Divorced // bang yongguk (#26)

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Yongguk

I arrived at the kindergarten at roughly 1 pm and all of the children have already been released and their parents are picking them up, I could have picked my youngest child up a little earlier but I was in a meeting and I can't leave that meeting because it is a very important one and I could only leave the office 15 minutes ago and I immediately rushed down there to get my son out of school and take him back home before I will have to get back to work.

This has been the routine for me ever since Han Yiyeong stopped being my baby sitter, I went back to being late to pick up my son and juggling my work stuff at the same time, it is rough and I didn't realize how tough it was when I did that before Han Yiyeong became my babysitter. How did I even manage to do it in the first place?

Oh, I didn't because I failed at doing that... I pushed the responsibility of taking care of my youngest son to my older children and forcing them to take care of Sehyun when they have schoolwork to do and remedial lessons to go for, I know that Sena doesn't do her job well and she pushes it to her younger brother who is always busy with his badminton practices in school but I couldn't help it because I can't take care of my child properly when I am the CEO of my own company.

Things got better when Han Yiyeong started working as a babysitter and taking care of my children, I didn't have to worry so much about Sehyun not eating well because she will be there to make sure that he eats on time.

It might sound that I just like her because she takes care of my children very well but I like her when she smiles after a long day at work and the children like her as well, except for Sena but at least two of them like her a lot and they were sad when she stopped coming over to our apartment and they wanted her to come back. I wanted her to come back as well but she didn't want to, I was the one who convinced her that she will not need this job and she left and I am regretting everything that I have done to her.

"Mr Bang, Sehyun has already been picked up and he left almost 30 minutes ago." His homeroom teacher told me and I couldn't believe what I heard, I should be the only one who is picking up Sehyun today because my two other children are busy with their schoolwork and they can't come to fetch Sehyun.

"Was it one of my children?" I asked the teacher and she shook her head. "Then why didn't you stop the person from taking away my child? You do know that it is not allowed at all, my child can only be picked up by their own family."

"It is one of your family members indeed, in fact, it is your wife." I was about to tell the teacher that I don't have a wife and I have been divorced for nearly a year when I realized that she was talking about Han Yiyeong, she was there at the family bonding event and she was introduced to the teachers and the other parents as Sehyun's mother and she would naturally be my wife so they still thought that Han Yiyeong was the mother of Bang Sehyun.

On one hand, I was surprised that Han Yiyeong still came to see Sehyun when she doesn't work for me anymore and she doesn't need to take care of Sehyun anymore but she is here to fetch Sehyun on my behalf but the other hand, I am glad that Han Yiyeong was there and not some random stranger who might kidnap Sehyun and then demand a huge ransom to held my child hostage and I will only be getting my son if I paid that huge amount of money to them.

At least I know where Bang Sehyun could have been and I don't need to start searching for him and putting up lost and found posters, I can simply go over to the opposite apartment from mine and she will be there. And I will get a chance to ask Han Yiyeong if she wants to work for me and this time, it is not for the money and I want her to take care of my children for as long as possible.

I will help her get a job as well since she is unemployed and she has been trying to get a job in a kindergarten for the longest time, I have no idea why she left her high paying job for this but I know that she has the passion for it. If not, she wouldn't quit that job out of anywhere and moved out and seeking for a job on her own.

And I support her decision to be a childcare teacher, she is the perfect person for the job and she will be better than the current homeroom teacher that is in charge of Sehyun, at least Sehyun would like Han Yiyeong when she is there teaching. I drove back home and I went up to my apartment and then knocked on the other apartment, they must have returned home at this time and Sehyun should be having his lunch but no one is answering the doorbell, maybe they are not back yet.

I looked at my watch and it is indeed the exact timing where Bang Sehyun will sit down and have his lunch while watching one of his favourite shows on the television, his eyes will stay glued to the television as he eats and he will never stop eating until he is finished with it.

The elevator dinged and I heard some footsteps and then her voice, I turned around and it was Han Yiyeong with Bang Sehyun in her arms. "Mr Bang? What are you doing in front of my apartment?" She asked me.