Aeyoung ran her fingers through her hair as she watched the men on their lawn, her father’s old shed was back. Well, not all of it, but somehow, it still looked the same. Heck, the inside probably still is the same. But she couldn’t bear going inside, it hurt her.

She failed him.

If only she listened to him, and tried to work in Seoul instead of siding with their mother, this would never have happened. If she only took the risk and stepped out of her comfort zone, memories of her father would not be disrespected like this.

“Vice president,”

She turned her head, it was her secretary.

“They complete everything today, would you like to take a look inside?”

“N—No, Jeno will do it. Let’s go.” She spoke, the male followed her towards the front door. Aeyoung got inside the vehicle and leaned back.

“What do I have today? I have lunch with Ten and Yeoshin, so, please clear up my afternoon.”

“Just a meeting with General Motors, vice president. It’s just a contract signing.”

“Alright.” Aeyoung replied, she felt her phone buzz in her purse and she took it out. Her brows rose briefly as she read the message.

“Right, vice chairman Qian has been trying to reach you. He’s asking~”

“I’m busy.” She replied, as she put her phone down.

Meiyin, hello. Can we meet? –Anqi

Kun exhaled and pushed his phone away from him, his secretary paused and looked at him, confused.

“Sir, the meeting~”

“I know.” His reply was curt as he walked out of his office, the other male glanced back at his boss’s discarded phone before following him.

“And, vice chairman,”

The elevator doors closed before them, Kun nodded for him to speak.

“The young miss has been trying to reach you. There’s must be a misunderstanding, she told me about setting an appointme~”

“She has to.” Kun replied, his forehead creasing, the latter blinked back and nodded.

“How’s the shed? What time am I needed at the Lee residence?”

“This afternoon, sir.”

“Will Aeyoung be there?”

The male paused, his boss had called the Lee heiress her name, he had dropped formalities.

“I’m not sure, sir. But, young master Jeno will be home.”

Kun sighed and nodded.

“Is everything alright, sir? You seem unwell.”

Kun paused, he glanced at the male.

“You know about me and Meiyin.” He said, the male paused and nodded back.

“I was briefed about the vice president Lee, sir.”

Kun slowly shook his head and leaned against the elevator walls.

“I think I made a mistake.” He said softly, his secretary turned his head.

“A mistake, sir?”

“She wont talk to me.”

The doors opened again and the young executive stepped out.

“She? Anqi? Or, his ex?” The male muttered as he jogged towards his boss.

“Wait, who matters more to him?”

Aeyoung took the seat across the girl, she placed her hands on her lap before facing her.

“Thank you for coming here on such short notice.” Anqi said, there was something in her tone that irked the other girl.

“Sure.” Aeyoung focused on the girl, her lips were too red, she could smell her perfume from a mile away too. Just how did Kun end up proposing to her?

She knew Kun well, she, more or less, has an idea how his brain works.

Wait, just how? How did she make Kun~ Stop, Meiyin.

She mentally shook her head and leaned back on her seat.

“I actually invited you here because, I wanted to talk.”

“Ah, I had the feeling about that.” Aeyoung replied, her tone as cool as hers.

“I know this might be a little sensitive, but, Meiyin,”

Am I really going to get the talk? The legendary “Stay away from my fiancé” talk? Me? Meiyin?

“I really understand that you and Kun have been close since you were children, but you two aren’t kids now. People might understand.”

Aeyoung wanted to laugh.

“I don’t understand, Kun and I, we’ve done nothing but talk.”

“I know that, but people see you two a lot. And, to be honest with you, it makes me uncomfortable. You’re his ex-girlfriend.”

Why are you uncomfortable? I’m more uncomfortable.

For Pete’ sake, Meiyin, stop being a .

“I’ll keep that in mind, I apologize if I ever made you feel that way, but Kun and I are just friends now.”

“Sure, you even let him fix your problems.” Anqi said with a small smile, Aeyoung paused, her brows went up.

Which brings me back, how the hell did Qian end up with this?

“Wait,”

“What I meant was that, I’d really like it if you’re out of his life. Our lives, Meiyin.”

Whoa.

“I don’t think you understand, Anqi.” Aeyoung couldn’t help it, it was just so wrong.

“What do you mean?”

“I’ve known the Qians since I was a child. Our families have been through so much; I simply cannot just remove Kun out of my life. And neither can he do that.”

“That’s something you would say, Meiyin. I knew you would use that card.” Anqi said, her tone cold.

Aeyoung exhaled and shook her head.

“There is no card, Anqi. That’s the plain truth.”

“You will stay away from him.” Anqi said to her, Aeyoung stood up from her seat.

“You don’t own him, Anqi. Kun won’t like what you’re doing.” She stated before leaving.

Jeno exhaled as he stepped out of the shed, he pursed his lips and buried his hands in his pockets.

“How is it?”

He looked up and smiled at the older male.

“Thanks for doing this, ge.”

“It’s nothing. Uncle was like a parent to me too, he taught me how to drive, remember?” Kun joked, Jeno chuckled.

“How are things with my sister?”

Kun paused, his forehead creased.

“I was confronted too, ge. How could you not tell her? Are you out of your mind?”

Hendery joined them and looked at the two.

“I wanted to tell her, but the timing…never~”

“Timing? Since when did you need timing with Meiyin?” Hendery mused, Jeno grinned and bumped fists with the other male.

“Qian’s Meiyin has been ignoring him for days now, she wont answer his calls or reply to his messages.” Hendery hummed, Jeno chuckled.

“That bad? Well, jie hates it when people keep things from her.”

Kun shook his head, he glanced at the shed again.

“But, are you really sure about getting married? Seems…murky.” Hendery asked, Jeno’s eyes went to the older male.

“It does feel quite rushed, ge. With all due respect, you’re like family to us too. Are you sure about that?” Jeno spoke.

“What if Anqi asks you to stop being friends with Meiyin jie? Can you do that?”

“What are~”

“Look, at some point, she will do that. You and Meiyin jie have always been close, together or not, you two are like best friends or something. That’s how its always been, right?” Hendery’s eyes went to Jeno, the latter nodded back.

“Will you be able to drop her like that? Because your wife won’t be comfortable with your friendship with jie jie, I’m sure of that.”

“Are you trying to push me back to Aeyoung again?” Kun replied, dodging the question.

“Do you want to be pushed back?” Hendery replied, Jeno grimaced and looked away. And then a familiar Corvette drove in the property and parked right in front of the house. Hendery smiled to himself as he saw Aeyoung slide down from the car.

“No.”

“You don’t want to?” Hendery spoke, his lips curing up.

“I can’t drop Meiyin.” Kun said before jogging towards the house.

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