I will take care of you, I promise

"What is this rumour I hear Eun Bi?... How can you betray me in this manner"

"It's not what you think, I can explain"

"Explain????!, it's all over the news Eun Bi, what exactly do you want to explain," he asked with a weary look on his face, Eun Bi could see that he was already teary-eyed.

"Honey" she called softly using her already shaky hands to touch the side of his face.

"I love you so much and you know that I am not willing to give up our love for anything, but just try to understand my position, none of this was my choice," she said with great difficulty trying to breathe due to the conflicting thoughts in her head, she dreaded her father as much as she dreaded losing him.

"Okay, let me get this straight Eun Bi because it wasn't your choice, you'd leave me regardless, what exactly is this about can you explain to me, is it because I'm not an elite?

is that the reason why your father would not consider me a worthy suitor?"

"Sung Ho!" she cried out

"Don't say that you know I never cared about your background and I still don't, you just understand how difficult this is" she explained as a drop of tear escaped from the corner of her eyes.

His heart broke into a million pieces seeing that she was crying, it was a really difficult position and he just couldn't understand how difficult it is to just say 'No father I won't marry this stranger, I already have a fiance'

"you said you loved me, Eun Bi"

"what are you saying Sung Ho, I have never given you any reason to doubt the love I have for you and you know that!!!" she said as more tears flowed down her cheeks.

She understood Sung Ho well enough to know that he already felt defeated

"Sung Ho you can't be like this I need time and courage to figure things out, you can't feel defeated well get through this," she said with so much desperation in her voice.

"We?"

she nodded her head vigorously with her face washed with her tears sniffling hard

Look at you Eun Bi, if you had an easy way out if you felt 'We' had any chance, any chance at all, you wouldn't be crying so much, you would have believed your own words when you said we can get through this, it's not me that feels defeated Eun Bi, it's you, you feel defeated, it is you that had given up, not me"

Her heart broke into a million pieces on hearing his

words, he was right, and she knew she'd be damned for life if she proved his statement right, he was the love of her life and she would rather be with him than with anyone else, she didn't care about fame or money, she just wanted to be happy and she knew with Sung-Ho happiness was attainable

The silence in the room had made them both more aware of their environment, they could feel the impact of every wind that brushed their skin.

"What do we do now?" asked with a shaky voice

"We wait"

"We wait?!.... For what exactly" she asked with hopeful eyes

"We wait for you to get over your fear of your father and stand up for what is right stand up for our life and show that this thing we have is so precious"

She looked at him with sorrowful eyes, she knew he was right, the ball wasn't in his court, there was nothing he could do about this.

He moved closer to her closing the gap that existed between them

"Eun Bi, I most likely do not understand exactly how difficult this is for you, it's also not so easy for me to see the news talk about how the only daughter of the Yang would get married to the eldest son of the Park's 'the Parks' Eun Bi, I can't compete with that, compared to the Parks I am a nobody, I don't even deserve to be by your side when I examine it, I want you to be happy, your happiness is more important than mine, I do not doubt your love for me at the same time I have to be realistic, I do not know how difficult this is for you and I would never put you in a difficult position...."

The gaze of Eun Bi was enough to bore a while in his chest, her heart was already tearing apart piece by piece, what he said sounded like a breakup but she was still hopeful.

"Sung Ho" she called out in a soft tone

"No, let me finish..." he said calmly

"If you frankly want this to work between both of us, let's run away, let's walk away from all these dramas, come with me let's start a new life in another country we might not have enough but we would have the happiness we always wanted and I'll take care of you, I promise"