Ice: Thaw the Frozen Heart [EDITING]

Chapter 12

Sehun felt like a burden was finally lifted off his chest and he now could breathe freely when he finally entered the car.

"He definitely has something up his sleeves," Sehun commented as soon as his father entered the car and sat beside him. "I don't like him," he stated coldly. His gaze was sharp as he eyed a man outside, about his father's age, who was entering his own car. Especially when he kept on asking whether I have a girlfriend or not. Why does that matter? Sehun hated the business world. It's full of masked and nosy people. "And where is Hyung?" Sehun turned to his father.

"I don't like the man either," his father replied shortly and silently nodded to his chauffer signaling him to drive away. The chauffer obeyed and the car left the building that hid acres of vast green pasture behind it. "And your hyung is meeting his girlfriend's family. Remember?"

Sehun lightly scoffed. One more reason why he hated coming with his father to meet a man he didn't know was because while he had to endure the boring conversations, his brother could just easily dodge the invitation. Again. "So why did you agree on meeting that guy? Golf isn't even really your thing, Dad."

"Yes, it wasn't for golf." His father chuckled a bit. "You heard it from the man himself who he is now - which honestly surprised me when he mentioned it over the phone. So as much as I don't like him, it may open doors for us to work with Titan Wu in the future."

"Why does everyone think of Titan Wu so highly," Sehun mumbled as he rolled his eyes and heaved out a sigh.

"Because they are powerful," his father stated as-a-matter-of-fact-ly.

"Everyone has a flaw though," Sehun retorted and looked out the window again. "Everyone does...," he said over a whisper. "Even the chairman of Titan Wu," he whispered to himself. Everyone has a flaw. A secret. And I might just undermine his soon.

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"Ya! Lin!" Yeojin banged the door with her fist. "Wu Lin!" She banged the door harder now with both fists. "Mom! Grandpa! Anyone!" She gritted her teeth still banging on the door. "This is not funny!"

"It's useless," Kris finally opened his mouth. Yeojin whipped her head at the man standing behind her and glared at him.

"You're a guy. You can break this door down if you would just help me here."

"They want us to talk. And they're not opening the door until we do." Yeojin's brow knitted in the middle. "And I'm not a Hulk," he added.

Yeojin scoffed to the side before turning around to fully face him. "Did you know about this?" She asked crossing her arms. Kris didn't answer and only looked at her with an almost soft gaze. "So you knew," Yeojin lightly scoffed again as she uncrossed her arms and walked away from the door. Again, Kris felt somehow uneasy at this attitude she had been giving him.

Yeojin's silent treatment for him had continued for three days now. Kris' mother thought he deserved it, and in all honesty, Kris himself thought he did too. But after they finished their Chuseok traditional celebration yesterday, the family members think that it wasn't healthy for them to stay silent. Even Jinho felt slightly awkward with the atmosphere hung over the two. They needed to talk. They needed to sort their feelings out. It would be understandable if Yeojin still hated him afterwards, but they had to talk first. And Lin came up with a 'brilliant' plan of locking the two in the storage room.

"Well... I don't have anything to talk with you." She sat herself down on the floor and leaned her back on the wall. "And they couldn't possibly know whether we talked or not, so just wake me up when they opened the door." Yeojin closed her eyes.