With the vandals in police custody, Andy was able to finish the new garden on time. Andy and his crew worked so hard during the humid heat of Jeju with little breaks, but they managed to finish everything. Nothing was overlooked, nothing was pulled together cheaply.
It was perfect.
Eric had seen the garden during the construction process, but seeing it when it was finished, with Andy showing him around and explaining the materials he had used, was something else. Andy took pride in his work and hearing him prattle on was endearing. It remind Eric of what Andy was like before. Sure, he always had a low self-esteem, but it wasn’t as bad as it now.
Andy obviously liked his work as a landscape designer. And no wonder he was good at it.
The work Andy had done on the garden, despite the horrid working circumstances, was the best Eric had ever seen. Now he knows next to nothing about landscaping, but even he could tell that a lot of effort was put into it.
If only he could make Andy care that much about himself.
As night fell, Eric had to get ready for the grand opening of the new garden, his family would arrive soon and he had to look his best for the occasion. The atmosphere was relaxed but professional. So he wore black pants and a dark blue shirt.
He managed to talk to Andy into wearing something similar.
Eric asked Andy to come to his VIP room, which he had arranged for this very occasion. He wanted to reintroduce Andy to his family. Eric didn’t tell him that Jiyeon was going to be there. Andy was nervous enough, imagine how would he be if he knew his tormentor was there?
Walking into the private room, Eric was pleased to see his mother there. He completely ignored Jiyeon as she sat at the corner of the room, looking rather bored. Instead, he smiled at his older sister, Inyoung. She was a few years older than him and had only just came back from a month long trip around Europe.
Eric knew that Inyoung had nothing to do with Andy’s torment. She adored Andy, gushed over him in a sisterly sort of way. And Andy never said anything bad about her. They got along well. Inyoung even helped Eric design Andy’s engagement ring, promising to draw up the wedding plans as soon as they decided the date.
She was absolutely gutted when Andy disappeared.
Eric pushed those thoughts aside when he greeted his mother, kissing her on the cheek.
“I’m sorry, your father couldn’t make it” Eric’s mother said. “He does send his regards, though.”
“It’s alright” Eric said in return. “He’s a busy man. How’s the contract coming?”
“Oh, wonderfully” mother said with a hint of pride. “He’s just finishing it off right now”
“That’s good” Eric said before he turned to his sister, allowing the older woman to give him an enthuasiatic hug. “Nuna, how was Europe?”
“It’s wonderful” Inyoung practically beamed at him, looking radiant. Spending a month with your husband would do that to you. Eric would have to try it sometimes. “You really should have come as well” said Inyoung.
“And be the third wheel with you and your husband? Not likely”
Inyoung simply laughed at him as she took a step back. It seemed that she assumed Eric would greet Jiyeon the same way he did to her, but look confused when Eric wouldn’t even look in Jiyeon’s direction.
Eric was pretty sure that Jiyeon was glaring at him. She could glare as much as she wanted, it wasn’t going to work.
“What did you want to talk to us in private, Eric?” Inyoung asked.
“In a second” Eric said in response to her question and the room fell into a momentarily silence. Then, there was a light knock at the door. Eric knew immediately who was on the other side.
“Ah, here he is” Eric said as he strode to the door and opened it. Andy stood out in the hallway, looking apprehensive, yet determined as well. He wanted to do this, to prove to Eric how much he wanted to be with him, how much he loved Eric.
“Don’t just stand there, come in”
Eric reached out his hand and Andy took it. There was an immediate stunned silence, the three women looking at Andy with shocked expressions. Andy tensed, stayed where he was. His gaze was looking down to the floor, not wanting to look at anyone.
Mother’s hand flew up to her mouth in shock. “Eric. Is that…?”
Inyoung said nothing. She simply stared wide-eyed at Andy, a look of disbelief on her face.
“Everyone, I have a few things I need to say” Eric said before anyone else had the chance to say anything, or worst, throw an accusation toward Andy. “Firstly, I’d like to introduce, or rather re-introduced Andy Lee; the designer or the new garden” He placed a hand on Andy’s back and pulled him closer. “And my fiancé”
The gasps can be heard. Well, two gasps of surprise, one of blatant disapproval and annoyance. It didn’t take a scientist to figure out who wasn’t happy.
Andy’s head snapped up at the disapproving hiss and immediately turned his attention to Eric, who had his hand on the small of his back, keeping him by his side. “Hyung? What are you doing?”
