Chapter 18
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Broken pieces of glass lay scattered across the room as Yuri smashed everything she can get her hands on. She was already heaving when she finally decided to stop.
"Are you done yet?" came a man's lazy drawl.
"You shut up!" She screamed, her fury renewing.
"Please don't smash the TV," Kyung-Wan was sitting at the sofa, watching his 'sister' with amusement as she destroyed her own living room. "I still have to watch my show."
"I said shut up!" And she kicked the coffee table which smashed against the glass door of the designer cabinet housing her and Hyun-Shik's pictures.
Kyung-Wan stood up and stepped up to his sister.
"Stop," he said in a commanding tone. "You need to stop. Or else, you'll be left with nothing here and you might even get hurt."
Yuri looked up at her brother and tears began to stream down her face. A second later, she lost all the fight within her and just slumped to the floor.
It's been days after she fought with Hyun-Shik over his so-called 'marriage partner' and neither of them had contacted each other after. She remembered throwing a fit at his house, screaming, and berating him about Chung Ji-Eun. She closed her eyes and the scene at his boyfriend's house replayed in her mind mercilessly.
"Just because I refused to accept your proposal, you go and ask somebody else?!" She raised her voice at Hyun-Shik as she rushed at him.
"It's not like that, Yuri-ah," Hyun-Shik held her arms. "Please listen to me-"
"I asked you to wait! I asked you to-" she managed to free one of her hands and she slapped him. "Why would you do something like that?!"
And she heard nothing after that. Hyun-Shik still tried to talk to her, to coax her, but she had already blocked him out in her anger.
She continued to cry in her slumped state.
Seeing that she won't be breaking anything else for the mean time, Kyung-Wan turned around and returned to his perch at the sofa. He patiently waited as he watched his sister cry for some time. When she finally quieted down, he tilted his head towards her.
"What happened anyway?" He asked. "Did you and your boyfriend fight?"
Yuri did not answer him.
He sighed as he adjusted his position at the sofa.
"You've been having these tantrums every freaking time you get a call from someone, when I ask about your boyfriend, or when your pitiful assistant comes over to give you stuff," he said in a matter-of-fact way. "You're really wasting your effort and money just breaking stuff, you idiot."
Yuri glared at her brother.
"You have to tell me, so I know how I can help you," she heard him insist.
"How do you think you can help me anyway?" Yuri asked. "You don't have any money, resources, or whatever. You've been away for a long time, Kyung-Wan. You don't know anything about me now."
"So, tell me." Kyung-Wan let out a small laugh. "What I have, dear Sister, is experience. And you, of all people, should know that."
Yuri tore her eyes away from her brother and stared at the picture frame that lay smashed a few feet away from her. The picture showed her and Hyun-Shik laughing while they were in vacation in the Outer Islands.
What happened really? Yuri's thoughts ran wild. What have I done wrong? Should I have accepted his proposal from before? What about my career? What about being the Madam of the Song family?
Yuri pulled at her hair in frustration.
Is it because I didn't spend time with his parents? They didn't even know that I'm their son's girlfriend! A good friend! That's how I had introduced myself...
Hyun-Shik had made a fuss about it at the time, but she was able to placate him easily.
"That guy..." Yuri whispered. "What happened to him this time?"
"Yuri-ah," her brother tried to draw her attention. "Your boyfriend's on TV again."
Yuri's head whipped to face the TV so fast that Kyung-Wan thought he saw a blur.
On screen, they were showing the prime time news and that included an update about Song Corp.
They watched as one of the company representatives announced that in lieu of recent events, the Song Elders, Hyun-Shik's mother and father, who have been holding the top position at the company were finally stepping down. And that the new CEO would be their only living son, Song Hyun-Shik.
This piece of news was met with positive views. And the media seemed to be having a field day as they began to ask the representative question after question.
Yuri's eyes narrowed as the camera focused on Hyun-Shik's side profile. "CEO...?
After the questions were answered, there was also an announcement about a possible cooperation between Song Corp. and Chung Financial Group.
"Possible cooperation?" Hearing this, Yuri's nails dug deep into her palm. "Really?" She scoffed. If that's true then... Maybe that's how Hyun-Shik became someone's 'marriage partner'.
At this time, she regretted not listening to Hyun-Shik's explanation the day they fought. Maybe he told her something, but she had been stubborn and had blocked him out.
"Would you look at that," Kyung-Wan whistled. "It looks like you're in luck."
"What luck?" Yuri asked. "That person," she pointed at the TV. "...even though he's my boyfriend, I won't be the one marrying him anyway."
Kyung-Wan tore his eyes away from the screen and looked at his sister.
"What? Explain it to me like I'm a four year old."
Yuri answered her brother with a tone that said she's giving up.
"Song Hyun-Shik," Yuri said. "...has a marriage partner. He told me that only a few days ago."
"Oh?" Kyung-Wan straightened his back a little. 'What happens to you then? Have you broken up with that guy?"
