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Author's Note: The Story takes place 9 years after the end of the Korean TV drama version of Boys Over Flowers. Well 4 years if count from the Boys Over Flowers: After Story Musical. The F4 are all 29 years old, Jan Di is 28 and the original character is 25. The rest of the details you will figure out as you read
Chapter One
July 31st, 2018 (10:45 am)
As I looked out of the car window, I could see the scenes of my childhood passing by. I was back…after 10 years of exile. I should be feeling relief. I should be happy. And yet all I felt was a sense of resignation. This was not home, not really. I don't think there is any place for me that hold that meaning. I am a wanderer yet I am not free.
Ah, I could see the old manor now. Up the winding driveway, at the top of the hill. There it was, standing with all its majestic glory, the ancestral home of the Lee family. The immaculate gardens and the maze looked just as spectacular as they did when I was fifteen. Everything looked the same, nothing has changed. And yet…
As the car came to a stop I shook myself up from these musings and got off. I could not afford the luxury of letting my mind wonder off. The prodigal daughter has returned and the curtains were about to be raised.
The same day (04:05 pm)
Goo Joon Pyo was not a happy man. To be honest he was feeling quite pissed and someone is going to pay!
It all started with him oversleeping this morning. His noona was not happy with him for getting in 15 minutes late. Then Jan Di called to tell him he needed to pick up Yi Jung and Ga Eul's anniversary present…alone. She apparently had an emergency to take care of at the hospital. They were supposed to do it together! As if he didn't have enough to do already, his imbecile of a secretary had set him up for a last minute appointment. The fact that the meeting had the potential of him making a very lucrative multimillion dollar deal was beside the point. And now he was stuck in traffic on his way back from the Jeweler. Oh yes, Goo Joon Pyo was very unhappy!
The same day (04:15 pm)
Song Woo Bin, the heir to the Song empire and their new vice president looked like any other rich playboy with charm oozing out the pores but one would be in for a surprise if they thought that made him incompetent. At only 29 years of age one did not get to be the VP of a company as large as the Song Inc. even if the person in question is the only son of the Chairman and President of the said company. Those who knew him knew better than to take him lightly but none of them ever gets to see him completely unguarded like now.
With a war cry loud enough to scare Bobo the cat, into running for cover, Woo Bin ran out of his hiding place behind the living room couch and chase to the little monster. As he mock tackled the child he let out a victory cry and started to torture his prisoner…peals of laughter broke out with intermittent cries of surrender. With a satisfied smirk Woo Bin released his prisoner. As both men, adult and child-sized, lay side by side on the carpeted floor, winded and a little sweaty from their customary war game, both wore contended smiles.
But the smile soon vanished from Woo Bin's face as his eyes wondered over to the clock on the wall.
"Shit! It was 4:30 already? Oh god!"
Not even caring that he had just used a swear word in front of his "not yet 4 year old" nephew, he jumped to his feet pulled the child up along. Moments later he could be seen running up the staircase shouting for the maids and the nanny to run a bath and get their cloths ready for the evening's party.
'He was SO going to get it from Jan Di if they weren't ready by six.' Thoughts of one of Jan Di's famous lashings had him running faster.
The same day (05:05 pm)
So Yi Jung looked at the picture mounted above the bedroom fireplace with a fond smile.
His very own family!
It still took him by surprise when he thought about it. He, the ultimate playboy and heartbreaker was married and about to celebrate his 2nd year anniversary! If someone had told him in high school that would he would be happily married at the age of 27 he would have laughed his ass off and then had that person institutionalized. And yet here he was, standing in front of his wedding portrait with a silly grin on his face, married to the most amazing woman in the world. He was one lucky man.
The said amazing woman was, at that moment, busily checking over the preparations for the party that is to take place in about two hours. With the last minutes checks done, Ga Eul headed for the bedroom. She had taken the day off from school to make sure everything was perfect for today's party. It was their second anniversary and also the 1st time all four members of the F4 will be seeing each other in the last year and half. Ji Hoo had been busy with his post graduate in America for the last 18 months and just came back 2 days ago. There was one more reason that made today special. She had a special present for her husband which she had been keeping a secret for the past 5 days. She couldn't wait to tell him!
The same day (05:35 pm)
Geum Jan Di was running late! And she DID NOT like that!
Nope, not one bit!
Granted, if she had not had to take care of that last patient, everything would have been fine, but what was she to do?
It was an emergency!
Couldn't her 'dear' husband, 'the Great' Goo Jun Pyo, take care of things for JUST a few hours?
Well, apparently not!
So what does she come home to but to see her son, running round in his underpants with the nanny, the maids and her soon to be "ex friend" Song Woo Bin, chasing after, shirt askew and with his tie in hand. And did she mention that Goo Jun Pyo was nowhere near? It had taken her ten minutes to get things settled down, five of which were spent getting the whole story out of Woo Bin. Then the next fifteen minutes were spent getting Jung Woo, washed and dressed for the party who was considerably less rebellious now that his mother was home, the only person he dared not disobey. She was in the middle of giving Woo Bin one of her infamous tongue lashings when Jun Pyo finally walked in. But she had hardly any time to vent her anger because by then there was barely an hour left to the party and she still was not dressed! Wait till they returned tonight!
The same day (06:25 pm)
Yoon Ji Hoo closed the door softly behind him as he exited his grandfather's bedroom, a frown of worry marring his handsome features. The old man was sound asleep and shall remain so for the next 2 hours. He had already asked the housekeeper to stay a little late today. Just to be safe though, he would have to make sure to come back early.
Although he had been looking forward to seeing his old friends tonight, there will be time for catching up later. Making sure his grandfather was alright was more important at the moment.
May be he should take him for a full checkup tomorrow?
He knew the old man was stubborn but if anyone could handle Dr. Yoon Seok Young, it was his grandson…and may be Jan Di too. That girl could tame a lion.
Besides, the old man adored her. The thought made a fond mile make its way to Ji Hoo's lips. Taking one last look at the closed bedroom door he left the house with slightly hurried steps.
He had only 30 minutes before the party started and knowing the traffic at this time he was cutting it a little too close.
July 31st, 2018 (07:20 pm)
Lee Jo An stepped out of the Limousine, immaculately dressed in her sleek black evening gown and diamonds, look of cold disinterest on her face. Exactly twenty minutes late, enough so that when she enters all eyes will be on her.
Her hazel eyes quickly took in her surrounding and those around her. So this was where the "last act" would be beginning…A barely perceptible smile twisted the corners of her lips,
Curtain's up!
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