Conglomerate Clan • Seulmin

Chapter 12 - Storm

An hour ago, Jimin was at Seulgi's house. She was discharged from hospital and her family invited him to have lunch together. He stayed for a while after lunch and accompanied her but he decided to leave so she could rest. Once he gets home, he immediately goes to his walk in shower. There, he stands under the shower and lets the warm droplets touch his skin. He starts thinking and right away feels angry when he remembers about his crazy stepmother. His stepmother really is an evil and he loses over her. She manipulates everything and slips away from her own crime. She cheats on law and plays the game dirty. It's a mess if he keeps playing the game fairly. Yes, he knows, it's time to pull out his ace and somewhat trick her.

Jimin gets out from the bathroom after 20 minutes. He then wears a comfortable tee and sweatpants. He is ready to throw his body onto his pillowy bed but he needs to halt it because there is a knock on his door. He personally opens the door and finds butler Seo there. Butler Seo bows and informs him that his grandmother waits for him at terrace. He nods and immediately goes to his grandmother. On his way, he crosses path with Junhoe. His half brother acts friendly and greets him but as usual he ignores and pretends like Junhoe is invisible. Eventually, he reaches the terrace and sees his grandma there, enjoying her cup of tea.

"Grandma" Jimin greets.

Thereafter, Jimin has a seat infront of his grandma. Maid serves him warm tea and his grandma offers him chocolate cupcake. He smiles as he bites on it. As he eats, he feels his grandma's motherly gaze over him and it warms his heart. He then looks at his grandma and receive a smile from her. She asks him to eat a lot as she never lets his plate empty. He just does as she asks and keeps putting sweets into his mouth. He then hears his grandma says that she is the happiest when she watches him eat like that. Believable and probably that was a reason why he was kind of chubby when he was a kid.

"How is Seulgi? Is she alright now?" His grandma asks.

Jimin already knows when his grandma asks him to come there, it's not just a casual tea time but there is something she wants to talk about and it's evidently right. He just nods and smiles softly. Actually, he still considers, should or should not he tell her about the complete story. He is deep in his thought and he is a fool to think that his grandma will not notice. She raises him up until now and no one knows him better than her. She may ask him about his concern but she chooses to hold back and wait. She believes, her grandson is mature enough to resolve whatever it is, whether with or without her knowing.

In the end, Jimin decides to keep it for himself. He doesn't want to give a headache to his beloved grandma and make her worry. He convinces his own self that he is a young independent man who is also capable to handle his problem alone. There is no need to involve his grandma. He then changes the conversation direction as he starts discussing about work. He shares about difficulties and everything but his grandma understands that he just tries to find different topic and it's totally okay. So, she follows his stream and both end up talking for hours.

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Another day goes by. This morning Jimin's grandmother returns to Busan and undeniable, he feels empty. To be honest, this place is never suitable to get called 'home', even after he lives there for months, it still feels like a foreign place. But, like a magic, it transformed into 'home' when his grandma came and stayed there. Suddenly it turned into a familiar and warm place. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. The magic spell disappeared once his grandma left. Right now, he is all alone again. Of course, visually he is not alone but those people are strangers and they strangely keep acting like they are part of his life and he hates that.

Today, Jimin joined the breakfast because his grandmother was there, but he needs to find an excuse for tomorrow, as well as lunch and dinner, just like he always did. He prefers to eat outside or have it inside his bedroom because it's annoying to sit there and see faces which he doesn't like the most. How he wishes he could live alone but he has no other choice since he needs to suck up to his father and watch over his stepmother. He has revenge to do and once the throne is in his hand, he'll generously leave this house to them but surely take everything else from them.