"What happened?" Jiyong asked, taking Nabi from Sandara before she slid in after her and sat beside him inside the limo.

"Someone tried to pull me back and I almost fell," Sandara said breathlessly. "It caught Nabi off guard and those people won't stop shouting in our ears and taking our pictures," she explained before pulling Nabi to lie on her lap. "Nabi? Hon, are you okay?"

Nabi's cheeks were drenched with tears. She looked up at Sandara before cuddling closer to her.

Sandara held her close and her hair before turning to the boys.

Yonggun and Yonggi were sitting silently, side by side on the opposite chair looking a little rattled but otherwise okay.

"I'm sorry about this," Jiyong said out loud. "I didn't expect the media to find out at all. If I did, I would've gotten my entire security team on standby. I didn't tell anyone about where we're going or when we're coming back except for Joe and the crew onboard the yacht."

Sandara shook her head at him. "It's not your fault Jiyong. But I think it's better if we head to the hospital."

Jiyong nodded before calling Joe through the phone in the limo.

"Excuse me, are you Gong Minzy?"

Minzy turned to the rather large man below her and raised a brow at him. "Who wants to know?"

"This is really important ma'am. We're part of Mr. Kwon's security; we need to have a word with you regarding Mr. Kwon's affairs," he explained.

"Ren, take over," Minzy instructed before jumping down from the top of the van and following the security crew along with a few other reporters she knew by face from previous events.

The crowd was starting to disperse after seeing the subject of their interest driving away.

Seungri silently closed the door to the examination room behind him before looking almost accusingly at both Sandara and Jiyong. "What happened?" he asked before leading them to a set of empty chairs. "I have to admit, I was expecting to check Nabi the moment you turned up but I didn't expect to do the same to the boys too. They almost look traumatized although not as much as Nabi is."

Jiyong bent his head low and rested them on his palms, covering his face. "This is entirely my fault."

"No it's not," Sandara scolded before turning to Seungri. "Things just got out of hand earlier. We were practically attacked by the paparazzi and Jiyong's fans."

"Well, good enough you thought of coming here. I had to give Nabi and the boys a sedative to calm them and get them to sleep," he said before relaxing into his chair. "When they wake up, I expect they should feel better. They just need to rest for a while."

Sandara nodded and smiled at him in thanks.

Seungri looked at her and bent his head towards Jiyong who was still looking morose beside her. "I have to go see a few patients upstairs. You can go in and rest with the kids if you want. Just give me a call if you need me," he said before taking his leave.

"Joe, are you with Jiyong?"

Joe looked at his cell almost suspiciously. It was so unusual to hear Bora speak in such a calm voice nowadays he almost didn't believe his own ears.

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"Keep security tight in the hospital."

"How do you know we're at the hospital?" he asked, looking around.

"You're on the news. Reporters from the Seoul port tailed you to the hospital, it'll only be a matter of time before more of them get there. They're coming up with ludicrous gossip about Jiyong right now and they also showed footage of the kids and that woman."

"I already called in the rest of security. They should be on their way here," he said, looking around the parking lot for any suspicious looking people that might be reporters.

"Good. I'll be right over as well. I'll handle the press."

"I'm so sorry," Jiyong whispered before placing a kiss on Nabi's forehead.

He pulled back and looked at his daughter. This was the second time she was brought to the hospital because of his carelessness. He turned to the boys who were sleeping on the large extra bed that was brought in earlier and set beside Nabi's.

Jiyong sighed and looked over to Sandara who was staring at him.

"It really isn't your fault," she told him yet again in a lowered voice.

"Yes it is," he said stubbornly as he made his way to stand beside her by the doorway.

"You can ask them yourself when they wake up. I know they don't blame you either."

"They should," he countered.

Sandara took his hand in hers and squeezed it. "Jiyong, you shouldn't easily blame yourself when things like this happen."

"I know but-" he stopped and turned to the door at the sound of the knock.

A nurse poked her head in with a harassed look on her face.

"Mr. Kwon," she said in a hushed voice. "A lot of reporters are gathered outside asking a lot of questions. They won't leave unless you make a statement of some sort as to why you are here."

Jiyong cursed before following her outside.

"I'll be back," he said to Sandara before closing the door silently behind him.

"Just make sure things don't get ugly and that none of the reporters get inside the hospital," Bora instructed the security team with a nod. "We don't want any more drama than there already is. The hospital might sue us for disrupting the peace or something," she said before walking through the sliding doors of the front entrance to the hospital. "Jiyong!" she called out with a wave as soon as she spotted him.

Jiyong looked up from his cell and sighed in relief at the sight of her.

