THE WEDDING PLANNERS (FINAL)

“Yah! Careful!”

Ara glanced over her shoulders when a man she almost bumped to was shouting to remind her. She threw him a grin, waving up a hand to him but she never stopped running.

“Sorry! I’m late!” with that she continued running all the way along the pavement until she cornered by a junction and spotted a building by her right side.

“Wow! Nice car!” despite being late to her company this morning, her eyes managed to notice when there was a branded car parked exactly in front of the building she was rushing her way inside.

On top of it was written clearly upon a huge board, the name of the company – ‘S.A.Y Wedding Agency’

“Annyeong, Aunt Jung!” as soon as Ara reached the front desk, she greeted the company’s clerk with the usual carefree way she always did.

The old woman smiled warmly back to her. “Late again this morning, Ara yah?”

The latter made an innocent face, grinning sheepishly once the clerk guessed to her but Ara chose to change the subject as she pointed a finger towards the marvelous car out there.

“Whose car is that, aunty?”

“Oh, that one? A client, maybe...I saw the couple walked through just now but I’m not sure which one is their wedding planner...”

Ara formed a soundless ‘O’ with . She decided to go straight to her personal office after finished registering her not-so-early attendance for today. Well, as expected from the ignorant Ara. Though she was one of the highest managers in this wedding company, she never bothered to show some respectable attitudes to the other workers under her.

Making her way towards the elevator, Ara wanted to push the button but she stopped halfway when she seemed to hear quite an audible argument was going on by one of the guest rooms nearby this lobby.

She frowned, walking straight to check on it until she found herself was seeing one of the planners here was in the middle of handling her customers – a middle aged man and woman – as they argued something to each other.

She stood by the glass door, listening to their conversation. “I’m so sorry, sir...but usually, we would take about two to three weeks the shortest to plan for a wedding...but of course, with the simplest venue, catering and so...we couldn’t possibly finish planning such a big wedding as you required within three days! The occasion would end up messily!”

Ara nodded her head, agreeing to the planner’s opinion but her eyes shifted back to the seemingly arrogant customer when he hissed.

“But I told you that I’m willing to pay as much as you want just to get everything planned exactly in three days! I thought your business is all about money!” the planner sighed, rolling her eyes as if she was tired to make him understand their situation.

Then the woman beside him held up her hand to both of them. “Okay, enough...I think if this company couldn’t do it, maybe we should find the others then...I came here because most of my friends said that planners from this company are the best and professional...but I guess, they’re not that capable anyway...”

Ara felt her brows pulled in. Now, that was too much! Her angry brain was telling her to get inside and bash the stubborn clients back for doubting the ability of her planners but at the second thought, Ara pictured their expensive car outside the company’s entrance just now and assumed that...maybe, they would be such a big money. And that was called profit! Yeah, awesome!

Nodding to herself, Ara squeezed her shoulders straighter before she cleared and gave the door next to her a knock.

The three of them turned to look at her as she flashed her sarcastic smile widely. “Sorry but may I interrupt for a while?”

“And who are you to do so?” the woman client raised an eyebrow, eyeing her up and down curiously.

“Em...this is one of our company’s managers...” the planner pointed her hand towards Ara, introducing her to the customers but Ara gave them a little bow and walked over.

“I heard there’s some ruckus here...may I know what’s the problem?” her eyes changed to the planner instead. She bit her lips hesitantly.

“Nothing, actually...we’re leaving...” the man concluded and he stood up, collecting a file from a table before him and wanted to leave the room.

The woman did the same movement but Ara made a disgusted face to the planner, causing the girl to stop herself from laughing before she quickly turned around.

“Three days...we, the experts from this wedding agency promise you to get everything settled...deal?”

Her firm sentence made the couple earlier paused halfway in their attempt to walk through the door. They turned back to look at Ara. The woman snorted as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.

“Don’t kid us...your worker just told us that she would take two or three weeks the shortest to plan a wedding...” and once again, Ara smiled patiently.

“Yeah, that’s true...it’s impossible for one planner to finish a wedding plan within three days...but, it’s possible if there are more than one planner take in charge of this matter...so what do you think? Wanna leave or wanna stay to discuss the rest of the plan with me?”

She offered them once again. The customers exchanged uncertain looks between them but after debating for a few minutes, the man narrowed his eyes towards Ara.

“We don’t have much time to stay here...but we need confirmation of which planners will be working on the ceremony...” with that Ara grinned broader, nodding to him as her other hand was snapping her fingers to the planner earlier.

“Please prepare the coffee for them while I go and get the planners...take your seat first, sir...” she walked past the two without waiting for their response and Ara hastily made her way up to the floor which will lead her to her business partners – the other two managers.

“Yes, miss...I’m done with your venue...it’s exactly like your requested wedding garden...they got everything there...the greenish view, the fountain...haha, yeah...it’s very much pretty...”

By the time Ara poked her head inside the door of this office, she grinned once she spotted her friend, busily conversing by the desk phone while she got her notebook upon her lap. “So Eun ah...”

So Eun looked over to the door despite having the phone pasted on her ear. She made a sign for Ara to wait while she spoke but Ara rolled her eyes.

“You gonna regret it if you ignore me...I’ve got big money ready to fulfill your handbag...” she sang naughtily, causing the latter to laugh and So Eun stood up from her office table.

“Yes, yes...we could go and check out the garden together later...I’ll send you the right schedule later, okay? Thanks!” after hanging up the call, So Eun threw a glare towards the still grinning Ara.

“Aish, this girl...I’m dealing with my customer, okay? What’s up?”

“Dully noted but there are some people down there waiting for us to satisfy their demands...” So Eun creased frowns upon her forehead, approaching Ara by the door.

“So what? Just ask one of the planners to deal with them then...”

“That’s...supposed to be happened if they’re not very demanding but this time, the client wants us to finish their wedding plan within three days...” Ara widened her eyes by the words ‘three days’ only to get So Eun scoffed at her.

“Three days? That’s...” she was about to refuse but Ara wagged a finger in front of So Eun’s eyes, shutting her at once. “It would be impossible to get it done by one planner only but let’s make it possible with us handling it together!”

So Eun pouted, looking away as she reconsidered the matter. She still had plenty of weddings from her own personal customers to be deal with but none of the ceremonies will be held anywhere soon so yeah, she would agree to cooperate with Ara if...

“Get our little dongsaeng to join this project as well!” So Eun suggested, pushing her chin towards another office situated just across from hers. Ara saluted to her. “Sure!”

So Eun exchanged thumbs up with Ara, moving away from the door as she picked up her mobile phone from the table to ready herself going to meet the customers but as she checked on her phone, wishing to see any mails or calls from her husband, So Eun narrowed her eyes when she saw nothing.

“Aish...” her lips bit grudgingly, punching the phone’s screen that got her picture with Kris hugging together. So Eun mentally cursed him.

“Handsome for nothing! Don’t you know how to contact me, idiot hubby? Or are you forget me already since you’ve met hot blondes in New York huh? Aish! Stupid Kris!”

Tired to sulk at him when Kris wasn’t there to hear her nags, So Eun simply slipped her phone back to the table and she walked out of her office.

“Huh? Planning together?” Yoo Bi peered up from the file in front of her when Ara requested for her involvement in that wedding project.

“Yeah...if that doesn’t bother you anyway...but if you’re busy...”

“No, I’m fine...let me join both of you, unnie...” Yoo Bi agreed at once, standing up from her chair as she gave both So Eun and Ara an assuring smile.

So Eun clapped her hands merrily. “Let’s go!”

The three wedding planners a.k.a the owners of this company exchanged laughter among them. So Eun and Ara already paced away from Yoo Bi’s office to approach the lift but the youngest stopped once she just received a message from her husband.

-Yoo Bi ah, are you still at the company now? The teacher called me earlier. She has done it again, Yoo Bi ah...Yoora skipped her school for today once more...I’m worried of her...

Yoo Bi finished reading the matter Luhan informed her with a worrying heart. She exhaled heavily. It was indeed, very hard to keep up with work load and her family nowadays. Not to mention that recently, Luhan and her were facing strange problem with their 10 years old daughter, Yoora.

Yoo Bi had no idea why Yoora kept on skipping school lately. She wasn’t sick and usually, Luhan would send her straight to her primary school every morning. By the noon, her teacher would either call her or Luhan to inform the unpleasant news of Yoora was gone from her classes.

“Haish...” she shook her head, typing back to the phone.

-Yes, oppa. I’m working now. I’ll catch up with you soon enough, okay? Love you.

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“Venue and the honeymoon plan are under me...dear Yoo Bi, yours are the feast and catering part...the gown, groom’s attires, invitations and whatsoever...they’re all under you, Ara yah...settle?” So Eun held out the rough sketching on the plan.

Yoo Bi grinned over to her before continued sipping on her tea while Ara snorted after giving So Eun a lazy nod. “Aish, those people...so much of being a VIP...demanding for their daughter’s wedding to be the ‘wedding of the year’, then why they intended to rush over the plan huh?”

She was still complaining even after their client had gone. So Eun chuckled in return.

“No idea...maybe her daughter has pregnant of the groom’s baby so yeah...instant marriage to cover up everything...”

Her tone sounded casual but both Ara and Yoo Bi threw their shocking looks towards So Eun and...

“Omo!” they all pretended to be surprised, cracking up with booming laughter short after that.

