Chapter 40

Chapter 40

//Eunjee

I was waiting for the guy in front of me to wake up, Kang Jin was also there waiting with me. The poison inside his body was successfully pumped out and right now, we are just waiting for him to gain consciousness again.

Kang Jin told me all about him and this Gran that happens to he my so called grandfather as well, he also told me how long they were looking for me and how long they wanted to meet me, but how could they be so sure that I'm their lost family member, I mean some of the stories about my family matches theirs but thats not enough reason. I know my mother ran away when her family did not approve of her relationship with my father, my father was the only child of my grandparents and I didn't know them in person. I dont have any idea who my other families are since I was so young when we moved and I chosed not to know them when both my parents died. I just didn't like the idea of meeting them just because my father died.

I kept twisting my mothers pendant in my hands, its the only thing she gave to me that mattered. She told me that its the most important thing she could give me.

"Hey" Kang Jin starts to walk towards the bed. The guy whose name was Caster started moving, he slowly opens his eyes and his sight landed on me. Kang Jin moves forward then asks "how are you feeling?"

"Like i've been crushed by a car" he says hoarsely

"Its weird that you know the feeling of being crushed by a car, but good to have you back" Kang Jin moves back giving me and Caster enough space to talk cause thats really the reason why Im here.

I didnt move from where I stand I just watch him as he watches me.

"She knows already" Kang Jin informs Caster, to which he just smiles.

"Well this is a weird way to meet" Casters adds

"You bet" I said

"I believe you have questions" he tells me and I nod

"I have one" i paused "How are you so sure it was me?"

"Thats simple, I've been tracking you for years, i knew it was a long shot but I did focus on you. We lost track of you when you came here and change your surname, it made things complicated because you got married, but a photo of you from one of my trusted people showed up and we were able to track you again, then I found something" He explains

"what something?"

"That pendant you have there? Did your mother gave that to you?" he asks me eyeing the pendant on my hand, I nod in response and he continues "Gran has three kids, he made sure that it is known who his kids where so he ordered someone to customized a set of jewelry with the family crest, but it wasn't known until he gave his kids the jewelry. The eldest gets the necklace, the second child gets the bracelet, the youngest gets the ring. Your mom was the eldest that is why she has that necklace, the youngest, which is my dad, gets the ring thats why i have this" He shows me his ring and I noticed how similar it was with my mothers necklace. "Sadly, Aunt Nida died last year with no children of her own. My dad died because of cancer three years ago, i am the only living direct family of Gran, until he found out that you survived. When Gran found out that your parents died, he wanted to find you but you were already gone by the time he got to your house. Since then he tried to locate you without my knowledge or my father. I only found out because Gran got so sick few years ago, and he told me everything. You are his living grand daughter, the only daughter of his lost child. You are his eldest daughters child. You are the lost heir"

"What are you talking about?" Everything he is telling me was just too much for me.

"Didn't you know that your mother was the First born of UCK Enterprise, or did she really forget everything related to Gran?" He asks me

"She told me she ran away from home when she met my father, but thats just it, she never told me the rest of my family background, even dad told me that moms family was against them but they didn't bore any hatred against them." I explained, because as much as I remember my mom was kind and genuine, she was hardworking and loving mom. "I do know about the lost UCK heir, i remember Dad talking about it but thats just it"

"Look, I dont like dramas and emotional reunion, Gran and I just want you to know that you still have us as your family. Especially now... Grans not doing great, he is still hanging on hoping for one day to finally meet you." Caster tried sitting up and Kang Jin helps him. His stories makesense but I still need to process everything.

"Can you give me some time to understand everything first" I told him

"I wont push you to believe me but you still need to know. I know this is a lot to take in and I dont blame you for thinking twice, but you need to decide. You are still one of the living successor and if one of our family members find out about this they might harm you like what they did to me" Caster tells me, which made me confuse

"Wait, Are you telling me that the people responsible for was one of your family?"

"This kind of attacks are not new to me, ever since Grandfathers health worsen, attacks keep coming my way. They wanted to erase my existence so they can have all Grans inheritance" Caster explains and a small pang of sadness filled my heart. The person in front of me suffered so much from his own family, I'm still considered blessed for receiving so much love.

