Mr Park, Love || CEO 4 || PJM & KNJ || ✔

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A MONTH PREVIOUS

MINA

My father held me with strong arms as we looked at the deathly pale face of my mother.

"I'm sorry," I sobbed, clinging onto his shirt, "I'm sorry for everything, I didn't realise what I was doing to her, because I was so selfish! This is all my fault,"

My father said nothing. He just continued to look at my mum, tears running down his face. After a moment, he let go of me, and turned to face me, his hands on my shoulders.

"Baby girl," He said, staring at me seriously, "Mina," He took a deep breath and I began to feel sick with worry about what he was going to say. I had no doubt that he loved me; of course he did. But he loved my mother so much. However, looking back at things, I was wrong when I said he always took her side. He didn't. He was always the one who was giving in to me when my mother said no.

"Mina, no matter what, I love you, okay? Your family loves you. No one blames you for this, so please stop saying sorry. Things could have turned out differently, but no matter what happened in the past, Bee- Your mother would give up anything for you, and she wouldn't want you to blame yourself either. You're our daughter, and we love you so much, and seeing you so upset breaks my heart. I'm sure if Bee saw you like this, she'd be in tears, too,"

I could feel fresh tears falling down my cheeks, and my father smiled weakly, "Come on, stop it. It's time for you to go home soon, anyway, I won't let you stay here all the time. You need rest,"

"So do you, Dad,"

"I can't leave your mother," He said, "She'd kill me if I ever left her. Yell about how we are supposed to get through problems together," He smiled fondly, turning to look at my mother, and I could tell I was missing something. Before I could ask, he started explaining.

"I ever tell you about how we met?" He said, his eyes focused on his wife. I shook my head, but I don't think he saw me. He continued, anyway.

"My mother - your grandmother - died when I was very young, and her mother used to look after me while my dad was at work. I fell in love with her the second I saw her. When we were teenagers, I asked her out, but she turned me down,"

I gasped in shock. My parents were the most sickly lovey dovey couple I had ever seen, and I couldn't imagine her every turning him down.

"Yeah," My father smiled, "She turned me down because her best friend had a crush on me,"

I frowned, "But Mums best friend growing up was Uncle GiGi,"

"Yeah," He nodded, "Yeah, Yoongi was her best friend," I laughed out of shock, because I couldn't imagine Uncle Yoongi being with anyone other than Uncle Hoseok.

"I thought it was because she liked him, and I got.. angry? Or jealous? A mix of the two, probably. I had some kids beat up Yoongi, and I began to bully your mother,"

I was finding the story a bit over the top and ridiculous, like some sort of TV drama, but it was obvious that he wasn't joking.

"You bullied mum?"

He nodded, "I got the entire year to bully her. She had an awful school life, because of me, and then her home life got even worse. Her mum got very sick and passed away, and your Granddad had to work so hard just so they could get enough money to pay bills and eat. They had nothing, Mina. They had such a hard life,"

I didn't know my mother grew up under such horrible circumstances, "But then how did you get married?" I asked, confused. If I was my mother, I would have despised him.

"I built my own company, got lots of money and worked out for her attention but she still didn't notice me. She applied for a job and I saw the application," He smiled, "I got my dad to pretend to set us up for an arranged marriage, and I was so nervous that I was mean to her again. I even stumbled over her name and called her Vee. I told her she was going to get married to me whether she liked it or not, and I helped her family out so she would feel like she was indebted to me and had to stay. It didn't work,"

"What?" I was genuinely confused by this point, "But you two are so in love,"

He nodded, "She got threatened by an employee of mine, and I had her fired, and that's where the whole mess started. I got more comfortable with her, and she found out who I was. I panicked and told her to get out, and she ran out into the rain with no coat or shoes or anything. She got pneumonia really bad, and Jungkook and Yoongi almost killed me,"

I raised my eyebrows, all signs of tears gone. I had no idea that their past had been so complicated.

"She took me back after I begged for forgiveness, and then Kim; the woman who kidnapped you, tried to break us apart because I fired her sister. She told me to break up with Bee, and when I tried, Bee yelled at me," He laughed softly, "She's such a strong woman, it's amazing. Anyway, we overcame that and got married, and had you," He looked at me with warm eyes, "You were the best thing to ever happen to us. When Kim kidnapped you back then, your mother was in pieces,"

He sat on the edge of the bed, reaching out and taking her hand in his, "She kidnapped me and Jungkook as well, and your mother snuck out of the police station and set up a meeting with Kim by herself. She then punched her in the mouth and got you back safely. I saw her do it, and I have never been more proud in my entire life,"

"She saved me? And you and Uncle Kookie?"

My dad nodded, still holding my mums hand, "She saved us. And this time, she did exactly the same thing. She snuck out when no one was looking, and found you by herself. And she saved you again,"

I burst into tears, and without looking, my father reached out and pulled me to sit on the bed. He placed my mothers hand in mine, and I clung to it with both hands.

"Your mother is the strongest woman I know," He said quietly, "I know she'll get through this. She's tough, just believe in her,"

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PRESENT

I was just packing another bag for my father, who had been spending all of his time at the hospital with my mother when my phone rang.

I swiped across the screen and lifted it to my ear, without even reading the name of the caller.

"Hello?"

"Mina, come to the hospital right now," It was my Uncle Yoongi, and I couldn't read his voice. It was like he was hiding his emotions deliberately from me, "They're going to pull the plug on Bee. They're turning off the life support,"