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Untold story of my love

"No, dad… I am not leaving this place without you. I have a lot to say to you. Come with me dad."

While lying on the wax bed with water, Lucas is almost in a half-dead state. He was on fire on one side of his body, but he still got to his feet and headed for the door.

"Do as I say, Aera."

"You are going to save him, right? Have you forgotten what he did to my friends? I'm not going to allow you to try to influence me once more, dad. Come with me."

Lee yells, "What are you two doing? Look at the ground below; water is streaming here too… come fast."

Jeson said, "I'm not trying to save him, Aera."

"Then…?"

"Protecting you," as Jeson said, he turned back and ran in the direction of Lucas as he emerged from the cave. Jeson hurriedly hugged him; as they both fell to the ground, the wax floor cracked under their combined weight. They both then fell into the seawater.

Aera screamed, "Dad…"

Anderson went near to her, shockingly looking at them.

The entire cave collapses into the water. Lee observed that a lot of water was coming out of the cave. Lee says as she holds Aera back from entering the cave, "Your father sacrificed himself to protect you from that monster. Aera, don't throw your life out pointlessly."

Anderson patting her shoulder, "Yes, Aera. What uncle said was right, come we should get out of the place."

Aera was sobbing, halfheartedly, leaving the passageway. They entered the hallway after securely exiting the passageway.

When Aera discovers Anderson bleeding heavily, she panics. She grabbed a rag off the couch and wrapped it around Anderson's stomach.

As the three of them left the house, Anderson suddenly stopped.

Lee asked, "What Anderson? Is something wrong?" Blankly looking at Anderson, Aera.

"Go Aera, right now... There are barely two minutes left for you to locate Han-na."

Lee said, "There is no time to save anyone."

Anderson kisses Aera's forehead, "I don't want to see you again feeling guilty over losing your friend. At least you have a chance to save your friend this time. Go… and come to me alive…"

Aera appears to be terrified, yet she musters the fortitude to carry on.

She recalled Lucas's words, 'I didn't direct my guards to kill your pal; I only confined him to the unoxygenated space.'

"Where is that place? Think Aera…" Additionally, the bomb was ticking to indicate that there were 1 min 40 sec left.

She suddenly realized the map that Anderson had given her, after Anderson had helped her escape Island. She always kept the map close by and therefore she took it out.

She fled as she examined the map, her face was sweating, her hair unkempt, and all over her body covered with blood. She approached the room where Han-na was being held captive, picked up the hammer, and violently struck the door's latch.

As soon as she entered the room, she grabbed an unconscious Han-na. From behind, she put both of his hands on her shoulder. She quickly left the house while carrying Han-na on her back.

With Han-na, she made her way toward the boat, as the bomb's timer indicated, 10 seconds.

Lee yells, "10 seconds remaining, hurry up." As Han-na regained consciousness, she hurried toward the boat while carrying him on her back.

Aera boarded the boat with Ha-na and placed him on the boat's floor. The whole house erupts and begins to implode into the water.

"Aera…!" exclaimed Han-na.

Aera looks at Anderson and Han-na with a smile of contentment. She whirled around to face the flaming Island, "Dad…"

"Jimin…" Aera waves her hand at Jimin as smiling.

Aera gives Jimin a loving hug as they both begin to move. "Was today's work difficult?"

"No… Uncle Jae-wook handled the entire job; he forbade me from even entering the field."

"Yes…"

"You? How was your day at work?"

"Although managing young children is challenging, managing teen students was relatively simple in the past… but I like it."

"Good." They were chatting merrily while walking.

Aera spoke herself, "Now I'm content. Living here is quite nice; everything is lovely and serene. There should be an untold love story in every one of our lives, and mine is no different. I think there isn't one… My father, I misunderstood him as the bad dad. But, he is the best dad I've ever seen."

"Some of them claimed, to be honest, when they said they would give their lives for a loved one; not all of them actually meant it. But my father really meant it, he sacrificed his life for me. I never even had the chance to apologize to my father or tell him that 'I love you, dad.' But sometimes words alone aren't enough to describe love. It goes beyond that."

"Much like my affection for Han-na. In all honesty, there have been moments when I have admired Han-na. He accompanied me through all the hardships, nearly losing his life in the process of rescuing mine. However, I never told him, because some sorts of love are indescribable."

"Congratulations, Bo-ra." "Congrats." "Congratulations." Everyone in the National Media Organization congratulates Bo-ra. But she was seeking someone, her eyes were wandering around.

Lim approached her, "Congrats, Bo-ra."

"Thank you… Wait, where is Han-na?"

"He was here packing, so he might be in the parking lot."

Bo-ra walked up to Han-na outside the company. He strapped the helmet on, sat down on the bike. Han-na stated, "Congrats, Bo-ra, on your promotion."

"Stop it, you are teasing me? First of all, you covered all those images of the island and their demise. Why did you give it to me instead of your buddies?"

"Just… as Jenny always mentioned, we are family, just wanted to give it to you. Additionally, I will no longer be employed here."

She enquired, "Yes… What about Shin?"

"He still has two years more to go. His academic work would spoil if I brought him along. And as you are aware, my mother is in a critical condition, so I must leave right now, but I will return to get him."

"Yes."

She looks devoid of emotion while Han-na noticed her, says, "I know you love me."

"Wh… What?"

"You fell in love with me when you discovered my feelings for Aera, right?"

Bo-ra was visibly shocked as she stared at him.

