Arc Four · Days of Ending Bliss

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"Oh, by the way, your cousin is coming to stay."

Lee Haneul nearly spitted his coffee out. "What?" He stares at his aunt with disbelief. "Siani? I thought she was attending college in America?"

Lee Jihye merely glances at them, focusing back on the K-Drama she was watching. "Well, if Siani is visiting, doesn't that mean we have to clean the house?" She comments.

Her brother sighs, evident fatigue on his face. "I am not cleaning this mansion by hand," Lee Haneul declares, resting his chin on his palm.

Mae Hye-Jin laughs at this, packing her makeup inside her purse. "Just hire someone to clean it," she asserts, staining her lips light pink.

The twins stare at their aunt blankly. "Auntie~! If we hire someone, Dad would most certainly question and drag us back to England!" Lee Jihye whines, a pout on her lips.

At her words, Mae Hye-Jin chuckles even louder. "That's so like your father!" She exclaims while clapping. "That overprotective man... I remember when he wouldn't allow your mother out when she was pregnant," she grumbles.

Lee Haneul closes his eyes, attempting to settle his heart. "You do know the only reason we were allowed to live far away, right? It's because Mama joined with Jihye pleading for her eighteenth birthday," he boredly remarks, quirking his lips.

The Artist scoffs at this. "And what did you do when Dad said no the first time?" Lee Jihye already knew the look in her brother's eyes, warning her.

Lee Jihye isn't heartless enough to not take up such a challenge.

"You cried and threw a tantrum~!" She exclaims, her tone provocating. The clear mischief in her blue eyes earned a groan from Lee Haneul.

"God, refund. I'm still asking for my refund, God!" The Writer Voices out, making his sister astonished.

Lee Jihye leaps over the couch, marching her way to Lee Haneul's desk. She slams her hands on the desk, her expression indicating her fury. "Are you trying to get rid of me, Oppa?!"

"I told you to stop calling me that!" Lee Haneul yells in return.

Mae Hye-Jin watches as the twins bicker. She felt glad the two didn't change, still always fighting. She knew they would reconcile with ice cream, so she wasn't worried.

'I guess I have to tell Claude about this,' Mae Hye-Jin thinks with a frown.

The woman never really liked her husbands' brother, finding her brother-in-law rather suffocating. Mae Hye-Jin recalls how it took months for Claude to allow the twins to enter a high school in Japan.

'Why is Dia still married with him...'

The woman takes one glance at the still quarreling twins, her lips curving. She shakes her head, sighing when the twins began arguing about who's the better drawer.

"Those two..." Mae Hye-Jin mumbles, grabbing her shopping bags while opening the door. "I hope they won't change the next time I come visit," she utters, her heels clicking on the marble floors.

Mae Hye-Jin shuts the door with a bam, the sound making Lee Haneul realize their aunt finally left. He looks over the talking Lee Jihye's shoulder.

'Siani is coming...' A serene look came over his visage, standing on his feet which surprises his sister. 'Oh well, I guess we can have hot pot.'

"Oi! Don't ignore me, you idiot!" Lee Jihye screams. She runs after her brother, the male beginning in refilling the raided mini-fridge.

The culprit? Mae Hye-Jin.

"Don't call me an idiot, Jihye," Lee Haneul sternly asserts, turning both an eye and ear to his sister's next words. 'Hmm... I guess I have to go shopping.'

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