Eric chose to ignore that question for the time being, this time turning his piercing gaze directly at Jiyeon, for the first time that night and he allowed a sense of anger to seep into his tone. “Secondly, I’d like to direct this to my dear sister, Jiyeon. Who, for the past six years, has lied straight to my face”
Jiyeon tensed subtly, but managed to keep her expression impassive. “What do you mean?” She asked Eric, her eyes momentarily betraying her as she glared at Andy.
Mother, on the other hand, wasn’t all that impressed. “Eric, I certainly hope you aren’t-“
“Here” Eric suddenly said as he plunged his hand into his pocket and pulled out the crumbled photo. “Remember this picture?”
He threw the photo to floor. Jiyeon glanced down at it and did a double take, her face paling slightly in recognition.
“The one you took to convince Andy to leave?” Eric carried on, his words cutting deep, so deep that she winced. “From the look on your face, you do. I bet you also remember the lies you told Andy, hm? What were they again?
Eric turned to Andy, whom of which was trembling slightly, as if recalling what had occured during that moment. Eric didn’t want to hurt his fiancé, his lover by making him remember, but everyone had to know the vicious things Jiyeon had said to him.
Andy looked up at him, a sense of fear in his eyes. Eric knew what Andy felt, he gives a reassuring smile at Andy, prompting him to let it out. To say the things Jiyeon said, to release them as they weren’t true.
Andy swallowed slightly and lowered his gaze at the floor again. “I’m under classed, worthless, useless and causes everyone especially the Mun’s nothing but trouble. I’m tarnishing their name and holding Eric hyung back from his full potential. I’m a pathetic person who can’t give the Mun’s grandchildren that they deserve. It would be of the family’s best interest if I just leave their lives completely. I shouldn’t be selfish as I don’t deserve to be happy. I’m-“
“That’s enough, baby” Eric whispered softly as he can see that tears were falling from Andy’s eyes. He didn’t want Andy to continue. Eric gritted his teeth, his jaw clenched tightly shut. Eric can imagined the pain Andy must have felt when he heard those words. And believe them. Eric stroked Andy’s back gently, trying to calm the crying Andy.
It hurts Eric, to see Andy cry. Eric felt guilty toward Andy. He didn’t know that his cute little sister could turned into a evil monster.
Inyoung had her hand, which were trembling, over her mouth. She was near to tears as she shook her head in disbelief. “Oh, Andy…” She whispered, her voice thick with emotion.
She then walked over to Andy and hugged him. Eric smiled sadly as he let go of Andy, letting his older sister babble and cry, expressing her remorse and sadness.
“I’m…I’m sorry” Andy choked out.
“No no no!” Inyoung said as she pulled back, placing her hands on either side of his face, looking at him straight in the eye. “You have nothing to be sorry for. Nothing” She then turned away from him and looking to their mother, “Tell him, mom. Tell him”
Mother was sitting on a chair, with teary eyes. She then held out her arms toward Andy, pleading him to come forward. She wanted to hug him, to hold him.
Eric slightly pushed an unsteady Andy forward. She latched onto his arms and held on tight as she looked up at him, her bottom lip quivering.
Andy dropped down to his knees and hugged the woman that was like a mother to him. Andy started to sobbed when mother wrapped her arms around him, whispering motherly words of comfort and reassurance.
Eric had to swallow back his own emotions at the scene, while Inyoung still crying. It was so clear that Andy’s disappearance affected his family. However, Inyoung’s wiped her tears and looked at his sister, a look of pure rage on her usually bright and bubbly features.
“How could you?!” She practically yelled at her.
Jiyeon who had been quiet throughout the entire event so far, turned her gaze to her older sister and appeared to tremble for a moment. She looked positively guilty. But it didn’t last long. An expression of defiance soon appeared.
“I did it for Eric oppa!” She yelled back, pointing a somewhat accusing finger at Eric. “You see, there was no way he have rebuilt the Purple Hibiscus if he was married to Andy. It was for his benefit!”
It appeared that Jiyeon didn’t have a hint of remorse for what she had done. She even tried to pin it on Eric himself.
“For your benefit, you mean” Eric retorted sharply. “After all, with Andy out of the picture, you could have all the money you ever wanted”
A stunned silence fell over the room.
“What do you mean?” Andy asked as he pulled away from Eric’s mother, taking to his feet and hastily rubbing his eyes in order to wipe away his tears.