As they continued moving here and there in the meeting room, making phone calls and so to complete the so called wedding plan for their ‘VIP’ customer, So Eun suddenly heaved a sigh.

She put down the file she was holding to pick up her phone instead. Again, she was hoping to receive any contact from Kris but none came to her.

“Urgh! I hate worrying about him!” she was mumbling to herself but her grunt caught Ara and Yoo Bi’s attention to her.

“What? Kris ignores you again?” Ara flashed her knowing grin, understood a little too much the anxiety felt by So Eun when their husbands chose to stay oblivious in their marriage, acting like everything was okay when everything actually didn’t okay at all!

So Eun refused to talk, keeping herself silent as she put her phone away but Yoo Bi walked over to sit right across from So Eun around the rectangle table. “Wanna share with us, unnie?”

She tried to offer So Eun some comforts though Yoo Bi knew she had enough troubles in her own shoes. But since the three of them decided to build this company together, they were more than business partners. So Eun, Ara and Yoo Bi were like close sisters, always being supportive to each other and watched they grew mature together as life goes on around them.

So Eun at last forced a thin smile to her. “Never mind...you girls know Kris...he has always been busy working aboard but not until recently that work load got controlled of him...I understand his busy schedules but...I don’t think sending at least a message to me just to tell me that he’s fine would waste his time even a few seconds...I just wanna know that he’s good there...Kris is not even in the country now...”

So Eun shook her head, trying to shake the thoughts about Kris by started moving around again to continue planning but Ara could only sigh after hearing her problem.

“Man...they seriously the worst blockheads ever...they never seem to understand our true feelings, ne?” she replied plainly but So Eun frowned over to her.

“Why are you said so? I thought Lay is good enough to you...” So Eun’s face looked amused as she asked but Ara snorted loudly.

“My ...I’ve began to doubt his feelings for me now since...” Ara’s voice faded. The paper that was in her hand slowly being crumbled aggressively in her fist, causing So Eun and Yoo Bi to widen their eyes to her.

“Un...unnie...calm down...” Yoo Bi tried to stop her building rage but Ara slammed her hands hard on the table. Both So Eun and Yoo Bi could only blink questioningly to her fierce reaction. She was mad, truly mad, they thought!

“Haish! I don’t care, Yoo Bi ah! I’m so upset with that dimpled creature since he got himself sweetly close with an unknown now!” she finally voiced out the major dilemma stuck in her head.

Ara ruffled her hair to make it looked messier but Yoo Bi shook her head, holding up her palm to ask Ara cool down herself.

“Wait up, unnie...bi...? So...you’re telling us that...Lay...Lay oppa is recently having an affair?” she was just asking for confirmation, supported with a nod from So Eun but Ara turned glaring as she heard her.

“Don’t you dare classify it as an affair, Yoo Bi ah! I’ll slaughter your head!” she groaned in obvious frustration but Yoo Bi and So Eun laughed back to her.

“C’mon, Ara yah...where’s the courageable and daring girl that we used to know you’re, huh? You should just ask Lay straight about that ‘unknown ’...don’t just jump to any conclusion yet...” So Eun tried to suggest to her only to cause Ara rolled her eyes.

“If I start to ask him, I may end up killing him as well since yesterday, I heard him talked to the on phone and another yesterday, my sons told me the came to visit Lay at his cafe and then another yesterday...” bla, bla, bla...

Ara continued with her train of complaints while So Eun and Yoo Bi chose to ignore her and resume with their work. Hearing both of the older unnies were complaining about the storm in their marriage, it triggered Yoo Bi to feel worried about her daughter.

Well – commitment, honesty, faithfulness – even experienced ladies like So Eun and Ara had problem keeping up with those matters with their husbands. Yoo Bi looked over to So Eun once more.

“Unnie ah...” she knew that like her, So Eun also was raising a teenage daughter so she thought of asking So Eun about her opinions. “Hmmm?”

So Eun met her uncertain eyes again as Yoo Bi leaned her head closer to the table. “How’s Minji has been doing recently at her school?”

“Minji? She’s fine...she will be attending an award ceremony after she’s listed for the best 20 in her mid-term exam...why?” So Eun curved up a proud smile once she spoke about her lovely daughter who was also excelled in her studies.

“Oh, I see...she got an award huh? That’s very brilliant of her, unnie...congrats!” even when she cheered for So Eun but the bitterness behind her smile failed to be noticed by the older.

“Yoo Bi ah, is something wrong with your Yoora?”

Yoo Bi took her time in answering So Eun. Her petite body leaned against the chair but she fixed her weak gaze only upon her lap as she spoke, feeling ashamed of So Eun who was raising her daughter to be a proper lady unlike her.

“Hmm...I don’t know, unnie...I’m a failure as a mother...I thought my daughter would be just fine but I guess I understand her too little...I don’t even know what her real problem is now...she keeps on skipping school...”

“She skipped school? Omo! Is it my Seung Min brings bad influence to her? Aish! I’m so sorry, Yoo Bi ah...but I know that your daughter and my son always go out for a date every weekend...and gosh! They’re reaching the part where they turned out to be annoyingly sweet now!” Ara suddenly interrupted in their conversation after she had done blabbering about Lay but Yoo Bi and So Eun fell silent listening to her words before the room was roared with laughter again.

Yoo Bi shook her head. “Aigoo, unnie...I know our children are dating each other but...considering that Seung Min is three years younger than her, they attend different schools so yeah, it’s impossible for Seung Min to snatch her out during school period...”

“Why not? That’s even easier to create crime, you know...” So Eun commented back, twitching up an eyebrow to Yoo Bi while Ara nodded with agreement.

“Aish! I don’t know! I’ll figure out her problem with Luhan oppa later!”

“You, go girl! And feel free to report to me if my idiot son is the root of why she skipped school, okay? I’ll give him a nice kick in the ...” Ara added afterward, initiating more laughter among them.

The wedding planners were about to resume with their work but Yoo Bi once again was disturbed when there was a call came from her phone. She picked it up at once, knowing that it was Luhan on the line.

“Oppa, annyeong...”

“Yoo Bi ah, can you come over to Yoora’s school now? I’ve found her back and I want to send her again to her class...but I guess we need to discuss this thing out together...” So Eun took notice of the sudden serious change upon her face so she tapped the table and made Yoo Bi darted looking at her.

“Go on...we’ll continue with the planning so don’t worry...go settle things with Yoora...”

Only after receiving the assurance from So Eun that Yoo Bi managed to smile and she spoke back to Luhan.

“Got it, oppa...wait for me there...” the line was cut off and Yoo Bi hastily snatched her purse up while standing up. “I’m terribly sorry, unnie...I promise I’ll come back after this!”

“No worries...bye!” Ara waved her hand without turning to look at the youngest but right after she disappeared out of the room, it was Ara’s turn to receive a call.

Her hand reached out for it while she was still frowning upon the brochures on her lap but once she figured out the caller ID came from her youngest son, Ara snorted and picked it up.

“Hello, the hottest mother is speaking here...can the hottie me and my prettiness helps you?” the dramatic way she greeted her son was making So Eun to chuckle from where she sat.

Her eyes dropped down to her wrist watch. It was almost time for Minji to end her school...

“What?! Your father is seeing that again at his cafe? Where?! No, wait! You mentioned already it’s at his cafe...I mean, when?! Now?!” each word she questioned the reporter – Seung Min – her tone got louder.

So Eun scoffed from behind her, wanting to shout for Ara to slow down her volume but without uttering any word, Ara pushed her body up and she made her way straight to the door.

“Yah, Zhang Seungmin! You better stay there and help me watch over those cows! I’ll rush there right now! Urgh! That woman is so gonna attends her own funeral tomorrow!”

So Eun was at last left to be alone in here as she froze when Ara’s voice echoed along the corridor outside and she too, disappeared out of the company.

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“Omma!”

So Eun turned around, smiling widely as Minji ran to approach her car where she stood waiting in front of her daughter’s school.

“Hey there, honey! How’s your day?” she greeted her energetically, giving Minji a quick hug after she stopped before her. Minji giggled, letting So Eun go.

“I’m great, omma!”

“Glad to know that, honey...” they exchanged playful grin to each other. Then Minji nudged So Eun by her sleeve, making a cute pouty face.

“Omma, what are we waiting for? Let’s leave! I’m hungry!” the daughter complained to her and So Eun pinched Minji lightly on her nose, couldn’t resist her overload cuteness.

“Aigoo...alright, princess...let’s get you something to dig in...” Minji cheered, skipping on her way to enter the car by the passenger seat but So Eun stopped, frowning over to her once her mind drifted back thinking of Kris.

“Minji ah...have your father contacted you today?” the young girl paused from pushing her body inside, blinking over to So Eun’s worried face as she thought of Kris and lastly, she face-palmed herself.

“Ah, yeah! He did, omma...appa sent me a picture this morning...we even texted each other during my history class just now...hehe...” Minji giggled happily as she reported but So Eun groaned, resuming her way to enter the car.

Damn him! He texted their daughter but Kris had never bothered to do the same to her. Why? So Eun furiously thought as she started the engine. Minji already got next to her and when she slammed the door close, So Eun looked sideway to her.

“Yah, how’s he then? Is your father doing fine in New York?”