"What happens to me?" Yuri's voice cracked. "Looks like I'll be chased away like an unwanted bug after all."
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Broken pieces of glass lay scattered across the room as Yuri smashed everything she can get her hands on. She was already heaving when she finally decided to stop.
"Are you done yet?" came a man's lazy drawl.
"You shut up!" She screamed, her fury renewing.
"Please don't smash the TV," Kyung-Wan was sitting at the sofa, watching his 'sister' with amusement as she destroyed her own living room. "I still have to watch my show."
"I said shut up!" And she kicked the coffee table which smashed against the glass door of the designer cabinet housing her and Hyun-Shik's pictures.
Kyung-Wan stood up and stepped up to his sister.
"Stop," he said in a commanding tone. "You need to stop. Or else, you'll be left with nothing here and you might even get hurt."
Yuri looked up at her brother and tears began to stream down her face. A second later, she lost all the fight within her and just slumped to the floor.
It's been days after she fought with Hyun-Shik over his so-called 'marriage partner' and neither of them had contacted each other after. She remembered throwing a fit at his house, screaming, and berating him about Chung Ji-Eun. She closed her eyes and the scene at his boyfriend's house replayed in her mind mercilessly.
"Just because I refused to accept your proposal, you go and ask somebody else?!" She raised her voice at Hyun-Shik as she rushed at him.
"It's not like that, Yuri-ah," Hyun-Shik held her arms. "Please listen to me-"
"I asked you to wait! I asked you to-" she managed to free one of her hands and she slapped him. "Why would you do something like that?!"
And she heard nothing after that. Hyun-Shik still tried to talk to her, to coax her, but she had already blocked him out in her anger.
She continued to cry in her slumped state.
Seeing that she won't be breaking anything else for the mean time, Kyung-Wan turned around and returned to his perch at the sofa. He patiently waited as he watched his sister cry for some time. When she finally quieted down, he tilted his head towards her.
"What happened anyway?" He asked. "Did you and your boyfriend fight?"
Yuri did not answer him.
He sighed as he adjusted his position at the sofa.
"You've been having these tantrums every freaking time you get a call from someone, when I ask about your boyfriend, or when your pitiful assistant comes over to give you stuff," he said in a matter-of-fact way. "You're really wasting your effort and money just breaking stuff, you idiot."
Yuri glared at her brother.
"You have to tell me, so I know how I can help you," she heard him insist.
"How do you think you can help me anyway?" Yuri asked. "You don't have any money, resources, or whatever. You've been away for a long time, Kyung-Wan. You don't know anything about me now."
"So, tell me." Kyung-Wan let out a small laugh. "What I have, dear Sister, is experience. And you, of all people, should know that."
Yuri tore her eyes away from her brother and stared at the picture frame that lay smashed a few feet away from her. The picture showed her and Hyun-Shik laughing while they were in vacation in the Outer Islands.
What happened really? Yuri's thoughts ran wild. What have I done wrong? Should I have accepted his proposal from before? What about my career? What about being the Madam of the Song family?
Yuri pulled at her hair in frustration.
Is it because I didn't spend time with his parents? They didn't even know that I'm their son's girlfriend! A good friend! That's how I had introduced myself...
Hyun-Shik had made a fuss about it at the time, but she was able to placate him easily.
"That guy..." Yuri whispered. "What happened to him this time?"
"Yuri-ah," her brother tried to draw her attention. "Your boyfriend's on TV again."
Yuri's head whipped to face the TV so fast that Kyung-Wan thought he saw a blur.
On screen, they were showing the prime time news and that included an update about Song Corp.
They watched as one of the company representatives announced that in lieu of recent events, the Song Elders, Hyun-Shik's mother and father, who have been holding the top position at the company were finally stepping down. And that the new CEO would be their only living son, Song Hyun-Shik.
This piece of news was met with positive views. And the media seemed to be having a field day as they began to ask the representative question after question.
Yuri's eyes narrowed as the camera focused on Hyun-Shik's side profile. "CEO...?
After the questions were answered, there was also an announcement about a possible cooperation between Song Corp. and Chung Financial Group.
"Possible cooperation?" Hearing this, Yuri's nails dug deep into her palm. "Really?" She scoffed. If that's true then... Maybe that's how Hyun-Shik became someone's 'marriage partner'.
At this time, she regretted not listening to Hyun-Shik's explanation the day they fought. Maybe he told her something, but she had been stubborn and had blocked him out.
"Would you look at that," Kyung-Wan whistled. "It looks like you're in luck."
"What luck?" Yuri asked. "That person," she pointed at the TV. "...even though he's my boyfriend, I won't be the one marrying him anyway."
Kyung-Wan tore his eyes away from the screen and looked at his sister.
"What? Explain it to me like I'm a four year old."
Yuri answered her brother with a tone that said she's giving up.
"Song Hyun-Shik," Yuri said. "...has a marriage partner. He told me that only a few days ago."
"Oh?" Kyung-Wan straightened his back a little. 'What happens to you then? Have you broken up with that guy?"
