Soon President Kim and his wife entered the scene with his half brother.
"what's the matter here?"
No one dared to speak a word. President Kim's intimidating aura was enough to silence everyone. Kim yerin's uncle broke the silence and praised her "our yerin has grown up. I never thought besides dancing and modelling you had skills for designing too. It seems like you have many hidden talents inside you"
Kim so-hyun took the opportunity and announced "Indeed father, she has many hidden things like the tattoo on the back of her neck. I only got to see it recently"
yerin's face turned pale. she knew her father won't easily forgive her now. President Kim looked at his daughter questioningly "Is it true yerin?"
Kim yerin froze. No! someone save her. she can never lie to her father publicly. If the tattoo is revealed like this her family will soon go through a lot of criticism and humiliation. Kim Yumi tried to save her sister "Father, you don't have to listen to such rubbish. It's yet another trick of so-hyun to slander my sister"
An angry Kim seung-Jo spoke "yumi how can you speak about my daughter like this? why would she lie? she is afterall your sister too"
Jeon Jonghyun decided to defend yerin he was sure President Kim will listen to him "uncle you know very well that yerin stays with me all the time. I would know if she does something like that"
President Kim was a man of his words. he wasn't going to be fooled that easily.
"you all silence. I asked a question to yerin so she will answer it and nobody else."
"Father I...." Kim yerin could only think of one person who can save the situation.
"uncle Gong Joon-ki" she whispered. Gong Joon-ki had gone overseas for work it was impossible for him to be here.
"uncle please save me. please God do something" miraculously in a minute Gong Joon-ki appeared out of nowhere.
"who is troubling my yerin" Kim yerin couldn't believe her eyes. yes miracles do happens. she excitedly ran towards him and pounced into his arms.
"uncle save me otherwise father will probably kill me tonight."
Gong Joon-ki smiled "my yerin. I missed you so much. don't worry no one can handle your father better than me"
He then walked towards the crowd with yerin. Gong Joon-ki had been Kim yerin's guardian for a long time. offcourse she informed him about the tattoo after having it and also pleaded to save her from her father when the time comes. luckily Gong Joon-ki finished his work overseas earlier than planned and returned to the mansion at the right time.
"Now that uncle Gong Joon-ki is also here why don't he ask her himself if she has a tattoo or not?" Kim so-hyun tried her best to provoke the situation. "so what if she has? who are you to question her like this? I think we all belong to an open minded civilised society. won't it look shameful if we waste time on such lowly matters and make a scene among the guests"
Kim so-hyun wasn't going to give up so easily "you won't believe it until you see it. let me show it" so-hyun tried to grab yerin's back. Gong Joon-ki stepped in blocking her way and shoved her backwards. "so-hyun don't forget she is the young miss of this family don't lay your dirty hands on her"
Kim yerin was tired of so-hyun's dirty games.
"No wonder she was behaving so friendly with me earlier. Kim so-hyun do you think I am not aware of your schemes? only to keep the dignity of our family I tolerated you so far." Kim yumi spoke to her father "daddy, so-hyun humiliated yun-ji calling him a commoner in front of our guests, when yerin confronted her she tried to drag you and our family's name into it creating a scene"
"Is it true yun-ji?" President Kim asked him.
He looked down and said "yes it's true"
so-hyun never expected her plan to backfire like that. This time Madam Kim spoke in a calm voice "I never expected this from you so-hyun. I have always looked towards you as my daughter and considered you a part of my family. it's so disappointing, but offcourse I won't blame you. it's not your fault. your father had committed many sins and now he is provoking his own daughter to walk on his path"
President Kim was embarrassed of this whole melodrama. This was all because of Patriarch Kim. If he had cherished the women he loved, matriarch Kim would have never left but he was unable to keep his dick under his pants and brought a mistress home which resulted the birth of a poisonous brother like Kim seung-Jo.
so-hyun unable to accept her defeat cursed yerin "you bitch! I hate you, you took away my place, you stole my grandfather's affection; you thief!!"
yerin picked a glass of red wine from a table nearby and poured the wine all over so-hyun's face.
"don't do this" Jonghyun grabbed her hand. "don't dirty your hands over lowly things"
"and you" he pointed towards so-hyun with disgust "yerin told me not to inform her parents about your schemes that you use in the university to slander yerin. I am aware of all the things you have done in the past to hurt her but I kept quiet for a long time now. How can you be so cruel towards your own sister? from now on never show me your face again"
so-hyun's heart broke into pieces. Jonghyun was the only one she loved and cared about besides her father for a long time but now he hates her too. she never thought either yerin or Jonghyun was aware of her schemes.
"seung-Jo take your daughter and leave" President Kim couldn't believe his brother still had the nerve to stand there like nothing happened. Unable to say a word Kim seung-Jo grabbed his daughter and left.
"Kim yerin you will pay for this" so-hyun cried. Yerin knew she had to face her father for a confrontation sooner or later but she really wasn't in the mood for it. she took Jonghyun's hand and they both quickly escaped the scene before anyone could say anything.
"where do you want to go?" Jonghyun asked. "anywhere is fine"
He called his car and left the Kim mansion. He wanted to take her to his home but he thought she needed some fresh air to clear her mind. He signalled the car to stop at the park near his home.
"I don't want to go home. I am scared" yerin started crying. Jonghyun laughed. "it's rare to see the great Kim yerin scared. Today is a lucky day.
"Even you are being so mean to me"
Jonghyun signed and patted her shoulder "since childhood we all have seen you doing so many mischievous things its not the first time, even uncle has grown accustomed to it"
"But this time I have committed a bigger crime" yerin has always been scared of disappointing her father.
"relax yerin the worst uncle can do is to ground you for a few days and take away your cards. don't worry I will visit you everyday."
"No you don't understand! something big is going to happen this time I can already feel it"
they sat on a park bench "yerin you are probably overthinking things, having sister yumi and uncle Gong Joon-ki by your side they will definitely save you"
Yerin calmed her nerves. Tired she leaned her head on his shoulder and rested. Jonghyun's heart started beating loudly.
half an hour passed.
"Sunbae, you wanted to tell me something right? you said your life depends on it"
Jonghyun grew extremely nervous. "yes there was something I wanted to confess"
"sorry I got caught up in this mess that I forgot about it"
"it's fine"
yerin adjusted her position "so what is it? tell me I am all ears"
Jonghyun breathed heavily. "yerin you must listen to every word I say" This was the moment he had been dreaming about since a long time. finally it's coming true. today he must not delay. He must not hold back. He have to take the initiative. He can't live with regrets for the rest of his life.
yerin took out her handkerchief and handed it to Jonghyun "you are sweating, whats wrong? why are you behaving so nervously?" Jonghyun grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes.
"yerin, since the day you took me to Grandma's stall you made me feel special. you have no idea how much you influence me. I have always wanted to say this but I was scared of losing you. But today I want to say it before it's too late. I want to tell you that Kim yerin I love you, I have loved you for a long time and I want to continue doing so. will you be my girlfriend?"