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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"Hated everything since day one."

Heejin looked at the door of her father's study room. Once again, she was in front of the familiar door but the situation was different this time. With a shaky breath, she knocked on the door before entering.

In the room were her parents talking about their business. It felt like a deja vu situation. Their attention shifts from what they were talking about to their daughter's unexpected knock on the door, asking for permission to enter and hear what she has to say. "Oh, Heejin! You came! I never expected to see you so soon." Her mother kissed both of her cheeks. "How was New York?" Heejin looked at her father who asked the question. He was smiling at her.

"It was good, I love it there," she slightly smiled back. Her father nodded. "That's good." Heejin turned to her mother. "Mother, is there a reason why you want me back?" she asked, straight to the point. "What do you mean? Can I miss my younger daughter?" She sighed. "Mother, I know that's not your reason."

Her mother rolled her eyes. "Fine, I booked you a ticket because you will be attending your sister's wedding next week." Heejin's eyes widened, "Is that all for a wedding?" Her mother nodded. "Of course, you said you were busy and that you couldn't attend anything when you came back last time so I asked your manager to revise your schedule. Plus I even let you play your stupid violin."

Heejin clenched her fist. "Why are you still salty about me playing the violin?" "You choose that instrument over being a businesswoman, the path your father and I made for you and your sister." She looked at her father who was just standing there. "I'm not going to the wedding," she told her parents. Her mother gave her a stern look. "Yes, you are, Yang Heejin."

"No, I am not going." Immediately a hand landed harshly on her right cheek. Reaching her hand onto the spot where she got hit, Heejin glared at her mother. "You should be glad, your father let you go to that stupid university." "It's not stupid university. It helped me reach my dream career," she said with a calm voice. "I am not going and that's finally," she said as she walked out of the door. "You are going to the wedding or else!" "Or else what?" She bravely asked as she turned to her mother. "Or else I will do something you wouldn't like!"

"It's probably not worse than what you did before." She muttered as she walked away, not looking at her father on the way out. She ran out of the house as fast as she could. As far from her parents' house. After running for who knows how long, she dropped into a squat and covered her face with her hands as tears started to fall.

After a good minute of crying, she stood up and looked at the clock. It was nearly 1 pm, and she quickly went to the nearest restroom and cleaned up. Staring through the mirror, she touched her bruised cheek before letting out a sigh. 'Heeseung will be worried if he sees this.' She thought. Trying her best to cover the cheek before walking out. She called an Uber and then went to the usual cafe.

Paying the driver before stepping out of the car, she walked inside the cafe. Looking around, she spotted Heeseung sitting down with two drinks. Heejin walked up to him. "Have you been waiting for so long?" She asked as she took a seat across from him. He quickly put his phone away and shook his head. "No, I got here 6 minutes ago." She nodded. "So?"

"Oh right!" Heeseung went to his bag and pulled out something. He slid it in front of her. "This is for you. I was a model for this brand and I think you would like it." She quickly opened it and a smile grew across her lips. "Thank you Heeseung." Looking up at him while still smiling at him. It was a simple silver bracelet with a white flower in the middle of it.

Heejin put it on her waist. "So how was finishing school in the States?" Heeseung asked to start the conversation. "It wasn't as bad as I thought since I already knew quite a lot of English from when I lived in Australia." He nodded, listening to her. "I did make a few friends there. Oh! Would you like to meet one of them? He is also Korean and stayed in New York." Heeseung was sort of intrigued about this friend of hers. "Oh really?" He leaned forward, resting his arms on the table. Heejin nodded. " I could introduce him to everyone. I am sure all of you would be good acquaintances at least. He is a good friend of mine."

"May I ask his name?" He asked.

"Of course, his name is Taehyun, Kang Taehyun." His name sounds familiar yet not familiar at the same time. "What does he look like?" Heejin took out her phone and opened it. She went to her gallery before scrolling down to a photo she had taken when he wasn't paying attention. Then she turned the phone around, put it down on the table, and slid it in front of him. "That's him." Heeseung looked closely before looking at her in surprise. "He's your friend?" She hummed in response.

"I see." Heeseung looked at the photo one last time before giving back her phone. "Could you send me the photo?" He asked. Heejin looked at him confused before nodding. Within a minute, he heard a notification from his phone. He took out his phone and saw a message from her. "I got it, thanks." They talked a bit more and finished their drinks before departing separate ways.

Heejin looked up at the sky once she exited the cafe. The sun was setting for the day. She smiled, looking at the orange and red sky before walking away to wherever her feet take her.

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