His Only Sin

6 years ago

"What's up with you today?" Ian, my fiancé asked when I suddenly hugged him. He was watching his favorite sports program on TV in our bedroom and I somehow disturbed him but I didn't care.

"Nothing," I answered as I let go of him and settled on my side of the bed.

"Tomorrow I will be going to the boutique to fit my wedding dress. Will you be coming with me?" I asked and I held my breath as I waited for his answer.

In two months' time, I would be taking my vows with this man, to be lawfully wedded, to be together forever. God knew I loved him. But…

"Sure. I'll pick you up from the office tomorrow and bring you there," Ian told me fondly as he smiled and I felt relieved. I had thought that he would tell me an excuse not to go but he didn't.

Honestly, the reason why I wanted him to come with me was to appease my own apprehensions. I had been hearing rumors about my fiancé seeing other women, and I felt uncomfortable with that. I had known about Ian's womanizing before, but since we started dating, he had promised I would be the only one.

Aside from that…

What's wrong with me?

Lately, I found myself being distracted easily. I was clumsy yes – but I hardly ever space out. Well, not much until I met "him".

"Are you listening to me?"

"Huh?" I turned to Ian with a confused expression and he laughed at me.

"You're spacing out again. I said I'll be going on a business trip soon, so Yunho will be the one helping you for a while."

My heart raced and my breath caught up my throat at the mention of his name, but I tried hard to shake my nervousness aside. "I don't need help. I'll be fine on my own."

"But I already told Yunho," Ian told me which meant that it was final.

I really wanted to protest since I felt weird about his cousin. Well, not totally weird, but Yunho made me feel…something. I could still remember a month ago when I first met him like it was just yesterday.

"Will they like me?"I anxiously asked Ian, as I tried to fix my hair.

We were sitting in the car which was parked outside the high class restaurant, waiting for the valet. In a few minutes, I'll be meeting Ian's cousins, and I was feeling nervous as hell.

Well, who wouldn't? One of the cousins was after all the owner and president of the company I was working for. Before being engaged to Ian, I was working as a receptionist in one of the hotels Lee Corp. owned.As soon as I wore the ring however, Ian asked me to stop working and concentrate on preparing a home for us.

"Of course," Ian said confidently as he guided me out of the car and into the brightly lit restaurant.

The first thing that came to my mind as I saw the beautiful interior was "wow". However, upon reaching our table, all thoughts flew out of my head as I spotted a solemn looking, handsome man, who stared back at me with his intense almond shaped eyes.

The next I knew, I was already seated in front of the said guy, trying hard not to embarrass myself but failed miserably. I couldn't understand why, but he really made me nervous and conscious of myself. When I spilled water on the table which also wet his immaculate suit, I felt like dying as I apologized.

"I'm so sorry," I said over and over again as I tried to wipe his clothes with my handkerchief, but stopped when our hands touched, and I immediately withdrew mine as I stared wide eyed at him.

"It's alright," he said as he smiled at me for the first time.

I didn't know why but I found him very kind in spite of the rumors about him. They said he was strict and yet, the Lee Yunho who was smiling at me right at the moment was like an angel, and I'd never forgotten that smile since.

"Jaeyoung!"

"Yes?" I blinked several times and realized that Ian was scowling at me.

"Sorry, I was thinking," I apologized which made my fiancé shake his head.

"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked and I nodded, but he didn't look at all convinced.

"I think you overwork yourself too much. It's a good thing Yunho agreed to assist you while I'm gone," Ian said more to himself than to me, and then turned his attention back to his TV program.

Sighing, I pulled the blanket up to my chin as I thought about how to deal with his cousin. There's no point in begging Ian not to leave me alone with Yunho anymore. I might sound strange and I didn't want Ian to find out what had been going on in my mind.

I didn't want Ian to know that lately, since my fiancé hadn't had enough time for me and started asking his cousin to take care of me, disloyal thoughts began cultivating in my head.

At first it was because I thought that Ian should be more like his cousin; kind, thoughtful and gentle.

When he became busier, I wondered why Ian couldn't be like Yunho? Why couldn't he be like his cousin, who even though he was very busy too, he was still able to find time to accompany me?

I just realized one day that I had stopped missing my own lover, and began thinking about…him. I knew it was wrong. I was almost a married woman – almost married to his cousin, Ian, and I shouldn't be thinking about him.

Having decided, I pushed myself to concentrate on my fiancé and forget about Yunho, but fate had some other plans for me.