Chapter 73

2025.05.20

Dongmin has gone to speak to a lawyer today and he will then go the shooting. Sally had posted a photo of us with her face blurred for privacy and explained the truth. My old school had also put a statement regarding false accusations. The head had also put up a post about me.

The article read, 'Anna is one if the best students I have come across in my 40 years of my career. She barely talked with anyone. She kept to herself. Was never in any hassle or any relationship. It was herself and her studies. She always came by to my office to ask how my day was, she did not need to but she did because she was grateful for the small, small things I did. Even when she was transferring to the Korean University she came to meet me and said that she was leaving her motherland. She wept that she will be missing me the most of all. She felt guilty that she will not be able to take care of me as I had always regarded as my own daughter.Even now she sends me presents. Anna I really do miss you dear. And I guarantee that Anna Minier is a wonderful girl with a very wise personality. I kindly request to delete these malicious comments and posts about my little girl.'

I glared at the screen. He did not need to either. Many posts flooded in fighting for my support. Mrs. Marinna has also posted, 'I am Anna Minier's English Literature teacher during her school days, Mrs. Marinna. And Lily was also my student. I cross my heart that Anna had never bullied a student nor she had hurt any teachers' feelings. She always was very thoughtful, bright and kind. There was a time where I had to do after school classes to finish the syllabus despite my mother being in dead bed due to cancer alone. During that time all complained and talked back at me saying that I was did not inform them earlier and they gave me instructions. Out of the whole class only three girls did not speak, and one of the girls were Anna. She had a slight temper but she never hurt anyone nor did she hurt Lily. I witness for sake of my student who still remembers me till date.'

Even Masha had posted on behalf of my innocence. I cried. I miss Masha. I still remember her scent. The way she bought us all ice creams. I miss my once a upon time friends. I still do not know what went wrong between us. I wish I can turn back time once more to laugh with them.

The support and hatred I was receiving was quite equal. I had to do a live. I should not keep quiet. I am being a burden to Dongmin. There was a knock on the door. I looked at the CCTV before opening the door. It was the courier. I opened the door and took the letter. The letter was addressed to Dongmin. I did not want to open the letter as it was his but the letter seemed suspicious. I placed the letter on the table and started my live.

"Hi! I am Anna. There was a post regarding me few days ago. It is really upsetting. I do not want to address regarding this matter but I am going to because it has been affecting not only me but Dongmin, his bandmates, company and his co-workers. I feel like I am responsible for it. I have been silent all these days because it is not true. Then again many people seemed to believe all the lies with no proof. As you can see I have alibis to prove my innocence. And to be honest I am the one being bullied. The bully is pretending to be the victim from the school times because of an incident that happened during the sports meet. I exposed this girl to not to be in our house to the house captain and she exposed me to the bully. She yelled and me left. The news went to the Sports teacher and she came on the next day and told her that she cannot change the houses as she wish. Then she talked back at the teacher in arrogance which in result the teacher scolded her. At the end her pride was crashed. For many years no one dared to stand against her in anything. And for the first time I did it without even speaking. That anger, wrath started eating her up. She started to act as if I was bullying her. Her mother also supported her because she hated my mother for being wealthy. They told the school several times but they did not take any action because the classmates and teachers denied this. She stopped coming to school. She would come to school like thrice a month. I was the class president and class teacher who was new to school was worried about her and asked her friends. Her friends did not answer and gave various excuses. I noticed that this bully's sister was coming to school, I told the teacher and showed her sister. The sister talked very disrespectfully and the teacher yelled at her in front a lot of students. So she went and complained her mother and the same day after school her mother, her sister, herself and her brother ganged up on me and verbally abused me. My parents reported to the school. Later even the new class teacher reported and resigned. At the end she got kicked out of school. This incident was witnessed by some of my classmates and they told the principal. From this day onwards I am always her target. She had several times spread rumors which even lead to problems in my marriage, then I met Dongmin. I thought this will end but she seems not to give up just for a mere sports meet incident. I will not reveal who is the bully but I will be suing her. I cannot keep forgiving and pretending it never happened. She had crossed the limit long time back and I let her trample all over me and due to my ignorance it is affecting the people I am cherishing. Hey, girl! I am suing you. Tomorrow the police officers will come knocking on your door. And I am sorry for all the people I had worried and I am not sorry for the ones who accused me with no evidence. Thank you for all the support and the love you have given me. I will try my best to be a better person every day. Bye!" I ended the live. There were a lot of questions but I proceeded not to answer any of them.

I drank water and calmed down. I saw the letter on the table. It had been craving my attention. I opened the letter. I panicked. I called Dongmin. I called Dongmin again. I called Dongmin once more. I called. I called. I called. He was not answering. I called his manager and his phone was turned off. I could not breathe. Tears flooded from my eyes. "Collect yourself Anna" I was trying to calm myself. "What was the place again? The shooting place." My hands trembled as I searched went through his schedule. I took my phone with me and closed the door behind in a loud bang. I ran down the street. No cab would stop. I ran all the way down the street. My hair flew behind with tears and snot. My feet was hurting. I did not dare to stop. I ran. I ran and I was running for a kilometer now. My shoes were worn out. I checked my feet they were bleeding. I had been running for one hour and fifty minutes. I sat on the road. I tried dialing again, there was no answer. I tried catching a cab. I could not. I could not hold my tears back either. The words in the letter flashed in front of my eyes, 'Either you have to leave Dongmin or I will make Dongmin leave.' After twelve minutes a cab stopped. I told him to drive to the shoot.