"What happens to me?" Yuri's voice cracked. "Looks like I'll be chased away like an unwanted bug after all."
Broken pieces of glass lay scattered across the room as Yuri smashed everything she can get her hands on. She was already heaving when she finally decided to stop."Are you done yet?" came a man's lazy drawl."You shut up!" She screamed, her fury renewing."Please don't smash the TV," Kyung-Wan was sitting at the sofa, watching his 'sister' with amusement as she destroyed her own living room. "I still have to watch my show.""I said shut up!" And she kicked the coffee table which smashed against the glass door of the designer cabinet housing her and Hyun-Shik's pictures.Kyung-Wan stood up and stepped up to his sister."Stop," he said in a commanding tone. "You need to stop. Or else, you'll be left with nothing here and you might even get hurt."Yuri looked up at her brother and tears began to stream down her face. A second later, she lost all the fight within her and just slumped to the floor.It's been days after she fought with Hyun-Shik over his so-called 'marriage partner' and neither of them had contacted each other after. She remembered throwing a fit at his house, screaming, and berating him about Chung Ji-Eun. She closed her eyes and the scene at his boyfriend's house replayed in her mind mercilessly."Just because I refused to accept your proposal, you go and ask somebody else?!" She raised her voice at Hyun-Shik as she rushed at him."It's not like that, Yuri-ah," Hyun-Shik held her arms. "Please listen to me-""I asked you to wait! I asked you to-" she managed to free one of her hands and she slapped him. "Why would you do something like that?!"And she heard nothing after that. Hyun-Shik still tried to talk to her, to coax her, but she had already blocked him out in her anger.She continued to cry in her slumped state.Seeing that she won't be breaking anything else for the mean time, Kyung-Wan turned around and returned to his perch at the sofa. He patiently waited as he watched his sister cry for some time. When she finally quieted down, he tilted his head towards her."What happened anyway?" He asked. "Did you and your boyfriend fight?"Yuri did not answer him.He sighed as he adjusted his position at the sofa."You've been having these tantrums every freaking time you get a call from someone, when I ask about your boyfriend, or when your pitiful assistant comes over to give you stuff," he said in a matter-of-fact way. "You're really wasting your effort and money just breaking stuff, you idiot."Yuri glared at her brother."You have to tell me, so I know how I can help you," she heard him insist."How do you think you can help me anyway?" Yuri asked. "You don't have any money, resources, or whatever. You've been away for a long time, Kyung-Wan. You don't know anything about me now.""So, tell me." Kyung-Wan let out a small laugh. "What I have, dear Sister, is experience. And you, of all people, should know that."Yuri tore her eyes away from her brother and stared at the picture frame that lay smashed a few feet away from her. The picture showed her and Hyun-Shik laughing while they were in vacation in the Outer Islands.What happened really? Yuri's thoughts ran wild. What have I done wrong? Should I have accepted his proposal from before? What about my career? What about being the Madam of the Song family?Yuri pulled at her hair in frustration.Is it because I didn't spend time with his parents? They didn't even know that I'm their son's girlfriend! A good friend! That's how I had introduced myself...Hyun-Shik had made a fuss about it at the time, but she was able to placate him easily."That guy..." Yuri whispered. "What happened to him this time?""Yuri-ah," her brother tried to draw her attention. "Your boyfriend's on TV again."Yuri's head whipped to face the TV so fast that Kyung-Wan thought he saw a blur.On screen, they were showing the prime time news and that included an update about Song Corp.They watched as one of the company representatives announced that in lieu of recent events, the Song Elders, Hyun-Shik's mother and father, who have been holding the top position at the company were finally stepping down. And that the new CEO would be their only living son, Song Hyun-Shik.This piece of news was met with positive views. And the media seemed to be having a field day as they began to ask the representative question after question.Yuri's eyes narrowed as the camera focused on Hyun-Shik's side profile. "CEO...?After the questions were answered, there was also an announcement about a possible cooperation between Song Corp. and Chung Financial Group."Possible cooperation?" Hearing this, Yuri's nails dug deep into her palm. "Really?" She scoffed. If that's true then... Maybe that's how Hyun-Shik became someone's 'marriage partner'.At this time, she regretted not listening to Hyun-Shik's explanation the day they fought. Maybe he told her something, but she had been stubborn and had blocked him out."Would you look at that," Kyung-Wan whistled. "It looks like you're in luck.""What luck?" Yuri asked. "That person," she pointed at the TV. "...even though he's my boyfriend, I won't be the one marrying him anyway."Kyung-Wan tore his eyes away from the screen and looked at his sister."What? Explain it to me like I'm a four year old."Yuri answered her brother with a tone that said she's giving up."Song Hyun-Shik," Yuri said. "...has a marriage partner. He told me that only a few days ago.""Oh?" Kyung-Wan straightened his back a little. 'What happens to you then? Have you broken up with that guy?""What happens to me?" Yuri's voice cracked. "Looks like I'll be chased away like an unwanted bug after all."