“Emmm...yeah...appa is doing great, omma! Wanna see the photo he sent me?” So Eun nodded aggressively when Minji suggested and they both gathered their heads together when Minji moved to display Kris’ picture in her phone.

“Huh!” So Eun gasped, feeling her eyeballs almost popped out of its sockets when that picture appeared and...yeah, her husband, Kris Wu, was in the middle of grinning handsomely as he got a blonde – as expected – carried lovingly in his arms! And mind you, they seemed like they were enjoying their time at the beach! And Kris Wu was topless while the blonde only wore two pieces bikini!

Heaven, help her!!!

“Aish!!! Yah! Just what the hell is this actually?!” So Eun grabbed the phone as she instantly raised it up to throw it away but Minji yelled with her and quickly snatched the phone back.

“Yah! Omma! Relax!”

So Eun shook her head, feeling her chest rose up and down unstoppably as her hands gripped tighter to the steering. “No, Minji ah! I can’t relax! Not when your father is being a reckless like that! No wonder he doesn’t want to contact me! He has got that y blonde with him! Just wait you, Kris Wu! You’re so dead when you come back to Korea!”

Despite her mother that was blurting out so madly, Minji leaned in peace by her seat and she laughed at her reaction. So Eun threw a sharp glare to her.

“C’mon, omma...that woman is no one to appa...I’ve asked him about it...she’s just his client and they were attending the business party together at the beach...that’s all...” even when Minji explained to convince her, So Eun just couldn’t forgive him easily.

“Yeah, I bet your father enjoyed the party sooooo much by being topless and mingled around y girls like that! Hmph! No matter, he’s still receiving punishment from me later! Just wait and see!” So Eun said determinedly while Minji encouraged her with a thumb up.

“Daebak, omma...”

She was about to step on the pedal while groaning at the mental image of Kris with the woman but So Eun grumbled louder once her phone beeped, indicating there came a mail.

Minji flashed a mischievous grin while eyeing her mother. “Go on, omma...maybe it’s the most awaited Mr. Hubby is texting you...”

“Haha! He better don’t start with me if he doesn’t wish to die!” So Eun replied as she snatched her phone from the dashboard and read upon the mail.

“Huh?” So Eun felt weird when she suddenly received a request from a customer that required her to attend a meeting he specially arranged for them. He even sent the address already and the customer’s name was...Kevin?

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“So...be honest to me, Yoora ah...why you’re skipping your school so frequent this lately huh?”

Yoo Bi, Luhan and Yoora were all sitting in a playground situated just nearby Yoora’s school. After Yoo Bi got to them just now, Luhan decided that they settle this problem now because he didn’t want this thing to be dragged longer and affecting her studies with Yoo Bi and his work later.

Yoora fixed her eyes only on her lap, didn’t dare to face either of her parents. Of course, she felt sorry to worry them but there was something that had been disturbing her until she felt uncomfortable to attend school anymore.

Yoo Bi clicked her tongue, rubbing the back of her neck when she knew Yoora chose to stay silent. “Yoora ah...are you having any problem with Seungmin? Did he’s the one that bring you...”

“No! Don’t blame him! Seungmin got nothing to do with my case...he doesn’t even know that I slipped out of school...” at the mentioning of her young boyfriend, Yoora chose to speak, defending him but when she revealed her face towards Luhan and Yoo Bi, the parents were startled to see their precious daughter already shed tears down her cheeks.

Yoo Bi tried to open and yet, she lost her words. Her own heart was pained when she watched without help as her daughter cried. She heard Luhan sighed beside her and he walked over, approaching Yoora.

“Honey, listen to me...” Luhan got to his knees, sitting in front Yoora as he entwined their hands while Yoora peered down to him from the swing that she sat now.

“No matter whatever your problem is, you can share it with both of us...your mother and me are willing to hear you out about anything, Yoora ah...be it love problem, friends or even your studies...we’re not expecting you to be perfect, dear...we just want you to live in peace without anything that could put you in trouble...well, of course...trouble is a part of everyone’s life but trouble helps you grow up...and you need to know that you’re not alone, dear...so don’t be afraid to tell us anything...we’ll help you with the best that we can...okay?”

Yoora cried even more, touched by her father’s words. She wasted no time to lean down and threw her arms around his neck, burying her face on his shoulder as she cried her heart out.

Yoo Bi shook her head, feeling too much guilty after knowing that Yoora might had been hiding her problem long enough but she was truly a failed mother since...she never noticed it.

As Luhan patted the girl gently on her back, Yoo Bi walked over to them and she squatted down, joining Luhan to hug her daughter as well. She rested her head on Yoora’s back while Luhan smiled upon seeing Yoo Bi’s face was teary now. He reached out to pat the wife’s head too.

“Honey, I’m so sorry...I should have noticed that you’re in trouble...forgive me, Yoora ah...” she apologized but Yoora shook her head and she let go of Luhan, turning to look at Yoo Bi instead.

“No, mama...it’s not your fault...it’s me who is being coward...I’m being bullied actually...” she earned a shocking looks from both Luhan and Yoo Bi once she announced to them.

“What? By who?” Luhan’s voice had started to rise and Yoo Bi nodded, touching Yoora on her shoulder.

“Yeah...and since when?”

Yoora chuckled. “Since the day you came for the parents meeting at school, mama...my friends saw you...they said that you look so young to be my mother...they accused me that maybe I just used you to disguise as my mother...they said...who might know if I’m actually just an abandoned child...they’re too much, mama! I’m your daughter! How could they say something like that?! I’m so mad at them! I don’t want to face them or else I’ll get into a fight with them! That’s why I ran away!”   

Yoora broke down crying again as she grabbed Yoo Bi and sobbed on her shoulder now. Yoo Bi embraced her back, weeping with her once she knew the truth. Luhan cursed under his breath, looking over to her school as he swore that those kids were going to get it from him!

“No, Yoora ah...you’re my daughter...yes, I do look young but no one can question my credibility as your mother...don’t worry, honey...I’ll come to your school tomorrow and settle this thing up, okay? Trust me, I’ll protect you...”

Yoo Bi pushed Yoora away and cupped her crying face inside her palms. She waited for Yoora to respond and once she nodded with little smile, Yoo Bi wiped her tears away and landed a kiss on top of her forehead.

“Good...that’s my lovely girl...” Yoo Bi pulled her in for another hug.

“Come on...let’s bring you back for today...you must be feeling tired now...we’re not gonna send you to school now...have your rest at home till we settle the problem tomorrow, okay?” Luhan suggested, helping both Yoo Bi and Yoora to stand on their feet.

Yoora peered sideway to her handsome father. She grinned and crushed her small body once again to him, making Luhan to chuckle. “Thanks, papa...I love you...”

“You’re forever welcome, dear...”

Yoora got into the car first, leaving Yoo Bi and Luhan in the playground. Once she walked away, Yoo Bi replaced her place just now, sitting down on the swing as she closed her eyes.

Her daughter was only 10 but Yoo Bi had seen the foreshadow that indicated to her of the long journey she had to be patient with in her way to raise Yoora up.

“Hey, love...” after consoling their princess, it was now his time to soothe Yoo Bi with her headache.

Yoo Bi opened her eyes just to feel Luhan’s warm hand patted her tenderly on her cheek. They smiled to each other as she reached out for his hand, squeezing to it.

“Thank you, oppa...again, you’re being a better parent to Yoora compared to me...I’m such a failure, am I?” she chuckled as she commented but Luhan studied her face long enough.

“Yah, stand up...” he ordered, suddenly sounded firm. Yoo Bi at first blinked up to him but seeing that his wife didn’t make a move, Luhan hissed and pulled Yoo Bi to her feet. They stood looking at each other before Luhan weighted Yoo Bi on her shoulders. He eyed her closely.

“Yoo Bi ah, I’m asking you now...how’s your work as wedding planner has been going on now?”

She blinked more rapidly. Why so sudden asked her about job? “Em...fine, I think...but sorry, oppa...after sending Yoora home, maybe I still need to go back to office...I’ve got a big wedding plan that I promised So Eun and Ara unnie to get it settled...”

“See? Work, daughter, house chores and me...you’ve got so much in your plate to be handled at the same time so do you think I’m expecting you to be perfect in all, Yoo Bi ah? It’s okay...this is our marriage...every part that I could help you, I promise you, I’ll do my best...Yoora will be okay...I’m okay so you need to be okay too...we all are gonna be okay...right, sweetie?” Luhan advised her patiently, gently poked Yoo Bi on her cheek.

Slowly, she absorbed those words and the last thing that Yoo Bi wanted to do was to thank the God above so hard since He destined this flawless man to be her husband. Yoo Bi smiled up brightly to Luhan.

“Aigoo, oppa...I love you...like, really, really, really love you...” she confessed and locked Luhan instantly in her arms around his neck.

Luhan giggled, replying her cradle by closing his arms tight around her waist and he kissed Yoo Bi sideway on her neck.

“You know I’ve never stop loving you too...please stay strong, mama ah...don’t worry...papa is here with you...okay?” they laughed together when Luhan was addressing themselves as papa and mama.

“Okay!”

By the time Luhan and Yoo Bi got into the car again, they glanced backward to Yoora and laughed once they noticed the girl had fallen asleep. Yoo Bi shook her head, eyeing her tired daughter with sympathy. Luhan stole one naughty glimpse to Yoo Bi and he cleared his throat.

