My Instant Marriage

Next day, her morning was started with the usual routines of household chores starting by preparing the breakfast. Once Young-soo left the house, a middle aged woman came to the house to do the household chores. Eunbi prepared simple lunch for her and ate it by watching some program on the television. She felt so depressed because she has never spent all day alone in the house before. She felt like she wanted to speak with her friends but she stopped contacting her friends since the day one of her marriage, even she's changed her phone number and deactivated all her accounts from the social media to avoid answer the unwanted questions from her friends about her marriage. This is not the life she's expected. She took her smart phone, opens the family pictures from the phone memory, as she swipes the pictures one by one she cried helplessly by looking at her family pictures.

Omma, appa, I hate this marriage life so badly. She exclaimed in front of her parent picture, and then she curled up on the sofa, and fell asleep.

After a few minutes Eunbi awaken by the ringtone of her phone she took her smart-phone looked at the display before answering the call, and it reads omma. She quickly sat up on the sofa and answered the call.

Eunbi: "hello, omma how are you?"

Mrs. Yoon: "I am fine, Eunbi-ah how are you my dear?"

"I-I am…" She paused for a few seconds and burst out crying as she heard her mothers' voice.

Mrs. Yoon: "Eunbi-yah, what happened, why you are crying?"

Instead of responding her mother, Eunbi placed the phone next to her on the sofa and cried out loud for a minute.

Eunbi: "omma, I think I can't manage this marriage life even for a month."

Mrs. Yoon was amazed to hear such words of her daughter and asked her, "is your husband not taking good care of you?"

Eunbi: "He is taking good care of me, but I couldn't able to accept the changes.

Mrs Yoon made a relief sign, "stop crying my baby girl, and listen to omma. It's just a common problem comes for every woman at the beginning stage of the marriage, even I too had cried a lot. You will be all right gradually; I think you are depressed by staying all day alone in the house. If you go out, breathe some fresh air, and relax yourself, you will be all right. Will you do that for me?"

Eunbi: "hmm"

Mrs. Yoon: "When are you planning to continue your studies?"

Eunbi: "He has been too busy with his official work. We don't have time even to sit together for a talk. Yet I haven't discussed about it with him."

Mrs. Yoon: "Try to discuss about it with your husband as soon as possible; never forget that education is an important part of a life."

Eunbi: "hmm"

Mrs. Yoon: "Stop thinking about unnecessary things and try to avoid feeling depressed."

Eunbi: "Hmm, take care of your health, love you~."

Her mother replied her love you and hung up the call.

Then Eunbi went to the bathroom, freshened up, and changed her outfit. She took one of the novels from the bookshelf, put it in her handbag, wore the matching shoes for her outfit, locked the entrance door, and walked to the nearby park.

It took her twenty minutes to reach the park. She sat down on the park bench and looked at the children at the play area. Her lips curled up for a smile automatically without her knowledge, as she looked at the pleasant smile on those children faces. Then she took out the novel from her handbag and begins to read.

After an hour the sun goes down and the park lights were turned on to brighten up the park. She forgets about everything and immerse in reading because the novel was too interesting to read and she loves reading books in an open places. Eunbi stopped reading as she heard someone blew a whistle; she shifted her gaze towards the direction from where noise come from and she noticed that there were none of them can be seen except her and two middle aged men. She checked the time of her wrist watch- it reads 8.30 pm. She closed the book shoved it in her handbag, walked to the entrance of the park. Those men quickly approached her and walked along with her, "Where are you going? Have you finished reading the book? If you didn't, we'll accompany you until you finish reading the book," said one of the guys.

"What were you reading alone in the night?" another guy asked her.

Eunbi ignored their questions, quickly ran faster as much as possible to save herself from them, her eyes are searching for the security guard of the park for a help but to her misfortune there was no security guard could be seen in the park. Those men were chasing her madly to catch her in their arms, "don't waste your energy by running away from us we are going to catch you for sure," one of the guys yelled. While she was running fast on the empty sidewalk she bumped into a young couple at the corner of the street and fell down on the sidewalk. Eunbi quickly stood up, held one of that person's hands, and asked for help to save her from those men by pointing one of her hands towards those strangers. Those men stopped chasing Eunbi in the midway as they looked at her complaining about them to that couple, they yelled 'f**k' with disappointment and turned over to the other side and ran away from that place.

Eunbi trembled with fear. The young woman encircled her hand around Eunbi's shoulder and comforted her, "Miss, are you alright? Those men are gone, first calm down yourself and then tell me where do you live? Would you want us to accompany till your house?"

Eunbi took few deep breaths and answered her, "no, thank you for you kind words. If you don't mind could you please grab me a taxi?"

That young woman nodded her head and asked her boyfriend to grab a taxi for Eunbi. Once the young man grabbed a taxi, Eunbi bowed her head to the couple, "thank you so much for helping me, and I will not forget you both in my life."

"There is no need to thank us, miss. We people should help others with some responsibilities when someone is in danger," the young man said.

"That's so kind of you, if we ever meet again, let us have a coffee chat," Eunbi said to that young couple with a smile.

"Of-course, miss," the young couple said in unison.

Eunbi got into the taxi and said the address of her house to the taxi driver.

Once she reached the house she sighed in relief as she saw the lights of the house were not turned on which means Young-soo has not yet returned back house. She thanked God and entered the house. She sat down on the couch, relaxed herself. She couldn't imagine that she was escaped from those strangers before they physically abuse her. She thanked God for rescuing her at the right time from those strangers through that young couple.

