Chapter 18 - Never Loved Her

"I'm not your wife."

Jimin slowly let her go and looked at her. Yes.

That was her last hug. She lowered her head and kept sobbing.

"Of course. You are not my wife. You are my

Precious Lovely Beautiful Wife...." he pinched her red nose.

Myeong Jo raised her head and looked at him,

"Jimin, I am not your wife."

Her voice sounded so firm that his joyful face

turned into a confused one slowly. He chuckled nervously, "Yah, what are

you saying? Are you that mad at me?"

This time, she just shut her heart inside and

let her brain speak, "I am not Queen Min Myeong Jo of The Kingdom of

Busan. I am not the girl you married. I am not the girl you fell in love

with."

His eyes had those questions. His face showed

that expression she knew he would. Confused and surprised Jimin.

Myeong Jo wiped her face, "I'm sorry I hid

it from you for a long time. T-the truth is........... I am from another

universe. A parallel universe."

Jimin just kept staring at her.

"You are acting really weird now. Are you

okay?" he asked.

Myeong Jo sighed, "You have to believe me.

Whatever I say is absolutely true. Jimin, you gotta listen to me."

"When I first woke up, I couldn't recognize

you. Nor anybody in this world. I had a different life in my mind. A different upbringing.

I was a poor, deprived girl. My parents left me and my brother in a huge debt.

All our life we had to grow up in proverty and had to pay them back. Life was

really cruel with us....." she hopelessly smiled a bit.

"Then life really didn't want me to live

any longer, I decided to end this cruel life. I committed suicide."

Jimin kept staring at her. He just listened to

her words without any reaction. His heart was racing against time whether or

not he should keep believing her nonsense words.

"But I didn't die. I woke up here. With the

same body, same voice, same mind, same heart, same name, same face. Yet a

totally different life. A life where I am a Queen, a life where I have a loving

husband, a life where I can find the word Happiness." she smiled again.

"I began to dig out the truth. After doing,

I realized I was transported into a parallel universe. A world same as ours yet

separate. The Neowise Comet magically just granted my wish. And here I

was."

"I have only 149 days. After then, I suppose

I will go back to my world."

Jimin's eyes began flickering. And that's when

she saw his eyes had also tears.

This broke her down. She really can imagine what

Jimin must be feeling right now. Confused, Lost, Upset, Shocked, Pained.

He stepped towards her and held her shoulders.

Myeong Jo couldn't look at him out of guilt. She faced the floor; tears

dropping as well.

"M-Myeong Jo-ah.........Please tell me this

is a lie....y-you are mad at me right? I'm sorry....I'm sorry that I hurt

you..... Please don't turn it into this...." his voice was already broken.

"I'm sorry, Jimin." she mumbled under

her breath.

Jimin gasped and tightened his grips on her

shoulders. He shook her violently again and again, "Myeong Jo-ah! Wake up!

What are you saying?! You are not in your senses! Stop saying nonsense!"

Myeong Jo just endured his shakes and sobbed.

"P-parallel world? Where did you get this

idea from? Look I know you are very much upset with me and I don't blame you

for that. But.......at least don't utter such lies!"

Jimin raised her eyes at him by holding her

chin.

"I know you. I know you more than anyone. I

know every atom and cell in your body. You can't lie to me, Myeong Jo. Please

stop......."

Myeong Jo suddenly pushed him away from her. She

cried loudly and began undressing her dress again. She lowered the back side of

her dress and showed him her scarless back.

Jimin gazed at her for a long time without

uttering anything. His lips were shaking. His face had different look. Red, wet

eyes, pale skin, trembling lips.

"There is no scar, see? I was never there

when the arrow hit me. It hit your real wife. The real Myeong Jo. I was never

here. I was never born in this world!" she shouted.

Jimin lost his balance out of shock and slipped

on the floor. The vase and the glass also dropped to the floor; causing a great

mess. He ran his fingers through his hair several times. Not understanding what

was going on.

What was going on? Why is she acting like this?

Is she gone mad? The scar.... Why isn't it there? How can she ever do this?!

Myeong Jo's faced turned red due to overcrying.

Jimin was on the floor; taking deep breaths. She slowly knelt in front of him

and took the courage to hold his hand. He looked at her despite his uncountable

unknown questions in his mind going on now.

"I-I know it's hard to believe.... It was

for me too......that I was somewhere I never belonged. I tried to tell you but

it seemed like as if time didn't give me any opportunity. You don't know

how..... from the bottom of my heart I wanted that scar to be in my

back......I'm not your wife that you fell in love with." she sobbed while

saying.

Jimin's eyes began dropping water too. He closed

his eyes and opened them again.

"J-just there isn't the scar, doesn't mean

you are not M-Myeong Jo...that doesn't say you are not my wife." he still

said.

Jimin actually loved his wife blindly. His whole

world was her. He believed his and her hearts are connected. If he could, he

would bring a star for her. His love for her was very powerful.

