Mr. Shin's POV:
"I have missed you all these years, Lily..." I mumbled while gazing at her with my sad smile.
She looked down silently with my answer. "Why are you here, Shin?" She asked me very softly with a frown face.
"Umm, oh yes! I need to give these documents to Miss Kim! Actually, we need to leave for Jeju Island tomorrow maybe..." I replied to her while pointing at the documents in my hand.
"Yes, Milady told me about the sudden plan! But she is asleep now and she really gets pissed off if she is disturbed from her beauty nap!" She sounded a bit concerned while talking about her.
"Alright, I won't bother her. Can you give her the documents? I was a bit hesitant to ask her though but I didn't have the courage to disturb Miss Kim.
"Okay." She nodded her head while taking the files from me. "I guess, you can leave now, Shin! Mr. Choi must be waiting for you--"
"Wait!" I impatiently grabbed her arm as she was about to leave. "Lily, I-I am sorry... I am very sorry for being so late... Can you forgive me?" I blurted out in despair.
"We...We were both at the fault, Shin! You took so long to come back and... I got married to someone else! Our destiny was never meant to be one..." She slowly removed her hand from my grasp while speaking.
"But... I had my reasons! I really wanted to come back for you--"
"Shin, let the past buried like before... We are not teenagers anymore! Both of us have our own responsibilities to take care of! So, we need to accept our fate and the way we were living until now..." She interrupted me in a cold voice while avoiding eye contact with me.
I couldn't utter anything opposing her response. She seemed standing before me, but still, an unavoidable distance separated us eternally...
"You must return now, Shin! I... I was happy to see you again... Even it was after 20 years..." She uttered in a painful proclamation.
"It's naive of me to expect forgiveness from you, Lily! But, I have really yearned for you and will retain our memories forever! Even though our worlds are far apart now!" My eyes were teary all of a sudden when I was expressing my feelings tenderly.
"Goodbye, Shin. I should go back now! Take care..." She smiled painfully while closing the door.
I stood there all poignantly for some time. I guess I am old enough to have my heart broken but still, it hurts to witness the way our fate drove us mercilessly.
While walking back to the car, tears were rolling down bearing the load of my pain. Gradually, I took out a picture of my wallet. Lily was just 18 at that time, smiling cheerfully, standing under a sakura tree... Though the photo was taken 22 years ago it still feels like yesterday! I just had a picture of her all these years with me, which was my everything till now...
"I wish, I could tell you how much I have loved you... Lily!" I conveyed in a lowkey voice while gazing at the Kim Mansion.
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Alex's POV:
Damn what's taking Mr. Shin so long? I just asked him to deliver the documents to Luna! He sometimes pisses me off!
Though I almost finished checking my pending work files. Luna's secretary has already informed me about our dispatch tomorrow, so I should get some rest now.
(Phone ringing)
I looked at the screen and it was my dad! Woah! Why is he calling me all of a sudden? My mood will be ruined terribly again!
Reluctantly I picked it up...
"Hello?" I grumbled at him.
"Hello, Alex? Mr. Chae told me you will be leaving tomorrow for somewhere? Don't you know to inform about that to your father?" He spoke very densely.
"Huh? From when did you suddenly start to care about me? And why should I disclose my schedule with you? I don't give a damn about you!" I rebuked at him as he was pushing me to my limit! Such a disgusting person!
"And are you going with the heiress of Kim Merchandise? From when did you become so considerate to others?" He was quite persistent to argue with me.
"I won't explain anything to you! As I have always said, I don't owe you anything ever!" I groaned at him bitterly and tried to disconnect the call.
"Alex, just remember one thing! Don't let your emotions overtaking your mind! Once your heart urges to trust someone else, you will be becoming a weak person! And once you become weak, you will be losing everything- power, position, passion... Everything you have worked hard for until now!" He sounded quite obscure while talking over the phone.
"Don't test my patience anymore! I don't want any advice from a barbaric person who wanted me dead! And also from such a disgraceful person who was busy toying with someone else when my mom was on her deathbed! You don't have any right to interfere in my life!" I yelled at him as I couldn't control my outburst anymore.
"Alex, you disgusting monster--"
I hung up the phone hastily. He has been pushing me to my edges now! I am gradually losing my calm mind. I hope this trip to Jeju Island will relieve me a bit from all these stresses.
At the moment Mr. Shin walked into my cabinet. I was quite pissed off with him.
"What took you so long? It was an easy task for you!" I roared at him as I urged to vent out my frustration on someone.
"I...I am sorry sir!" He mumbled very nervously by averting his gaze from me.
"Ughhh! Okay! Tomorrow we will be leaving for Jeju on my personal jet within 11 am, so make sure that everything turns out perfectly!" I commanded him in a hoarse voice while leaving for my home.
"Yes sir!" He bowed to me but somehow he looked very sad...
While leaving I stopped for a second turning back towards him. "Hey? Are you fine?" I interrogated him in a deep voice.
"Yes... I am fine, sir!" He smiled poignantly at me.
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Mrs. Park closed the door and turned her back towards it. Her heart was pounding very fast after encountering him for such a long span of years... With teary eyes, she stood still for a moment.
"I...I thought I will never get to see him again! I am so happy to see him doing fine... I earnestly prayed for him after I knew about his dreadful accident... Thank God, thank you for keeping him ..." She couldn't complete her muttering as her voice suffocated with pain. Though she acted all tough before him, but couldn't hold back her tears once she's alone.
"Mrs. Park?"
She flinched with the sudden call and saw Yeji was standing behind her.
"Ye-Yes?" She stuttered in a cold voice.
"Are you crying?" She asked her pretty sharply while raising her eyebrows.
"Huh? Ahh, no! Why would I? I just got something allergic in my eyes!" She deliberately tried to avert the topic.
"Ohh, well madam has woken up and she was looking for you!" Yeji answered her in a timid voice while staring at her curiously.
"Yes, Milady needs me... That's all my life now, revolving around her!" Mrs. Park thought silently before with a tormented sneer on her face.
"Okay, I will be going to her!" She replied with a sad smile on her face.
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