"I'm sorry that you have to suffer so much. I'd like to meet your Gran. I want to see him myself. I'll also try and bring one of moms pictures." Caster smiles

"Bring your husband with you aswell. Im sure Gran wants to meet him too" Caster tells me which made my eyes grew wide. "Yeah, I know you got married. Thats why it became harder for us to look for you" He explains

"Thats not possible anymore, I'm already divorced to my husband" I told him silently, becoming awkward again since Kang Jin was there.

"What do you mean divorce? I just read last week from one of your files that you are still registered after your husband?" Caster curiously asked and I saw how Kang Jins eyes grew wide. He look at me but I was just as bewildered as him.

A knock interrupts our confusion battle and someone enters the room, it was Yuyu.

"I'm sorry to interrupt Doc, but someone is here to see you. He insists talking to you now. He is waiting for you at your office doc" Yuyu informs me and so I nod.

"Monitor his vital, report to me if theres any changes. Understood?" I instructed yuyu and she gave me a nod. "Ill see you later. You need to rest more, your body is still recovering, don't eat to much solid food. I suggest that you take a lot of fluids." Caster nods without saying anything else and so I went to see the person who wants to meet me but my mind was more occupied with the thought that i'm still married to Mark.

//MARK

Yes! Im pretty sure I'm lost. I can't ask just any random person or they'll recognize me and might cause a lot of trouble so I kept looking around the hospital with hopes that someone I know could pass by and help me find Eunjees office.

I kept going around the hospital and found no one, I was already losing hope when I remembered I could always try and call Eunjee.

"Mark?" Before I could pull my phone out of my pocket someone calls for my name. I slowly turned around and saw that it was Eunjee.

"Yah I was just going to call you. I kinda got lost i dont know where your office was" Eunjees eyes me with worry then drags me towards her office.

"You shouldn't be here like this. Someone could recognize you and that could be a problem" Eunjee scolds me as we enter her office.

"Im sorry okay. I came rushing here so those things didn't come to my precious mind" I told her and she just eyes me up and down.

"Why are you even here?" she sits on her desk, crossing her arms as-well. I raised the letter and walked towards her.

"I wanted to know if this came from you?" She took the letter from my hand then reads its content. She sighs "So?"

"I wrote this right after you left. I was drunk but I dont remember sending this letter to you." she explains then I grinned and walked towards her more.

"Well, since you admitted already. I dont care anymore how it got to me. So can you stop being mad at me for a second and give me your contagious smile" I caressed both her cheeks and slowly she gives in to me. She smiles for a bit then I pulled her closer to me and encircled my arms around her. I snuggled near her neck and I felt her hands moved at my back.

"Listen I want to tell you something" she pulls away from my hug but not entirely, she just left enough space for the both of us to see each other from eye to eye. "I met someone today" she breathes in before continuing and I don't like where this conversation is going "Before you think of anyone else, he is not someone you should be afraid of, he's somehow involve with my family, he claims to be my cousin and all his stories are jumbling inside my head." She rants "Im lost. I don't know what to do. I told him i'd meet his grandfather because I felt pity but realizing it right now. I dont know if i should trust him" She explains to me, although I'm still confuse to what she is talking about, asking her seems to be a bit asking for too much so I decided to just listen to her and let get pour out her feelings.

"He knows about us by the way. He kind of investigated me and my background. He also claims that we are both still married, even though i straight out told him we are both divorced already." she adds

"Wait, why is he even claiming those things now?" I asked because I'm totalky confuse and I just need to clear some things in my head if I'm going to face a whining Eunjee later then I must have something to tell her to console her.

"Apparently I'm the lost heir of UCK, my mothers pendant proves to be their family crest and I'm the only living daughter of their first born, that is my mom, and the person who told me about this was my so called cousin Caster and now, my head is aching from all this information. Its all so good to be real" Eunjee pouts in front of me and I can see how frustrating her position was.

