RIGID || TaeJin ☑️

Part 44

"Oppa!" Chanri screamed when he saw Jin talking to his father. A woman pulled him away from the toy store entrance and dragged her to the comfort room and pushed her to the wall.

"But mother, that's Jin oppa. He's the one.."

"I don't care!" The woman yelled as she grabbed Chanri's cheeks with her hands and gripped on it tight.

"You're hurting me again mother." Chanri said as her tears began to well up.

"Yes! You will receive more than that if you will insist!" The woman said angrily. Her eyes piercing to the very terrified little girl.

"Mother, I missed Jin oppa." Chanri cried.

The woman slapped her. Chanri choked and tried not to cry louder. "You will never mention him to your father! Understood?"

"But why?" Chanri asked and the woman gestured to slapped her again. "No no stop mother! I will not mention oppa to father. I promise!"

"Good! You better not. You want to see your father in a wheelchair again?"

Chanri shakes her head.

"You want your father not to recognize you again?"

Chanri shakes her head frantically.

"You want me to kill your father Chanri?" The woman grinned.

"N-no m-mother." Chanri sobs.

"Wipe your tears now and never ever mention anything to your father! You know what I am capable to do Chanri."

Chanri just nods wiping her tears.

"Speak!"

"Yes mother, I won't."

The woman pulled Chanri's hand as they head back to the toy store. They found Taehyung standing at the entrance waiting for them.

"Heegi! What took you so.." Taehyung stops as he noticed Chanri's red eyes. "Hey baby, why did you cry?" Taehyung kneeled as he stared at her daughter.

"She wanted a dress but I told her she don't need it. So she cried." Heegi said as she raised an eyebrow to her daughter.

"What dress baby?" Taehyung looked at Chanri.

"Nothing father. I don't need it. Mother was right." Chanri said while looking at Heegi.

"Oh. Good. You always listen to your mother okay?" .

Chanri just nods.

"Let's go home." Taehyung holds Chanri's hand as they went out to the parking. Heegi clings on to Taehyung's arm.

Seokjin

I arrived home crying. Soobin, being the innocent young boy looked for his toy and burger right away. And Namjoon gave it to him as I sat down on our couch with my hands on my face.

I saw two small feet on the floor and as I looked up, I saw my son staring at me with tears in his eyes.

"Papa why crying?" He asked as he puts down his firetruck and burger on the floor and hold my cheeks with his two little hands.

I don't know why but instead of stopping, I pulled Soobin in my arms and I started to wail on his shoulder.

This boy that looks exactly like his father is my only treasure now. I think by this time, its clear that I finally lost Taehyung in my life. And all I have left from his memory is our son. Our four year old son who never got the chance to meet his father and her beautiful 10 year old little sister.

I screamed and my son started to cry louder. I know it's not right to show my son that I am weak but I think I need to let out all the sorrow that I am keeping in my heart. All my despairs that I kept hidden in years. All my hopes that shattered tonight. And the dreams that I anticipates before are all ruined and destroyed, just in a span of minutes.

My little boy. I hate to see him grow up without a father. Sometimes, expecting for too much can do no good. It will cause you an irreversible destruction that will cause you an unbearable pain.

I have to admit that I still hope that I will build a family with Taehyung as soon as he arrived from the States. I am expecting that he will look for me immediately. But they just remained as expectations. Nothing more.

"Why you didn't even bother to tell me that Taehyung is already here in Korea?" I asked Jimin as we sat down in a restaurant after Soobin played in the park.

"Papa eat?" Soobin giving me a fork of spaghetti. I obliged of course.

"Thank you sweetie. Please eat well. Uncle Chimchim and papa will talk first okay?"

"Okay papa."

"So?"

Jimin sighed as he puts down his fork. "Hyung, I think we talked about this before. You said that you don't want to hear anymore news about the company. You said you wanted to move on. I just followed what you wanted because that's all I want for you as well. I want you to move on."

I tried my best not to cry in front of my son again and it caused me to form a lump in my throat. My voice breaks. "Is Taehyung your boss again?"

Jimin nods.

A tear fell and I wiped it immediately. "He said he didn't know me. Do you know the reason why?"

Jimin took a deep breath. "Jin, when he arrived in the office, he was looking for the guy that I replaced. He did not recognized me. But he knew Yoongi. I was confused too because it seemed that he has a selective memory. We did not have any other information on why he's like that. But he's running the company very well."

"Where is Jungkook?" I asked.

"He's still working for the company. The same position when you arrived in the company before. But he was sent to Europe for some business trips. I guess he will be there for six months." Jimin explained.

Six months. That's too long.

"Can you set me an appointment to Jungkook? Or at least get his number when he arrived? I need to know the truth about Taehyung." I said as I looked at my son with all the sauce splattered on his face and shirt.

"Yummy." He said as he smiled at me. My precious angel. I wiped his mouth with table napkin and he just continue eating his spaghetti.

"By the way, I'll be working with your Marketing Department starting Monday. I believe Taehyung don't have a hand on that right?" I asked.

Jimin nods. "We only received reports and we only made suggestions but we never really work with them."

I can breathe now with that assurance from Jimin. I don't want to work with Taehyung right now. I'm not ready. And I don't even want to see him again.