03. The Betrayal

“Hey, you're the road runner from this morning, aren't you?" Yu Bin asked me, with his beautiful brown eyes piercing straight into my soul.

I opened my mouth to answer, but there were no words, my mind was blank, it was like seeing nothing; I had nothing in my head.

The beautiful man had obviously aged, but it was hardly obvious with that fine fit body and perfectly gelled hair. I didn't even want to calculate how old he’d be; Hell, I didn't even know how old he was in the first place.

“I’m their class teacher,” we’re the only words I could utter. He stretched out his left hand for a handshake, and there it was, the proof that the man standing in front of me was the man I married, if I was doubting before, the tattoo on his finger was all the proof I needed. I slowly slipped my tiny hand into his big one, shaking him with a forced smile on my face.

“I’m sorry, but have we met before?” He asked. My heart sank at the realization that he couldn’t remember me, he didn’t know who I was. What was I even thinking? The man was obviously married with two beautiful children, here was no way he’d know who I was, there was no time to think about the little teenage girl he married years ago. 

“No, we haven’t,” I smiled at him. He tilted his head to one side while keeping his eyes on me. Like he was trying to rack his brain to remember who I was. There was no point.

“I think we have,” he persisted. I forced a smile and pulled out my hand from his.

“We haven’t. It was nice meeting you sir, have a nice day,” I told him. He gave me a look and smiled.

“I’m sorry, I just thought- never mind. Nice to meet you too, have a nice day,” his smooth voice said and he walked out of the classroom with the twins. Lord knows that self control was saving me from doing a whole bunch of stuff I knew I was bound to regret. My knees felt weak. I couldn’t even believe myself.

I was excited though, happy that after all these years, I finally got to meet him again, even if it was for a brief moment. To be honest, I thought I’d never see him again, because when we departed, it felt like he was going someplace very far away, like heaven.

I still remembered what his face looked like in the dark, with only streaks of moonlight shining gracefully on it. Yu Bin looked good that night, but there was this sadness in his eyes. He wasn’t happy; it felt like he just lost something so dear to him, and I was glad I could help him feel better, even though most of the things I did were embarrassing, I was happy I could put a smile on his face for a while. I mean the man helped me feel better, that was the least I could do for him. 

He still had that sadness in his eyes though, it was evident as day that there was something going on that bothered him; maybe it was issues he was having with his wife? I couldn’t tell, I wasn’t a relationship expert.

I wanted to help him wipe off the sadness he was feeling, but that was not possible, as I had already denied ever meeting him.

I shook every thought of the beautiful Asian man from my mind as I packed my stuff to go home. It was a long day, and I didn’t have lunch, because the teachers had a separate hall for eating, and I didn’t want to feel like the new girl in a high school. Looking for where to sit, trying to choose friends and all of that, so I skipped instead, I could do that some other time, when I was confident enough.

I ordered an Uber back home, and thankfully, Eric was home.

“Honey I’m home!” I yelled, walking into the house like I owned the place; well I did, with Eric, but that’s not the point.

“No one cares,” Eric yelled back. At that moment, I remembered what Eric did to me earlier. I followed the sound of his voice, which led me to the kitchen.

“Well well well, if it isn’t the bitch that lied to me this morning,” I strolled into the kitchen with a murderous look on my face; well I hoped it looked that way.

“Why do you look like a slaughtered animal? What’s with the eyes?” Eric said and I rolled my eyes.

“I hate you and I want to hurt you, but I’m in a good mood! You won’t even believe who I met today!” I smiled.

“Who?” He asked, seeming uninterested as his gaze was on what he was doing with the pot, or what was inside the pot.

“What the hell are you doing?” I asked him, looking at the pot. Whatever he was trying to cook was burning, but he kept the pot aflame.

I pushed him out of the way, taking the pot off the cooker.

“Don’t even say a word about this,” Eric threatened and I laughed.

“So, who did you meet?” He asked me

“Yu Bin” I yelled, smiling brightly, while Eric kept a confused straight face, looking at me like I lost my mind.

“You don’t remember who Yu Bin is, do you? I asked and he shook his head.

“Am I supposed to know who he is? Wait, is he a korean actor? He has one of those names,” he said and I rolled my eyes.

“No dummy,” I told him and showed him my left hand. 

“The tattoo, the man I married? Do you remember?” I asked him.

“Oh yes, where did you meet him? I’m sure you were very happy, ready to risk it all for him” Eric teased. Though he was right, I hated having to hear him say it like it was a bad thing, because it sounded like a bad thing.

“That’s not even possible, he’s married and his children attend the school I work at now. What’s worse? I’m their class teacher,” I laughed.

“Destiny really said “hey, you can see him, but you can’t have him”” Eric mocked and laughed at his lameness.

“It’s not like I want him anyway,” I puffed, folding my arms.

“I did meet a pretty ladytoday, she looked like a supermodel, the best part is that I get to see her everyday,” Eric said. I honestly thought it was one of his lame jokes about me.

“Don’t tell me it’s me,” I replied.

“Ew no, it can never be you, not even in a million years,” Ouch!

“Well, fuck you very much sir,” I flipped him.

“I think I have a crush on her. She’s so powerful though, way out of my league” Eric said and I laughed.

I shook my head at him and rushed to my room to go freshen up. All the while, doing a happy dance in my head that I finally got to see Yu Bin after such a long time.