Book 2: The Seventeen Heirs Series; Jeon Wonwoo (SEVENTEEN FANFIC)

37: TRANSFIXED

LEANNE AIANNE'S POV

"Miss, what room is Mr. Choi in?" I asked the nurse on duty at the nurses' station. The receptionist at the lobby told me to go directly to the ICU when I asked about Wonwoo's Dad's room number.

"Are you an immediate family member, Ma'am?" The nurse asked her back.

I stammered. I was torn between telling her yes and no. I know that she's not going to let me see the patient if I say no, but I really need to see him.

"Aianne?"

I immediately turned when someone called my name, and fortunately, it was Jeonghan.

He was holding a grocery bag with a frown on his brows. "Are you looking for Dad?"

I nodded. "I heard what happened."

Jeonghan sighed and nodded, though I didn't miss the exhaustion and wariness coming out of that sigh.

"You went here alone?" He asked while looking around me, trying to find someone. Was he looking for some media reporter?

"Yeah. I'm all alone." I said. And I realized he was looking for someone else because he wouldn't be looking so disappointed like that.

"Let's go." He gestured me to walk in front. "It's okay, Miss." He told the nurse. "I got her."

He guided me to where his Dad is. With one last turn, I found a door with his father's name written on the name plate.

"Is Wonwoo inside?" I asked Jeonghan. I want to ready myself for what I would be seeing inside. Yet he shook his head.

"He's not here."

My brows knitted together. "Did he not hear about this?"

Jeonghan stopped in opening the door to look at me. "He knows. He brought Dad here." Then he entered the room. He let the door open for me to enter and I closed it behind my back.

I wanted to ask him what happened, what did he mean, but a man wearing a blue scrub suit came over us and handed us clothes. I looked at Jeonghan and he too is wearing the clothes the man gave us.

"For precautionary measures." He said before covering his mouth with the mask.

I didn't have the chance to ask him since he left me alone to change.

If Wonwoo was the one who took his father here, does it mean he was with him when he had the attack?

It's possible. But it's also possible that he just happened to find his Dad, right?

But why was Wonwoo with his Dad?

After I wore the things needed, I immediately went to the room where Jeonghan entered. There, I saw their unconscious Dad.

Machines surrounded him, tubes and patches were attached to his body. Those things made the man who was once the king of his empire look brittle and vulnerable – because they technically and mechanically support his life now. Doctors could do as much.

I saw Aunt BoA, she was surrounded by Taerin, and the rest of the siblings while Seungcheol was beside the window talking with someone over his phone, Jeonghan then came by Irene's side as she stood at her father's bed side.

They all looked grave, sad and worried. Even Dokyeom, Seungkwan and Soonyoung, the beagle ones can't hide the fear in their eyes as they watched their Mom in Joshua's arms.

I never saw Wonwoo cry, not really. But if he was here, I know this sight will surely break his heart and the cold shoulders he was giving him.

But why is he not here?