"Bora! I was just about to call you," he said before turning back around and indicating for her to follow him back down the hallway. "What's going on outside?" he asked when she reached him although he was quite sure he didn't want to know.

"Reporters are demanding to know why you're here. They're already coming up with ridiculous stories like you got stung by a jellyfish or something during your little escapade. Some even went so far as to say that you got bitten by a shark and that you're bleeding to your death at this very moment," she said with a roll of her eyes.

"What do you propose we do?" he asked seriously, wanting things to be over with. Sandara and the kids can't very well leave the hospital unnoticed if they're still gathered outside, watching and waiting for their reappearance like hawks.

"I'll be giving a casual statement in a while, just to ease them and stop new rumors from sprouting."

"What're you going to tell them?" he said before taking a seat on one of the chairs he had sat on earlier, just across the room where the kids and Sandara were in.

"You tell me," Bora said, looking straight at him. "What were you doing in that yacht anyway? And since when did you own a yacht here in South Korea?"

Jiyong ran a hand through his hair and hunched back into his seat. "I bought it just a month ago. I made a special order and had it delivered here. I went on that three-day cruise to celebrate the end of filming," he explained truthfully although not completely.

"And?"

"And what?" he asked although he knew what she meant.

"Care to explain the reappearance of your old girlfriend and the three kids? Two of whom look exactly like you," she persisted, watching him closely.

Jiyong can't help the smile creeping up the corners of his lips. "Oh, that."

"Yes, that. You seem to have missed out the very crucial detail of this problem."

"Well, you know I met the boys all those months ago. Not long after we arrived in Seoul, I met them by accident. Not long after I also found out that Dara was their mother," he said, still smiling before he turned to Bora. "I actually have kids Bora," he said almost disbelievingly. "Who would've thought huh?"

Bora smiled a small smile at this. "You do know this will cause a slight problem for you."

"What do you mean?" he asked, frowning. In his opinion, the only problem he has now was the effect the paparazzi had on his kids earlier and the reporters now crowding around the hospital.

"Jiyong, think of what this will do to your image. You're 28 years old, known to never have a serious relationship with women. Now you're here, apparently the father of three kids with the reappearance of an old fling."

"Dara wasn't just a fling to me and you know it," he said almost heatedly.

"Sorry, an old girlfriend," she amended quickly, raising her hands up in defense. "I take it you two are getting back together?" she added, looking away from him.

Jiyong looked at her and didn't answer. How could he? Bora had told him of her true feelings for him and just when he told her that he would give their relationship a chance, Sandara had reappeared in his life and things just went out of his control from there.

"Ah, well," Bora said in a resigned tone and standing from her seat. "I can't do much anymore at this point. At least I'm still your manager, that's enough for me," she said, smiling down at him.

This was precisely why Jiyong can't believe what Sandara had told him. Bora is a good person, she always have been. She was always thoughtful especially where he was concerned and she always did the right thing.

"Bora," he said, standing up and looking at her with admiration. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"I don't know. Everything I guess," he said unsurely.

Bora grinned at him and winked.

"Jiyong? I think the kids are starting to…oh," Sandara stopped in her tracks, a hand still holding on to the door knob when her sight landed on Bora.

"Dara," Jiyong said nodding at her then towards Bora. "You remember Nam Bora?"

"O-Of course," she said with a small bow of her head at the well-dressed woman.

"Bora, you remember Park Sandara," Jiyong added.

"But of course. How could I forget?" she said, smiling broadly at Sandara. "Besides, Mr. Yang talks about her frequently enough," she added casually.

Jiyong looked at Sandara then at Bora. "What are you talking about?"

"About Mr. Yang?" Bora asked, looking at Jiyong's look of confusion. "Well, he's been working with Sandara for quite some time now. Didn't you know? He even told me just this morning that Sandara's going to be the next big thing in South Korea."

Jiyong turned from her to Sandara, a look of hurt and accusation on his face. "Is this true?"

Sandara looked at Bora curiously, wondering what she was playing at before facing Jiyong. "Yes, Hyunsuk and I have been working for quite some time now. But I only started recording just recently. And personally, I think he exaggerates whenever he talks about my singing and-"

"And when were you planning on telling me?" Jiyong hissed, looking furious now.

"What?" Sandara said, confused now. What was he getting so mad about?

"When were you going to tell me that you've been in contact with Hyunsuk?" Jiyong reiterated, walking over to her in an almost threatening way.

"I…I didn't know I had to tell you I've been in contact with him," she said defiantly.

Jiyong glared hard at her. So this was it. He should have suspected it from the start. There was no way Sandara would have willingly come back to him after all these years unless she had a motive. She had left him wh