Four Letters (Chaeyoung×MiSaMo)

[26] Revelations

Chaeyoung's POV

I waited quietly in the garden as I sip on a glass of wine that I found on the kitchen earlier. I told the maids to tell Momo to meet me here when she comes home.

But I've been waiting for a bit too long. The bottle of wine is almost gone, and I can feel myself getting drunk as time passes by.

A few more minutes and I heard footsteps coming from behind, and later on I felt her presence beside me.

"Is there something you want to talk about?" She asked immediately and I looked at her seriously as I fight my dizziness.

"A lot Momo, I have a lot." I scanned her face and I can see once more how much she changed from the last time that we met. "Can I start by asking what happened to you?" I asked a simple question but she immediately avoided my gaze, I can feel there's something more to this than meets the eye, she's hiding something.

"I just got rich by luck Chaeyoung there's nothing more. I just didn't tell you before I'm sorry."

"Don't lie to me." I said seriously and I can tell that she got nervous because of that.

"Chaeyoung can we just not talk about it." She held my hand and scooted over in front of me. "What's more important is we're finally together right? We don't have to stuck ourselves in the past, we can be happy just as we are right now."

She tried to divert the topic as if she thought it would work.

"Am I stupid to you Momo? I wasn't born this morning, I know you're hiding something from me. What is it?" I was growing impatient, with the alcohol in my system I might get mad in any minute now.

She went silent, I stared at her and waited for her to speak but she's remaining her head low, avoiding the situation as much as she can.

I stood up and looked down at her. "If you won't say anything then I'm leaving. We can stay married in papers but I won't stay here like this." I threatened and tried to walk away but she suddenly shouted before I even get far.

"I'm just a victim here!" I looked at her and saw her crying her heart out already. "If your parents didn't threatened me before then we would still be together until now." She stood up and walked towards me, my eyes widened trying to process what she just said right now.

Did she mean my mom and umma? No way, they would never threaten anyone.

She held my face and looked at me straight in the eyes. "I was planning to come with you here in Korea Chaeyoung. I had everything in plan and I was going to tell it to you, but a man suddenly approached me and offered me money and scholarship just to make you hate me. I refused that but he threatened me by putting my mom in prison, we're not that rich and powerful you know that. I have no choice Chaeyoung, that's why I broke up with you. And all this," she gestured her house, indicating her wealth, "I got this with the help of someone who had the same experience as me, someone who had gone through the same suffering that your family gave. I'm sorry Chaeyoung please don't leave." She hugged me and continued to say the words 'don't leave me'.

I couldn't utter a single word, I was dazed. This can't be true right? I know this ain't true.

"Momo. Can you drive me to my parent's house?" I just said and she looked at me with her brows furrowed, probably surprised that it's the only thing that I said after all those things that she said to me. She was confused but she still did what I told.

She drove me to my parent's house, but instead of heading to my Mom, I headed to umma's office at home.

I have to confirm something, and the only one that could answer that is my umma.

When I arrived, I saw her doing paperworks in front of her computer. She looked at me and I gave her a smile.

She didn't gave me that excited look this time like she always did whenever I come home, instead she looked at me seriously. I walked over to sit in front of her desk. "Can we talk umma?" I asked and looked at my fiddling hands on my lap.

"What is it Chae?" She asked. I have to be brave now, I can't keep on hiding this from my parents

"About Momo. It's not you who threatened her to break up with me before right?" I felt a lump on my throat, this is not all that's I'm about to say but I feel like I'm growing weak just because of this one question.

I heard her stood up so I looked at her, she's now standing in front of the window with her back facing me.

"That was in the past Chaeyoung. You should just forget abou--"

"I know that my father did it. It's Chairman Son and not you, isn't it?" I finally bravely said, she looked at me with widened eyes.

Surprised that I know about Chairman Son being my father. Of course I know, I'm 26 years old and a person doesn't live without curiosity.

She approached me immediately and held me on both of my shoulders. "Y-You knew? H-how?" Her hands are shaking, she's probably nervous and scared at the same time.

"I knew for a while now umma." I said and smiled at her as the tears continued to stream down my face. "I was just trying to look for my biological parents that time, but I discovered something more darker than that." I huffed and held both of umma's hands. "Umma, I know you didn't do that to Momo. Stop covering up something that your boss did, you did nothing wrong."

I hugged her and I can feel her crying. "Umma, just know that I love both of you and Mom, and it will stay that way forever. Always remember that I don't hate you okay?"

She faced me this time and cupped my face like she always did when I was still a little kid. "I'm so sorry Chaeyoung. I'm sorry darling, for me, you're always my daughter. I'm really sorry." She hugged me and I can feel how sincere she is.

I can never wish for a better parents than them. I was more glad that my biological father gave me to them, because they're the best parents' that one could ever have.

If I were to choose, I would choose them as my parents over and over again. Because they're the only ones that truly cared for me, no one else.