“Yoo Bi ah...”

“Hmmm?” she darted her face to him and Luhan seized the chance to lean in and peck her very quickly on her lips.

He sat straighter on his seat, making soundless laughter as Luhan moved to switch on the engine. Yoo Bi narrowed her eyes to him, feeling cheated that Luhan stole a kiss like that but as she relaxed on her chair, Yoora cleared .

“Excuse me here...I’m still an underage kid so please behave yourself in front of me...”

Luhan and Yoo Bi clumsily exchanged looks between them but then, they all broke out laughing together. Luhan shook his head as Yoo Bi hid her embarrassed face out of the window.

“So, Yoora ah...have you ever got your first kiss from Seungmin yet?”

“Oppa!” Yoo Bi turned gasping to Luhan when he dared himself asking their daughter about it. He yelped when Yoo Bi rewarded him a nice smack on his shoulder for it.

Yoora rolled her eyes as she watched her parents from behind. “First kiss is everyone’s secret so I have a right to stay silent...”

Luhan laughed again while Yoo Bi scoffed. “You dare have your first kiss now! Study comes first, okay!”

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“Haha! Look! That ajumma seems funny...” Seungmin looked over to his friend from across the table.

He was hanging out with his friends here in his father’s cafe while doing the extra task when his mother, Ara, ordered him to stay here as a spy to Lay! Seungmin rolled his eyes. He began feeling weird when the boys kept pointing out their hands to a direction behind him while they whispered to each other, gossiping about the so called ajumma.

“Aish! What are guys fussing about actually?” Seungmin tilted his head around only to widen his eyes.

“Urgh! That !” truthfully, his mother seemed obviously funny now when she sat at a table by one corner in the cafe while holding a menu card to cover her face as she peeked over to Lay and the girl.

Seungmin exchanged his eyes back on his father and he cringed when the sight was quite disgusting with Lay was brewing the coffee for her and she sat by the bar table, having her full attention on Lay. They were loudly laughing, giggling and joking to each other.

Without noticing his son there, Seungmin checked the girl up and down and he had to admit that she was indeed, very pretty. Her slim body was wrapped in a seductive short gown while she sat crossing legs, exposing the fair skin of her thighs and her elbow stood on the table, flipping her silky hair continuously in attempt to lure his father.

“Hmmm...I don’t think omma stand a chance...” as Seungmin thought so, he looked again to Ara and made a mental comparison between the two women.

Right now, Ara looked extremely strange with a weird flowery cloth covered her head, dressing like she was a detective while she got her eyes covered with a sunglass. Seungmin shook his head and looked away. What was the point of hiding behind the card actually? If she already covered her eyes with that spectacle?

Yeah, sometimes, his mother could be helplessly stupid.

He agreed to himself, reaching out for his drink but he was stopped when he heard the chair behind was pushed backward loudly and next, Seungmin sat frozen as he caught Ara was pacing robotically to the bar table there from the corner of his eyes. Seungmin snapped close his eyes.

Here we go in one, two, three...

“Yah!!!”

Ara yelled on top of her lungs, startling one whole cafeteria as Seungmin slowly got up from his seat. He crawled very secretly while flinching in every word that came out thundering from his mother’s mouth.

“You! What are you both doing huh?! You, !” she stopped to point her finger straight on the girl when she blinked innocently to her. Lay shifted his eyes curiously to her as well. But his eyes were back on Ara when she resumed yelling to her.

“What do you want from my husband huh?! Huh?! And you, Zhang Yixing!” now the same action did by the girl when she exchanged her eyes clumsily from Ara to Lay once the wife gritted her teeth to the husband.

“You’re seriously being too much! When you talk, she laughs! When she talks, you laugh! Can you please quit acting all lovey-dovey here?! It hurts, you know! Just tell me honestly who is this girl huh?! You’ve been calling her, seeing her and having fun with her for quite a while! Don’t say that I don’t know! I’m not blind yet, Zhang Yixing! And it’s not time for you to be muted now! Explain everything to me!!! Now!!!” only the wind sound blew from the fans above could be heard once Ara finished throwing up all the lavas from her heart’s volcano.

Lay clutched his heart, calming down the booming surprise he received from his wife. After a few minutes past them, everyone was still caught in complete silent and Lay took a hard swallow down his throat. He gazed straight to Ara who hasn’t yet put off her glasses and when he wanted to open his mouth, the girl raised up her hand.

“Hold...hold on a sec...” Ara shot her a glare, though it was invisible behind the tinted spectacle before the girl asked. “Are you...Mrs. Zhang Ara by any chance?”

Lay looked away, avoiding his sight from Ara and the girl as he tried his best to not laugh. Only after Ara blurted out everything so damn angrily to them that the girl questioned whether she was his wife or not! Okay, now this was funny.

Ara snorted, clearly audible before she threw her sunglasses down to the table, revealing her face to them.

“Yes, I am! I’m the officially wife of this man, Zhang Yixing!” one finger pointed straight to Lay. “...not only for today but tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow until we’re dead! Even if we’ve die, I’m still his wife! Even if we become ghosts, I’m still his wife! Again, I’ll be his wife in his afterlife and in another afterlife and another! Listen to me, Zhang Yixing is mine! Forever! So please evaporate from here!”

The girl found that she may dangerously had potential to fall down from her chair because each time Ara shouted to her, she was advancing closer and closer to the girl until she got their bodies bent down together and Ara’s face was just a few inches away from hers. Her eyes sharp and killing to her.

The girl hesitantly gave her a nod before Ara snorted and straightened her body back. “Good! But I told you...”

“Okay, okay...don’t yell to me anymore...I get it, I’ll get lost as soon as possible from your sight...” the girl surrendered, holding up her palms to Ara as she stood up to leave. Ara made an annoyed face to her while folding her arms across her chest and stubbornly looked away, refused to see as the girl made her move to the door.

Touching the handle, she grinned to herself and threw Lay a glance from over her shoulders. She chuckled when she noticed Ara was still sulking while Lay stood in confusion. She called over to him.

“Lay, dear...congratulations for having a mindless wife like her...she’s very...active, I could say...may your marriage last long like she just told me earlier...call me again if you need my ‘service’, darl! Bye!”

“You!” Ara raised her hand to punch her just in time she blew a kiss towards Lay and naughtily stormed out of the cafe.

“Aish! Haish!!! I hate her!!!” Lay sighed again, facing his wife when she didn’t stop punching and kicking the air even after the girl had gone.

“Yah, yah...enough! Stop being so loud...this is embarrassing, okay?” he moved out of the counter to approach her but once Lay attempted to touch her shoulder, Ara dodged away from him and spun her body around.

“Don’t touch me! I’ve no idea with what kind of service that you got from her but I’m done fooling myself! See ya!” with that, Ara hissed and stomped her feet to leave the cafeteria.

Lay grinned around, bowing to his customers as they buzzed. One of them shouted ‘Go after her!’ to him and of course, without hesitation, Lay picked up his pace to chase after her as well.

“Ara yah...” he called out but her steps only turned quicker.

“Yah, Zhang Ara! Stop, hear me out first...” his plea gone wasted. She never turned back and kept on walking.

“Haish...Ara, my lovely wife...please! Stop first and we can discuss this thing together, okay?” even when Lay pressed his voice so softly by the part ‘my lovely wife’, it never tempted Ara to pause.

“It’s too late...I won’t believe in you anymore...why are you bother to follow me huh? If she’s so important to you, then go after her! Why trouble yourself to come with me? You brat!” she scolded him without stopped walking.

Lay could only chuckle, enjoying the cute and blunt jealousy of his wife. Finally, Ara looked ahead and hastily quickened her way to catch for the blinking green light but even before she managed to cross the road, light had switched to red and Ara groaned, knowing that she had to stop walking.

Stop walking means stop to face the dimpled creature named Lay so she tried to corner around only to be caught by the wrist by her husband. He was faster now and easily stood behind her as he giggled.

“Don’t go, Ara yah...aren’t you said that we’ll be husband and wife forever? So if your husband needs you now, you’ll listen to him, right?”

Lay questioned her tenderly only to gain another glare. “Hish! You’re annoying! Let me go!”

Ara tried to jerk her hand away but Lay gripped tighter and using his other hand, he slipped something around one of her right fingers. It froze Ara from moving at once as she turned frowning to him and watched through her confuse eyes as Lay brought her fingers to his lips and kissed each of her knuckles.

“Happy anniversary, Zhang Ara...” she was mesmerized, hearing his romantic voice was whispering to her but when Lay shook their entwined hands that were now ringed with a pair of glittering silver rings, she gasped.

“Omo...wait a minute...” she looked away from the grinning Lay as she counted furiously in her mind.

“Omo!” finally, Ara remembered that their wedding anniversary was today. She turned blinking again at Lay but he snorted and pushed Ara lightly on her forehead.

“See? You’re the one being meanie to me...how could you forgot our anniversary huh? Don’t misunderstand the girl will you? She’s just a dealer from the jewelries shop that I’ve ordered our rings from...I’ve been thinking to buy a special ring that only got one design in the whole world...so yeah, she helped me...that’s why we’ve been contacting and seeing each other frequently these days...but it’s totally not like you thought...she’s just a dealer, Ara yah...she knew that I’m purchasing the rings as our anniversary’s present...you’re being melodramatic to scold her like that!”

