Choices:A korean Story

Chapter 10: Tough decision

Kim Hyun Joong's POV
The next day, I, Min and Kim Sang were with my mom in the office.
"The board is going to relief the ownership of this company from you, you need to find someone, surely you've dated a girl before"My mom said to me
"There has to be another way, why else would my father leave the company to me if this would happen?" I asked my mom
"The board believes you're too young to run the company" Min said to me
"The same thing would happen if you were the CEO" I said to him angrily
"Stop it, we need to focus on how to protect this company from being won over by the Dae's Empire" Kim Sang said
"Your brother is right." My mom also referred to us as biological brothers
"Kim Sang, I really wish you were the CEO and not these two amateurs" My mom added trying to annoy me.
"You think I'm not up for this?"I said to my mom
"Min, Kim Sang, can you give us the room" My mom requested and they obeyed. As soon as they left she turned to me.
"This company was built with a lot of hard work and your Uncle...chose to deviate that path by creating his cursed Dae's Empire. I, Kim Ha Neul will not stand by and watch our company be dusted away like a spec of dust, my son, we can't let this legacy be passed unto the people who didn't work to put this company together, I want to trust and believe you would do the right thing by finding yourself a wife" My mom ranted.
During lunch, I and my cousins decided to go rest in the cafe. Kim took our orders, but I noticed something annoying, Sun was just resuming work.
"Why are you just coming?" I asked her as she passed beside us
"I'm sorry, I quickly headed out to go see someone" She apologize by bowing her head
"Its okay" Min tried to overlook it but that got me more angered
"No. its not, you earn a good pay here,many worthy people searches for a job like this but can't get it, is this how you repay us?" I scolded her, Min and Kim Sang tried to calm me down but I ignored them
"I'm not having this!" I exclaimed slamming my hands on the table
"Hyung, Kim" I called out to the manager and Kim, they came out surprised, wondering why I called them
"Why do you still keep this lazy bee here?, I don't want to see her working here anymore" I said to Hyung
"What, no?," Sun got scared
"Bro it hasn't got to that" Kim Sang said to me
"What are you doing Bro?" Min asked me looking concerned
"Hyung am I your boss or not?" I asked Hyung angrily
"I'm sorry Ku Hye Sun, you have to leave" Hyung said slowly to her
"No, she isn't going anywhere" Kim tried to protest
"Kim, its okay" Sun tried to caution her but she didnt listen
"She didn't do anything wrong, i covered for her while she was away,she needed to go see her family,its not her fault" Kim challenged me
"You're right, it's your fault, you made her lazy" i said to her
"Fire me instead but let her keep her job" Kim requested
Everyone was surprised
"Kim no!" Sun exclaimed.
"Good then. The both of you are fired" I said to both of them angrily.

Kim's POV
We both got home devastated.
"I can't believe we got a pink slip for something that wasn't even our fault" I said to Sun in the bedroom.
"Let's be honest Kim, I was at fault if only I was consistent" Sun said to me
"Hey, you're not to blame, if you ever cared for you, he would understand the situation you were in" I encouraged.
A sec later,her mom called after some minutes of arguments she hanged up.
"What did your mom say?" I asked concerned
"They're going to pull off the life system this weekend" Sun informed, I was perplexed from the news.
"Give me Kim's company's address, I'll go talk to him" I said to Sun. I preferred calling Kim Hyun Joong 'Kim' because he asked me to back at the mansion.
"No, that's not a good idea. I'll find another way"Sun was against the idea
"You and I both know this is the only way, so if you really are my best friend you would know that I would do anything for you even if it means begging the enemy" I said to Sun,
"Okay" She reluctantly agreed.
I got to the company through Sun's address the next day. I already knew my way around the city. The company was big, it had many infrastructures and employees. I got to the counter where the receptionist was.
"Hi" I said to the good looking receptionist, she was a woman.
"Welcome" She responded while working on her computer.
"How may I help you?" She asked nicely
"I'd like to see Mr.Kim please" I told ger my request.
"You mean Mr.Kim Hyun Joong" she asked a rhetorical question
"He's not going to be free until his schedules are cleared and that's 4hrs from now" She informed me.
"That's a lot of time" I said to her.
"I'm sorry, you'd have to come back tomorrow, I'll make you a schedule for a meet up" she tried to help me but I wasn't satisfied,
"Is that his office?" I asked her pointing to her right
"Yes,why?" She wondered,
I headed to his office not minding the protocols, the recoptionst had no choice but to run after me trying to stop me from entering his office.

