Love, Life, and Jennifer
Our New Home

I don't think my marriage will last less than a week.

More precisely, I will officially become the wife of Park Young Joon, within the next three days.

I'm getting ready now, because Young Joon is going to pick me up in a while, to take me somewhere.

When it was all over, I recalled what happened a few nights ago, when in the end, I told Mike about my wedding plans.

I was stunned for a moment to hear the sentence after sentence that came out of his mouth that night.

I smiled bitterly, then covered my entire face with both palms of my hands, then sighed slowly.

Mike no longer called me after our conversation that night.

As for my friends, I haven't had the guts to say this to them yet. I don't know! What makes me so weak.

About Young Joon saying that I shouldn't feel burdened by this marriage, it's not as easy as he said!

Obviously this is weighing on me a lot!

I am not against this marriage.

Not at all!

And I also once said, that grandmother's request is not the only reason why I accepted this match!

Yep! That is true!

It's just that, after these few days I started thinking, isn't this too soon?

I'll be 25 next month! And my college, indirectly, Young Joon asked me to postpone my college first!

My mind is starting to get messed up!

Yep! I felt the dilemma again!

But if I cancel my current marriage, it's not the right thing!

I can't imagine how much pain my parents and Young Joon's parents felt. Then my big family? Will they not be ashamed of my actions?

Nah!

I won't forgive myself if that happens!

"Look...!! Tok...!! It's..!!!"

"Mister Jenny, there's Young Joon, ma'am!" I heard Mbok Minah's voice behind my bedroom door.

"Yes, mbok!" My mouth from inside, then walk towards the door, then open it.

Mbok Minah is still standing there.

"Young Joon's mom in the living room, ma'am." Mbok Minah said, I nodded faintly, then passed.

Young Joon was fiddling with his phone when I approached him.

He immediately stopped his activities, when he realized my presence, then stood facing me.

"Oh, are you ready?" He said smiling while rubbing the back of his head.

I smiled looking at him, then nodded

"Can we go now?" I said.

Young Joon looks wrong, then laughs

"Oh... Haha.. Y-yeah! Sure did!" The answer.

...****************...

"Where are you taking me, by the way?" I said turning to Young Joon, who was focused on driving.

Young Joon turned to me at a glance, then smiled and then refocused on driving.

"Later you'll find out, because we'll be there soon!" He said excitedly.

I nodded, and smiled faintly, then grabbed the phone from inside my sling bag.

Oia! Last night Rob sent me a message.

He asked about my relationship with Mike.

Rob says that Mike's attitude has been really strange the last few days, and Mike has also become more sensitive when some of our friends ask me questions.

But Rob didn't mention my marriage, it was a sign, Mike didn't talk about our conversation that night to our friends there.

I opened up my social media, it seems like my friends are so active these days, because my timeline is so full of their posts.

I smiled looking at him, and to be honest, it made me miss the moments with them.

When I looked one by one at their posts, my heart was piqued by one of them. It's written...

"If you want this to end, this is not the way! Because no matter what happens, I won't let you go!"

That was Mike! My chest felt tight to see that sentence... I decided to get off my social media, because the more I looked there, the more my heart would hurt!

And when I was just about to put my phone back in the sling bag, my phone rang.

I immediately turned to the phone screen, then answered the call.

"Yes, Den! What's up?" My broom is across here

"Oci, Ipel! Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm beloman balikin josephine!" Denis said across the street.

I smiled at her voice that sounded sad

"Look easy! Rich' same who you are!" My heart is across here

"Later tonight I'm anter Josephine to your house, yeah." Said.

"Whatever you can do, Den... Oya, what BTW, you finally met, same Elma?" I said Denis didn't answer my question.

"Yes, Mop... We're done..." Denis' voice sounded soft. I'm sorry to hear his words earlier.

"Sorry yes, Den... I-i..."

" Our relationship was wrong from the beginning, Mop..." Denis interrupted me, he sounds desperate right now.

"We should not make this even further, if in the end it will only be in vain..." Denis sounded more and more emotional across the street.

"And the most regretful, why now, why not from the beginning! At least, I wouldn't feel as sick as this, if from the beginning Elma said that this would be in vain..." Denis sobbed across there.

I was stunned to hear Denis say that.

Isn't the story of Denis and Elma, not that different from the one I had with Mike?

Mike and I have a very complicated relationship! A one-sided love affair, without my parents knowing it, and...

True relationships are futile, yet still forced...

I was thinking, is Mike feeling what Denis is feeling right now?

My chest was back in tightness, when I imagined it...

"Pel, it's a long time ago, yeah... I'll tell you later if I want to walk." Denis blurted out my daydream.

"Eh? I-iya Denn..." My leg's across here, and then Denis closes the call.

"What's wrong?" Young Joon said, I turned to him

"Eh? What's up?" I said

"You daydreaming again?" He said without looking at me.

"Ooh... Th-that's..."

"Who called you?"

"Ooh... That's... My friend borrowed my motorcycle." Then I smiled, and then looked down at the road

"Oohhhhhhhhhhh... Denise!" Young Joon said with a smile, I nodded faintly

"Hmmm..."

