Irena stood there in shock at the man that came unnecessary to her aid. It wasn't uncommon for her to be hit on my idiotic men. But she was grateful that she didn't have to ruin her dress and appear as the angry black woman ruining her friend's wedding reception.
She shrugged her shoulders and turned to the gentlemen who helped her, "Thanks"
Just as the gentlemen turned towards and looked her in her eyes did Irena realize who he was. All she could do was stare at him with widened eyes. As they stood there staring at one another, Sean quickly came over to check on his former lover and close friend. He could instantly tell that something was wrong.
Sean gently grabbed Irena by her shoulders and bent down to look into her eyes, "You okay, what happened?"
Irena and Hwa-Min continued to stare at each other, neither saying a word. Sean stood to his full height and turned towards his cousin.
"What did you do?" Sean accused.
Hwa-Min's gaze quickly shifted from Irena and narrowed towards his cousin. He slightly leaned towards Sean and whispered low for only him to hear.
"Careful cousin. Some would find your concern for the mere human awfully strange when you have a pregnant bride less than 30 ft away."
Sean quickly averted his gaze to the ground in shame. He knew Hwa-Min was correct and could tell that there was something between him and his best friend. Satisfied with his unsettling his cousin's nerves, he turned to leave the pair quickly wanting to escape the strong pull for the same human woman his cousin cared for.
Hwa-Min found himself highly annoyed but grateful at his cousin's interruption. Not once had he ever felt highly attracted to a human. He saw humans as sheer fragile inconveniences. Despite his views against them, he never treated them poorly, but he also never saw them as equals. That woman however was the most beautiful chocolate porcelain doll he's ever seen. Her curves, breast and thighs were all natural, something he rarely saw with the women of this modern age. Her flawless skin looked soft to the touch. He could only imagine what her skin would feel like under his rough calloused hands.
Just as he was imagining the black goddess lying beneath his sheets, his thoughts were immediately interrupted when he heard the shrill voice of the most insufferable woman known demon and human kind, Kim Eun-joo.
Eun-joo like himself, was also born into a wealthy aristocratic family. The Kim family was of the eastern nine-tailed fox clan. The women of that clan were known for their other worldly beauty and the art of seduction. The Eastern Fox clan rose to prominence in the mid-14th century. However, their rise to power was highly questionable. Through time, many clans overlooked the semantics of the clans history.
His mother and Eun-joo's mother tried countless times to arrange for them to be married believing it would strengthen both clans and solidify their power. However, Hwa-Min repeatedly rebuffed the idea and Eun-joo's advances. He knew what Eun-joo and their mothers were after and he refused to play their game.
Eun-joo had been pining after Hwa-min since they were in middle school. Girls regardless of their age would give him food and various other presents which he would openly discard in front of their very own faces and others. Even some of the female teachers weren't so subtle in their attempts at him. She like the many other demonesses, sought after the handsome wealthiest heir and fought over him. He was top of their class, even the older 2nd and 3rd year demonesses and humans sought after him. Not liking the competition, Eun-joo made it known to all the girls that Hwa-min belonged to only her. She even got the female staff members who looked too long at Hwa-min fired and blacklisted. She had gone to great lengths to capture his attention and even dated his close friend Sungmin in hopes of getting close to him. Still, he never cared to acknowledge her presence. In her mind, he was just playing hard to get and she never accepted the word no. Everything changed during their first year of high school.
She and Sungmin had ended their pathetic relationship the summer prior to high school. Sungmin was handsome and rich, but he never could compete with Hwa-min. Unbeknownst to her, Sungmin and Hwa-min were cousins thrice removed. Sungmin wasn't an idiot or naïve. He knew exactly what Eun-joo was doing, he didn't care. Sungmin was a perverted playboy and he knew that Eun-joo would put out like any other desperately insecure girl. Contrary to his distant cousin, he wasn't stone cold heartless and felt bad for her. He saw her as the typical lonely little rich spoiled girl who never received any love from her parents. He also knew that her "friends" were only using her for her money and status. He would know because he slept with three out of the four friends she has.
Eun-joo didn't care about what Sungmin thought or did behind her back. She saw their break-up as the perfect opening to go running to Hwa-min. That night she and her friends and a couple of others from school went to a karaoke bar with Sungmin who managed to drag Hwa-min out of the house for the night. When they arrived, she quickly sat as close to Hwa-min as she possibly pretending to be heartbroken and distraught. Luckily thanks to Sungmin, Hwa-min had several drinks when they arrived.
Hwa-min knew that Eun-joo was highly interested in him but, he saw right through her ruse. She was entirely too much of a spoiled bratty princess who would open her legs for any man or demon who gave her an ounce of attention. She was also rude and entitled and thought the world revolved around her. He wasn't impressed with how she carried herself. She lacked manners and common sense and had the intelligence of a rock. If her parents didn't make such hefty donations to the school, she wouldn't even have made it beyond middle school and everyone knew it.
