CEO'S OFFICIAL MATE
CHAPTER 16; Return

I am trying to make peace with myself and my heart

Instead I thought selfishly and focused on the wound in the heart

I set goals and make peace with the debaran

I think everything will disappear over a long time

But every heart niche I thought was dead was filled with true warmth

There is another love that makes every moment feel precious

If my life were a journey

I chose to walk together because

I am not a person who enjoys loneliness

San Hyuk stood in front of the two-meter-tall iron-carved twin dragon gate. He did not expect to return to his family home after almost 5 years of living apart. It's not without reason. He left the main house after arguing with his two brothers. During that time, San Hyuk only connected with his parents outside the home environment. It was San Hyuk's stubbornness that made him do this to his parents.

The door slowly opened. Security who realized that the person standing in front of the door was their young master hurriedly ran out even before the door was fully open.

“Young Master!” there was a clear sense of gratitude from their voices, “why the Young Master was silent! Forgive us for being late to realize it!”

“No problem Mr. Choi, I just stopped by,” San Hyuk said as he rubbed the old man's back. He was among the senior guards who had dedicated almost half of his life in the Shin family.

“I'll contact Assistant Chief Kwon to pick you up!” the distance of the gate with the main door is almost 500 meters.

“No need, let's walk together while exchanging news,” San Hyuk forbid the old man to contact the main house. Before any further rejection, San Hyuk immediately walked up to Mr. Choi.

Five years is not a long time but it is also not a short time. Although the changes occurred on the outside of his house, he still remembers some details that until now there are still traces of him. The nostalgic atmosphere cannot be ignored. There was a longing that he could not resist during the journey to the main house.

The house with a mix of European-Korean style still looks dashing and luxurious no matter how many times he sees it. The atmosphere of the house is quite quiet because San Hyuk has made sure that there is only a father and mother in the house. The San Hyuk brothers had already gone to work and his brother-in-law was having an event outside.

“My son!” madam Shin Ae Rum shouted without being able to hold back her tears. The woman who still looked graceful at her age who had entered the late 50s hurriedly ran out when she got the news that her third son was coming home.

“Eomoni..” San Hyuk hugged the now-fragile woman carefully. He rubbed the arm that was now wrapped around his neck, “how is Eomoni?”

“You're kidding me? Of course it's not okay! Which mother was fine after her son ran away from home!” Ae Rum hit his son on the shoulder with a feeling he could no longer express. Happiness outweighed anger and disappointment at what San Hyuk had done to her.

“I didn't run away. I served my duty as a good citizen and completed my studies as soon as possible.” call it San Hyuk.

“Terupon, which is important at this time, thank you for coming home to this house. Mom misses you so much,” Ae Rum hugs San Hyuk back before guiding him into the Dad's study.

“I'm sorry Eomoni. I also miss you a lot.” although actually San Hyuk and Ae Rum meet outside the home environment, but seeing San Hyuk back at home feels different. There was a sense of fullness that he felt back during his stay in the house.

Two wooden doors separating the main room from the workspace were opened by Chief Assistant Kwon. San Hyuk followed his mother's step into the room first. There is a feeling of sadness when he remembers what he has done to his family.

“Finally, what wind brought you back to this house?” Shin Jo In, the father and president of Suwon Group, greeted his son with a flat smile.

“Appa! Why talk like that anyway!” ae Rum protested when she heard her husband's remarks. She doesn't want her husband's attitude to upset San Hyuk and leaves the house.

“You still don't know your son darling? He was a man who grew up with a cold mind. There's no way he's going back to this house without a mission,” Jo In turns to look at his son, “your father is not wrong right?”

Shin Jo In's guess was not mistaken. San Hyuk leaves the big family home after a fight with his two brothers. Instead of divorcing, Jo In actually took advantage of the moment to see the character of his heir. Although San Hyuk was not in the first place as an heir, but the dispute made the father began to see the potential in his third son. The determination and strength of the child's stance caused him to choose to leave the main residence.

San Hyuk just wants to be independent. He does not want to just be an heir and enter into the flow of his father's company without having a clear purpose and mission. He wants to find potential and identity to make him say he will not return home before he gets what he wants. He took a very small portion of the facilities that were still given to him. He only used as necessary, even the car that was specifically given to him was still in his main house. His resolve is round. He wants to learn from zero.

“Father is right Eomoni, forgive San Hyuk,” San Hyuk feels a little guilty for seeing the disappointment that is in his mother's eyeball. San Hyuk had indeed not fully fulfilled his determination when he left that house. But there was something else that not long ago bothered him until he decided to return and consider his father's offer.

“I am willing to return, even if Abeoji wants me to take over the part in Suwon Group but on condition..” San Hyuk deliberately gave a pause to see the reaction of his parents. After feeling his father gave San Hyuk a chance to negotiate, he resumed his sentence, “aku willing, as long as Abeoji does not interfere in my household affairs either when, with whom, from where, from, even the background of the woman I wanted to make my life companion!”

*eomoni; mother, eoma**appa: father, abeoji*