Lay had started laughing his heart out when he kept on recalling the way his wife was yelling around in the cafe just now to ambush the girl and him. Once she understood everything, Ara finally felt how bad her cheeks were brightened in embarrassment.

“Ayo...aigoo...yah...you...you should have told...told me earlier...aigoo...where should I put my face now? Aish!” Ara pulled her hand off from him as she tried to cover her reddish cheeks with it but Lay laughed louder and he gathered Ara’s face in his palms.

“Aigoo, aigoo...my cute wifey...come here to me...hide your face here then...” he even more as he rested her head on his chest while hugging her so that Ara completely entered his arms again.

They cuddled each other tightly, giggling in undefined happiness before Ara brought her fingers closer to her and took a better look on her shining new ring. The silver metal was carved with letters made from small diamonds – L&A.

“It’s...very cute...”

“Hmmm? Which one? The buyer or the ring?”

“The buyer...” Ara’s absentminded answer earned a giddy giggle from Lay. “I’m fluttered...thanks...”

“Eh? Yah! No, I mean...the ring...” she detached their bodies a bit apart, looking up to Lay as she showed him that ring. “L&A?”

“It means...Lay and Ara...mine here is just another way round...A&L...” Ara shifted her eyes down to his finger when Lay already wore it securely around his slender finger. She laughed merrily, entwined their fingers together. When her eyes were back to him, Lay pouted.

“Don’t you have anything to say to me back?”

She studied his face in silent for quite a while, feeling blessed that she belonged to this Lay and knowing that she had never wanted to be apart from him, Ara nodded before murmuring softly to Lay.

“Happy anniversary too, Lay ah...thanks for being a patient husband to me...” Lay involuntarily displayed his dimpled grin, nodding to her.

“You too, babe...thanks for staying as my crazy wife...I’m glad as long as you’re crazy for me...”

Ara clicked her tongue, playfully smacking Lay on his chest but once they got their foreheads pasted together, Lay and Ara closed their eyes to savor another year past them in witnessing the up and down of their marriage.

“I love you...”

“I love you...”

Ignoring all the curious eyes around the city, Lay pasted his lips on Ara’s just in time she leaned her face to him and they kissed the pledge to stay as husband and wife together.

They went on kissing, again and again without noticing a school bus stopped next to them on the road and the kids inside were wolf whistling for Lay and Ara when they saw the two. Still, among the group, Song Ju – Lay and Ara’s oldest son – shook his head after he recognized that the shamelessly kissing couple was his parents.

Pulling out his phone, he contacted his brother. “Hello, hyung!”

“Seungmin ah...tell me, has appa done with his secretive surprise for omma about their anniversary?”

His little brother chuckled over the line. “Disgustingly done, I guess...”

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“The pool is that way, ma’am...” So Eun exchanged bows with the hotel worker before she entered the area where she was supposed to meet her customer.

She scanned around, feeling slightly weird when the male client wished to see her here but no one could be seen around this pool now.

At last she decided to take a seat first while waiting for him. So Eun settled down on one of the rocking chairs lined facing the vast pool only to realize she wasn’t alone actually.

There was a man, lying while reading a newspaper next to her now. So Eun ducked her head, trying to check on his face but thinking it was his privacy to stay stony as so, she decided to drop it by looking away.

“Good evening, ma’am...anything to drink?” a waiter came to her, offering to take her order with polite smile and So Eun pursed her lips, thinking.

She won’t be long here anyway for she still needs to catch up with her unfinished work in the office but maybe a glass of juice won’t be that bad. Again, she smiled up to him. “Orange juice, please...”

“Hmmm...” she hummed under her breath, taking out her phone and started texting the customer according to his number that she received from her website this morning.

-Hello, sir...I’m Wu So Eun, your wedding planner...I’m here already by the pool area like you asked me to come...will you be here soon?

She was about to put away her phone but the man surprisingly answered her message so quick. So Eun read it out, frowning.

-Why? You seem rushing...are you busy right now?

She chuckled, typing back to that Kevin.

-Kinda...actually I still have to keep up with other plans at the office but it’s fine, sir...I’ll wait for you here and we can discuss about your wedding plan once you’re here...

Sent. So Eun didn’t realize it when she was sighing after the screen changed to display her photo with Kris. Though she had been cursing him all day long after Minji updated to her about him, So Eun failed to deny that her heart was still longing for her husband.

There came another mail and So Eun easily opened it since the phone was still in her palm.

-Talking about this...how long have you been a wedding planner?

“What? Are you trying to talk personal stuff with me?” So Eun had started to feel pissed off when this Kevin didn’t yet show up but he texted her like they got the entire time free.

-Sorry, sir...I don’t do interview...

-Haha. You sound so cold towards man...tell me, are you married already?

So Eun rolled her eyes, feeling like cursing this man right now.

-Married with a 10 years old beautiful daughter...

-OIC...how about your husband? Is he a good looking guy?

-Why bother to know?

“Hish! Why should I encounter with so many annoying guys lately? It’s enough that Kris Wu messed up with my head!” So Eun scolded loudly, ignoring the man who was still flipping the newspaper by the chair next to her. Her phone beeping again.

-He messed up with your head? Why? And...is your husband categorize as one of the annoying guys too?

So Eun narrowed her eyes to the screen. She didn’t feel like replying him but thanks to her anxiety on Kris, she can’t stop herself from blabbering out loud. So Eun nodded confidently upon her phone.

“Yeah! Kris Wu is the most annoying guy on earth, I could say! He keeps on troubling me since the first time we met! I hate him since the first time he arrogantly shouted to me when his mother came begging for me to marry him! Again, I hate him more the day we got married! Mind you, he kissed his ex-girlfriend on our wedding night! How daring that giraffe! And then again, I hate him when he threw away my lingerie that I was about to wear during our honeymoon! One more time, I hate him when he chose to keep Sooyoung in our home and again, I hate him when he let our marriage fell apart! And then again, I hate him when he didn’t know that I used to pregnant of our first child! Again, I hate him when we met one more time and we...em, did that...and boom! Thanked God, my Minji is so damn pretty and I keep hating him when he came begging his gorgeous face to me and asked me to marry him again! Huh! How disgusting to remarry your ex-husband! But yeah, I don’t know why I’m such a fool when it comes to deal with that giraffe and yeah, we got married in the oh-so-marvelous wedding surprise he set up for me and we came back to Korea and he got busy with work and I hate him for ignoring me everytime he went aboard!!! I hate him!!! Seriously hate that Kris Wu for messing up with my heart!!! Aish!!!”

Only then So Eun stopped to notice that the waiter earlier had come to serve her juice but he froze by the end of the pool with question marks all over his face since So Eun was blurting out her heart absolutely loud and scary just now.

She gulped down and hid her face to her lap. Oh my...this was so embarrassing but she can’t seem to control herself when it deal with the giraffe named Kris Wu! Arranging her face to look calm, So Eun hastily glanced up to him and flashed her sweetest smile.

“Hehe...come, come...don’t be scared of me...I was just...yeah, talking to my phone...” So Eun made up the excuse, showing up her phone to the waiter. He bit his lips hesitantly before walked with reluctant steps towards her.

“Don’t...don’t mind it, ma’am...here is your juice...” the waiter placed down her orange beverage and she made a thumb up. “Thanks!”

-Haha! You scared the poor waiter...hmmm...judging from your words just now, it seems like you really hate your husband so why are you still marrying him until today?

Written the message that So Eun received after the waiter had gone. She rolled her eyes.

“That’s right...I hate him so much but...” her despair words stopped. So Eun put away her phone as she brought her finger closer to her and examined the wedding ring. She caressed it with a gentle smile lingered on her lips.

“...but, no matter how much I said I hate him...still, hatred couldn’t defeat of how big my love actually for him...when I said that I hate him, I’m actually just comforting myself...I miss him so much whenever he isn’t around so to stay strong, I need a reason to get him off my mind...and it seems that hating him is the best way though in the end, I’ll helplessly love him...” her phone vibrated once more, causing So Eun to click her tongue impatiently as she grabbed to read on the endless messages sent by Kevin.

-Oh, how sweet! I’m sure that the most handsome and dashing husband ever exists, Kris Wu can’t wait to be back by your side...he can’t wait to mess up with your heart again...he can’t wait to make you hate him more because the more you hate Kris Wu, the more you love him, right?

After reading this mail, So Eun finally realized something strange. She stood straighter on the chair, tilting her head to look around before she typed rapidly on her phone.

-Yah! How do you know my husband’s name huh? I don’t think I’ve ever tell you before! Where are you? Don’t waste my time and show up now or I’ll leave!

-Haish...don’t be rude to your customer, ma’am...how do I know your husband’s name? Hmmm...you said to me just now...you shouted so loud about him...you even startled the waiter, remember?

Okay, wait up. This was creepy.

So Eun began scrolling upper to the earlier messages she sent to him and the last one was when she asked him, ‘Why bother to know’. She didn’t reply anymore. She just mumbled to herself everytime he sent any question to her but...strangely, he seemed to hear everything that she just nagged?!

“Hish!” her eyes dropped down again to the phone as she sent him a message filled with dissatisfaction.

-Yah! Are you coming or not? Don’t scare me! You wanna become a groom or a ghost? Show up yourself in front of me! Now!

