the forbidden embrace

epilogue

4 years later
"how have you been boss?" nicha shrugged, taking a sip of her coffee. it was the first time she met up with cassandra in ages.

"the best." she replied. she had everybody she loved now. physio was going well for bambam, she had the other girls, and most importantly, she woke up every morning to the sight of the person she loved the very most- miyeon.

and on top of that, they had their little bundle of joy, mirae, who just turned 3.

"glad to hear that." cassandra smiled a little, as they continued talking about anything and everything.

"when is he coming out?" the topic had somehow drifted to whether minnie would forgive those despicable monsters. "8 years." nicha replied- that was for her father. although he didn't seem to repent at all,
nicha decided to let go on the account of their familial ties.

but on the other hand, she made sure jackson had a life sentence. she didn't even want him to get a death penalty, she never wanted him to see the beautiful world again.

as for the yontararak clan, nicha disbanded it after a year or so. she used her power to get her men new jobs, and when they finally all had somewhere to work as, she left, and decided to devote herself to working at this company as its ceo.

"sorry cassandra, i gotta leave. i have plans for the evening. it was nice chatting with you though!" nicha said with a little smile, looking at her watch, realising she was a little behind schedule. cassandra got up too, shaking nicha's hand, and bidding her goodbye.

nicha would have sped if it was the old her, but she decided against it. she arrived at the entrance of her house, quickly getting out of the car and into the garden.

there, she saw the two people she cared for most in the world.

"mama!" the little cute voice exclaimed, running towards nicha. nicha quickly bent down to engulf the little girl in a hug, as miyeon also approached her, grinning.

"i missed you sweetie!" nicha cooed, as she poked mirae's nose, earning a smile from mirae, who started flailing around excitedly.

"i missed you too baby." nicha leant in as she gave miyeon a little peck, as both of them looked at their adorable daughter in fondness.

"okay okay, as much as i love your sweet talks, we're really late. let's get going hm?" nicha hummed in acknowledgment, as she lifted mirae so that she was sitting on her shoulders, walking towards the car and putting her in the safety seat.

"sorry we're late..." nicha said apologetically, but none of them seemed to care about the fact they were late, just happy to see each other.

mirae went to play with sarang and taemin, the daughter of shuhua and soojin, and son of yuqi and soyeon respectively. taemin was mirae's age, while sarang was a year younger.

soyeon and soojin were catching up with miyeon, soyeon literally clinging onto miyeon, while shuhua, yuqi and nicha were talking about this game they were playing now.

"mama, can we cycle?" taemin asked, shaking soyeon's arm, as he looked back and forth between soyeon and yuqi. yuqi nodded excitedly, looking to soyeon for permission, while soyeon looked at the response of the others.

"go play with haein and sarang first baby we'll see if we can let you cycle." soyeon replied, ruffling the little guys head.

"taemin can cycle? he's just 3!" shuhua exclaimed in both shock and surprise, as the rest of them started laughing.

"it was yuqi's personal goal to teach taemin everything since he was 3. and yes, he can cycle a child's bicycle. like a literal bicycle that his little legs can touch." yuqi looked away sheepishly. she was known to be the one who had "learnt everything since she was three".

"we can take the family bike. min literally doesn't let mirae do anything that might get her injured." miyeon added, with a little glare to nicha, who opened her mouth to protest, but instantly shut up again when miyeon had a look of finality. she didn't want to ruin the mood.

soojin decided for also take the family bike since sarang was way too young to cycle on her own. so the three families set off, cycling.

they cycled for god knew how long, it was just yuqi trying to chase her son, and soyeon had joined miyeon's bike, while nicha moved over to soojin's.

at last, they stopped by the beach. they had initially planned to picnic in the park, but the beach was the same thing. soojin laid out the picnic mat while the others set up the food they had, nicha keeping an eye on the kids to make sure they didn't jump into the water.

by the time the food was done setting up, the kids were already all sweaty and tired. miyeon scooped mirae into her lap, as she began dozing off.

"i'm glad everything is going so smoothly now." shuhua suddenly said while everyone was in the midst of enjoying their meal, earning a laugh for her randomness.

"me too." miyeon seconded it, leaning slightly against nicha, who quickly wrapped her arms around the elder's waist.

"well it'll be even smoother if we get baby number 2 soon." yuqi said with an exasperated sigh. "we've been trying hard..."

"trying hard as in ivf or doing it? you seemed to be having a pretty fun sex life the last time you told me." shuhua teased, earning a playful slap from minnie, soojin and soyeon, who reminded her the kids were around. shuhua whined, burying her head into soojin's neck, as soojin just rolled her eyes at her unnecessary clinginess.

they went back to eating and feeding their children, as
soojin just smiled at this beautiful sight- all 6 of them happy and together.