"Look you dont have to listen to what he says, you have choice, like you always do, but if he really is your family, you should give him some chance to prove to you that he means well and even though you are the missing heir of UCK, i doesnt mean you have to take over that company and rule, you can just be a family and let things be." I told her because she really has a choice she doesn't need to be someone who she doesn't want to be. If this people are really her family then they need to accept whatever decision she makes because this is her life now and I will always support her every decision no matter what they are.

She leans into me again and I gave her the comfort that she needs. We both know we are safe inside her office and I locked it awhile ago just incase. I hugged her tight and let her feel what she needs to feel and that is I'm always here, I will never leave her again.

"I love you" She murmurs in my chest and I smiled.

"I love you" I whispered in her ears over and over until she smiled and pecks my lips.

//EUNJEE

*Week after the incident*

So i've been hanging out with Caster from time to time, getting to know him a bit more. Turns out that he is quite a good person, his been managing UCK enterprise for about a year now and ever since all its business were doing great. I can say that he likes what he's doing, he also mentioned things about our other relatives who would do everything to get Casters position, although he told me that we have some cousins who are great, that they have their own lives to deal with so they dont crave the power like how their parents does. He even told me about the constant threats he receives but they always fail.

Now that I was found, he told me about my right, he told me that I can get his position if I want to since I an the rightful owner. Turns out that I'm a year younger to him but because I am Grans eldest' daughter, I get to choose whether I want the position or not, which also means that my life is in danger and that I pose as a threat to Caster. He told me that he would willingly give me the power if I want it and he promised me that he'll stand by me and not against me.

We are now eating lunch together and I invited Mark to join us because this place is not that far from JYP entertainment. If I want to start accepting this new family I have, I must introduce Caster to Mark. Its just respectful.

"By the way, I'm planning to go back this coming week, if you would like, you can come with me and you can finally meet Gran. He'd be happy to finally see you" Casters informs me.

"What if I don't want to go?" I teased him, well, I've been doing this with him for some time now and he got used to my playful behavior. This is also my way of getting close to him without being awkward anymore.

"Then i'll just have to drag you with me" he answers back with no tinge of emotion.

"Then i'll tie myself somewhere so you wont be able to drag me. Plus, why did you even ask me if you're just going to drag me?"

"Because I didn't want to sound so pushy but obviously I need you to come with me" He explains "And I need to make sure your safe"

"Again I can take care of myself" I told him because ever since I accepted that we are really a family, he became so protective of me.

"And again, you are my family, well the only family closest to me so I dont want to lose you again. Gran is barely hanging on and if I lose him, I can't afford losing you too." His eyes shout sincerity and I was moved. Difference between him and me was, he grew up with people around him and even though his parents died he still had his grandfather to take care of him whilst I got used to growing up alone. He never experienced what being alone felt like and he is afraid of it. "I know this may sound weird but I really thought I wont care as much as I do now, once I meet you. You see, I enjoy what I'm doing and your existence alone is a threat to my succession, but after meeting you personally and just being with you this whole week felt like I needed to keep you, like you are some child I need to protect and make sure to survive. I sometimes feel guilty for bringing you back to this family because lets face it, our family are full of crappy people who only wants power and I feel so responsible of you and I fear that I might just cause your pain." He tells me honestly.

I extended my hands towards him and smiled with all my heart. "You dont have to be afraid, if theres anything I could feel right now about all of this things, its that Im grateful. You found me and you held on to me, you didnt harm me nor did you neglect me. Thank you for coming and introducing me to the concept of family. I failed my relationships before and I believe its because I didnt have a proper one to start with. So having this kind of situation now is not so bad, I can be your cousin or your sister or whatever I dont care but... I'll stand by you. I know good people when I see one and I know you are one, I wont take what is yours but I will support you. If you need me I'll be with you. You wont lose me cousin" he gives me a smile and help on to my hand tighter. "Damn our aunts and uncles will be so pissed once they see how good we are. We'll blow their minds. UCK wont go to their hands it will stay with us" I kid and he nods smiling.

"Hi guys. I'm sorry to interrupt your very touching moment as cousins but, I can't stand and just watch any longer, I'm starving" Mark suddenly shows up beside me and I forgot that I was the one who invited him here. Judging by my looks Mark figured out that I forgot "Yeah, this is awkward but I'm Mark, and Im Eunjees..."

