Slow updates. Bare with me please!!! I've got an exam next year that's really important for me and its starting to affect my brain- literally.
Lee Hye-Young as Lim Park A-Yeong/Madam Lim/Lim Sana's mother.
Son Chang Min as Lim Seong-Su/Lim Sana's father.
Saki Seto as Lim Seong/Lim Sana's sister.
Yang Mi-Kyung as Kang Park Seo-Yeon/ Lim Sana's imo/ Madam Lim's younger sister.
Kim Wook as Kang Yu-Jun/ Lim Sana's older cousin/ Kang Park Seo-Yeon's first born.
Nam Bo-Ra as Kang Ji-Hye/ Lim Sana's younger cousin/ Kang Park Seo-Yeon's second born.
Tsuyoshi Abe as Song Min-He/ Lim Sana's first fiance.
Shin Jae-Ha as Na Yon/ employee of Lim Sana.
The next few months in the Lim household was chaos.
Preparing for a wedding itself is an exhilarating yet stressing task. But witnessing those efforts being dumped into a garbage pile without any effort is infuriating and a bit depressing.
Nevertheless this is more than enough to drain one's emotional and mental energy.
Yet this is what exactly happened to the workers, servants and attendants at the Lim household; a marriage that would make any princess jealous- cancelled after hardwork of about three months. One moment everything was fine. Yet unexpectedly something happened disrupting the ceremony and ending up the pair-to-be-married, not being married.
And it was all thanks to Lim Sana- the-bride-herself, that these events occurred and stopped her marriage.
And this caused the poor souls who work for the famous Lim family to live a few very difficult months.
Because all of them were subjected to the infamous tempers of Madam Lim and her younger daughter, Lim Seong.
Lim Park A-Yeong or commonly addressed by everyone as Madam Lim, is a prideful and self-willed woman who is famously known for being the wife of Lim Seong-Su, the chairman of one of the leading companies in the world- the Lim enterprises. Apparently all of the pair's children had inherited the said lady's temper in some way or the other.
It was not that the other members of the family weren't angered or annoyed by these incidents, but they made their annoyance known by subtle actions unlike the said females.
Madam Lim would scream her lungs out at Sana and purposefully ignore her or make the wedding preparations for her next wedding as hard as possible for her while Seong would utter scornful remarks or disguised insults and badmouth her whenever possible.
And Sana?
Well she was enjoying all the drama that she created in a sort of sadistic way- though she was a bit sympathetic towards the servants, workers and other unnamed people who did the preparations of the weddings.
The wedding that was stopped in some sort of way, was that type of wedding that seemed right out of a fairytale that every girl wishes and dreams for. Yet Lim Sana was not one of those said girls. She preferred for a free life. Not that she disliked being wedded- but a contract marriage with limited freedom was not what she liked.
Some thought of the girl as unlucky. Some saw her as a cursed person. Some viewed her as of a trouble magnet or the black sheep of the family. Yet nobody of those ignorant fools tried to understand her one bit.
When Sana was informed that she was to be engaged and married to Song Min He, the current CEO of Song enterprises- which held quite a reputation- she knew it was an easy task to ruin the wedding and humiliate the formally named bastard.
One, Song Min He was a cheating and lying casanova in multipal relationships- which was a public secret known by anyone with connections to the upperclass families.
Two, she didn't want to get her life ruined by marrying that piece of garbage.
Three, she would go to any lengths to break this engagement and stop her marriage; even if it means to hire a man to act as a person who was in an relationship and engaged to that bastard of a CEO.
It was really lucky for her that some upperclass families thought about the lgbtq community as a plague and shunned people who weren't straight. However a few upperclass families were fully supportive about the lgbtq community, which included Sana as well. She could still remember her cousin Kang Yu-Jun's reaction regarding when she found out he was gay and her nonchalant reaction to it. Her cousin's widened eyes and gaping mouth painted a very humorous picture.
Getting her plan into motion was almost effortless.
It was hilarious to be honest.
~Flashback~
Amidst the beautiful fairytale like indoor wedding scenery, everyone's eyes were on her, who was walking down the aisle.
Her.
The third born of Lim Seong-Su, the chairman of Lim enterprises and his wife Lim Park A-Yeong.
Lim Sana.
The bride of the day.
But not for long.
The many layered snow-white wedding ballgown with a train that was about five feet long, which she was wearing, was almost squeezing her to death. Her eomeoni had purposefully ready made the extravagant dress tight for her, eventhough correct measurements of her were taken before hand. This was one of the few aftermaths she had to face due to unsuccessfully trying to sabotage her wedding with Song Min-He in an indirect manner.
The strapless and semi backless white ballgown had a semi sweetheart neck line with the upper part of the balldress being covered in intricate white lacy flower patterns. Matching intricate white lacy flower patterns crept up from the down of the dress till the length of her knees.
