You Were My Love

Scene 111 - Cycle

Irritation?

Exasperation?

Impatience...

No. Restlessness. Rage. Fury.

Constantly on the verge of a hysterical outburst.

That's how he was feeling.

Only one person was able to overthrow him into this frenzied insanity with a few words.

Scratch that.

There were actually two.

No need to say that when they combined their efforts, Hae Wong's mind went haywire into reckless instability.

"Are you aware I'm currently on a very decisive trip in China? What is it?" tone clearly displeased.

"Mei Zhen just called me and she was extremely sad."

Mei Zhen? Sad?

What a bitchy little liar...

His anger was already rising.

"She told me you've been avoiding her for weeks?" his father went on.

How dared she?!!

Hae Wong tensed and his rage soared.

He knew, from the second both names had collided in his mind, that the whole conversation was going to turn wrong.

OK, easy Hae Wong, you need to stay calm, he tried to reason it out.

This is Jum Seung on the phone. Keep cool.

"Father, you got what you wanted when you blackmailed me into signing this damned marriage contract, so now stop interfering in my personal affairs and stay out of this!"

The simple mention of this document brought back painful memories in Hae Wong's mind.

It drained all his strength from him just to think back on that day.

Even though it was no more than a phone conversation, the hurt and echoes of the past made it even more difficult to remain calm and composed while talking to the almighty Jum Seung.

Always so ruthless and calculating.

"You just can't ignore her!" his genitor scolded.

Talking to him as though he was a 10 year-old kid. Really...

Hae Wong's eyes hardened and darkened.

"What is it to you how much time I'm spending with my 'wife' ?" he bit back with a sarcastic huff. "How about asking mother about her opinion on couple shared moments?" he snorted in bitter resentment.

He remembered her tearful, lonely days and nights.

The numerous humiliating moments and revelations.

The gradual indifference they ended up building towards each other.

She probably thought the kid he was would not notice.

She hid it all under false explanations.

Never actually fooling him.

But he hadn't wanted to burden her even more.

And had pretended believing it all.

"Don't try to switch topics onto me!" the older Lee threatened. "Aren't you forgetting about the final clause of the contract that is yet to be fulfilled? It's bee too long already!!"

Too long??? Was he kidding him??

"We've already taken steps on this heir issue, don't you worry about that!" Hae Wong growled.