Chapter 55

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                   "What do you say? He hasn't been to office for three days??? Find him and bring him here right now!" yelled grandpa at his man.

"Y-yes Master" stammered the man and then bowed down, he left his study room.

He bumped into Eunkyung right after he got out of the office. She stared at his face and could study his facial expression.

The frowning wrinkles of the grandpa's aged face showed the distress he felt over the worry about how the boards would look at Jungkook now. He even felt shame about it.

"What that kid is doing" muttered grandpa in anger. He closed his eyes and massaged his temples with his index fingers.

Someone knocked on his study room door making him open back his eyes.

"Father, this is me, Eunkyung. Can I come in?"

"Yes"

She went inside, walked towards the grandpa, she bowed down slightly. He looked at her with full curiosity. It was rare for her to come here unless for some requests she wanted.

"I come to talk about Jungkook"

"Sit"

She went to sit in front of him and then looked at him.

"What is it?" asked him with impatience.

"Is Jungkook causing problems? You're looking for him?" asked her.

"Skip all the talks," said him. He could sense that she knew something about Jungkook.

"Father", Eunkyung paused making him to be more impatient as he narrowed his eyes on her.

"Jungkook is busy with his divorcement to Seolhyun now," said her.

"What????" he frowned in shock. Eyes wide, lips twitched in disbelief. "Again, what did you say?"

"Father, you didn't hear wrong. He already divorced Seolhyun"

Upon hearing, his chest filled with anger, almost making him burst. He slammed his arm onto the table, causing her to flinch.

"No wind! No storm! How can this happen so sudden???!" shouted grandpa.

"I-I don't know grandpa"

"Where's that brat????"

"I-I don't know too" stammered her but she knew where Jungkook was as she had someone to keep eyes on her only son.

"When was the divorcement???"

She started to stutter. Feeling like he was interrogating her. "Two-three days ago... I guess"

"Who holds the kid's custody?"

"Um?" asked her with eyes widened in disbelief at his reaction. Why was the kid more mattered than the divorcement?

"You heard it. Kid. Jiseok! Who has custody??"

Her lips trembled, words stuck in her throat. She expected the grandpa to be mad at the divorcement. But instead the kid mattered the most.

"Er.. It.. It-it" stuttered her.

Impatient, he took the telephone and dialed a number.

"Fa-father what are you doing?"

"We need to win full kid's custody" said him worried at the thought it was hard to win kid's custody on the father's side, especially Jungkook was the one who divorced her.

"Does Seolhyun not matter? Father? It is not fair"

He didn't care what she said. To him, things had happened and for his family to have Jiseok was important now.

No answer from him caused her to panic. "Father, that's not their son! Jungkook was faking it!" shouted her to stop him.

"What?"

"It's not their son. Jungkook just wants to please you. He wants to be president quickly. So.." she stopped and her eyes widened when she saw him holding about his chest like he was struggling to breathe.

She quickly rushed to him, holding his arm and trying to support him, "Father! Father, are you okay? Father!"

Struggling to breathe, with his chest just like being pressured by heavy weight, he lost consciousness and she fell with him. She was shocked and then cried for the help. "Help! Someone! Come here! Help!"






                    "You are crazy!!!" yelled Junho at Eunkyung. Putting his palm on his forehead, pinching his eyes closed, he was very frustrated.

They both were outside of the grandpa's ward room. Anger ran into Junho's blood as he was very mad at Eunkyung.

"How am I crazy???? I just told him the truth??? What did I do so wrong??!" she backfired.

"You have audacity to ask what you did wrong???" He leaned closer at her, eyes pierced. "You know father has a weak heart and yet you told him things like this? You're lunatic"

"So, who do I have to tell first? You????" asked her.

He rolled his eyes, turning his face to the side and sighed out. He ignored her knowing that question was meant to mock him.

Then he turned his face at her again. "Who's that girl?" asked him.

"Prostitute" said her without hesitation and crossed her arms.

"So what? It's still Jungkook's son and my grandson"

"It's not Jungkook's son" she lied.

He scoffed. "Oh, that's why father had a heart attack"

She looked at him confusedly.

"Because of your big lying mouth. You can fool grandpa" he paused and then emphasized, "But not me"

She frowned with anger, feeling humiliated. "What do you know about Jungkook to say this?!"

