"Knock, Knock"
Someone knocked on the door.
I opened the door. A middle-aged man was standing in his suit.
"Yes," I asked.
"Hello, you must be Ms Kang that Mr Park talked about. I am his lawyer, Lee Gong" He said
"Oh. Please come inside." I gave way for him to enter.
He entered, I shut the door behind.
"So, what brings you here, Mr Lee?" I asked.
"Ms Kang, First of all, I'm sorry for your loss. As you know Mr Park, he always plans ahead of everyone else. He thought that there might arise today's condition"
"Just get to the point." I interrupted.
"So, Ms Kang, Mr Park had left a will." He said
"So, Why are you telling me not his family? Did he mentioned me in his will?" I asked.
He didn't reply instead took out one envelope.
"What's this?" I asked as I took that envelope.
"Miss Kang, as I told you, he left the will. He left one for each of his family members but he especially told me to give you first"
"Why??" I raised my eyebrows in curiosity.
"That, I don't know. He said that you will know once you read that will. and He also ordered me to help you in any way you want." He said with a serious expression.
I nodded. I opened the envelope, took out the paper and unfold it.
'My lovely, cute, beautiful, the world's best girlfriend, Na-Ra,'I smiled.
'No, I was not and I regret it the most' I thought
'If you are reading this letter that means I am no more in this world and you are still my girlfriend. I am sorry for leaving you alone. I think my greatest regret will be not marrying you. At the same time, I don't want you to be bound to your past, me. Move on, be happy, find someone you love, have a family. I hope that you will do that.
Now, here comes a serious part, Na-Ra. I know you are stubborn as a bull, so I want you to give this mission to you as my last wish. I want you to make your company number 1 in the world. I want you to achieve your ambition, your dreams. I know, for you, your company, is first and for most priority, so I don't want you to change that for me.
It was an amazing journey with you as your best and only friend, and as your boyfriend.
And yes, I will live you some share in my company so that it will be easier for you to achieve your mission. Plus, I have told my lawyer to put my apartment on sale and the money from it distribute in charity.
I don't want you to leave in the shadow of the past. Na-Ra. So I thought, I would be best if you think of us as a beautiful memory and move on. But don't forget me okay. (Wink)
Even if you forget, I will always watch over you so don't worry and live on. May we again fall in love in our next life.
Yours,
One and only, Min Jun'
My tears ran down from my eyes as I read the letter. He wrote the same thing as he said to me in my dreams.
'How can I?' I thought.
'How can he be so cruel to himself and to me? '
'Why did he not think of himself, always wanting to be happy?'
'He should have written don't dare to love someone or I will haunt you. I would be happy if he haunted me. But no. Stupid, Idiot.'
Suddenly, a tissue paper came to my site. It was the lawyer who gave me a tissue.
I took from it and thanked.
"So Miss Kang. Do you want to take anything from here? I would put this apartment on sale. This the first thing he told me to do." He asked.
"No," I said.
"Okay, then I will proceed for the sale."
"No, I mean Don't put it on sale." I looked in his eyes.
"Sorry to say this Miss Kang, Mr Park told me to this the first thing"
"Then sell it to me. I will buy it."
"But.."
"No but. I will buy it. He told you to sale it. He didn't mention that I should not buy it. So, Proceed with the documents, I will buy it." I said with the determined face.
"Okay, then Miss." He pulled out a few papers.
"Here, please sign these documents."
I took it and read everything and signed it.
He again pulled out some other documents. "And Miss, this is for your shares."
"I don't need it. If you excuse me then" I stood up without looking the paper.
"Miss, Mr Park told me that if you do not take it then give it to your cousin, Kang Joon."
"haa..."I smirked when I heard it.
'This guy is really cunning.'
I sat down, read the document and sign it. "Finish. Shall I go?" I asked sarcastically.
"Sure, Miss. I would be going now." He said.
"Wait. Did he really tell you to transfer shares to my cousin?"
"No Miss"
"Then why?"
"He told me to threaten you with this."
"What if I still didn't sign."
"Well, he told me not to say it unless you didn't sign it even after my threatening."
"Very well then, please leave" I showed him towards the door.
"Yes, Miss" He left.
Then I called my secretory to pick me.
I look at the apartment one last time and left the apartment this time for sure.
...
Half an hour later,
"Miss" My secretory came to call me as I was waiting for her in the ground floor lobby.
"Let's go" I walk towards the car.
"Did you find anything about his accident? Where did the Park family take him?" I asked as soon as I enter the car.
My secretary started driving the car.
"Miss, From the investigation, the accident is purely a hit and run case. And about Mr Park, Park family have taken Mr Park's body directly to their cemetery and already buried them."
"What??? Why didn't you told me, yesterday?" I shouted.
"Miss, They buried him yesterday night as soon as they took Mr Park's body from the hospital. They didn't do a proper funeral."
"Why did they do that?" I controlled my tears.
'I didn't even get to see him one last time. What a useless, I am?'
"Don't know Miss. Only a few close relatives and close business associates were present at the time of burial. Even the media were not aware of anything."
"Take me there and find out why they did that?"
"Yes, Miss" She nodded.
.....
At the cemetery,
I slowly walked towards his resting place.
I bend down to place flower in front of his tombstone and sat in front of it.
"See, I didn't even know what is your favourite flower so I brought the flower which you always used to bring me, Rose. Don't you think I am a bad girlfriend? I wasn't even present when they buried you here. You are angry, right? But why can't I imagine your angry face? Why every time I try to remember you, you are always there smiling at me? Why you never shouted at me for making you wait, for not celebrating with you? Why did you care about me so much? Why you loved me, a cold-hearted bi*** so much?" I asked him questions even though I don't expect him to answer.
"You know how much cold I feel inside my heart? You know, how much empty I feel inside me? It feels like its gonna swallow me. And you expect me to move on, find happiness. No, I can never..." A lump in my throat stopped me from speaking. My tears were threatening to fall.
"But I will do what you said. No the part, to love someone other than you but the part of making my company no. 1. If that's what you wish I will do it no matter how many years it takes. If me becoming successful makes you happy. I will make it happen. When I meet you up again, tell me how I did, okay?" I looked at his tombstone and turned around to leave.
Took a few steps and stopped, again turned around to see his tombstone.
"And yes, I bought your apartment. You know you are so cruel, in order for me to move on you tried to sell it. Don't worry, our memories I am gonna keep it safe with me. inside me locked. I won't let you die twice. Bye, Min Jun. I love you." I smiled teardrops ran down from my cheek, turned around and went on to continue my path.