Eric
With the vandals in police custody, Andy was able to finish the new garden on time. Andy and his crew worked so hard during the humid heat of Jeju with little breaks, but they managed to finish everything. Nothing was overlooked, nothing was pulled together cheaply.
It was perfect.
Eric had seen the garden during the construction process, but seeing it when it was finished, with Andy showing him around and explaining the materials he had used, was something else. Andy took pride in his work and hearing him prattle on was endearing. It remind Eric of what Andy was like before. Sure, he always had a low self-esteem, but it wasn’t as bad as it now.
Andy obviously liked his work as a landscape designer. And no wonder he was good at it.
The work Andy had done on the garden, despite the horrid working circumstances, was the best Eric had ever seen. Now he knows next to nothing about landscaping, but even he could tell that a lot of effort was put into it.
If only he could make Andy care that much about himself.
As night fell, Eric had to get ready for the grand opening of the new garden, his family would arrive soon and he had to look his best for the occasion. The atmosphere was relaxed but professional. So he wore black pants and a dark blue shirt.
He managed to talk to Andy into wearing something similar.
Eric asked Andy to come to his VIP room, which he had arranged for this very occasion. He wanted to reintroduce Andy to his family. Eric didn’t tell him that Jiyeon was going to be there. Andy was nervous enough, imagine how would he be if he knew his tormentor was there?
Walking into the private room, Eric was pleased to see his mother there. He completely ignored Jiyeon as she sat at the corner of the room, looking rather bored. Instead, he smiled at his older sister, Inyoung. She was a few years older than him and had only just came back from a month long trip around Europe.
Eric knew that Inyoung had nothing to do with Andy’s torment. She adored Andy, gushed over him in a sisterly sort of way. And Andy never said anything bad about her. They got along well. Inyoung even helped Eric design Andy’s engagement ring, promising to draw up the wedding plans as soon as they decided the date.
She was absolutely gutted when Andy disappeared.
Eric pushed those thoughts aside when he greeted his mother, kissing her on the cheek.
“I’m sorry, your father couldn’t make it” Eric’s mother said. “He does send his regards, though.”
“It’s alright” Eric said in return. “He’s a busy man. How’s the contract coming?”
“Oh, wonderfully” mother said with a hint of pride. “He’s just finishing it off right now”
“That’s good” Eric said before he turned to his sister, allowing the older woman to give him an enthuasiatic hug. “Nuna, how was Europe?”
“It’s wonderful” Inyoung practically beamed at him, looking radiant. Spending a month with your husband would do that to you. Eric would have to try it sometimes. “You really should have come as well” said Inyoung.
“And be the third wheel with you and your husband? Not likely”
Inyoung simply laughed at him as she took a step back. It seemed that she assumed Eric would greet Jiyeon the same way he did to her, but look confused when Eric wouldn’t even look in Jiyeon’s direction.
Eric was pretty sure that Jiyeon was glaring at him. She could glare as much as she wanted, it wasn’t going to work.
“What did you want to talk to us in private, Eric?” Inyoung asked.
“In a second” Eric said in response to her question and the room fell into a momentarily silence. Then, there was a light knock at the door. Eric knew immediately who was on the other side.
“Ah, here he is” Eric said as he strode to the door and opened it. Andy stood out in the hallway, looking apprehensive, yet determined as well. He wanted to do this, to prove to Eric how much he wanted to be with him, how much he loved Eric.
“Don’t just stand there, come in”
Eric reached out his hand and Andy took it. There was an immediate stunned silence, the three women looking at Andy with shocked expressions. Andy tensed, stayed where he was. His gaze was looking down to the floor, not wanting to look at anyone.
Mother’s hand flew up to her mouth in shock. “Eric. Is that…?”
Inyoung said nothing. She simply stared wide-eyed at Andy, a look of disbelief on her face.
“Everyone, I have a few things I need to say” Eric said before anyone else had the chance to say anything, or worst, throw an accusation toward Andy. “Firstly, I’d like to introduce, or rather re-introduced Andy Lee; the designer or the new garden” He placed a hand on Andy’s back and pulled him closer. “And my fiancé”
The gasps can be heard. Well, two gasps of surprise, one of blatant disapproval and annoyance. It didn’t take a scientist to figure out who wasn’t happy.
Andy’s head snapped up at the disapproving hiss and immediately turned his attention to Eric, who had his hand on the small of his back, keeping him by his side. “Hyung? What are you doing?”
