Even Though You Won't Be Mine °rosé

ch; 35

°AS IF REAL

"You're back." Mrs. Jung looked up to see her husband and hastily stood up to hug him. "I missed you. Everything's a mess and I don't know what to do. Roseanne isn't talking to me."

Mr. Park sighed and tried his best to comfort his crying wife. "You shouldn't have kept this from her or from anyone." She only sobbed more. "Don't worry, I'll be the one to explain to her. You've suffered too much already."

"Please talk to her, see if she's alright..." she pleaded. "She'll listen to you, she's always listened to you. Just make sure she's fine."

Mr. Park nodded. His daughter and wife were the best of friends in Roseanne's early childhood until they weren't. He tried her best to be with her but even him wasn't saved from work. Now, he's going to right what turned wrong.

"Please don't come any closer."
Roseanne woke up hearing Jungkook slightly raising his voice and saw that he's talking with someone and blocking her from them. It turned out to be the man her mom was meeting, the day where all of it started.

"Roseanne, I need you to listen to me," he said. He's been trying to make her go with him and talk whereas Roseanne doesn't. "I just want to talk."

"I don't know you." She picked up her bag, Lisa and Jungkook doing the same so they can leave quickly. Roseanne isn't ready and though it's wrong, she'll run away from it as long as she can.

"We both know that's a lie."

Jungkook stepped between them before the man got closer. "Sir, please leave. You're making her uncomfortable."

The man frowned at him. "Don't involve yourself young Jeon, this is between me and my daughter." He turned back to Roseanne. "You need to know the truth and I'm here to tell you that."

Roseanne hesitantly looked at him. "I'm sure my mother doesn't want me talk to you. I'm sorry, we need to go." She grabbed Lisa's hand when he grabbed her. "Let go!"

Jungkook removed his hand from her and pushing them behind him. "You need to leave."

"Roseanne, I just want to talk."

Roseanne sighed and looked at him straight in the eye. "I'm going to have to ask my parents that, then we'll talk. I don't know what's going on but just because I'm upset, I'm going to listen to anything. I will talk to my parent first." She turned. "We'll be taking our leave now."

"Roseanne."

She stopped on her tracks and quickly turned around. "Dad." Beside him is her mom who was frowning, taken aback of what's happening.

"Why is he here?" Mrs. Jung asked, not even hiding the fact that she was displeased of the man's presence. She looked at her husband. "You didn't tell me he would be here."

Mr. Park held her hand to calm her down. "We're going to have to tell Roseanne everything and if we're going to do that, better include him." He looked at her daughter. "This wasn't supposed to be kept from her anyway. This is a problem that shouldn't have been even be a problem. We're going to settle this now before other things start to get messy."

"What? What is there to explain?"

(1)
"You're going to get married tomorrow," said Seojun. "Are you sure you want this?"

Jung Yoojin was a rebel in her twenties. She did not like the fact that her parents arranged a marriage to her. An inevitable event for people who wants to expand their company. A terrible game in which children become the pawns to satisfy their own greed.