Chapter 50: Make it look like an accident (1/2)
His father doesn't refute his words. Instead, he lays down the terms.
”Let me be straightforward.” His father stands up and walks around the table. ”I see that you have grown to care about that...thing. I can let you take her as a pet...but you must marry Park Inha and give an heir to the Sung family. You must become a shaman and train yourself. You have to work from the bottom and reach my position before you are thirty if you want to see her live.”
”She isn't a thing.” Sung Jun closes his eyes and curls his fingers into a fist. He looks like he is going to explode.
”You can play with her until you are satisfied, but she can never have your children. If she gets pregnant, it must be taken care of.”
”She.Is.Not.A.Thing!” Sung Jun's voice is low and cold. I cannot look at them anymore. I have seen it all before. But seeing it for the second time doesn't make it any easy. The Wang family was blackmailed by my grandfather. Sung Jun was blackmailed by his father.
The reason is my lineage. Because I am the daughter of infamous Dabria. Because I am part demon. Because I bear the curse of being able to touch the dead. Because they are afraid of what I can become.
The choice was never mine. Nobody asked me whether I wanted to be protected this way. They never talked to me. They left me alone.
”You have another choice.” His father ignores Sung Jun and carries on. ”You can marry her and give her the respect that you want to give her. If you want her this much, I can be...lenient. If you want to choose her, then you must never contact her until you can take my position when you are thirty. Once you are a president of the council, nobody can stop you from doing what you want. Your words will be law.”
I see the effects of his words. I see Sung Jun falling into a trap. The scene changes again. This time, it's only the butler and Sung Jun's father standing in the office.
”What's wrong?” Mr. Sung asks calmly and takes a sip from the coffee cup.
”Master, I have told her that the young master has a fiance.” The old butler is troubled. ”She has already left, but...”
”But?”
”Miss Fang has lost consciousness in the cab.” The old butler creases his forehead. ”She was taken to the hospital by our people. They have found out that she is nearly three months pregnant. She hasn't gained consciousness.”