CHAPTER ELEVEN.
Bad Boy
Jiyong's POV
I was currently sitting in my office going over files for a client. Youngbae was out meeting with clients while Bom was helping Yunho out with his paperwork. Stupid Yunho. Be professional here! I decided to ask the two love birds if they wanted to go out for lunch.
“Are you guys done with your work?” I asked them.
“No. We still have a lot to do. The client is coming in soon.” Yunho told me.
“So you guys can’t go grab something to eat?”
“We can’t. He’s coming in like twenty minutes.” Bom told me.
“Alright.” I said and was about to leave the room when Bom’s phone was ringing.
“Oh Haeyoung ah. What’s up?” She answered.
It’s Haeyoung!
“You need me to pick Jihae up? Alright. I’ll go pick her up right now.” She said and hung up. “I have to go pick Jihae up.”
“You can’t. The client is coming right now!” Yunho told her.
“I can’t just leave my niece by herself.” Bom said.
“I’ll pick her up.” I answered.
“I-I don’t think so.” She told me.
“Why not? Just let him. He has nothing else to do. I need your help right now.” Yunho told her.
“Fine. Just bring her back here.” She told me.
“Okay.” I told her and got the address from her.
I went to my car and went to go pick up Jihae. I arrived at the destination and I saw Jihae sitting on a bench with someone else. I walked over to her and she saw me and ran over to me.
“Uncle Jiyongie! What are you doing here?” She smiled at me and I picked her up.
“Your aunt couldn’t pick you up so asked me to.” I smiled at her.
“Jihae who’s this?”
“This is my uncle Jiyongie. Isn’t he good looking?” Jihae told the girl.
“Hi. I’m Kwon Jiyong and Park Bom asked me to pick Jihae up.” I told the girl.
“Oh alright. Jihae unnie is going to leave now. I’ll see you next week.” She told Jihae and left.
“Uncle Jiyongie. Can we go get something to eat? I’m hungry.” She pouted at me.
She reminds me exactly of Haeyoung. She was like a mini replica of Haeyoung. I couldn’t help but feel a warm feeling in my heart. I can see myself taking care of Jihae with Haeyoung. I can see calling Jihae my daughter. I hope Haeyoung decides to give me a chance.
“What do you feel like?” I asked her.
“Hmm. Can we get a hamburger??” She asked me excitedly. “Mommy won’t let me eat it. She thinks I’m too young to eat that.”
“Well how old are you?” I asked her.
“I’m three! Almost four!” She grinned at me.
“Well that’s old enough.” I told her and carried her to my car.
We arrived at the burger drive thru and I ended up ordering enough for Yunho, Bom, Jihae, and I. We got our food and went back to the law firm.
“Is this where Uncle Jiyongie works?” Jihae asked me.
“Yeah. Isn’t it nice?”
“It is! It’s like a big castle!” She told me and I just chuckled at her.
“Uncle Jiyongie?”
“Yes Jihae?”
“Can you carry me? I like it when you carry me.” She asked me.
“Alright.” I said and picked her up in my arms. She helped me hold the burger bags.
We arrived inside the office and saw that Yunho and Bom were busy talking with the client. I took Jihae to my room and got out the food for her.
“Here. Eat up.” I told her and she started eating her food. “You need me to feed you?”
“Uncle Jiyongie. I’m a big girl now. I can eat by myself.” She told me.
“Alright then.” I smiled at her.
“I like you Uncle Jiyongie.” She told me out of nowhere.
I couldn’t help but smile at what she said. It made me feel good.
“Well I like you too!” I told her.
“I wish that you could be my dad.” She told me and my eyes widened. “You’re nice and you like to play with me. You should marry my mommy. You’ve seen my mommy before right? Isn’t she pretty? You should marry her.”
I wish kiddo. That’s what I wanted to tell her.
“Eat up.” I smiled at her.
“Well look who’s here?”
Jihae stopped eating and looked over and saw Bom standing at the doorway. Jihae had a big smile at her and ran towards Bom.
“Auntie Bommie!” She ran into Bom’s arms.
“Someone’s excited to see me.” Bom .
“Can I stay with you here for the rest of the day? Tell mommy that I can stay with you.” She begged.
“Why do you want to stay here?”
“I want to hang out with you. And I want to hang out with uncle Jiyongie. Can I please stay here with you guys?” She pouted at Bom.
“That’s not fair! You know I can’t resist it if you do that!” Bom whined.
“Yay! I can stay!” Jihae giggled and ran to me. “Uncle Jiyongie I can stay!”
