Mr. Bitter's Sweetness | So Junghwan ✓

Chapter twenty five

4 years later...

JUNGHWAN

"How's life being a CEO, Mister So?" Jihoon asked, shrugging my shoulder. Right now, I felt like I was zoned out. Jeongwoo was with Seji, Doyoung with Jihye, and Jihoon with Sohee. Yes, Jihoon had succeeded in seducing Sohee.

"It's just fine," I said simply.

"You haven't moved on yet?" Doyoung asked me.

"Yes, why would I move on? I was still waiting for a call to say that they found her already," I said.

"What if you find a new love bird then?" Jihoon said, and I frowned.

"No, I would never do that. I'll wait for her no matter what," I said, not noticing that the tone of my voice got louder.

"Hey, calm down. People were staring at us," Jeongwoo said. Suddenly, my phone rang, showing that someone was calling me.

"..."

"What?! Where is it?"

"..."

"Ok, just send me the location!" I said, and I couldn't help but smile because of what the private investigator I hired told me. After all these years, I would now be able to see you.

"What is it?" Jeongwoo asked.

"He now knows where Cindy is!" I said.

"Really?!" Seji and Jihye said at the same time.

"Sohee, you gotta get ready for your apology," Seji said while laughing.

"Yeah, I know," Sohee said.

"I'll go now, bye!" I said and waved at them.

"Junghwan-ah, I congratulate you, you're now going to be a father," Jeongwoo said, and our group turned to him in confusion.

"What?"

"Now she's here, maybe she wouldn't be angry if I told you that she had been in America all this time."

"What? After all these years, Jeongwoo, you're going to be dead." I said. It was just a joke, and I ran to my car and went to the location the investigator sent me. Am I really going to be a father? How can Jeongwoo hide all of this from me all these years?

JEONGWOO

"Why didn't you tell us that you know where she is, Jeongwoo?" Jihye said.

"She told me not to tell anyone," I explained.

"Why did she go there?" Seji asked.

"She said that she'd be undergoing surgery when we were there."

"And what do you mean that Junghwan is going to be a father?" Doyoung asked me.

"She's pregnant when she got there," I said, and they were surprised.

"I'm gonna be an auntie!" Seji said happily. I'm happy if she's happy too.

"Me too," Jihye said while raising her hands.

"Me three then?" Sohee said unsure.

"Then the three of us will gonna be an uncle," Jihoon said.

"But I'm his most handsome uncle in this world," Doyoung said with a smirk on his face.

"I'm more handsome than you!" Jihoon said.

"Don't fight. I'm the most handsome uncle in this world. No explanation," I said. Maybe this is some kind of confidence contest?

JUNKYU

We arrived in Korea with Cindy's child yesterday and headed into an apartment. I was still sorting out the things I brought with me while Jeonhwa played with his toy cars. I was startled to hear someone knocking on the door. I immediately opened it and saw a man.

"What do you need?" I asked him.

"Is Cindy here?" he asked.

"Who are you?" I asked him.

"I'm Junghwan... So Junghwan." Oh, I see. Junghwan is taller than me, huh?

"Ok, please come in," I said, and he sat down on the couch.

"May I ask who you are?" he asked me politely. Maybe he's going to play some tricks on me? Haha, definitely.

"I'm her husband." His reaction was so satisfying to watch. I badly wanted to laugh.

JUNGHWAN

Her husband? What? Why on earth didn't she wait for me?

The happiness I had when I left my group was now replaced with pain.

"And sadly..." he paused. What is it?

"She passed away two years ago," he said, and tears started to leave my eyes. I can't believe this. She left me without any consent, and now I will never see her again? I just waited and wasted my time for nothing?

Suddenly, a boy, maybe four years old, came to me.

"Wanna play?" the boy asked me.

"What's your name, little boy?" I asked him.

"I'm Jeonhwa..."

"He's your son," the guy said. And I hugged Jeonhwa.

"Ahh... Mom is calling me again," he said. Wait, his tone was familiar.

'Ahh... Mom wants me to go back again.' I heard this tone before... Junkyu?

