Man Shik turned his attention to the nurse who had been employed to take care of his mother, she was the only one who cared whether she lived or died, the only one, not even her husband cared, had it not been the mysterious fatal accident that befell her 10 years ago she would have been one of the most beautiful women in Korea, she and the look and came from a wealthy family, but his father had to go for that slut from a low-class motel.
"Honey, What do you think about a vacation, just me and you, away from this place, away from the sight of this old looking woman, her presence makes me nauseous," she said giving a stern look at Man Shik and his mother, sitting on the wheelchair.
"Darling, you know we can't leave because of her, it's not right you know, this is my empire, how will I be your king if I run away from my kingdom, not to worry, she will probably give up living real soon and it would just be both of us"
Man Shik's blood boiled within him which produced a good amount of sweat on his skin, in less than 2 minutes the white shirt he had worn was already wet like he had been beaten by the rain.
He wanted to face his father upfront and tell him how he felt and possibly give a resounding slap to his so-called 'stepmother'
He felt the cold palms of his mother brushing his arm while she manage to say
"Let it go Man Shik," she said with great difficulty
He looked at his mother and felt a rush of weakness instantly as his father's concubine smirked at him, if he had his way, he would have given them a taste of their own medicine but at this point, he knew his actions had repercussions.
Rumours had it that he was the devil himself, cold and unforgiving, the Ice King, most people never saw his smile but only those close to him knew that he was one of the friendliest people in the country, but that was contrary to the public opinion, the rumour went around 5 years ago, that had sacked a worker for breathing in his airspace as funny as that sounded a lot of "irrational" beings bought the story which made him extremely furious, after that so many rumours came up on how he was unfair to his workers and how he engaged a lot of them in slavery, the rumours had killed the little good heart he had left in him If they so desired him to be cold there they had it.
He attended a lot of functions with his father and seeing his father pretending to be a caring husband to his wife in a wheelchair in the public eyes treating her like crap indoors disgusted his very soul hence he didn't have any reason to smile or interact on those occasions with any of the elite families daughters, as much as his mother wanted him to find true love and be happy his only goal on those functions was to be overly protective of her.
He was always conscious of what she drank and ate. Irrespective of how well dressed and pretty girls from the elite class dressed to impress the ice king, he paid no attention to them.
"If he likes his mother that much maybe he should consider getting married to her" some of them would say and spite his mother.
These things have made him the ice king rumoured by a lot of people.
"Take her to her room" he ordered the nurse,
"yes sir," she said Cowering in fear, she didn't need a soot sayer to tell her he was extremely mad.
She Understood his position but like everyone else she has heard the rumours, she only accepted the job because she was in dire need of money.
It was like choosing between the devil and the deep blue sea, she had chosen the devil because in the deep blue sea of the hard life she had she had no chance but facing the devil, perhaps the way she treated his mother would soften his heart a little.
So far, she hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary in his behaviour, if he was angry he had every right to be
She took the elevator up to his mother's room.
She took the stairs to his room, his very steps that stomped the ground sounded angry.
All he wanted to do was leave the house and get drunk, he never thought he'd anticipate the arrival of his cousin at this point he couldn't wait for him to come to pick him up
He entered the bathroom to take a cool shower, he felt the water cool off his steam feeling a bit relaxed.
He thought about the meet "Yang Eun Bi" he whispered underneath his breath.
*Author's Note*
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