If You Could Go Back (Taekook)
Chapter 18
The second week of October quickly became the best week I’d had in a
long time. The account with Westwater Hotels was mine, as was the promotion, and my new office next to my boss’s had a much better view
than I was used to. Gone was the alleyway behind the building. Now I saw cobblestone streets, trendy brownstones, and our little train station when I
looked out the window
The color of the trees had shifted to reds and yellows, and the awful
weather couldn’t dampen my mood. I even found myself smiling at the
ridiculous number of carved pumpkins.
This was what I’d been waiting for. My life was going to turn around
now. I could feel it.
As a thank you, I took my boss and his wife out for dinner that night. At
my fourth use of “sir,” he chuckled and told me he was just Yoongi outside the
office. He admitted to feeling weird about being a sir to me since we were
practically the same age.
If you didn’t have kids early, you didn’t have to get a late start to your
career. Around the time he’d started his business, I’d been wading through
diapers.
When I came home that night, I put the boys to bed before crash-
landing on the couch in the living room with my phone in hand. It was time
to call Jannie, and I was pretty sure she noticed my mood the second I say hello
Jennie
**gasp**You got the promotion!
I Grinned and adjusted the pillow behind my head
Kim Taehyung
I did. You’re now
married to the latest account exec at the Three Dots Agency
Jennie
Aw, congratulations! I’m so proud of you, Taehyung. We’ll have to
celebrate when I get home on Friday
Kim Taehyung
You’re coming home?
She’d told me she’d be home most weekends this fall, but she’d said
similar things before
Jennie
And no classes on Monday, so
you’ll be stuck with me all weekend.
I couldn’t f*cking wait. See? Things were already looking up. A few
months ago, I’d jokingly suggested to myself I could try cocaine to shake
me to life. Now everything was falling into place.
I couldn’t even describe how much I missed human
contact. I wanted to hold her, breathe her in, kiss her silly, and make love
for hours. Or twenty minutes, at least.
Jennie
I miss you too,**softly**
Jennie
Only two years to go.
I nodded, even though she couldn’t see me. To me, there was no “only”
about it. Since it was my fault she’d missed out on college the first time, I would never stand in her way. I supported her with every fiber of my being,
but it was hard. Especially because we had the boys.
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