Love Doesn't Always Hurt

Rosalyn's POV I sat at the back of the car and watched as the world went by. I looked at the time and realized it was almost 11:00pm. I left the house before seven in the morning and worked till that time and I was not even extremely tired,I was used to it. I was on my way home after meeting with the CEO of Crown Snacks and I was not in the best of moods. After our meeting,he had taken the initiative to ask me to join him for a cup of coffee the next day,in other words,a date. What pissed me off wasn't the fact that he asked me out on a date,but the fact that he was married,yet he asked me out on a date. Was it really that hard for some men to stay loyal to their partners? Was it really in their blood to be polygamous? I hadn't given him a yes or no,but that I wasn't sure I would be available the next day,which I wasn't sure he would understand to mean I didn't want to have anything to do with him. But hey,some people can be very daft,and he passed me as one. I had almost arrived at the house when dad's call came in. "Hey,dad,how's it going?" "Fine,my dear. Hope you're preparing to come home tomorrow?" "You've called every single day to remind me,how could I have forgotten?",it was true. He chuckled. "I just really want to see your face sooner. Have you......" "Yes,dad. I met with Mr Choi as I had promised to before coming home",I said as the vehicle drove into the large compound. Though I lived alone,the house looked like a family's mansion,well,it infact was a family's mansion,my family's. While my parents stayed at the US,I stayed at South Korea,where I managed one of the branches of my family's business. " I knew you would. No pressure, remember ",dad said the three words he always ended every assignment he gave me with. I didn't really need him to say that as I didn't find it a hassle at all. I found it fun and it was the only thing I loved then,I mean,it was the only thing that wouldn't leave me unless I let it go. " It's no pressure,dad. My regards to mom,tell her I can't wait to see her tomorrow",I said as I was eager to end the call. I loved my dad (duh),but I was also not really in the mood to talk to anyone,and I mean,anyone at that moment. "I will. Bye,tigress",the line went dead. I smiled a little at the pet name which dad loved calling me with. He had started calling me that after I made my ambition to help him take the business to the next level when I was just five,so he meant I was strong and I've always loved him for that. The car had stopped in front of the house,so I stepped down and walked towards the door,but paused in my tracks when the security man called for my attention. "This invitation was dropped off by a mailman earlier today,said it was for you",he handed me a card and bowed slightly before hurrying back to his work post. I was kinda surprised as I rarely got invited to things unless it was work related,which was always mailed to the company. Why? I'd rejected a lot of invitations that news spread never to dream of inviting Rosalyn Jim to any personal celebration of yours. I didn't care anyways. Good riddance. To top it all,the card was heart shaped,which meant it was most likely a wedding invitation. I decided to open it once I had gotten inside the house. Once inside, and dropped it on the dinning table and went up to freshen up before opening it,if I would even open it as I didn't really have much interests in events outside of work and even then,I always sent a stand-in. No random person on the street knew who I was,and I liked that. I didn't do interviews and all that public stuff,so people knew there was a Rosalyn Jim,but not really "oh,there is Rosalyn Jim". I used a few minutes to take a shower and put on something comfortable for the night. I made a cup of ramen as I felt way too lazy to prepare something meaningful. I was almost done eating when I spotted the piece of red card at the edge of the dinning table. I had totally forgotten about it. Again,I never really gave a f**k about it. When I had finished eating,I picked up the card and walked towards my study. Whether day or night,work didn't have any specific time,that was my motto alongside f**k love,but love your work. I opened the card and though my mood was not the best,it had never really been actually,it shouted the more. It was indeed a wedding invitation,the one wedding I wished for an earthquake to happen and swallow the bride and groom,just them. The names I saw on the wedding card gave my mouth a bitter taste and I didn't even try saying them out loud. I saw the two names I loathed the most,Timothy "asshole" Addams and Linda "w***e" Benjamin. Suddenly,I felt like throwing up the little food I had eaten,not even kidding. There was one thing that baffled me,what the f**k gave them the guys to invite me to their wedding? To spite me? I had never felt so disrespected in my entire life. I decided to clear my mind by working,but then remembered I had to pack for the next day,for my return to my home,to my parents and ugh! To where that shitty wedding would be taking place. When I was done packing,as I didn't need to go home with much anyways,I decided to work a little. The thing is, I always had work to do,even when I didn't, I'd create one myself. I said I was going to work a little,but I ended up working late into the night. I slept when it was close to the break of dawn and prepared for my flight as I had an early flight. I was kinda looking forward to the journey back home,as it had been like forever since I last went home. For some extremely weird reasons,I had a feeling that my going back home was going to be different,I just had that feeling and it wasn't just because dad kept pressuring me to do so which meant that he had something he needed to say to me face-to-face. Darren's POV I was going through some documents in my office while listening to BTS songs (a popular boy group). "........ Water,water so deep (water so deep)" "Take it off the ground, I ain't ever getting cold feet" "(Yh,you know me,yh you know) Sitting on the shore now I'm ready for the whole sea" "I can feel the high waves coming.........." That was me singing along to "Swim". I always felt like I was the best singer each time I did that,I mean,I couldn't even hear myself with the headphones on. But hey,let a guy dream. I always tend to work faster that way,though some people find it hard to focus while listening to songs,a distraction. But I didn't find it that way. "All my ladies,put your hands ...........",I was singing along to 21st century girl when Tina,my P.A walked in and I stopped singing. If I sounded like a dying goat,I wanted to be the only one that got to hear it,not my worker. She must've knocked for a while before remembering my habit. I removed the headphones. "Sir,the chairman seeks your presence",she announced. Ugh! Why did dad want to meet me anyways? "Okay. Thanks for the reminder",I hadn't forgotten,I was just too busy and I knew dad would understand,but him sending Tina to come remind me meant whatever he had to say was very important. I got up and headed for dad's office to hear what the old man had to say.