CH: 34 LAID DOWN

He held his head down after I nodded and said, "You know mason, I was raped". He paused for a while laughing bitterly, "I was laid down by a few people who were at the same age as my dad."And those words were like a shock to me which was really beyond my imagination. My eyes widened and I choked on my drink and spit it out.

"WHAT?" was the only word I could speak at that moment?

"Yes, Mason." He said looking away and he again took a sip of the drink and continued, "My dad... he used me as a thing to sell for money, he drugged me and gave me to random people against my will and ordered me to sleep with them because he was so obsessed with money that he didn't care about me, and never considered my decision I never wanted to do that but those people used me and touched my every part of the skin." He finished and shrugged at his place.

I could feel the warm water on my cheek, which was streaming down from my cheeks, and that was nothing other than tears. I was crying as I couldn't take it anymore I looked at him without a word and he again spoke.

"I was used by many men and women. Mason, I don't even have a count. I am not pure, I was never pure... My image in front of you was just a fake one. I sold my body, Mason. But mason I swear I didn't have any other option rather than doing that." He said wiping his tears and taking pauses in between and I was doing the same I was wiping my tears again and again and with every tear, I could feel the sense of my heart being broken but at the same time, I also felt like my tears were helping me to reduce the load I had in my heart for forever. He again opened his mouth to continue but I didn't wait for another second and pulled him in a hug.

"You don't have to say anything. Hyung." I said but he wanted to take it all out; he wanted to spit out everything so he pushed me away a bit and said, "Let me speak mason, I want to take it all out now. I am so done with keeping it inside me, you know what this is the only reason it is becoming hard for me."

"What are you talking about hyung, just stop already," I said stopping him from saying anything further.

He shouted "I being a slut is the reason, of why I'm stopping myself even though I know that I..." before he could complete I again pulled him in a hug and said, "Hyung, don't speak anything else do you understand. I don't care if you slept with people, that weren't your choice to make, you were forced. Do you understand?" He was resisting me when I again spoke in a bit dominant voice, "keep quiet Hyung."

"You know what hyung, I seriously don't care about your past, because I love you hyung, I know it's awkward to say these words at this time but I LOVE YOU and it's not just affection I LOVE YOU from my heart; I don't care about what you did I care about our present, not the past."

He looked at me straight in my eyes as he separated from the hug, after I finished my words, his eyes were sparkling due to the tears and the moonlight which was falling on his eyes. He said in a trembling voice, "Are you sure, Mason?"

"Yes, hyung I love you and I'm sure about it," I replied without any hesitation as I wasn't unsure about my feelings for him. I closed my eyes and wiped my tears, I rubbed my fingers on my face to wipe them away and when I opened my eyes, before I could adjust my view I was pulled, by Jacob and his lips landed on mine. I flinched from the sudden move but it didn't take me much time to melt in the kiss. His lips were moving on mine and I kissed back and felt into the kiss with every passing second. He pulled me much closer by my waist and my hands landed on his chest.

I never felt this happy before, not even in our first kiss, I was feeling like I got every possible happiness I can get and I didn't want anything else at that moment. I didn't want this moment to end I wanted to last it forever, I could feel the taste of soju from his lips and I was sure that it was enough to get me drunk.

He deepened the kiss by kissing my lower lip and moved his one hand through my hair and whispered in between of the kiss, "I LOVE YOU TOO, Mason." And that was the moment when everything went blank and I was on the seventh sky. I could feel my heart skipping beats again and again and my lips automatically curved in the biggest smile, after exploring each other he parted away and looked into my eyes again and this time his gaze was quietly intense, he whispered in his husky voice, "I would never allow anyone to take you away from me." I smiled and nodded my head and said, "I will never go away from you." And thought how good it felt. I finally got what I wanted, he confessed to me; I confessed it to him and I got to know that he felt the same way, I used to feel. But there were still many questions I wanted to ask but before I could ask he was already fell asleep. I wrapped my arms around him and drifted into sleep to holding him in my embrace.