So Eun flinched a bit, debating alone whether she should glance around to the man next to her or not because she swore she just heard him chuckling mysteriously. Why everyone around her was behaving damn spooky?

-Why? You can’t wait to see me huh? What if I say...I wanna cancel having your service as my wedding planner but instead...be my bride, will you?

So Eun felt her eyes grew wider upon reading that latest mail Kevin sent him. She hissed, biting her lower lip so hard it could bleed. This man was totally crossing the line!

Sorry, but she wasn’t in a mood to flirt and this alien named Kevin was just going to be rewarded with the cruelest bash he could ever had in his life! Mark her words!

As So Eun nodded firmly to herself, she felt the confidence level was rising up to her stubborn mind and she decided to call the man straight. Dialing for him, she stood up to her feet with hands on her hips as she was sooooo ready to backfire him!

The beeps stopped, indicating Kevin was answering her call and So Eun jerked up her eyebrow at once.

“Em, ehem...” she cleared . “Hello, Mr. Kevin...instead of waiting for you to cancel your request on me, let me be the one to reject your application first! I won’t be a wedding planner to such a flirty man like you! Sorry to say this but you asked me earlier and you know that I’m married and though I said I hate my husband, I still love him to dead! So yeah, do not contact me anymore! I won’t respond!”

Silent.

So Eun frowned as she waited the latter to answer her but only after a few seconds passed them, So Eun found herself being stupid to wait for his reply and she moved to end the call.

Yet, she heard a very familiar cocky chuckle echoed through the line.

“Good...I love you too, Wu So Eun...”

“Huh?”

He left her to blink dumbly upon her phone and next, the man beside her stood up before he put away the newspaper and took off his shirt. So Eun heard his movement so she looked around but found herself yelping when he ran over to the pool and jumped into it.

“Splash!!!” the water rained out till it reached her as well. So Eun snapped close her eyes, gathering her patience.

“Yah!!!” she automatically spun her body to him, walking nearer to the edge of the pool but she got petrified when the man stopped swimming and he looked up to her, grinning.

Once, she blinked.

And again, she blinked.

Then for the third time, she blinked once more while watching the man swam closer to her until he stopped ducking half of his topless body next to her legs. So Eun was still blinking on him while he kept his cunning grin for her.

“Don’t stare at me like that...I feel like I’m your most favorite man in the world now...” So Eun felt her heart screamed with undefined pleasure once her ears listened to that recognizable husky voice again. It had been quite long since she heard it, since he went to work in New York.

Feeling hard to breathe, So Eun shook her head as she looked away. Smiling alone to herself, she mumbled audibly once more. “No, no, no...you can’t possibly be that giraffe...he must has been corrupting my mind too much now since I keep mistaking others as him...no...no...yeah, I’m sure this is just a dream...okay, So Eun ah...relax, take a deep breath and fix your mind again...please delete the images of Kris Wu so that you could be normal again...yeah...”

Kris couldn’t resist the cute stupidity of his wife and he at last laughed aloud. His shoulders shook along with it and once she heard his laughter, So Eun gazed down to him again. She felt like he was so real but she didn’t want to promise herself an empty hope because if this was a dream, she would be hurt when she woke up and found Kris wasn’t there.

“Aish...I better go...” she was about to take her steps away from the pool but Kris immediately grabbed her ankles.

“Yah, where are you going? Don’t ignore me here...come to me!” with that, Kris didn’t think twice to pull his wife into the pool, catching her petite body as So Eun fell screaming into his arms.

“Argh!” the water once again massively splashed around, causing So Eun to choke loudly when she accidentally in the water but once Kris put her down to her feet again, she shot him a glare and distanced their bodies.

“Yah! What do you think you’re doing huh? I still have to go back to my office later! How do you expect me to go there with these wet clothes –”

So Eun wasn’t given any chance to nag for more because the second she abruptly paused, she only felt was blocked with Kris’ lips. She wanted to savor his long, gentle kisses but she was too shocked with all these nonstop surprises he ambushed her with.

Noticing that his kisses gone unrespond, Kris slowly pulled away to stare down on his wife. He chuckled, cupping So Eun’s face in his palms once he saw her eyes started to become teary.

“Yah, Wu So Eun...why so surprised huh? Didn’t you want me to come back to you? I’m back right now...so can you kiss me back?” Kris shamelessly demanded but So Eun scoffed to him.

“No...” she rejected, reversing her body away from him as she leaned nearer to the pool’s edge behind. “Before that...what are you doing here?”

Kris rolled his eyes, folding his arms across his chest as So Eun questioned him blankly. “Coming to see my wife of course...”

“Then...” So Eun furrowed, slowly raising up her finger to point at him. “How about the hot blonde...”

“Haish! There’s nothing to feel jealous of her, So Eun ah...I thought Minji told you that she’s just my client...”

“But you held her in your arms! And she’s wearing a bikini while you’re topless!”

“Because that’s the tradition in New York...and I’m just trying to blend in so that my business partnership is going smooth...and yes, I held her in my arms while she was being y but in my eyes...” So Eun pulled in her brows deeper when Kris swam closer to her until he stopped to exactly bend his face before her eyes. Kris gave an intense peer into her eyes.

“...I only see one iest woman...which is my only wife, Wu So Eun...to me, she’s the prettiest, iest, and every ‘est’ that I could think of is all hers...I may held that blonde in my arms but she won’t get to kiss me because...” Kris pecked So Eun’s lips a few times repeatedly.

“...I only give up my kisses to you, my wife...so don’t make me look like a fool and kiss me back, okay?” at last he stopped, giving So Eun his sweetest smile that was always her favorite smile ever in the world.

Avoiding his eyes sheepishly, So Eun nodded. She finally chose to believe her eyes that Kris had truly come back to her and he was right in front of her now. Kris snorted.

“Then? What are you waiting for? Didn’t I ask you to...”

It was time for So Eun to shut him up by attacking his lips instead. Circling her arms around his neck, So Eun quickly sealed her lips over his. She felt his body tensed for a few seconds, probably was digesting what actually happening now before Kris pulled her closer to him by her waist and responded equally to her kisses.

She had no idea of how long they just stood in the cold pool to kiss but when she gained her consciousness back, So Eun was already sitting by the pool’s edge, drying up her hair with a small towel.

She looked around, glaring sideway to Kris when her husband came to slip his body next to her. He still never failed to look gorgeous with his wet locks and topless body. So Eun knew she needs to control herself from staring too long on him or else she would end up dragging Kris straight to rent a hotel room now!

“What are you thinking huh?” she flinched, waking up from her y thoughts. So Eun forced a smile while looking away. “Nothing...yah!”

Kris made a questioning face to her when So Eun elbowed him on his arm while he sipped slowly on his coke. Her eyes narrowed carefully to read his expression.

“Are you missing me that much? Pretending to be my customer just to have me coming here and see you?” Kris chuckled, thinking again about their conversation when he was still ‘Kevin’ earlier. He shrugged, he wasn’t exactly lying – Kevin Wu was also one of his names anyway.

“I am missing you but you dare calling yourself my wife when you don’t even know my other name? Kevin is also me, okay?” So Eun giggled back to him, feeling ashamed to let her husband saw how she was insanely longing for him just now.

“How could I know...I only know one man in my life which is Kris Wu...”

“Ceh! And how about you? Are you missing me that much too? Blabbering out loud about me without realizing that I was actually just next to you? You’re really oblivious of any other men, don’t you?” Kris poked So Eun on her forehead, causing her to yelp before groaning.

“Be grateful that I’m trying to be loyal to you, okay? I’m not like that ‘someone’...enjoying his time in New York with another woman...and he forgot to mail me or give me a call! Haish! I shouldn’t forgive you so easily, you know...” Kris sighed when his little clumsy wife was still bringing up her jealousy about that picture.

Turning his body to face her, Kris pulled So Eun by her shoulders so that they could sit face to face now. Their knees brushed against each other’s while Kris softened his gaze upon her pouty face, still sulking over the matter.

“Yah, Wu So Eun...believe me that when I didn’t contact you, I’ve got my own reasons, okay?” So Eun pinched him straight on his bare chest, making Kris to howl soundlessly.

“What’s your reason then? Don’t give me the crap of ‘I’m busy’!” she folded her arms arrogantly but after rubbing the spot So Eun twisted his skin earlier, Kris sighed again and took a deep breath to honestly answer her.

“Look, if it wasn’t for working, I won’t ever got you and Minji out of my sight, okay? I don’t know why but everytime I have to be separated from you due to my work, it will also give me a heart cramp...I can’t concentrate well on my work so to block you out in the meantime, I need to stop calling or texting you because if I did, I may end up abandon everything just to fly myself back to you...that’s how worst your distraction on me, Wu So Eun...so please don’t misunderstand me when I ignored you during my business trips, okay? I need to focus...” his sugar-coated explanation sounded so cheesy to her that it was almost hard to believe but So Eun still curved up a broad smile, feeling way too happy now.

“Then...take me with you...bring me anywhere that you would go for working after this...” she naughtily suggested but Kris shook his head with equal delighted smile.

“Well...that sounds extremely tempting to me but if I bring you along, my business trip won’t be a business at all...it will turn to our repeated honeymoon...again and again...” they broke out laughing and giggling together, amused by the mindless idea.

As silence sneaked between them, Kris took the chance to feel her close to him once more. He pulled So Eun by her waist and brought her to completely sat on his lap, closing as much as possible the gap between them.

