day when I decided to throw myself into his embrace again. The day when I let him slip the ring around my finger. That was the day when our happy love story be
Five years later.... (Trevi Fountain, Rome)"Aysha, don't run fast. Wait for me." Anne shouted from behind as she chasing her little sister.Little Aysha looked at her sister and smiled sweetly. "Anne, water." She pointed her tiny finger to the beautiful water fountain.Anne grasped her tiny hand and kneeled in front of her. "Yes. This is the Trevi fountain. Dad said most of the tourists will definitely come here to toss a coin."Aysha looked at her curiously. "Toss a coin?"Anne nodded. "According to the legend of Rome’s most famous fountain, the main reason for tossing coins into the Trevi is based on local lore that states doing so will bring you back to Rome again, someday."Aysha's eyes started shining, she looked back at her mother and father. "Mom, let's toss coins. I want to come back here again."Crystal smiled as she took out some coins from her purs
Six months later....Rayan was hugging Anne in his arm with Crystal snuggled close to him in a comfy swing at the balcony."When will the vacation end? I miss school so much." Anne pouted her lips sadly.Rayan looked down at his daughter with his gaze narrowed. "You miss school or you miss Kyungsoo?" He asked with a sour tone.Crystal laughed and hit his arm softly. "Stop being ridiculous.""But dad is right. I miss Kyungsoo." Anne smiled cheekily.Rayan let out a heavy sigh before he smiled. "You already like him so much?" He asked, looking at his daughter.Anne nodded and looked at his father. "I secretly called him with your phone yesterday. He was worried about me and gave me all the notes for the exam."Rayan scoffed with disbelief before he turned to Crystal. "That boy is really good at courting girls. He better be loyal and good to my girl or
Three months later...."Somin." Crystal gave her a smile when she entered her room. Her eyes dropped at her big stomach. "The baby is healthy?"Somin nodded and sat beside her on the bed. "Mom and baby both are healthy. What about you? Daniel said you have a fever."A deep sigh escaped Crystal's lips. "Even he knows that? Ah, Rayan! I'm totally fine, it's just because of the weather. And my husband is worried to death. He is really an annoying husband."Somin laughed. "He loves you a lot." She paused and put her hand on her hand. "He should. Who'll not love a woman like you? 8 years ago you fought with everything just to save his baby. I understand now because I'm pregnant. I wonder how did you survive alone."Crystal's lips curved with a soft smile. "Your husband has changed you a lot. I think you're in love with him already?"Somin nodded. "I'm." She then averted her gaze from her
1 month later in Hokkaido...."Ahh. Dad..." Anne screamed when her father threw a big piece of snowball towards her. She tried to stand up but the surface was so slippery and she fell on the snow again.Rayan laughed at her daughter's clumsiness as he ran towards her and held her hand to help her out. Instead of getting up, Anne pulled him down and Rayan fell on the snow beside her."You..." Rayan scowled. Anne giggled as she picked up a snowball and threw it to her father. Rayan quickly jerked to the side and avoided the snowball. He sat and pulled Anne into his arms and kept tickling her. Anne couldn't help but started laughing. "Dad. Haha. No. stop. Haha." Seeing her laughter, Rayan laughed.Crystal who was standing in front of the cottage porch laughed at them. "You kids better be careful, don't hurt yourself." She reminded them."Mom, come here and play with us." Anne shouted with a wide smile
When Crystal opened her eyes, she was already in the hospital bed. Rayan was sitting beside her. He looked so anxious still now. Her head wasn't spinning anymore. But she was feeling weak.Crystal pulled herself up in a sitting position and looked at Rayan. "Are you okay?" She asked Rayan with a soft voice. He didn't look good.Rayan didn't answer her, he cupped her face. "Are you okay? What happened to you?" He asked worriedly.Crystal averted her gaze from him to Yejin who was now standing beside the door. "Congratulations." She mouthed the word as her eyes met Crystal's and pulled Alex outside with her.Alex clenched his jaw when she closed her door. "What? Is she pregnant?"Yejin released his hand and nodded. "She is.""Do you think she'll be okay this time? She was so weak last time." Alex said worriedly.Yejin turned her head to him. "Are you still not over he
"Congratulations dude. The DNA matched. You're going to be a father." Rayan gave Daniel a friendly hug and patted on his back.Daniel grinned. "Thank you, dude." He was so happy when he saw the 100% matched result of the DNA test."I want an abortion."Hearing what Somin said just now, Everyone in the room turned their head to her, stunned. Daniel's face went pale, the smile on his face has vanished now. "Why?" He asked, shocked.Somin who was sitting on the hospital bed with her head resting on the headboard frowned. "Why? Am I crazy? Why do I keep your baby in my stomach and suffer?""The suffering is worth, Somin. Don't kill an innocent life." Crystal said as she entered the room."You're saying that because you have a baby with Rayan whom you love and he loves you too," Somin said while avoiding her gaze. She didn't know why she wasn't prepared to meet her gaze. "Can you two ple
"I didn't know my husband can sing too. His voice can beat any singer's voice. Why didn't he become a singer?" Crystal smiled as the dewy grass was cool against her barefoot, dark green and glossy, gently fluttering in the breeze.Rayan let out a soft and walked behind her in the grass. "His wife was the one who has made him fall in love with music. She used to give him a bundle of music's list." He remembered those days very clearly.Crystal stopped walking and took steps back to him. She snaked her arm around his arm and looked at him. "You're glowing so much today just like the sun." She put her palm on his face, bringing his face closer. She kissed his chin softly. "And so delicious."Rayan widened his eyes in surprise. "Madam. What's wrong with you today? So touched by today's surprise?" He leaned and kissed her lips.He was about to pull away when Crystal grabbed his hair and pulled him closer, kissing and suc
Crystal parked the car in front of the Han river park and took her phone from her purse before getting down from the car. It's still dark, and so cold. She wrapped her scarf around her and rolled her eyes around.The pathway was dense with rows of cherry blossom trees. The late winter breeze made her legs numb though it was quite refreshing with the touch of the pleasant smell of the trees and flowers. The place was so peaceful at this hour. Obviously, who will come here now?Her phone beeped. She opened the chat on her phone.From: RayanWalk straight and then turn your left.Crystal sighed, inhaling the cool spring air, the fresh scent of flowers passing through her lips and into her lungs.The petals were almost covering the ground in irregular clusters. There were street-lamps stood beside those trees, arching over the silvery road because of the fog, illuminating the way.