Sancutary | 박성훈

25. Eternity Without Beginning Or End

The whole group from Sunghoon's house arrived at Junho's place. They were only in two cars, men and women just separately. Maena wanted to be with her bridesmaids gossiping this time. She has plenty of time for Sunghoon.

Maena's mouth immediately widened as she looked to the yard and the house her mother was driving in. It wasn't even a house, it was a whole damn estate. And just for one man to live. It resembled an old-fashioned mansion from the outside, like the kind you'd see on farms. But it sure was expensive and luxury inside. The walls were maroon red and the columns and other architecture were white.

The mansion's side and backyard were a large meadow. And Maena saw there the wedding ceremony place, tables, chairs, decorations, flowers, the altar, and parasols.

"I love this place.", she stated in admiration as all the women exit the car. 

"I knew you'd like it. You've never been into that super modern style.", her mother noted with a smile.

"Really.", she breathed out and started approaching the building. They were met by two female maids with nice smiles. Surely a man in such a big house needs more than one maid. Maena and her bridesmaids greeted them nicely and went inside. 

The large hall downstairs was also arranged for the wedding party. There were many tables with chairs and white tablecloths.

"We came a little early so we have time to rest or look around before we have to start getting ready and dressed. Would you ladies like to have tea while you wait?", Junho asked from all the women. 

"Definitely!", Haesoon replied fortunately and followed Junho to the kitchen. So did her mother and aunts too. Maena likes tea, but this house fascinated her more now. Sunghoon didn't move either, maybe he was waiting for Maena to move first. She flashed him a smile and went to take a hold of his arm. 

"You never said anything about your father owning a mansion like this.", she noted eagerly. 

"You never asked.", he replied. It wasn't really even a question so Maena just chuckled and started pulling him by his hand to go look around the house. Downstairs there were all kind of rooms. Stairwell room, kitchen, dining room, lounges, bathroom and more. The building wasn't so luxurious inside as she thought, it really resembled an old mansion. It was homely but in good condition, probably still costs an infinite amount of money.

Upstairs, on the other hand, had at least two separate bathrooms, not including the ones within some rooms, two lounges and maybe five bedrooms.

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Guests slowly started arriving. First of all, of course, their relatives first. Leo came with his father, Maena's father came alone, and Bora came with Jihoon on his motorcycle. Bora was also very excited about that mansion and it took her a while to calm down. Maena shared a few words with her father as well, although their relationship was still not the closest. He's her father after all.

Maena's bridesmaids and a couple of maids had reserved one room to prepare the bride. Sunghoon's best man's were probably doing the same thing in another room. Maena saw from the bedroom window as guests started arriving to the ceremony site and the maids were making them sit in the rows of chairs. She assumed that the guests were some of Junho's and her father's employees and colleagues.

Mirea and Minji had just finished Maena's make-up. She doesn't usually wear a lot of makeup herself, but now that she looked at herself in the mirror, it looked nice. Her aunts did a good job. Leo visited the room occasionally but was mostly there to support Sunghoon. However, he promised to be his best man. The women went to prepare Maena's wedding dress and gave her some time to hang out with her friends.