I stared in surprise at Young Joon, when he suddenly pulled his car over to a luxury apartment.

"Where are we going?" I looked at his face in wonder.

Young Joon smiled, then looked me in the face, when he had found a place to park his car.

"Until now!" He then opened his seat belt.

"Come on!" Young Joon looks at me excitedly! This makes me even more confused!

...****************...

This unit is still empty, there are only a few household supplies that have been provided by the apartment manager.

This apartment unit is slightly larger than Clara's.

"This is the main room." Young Joon said shortly after opening the door of a room.

This room is quite big.

There is a bathroom in it.

Uh! I am interested in heading towards the balcony in this room, because honestly, I always like the house with the balcony, especially if it is in front of the room! Perfect!

I immediately shifted the door leading to the balcony, then enjoyed the view of Jakarta from above here.

It's different, when you see the view down from the second floor of your house, with the 15th floor of this apartment!

This is so much different!

Ahaha! I smiled imagining that I would be here every day!

Wait, every day?

I haven't even asked Young Joon why he brought me here...

"Do you like it?" Young Joon suddenly stood behind me, I turned towards him.

"You-you mean?" I said, and then I got a little excited about it.

Young Joon smiled, then stepped forward, then held the iron buffer balcony, and smiled while staring at the scenery there.

Young Joon is looking at me.

"If you agree, we'll stay here after we get married." He said with a very sincere smile

"DIG!"

My heart was beating great!

I was stunned to hear Young Joon's words earlier

"I-it's... That's..."

"Alright, we'll look around the other room." Young Joon said, then passed

We were in a room right next to the main room.

This room is slightly smaller than the main room, and there is no bathroom in it.

"It's a room..." Young Joon seemed hesitant to continue his words, as soon as I stared at him.

...****************...

We finally decided to have lunch at a fast food restaurant, after seeing the apartment.

I agreed to stay in that apartment, after our wedding.

A lot of things I considered before I finally agreed to stay there, other than I liked the atmosphere, at least I could feel a little free without having to feel as crowded as ever, she said, when I was living with my parents.

No, it's not that both of my parents are holding me back!

They're not like that, they're just... During my stay with them, I had no privacy!

Mama who never knocked on the door of my room, every time she wanted to go in there, then always just monitor my activities, when I was on the move with my gadget, whether it was a cellphone, or laptop! Papa's? She is not much different from my mom!

I understand their attitude, because they do it all, because they love me so much!

"By the way, while in Jakarta, where did you live?" I asked for a moment after sipping my drink.

Young Joon smiled

"Not too far from my office." The answer.

I nodded faintly

"Joona..."

"Hmmmm?"

"It's kind of weird if I don't know the slightest thing about you." My speech. Young Joon looks me in the eye, then smiles.

"What do you want to know about me?" He said, holding his face with his hands.

Actually, I've heard enough about Young Joon from both my parents.

Young Joon is a graduate with a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering.

He is the best graduate of a top university in Australia.

And about his job, he has a pretty important position in his company.

Nah! He's not a CEO!

it's too much to call it that! Only, his position is quite important in prestigious Manufacturing companies whose branches are spread throughout almost the world.

"Nothing!" I answered flatly, then took another sip of my drink casually.

Young Joon looks annoyed at my words, then straightens up

"Aaiisshhh! This girl!" Resenting.

I smiled broadly at his response.

"Joon oppa's..." I said while looking at his face.

I can see, the expression of Young Joon's face that previously looked annoyed, now looks soft, even slightly reddened there.

"Y-yeah..." He looks wrong now, even a little hesitant when he was about to look me in the eye.

I laughed a little at him

"Hey! Why are you laughing!" Young Joon seems to be covering up his misdeeds.

It makes her look sweet.

Oi! What's wrong with me! Sweetie?

Why am I like this!

I immediately faded my smile.

"After marriage, will we sleep in the same room?" I said a little doubt.

Young Joon looks at me seriously now, letting go of the hand that was supporting his face.

He seemed to think before answering my question.

"Don't your question sound so naive?" Young Joon tilted his head slightly.

I was stunned to hear his words.

Young took a deep breath, and slowly avoided him. He looked at me sharply this time.

"Do couples sleep in separate rooms?" Young Joon's face is really serious!

I actually made a dead flea by his question.

"I-i..." I don't even know what to answer!

Young Joon seemed satisfied to see my response, until he finally smiled.

His attitude really confused me!

"Jenny, listen..." The look in his eyes was so shady now, inversely proportional to his gaze a few minutes ago.

"Eh?" My heart, then looked at his face

"I understand how much you still need time for adaptation, so..." Young Joon did not immediately continue his words.

"You were very enthusiastic when you saw the main room of the apartment unit earlier, so..."

"Joon, i..."

"That's your room later, and I'll sleep in the next room." Young Joon said, then took a sip back.

His words made me stunned to look at him, while Young Joon who realized I was looking at him, now laughed.