“Yay!” I smiled at her.
“Can I stay with you?” She asked me.
“Of course!” I picked her up. “Let’s finish your food first okay?”
“Okay!” Jihae smiled at me and hugged me. “I wish you can be my dad.”
I hugged her back and didn’t want to let go. A part of me wished that she was really my daughter.
Haeyoung’s POV
Today things ran a little late at work. I was finally home and saw that Jihae and Bommie were watching TV.
“I’m home.” I told them and Jihae ran to me.
“You’re home!” She smiled at me.
“Yeah. What’d you do today?” I asked her.
“I got to play with uncle Jiyongie! I like it when he plays with me.” She told me.
Jiyong? She was with Jiyong? Why wasn’t she with Bom? I looked over at Bom and she mouthed we need to talk.
“You did? Did you have fun?”
“Yes! I want to go again! Can I?” She asked me.
“I don’t think so.” I told her. “They have to work.”
“But uncle Jiyongie says I can visit him whenever I want.”
“Well he still has to work so not for a while.”
“Alright mommy.” She sighed and walked back to the couch.
I signaled for Bom to come into my room and she followed me.
“What did you need to talk to me about?”
“It’s about Jihae and Jiyong.” She told me.
“What about them?” I asked her.
“Don’t you think it’s time to tell him the truth?”
“Why?”
“I don’t know. You should’ve seen it today. The way they were interacting with each other. It was really cute. And his eyes were full of love when it came to Jihae. She even wished that he was her dad.”
“I don’t think I can tell him right now.”
“Why is that Haeyoung?”
“I don’t know. I just can’t go up to him and be like ‘Hey Jiyong, meet your daughter Jihae’ it’d be weird.” I told her.
“But he still has the rights to know.”
“I know but I’ll tell him when I’m ready. Once everything is settled.”
“Alright. But you can’t keep those two apart.” She told me.
“I know. And I won’t.” I told her.
After we were done talking, we headed towards the living room and Jihae wasn’t there.
“Jihae? Where are you?” I called out and looked around the place. She wasn’t anywhere.
We searched the apartment and every room and there was no sight of her. I went towards the door and saw that her shoes were gone.
“She’s gone!” I told Bom and we both ran out of our apartment.
Where could she be? She was just here? Where the hell did she go and why did she leave?!
Jiyong’s POV
I was driving home from work when my phone started ringing.
“Hello?”
“Jiyong?” It was Haeyoung!
“Yeah. What’s up?”
“Is Jihae with you?” She asked me.
“No. She went home with Bom. Why?”
“She’s gone. She left and I don’t know where she is.” Haeyoung started crying.
“What do you mean gone?”
“I don’t know. I was in my room talking with Bom and when we got out Jihae wasn’t in the apartment. Her shoes were gone and I don’t know where she is. I thought she’d be with you since she wanted to hang out with you.”
“Calm down. We’ll find her. I’ll look around at the parks and you look around your neighborhood. I’ll call you if anything comes up.” I told her and hung up.
I sped my car towards the park. Please let Jihae be alright.
I arrived at the park and saw a little figure sitting on the swings. I heard sniffing sounds too. I walked towards the figure and saw that it was Jihae. What is she doing here and why is she crying?
“Jihae?” I called out o her and she looked up at me. She got up from the swings and ran over to me and hugged me tightly. “What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Why are you here alone? Your mom is worried sick.”
“A-ppa.” Jihae said.
Appa? Why is she calling me appa?
“Jihae. I’m not your appa. Why are you calling me that?”
“Because you’re my appa. I heard mommy telling auntie Bommie that. Umma lied to me. She said appa was dead but you’re my appa. It makes sense now because I got the Ji part of my name from your name.” She told me.
Jihae’s my daughter? So Youngbae was right? Is this a reason why I’ve always had a soft spot for Jihae? She broke the hug and stared at me.
“Don’t cry anymore Jihae.” I wiped her tears.
“Why did mommy lie?” Jihae asked me.
“I-I don’t know.” I told her.
“Do you not like the idea of me being your daughter? You don’t look too happy.” She told me sadly.
“It’s not that. I’m just shocked. I’m happy though. I want to be your appa.” I smiled at her.
“Really?” She smiled at me.
“Really. Appa is here for you now and I won’t ever let you go.” I hugged her.
“Jihae!” I heard Haeyoung calling and she stopped when she saw Jihae and I.
Her eyes widened at the sight and I knew she had realized that we both found out the truth.
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