Cold Shoulder [Completed] ✅

Chapter 24

Seokjin's POV

I'm at a loss for words. I never expected him to marry Dr Park Jimin. But here I am, reading an email that my daughter Aaria is showing me. It's a wedding card, detailing the said event in a month's time, taking place in Korea.

I frown as I go through it. I didn't even know he was dating the doctor. In fact, Twinkie and I don't usually discuss his love life or mine. We mostly speak about Aaria and work. I feel so empty right now as my daughter drones on about how cute and handsome the doctor is. She apparently, knows quite a bit about this relationship.

It would seem that they have been going out for a while now and he finally popped the question. They're getting married so soon, as the doctor will be transferring to Busan and Twinkie has already been setting up new offices there for his work so they will be settling down there permanently.

My heart sinks as I listen to my daughter. My Twinkie, belonging to another? What's wrong with me? He's not mine. I made it clear as day the time when I left that he meant nothing more to me than a friend. But I was wrong. He's my family. He's so important to me. Why am I so good at messing things up?

"You speak to Jungkook about this often, Aaria?" I question my daughter.

She's a little brat that's too big for her own boots but I love her dearly. She's brought so much joy to my life. Without her, I would have probably remained a cold-hearted bitch that I usually project to the world. The same cold way that I treated my V.V and how I've been treating my Twinkie for years now. Too afraid to admit to him how I feel. Too afraid to taint my memories of my V.V.

"Yes appa. Uncle Jungkook is totally crazy about Dr Jimin. I'm so happy that he'll finally be happy with him. Although....." she taps her fingers on her cheeks lightly and I know my little devil is up to something.

"Although what Aaria?" I look at her quizzically.

"I don't know appa....I always thought that Jungkook would become my dad for real. Well, I hoped he would. I know he tells everyone that I am his daughter but it's just not the same. I miss him a lot."

"You had a perfectly wonderful father Aaria and his name was Kim Taehyung! No one can ever compare to him!" I'm angry now. How can she disregard the memory of her father?

"It's not the same fucking thing and you know it appa! Abeoji died! He never saw me, he never held me, he never loved me!"

The slap came out of nowhere. She whimpered and held her cheek.

"I'm sorry baby." And I reached out to touch her but she moved away from me. "Y-your Abeoji loved you baby." I caressed her cheek softly. "He did hold you in his arms. He did see you. He cried when I told him we were going to have a baby. He cried the day you were born too. They were tears of happiness my angel. He loved you so much." I held on to her and stroked her hair lovingly as she cried in my arms. "I'm sorry baby. Please forgive your appa. I'm trying my best baby."

"I-I know appa. I'm sorry. I just miss Jungkook. I wish we lived closer to him. I want to see him appa. Please. Please can we attend the wedding? He'll be so happy if we are there. We are his family too."

I stroke her long hair gently, absentmindedly thinking that I need to get it trimmed. I miss my Twinkie too. I wish I never made that decision to leave him but I can't undo the past no matter how much I want to. And now he's getting married. I should be happy for him. He deserves happiness. And Aaria is right, we are his family. He's family to us too.

"We'll attend the wedding angel. I promise. I'll make all the arrangements now. It's such luck that it's during your school holidays, isn't it?"

"Yes appa. Thank you and I'm sorry appa. I shouldn't have said those things about Abeoji. I know he loved me. I know it all. I just wish he were here. But I can't have him, at least I should have had uncle Jungkook."

I watch as my daughter makes her way to her room and the tears that I've been holding back, burst forth.
Oh my Taehyunggie....My V.V, how I miss you so much. How I wish you were here to see your beautiful daughter, to hold her, to love her. And inevitably, my thoughts move to my Twinkie and that one, special night that we shared. He made me feel so loved, so cared for. I gave him my body that night, but little did he know.....I gave him my love too.

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The same time in a coffee shop in Seoul

Jungkook's POV

"Hi Jimin. Thank you for coming."

"No problem Jungkook. You know I'm always here for you. Did you speak to Aaria?"

"Yeah. She's such a brat and her mouth is really getting out of hand but I know why she acts up. She just wants to irk Candy."

I watch as my friend laughs lightly, listening to my daughter's antics. "She'll go places for sure. With her determination, at such a young age, I would watch out for her."

I giggle. That is true. My daughter is one determined young girl. She's insisted on this plan and I have no choice but to follow through with it. She knows I love her and I'm putty in her hands. I just hope that whatever we are doing, we won't anger my Candy. He's been known to have a temper and I secretly fear it.

"Do you think they will attend the wedding?"

"If I know my daughter, Candy is probably booking their tickets online already." We laugh lightly. "She's a drama queen and she knows which buttons to push to get her appa to do her bidding."

Jimin and I continue our plans until he gets a call from the hospital. When he leaves, I call Namjoon and I set up a meeting with him. I have much to plan and many things to put into action before my Candy returns home.

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