Her ebony hair was in a romantic high bun with bangs curtaining her face. The white veil covering her face was attached to the top of her ebony coloured hair bun and the veil was not that long from the back.
A simple yet priceless set of clear white diamond earings and a matching simple pure silver pendant with a clear diamond, adorned her figure. A bouquet full of fresh white roses were firmly clutched in her hands.
A live statue carved out of mable.
She was that beautiful and enchanting.
But that was not what she thought about herself.
Lim Sana had to admit the dress she was wearing was pretty- but it wasn't just made for her, and it was... heavy.
And her feet were currently going numb due to the heaviness of the ballgown-like-wedding-dress.
She thought she might trip on her simple yet not so simple walk to the small stage where her future husband stood, but she managed her way there with her abeoji escorting with him by her side. She mentally sighed out of relief when she reached the small stage without breaking her silver coloured heels.
But that small relief was washed away when her abeoji whispered into her ear before placing her hand on Song Min-He's and walking away to his seat.
"You've made us proud..."
Normally anyone would've been happy at the thought of their father saying such a statement. But Lim Sana felt a pang of disappointment, sadness and anger, knowing the true meaning of those words spoken by her abeoji.
She had made him proud.
Proud of accepting a contract marriage which will make her a prisoner.
She thought he loved her-at least a bit. But no-
Cutting off her train of thoughts, she pushed them to the back of her mind.
First of all- she has a wedding to attend.
Lim Sana stood tall, squaring her shoulders while facing the minister; hand in hand with her soon-to-be-but-not-soon-to-be-husband.
The minister said to all the guests, "You can now be seated". Everyone followed his request.
"Dearly beloved," he began, "we are gathered here this evening to witness this man and woman join together in holy matrimony."
He said his speech and afterwards Lim Sana and Song Min-He exchanged vows, tears filling the eyes of the listeners dramatically. Sana had the urge to throw up at the lovey dovey and pathetic words which left her mouth, but the desire to slap off that arrogant smirk on her to-be-husband's face was overwhelming.
The ring bearer, an adorable little boy- who Sana thought might be the age of a preschooler -from her to-be-husband's side of the family, came forward and presented the rings. Decorated with many diamonds, her wedding ring was fanciful with a plain pure silver band. Song Min-He's ring also had a plain silver band with a small amount of diamonds scattered on it.
She quickly placed Song Min-He 's ring on first, and she couldn't help but flinch in disgust slightly when his hand caressed hers purposefully as her-to-be-husband placed on her ring on her finger.
The priest nodded as if in satisfaction of everything going smoothly and Sana wanted to smirk. 'Just wait a few more minutes, sir, and this will be one of the most interesting weddings you have ever attended in your life.'
Then he asked, "If anyone objects to the marriage speak now or forever hold your peace".
The entire hall had gone silent, and no one said a word. "With the power invested in me by the city of Seoul, I now pronounce you-"
Bang!
The doors of the hall in which the wedding was being held, opened with a resounding bang.
All the heads in the wedding hall, turned towards the source of the sound which disturbed this supposedly happy occasion. They were greeted with the sight of a pale handsome man with droopy eyes and black hair, which was parted in the side and showing his broad forehead, in a black tux.
'At last...' Lim Sana mentally sighed in relief and amusement at his dramatic entrance.
The man in a black tux started to walk towards the pair-to-be-wedded with confident steps and his head high. A small smile graced his lips, lighting up his face.
He came to a stop at the feet of the small stage where the priest and the pair-to-be-wedded stood and smiled broadly while raising his right hand in a relaxed manner,
"I object to this marriage"
The quiet murmurs which had started the moment he stepped in, increased into whispers as he uttered these words.
She knew that probably everyone present in the wedding hall thought of this man to be a person who have an affair with her. Sana wanted to laugh so hard at the varied expressions on everyone's faces yet appeared to be shocked infront of her audience.
The priest who had seemd to come out of his paralysed state stuttered out a pathetic, "Wh-what?"
The stranger's smile seemed to widen more.
"I, Na Yon, object to this marriage, between Song Min-He and Lim Sana."
The whispers seemed no longer interested in being quiet, as they proceeded to become louder by the second the strange man, Na Yon, spoke.
In a lose for words the priest muttered out one single word in stutters,'Wh-wh-why?'
Honestly, does he only know words starting with the letter 'w'?
Na Yon raised a brow and again replied in a confident voice, yet his tone indicated he was stating an obvious fact," Why of course, an already married man can't marry someone else can he?"
Many gasps were heard.
Sana looked at her family to see that, her eomeoni in particular, looked livid. Once again she ignored her desire to smirk and continued with her act of surprise and shock.
"What do you mean already married? I was about to get fucking married before you barged in!" said Song Min-He who had come out of his own shock as well. Seeing as some of the security guards had come to the wedding hall doors to see what's wrong, Song Min-He commended,"Security get this man out of here!"