Young-soo was annoyed with Eunbi's behavior but he just let it go because he didn't want to get into an argument as soon he returned back house. He sat down on the sofa sighed in tiredness, loosen-up his necktie, relaxed for a few minutes and then he went into his room changed his clothes in t-shirt and a trouser.

Eunbi came out of her room by changing her dress, and went to the kitchen. She opened the rice cooker as she saw it has some quantity of left over rice which will be enough for two people, she prepared the shrimp fried rice in a few minutes. She transferred the fired rice into the two separate serving bowls, placed it on the dining table.

As she saw Young-soo was doing some works in his laptop by sitting down on the sofa at the living-room Eunbi loudly said, "Dinner is ready."

"Yup, coming," he replied and turn off his laptop, put it aside on the sofa, went near to the dining table, drank some water and sat adjacent to her at the dining table. She served the fried rice in both of their plates and started to have it silently.

Young-soo broke the silence, "today, did you spoke to your mother over the phone?"

"Yes, how did you know that?" Eunbi asked him with a suspicious tone.

Young-soo chewed the food from his mouth, "your mother called my mother after speaking with you over the phone and she complained to my mother that, 'your son doesn't have time to talk to my daughter properly, he just concentrate only on his official work'. Now you tell me the truth that who is not interested to have a conversation, it's me or you?"

She stayed in silence for a few seconds and apologized to him, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that to my mother. What really happened was she asked me about my college admission, so I told her yet I haven't discussed about it with you that you have been too busy with your official work, because of that we don't have time to sit together for a talk. And she replied me that, try to discuss about it with you as soon as possible because education is an important part of a life."

Young-soo had another spoonful of fried rice while listening to her explanations. "You know why I didn't discuss about your college admission with you? It's because you are not going to continue your studies anymore."

"What," Eunbi asked and frowned at Young-soo. "Your father had assured me in front of you that I can continue my studies in one of the colleges of this Island and which is why I agreed to discontinue my course."

"Only my father has assured you about it, but I didn't?" Young-soo shrugged his shoulders.

She could clearly understand that it was the part of his revenge, so she advises herself to not lose her hope at any point, "my education is my rights I don't need your permission or your help I know how to re-join in a new college."

"That's so cool to hear those words from you, my dear wife. But it's impossible because I'm having all your certificates." He had one last spoonful of fried-rice, and commented, "The fired rice tastes so good keep up the good work."

She gave him a questioning look.

"Stop giving me questioning look; instead go check it in your room whether your certificates are there at the place where you kept."

"Of course I'm going to do that," she shoved the spoon on the table and went to her room. She pulled open the cabinet drawer and as he said her certificates folder was missing. She searched it in the entire compartment of the closet and the dresser but it was not there. She walked to his room with exasperation, and looked in his files cabinet drawers. As she comes to know it was also not in there she opened his closet, threw away his clothes, accessories and other things on the floor with rage by searching her certificate folder.

As he heard some noises come out from his room he went to his room and shocked to see some of his favorite accessories were thrown on the floor. "What the hell do you think you are doing? Are you mad?" Young-soo yelled and stalked near to her.

"Yes I'm mad. Before I behave even worse return my certificates folder to me." She uttered in an exasperation snort.

"I'm so sorry I can't," Young-soo replied casually.

"What you are going to do by having my certificates please return back it to me." She hit him on his c.h.e.s.t with her fists, "Why are you doing this to me? Tell me what do you want from me?"

Young-soo grabbed her fists, and pulled her closer to him. He whispered with a smirk, "don't you know what I want from you? I want you to bear my child."

His answer took her breath away for a few seconds.

He pinned her against the nearby wall. Her eyes are widened and her body started to tremble with fear. He pinned her hands on either side of the face against the wall, "Tell me are you ready to bear my child in your w.o.m.b?"

She swallowed the lump in her throat nervously before she respond him, "I'm not your baby machine to bear your child in my w.o.m.b for your d.e.s.i.r.e. Don't you feel ashamed to ask such things to me?"

"Why should I feel ashamed? I should feel ashamed only if I ask such things to some random woman but you are my wife. You should be proud of me for asking your permission."

"Yes of course, I would have felt proud of you if you didn't force me to marry you against my wish, and if you didn't misbehave with me like this."

"I made a mistake, my dear. I think I should have not asked your permission to touch you," he sighed. "Let's just stop our arguments and I hope that you'll co-operate with me." He said with an intense gaze.

Tears rolled down on her cheek. "Don't you feel ashamed to ask me such things? The physical relationship should be done under the love and mutual understanding between the husband and wife. I'm really exhausted by trying to be strong in front of you, now just hold me and do whatever you wanted to do to fulfill your s.e.x.u.a.l d.e.s.i.r.es, but don't ever think that you have won, you better remember that the only person I hate the most in this world is you, only you. And don't ever imagine that I'll bear your child in my w.o.m.b. You are going to regret for this one day."

He felt as if he was stabbed alive with her words, and he felt guilty of his behavior towards her because he is not a guy to hurt someone for his needs. He released her hand from his held and looked at her face; those beautiful eyes of her are turned red by crying. She looked so weak mentally, and the extreme hate she has on him could be seen of her face. Eunbi shut her eyes tight, wiped off the tears from her face with her hands, and sauntered to her room.