Bored and irritated that he allowed Sungmin to talk him into leaving his apartment, he decided it would be best to get drunk. Her incessant chatter made him want to rip out her throat so she would stop talking. He knew that if her were to kill her, he'd have to deal with the authorities and his annoying parents as they covered up the mess. So instead, he thought of better use for the girl and her rambling mouth.
He was drunk and in need of what he thought was a decent rut. She took her to a nearby shady hotel and had his way with her. He didn't care if she got off or not. The only thing he wanted was to let out pent up frustration. All he could remember was her annoying attempt at sounding sexy and her extremely loose walls for a demoness. He could tell that her cervix was opened due to the many abortions she's had in the past. After he slept with her that once in their first year in high school, she delusionally believe they were together. She bragged to the whole school about how well endowed and skilled he was as a lover in the bedroom.
He noted how she purposely left out the fact that once they were done, he carelessly pushed her off and took the discarded condom with him to the bathroom to flush its contents down the toilet before locking the door and taking a shower to rid himself of her scent. Once he was done, he quickly dressed and pulled out the equivalent of $5 from his wallet and left it next to her sleeping form on the nightstand and left the hotel room. He didn't even bother to pay for the room.
She did very little to relieve him of his pent-up frustration and he was annoyed that he had to resort to relieving himself when he returned home and washed himself again and went to bed.
After that one night, she spent the remainder of their first year and next two and a half years lying to everyone that they were soon to be mated after they graduated. Hwa-min didn't never give any credence to the rumor during the entire two and a half years. Until that one faithful day Eun-joo decided to spread a false claim that she was pregnant and that he was the father.
Sungmin found him during their lunch hour and told him of what Eun-joo had been going around claiming since that very morning. Normally, he wouldn't care to entertain any rumors, but this specific rumor was the final straw. He quickly abandoned his spot on the shaded bench and walked with purpose into the school to find Eun-joo in the cafeteria with Sungmin in tow. Once there, he quickly scanned the room for the whore in question and spotted her at a table surrounded by her four imbecile friends and other girls. She had the audacity to be laughing and smiling while rubbing a hand on her slightly bulging stomach. Immediately the stares and whispers were directed towards him, but he couldn't care less.
He stormed over to Eun-joo and pushed away the crowd surrounding her and grabbed her by the arm and yanked her out of her seat not caring if he injured her or not. The only sound of slight protest was her surprised yelped at the sudden intrusion. Due to her stupid and oblivious nature, she couldn't sense the extreme aura of danger radiating off him. Instead, her dense cognizance believed that he was going to confess his undying love for her and their supposed baby in front of the entire student body who all quieted down to watch the exchange.
How sadly mistaken she was.
"Wipe that stupid smile off your face," Hwa-Min coldly told her.
Eun-joo's smile immediately dropped, "Baby what's wrong?" she cooed.
"You may be stupid, but you're not that stupid. You're nothing but a pathetic pathological liar who isn't even a decent fuck."
Eun-joo's eyes widen with shock and her face quickly turned red with embarrassment. "Why would you say such things to me? I'm carrying your baby."
He smirked, "You know good and well that bastard you're carrying doesn't belong to me."
"Why are you being so cruel?"
"It's the truth. You spread you legs far and wide for any male within a 10-foot radius who gives you the slightest bit of attention. You know damn well we only slept once in our first year and I left you all alone in that sleazy hotel room. Tell me, did you pay for the room with the $5 I left behind on the nightstand?"
"Why are you treating me this way?" she sobbed. Eun-joo quickly glanced around the room looking for sympathy as well as the nearest exit to run from the humiliating truth he'd divulge to the entire cafeteria.
"You disgust me. As if I'd ever be drunk enough to impregnate such a loose whore such as yourself. I suggest that you find the real father and decide whether you should get another abortion like you did with your previous bastard children," Without another word Hwa-min shoved her away from himself causing her to slightly stumble back and left the cafeteria.
Eun-joo looked around and saw every gaze on her. Her eyes burned with tears and fury from the public humiliation of her lies unfolding right in front of everyone. She quickly grabbed her bag and rushed out of the cafeteria and into her car to escape from school. She didn't return to school the next day and transferred a week later to another private school in the UK.
It's been 13 years since he's last seen her. Now the God forsaken woman was here at his cousin's wedding. Who in the hell invited her? Having had enough irritation to last him a lifetime, Hwa-min left the banquet hall to go find a quiet place outside in the same garden Irena earlier retreated to. Unbeknownst to him, there was a pair of chocolate orbs following his very movements across the room.