Han-na said, "When it comes to love, we are more alike than different. Our love story was untold. If you hadn't revealed Aera about my love that day; I'm still not confessing my love to Aera. If I hadn't revealed your love for me today… you would never be going to tell me, right?"

"Yes… I am not very brave when it comes to love. But, thank you, for being considerate of me all these time. If I ever said something that caused you hurt, I apologize."

"Ahh… do you think this is our last meeting?"

"Then?"

"Don't date anyone for the time being, I will be back in a year for Shin..., and you… Will you wait for me?"

Han-na embraces Bo-ra in a comforting hug as her eyes well up with tears. Bo-ra said, "I will wait for you."

"Yes…" Han-na fired up the bike and rode off, smilingly. Bo-ra waves her hand and hopefully looks at him.

"We're calling it a day," Ji-ho told the nurses.

When Ji-ho entered his cabin, he saw Cho dozing off in the patient's bed.

"Cho… Cho… wake up. We should head back home."

Cho yawns, as he raises up, "I am tired, sir."

"Yes… you worked very hard today. Consequently, you become exhausted. Let's go."

"Ji-ho sir, I am curious regarding your predication for determining that Anderson Sir traveled to Orchard Island and that Aera should be present as well. All of the lives would have been lost if you hadn't alerted Lee, sir."

"Come closer…" Ji-ho tapped Cho's forehead with his finger.

"Ouch… Ji-ho sir…"

"You have a wide range of curiosity. But you know what, some secrets must lie in the dark, if you know about that, you can't able to get sleep." After flashing a mysterious smile, Ji-ho rolled out of the cabin in their wheelchairs with Cho.

Bella wiping tiny children's soiled hands, "Now look at your hand, how lovely it is."

The young child rushed off after kissing her cheeks.

Bella looking the many children playing while maintaining a calm grin. Bella was approached by a nun who said "Bella, thank you for your help."

"Why are mentioning that ma'am? I'm taking care of them as you took care of me. Although I never expected it to end up in this way, it is also interesting in a way."

"God bless you," the nun concluded.

Bella thought back to the time when Aera had claimed she believed her. Bo-ra joked, 'Do you think we believe you?'

'I believe you,' said Aera.

'Aera…!'

'Where will you begin your life?'

'From my starting point.'

Bella smiled, "This is where I began my life. I believed that I was born with a gun to kill people. However, I now firmly feel that a gun could also save lives."

"I've reached a dead end. This is the location where people have died in the greatest numbers. I've decided to settle here now." She took a peek around the area where soldiers were stationed behind a barrier to protect them.

"How did all of this happen? Senior Kim looked at Lee in disbelief and said, "I still can't believe that."

"You have no choice, Senior Kim. I am the only one who had seen the whole scene, so you've have no other choice but to believe me."

Senior Kim scratched his confused head and said, "All these years, Lucas was the one who manipulated Jeson, and he also brought about the explosion of the Dutch bomb. He is the brains behind all the illicit activities."

"Yes… And the explosion at Orchard Island resulted in the deaths of Lucas, Jeson, and Anderson. Here are their autopsy findings confirming that the burned bodies belong to them."

Senior Kim exhaled comfortably, "Whatever, the problem of ten years finally came to an end. No one in authority will curse at me anymore."

"Yes…"

"Are you then going to travel back to the States?"

"No, sir… I am planning to remain here, because I have a family here too."

Aera continues, "As I mentioned before, everyone should have one untold love story in their lives. Prior to meeting Rang, Jenny had never experienced love. Since then, her entire life has changed."

"Rang perceived her as his late son and wife, who perished in a gang warfare shooting. In Jenny's eyes, he resembled her abandoned high school parents. Before beginning their lives, they passed away. I do not believe that their lives have ended."

"Jenny sacrificed herself for a person, had only recently met (a week prior). That was the sort of love story that has never been told, eternal love. Untold love is not merely a narrative of love between lovers. Since we never used the words, 'I love you' to show our affection to our parents, it may be either our father or mother."

"It may be our friends, we never get used to expressing the word 'Love you' to our friends. It may be a well-wisher, stranger, uncle, aunt, or grandparent. Although we love them, we have never expressed our affection, but that not supposed to mean that we love them a little. I really believe that unexpressed love has a greater power than expressed love. Don't care about our loved ones, to love us, just love them because Love is Love."

Jimin spoke to himself, "I didn't leave my entire business because I thought what I was doing was wrong. As Aera said, nothing in this world is neither bad nor good. It's all about what we like and what we don't like. If we aren't capable of doing things that we don't like, we say that as bad."

"I am capable of doing that Mafia thing, but I've never liked it. Because it took the lives of my loved one away as payment for what I did. It was total unfair, so I stopped. From this point forward, I'll do what I like and what I'm capable of. And I like Aera, so I will do anything in order to make Aera's smiles stay on her face, until my very last."

"Ahh… I forgot it, I must now protect yet another person. Yes, Aera is pregnant."

Jimin and Aera are on the bridge while admiring the ocean. She asked, "When will I learn to cook?"

"Why all of sudden?"

"What if our child teases me for not knowing how to cook?"

"Ahh… I forgot that part. If you learned to cook, then you won't need me anymore."

"Hey… Are you telling me that I need you only because of your cooking?"

"I am just kidding… don't get angry. I will teach you how to cook." Both were happily strolling on the bridge.

Thank you…!