Still smiling blissfully, So Eun s her arms around his neck before pasting their foreheads together. They closed their eyes almost simultaneously, savoring their moment to be back in each other’s cradle.

“I miss you, Wu So Eun...it’s good to be back...”

“I miss you too, Kris Wu...welcome back...”

They caught sound of her phone vibrating by the chair. So Eun opened her eyes back to stare upon Kris who was smiling to her. He patted her cheek while signaling for her to stand up and check on her phone.

“Okay, wait for me...” though she felt so hard to get away from him, So Eun pushed her body off from his lap and went to read on the message sent by Ara. She gasped, recalling her task that she was supposed to plan a grand wedding within three days! Omg!

So Eun then hastily turned back to Kris while grinning innocently to him. “Haha...sorry, Kris...but as I said just now, I need to go back to my office...Ara and Yoo Bi...”

“Well, let’s go then...I’ll accompany you at your office tonight...” So Eun stopped frowning as Kris got up and he walked over to the chair to put on his shirt back.

“I don’t think that’s necessary...you should probably go home...Minji still hasn’t see you and she miss you too...go and accompany her at home...I would be fine working alone...” she tried to refuse but Kris smirked to her.

“Don’t worry about Minji...I met the princess already yesterday...” So Eun felt her eyes once again widened. Why were her husband and daughter kept on doing things secretly behind her?

“Hish! So you’ve came back earlier but refused to see me? I thought Minji was out to see Song Ju yesterday!”

“Nope...she lied, she was actually went out to have a date with me instead...I thought of going home with her after that but your Minji suggested to me to tease you a little bit with this surprise since she said you’ve been complaining about me, ignoring you...so, if you wanna blame someone, Minji is the exact suspect...” Kris reported calmly to her while So Eun bit her lips, totally feeling trolled by her own mischievous daughter!

“Aigoo...no wonder she looks so relax...” So Eun moved around to collect her bag and when she took her steps, Kris grabbed her hand to entwine it together with his.

“Yup...so now, let me spend a day alone with you...I’m being fair already to both of my wife and daughter, right? Yesterday was for Minji so today, I’m all yours, darling...” he winked playfully to her only to cause So Eun pouted back.

But deep inside she was so glad that he was finally here in her sight again. Enjoying his attention on her, So Eun snuggled her body closer to him and they laughed one more time while Kris wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

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It was 6.30 a.m. on the dot by the time all three of them finished almost 60% of the wedding preparation.

So Eun was standing by the corridor just out of the company’s main entrance when she decided to come out and refresh herself with the morning breeze. She yawned, stretching her muscles here and there before someone chuckled behind her.

“Coffee?” So Eun looked around, smiling at Ara and Yoo Bi while they arranged their steps to stand each by her right and left.

“Sure, thanks!” she answered merrily, taking the cup offered by Yoo Bi to her.

“I saw last night Kris oppa came with you...is he still in your office?” So Eun rolled her eyes as she sipped on her hot drink.

“Yeah...I asked him to go home but he insisted to stay so now, he’s still snoring on my couch...” they all laughed shortly once So Eun told them. Both Lay and Luhan were sleeping in their wives’ respective office too.

How lucky of all the three wedding planners when their hubbies were willing to accompany them as they stayed up for work. So Eun glanced around to Ara only to notice the seemingly new shining diamond on her finger so she snorted.

“I thought you’re so angry with Lay yesterday so what happen now? It seems like someone is too proud with her new ring...” So Eun sang to her while Ara sheepishly hid her hand to the back of her body.

“Ops! Haha...yeah, if it wasn’t because of this ring, I won’t be okay to him...” Ara replied playfully, as per usual from her but Yoo Bi scoffed in return. “That’s called materialistic, unnie...”

They all turned to look at Yoo Bi before ended up laughing again. So Eun gasped out of a sudden when she remembered about what happened to the youngest’s daughter so she touched Yoo Bi by her shoulder, eyeing her carefully.

“Yoo Bi ah...how about Yoora? Have you find out the real reason why she skipped school?” So Eun asked in concern while gaining support from Ara who nodded beside her. Yoo Bi heaved a sigh, still worrying about her child but then she nodded with smile to both of them.

“It’s okay, unnie...we know the truth already so today, Luhan oppa and I are going to settle the problem at her school...” Yoo Bi smiled broader to assure them and Ara exhaled, shaking her head.

“Thanked God it wasn’t because of my son...” she sang, causing Yoo Bi and So Eun to crack up once more but when their laughter subsided, So Eun cracked her head higher to look upon the board written ‘S.A.Y Wedding Agency’ up there. She smiled warmly on it, recalling the time when they all decided to build this company together.

“I hope the VIP’s wedding would be perfect later...” she whispered, having Ara and Yoo Bi to join her gazing up to their precious agency.

“Don’t worry...we all are doing our best on it...the wedding will be doomed!” Ara assured her, patting So Eun on her shoulder while Yoo Bi chuckled.

“Ne, unnie ah...do you guys remember the day when we were in Hawaii? It was when we agreed to build this company and work together, right? So maybe, after we got our payment from preparing the VIP’s wedding of the year, how about we all go for another vacation together?” the youngest suggested, earning thrilling smile each from Ara and So Eun before they raised their thumbs to her.

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Hawaii, 5 years before...

“Kris, Kris! Look! That beach hat is so elegant! Buy it for me!”

“Appa, quick! I wanna piggy back! Carry me now!”

“Appa!”

“Kris...”

“Aish! Shut up, both of you!” poor the father, he didn’t know which one he needed to give his attention first. On his right was his most beloved wife, sulking and glaring to him when he refused to shop the hat with her. On his left was his precious daughter, pouting to him when he didn’t make a move to carry her on his back.

Seeing that both of the girls were feeling mad to him, Kris rolled his eyes. “Girls, listen to me...Kris Wu is alone here, okay? So can you guys tolerate with each other and let me handle you one by one? I’ve got only one wallet and one body so can we have some peace here?”

Kris raised his brow, waiting for their answer as he exchanged his curious eyes from So Eun and down to Minji but when the mother and daughter looked upon each other, they glared and looked away.

“Huh!” simultaneously, So Eun paced away from him, entering the souvenir shop while Minji ran to the nearby beach. Both of them totally left Kris to stand alone in major confusion there.

“Aish! These girls! Yah, where should I go now?” he debated with himself whether to go after So Eun or Minji. His eyes kept on flickering towards Minji, watching her from here as she strolled nearby the shore but he waited impatiently until So Eun walked out of the shop and thanked the keeper.

“Thank you!” Kris saw that her oh-so-desired beach hat was already placed on her hair once he turned around to see her but acting like Kris didn’t even exist there, So Eun made her way straight to join the crowd at the beach. Kris hissed behind her, tailing his wife.

“Yah! Why are you so mad? You can afford to buy the hat with your own money, right?” Kris reasoned out but So Eun prevented her face from seeing him by readjusting her hat lower.

“I don’t see you here...” she sang, thinking of joining those tourists who played beach volley ball now.

As she ran over to the group, Kris paused from running after her as he cursed. He darted his eyes grudgingly away from So Eun who laughed with a male foreigner now but his eyes widened, scanning around after he just noticed that their daughter had gone!

“Yah, Minji ah...” deciding to leave So Eun there, Kris began pacing along the shore nearby, searching for the sight of his daughter. His heart had started to pound in worry but once he heard a baby was laughing out loud, Kris immediately recognized that the voice belonged to his little Minji.

“Minji ah!” he ran over to her only to frown once Kris realized that she was now joining herself with two young boys to build a sand castle. Kris reached out to Minji. “Minji ah...who are they?”

“Song Ju ah! Seungmin ah! What are you doing huh? Are you trying to woo a girl?” that was when Kris furrowed when he darted his eyes up to a Korean woman, running here and gathered her two sons in her arms as they squealed to her.

“No, omma...we’re doing nothing...this girl here is also a Korean...that’s why we offer her to play with us!” Song Ju explained to Ara, earning a smirk from his mother as she grinned over to the pretty Minji.

“Oh, really? So you’re being a gentleman huh?” Ara tried to joke but once she looked up to the tall man that Minji was clinging to, Ara gasped and straightened her body at once. Her finger pointed to Kris who was still scanning her up and down curiously.

“You...you’re So Eun’s husband, right?” Kris blinked his eyes. How on earth did this woman know his wife?

“Yah! You both dare leave me behind!” just in time, Ara tilted her head behind Kris when a girl appeared and she slapped Kris straight on his . He cringed, glaring sideway to So Eun.

“Yah...don’t do that in front of the others...” he reminded but So Eun snorted to him. “Others? Who are they?”

That was when she shifted her eyes ahead of them and widened her sight upon seeing Ara was holding up her peace sign to her. So Eun gasped, giggling in excitement as she ran over to Ara.

“Omo, omo, omo! Ara, isn’t it?” So Eun guessed, still grinning on her as Ara punched her lightly on her shoulder.

“Sure the hell I am! How about you? Don’t tell me that’s your daughter?” Ara whispered in thrill to her, darting her eyes down to Minji but So Eun chuckled and looked back to the little girl. “Yes, she is...come here, honey...”

Reluctantly, Kris pushed Minji forward to snake her pinkish with So Eun as the mother brought her to stand by her knees and introduced her little Minji to Ara and her two heroes. Minji gazed up to Ara just in time she smiled down to her.