"My men are better than yours" said him as he had his men interrogate Jungkook's houseworkers as soon as he heard from Eunkyung. He could not believe her at all.

"The girl had been living with him even from before pregnancy until the childbirth. Jiseok is his son, do not twist the truth"

Her eyes flickered at the embarrassment he gave her, making her to be more angered. Tensing, she lifted her head up at him. "So, you're proud that Jungkook fucked a prostitute and then had a son with her??? You're proud??? Huh?!"

"It's the truth I told. Prostitute or not, it's their son together"

"You back him up because you used to fuck protistute behind my back!" yelled her with her eyes getting red.

He ignored her. "Where's Jungkook now? What have you done to my son?"

"Son? You call him your son? He's my son alone! Where were you when I was pregnant??? Now you dare to call him your son? You don't deserve any part of his life. I grew him, I'll shape him in my way. I'll tell him what to do and what to not. Don't you worry where he is now. He will come back to me. He will be crawling down and begging on my feet for my forgiveness. He will come back!"

He looked at her with a frown as she seemed to be manic to him. "You're really crazy" he said and then walked away from her.

She clenched her hands at the way he kept saying she's crazy.




                     Sitting alone at the bar stools in her house, Seolhyun drank wine while staring blankly at the space. The house was quiet, very quiet that she was able to listen to the tick-tock of the wall clock. Since the day she received the divorcement paper, She fired all her houseworkers, making her living alone again.

After a moment, she picked her cell phone on the bar and dialed a number.

Jungkook's cell phone rang. He looked at the phone screen and it was Seolhyun. He pressed his lips together, wondering what she wanted to say to him. Was it gonna be a provocation again or not?

Y/n saw Jungkook was pensive at a phone call. "Who is it?"

He snapped and then quickly went to doorway. "A call from office. I'll come back later in minutes"

Before he closed the door, he said, "But you still have to lock the door, babe"

"Okay"

He walked along the corridor and stopped at a point. The phone in his hand was still ringing.

He picked up the call and pressed the phone against his ear.

"Oppa-ah. It's been a long time, I don't call you oppa" said Seolhyun and soon as he picked up the call.

"What do you want?"

"I heard you're kicked out by your mom" said her.

"So?"

She suddenly chuckled. But he didn't bother at all. It just sounded like she was drunk.

"So, it is true then" she chuckled again. "But don't misunderstand me. I'm not calling you to give you a charity. I call you for your new address. My lawyer needs to send you a letter. We're going to see each other a lot in the court later. I can't wait to see you again"

"Send it through my email," he said, skipping all her sarcasm.

"Why don't you just give me your address??? You are a businessman. How can a formal notice be sent through email. I mean you was" she smirked. 

"Don't try schooling me. It is possible"

"Just tell me that you actually don't even have an address" she laughed at her guess.

After her laughter died, she said "You don't have money, honey? Don't be like that. I demand a trillion won for the alimony"

Trillion? To him, it was a crazy amount for alimony. But he didn't want to appear weak to her just because he didn't have money power anymore. "Mind your own business. My family is trillion times richer than your petty thief family"

"Your family? Do you even have one now?"

"Don't forget, I will put Jimin and that wicked old man to jail. In return to what you've done to me. So, it's gonna be a fair-fair situation for us, no offence"

She faked a sigh, "This is a thing that I love about you. the confidence you have. Do you think in your position right now, you can do that? You're so delusional"

"Look who's talking about being delusional. Do you think the court will approve the trillion won you ask. How long was our marriage last?"

She clenched her hand into fist, biting her lips, her blood was boiled by what he said. "Are you saying that I don't deserve it???? The damage you've done to me for the past three years? Do you think I'm not hurting?!"

He was about to say something but then he held it back, didn't want to provoke her further. "See you in the court," he said and ended the call.

He sighed out. It was like she tried to hurt him by financial matters. He pressed his tongue against his cheek, thinking about the alimony. Trillion, of course it was impossible but billions made it sense. But even billions, it was too much for him right now. He clicked his tongue as he was annoyed by the money problem. For the past days, it's been like money, money, money!

After that, he went back to his hotel room. He knocked on the door, "Y/n, I already back"

Y/n went to open the door for him. He saw she was busy with her phone as her eyes were on the phone rather than on him. And then she walked back to the bed with eyes that never ran from the phone even for a second.

"What are you doing?" asked him.

