Dream Love : Dream Land - Chapter 153

Melanie and Beom-Soo are driving back to Byung-Hun’s house, which has already become like their house for a few weeks now, a bit late at night.

As they do extra work outside, Beom-Soo with his hacking skill, processing everything about Lia, finally, they just come back only when everything is perfectly done.  Lia is now officially being adopted by Professor Do-Yun in just a couple of hours. Making Melanie feel a bit light in her heart.  One of her problem finally solved.

But beside her, Beom-Soo, who was driving seemed a little nervous there. Somehow his feelings suddenly became less pleasant.

“Hey Anna.” He suddenly said Melanie real name there.

She stop whatever that she is thinking at the time and then looked at the man. She know very well now that if he call her name like that, there was always something very serious for him to say.

Beom-Soo stops the car for a moment on the side of the road and presses the emergency light there.

“What’s wrong?” Melanie asks him as he suddenly behaving like this. It’s kind of weird to her now. He then turned his body there and looked at Melanie.

“Brian?” Melanie also said his name there. Making him smiling a little hearing that.

“If something happens to me, can you do me a favor?” He said.

“What do you mean by that? You are not secretly having a fatal sickness or anything similar to that do you?” Melanie felt suspicious.

Beom-Soo chuckle a little bit there hearing her accusation.

“Nothing like that at all. It’s just… I do a lot of thinking these past few days making me feel a bit anxious.”

Melanie looked at the man. To see if he is lying to her or not, but she found nothing like that. He is speaking from his heart.

“What favor?”

“Can you take care of Jieun? On behalf of me.”

“I already doing that didn’t I?  You didn’t have to ask about that. Like I said before, I love her like she is my own child.” Melanie said.

Beom-Soo nodded. He knows Melanie really meant that.

“And can you tell her everything? It pains me to see her clueless, but I can’t seem to bring myself to tell her the secret. That one secret.”

Melanie let out a rather long breath there.

“She needs to know that sooner or later. And I’m sorry that I choose you to tell her that… About me… not being her biological father.” Beom-Soo finally said that.

Melanie was silent there. Yes. That was the biggest secret that they didn’t tell Jieun  yet. They are afraid to see her acceptance. But both of them also know that she will know about that sooner or later.

Years before, Aera is pregnant of Jieun after getting married in Dream Land in secret. Its such a complicated relationship that forces her to marry like that.  So at the time, Beom-Soo decides to marry Aera in the real world to give her child a place to call home here. He does that as he also already falls in love with Aera even if Aera doesn’t love him back. But thinking about her unborn child making her agree to sign the marriage paper with Beom-Soo. And it leads to this…

“I’m so sorry. You are going through so much after meeting me. I’m the one that cause this all.” Melanie looked down there.

Beom-Soo hesitates there, but he still holds Melanie’s hand there. Melanie was a bit shocked, but she didn’t refuse it.

“I’m the one who is sorry. I left you there alone and then fall in love with your sister. I do love you back then and I do waiting for you each day. But as I didn’t have any news about you after a few years, I just give up right away. Didn’t even know that you are struggling to live and become what you are now. I betray you without realizing it. ”

Melanie shook her head. She never feels betrayed at all by this man. She knows she is the one that troubled his life first.

“We were young back then. And fate is not on our side. But at least we are together to protect something precious to us now. And that is Jieun.” Melanie said there.

Beom-Soo nodded there. Agree with her on that. But it still could not remove his guilt for the woman.

“You are the one who suffers the most because of me and Aera. You also helped raise Jieun all this time. You shouldn’t feel guilty. I should have knelt in front of you to say sorr…”

Beom-Soo pulls Melanie into a kiss now. Melanie was shocked. She didn’t kiss him back but also didn’t even push him away. She is just too shocked to do anything.

“I’m sorry… but I just…” Beom-Soo stopped his kiss now and slowly distanced himself from Melanie then.

“I just realize in these few weeks, after we meet again that I still have feeling for you. It makes me think that actually the feeling that I thought is for Aera is actually because of my longing for you. As she is your sister, my feeling sways towards her.”

Melanie didn’t know how to react to that confession. She also can’t reciprocate the man’s feelings just like Aera.

“Don’t worry… Its not like I wanted you to reciprocate my feelings. I am too old for that anyway. I just want to be honest with everything tonight… and I didn’t know why…  But, what I do know now is that I will never let anything happen to you and Jieun as long I’m still alive. I will do anything to protect both of you. ”

Melanie is just smiling to him now. This man… Why is he so unselfish?

“I promise.”

“Huh?” Beom-Soo forgot about his request earlier.

Melanie said it again.

“I promise that I will tell Jieun everything. But to your knowledge, Jieun will never hate you for that. She probably feels shocked and confused after knowing about that. But I’m sure she will never hate you because hiding this from her. You’re her father even without blood ties and I hope you know that. ”

Beom-Soo nodded there while smiling. He knows that as Jieun have a huge heart just like Anna and Aera. And he never regrets to sacrifice himself for them.

After being a bit calmer there, Beom-Soo is now back to driving. Upon arriving at Byung-Hun’s house they are both a little surprised to see that the house is too dark unlike usual.

Usually Byung-Hun will open the lights outside the house all night, but tonight no lights are on there and Melanie can see inside the house now looks like a little bright. She knew that at least one of the lights in the house was on.

She then holds Beom-Soo’s arm there. She trembled a little now, but she can’t afford to be afraid as the lives of those who were in the house were in danger if what the bad thing she thought in her mind was really happening.

“What’s wrong?” Beom-Soo asked there.

“All my bodyguard that I paid to watch this house is nowhere to be seen.” She said.

Listening to that Beom-Soo continues to observe the house in more serious face.

“Stay here. Let me get inside.”

But Melanie is the one who got out of the car first, while her hand dialed a known police number. After reporting everything, though she is not really sure yet, the police agree to come there within 15 minutes. But Melanie knows 15 minutes is just too long for them to wait.

“I’m going in.” She said, ignoring Beom-Soo’s disagree face there. But Beom-Soo just follows her from behind.

Slowly, Melanie used her duplicate key and opened the door of the house. As soon as she arrived in the living room, she was surprised to see Byung-Hun and Ji-Na who are now on the floor with their hands and feet tied.  Beom-Soo quickly helps to open the rope that tied them.

“Martin just went upstairs. Hurry!” Byung-Hun in rush whispering that.

Without thinking long Melanie continued to climb to the top. She just think of one thing, Jieun and Eun-Woo need to be safe.

Upon arriving at Jieun and Eun-Woo’s room which is now wide open, Melanie could see Martin is now trying to get close to Jieun. Jieun who already sleep there usually cannot get up from her sleep unless it is morning as she is living in the Dream Land world at that time.

Melanie ran fast towards Martin and pushed him away from Jieun and Eun-Woo.

“Stop! What are you trying to do with her?”

In struggle Melanie holds Martin there, but despite him being handicapped, he is still stronger than her in terms of strength.

Melanie was shocked to see Martin’s face at that moment. Full with a burning scar that she can guess where that he got that. But other than that he is the same Martin that she knows. Someone with evil intention.

“Huh? You are here. Nice to meet you again, Doctor Melanie..” He said with a smirk.