“Meet this aunty, Minji ah...Ara sshi...Ara yah, this is my daughter...5 years old already, Wu Minji...” she proudly exchanged introduction upon the two and Minji bowed her small head out of courtesy towards the older. Ara cooed to her.

“Aigoo, aigoo...what a lovely daughter...she’s 5 years old? Omo! That’s the same with my oldest here! So Eun ah, this is Song Ju and this little one is Seung Min...” at last, the two boys who kept on blinking in silent while their mother conversed with So Eun got the attention back on them as Ara told their name to the Wu family.

“Annyeong haseyo! Wow...handsome boys huh?” So Eun , waving with broad smile each on Song Ju and Seung Min but the mothers never realized it when Song Ju had his eyes glittered on the sheepishly smiling Minji.

“Where’s your husband, Ara yah?” So Eun looked around, barely remembered how Lay would look like by now after years had passed them since they first met on their first honeymoon, also exactly at the same place like now – Hawaii.

“Ah! He’s over there...buying us some ice cream...come and join us! Bring your gorgeous hubby there...” Ara giggled as she whispered with naughty smile towards Kris who stood motionless from behind So Eun.

She chuckled, agreeing at once as So Eun turned around to look at Kris and noticed the line of frowns on his forehead. She narrowed her eyes, letting Minji go to join Song Ju and Seung Min with their game again while she walked over to sling her arm with Kris’.

“Why? Still feeling mad at me?” So Eun asked, pouting up at him but Kris rolled eyes.

“No, I’m cool...but remind me something, So Eun ah...where did we ever meet this Ara sshi?” Kris leaned down to her ear, speaking so low to prevent Ara from hearing them and So Eun spontaneously laughed.

“Aish! Are you serious about forgetting our honeymoon? Remember that we used to share our suite with the other two couples? Ara and her husband are one of them...” Kris formed a soundless ‘O’ on his mouth once she explained and he automatically grinned over to Ara. “Annyeong...”

“Aigoo...how come you forgot us...that’s hurt, you know...” as if she could read his mind from Kris’ confused looks, Ara pretended to sulk but Kris apologized and they exchanged laughter before Ara called the three kids to follow them. They were going to the ice cream stall to meet Lay but when Seung Min was running to her, he said.

“Omma! Can I bring another girl to join us eat the ice cream?” The adults were all frowning down to him while Ara cleared .

“Aish...since when did my sons have grown to be flirty? Yah! Which girl are you talking about now?”

“Seung Min ah!” Ara didn’t manage to get the answer from her son because right after she asked, they all turned to look at where little cute voice was calling out for him. Seung Min glanced around and squealed, running hyperly to approach another Asian girl.

“Yoora ah! Come and ice cream with me!” Ara found herself frowning weirdly when her son easily linked his arm together with that girl called Yoora as if they had known each other forever. Well, the girl seemed cute but where had her parents gone? How could they left this girl alone huh?

Ara thought dully, watching as Seung Min dragged the girl back to them when...

“Yah, Xi Yoora! Where are you going? Get back here!” So Eun and Ara spontaneously looked over when they seemed to remember that kiddy voice.

Their mind was predicting that it would Lee Yoo Bi and once the girl appeared, yeah, she was Yoo Bi.

“Mama! This is my friend, Seung Min...he’s younger than me but he’s cute!” Ara laughed, moving to approach Yoo Bi who was scanning her Seung Min questioningly but she flinched a bit when a hand suddenly stretched out to her, offering a handshake. Yoo Bi raised her head to Ara.

“Annyeong, Yoo Bi ah...it’s been a while since we met, right? Yoora is your daughter?” Ara greeted her playfully, having So Eun to join her with their laughter short after So Eun came to stand next to Ara.

Yoo Bi was caught in silent, exchanging her eyes from Ara and So Eun until at last...

“Ahhhh! Unnie! Gosh! I miss both of you!!! Why are you all here too? Aigoo, aigoo! Such a coincidence, ne?” Kris, Minji and Song Ju could only watch in confusion as the three girls squealed and giggled in unison.

They all gathered in each other’s arms, linking their hands to form a circle before they jumped and rotated with booming laughter on their feet – feeling too much happiness now.

“Em...Song Ju ah...mind to tell me why your mother is jumping like a monkey now?” Kris turned sideway, noticing a man already stood beside him as he was holding a few cups of ice cream. At once he knew that this man was Ara’s husband. Kris cleared his throat, shifting Lay’s attention from the girls to him.

“Hi...remember me from somewhere?” his brow twitched up as Lay looked away, taking a few minutes to recall Kris and at last, he flashed his broad dimpled smile to him while nodding.

“Yeah...we meet again huh?”

“Yoo Bi ah! Have you found Yoora? I searched for her over there but...” another man came rushing to them. Clearly he was Luhan but as his eyes dropped down to their daughter, Yoora waved up to him.

“I’m here, papa!” Yoo Bi let go of Ara and So Eun before she paced over to Luhan and pulled her husband to join the crowd. Luhan looked around as if he tried to recall everyone but Yoo Bi grinned up to them.

“This is such a beautiful coincidence, right?” So Eun and Ara smiled to each other but they nodded in agreement short after that.

“Yeah...”

They all continued enjoying their time around the beach. The kids were playing together now, collecting the shells and all while Kris, Lay and Luhan relaxed themselves while tanning over the beach rocking chairs nearby.

So Eun, Ara and Yoo Bi spent their reunion together by sitting randomly on the sand and exchanging news about their current life.

“I thought Lay used to be an idol...he quit already?” Ara smiled, recalling the bumpy journey she had with Lay in their marriage all along he was in Exo. She gave So Eun a nod as she turned to her.

“Yeah...I’ve never wanted him to give up on his dream but...sometimes what you really want is different from what you need...” So Eun and Yoo Bi smiled knowingly to her, nodding.

“How about you, Yoo Bi ah? Finish your study in college?” Ara switched the question to her but she laughed while shaking her head.

“Unfortunately, something happened to stop me from finishing my study...but I guess that’s better anyway...I can focus on my little family now...” she answered, smiling over to Yoora who was laughing over some jokes with Seung Min.

“It’s okay...it doesn’t take too much to become a planner...well, if that’s still your passion by now...” So Eun advised her and Yoo Bi made a thumb up, agreeing at once.

Suddenly, So Eun gasped and shifted her posture to be straighter on the sand. Ara and Yoo Bi eyed her closely, waiting for So Eun to speak but she clicked her fingers to both of them.

“You both still living in Korea, right? So how about we work together as wedding planners after going back from this vacation?” she suggested but Ara narrowed her eyes.

“Friends slash business partners huh?” Yoo Bi rubbed her chin as well, giggling. “How sweet...”

They all broke out laughing again after they agreed on the futuristic idea. At least, they could stay closer to each other from now on.

“So how about build a small company at first? Just the three of us!” Ara added to their plan and So Eun clapped her hand once. “Good! Think of a name for it then...”

“Hmmm...S.A.Y Wedding Agency?” Ara and So Eun shifted their attention to Yoo Bi once she responded to the idea.

“S.A.Y stands for what?” Yoo Bi chuckled, picking up a small wooden stick from the sand while Ara and So Eun watched her in anticipation when she started carving upon the sand in front of them.

So Eun. Ara. Yoo Bi...

“Make it short...S.A.Y!” Yoo Bi reread the name and they all fall muted before they shrieked with laughter once more.

“Mama!” Yoora ran over to the mothers, having her hand entwined to Seung Min by the time Yoo Bi turned smiling to them.

“Yes...what is it, dear?”

“Mama, when I grow up, can you let me marry Seung Min?” Yoora slipped the question so bluntly to her but it was Ara who caught in big surprise of it.

“Marriage? With...with my son? Aigoo! But Seung Min is younger than you, dear Yoora...” Yoo Bi nodded her head.

“Em, it’s okay...I’m sure the handsome Seung Min will grow up to become a mature man, right? That time, remember to prepare one romantic proposal for my Yoora, okay?” So Eun burst out laughing while clutching her stomach so hard when she can’t stand the unbelievable expression on Ara’s face. She thought Yoo Bi was going to deny it!

“Hehe! Okay!” Seung Min agreed at once, making a thumb up to Yoo Bi but Ara slapped her on the arm.

“Yah! That’s a very bad parenting, you know...” Yoo Bi shrugged, acting innocent.

“Why not? Your son looks fine for my Yoora...” Ara rolled her eyes, back again to relax but it was now Song Ju’s turn to run hand in hand with Minji towards the mothers, again.

“Omma! Minji said she wants to marry me once we grow older!” Song Ju reported to them and it was So Eun’s turn to face palm herself. Ara blinked her eyes.

“She did?”

“Em!”

“Haha! If my daughter marry your Seung Min and So Eun’s daughter marry Song Ju, the three of us will be connected closer...isn’t that great?” Yoo Bi was the youngest but she was the most open-minded now.

So Eun raised her eyebrow, considering the matter while Ara pouted to them.

“We’re...family huh?” and the wedding planners shared their endless laughter, feeling blissful to continue their life together from now on.

There maybe bends often meet in their life but they knew, they will have each other – always.

-The Wedding Planners, The End-

"I was supposed to be his wedding planner, not his bride!"