"I'm looking for a house to rent" said her and sat back on the bed.

"Babe, I think I still can pay for another night here" he went to sit beside her.

"No. This time, you're going to listen to me. Do not gamble on this. We have to save money as much as we can for things that are better to spend on" asserted her.




                  Seolhyun's grip on her glass tightened. Jungkook sounded having no regrets. He sounded as if he was fine which made her burn.

"Those arrogant talks. I'll make him swallow it all back!"

Angered by how he was fine when she was not fine at all, she couldn't take it more and threw the glass of wine at the wall in front of her.

She breathed heavily, her lips trembling with rage, her eyes blazing with anger.

Suddenly, her doorbell rang. She looked at the door and wondered who it was that came at the wrong time like this.

Lazily, she left the chair and took a look at her doorbell camera. It was Jimin.

Jimin rang the bell again.

"Wait" said her and then opened the door for him. Then, she just walked away, he followed her inside.

"Noona, why aren't you picking up my calls?"

"You call me?" asked her casually.

He stopped walking and started to realize her physical appearance changed. "You lost weight a lot. Aren't you eating at all?"

She went to sit on the sofa and looked at him. "I just skipped meals for two days. You know I lost weight quickly. Why do you come here?"

He actually came here right after he accidentally heard Junho's employees gossip about the divorcement of Jungkook and Seolhyun. Jungkook also didn't go to work for three days already. He wanted for a confirmation but seeing Seolhyun like this, he could confirm it was true.

"So the rumor about you have divorced with Jungkook is true then"

She chuckled and then nodded, "Is it a rumor already? You heard right, my dongsaeng. Do father and mother know about this too?"

"No"

Then he went to sit on another sofa in front of Seolhyun. He actually felt good about their divorcement. But at the same time he was worried about Seolhyun. It was obvious she still had feelings for Jungkook. She just denied it.

Then his eyes ran wild around the house. He saw the wine stain on the wall and the glass shattered on the floor. "What happens?"

"Um?" she followed his eyes and understood what he referred to. "Ah, that? I just slipped my glass"

"Slipped? That far? Until staining your wall? That's a bullshit" he said with a slight giggle because he didn't want to pressure her.

She laughed and then wiped her tears away. "You're so funny"

"Live with me, noona" said him seriously as he felt it would be safe for her to stay with him.

"What nonsense you're talking about" muttered her.

"I'm serious. You're no longer a married woman and this house, there's no happy memory at all, right?"

"Happy?" her eyes stared at the space again, recalling the first time she went into this house with Jungkook after the wedding ceremony. Her eyes could not lie that she was obviously in sorrow.

She thought she was happy until he was being cold to her and told her to sleep separately. When she cooked, he didn't eat her food, that hurt her feelings. She felt like he was treating her as she was so dirty. And the way he fooled and slept with random girls instead, just blew away her sanity at recalling those bitter memories.

Her eyes started watering. Jimin saw that and went panic, thinking that she must be recalling something and he made her do that.

"Noona" he called her but she was lost in her mind.

He went to sit beside her and held her shoulders, "Noona, I'm sorry". She laid her head on his shoulder and burst.

"I'm sorry, Noona"

As he hugged her, she felt his sibling love. She clenched his shirt around his chest towards her and just cried. Then, she remembered telling him to go to jail, causing her to panic at the thought he would not be around her again.

"You're not going to jail, Jimin. You're not. I won't allow them to take you away from me. Not you. I'm sorry" said her.

She realized, all the pain, she's been through, only Jimin was with her.

"No, noona. I've made up my mind about that. I'll go tell President Junho by myself about that later. It's my fault after all. It's my crime. If this truth is kept hidden, I will live guiltily throughout my life. I don't want to live like that" said Jimin.

She slowly opened her palm and looked straight in his eyes. "What are you saying??? Why?! Do you want to leave me too???"

"No, I don't mean that-"

"Why do you choose to be honest? To be kind??? This world doesn't deserve your kindness! You will not be happy"

"I'm not kind. I've hurt some people and sometimes I'm just foolish" said Jimin.

"They are already rich. They are billionaires. You don't need to feel guilty. It is just a piece of cake for them"

He did not say anything.

She clenched back his shirt and leaned her face against his chest. "No, you won't go anywhere. It's not your fault in the first place! It is father's fault!"

"But I know"

"No! You don't know anything!"
























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