Right now, he was unable to believe. He was

calming himself down again and again but couldn't. A hidden unexpected truth

was just revealed to him. He couldn't just accept it. How could his own wife

saying such nonsenses? He wanted to believe that his silly wife was just acting

crazy. He didn't want to believe her.

"T-the scar not being there doesn't mean

you are from another w-world. You are only mine...." he whimpered and

began crying.

She cried with her teeth closed. Her heart

couldn't bear so much pain. She was already weak.

"S-scars don't heal.....what about those

memories? The ones that were truly mine? How long would I had lived with

forgotten gold memories and avoiding my true black past?"

Jimin tightened his fists and now just cried.

Cried his heart out. Finally trying to believe. He recalled the first moment

when she woke up. Acting like a total stranger. Days passed yet she didn't

recall one single thing. She avoided all types of his affections and skinships.

She didn't even talk to him. She was scared. All makes sense. Why she changed

so much.

"Please....please....Don't do this to

me...." he mumbled between his cries.

Myeong Jo felt like she was dead though she was

alive. At last the moment she feared like hell had come. The truth was

revealed. Instead of feeling relief, she felt more pain. She knew the truth

would hurt Jimin very much. Now the result is in front of her. If only she

would say it the day she came here.....

Jimin again looked at her while crying,

"You are my Myeong Jo right? Tell me you are lying. Y-you are playing with

me........You are the one who smiled at me for the first time when I gave you a

blue rose. You cried for me when I went to a war. Y-you made kimbap for the

first time for me. You were brushing your hair with a toothbrush as you were

staring at me working out. Tell me you remember all

these.......Please......"

Myeong Jo's heart twisted in pain. So many

memories he recalled. And she took that valuable person's place in his heart.

She lowered her head as there was no reply she could give him.

"Myeong Jo-ah.....! Stop....stop....hurting

me...... You're lying..... Why are you making a story like this? You cannot do

this to me......" he pushed her hand away.

Both of them were sitting on the floor; crying

as if they lost the meaning of their lives.

"Y-You Lied to Me...."

Myeong Jo looked at Jimin.

"Y-You hid the most valuable truth from

me!" Jimin gritted his teeth and said looking at her. For the first time

in her eyes, Jimin looked angry. His eyes had hate, anger and disgust. He

looked completely different.

"H-how....could you do this to me? You knew

How Much I loved my wife! Why didn't you tell me earlier?!" he yelled at

her and pushed her.

Myeong Jo fell on her back. She was so shocked

to see his behavior. Though we all know he will act this way.

"Guards!" Jimin stood up and called

the guards. Three of them entered their room. As first they were surprised to

see Jimin's anger and Myeong Jo laying on the floor; breathing heavily.

"Take This Woman Out Of My Sight! Lock Her

Up In The Dungeons!" Jimin yelled and began throwing stuffs around out of

anger.

The guards looked totally shocked. Why they need

to lock their Queen. They looked at each other and back at Jimin. Myeong Jo was

staring at Jimin; breathing heavily.

"Didn't you hear me?! Take her away!"

he threw the flower vase to the floor.

"B-but My Lord.....The Q-queen....."

one of them stutterered.

Jimin looked at them, "I said to lock her

up. She is arrested for imposture, betrayal. Before you lose your jobs, get her

away from me."

She was so shocked to see this side of him.

Although she knew he won't be the same after he'll get to know the truth; yet

it felt so strange to see him. Jimin's face had the same amount of sorrow and

disgust written on his face.

The guards gulped and held her arms then made

her stand up. They began dragging her out of the room. Of course they were

surprised as well as confused. But they had to follow their King's orders.

Her stare was only at Jimin. He never looked at

her. He covered his face with his palms and cried. Myeong Jo's eyes never left

him or nor did any tears stopped.

"Jimin........" she whimpered.

Yet he never faced her.

They dragged her out of the room as her every

step made her realize she made a big mistake by delaying and how she regrets

now for hurting him.

But how could she? Imagine after 23 years of

wishing for one person who'll change your life; suddenly appears in front of

you. The person who you always wanted; he loved you, made you smile and feel

protected. That dreamy person made everything you wished come true. Happiness

you always sought and you found it in him. The reason for your happiness was

him.

How could she let him go when he was everything

she wished for?

But now she felt much guiltier. No matter what,

for her own selfishness; she shouldn't had taken his real wife's place. After

all now she realized........

Jimin never loved Her.

He actually loved his wife. The real Min Myeong Jo. The moment he knew

she wasn't her; he turned his back on her. Myeong Jo felt depression as she

thought that. He never loved her. The way Jimin behaved with her just now; was

his true behaviour towards her. All those love, sweet words, care were for his

real wife.

Her body wracked with an onslaught of sobs and tears.

Her mind repeatedly telling herself, "How stupid was I to think he

actually loved me!" Myeong Jo knew the days of her little happiness that

just began were over. Now back to her old life where she had to struggle to

live for the next day; similarly now she has to fight to get through the

million emotions she will go through for the next days.

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