𝗛𝗘𝝠𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝝝 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝝠𝗞, sim jaeyun.

「𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗬-𝗧𝗪𝝝」

𝗬𝗘𝗥𝝠'𝗦 𝗣𝝝𝗩

"Dad?" I called, seeing my father standing by the doorframe. "What are you doing here?"

"I heard what happened," he sighed.

My heart grew warm. After all these years, my father still cared for me. I always knew deep inside that I went too harsh on him-

"Jake, are you doing well?"

He's asking... Jaeyun?

I felt my heart breaking into a million pieces. I looked down at my hands and didn't dare to mutter another word. That's all I wanted to know... He really didn't care about me.

Jaeyun next to me seemed to notice my change in behavior and I could feel his caring stare at the top of my head.

"Uhm, I'm doing well, sir. You should check up on Yera though, I'll be waiting outside," he insisted, starting to walk out.

"There's no need to leave, Jake. I'm asking you because you just lost your father. Yera can handle herself, you, on the other hand, have it harder," he gave Jaeyun a sympathetic look.

My heart stings. I don't know if I can continue holding back my tears.

Why does he love and care about everyone but me?

But wait... Did he just say Jaeyun lost his dad?

My head snapped back up, our eyes meeting now. I gave him a questioning look which he responded with an apologetic one to.

"I'm doing alright, thank you for asking, I appreciate your concern. However, Yera also didn't have it easy at all, I'm sure you've heard," Jaeyun tried to let him read the room.

I appreciate your effort, but it'll never work. He's always been like that. Come to think about it, this is the first time he visited me in these four weeks.

"What happened to Yera was her own fault, you didn't get to choose whether your father dies or not," Dad responded, not even sparing a single glance at me.

Guess he's still really pissed about our last conversation. I didn't know me getting between Sooha and Jaeyun's marriage would affect him that much.

Still, he had no right to say these hurtful words to me.

I know he dislikes me, but why does he need to rub it under my nose?

"With all due respect, it wasn't Yera's fault at all, please show some respect towards your daughter. She's not in the right position to get stressed out that much, especially because she just woke up," Jaeyun defended me, slowly sounding pissed off.

I don't deserve him, he's so precious.

"Who told her to take these drugs anyway? At least she'll learn from her past mistakes this time," my father continued.

Wow, he really doesn't know when to stop.

"Sir, I think it's better if we continue this conversation outside... Alone," Jaeyun stated in a bitter tone.

My father just walked out of the room, again, without even looking at me. I felt my eyes getting watery, affected by his hurtful words. Even after all these years, the pain still remains the same.

Jaeyun turned around and his hard stare immediately turned into a soft one when he looked at me.

He grabbed my chin to lift my head up, so he could get a better view of my face. "Don't listen to him, my love. I know he's your father, but he really is an asshole to begin with. I'll give you everything he never could, just stay by my side," he finished with kissing my cheek before I nodded and he closed the door after him.