Divorced // bang yongguk (#26)

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Yongguk

"Order for Bang Yongguk, your order is ready at the counter right now!" I got up from the table and went to retrieve my food from the counter, they really prepared the food quickly and with efficiency, they really deserved the Michelin star that they have on the board. It is a very unique restaurant where you order your food via the app that they have installed on the tablet that is placed on every table, we will have to collect our own food when it is done, it is a restaurant that I particularly loved because of the service here and they served really good food as well.

I placed the food down on the table and I sat down, bringing out the food from the tray and placing right in front of Han Yiyeong who seemed to be in low spirits, she has been like that ever since I arrived at the hospital. She must really have gotten a shock earlier when she discovered Sena had collapsed, she is doing a great job of bringing her to the hospital as soon as she finds out about it, because of that Sena is in not such a bad condition as I thought she would be.

I clearly told Han Yiyeong that I am not angry at her not being attentive to Sena all the time, it is not like Sena is a toddler and she is my only child, Han Yiyeong has SeHyun to take care of all the time and she has to do housework around the house. It is mainly Sena's fault for not taking care of her body and forcing herself to go on a diet when she clearly doesn't need to do that.

That's why she collapsed because she didn't have food in her body and she pushed herself so hard to become someone that she doesn't need to be, Sena is my only daughter and I love her no matter how she looks like because she is my daughter. But Han Yiyeong thinks that she is to blame for this whole incident because she neglected SeNa and thought that she would be able to take care of herself, she was still crying at the hospital and it was nearing supper time, I knew that she didn't have her dinner yet since she rushed here as soon as she discovered that Sena had collapsed so I decided to bring her to have some food before she would go home for the day.

"Have some food before you go home, you have done a good job of taking care of my children," I told her. "I will deal with SeNa when she gains consciousness, it is not your fault and I am not going to blame you for that. I told you already, didn't I?"

She nodded and stared blankly at the food, she immediately gasps and looked at me. "Why are we in a restaurant all of a sudden?" It seems that she has finally realized where she is at, she was crying the whole time and she wasn't really in her right mind earlier.

"We have been here for quite a while, I figured out that you might not have dinner and I thought that some food would cheer you up. I have ordered my favourite dishes and I am not sure that it would suit your tastebuds but I assure that it is very delicious."

"I will pay you for all the food tonight." She reached for her wallet and I stopped her from doing that. "I have to because we are both adults and you are my boss."

That made me chuckle, I have never thought that she would be this kind of a person. "There is no need, I am treating you so you can keep your wallet back into your bag, I will not deduct your pay as well so don't worry and eat to your heart's content. I will bring you home after you are done with this, SeJeong should have put Sehyun to bed by now as what I have instructed him earlier."

She looked at me, still reluctant to pick up her cutlery but I nodded my head once more and she finally picked up a spoon and took a spoonful of the fried rice and put it into her mouth, a smile appeared on her face and she looked so happy. "I have never eaten such delicious fried rice in my life."

I smiled at her eating, I am glad that she is feeling happy now. She is very good at her job and I could never praise her enough, she is as if the missing piece to my puzzle but I can't take it. The children will definitely not accept her, maybe Sehyun because he loves her so much and I can't be certain about the other two children of mine. She really reminds me of their mother, the girl that I fell in love with when I was merely 18 years old and roaming on the streets like a gangster.

"Mr Bang, why aren't you eating?" Han Yiyeong looked at me after discovering that I hadn't any food at all.

"This is all for you, I have already had a bit of food during my last meeting earlier, and there is food at home, I will just heat it up when I get home later," I told her. "Feel free to have everything, I am treating you because you are doing such a good job taking care of my children."

She doesn't seem satisfied with my answer and she picked up my cutlery and put it into my hands. "Since you are paying for all of this food, wouldn't it be a pity if you don't get to eat the food that you ordered? And you ordered a little too much, I am not able to finish all of it on my own."

"But I--" She cuts me off by putting a spoonful of meat into my mouth. "Have your dinner as well, Mr Bang. You would have to pamper yourself to all of this good food once in a while." That sent butterflies into my stomach and I choked on the food. "Are you okay, Mr Bang?"

She passed me a glass of water and I drank it. "Don't call me Mr Bang, it makes me seem like an old and stubborn man. I am only in my 30s, call me by my given name in private. Call me Yongguk ssi."