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Hyejin pov

It's been 2 days and Jeongguk hasn't come to work, I asked my PA about him and she said that all his schedules were postponed to a week later.

I did feel guilty, I still do, but apologising would only give him hope again that I would accept him and I don't want that. I can't get the image of my mother when she got to know about Jeongguk out of my mind.

"Come in," I called out when I heard a knock on my door.

Eunji walked in, giving me a smile when our eyes met.

"How are you, eunni?" she asked, "I am fine, Eun, how are you? Come have a seat," I gestured to the chair in front of me, "I am fine, eunni," she answered sweetly, taking a seat.

"How is work?" I asked her, "it's going good, I designed these really cool outfits for their concert but the concert got cancelled," she pouted, I chuckled, "that's really a bummer, but don't worry, soon we are going to have one and I will make sure to use these that you designed."

"Thanks, eunni, I am sure their fans would love them," she giggled, "how is work treating you?" she asked. "It's tiring to be honest, not even a month in and I am already so drained out," I sighed.

"Make sure to take a lot of rest too, eunni, you know after you came the company has changed a lot, a good change," she said, "you started working here at the same time as me," I said, raising an eyebrow, "yeah, but I was here a few years back," she shrugged.

"Ah, the day when you saw Ara on the rooftop?" I asked, "yep," she grimly nodded.

"Anyway, I am not here to talk about that, eunni, I am here to talk about what happened that day with Jeongguk-shi," she said and my body tensed.

"You are his sister, aren't you?" she asked, and my eyes slightly widened, "huh?"

"When I drove him home the only thing he said was his sister hates him and when you found us there and slapped him, you looked like you were... guilty? I just pieced it together, I am sure Jeon PD wouldn't just hand over the company to anyone," she shrugged.

"Yeah, you are right," I sighed, "my father had an affair with my mother's elder sister, when I was 5, she came home with a newborn in her hand telling that she had a boyfriend and he abandoned her when the boy was born, my mother told her to stay with us with the baby and she did, for the next one year, we knew nothing about this, I loved him like my own brother, always stayed with him when I was home, playing and talking with him, my mother was diagnosed with cancer 6 months after her sister started staying with us and she was determined to fight it and stay with us, but when she overheard her husband and sister talking, she got to know about their affair that has been going on the last few years and that Jeongguk was his son, she gave up," I gulped down the lump in my throat as I reminisced the memories, "she didn't have the will to live anymore, I saw her slowly losing the life in her eyes and a few months later she died, when I understood who Jeongguk was, I started maintaining distance from him and also his parents, I can't look at him without having the image of my mother dying in front of my eyes."

"Eunni, sorry to say this, but your imo(mother's sister) is a bitch, and your father should be killed brutally," she said and I chuckled, "I never thought I would hear you curse," I said, she seemed so soft and innocent to curse.

"But Jeongguk has no fault in this, he never asked to be born into such a family and your mother died because she couldn't bare the betrayal of what her sister and husband did to her, I am sure she doesn't hate Jeongguk-shi for what happened and Eunni, your mother gave up fighting, this has nothing to do with Jeongguk-shi, you always see your mother dying whenever you see Jeongguk-shi because you have been thinking he is the reason your mother died ever since the beginning, but do you really think he is the reason? He could also hate you for having the same father as him but not the same mother, he could blame you and your mother for being born as a child out of wedlock, but he didn't, you are blaming everything on him because you just needed someone to show your anger on, but come outside and see the whole situation, eunni, and if you still think Jeongguk-shi is to blame, then hate him all you want."