Unwanted Marriage

Chapter 68

Jimin was already in his car, but his phone vibrated endlessly with calls and messages from SeoYun.

Supposedly she was afraid that he wouldn't come; urging him to hurry up.

Jimin sighed in annoyance and turned off his phone, throwing it to the back seat. He was already stressed out due to his fight with Chaeyoung earlier, and SeoYun wasn't helping making it any less hard.

Eventually he finally arrived at the hospital carpark and made his way over to the waiting area that SeoYun specified. Seeing him walking towards her,her emotions overtook her and she became more out of control. SeoYun marched towards Jimin and harshly grabbed his shirt, shaking him.

"If something happens to Seulgi, then what will happen to me?! It'll all be your fault!" She shouted,tears streaming down her face.

Jimin didn't respond. He felt that her words were a bit strange; why did she care so much about Seulgi? But he decided to shake it off, the situation right now was urgent and he didn't have the energy to think about it. After all SeoYun and Seulgi have had a good relationship for years, so she
probably thought of her as her own daughter.

SeoYun had always hoped that Jimin and Seulgi could get married from the start.

SeoYun continued crying, hitting Jimin's chest. "How could you be so ruthless? Seulgi has been by your side for five years. How could you leave her for Chaeyoung? You can't just throw people who love and care for you away like that Jimin!"

Jimin winced as SeoYun became increasingly emotional and violent. He patted her shoulder and tried to stop her from hitting him. "Mom, please, calm down."

SeoYun grasped his arm tightly. "Jimin if something happens to Seulgi, then how.. how.." she trailed off into sobs.

"Mom.."

The door of the ER opened, and a doctor came walking towards them. SeoYun quickly let go of Jimin's arm and rushed towards the doctor.

"Doctor, is she okay? Please tell me she's okay." SeoYun pleaded.

"She is fine. She has a few surface injuries from the crash, but her right leg is broken so she will be put into a cast for at least 6 weeks."

"Oh my poor girl...Will it affect her ability to walk in the future?"

"Luckily, no, the break was clean and all she needs to do is take it easy for a while. But she was driving under the influence, so you need to urge her to be more careful and not to drink before driving. She's lucky that she didn't injure anyone else or the problem would be even bigger."

SeoYun sighed exasperatedly. "I will, doctor. Thank you."

The doctor nodded and returned to the ER.The nurse turned to SeoYun. "You can come see her in a moment, we will move her into a private room."

SeoYun nodded and felt her legs go weak in relief, almost falling onto the floor. Jimin caught her before she fell,and guided her to a chair.

SeoYun glared at him warningly, shaking his hand away. "You're lucky nothing serious happened to Seulgi this time... Don't treat her like that again."

Jimin decided not to talk back this time, in case things escalated again.

A police officer who was at the scene of the crash approached Jimin. "Hello sir, are you Park Jimin?" He inquired, checking the papers.

Jimin nodded. The police officer gestured for him to follow him into a room. "It says here that you're listed as Kang Seulgi's partner, is that right?"

Jimin glanced at SeoYun coldly, and she looked back with an adamant expression. Jimin sighed, and nodded. He didn't feel like arguing with SeoYun or explaining to the police officer right now. "I'm going to need to talk to you about the fine Kang Seulgi will be charged for drunk driving, could you follow me?"

SeoYun eyed Jimin as he left, as if telling him to make sure to save Seulgi from any repercussions of her actions.
The two went into the room, and eventually came to terms that Seulgi will be fined heavily, but she won't be jailed as there was nobody else hurt in the crash. The drunk driving incident will be recorded on her record. Jimin decided that he won't try and cover up her actions, after all he is already forced to pay the fine for her and that's good enough.

After the briefing, Jimin returned to the waiting room and a nurse guided him to Seulgi's private room where SeoYun was already. It was already 1am in the morning, but SeoYun still hadn't gone home.Instead she was adamant towards staying at the hospital to take care of Seulgi since she still hadn't regained her consciousness.

SeoYun looked at Jimin nervously as he walked into the room. "How was it? Did you clear her of all her charges?"

Jimin looked at SeoYun in disgust. "I will pay her fine, but it's on her to deal with the consequences of having that on her record." Jimin replied.

SeoYun started turning red with anger, and opened her mouth to yell at him. Instead, she quickly took a deep breath to calm herself down.She needed Jimin to stay so she couldn't risk making him angry right now. 'T'll talk to him about paying the police officer later..' she thought.

SeoYun cleared her throat and smiled at Jimin. "Just stay here tonight
okay? There's no need to go back home. She will definitely look for you when she wakes up, so please stay by her side okay? Please just listen to my request this once."

Jimin felt sick looking at SeoYun's fake smile, but thinking about what just happened between him and Chaeyoung, he didn't feel like going home and facing her right now. He felt extremely tired, both physically and mentally. Jimin nodded, and slumped onto the sofa.

SeoYun sighed in relief knowing that Jimin would be staying the night. 'I guess this boy is finally coming to his senses.' She thought to herself.

The room was dark, Jimin leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes, but he couldn't fall asleep.

Chaeyoung's face kept appearing in his mind, the way she said she anted a divorce constantly ringing in his head. Jimin didn't understand why it was bothering him so much, but he really did not want to get divorced with Chaeyoung anymore. He sighed, and eventually fell into a
dreamless sleep.

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Seulgi's eyes fluttered open to see the blindingly white hospital room walls. She groaned quietly, a dull pain all over her body. She could only remember driving to find Jimin, but her memories after that were a blur. 'I must have gotten into an accident...'

Seulgi eyed the IV drip taped onto her hand.

Her eyes searched the room, noticing SeoYun sitting on a chair near the bed, checking her phone. Out of the corner of her eye, Seulgi saw a figure on the sofa near her. He sat upright, but his eyes were closed.

"Jimin?..." Seulgi croaked, feeling the dryness of the throat. Jimin's eyes opened as he looked towards her.

SeoYun hurried over to Seulgi's bedside, tears already streaming down her face. "Seulgi you silly girl, how could you be so reckless..."

Seulgi held SeoYun's hand, comforting her. "I'm sorry Auntie... I really am."

SeoYun glared at Jimin, who was still sitting on the sofa. "Get over here right now. Seulgi is awake!"

Seeing that Jimin was actually here, she couldn't help but cry. "I thought I would never see you again." She sobbed.

Jimin rose from the sofa and approached Seulgi, standing behind SeoYun. He didn't say anything, but he did feel slightly guilty towards the state of this girl.