Eric chose to ignore that question for the time being, this time turning his piercing gaze directly at Jiyeon, for the first time that night and he allowed a sense of anger to seep into his tone. “Secondly, I’d like to direct this to my dear sister, Jiyeon. Who, for the past six years, has lied straight to my face”
Jiyeon tensed subtly, but managed to keep her expression impassive. “What do you mean?” She asked Eric, her eyes momentarily betraying her as she glared at Andy.
Mother, on the other hand, wasn’t all that impressed. “Eric, I certainly hope you aren’t-“
“Here” Eric suddenly said as he plunged his hand into his pocket and pulled out the crumbled photo. “Remember this picture?”
He threw the photo to floor. Jiyeon glanced down at it and did a double take, her face paling slightly in recognition.
“The one you took to convince Andy to leave?” Eric carried on, his words cutting deep, so deep that she winced. “From the look on your face, you do. I bet you also remember the lies you told Andy, hm? What were they again?
Eric turned to Andy, whom of which was trembling slightly, as if recalling what had occured during that moment. Eric didn’t want to hurt his fiancé, his lover by making him remember, but everyone had to know the vicious things Jiyeon had said to him.
Andy looked up at him, a sense of fear in his eyes. Eric knew what Andy felt, he gives a reassuring smile at Andy, prompting him to let it out. To say the things Jiyeon said, to release them as they weren’t true.
Andy swallowed slightly and lowered his gaze at the floor again. “I’m under classed, worthless, useless and causes everyone especially the Mun’s nothing but trouble. I’m tarnishing their name and holding Eric hyung back from his full potential. I’m a pathetic person who can’t give the Mun’s grandchildren that they deserve. It would be of the family’s best interest if I just leave their lives completely. I shouldn’t be selfish as I don’t deserve to be happy. I’m-“
“That’s enough, baby” Eric whispered softly as he can see that tears were falling from Andy’s eyes. He didn’t want Andy to continue. Eric gritted his teeth, his jaw clenched tightly shut. Eric can imagined the pain Andy must have felt when he heard those words. And believe them. Eric stroked Andy’s back gently, trying to calm the crying Andy.
It hurts Eric, to see Andy cry. Eric felt guilty toward Andy. He didn’t know that his cute little sister could turned into a evil monster.
Inyoung had her hand, which were trembling, over her mouth. She was near to tears as she shook her head in disbelief. “Oh, Andy…” She whispered, her voice thick with emotion.
She then walked over to Andy and hugged him. Eric smiled sadly as he let go of Andy, letting his older sister babble and cry, expressing her remorse and sadness.
“I’m…I’m sorry” Andy choked out.
“No no no!” Inyoung said as she pulled back, placing her hands on either side of his face, looking at him straight in the eye. “You have nothing to be sorry for. Nothing” She then turned away from him and looking to their mother, “Tell him, mom. Tell him”
Mother was sitting on a chair, with teary eyes. She then held out her arms toward Andy, pleading him to come forward. She wanted to hug him, to hold him.
Eric slightly pushed an unsteady Andy forward. She latched onto his arms and held on tight as she looked up at him, her bottom lip quivering.
Andy dropped down to his knees and hugged the woman that was like a mother to him. Andy started to sobbed when mother wrapped her arms around him, whispering motherly words of comfort and reassurance.
Eric had to swallow back his own emotions at the scene, while Inyoung still crying. It was so clear that Andy’s disappearance affected his family. However, Inyoung’s wiped her tears and looked at his sister, a look of pure rage on her usually bright and bubbly features.
“How could you?!” She practically yelled at her.
Jiyeon who had been quiet throughout the entire event so far, turned her gaze to her older sister and appeared to tremble for a moment. She looked positively guilty. But it didn’t last long. An expression of defiance soon appeared.
“I did it for Eric oppa!” She yelled back, pointing a somewhat accusing finger at Eric. “You see, there was no way he have rebuilt the Purple Hibiscus if he was married to Andy. It was for his benefit!”
It appeared that Jiyeon didn’t have a hint of remorse for what she had done. She even tried to pin it on Eric himself.
“For your benefit, you mean” Eric retorted sharply. “After all, with Andy out of the picture, you could have all the money you ever wanted”
A stunned silence fell over the room.
“What do you mean?” Andy asked as he pulled away from Eric’s mother, taking to his feet and hastily rubbing his eyes in order to wipe away his tears.
Eric
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