"Yah, Kim Junkyu!" I said, and
he turned to me.

"I caught you."

"Ok, fine. I'm Junkyu," he said and left. Maybe she also waited for me, but sadly I was left here. She isn't with me at all. I was even preparing for her to come back and bought a house for us, but those plans will remain as plans forever.

JUNKYU

"Aish, just don't go here for now, okay?"

"Why? Ahh, Junkyu, whatever it is, I'm coming home now," she said and turned off the call. Aish, I just killed her in my explanation. I'm really dead now.

CINDY

That jerk again. What is he planning? Whatever. I just visited my unborn child before, my child with Yoshinori. I didn't even know if it was a boy or a girl. Maybe she or he is now happy with their grandparents in heaven now, or maybe her grandma only? I can't still believe that Dad really killed someone before just for money, which made all of us suffer, but I already forgave him.

I also visited Mom and Dad earlier. And I want to see Junghwan too.

I ride a taxi to go back to the apartment. I miss my son already. The surgery four years ago had gone successful. And now that everything is fine, we get back to Korea.

I rang the doorbell multiple times, but Junkyu wasn't opening it. So try harder, Cindy, maybe he wouldn't let you in. So I knocked the door loudly for him to hear it. He heard it already.

I was surprised when the door opened, but it wasn't Junkyu... It was Junghwan!

"J-Junghwan?" He hugged me.

"I thought you were dead now. Junkyu is dead meat now."

"What?"

"He said you were dead."

"Junkyu!" I shouted.

"Jeonhwa, my son, have you seen your uncle Junkyu?"

"Uncle is hiding behind the fridge, eomma."

"Oh, thank you, Jeonhwa."

"Why did you say that I'm dead?"

"I was just making fun of Junghwan," Junkyu said.

"And now you're choosing Junghwan over me?"

"No, Junkyu," I said.

"And you're choosing Junkyu over me, huh?" Junghwan said.

"Nuh uh, I love you both, okay?"

later...

Junghwan brought me to where our friends were. Jihye and Seji ran to me and hugged me tightly, and I hugged them too.

"We miss you so much, girl!" they said at the same time. And I saw Sohee who was going near me.

"Cindy, I'm so sorry for what I did to you before. Can we start over again?" Sohee said, she was now more mature.

"Of course!" I said and hugged her.

"Everyone, I need your attention. Junghwan wants to say something!" Doyoung said to us, and Junghwan stepped forward to me and started talking.

"Cindy, I waited for you these years, and I've always wanted to do this since before," he said and kneeled down, getting something from his pocket.

"Will you marry me?" he said, and my heart was full of joy.

"Yes, of course!" I said without hesitation, and he slid the ring on my finger happily and stood up. The people around us were cheering for us.

"I love you, Cindy," Junghwan said.

"I love you too, Junghwan," I said.

A month after...

Everything had become really fast, and now Junghwan and I are getting married. My mom's sister, Junkyu's mom, is here. Junkyu and his beloved Seowon, the one who took care of me when I wasn't still conscious before, she is beautiful, kind, and caring. If Junkyu would do something not niceto her, I'll make sure to beat him. Junghwan's dad is the one who was leading me while on the aisle.

Everything was just like a dream.

And I'm now with Junghwan on the altar. Everyone was happy for us and cheering for us.

Jeonhwa was with Junkyu because Junkyu wants to be with Jeonhwa now. Junghwan and I went to our so-called 'honeymoon'. He was carrying me in a bridal style and put me on the bed gently, kissing my forehead.

"What if we make a brother or a sister for Jeonhwa?" Junghwan said, and I just smiled at him.

"Why not?"

"I love you, Cindy."

"I love you too, Junghwan."

The years that followed were filled with laughter, love, and the joy of our family. The past, with its pain and loss, was replaced by the warmth of a life lived fully, a life built on forgiveness and second chances. I and Junghwan, once separated by fate, were now bound together by love. Every time we looked into each other's eyes, we knew that our journey, though filled with unexpected twists and turns, had led us exactly where they were meant to be.

- end