Yumi slammed the door.
'I don't see a difference,'
"Tsss!" Yumi scoffed!
"He doesn't see a difference, is he telling me that I still don't look pretty to him?"
"Ha!" Yumi laughed sarcastically.
She felt annoyed, her ego was hurt!
"He's the only guy who doesn't find me pretty!" Yumi mumbled, but then a thought suddenly came into her mind.
"Hmmm... interesting though!"
Yumi fell in deep thought.
"Could he be..."
*Gasp!*
Yumi covered her mouth as she gasped!
"Could he be gay?!!" She blurted out!
"Yes! That is possible!"
He doesn't find me pretty, because he thought he is prettier!
He is just jealous of me!
"Ha!" Yumi let out a short laugh, but then, she froze again.
'Wait, but he doesn't act like gay tho,' she said to her self.
Yes, he is not afraid to be exposed to the sun, he is not lousy, he rides a bicycle, and most of all, he does heavy works!
"No, no, no, he doesn't seem weak," Yumi mumbled.
' Come on, Yumi is it hard to accept that not everybody could be attracted to you, especially Jin?'
"No, I can't accept it!"
"A mere servant?!"
"This is ridiculous!"
'Oh, Yumi, not because he is a servant, it doesn't mean that he can't be choosy to girls!'
'Everybody has their own standard, maybe he just doesn't like girls like you,' The other side of Yumi's mind said.
'No, no, no,' Yumi just couldn't accept the idea of being rejected.
' No one can reject me, I am Yumi Alcantara, I am rich and beautiful, I should not be rejected by a mere servant!'
'Yes, no one should reject her!'
Yumi smirked mysteriously as if she is plotting something!
Yumi's deep thoughts were interrupted when she heard a knock on the door.
Yumi looked at the door, "Yes," She answered.
"Young Miss," Yumi heard a female servant's voice from the outside.
"Mr. Alcantara is waiting for you in his study room," The servant said.
Yumi knitted her brows, 'What?'
She looked at her wristwatch to check the time and her knitted brows got even deeper, 'It is five pm, why is he home early?
'Ugh!'
'I'm sure that there is something wrong with this!
Her father doesn't usually come home at this hour!
"Tell him I'm coming," Yumi replied to the servant.
"Alright, Young Miss," The servant replied before she left.
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Yumi took a deep breath before she knocked on the study room's door.
"Come in!" Yumi heard her father's voice from the inside.
Yumi held the doorknob, she turned it open and entered the room.
Dimitry is sitting on the couch in front of a small round table,
"The servant said that you called for me," Yumi said as soon as she entered.
Dimitry looked up to his daughter, but he was a bit surprised to see the different look of Yumi!
"What happened?" Dimitry asked with his knitted brows.
He was not sure if he is just seeing things!
Yumi looked down on her self, " Well, " She spoke as she lifted her gaze, " I went to the salon and have a makeover!" She replied lazily.
"Oh, I see..." Dimitry said, "That's good then," He added.
Yumi sat down opposite her dad, she crossed her legs as she asks, "Why did you call for me?"
Dimitry put down a piece of thick paper at the top of the table, he slid it towards Yumi, "Your adviser went to my office to give this," He said.
Yumi looked down at the piece of paper. "So, you finally made time to talk to her," she said sarcastically.
"Yumi..." Dimitry closed his eyes tightly as if trying to calm himself. He then sighs.
"Have you ever take a look at your grades?"
"Of course I do!"
"That's my report card!" Yumi replied, unaffected by her low grades.
"My God Yumi!"
"Why are you acting like it's all nothing?!"
"Because it is really nothing!"
"I don't have to worry if my grades are low, why would I?"
"We are already rich, we have a lot of money, my rich father can provide me everything I need, so why would I bother to study when you're there to give me everything?" Yumi savagely replied.
"You!" Dimitry gritted his teeth as he pointed his finger to Yumi, he's obviously trying to suppress his anger!
"If you keep on being like this, I will send you abroad and let you live alone there!" Dimitry said.
"Send me abroad?" Yumi repeated in a sarcastic tone with her raised brows.
