Chapter 21 (1/1)

"W-What?" Katherine stood there, staring at him, frozen, Himchan...is getting married?"You heard me. I was planning to tell you soon but...I'm sorry." Himchan said bitterly. Katherine searched for a chair, sitting down and breathing deeply. She played with the ring on her hand. Indeed, she didn't gave the ring back to him when the morning came, truthfully, Katherine was slowly permitting herself to love him once again."You know what I fantasized about, all those 6 years?" Katherine said bitterly, there was something struck inside her throat. Himchan looked at her, he felt a pang on his chest. "I fantasized that...someday, I would be cooking dinner, Seolchan would be beside me at the table doing his homework... And then, we would hear a small click on the door, the knob will turn and his father will come through the door, Seolchan immediately run from the table to the living room and hug his father." She sniffed and looked up, looking Himchan in the eye. Her fingers moved to the ring, and she took off the jewel.Katherine got up, wiped a few tears and smiled weakly. She held his hand. "Give this to her... Your future wife, it belongs to this lucky woman, not me." Himchan felt a node on his throat he closed his eyes and pressed the ring against his palm."We'll talk to Seolchan by tomorrow, you can visit him whenever you want, take him to school, live a normal live with your wife, as long as I have my son." Katherine said bitterly. "If that was everything you wanted to tell me, I'm going to sleep." She bowed politely, like when they were at the office. Slowly Kate walked to her room. "Ah, and Himchan..." Himchan looked up and waited for her words. "Take good care of your wife." She smiled and entered the room.  Katherine politely bowed as she did everything that needed to be done. She placed her papers at her desk."Kate!" A young co-worker called her. "We're going to Kamong, you coming?" She yelled with her arms tangled with other co-worker. Katherine smiled apologetically. "Not today, I still have a lot of papers!" "What a pity, their coffee is amazing! Jjang!" Jungsoo, a colleague of them, who was also going put his thumb up, Kate pouted."Maybe next time. Have fun!" She waved as her co-workers bid goodbye. Katherine went back to her papers. She looked over the corner of her desk, she sti had to hand Himchan his schedule. Sighing, Kate got up and went to his desk.Himchan was surprised to see her walking to his desk, Katherine politely bowed, what made his chest tighten."Here's your schedule for the week, sir." She handed him the papers. "If you don't need anything else, I'll be going home." Kate bowed once again. Himchan opened his mouth hesitantly."Katherine?" He called. The girl looked up. "Take care." His words were hurtful for both. Katherine could feel the tears forming in the corner of her eyes. Himchan felt like his chest weighted over a ton."I'll." Katherine said and left. Still holding back her tears, once she stood in front of the elevator, she let her tears fall. A woman bumped on her when she entered the elevator, but she didn't care, the pain inside her chest was bigger.Sooyoung looked at the woman she just bumped into, it was...Katherine? She furrowed her eyebrows and kept walking to Himchan's office.Once she reached his room, she knocked it three times in a tone."Sooyoung."Himchan said out loud, she heard his voice and openedt the door with a smile."Hey." Himchan greeted her."What happened with Katey? She was crying when I bumped into her." Sooyoung sat in the corner of his desk."I- I told her." Himchan said uneasy, Sooyoung looked at him with pity."Oh, Himchan, I'm sorry." Sooyoung hugged him and he started crying at her lap. Soo stroked his hair and caressed his back, calming him."Today we'll talk to Seolchan." Himchan wiped his tears and sniffed a bit. "I better go. It'll not be any good if I'm late." He gave her a pat on the shoulder and left. Sooyoung sighed as she watched Himchan left. Katherine sat in front of Seolchan, making the boy nervous. She waited for Himchan, when he finally came, he sat beside her stared at her, waiting for Kate to start talking."Seolchan-ah..." She said bitterly, it was so hard. "We have a thing really serious to tell you." The boy stared at the two olders."You see. Seolchan, I'm your father." Himchan said. Seolchan took a minute to process everything, hus eyes shone."Really?! My wishes came true, mommy!" He started jumping happily, but then he stopped when he saw his parents' expression. "What? That means you both are getting married and we'll be a family, right?" Katherine felt a pang on her chest."See..." She held her son's small hand. "There are some families that even if they are not together, they still are families in the heart." She placed his hand on his chest. "Himcha- Your father is getting married, but it's not me who he loves." Katherine gulped and looked as Seolchan's expression fell "Hyung! No, daddy! Why? Why you making mommy sad?"  Seolchan asked Himchan, the older felt his heart clench."Seolchan-ah!" Katherine tried to stop her son, he kept tangling on Himchan's leg. "Seolchan!" Katherine raised her voice. The boy was surprised. "Understand it! I do my best to give you what you want but it's not every time we get what we want." She said with a blank face. "You got what you wanted so much, your father is here, Seolchan. But you can't make people love each other. It's life." She said calmly, Seolchan listened carefully. "Okay, mommy." He lowered his head. "I'll do my homework now." He bowed to Himchan give his mother a kiss on the cheek. Katherine sighed, Seolchan never bowed to family, after all he's American, he never bowed to his great grandparents. Himchan looked to her."I should leave." He sighed, she nodded. Himchan got up, picked his coat and walked to the entrance."See you." Himchan said before closing the door."See...you." Katherine whispered in a faint voice.