Sunset at Hamdeok

Chapter 29

The person Tiffany met was not Jo Insung or anyone else. It was Choi Sooyoung.

Sooyoung felt really awkward as both of them sitting face to face in a western-themed cafe. She had never had any intention to see Tiffany again, but that girl begged to meet her.

"What do you want from me, Tiffany ssi?" Sooyoung couldn't even look at Taehyung's girlfriend in the eye. That girl was the reason behind her broken heart. Sooyoung wished she had never known Tiffany before. She wished Taehyung had never met Tiffany.

"Please don't give up on Taehyung." Tiffany looked at Sooyoung. "I hope you can bring Taehyung home and mend his relationship with his grandfather."

Sooyoung stared at Tiffany affrontedly. "Are you mocking me for losing Taehyung to you?"

Tiffany quickly shook her head, "no, you misunderstood." She touched Sooyoung's hand, but that girl pulled her hand away.

Tiffany looked down. "I'm sorry..., I know you must be hurt....."

"You have no idea."

"I'm begging you, please don't leave Taehyung. He is stubborn but his heart is so kind. He will listen to you."

"What game are you trying to play, Tiffany? I don't have any time to deal with your selfishness." Sooyoung jerked up and was ready to leave that cafe, but Tiffany quickly grabbed her hand.

"I'm scared I can't be with Taehyung any longer.... And the only person that I know will take good care of him is you."

Sooyoung looked at Tiffany in the eye. "Why are you doing this? Don't you love Taehyung anymore or have you done with him?"

Tiffany bitterly smiled, "I won't be able to love anyone else besides Taehyung....."

Sooyoung stood still.

"Sooyoung ssi, you can't love someone if you don't have a heart, right?" Sooyoung didn't understand why Tiffany looked so pitiful that day, "I've given my only heart to Taehyung and he holds it in his hands. That's why I can never love anyone else besides him."

"Tiffany ssi, is there something wrong between you and Taehyung? You're acting so weird."

Tiffany let go her clutch on Sooyoung and smiled, "no, there's nothing wrong. I just need you to take care of Taehyung."

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Tiffany walked faster. She had to go back to SNSD Coffee Shop before Taehyung returned from the market. But before that girl stepped into her work place, she saw Gong Yoo standing there.

"Tiffany ssi, President Kim wants to see you."

Gong Yoo drove Tiffany to Kim residence. That girl sat quietly on the back seat. Gong Yoo glanced at her through the rear-view mirror. She was really beautiful and her kindness shown in her face. But Gong Yoo noticed something different on that face which he couldn't explain. For someone who was supposed to be happily in love, Tiffany looked so pitiful.

Gong Yoo remembered his conversation with that girl the other day.

"What does Kim Taehyung mean to you?"

Tiffany looked into Gong Yoo's eyes. "How would you describe your whole world in just one word?"

Gong Yoo sipped his tea. "What if Taehyung isn't someone you can be with?"

Tiffany closed her eyes, "it won't make me stop loving him. Taehyung is so precious that knowing he lives his life happily means everything to me. Even if that means I have to be parted from him...."

"Will you leave Taehyung?"

That was the only question Tiffany failed to answer.

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Tiffany stood like a statue while Grandpa Kim looking at her from his favorite chair. Tiffany finally had a chance to see the house where her lover had grown up in. That house was probably one of the biggest and the most luxurious houses in South Korea. But somehow, it seemed to be cold and unfriendly.

"Tiffany ssi, I am asking you from the bottom of my heart," Grandpa Kim looked at her, "please leave Taehyung."

Tiffany didn't say a word. What did Grandpa Kim expect her to say in reply?

That old man gave a sign to Gong Yoo who quickly pulled out a blank check.
"You can write the check yourself."

Tiffany didn't move an inch. Grandpa Kim sighed. "I know you will refuse it and claim that you love Taehyung sincerily, but your love will only hurt him and kill him."

Tiffany smiled, "Grandpa Kim, your grandson is not a child anymore. He is a full grown man. You can't keep him inside a crystal cage forever. It's time to let him choose his own path."

"Do you know why I am asking you to leave my grandson?" That old man's sharp eyes stared at Tiffany. "That's because I love my grandson. I don't want him to fall in love with you. And it's not because you're not equal to him... As I've said earlier, your love is only killing him in the end."

Tiffany frowned. She was completely baffled. Did Grandpa Kim know Tiffany was dying? But that was impossible. She had never told anyone about her illness.

Grandpa Kim saw the look in Tiffany's face. He moved forward and said, "do you know how Taehyung's father died?"

Tiffany shook her head. Taehyung had told her that his father died from a heart attack, but could there be another reason behind his death?

Grandpa Kim sighed in sorrow, "let me tell you the truth about my son."[]

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