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I woke up early in the morning and saw Jacob was still in between my arms, I smiled at his appearance as he was looking very pretty and the rays of sunlight just amplified his beauty to another level. I adored him until my mind got struck by the memory of last night. I again felt in the pit of sorrow as I recalled every word Jacob spoke and everything he went through just because of his dad. I pulled him closer in my embrace and snuggled my head in the crook of his neck. And then looked back to his face when I realized that his eyes were open and he wasn't asleep anymore. He looked at me and smiled, "good morning."

"Good morning!" I replied giving him the same smile. He again snuggled in me and asked "why are we sleeping on the terrace." It was a warm feeling when I felt his face touching my chest. I loved the butterflies that were flying in my stomach. "Last night you passed out after drinking 5 bottles of soju. And..." I replied and before listening any further he nodded "oh!" His head still keeping his face in my chest and I was recklessly smiling. I wrapped my hands around him and we stayed in that position until the sun was totally out. When I decided to arrange all the things and to go downstairs I realized Jacob was again asleep and was snoring. I chuckled a bit and held Jacob in a bridal style and took him downstairs even though he was a bit heavy but I managed to do that because I didn't want him to wake up. I placed him on the bed and after covering him in the blanket and turning on the ac I went back to the terrace to bring the other things. I picked up all the bottles and the mat and made my way downstairs meanwhile Jacob was still sleeping. I placed all the things as they were supposed to be and went to take a bath as it was already 8:30 am.

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After coming out of the bath I saw Jacob in the kitchen as he was preparing breakfast. But rather than going to him I went to our room and picked up my phone to check m messages but there was none and it was almost 9:00 am which meant that Krystal would be coming to our house in one hour. I placed my phone back to the side table and started moving towards the kitchen after I heard Jacob calling me out.

When I reached near the dining table the breakfast was already plated but there were three servings. I looked at Jacob with a questionable look but he didn't replied anything and went back to bring a bottle of cold water. Meanwhile, I sat there finding out the reason for three servings.

He sat on the seat in front of me and I was the first one to start our conversation, "Hyung, are you good. I mean do you have a headache."

"No, I don't have a headache, but I can't remember anything that happened yesterday; did I do something embarrassing." He replied sheepily.

"No, you didn't do anything bad; but seriously you don't remember anything," I said as my eyes widened.

"No I don't Mason, why would I joke?" he replied as he chuckled. I was about to say further when I heard a ring on the door. Before I could stand up Jacob made his way to the door at a fast pace. I thought it would be Eddie because he often comes to the house, but I was surprised when I saw Krystal entering the house. My eyes widened as soon as I made eye contact with Krystal as it was really unexpected. It was really a funny thing that since the last day I've been countering some really unexpected things. I went near Krystal and asked, "What are you doing here so early?"

"I wanted to surprise you darling, so I came early, but I informed Jacob." She replied and my jaw dropped as I heard darling from her mouth in front of Jacob. My whole face turned red with embarrassment and when I drifted my eyes to Jacob I saw he was not smiling but just looking at us. I smiled at him when our eyes met, but he didn't return it back and went back to the dining table, leaving her and me alone.

"Hey! What with those cheesy lines? Don't dare speak them again." I whispered as she still smiled and said, "these lines are not cheesy, believe me, they will help you" and smirked looking at me and then at Jacob who was now sitting on the chair may be waiting for us to join him.

"But why did you come so early? I mean you are 1 hour early than our decided time." I again whispered

"I wanted to show off our relation in front of him so that he will no doubt that we aren't dating." She replied and before I could speak she again spoke, "Mason, one more question, and I will kill you. Is that how you treat your guest? You didn't even ask me to sit."

"Ok... ok just come and have breakfast he already made a serving for you," I said as we made our way to the dining table.

We sat on our respective chair, meanwhile, Krystal remained standing, and seeing me sitting she hit my head lightly and said, "Darling! Can you please takeout the chair for me." And with her words, I saw at her with a questionable look and asked, "Since when did you become so girly."

"Just do as I say." She said as she pinched my arm and smiled dangerously.

"Yes... yes. I will do that." I said rubbing my hand and took out a chair for him and helped her to sit. Finally, we both settled and started eating our breakfast but Jacob was quiet he wasn't speaking or looking at me. I was so unhappy with the situation. I regretted saying yes to Eddie for helping him. Because I already got my answer which I wanted to know.