I calmed myself. The cab driver was an old man. He gave me water to drink and he said, (In Korean) "It is going to be okay darling." "I will, grandpa." I replied and shut my eyes and opened them. We came to the place. I paid the grandpa more than enough. I could not get in. There were a lot of fans. I tried calling Dongmin. No answer. I called the manager. No answer. I felt like I was falling apart. Was Dongmin really going to leave me? He won't. He won't. He won't? He won't right? Right? I saw a fan break in through a gap. I slowly crept to the gap and broke in. The fan was caught and so was I. It was the same security guard who took me to Dongmin. He recognized me. "Anna?" He took off his cap and put on me to cover my bloody face. He took me to the waiting room of Dongmin.

(In Korean) "Here, drink some water." He bought some First-Aid and removed the shoes and treated my feet. He did not ask what was wrong. It was like he knew. He knew what was going on. He was silent. (In Korean) "Stay strong." His tears ran down his face. I took a tissue from my pocket and wiped. (In Korean) "You too." I did not know what was going in his life but he seems to see a familiarity in me. He closed the door behind me and left me alone.

The door opened wide. Dongmin stood there terrified. He closed the door behind him and locked keeping everyone out. I stood and ran to him and hugged him so tight and cried. Between my tears and weeping I talked, "I thought you left. The letter said that I had to leave or you will leave. Hwy did you leave? Why did you not answer the phone? Are you okay? Will you leave me? I swear I did not do anything? I did not bully anyone. You also do not leave me…" "Hey, hey honey. It is okay I am here. I am here." He carried me and placed me on the sofa. He caressed my scratched face. He took a hair band from the dressing table and tied my hair in a ponytail. "You do not have to hide your face. You are my Queen. Carry the crown tall. I trust you. And above all I am in love with you." He pulled me by my neck and started to kiss. My hands slowly traced his abs, chest, and neck and went up to his hair. I pulled myself in closer. His hands went from my hair down my back and in to my blouse and up to my bra strap. I traced my lips down his jaw to his neck. He pulled me back and looked me in the eye. "You are my priority baby. We are in this together okay?" He pulled me in again for a kiss and pulled away. He placed a small kiss on my forehead. "I have a little more scenes. I will be back. Wait."

Dongmin placed me on the bed. I fell asleep on the spot. I was exhausted. I was in pain. I knew he was tired but he took care of me.

2025.05.21

I woke up. Dongmin was fast asleep next to me. He looked so good. He had got dark circles. I went to the table where the letter I kept. It was there. It was not the letter I read. It was a letter about due payment. It had the word 'leave the property'. I checked the CCTV. The letter was the same. All this time. All this time I was hallucinating.

I sat down with a cup of coffee. I took my phone out and checked the internet. There was a lot of optimism regarding my issue. A comment read, 'I wonder what Anna did to Dongmin to be in so much love. I am now envying and shipping their marriage.' What did Dongmin do? I checked his live. He did a live yesterday after we arrived home.

(In Korean) 'It has been a long time I did an online. I think everyone is aware about what I am going to talk. It is very suffocating seeing my baby breaking to pieces before me. Because of my popularity I am hurting Anna. Everyone threatened her when the news broke even before knowing what happened in the past. I know you are really concerned about me. I am really thankful but I really want to solve my own problems alone with my family. I really do not want anyone to do it for me. I think you should keep your limits. Please only enjoy my movies, songs and stay away from my private life if you really care about me. I would even give up my dreams just to stay with Anna. You know why? She is so warm, beautiful, wise, a good cook, a loyal wife, a good daughter and a sister. I will tell you a small story how much she took care of my mother as her own. Her father was sick last year. She had to leave but my mother was alone. My father was away on a business trip, my brother was in China and I was in Jeju Island. She booked two tickets for herself and my mother and took her with her so she can take care of her. It is hard to find a wife like that who treats your mother as her own. I have never seen my mother so happy. I think I will be taking a break from the celebrity life to focus on my family. I hope my dear fans would understand my situation and thank you for support. Without you all I would have not been here. Love you all and take care of your health. Bye! Peace." I teared up.

I went to our room and got on top of Dongmin and hugged him. He woke up. "Hmm?" (In Korean)"I saw your live." "Hmm…" (In Korean)"And now I am hungry. Can you make me pancakes?" (In Korean) "You are the best cook. Why ask me?" "Dongmin's pancakes are best!" I screamed in his ear. He laughed "Come here" We started having a wrestle match on the bed. He pinned me on the bed and said, "I am on leave, I think I want to open a dress brand. What do you think?" I took my turn to pin him down and said, "Why not? And how about a little Dongmin?" "I am ready!"

Like that Dongmin went on a hiatus from the screen. Fans missed his acting and so did the directors but they all respected his decision. We even went back to my motherland for a 2 month vacation. Everything came to end. Everything became okay. Lily had to pay me 2 lakhs US Dollars for destroying my image. I did not hear from her again. I do not know I feel like I should have taken care of her better.

You will encounter a lot of things in your life. Many of the incidents need your patience and some you have to take a decision before it grows on you and slowly infect others. Not everyone is going to stay in your life. I know we will miss those moments. But hey, it will be okay. Do not end it now, let the nature end it for you because there might be a happiness ahead. You know there is that damn cool feeling after you have overcome your battle. And there are sometimes you make a fault. Ask forgiveness, make it up. So that will not kill you slowly and steal the happiness from you. And it is okay to make mistakes we are all humans but what makes us real humans is to accept your fault and correct it in the best way you can. And you can do it.