Sana saw a brief flash of panick in Na Yon's eyes; if the security managed to drag him away, the wedding will continue regardless of any interruption and he won't get his full pay if he won't get the wedding to be cancelled.
Replacing confidence with a mask of hurt Na Yon took a back a step for more emotional effect. What made his act more convincing was that the pain and hurt in his eyes was reflected perfectly in his body language without a hitch; this man was a born actor, and for once lady luck seemed to be in Lim Sana's side as this man had earned her trust and was working for her.
"Min-He-aah what-what in the world- are you saying?" Na Yon stuttered and stammered with hurt and scoffed with emotional pain as a light touch of his act.
She knew it was to time to act up or her life would be fucked up even more than it already is. Pretending to come out of her shock, she spoke in a sharp cold voice, but that had a commanding demeanour , "Do you have proof to support your claims?"
The wedding hall quieted down to a certain degree to hear and witness the reaction of the soon-to-be-bride. 'Pathetic', she mentally scoffed.
In the corner of her eye she could see her eomeoni's face showing a brief emotion of surprise before she composed her face aiming a glare at her. She also caught a look at her aunt, Kang Park Seo-Yeon, who gave a head a subtle shook.
'Mianhae imosshi...'
She can't go back now.
"Yes. Yes, I do. I have our marriage certificate with me." Na Yon said returning back to his act of confidence. He came near her and took out a clear file from the inside of the coat of his tux and handed it to her. After opening the said file she pretended to read it with an emotionless face and forced some tears onto her eyes. With tear glazed eyes she raised her head and looked up at her abeoji who's footsteps she heard, coming in her direction. Needless to say, her abeoji, Lim Seong-Su, the chairman of Lim enterprises, looked downright furious thanks to the embarrassment and diagrace caused by this whole situation.
After approaching her and examining the fool proof marriage certificate, her abeoji looked beyond furious- he looked as if he was ready to strangle a rather specific someone or anyone. Then with a calm voice that heavily contrasted with his enraged demeanour he said with a certain deadly tone added to it," My daughter Lim Sana will not be married to the Song family today."
Even the sound of a pin-drop would have been audible in the wedding hall at that moment and nobody dared to say a word- in agreement or in opposition. Eventhough it was not that known, Lim Seong-Su has a fierce temper that of a tiger which could rival his wife's. The few people who experienced his temper learned to not repeat their mistakes- the others who knew or had experienced or heard about about his temper never wished to witness or experience it. His temper was that much of a dangerous one. And the fact that the chairman of Lim enterprises rarely displayed his angry proved how much of a bad situation it was. Not even his wife, Madam Lim, dared to say anything.
"...not today, never," Sana's abeoji continued." This wedding is cancelled. And my sincere apologies to all of you who set your other important work and attended this occasion. I hope you accept my heartfelt apology. I apologize again." The chairman of Lim enterprises bowed to everyone present at the end of his apology. Eventhough it was an apology, everyone got the hidden warning which said,' get out now when I give you the chance, and don't you think of even saying a damn word to me more about this right now.'
And so the guests slowly left the wedding hall one by one; a brave few came and exchanged a few words with her abeoji and left.
Her abeoji turned to her and offered his hand to get out of there. When she glanced at her abeoji with her tear glazed eyes, she thought she saw a fragment of warmth towards her. No. She must be hallucinating. Her abeoji stopped caring for her years ago.
Either way she took his hand and started to descend down the small stage. Although she knew he would never care for her like he did to her siblings, she cherished that brief moment; because it was not always that her abeoji held her hand or at least talked to her after she was just a kid.
While she took very slow steps as not to trip and fall flat on her face, she glanced at her ex-fiance. She had to stiffle a laugh; Na Yon was tightly hugging Song Min-He in a way that restricted the latter's movements and some security guards were trying to pry him off of the casanova. His parents who were near by seemed to be in a heated arguement; Mrs.Song wanting to go towards her son and Mr.Song wanting to go towards her abeoji to at least save some of his family's grace.
Then her observant gaze turned towards her family who were getting ready to leave as well. Her eomeoni and her yeodongsaeng looked livid as ever while her brothers looked annoyed. Finally her brown eyes rested on her imosshi, her older son and her daughter. Eventhough her cousins faces were glowing in joy because of her marriage not happening with that bastard her imosshi's face was blank. Yet when she caught her eye for the second time that day, she gave her head a subtle nod. Sana's baby pink lips twitched upwards a bit. Although her imosshi disapproved of her plan, she was proud- and glad; proud that her niece was a strong woman and glad that she was free of a contract marriage- for now.
At long last, Lim Sana escorted by her abeoji, walked through the aisle of the wedding hall for the second time that day towards the door unlike her first time.
~Flashback over~
And currently thanks to her pathetic luck, she was walking down the aisle of a church this time, again escorted by her abeoji after five months of her wedding fiasco with Song Min-He.