"Husband" Caster stands up and extends his hand to Mark, Mark was looks at me curiously and extends his hands to Caster to shake

"I believe the right term is ex husband but Im her boyfriend again" Marks tries but Caster laughs with this

"Yeah I read from Eunjees backgroundthat you guys applied for Divorce but it was never approved" Caster simply tells us and I was just eyeing Mark with my mouth unable to say anything.

"What are you talking about? We really are divorced, we just got back a few weeks ago" Mark asks again

"Wait!" Caster realizes that me and Mark are really dumbfounded about the things he just said.I mean my attorney did tell me that it would take some time for the court to decide our case but it was obvious that they would approve because of our situation and the reason behind out marriage. "So you two really think that you got divorced. Did even one of you ask your lawyer about this?" Mark and I look at each other and we both shake our heads. "You two are hilarious. Why dont you ask him now?!" Caster laughs then he starts eating his food again while Mark and I are left with out confuse faces.

I started rummaging my bag for my phone to call my lawyer and Mark was with me the second I got my phone. Caster was just looking at us with a smirk plastered on his face. I dialed my lawyers number and after a few rings he answered.

"Eunjee, what a surprise. What can I help you with?"

"Hi! I was wondering about the divorce? What happened?"

"Oh what do you mean what happened? I told your mother in law about it. The court didn't approve because you were both busy, they wanted to see you both in court for counsel before the approval, I was trying to contact you and Mr. Tuan but you were both busy, so I asked Mrs Tuan to tell you then she told me that you two are really busy that you cant make time for the summon so I had no choice but to move the counsel meeting but the judge incharge decided that you two are just to young to think things through so he denied your request. I also told you mother in law about this. I'm even surprise you never called me after that until now" He explains to me and I pretty sure who I'm calling next

"Thank you attorney, that would be all, Bye" I hanged up my phone and Mark was waiting for me to explain our situation.

"Looks like i'm still your wife" I told him everything mg lawyer told me and I was expecting for him to be mad or something instead he widely smiled and hugged me tight.

"I should thank my mom for not calling us"

"Wait? You are not mad?" I was confuse so I had to ask

"Why would I? I love you and you are still my wife. What could be so bad?" He tells me cheerfully and Caster was laughing at my reaction. Mark leaves me for a second to call her mom and thank her for this eventful situation we have.

"Didnt know you could be so dumb cousin?" Caster adds

"He is like a puppy being adopted again by the same owner who got him lost." Caster explains and I look at Mark again who has an amazing smile on his face.

"Mom says she knew we'd get back together so she didnt bother us. She also said that shes sending a bunch of couple stuff on our house." Marks tells me which make me confuse again

"What house? Which house? Where?" I ask him because I'm pretty sure that I already sold the house I had when I first moved here.

"You sold the house to me Eunjee, Mom used the money I was sending her to buy the house you sold. Moms really sick though, once she saw the house posted she didn't think twice but contacted you using another my brothers number. She was even amazed that you didnt even realize that it was my brother who you were talking to" Mark explains to me and I was just shock as hell again.

"So you mean?"

"God Eunjee, you can be so dumb and slow. Yes! We still own the house, I'm still your husband and we got our lives back again" Mark pulls me into his warm embrace and I finally got the whole idea. I smiled and hugged Mark tight without even thinking that Caster was there watching us as if we are in a live movie.

"You two should probably get room. You should thank me for reserving this place or else people would have taken pictures of you two and be the headline of the week" Casters teases us and we both release each other faced him.

"Hey caster, I know this is probably stupid but I atleast want to do this personally since you are my family" I paused feeling the courage inside me filling up. "but, I am secretly married to Got7's Mark Tuan" I shyly admitted and Caster laughs at me.

"Yeah! I can pretty much see that stupid are you sure you are okay being married to her again mark?" Caster teases but Mark holds me tighter

"She can be stupid, but shes my stupid baby and I love her so much" Marks kisses my temples and I was just left with a warm feeling inside my heart and I knew from then, that everything is going to be okay.

I am finally HAPPY.

The end