Kim Hyun Jong's POV
I just finished talking to my mom on the phone, sitting on my swivel chair when Kim barged into my office, struggling with the receptionist.
"I need to see you" Kim said furiously.
"I'm sorry sir, I tried to stop her" The receptionist tried to apologise
"If you knew you didn't know how to handle your job well, you would've submitted a resignation letter"I scolded her
"Leave us" I added,the receptionist obeyed without hesitation
"Who gives you the right to barge into my office unannounced?" I asked her revolving round my swivel chair, playing with my pen on the table.
"I came to apologise on behalf of Sun, she didn't mean to be slack at work, even if she did, you know what she's going through, if you really cared for her at all, you would give her her job back" She said hastily without a sign of remorsefulness or maybe she was just trying to act strong in front of me
"Is that any way to ask your boss for forgiveness, because I'm not feeling it" I said coldly to her
"Ex boss" She corrected
"Its seems like you don't need my help afterall" I said to her opening my laptop. She moved closer to me.
"Look she's sorry, I'm sorry okay, she needs this job for...for" She couldn't complete her statement.
"For her father's bills, or better still, her adoptive father" I completed her statement mocking her
"Kim" I called out her name standing up from my chair to approach her
"I'm a business man, I don't grant favors without having something to hold YOU onto in return, thats just not due process." I said to her.
She scoffed then looked up at me
"I knew it. You're certainly not asking for same thing you wanted in the party" she referred to the night of Kim Sang's bithday
"I don't need to waste my time on cheap girls like you, if I wanted pleasure I know where to get it, so relax, that's not what I need from you" I said to her.
"Then what do you possibly want from me?" She look curious.
"Yesterday, before the big pink slip notice I gave you and Sun, I was at the company with my brothers and they told me something I had to put into consideration so I don't lose this company" I tried to explain it to her.
"What is it?" She asked
"The board asked me to get a wife before they can't grant me full ownership of the shares of this company" I continued
"What are you implying?" She asked again
"Oh Kim you ask too many questions. I thought you were smart,no I didn't." I said coldly to her
"If only you could grant me the favor pretending to be my wife, no just not pretending, do me the favor of being my wife then maybe just maybe I could keep paying the hospital bills from an unknown donor and get your friend's job back" I said to her, she was shocked, I could see it on her face
"Haha that is so bizarre, you won't ask me to do that" She said sounding surprised
"I know it sounds funny, but its an interesting offer" I said to her
"You're sick to think that I would agree to that" She said furiously
"Don't sound ungrateful Kim, look...as a sign of good gesture,I'll pay one month of Sun's dad's hospital bills as soon as you walk out of this office." I said to her.
"You're really pushing yourself" She said to me.
"You and I both know you need this badly, and we both want something from each other." I tried to convince her
"Lets not lie to each other. We're both adults here, we're old enough to know and get what we want. So what's it gonna be Kim?" I asked going back to sit on my revolving chair. I brought out a phone from the desk putting it on the table.
"Call me when your head is finally in the game" I said to her pointing to the phone.

Kim's POV
That evening after leaving the company, I got home looking worn out.
"Kim what happened, were you able to convince him?" Sun asked me..
"He said he'll think about it" I said gently to her.
Her phone ranged, it was her mom. After a moment of happy shrieks on the phone, they ended the call.
"Guess what" Sun said to me smiling brightly
"What?" I wondered if it was what Kim Hyun Joong told me, though I don't tell Sun anything about the offer.
"Someone just paid one month worth of my dad's hospital bills,,isn't that wonderful?" Sun said to me
"A generous donor I guess" I said to her.
"I wonder who he is?" Sun said placing her hand on her chin
"Maybe your mom sent word out in the hospital for help" I said to her.
"And she didn't tell me about it?" Sun wondered
"Mothers likes to keep things secret for the sake of the family" I said to her
"Maybe...if that's the case, God bless that person where ever he or she is" Sun said
"Now you believe in God and Miracles" I said to her smiling
"Ofcourse I do" Sun then embraced me warmly
"Thank you for standing by me" She said still hugging me.
That night, Sun was already asleep in the bedroom, I called Kim Hyun Joong on the phone he gave me. I left the house quietly and approached his black cool car. He opened the back door of the car because that's where he sat. I entered into the car and sat beside him closing the door of his car.
"I'm ready" I said facing the front, I didn't wanna look at his hideous, cunning but handsome face.
"I'm glad you changed your mind" He said as we drove off to wherever he and his driver were taking me.