'Ha! What a joke!'
"Yes, I'm going to send you abroad, I'll let you live on your own without giving you an allowance so that you'll know how hard it is to live in poverty!"
Yumi got up from her seat,
" Is that really it?" Yumi smirked.
"What else do you think?" Dimitry asked back.
Yumi looked at her father coldly,
"Why won't you just tell me that you are already tired of having a failure daughter?"
"Or maybe, this is just your way of casting me away because you already have a new family?"
"How dare you question my decisions?!" Dimitry's face turned red due to anger!
"I am just doing this because I don't want you to be an irresponsible person when you grow up!"
"Ha!" Yumi let out a sarcastic laugh, "Since when did you care about me, Dad?"
"I don't even remember you asked if how I am?"
"You were not there whenever I need you, have you ever ask me how I am since mom died?"
"No, You never did!"
"You never asked me!"
"You never comforted me!"
"Tell me, do you even know what foods I like?"
"Do you even know what is my favorited color?"
"I guess not!"
"Because you don't care about me, what is important to you is your business!"
"Have you ever realized that I don't need just the material things, but your love and attention?!" Yumi did not give her father a chance to speak as she instantly walks away after saying her words.
Alicia was outside the study room when Yumi and Dimitry were arguing.
She entered the study room when Yumi left. She found Dimitry sitting on the couch with his head bowed.
"Honey," Alicia called her husband, but Dimitry did not respond.
Alicia approached her husband and she sat beside her. "Honey," She called him again.
"This is all my fault," Dimitry said in a faint voice.
"Honey..." Alicia wanted to console her husband.
Dimitry rubbed his face with his palm, "Yumi was right, I am such a terrible father,"
"No," Alicia said instantly.
"You're a wonderful father," She added.
Dimitry just shook his head.
"Honey," Alicia held her husband's face, " Look at me," She said.
Dimitry looked at Alicia.
"Honey, you're not a terrible father,"
"I didn't give her my time when she was still young, she was right, I didn't even know what are the things she likes, I feel like I don't know her!"
"Honey, you were not able to give your time to her because you were so busy giving her a comfortable life,"
"She may not understand it now, but she'll realize it soon."
Dimitry just lowered his head. Now he is blaming himself for why his ex-wife tried to find happiness with another man, and it is because he doesn't have time for her!
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Yumi is lying on her bed with her back facing the door when she heard a knock on the door.
Yumi did not answer, but she still heard the sound of the door opening.
"You haven't eaten your dinner, so, I bought your foods," Yumi heard a woman's voice. She recognized the voice, it is Alicia!
"I don't have the appetite to eat," Yumi said coldly without facing Alicia.
"Oh," Alicia blurted out.
"Then, I will bring this back to the kitchen," She said.
Alicia waited but Yumi did not respond.
Alicia sighs silently, as she lowered her head. She was about to open the door to leave, but then she stopped and turned her head to Yumi, "Yumi..." She called in a soft voice.
Yumi did not move, but Alicia continued to speak.
"You should have not said those things to your father," She said.
"Don't act as if you're my mother," Yumi said coldly.
"Yes, I am not your mother, but I am your father's wife, I won't force you to like or respect me, but at least, show some respect to your father," Alicia said.
Yumi annoyingly raised her body from her bed, and she looked at Alicia sternly, "Who are you to tell me that?" She asked sternly.
"Don't be too selfish, Yumi" Alicia ignored Yumi's question. "The world doesn't only rotate to you, be considerate enough,"
"What?" Yumi narrowed her eyes.
"You say your father doesn't have time for you?"
"Why do you think he is busy managing your family's business?"
"It is because he wants you to have a comfortable life. He wants the business to grow because he knows that someday his daughter will going to inherit everything that he works for."
Yumi becomes silent.
"You say he doesn't even ask if how are you?" Alicia continued.
"Why?"
"Have you ever ask him how is he?"
"He is tired after long hours of working just to provide you everything."
"Don't just think of your self, Yumi, think also for the people around you," Alicia left after saying her words while Yumi was left alone in her room.
She lowered her head.
Alicia's words hit her hard!