BOYFRIENEMIES

REUNITED

This kind of situation Chaerin had never imagined before.

His decision to return to this country was a big mistake.

Since Ronan died two years ago, Chaerin felt that there was no point in him staying in Japan, let alone entering Japan illegally with Inguk.

Lucky when the boat sank, he had already lowered the lifeboat and escaped.

Everyone in this world must think that he and Inguk are dead.

Chaerin actually did not want to return to his home country, where Ethan was.

But it will be easier for him to return to a place where he has a clear identity. He also wants his son to be able to go to school and grow up like other children, not just be at home and play with mud and sand in the yard.

If in this life his life is very miserable and miserable, he does not want to lower it on his son. Chaerin wants Maple to be the opposite of her chaotic self.

Before moving back here, Chaerin had already anticipated everything. He uses his old identity as Chaerin, not with the new identity given by Ethan as Clara Zie. He was sure no one would check it.

He also instead lived in a big city, just a small town away from the capital. To get there it takes 4 hours by car and half an hour attacking by boat. Maple even had to take a boat every day to go to school, with dozens of other children.

Chaerin opens a small bar, trying to make a living from there, so he can survive and fulfill all Maple needs.

He could have gone back to his old job as a gangster. Reopen the illegal money lending business with sky-high interest and pry out their eyeballs and kidneys when they can't pay back.

But it was a choice he would have taken if he did not have Maple.

When he had Maple, his top priority changed, from thinking only about money, to thinking about how he could educate his son to be a good child.

Chaerin had returned home, knowing for sure that Ethan would bring Maple to his residence, but his sane mind held him back for a little patience, being too hasty was not the right thing to do.

One thing he knows for sure, Ethan will never hurt Maple, because Ethan loves kids so much. It was just that Chaerin was afraid that Maple would never return to him again.

Chaerin stared at the screen of his phone, there was a row of numbers stamped on the screen. Chaerin had already memorized that number out of his head, even after 8 years, that number could still be remembered.

Chaerin is eager to press the green button on his phone screen and spill the vow he has kept for eight years specifically for Ethan.

But, if he contacts Ethan first, it means he paves the way for Ethan to re-enter his life.

Not that he doesn't love Maple, the fact that Ethan won't hurt Maple is enough to calm him down, but he has to figure out how to take Maple back from Ethan without getting involved with him.

To be honest, Chaerin did not hate Ethan at all, for all the bad things Ethan had done to him, it made him angry, but it was not enough to make him hate Ethan.

Chaerin hates himself even more and still loves the man, even though he is an ****.

"Mama!" maple's small voice made Chaerin let go of his gaze from the screen of the phone.

Unsure of what he heard, Chaerin sharpened his hearing to hear the call once more, ascertaining whether it was the voice of his cute daughter, or just his hallucination of thinking too much.

"Mama!" Chaerin heard that voice again. For some reason, since Mapel said his first word 'mama', Chaerin liked the word more than anything, he felt proud when Maple said it with a typical children's cry.

Chaerin immediately rushed out of the house, he did not have time to predict who was outside his house now, which he thought was only Maple calling him.

Chaerin came to a halt right in the middle of the courtyard of the house as he came to his senses, Maple was not alone.

There are dozens of men in black suits with communication devices attached to each ear that appear very alert checking the area around the house.

Ethan stood before Chaerin without saying a word, only looking at the woman without blinking.

Ethan was stunned unconscious.

He misses Chaerin so much, he does not let his eyes get distracted and only looks at Chaerin deeply for a few minutes, enjoying the beauty of a face that he has not seen for years. And without him noticing, a small tear fell slid down his cheek.

After a while, Ethan returns to his world, as Maple whines about being put down.

On the broom her cheek was wet and Maple dropped it from her sling.

Maple immediately ran up to Chaerin and hugged his leg, hanging there, as he usually does while being spoiled and disturbing Chaerin who was at work.

Ethan stepped on his feet to approach Chaerin but the woman quickly retreated when the distance between them was more than 5 meters, but Chaerin still distanced himself. Ethan immediately halts his steps as he realizes that the woman before him is not at all happy with his presence.

Chaerin had imagined himself to meet Ethan a thousand times, and there were thousands of words of mockery that he had prepared, along with punches and shouts for the man.

But now, when Ethan was really in front of him, not a single word made it out of his mouth.

Chaerin instead wants to run and splash into Ethan's arms, he misses the man so much over the years.

But as Ethan approaches, his legs move backwards. As usual, his pride did not allow him to show a weak side.

What was the point of running away from the man for so many years but when he met him again all the walls he had built immediately collapsed with just a single tear. What he himself did not know, whether it was tears of sadness, joy, or even just fake tears to make Chaerin worried.

"Mama" Maple tugged at Chaerin's shirt tip for attention and Chaerin instantly came to his senses from his chaotic thoughts and focused himself on Maple.

"Look, papa gave me new shoes and a new ballet dress" Maple showed herself wearing a beautiful ballet dress in light blue and ballet shoes that were also blue, a color that had always been a favorite of Maple.

Chaerin crouched down, aligned herself with Maple, unable to raise her head to look at her son who seemed to be very happy.

He was eager to shout to tell Maple to give up all the gifts Ethan was wearing, but he could not, he did not want Maple to feel sad.

Chaerin promised Maple new dresses and ballet shoes months ago, but to this day he has not been able to buy them.

He felt that he was failing to be a parent, he could not make his only child get what he wanted, and until fighting at school.

But Ethan, without having to bother. The man could give anything to Maple, unlike her.

"Do you like the dress and the shoes?" chaerin asked with a trembling voice, he was holding back his cries so as not to break.

"Yes really like it" Maple jumped up and down in excitement. "I'm gonna wear this at school fetival"

Chaerin stroked Maple's head and then stood up, holding her daughter's small hand and stepping about to enter the house, until a voice stopped her steps.

"Are you okay, you're healthy, you're eating well, you're still angry? I miss you so much" Ethan spoke softly, but was still heard clearly by Chaerin.

Ethan's voice trembled, restraining all the sudden emotions.

He wants to force Chaerin to go home with him, using the same rude methods he used to do when he asked Chaerin to marry him.

But, their relationship would never be good if he still maintained his rude and arrogant demeanor, he wanted to bring Chaerin home on the woman's own accord.

Chaerin pushed Maple slowly and asked the boy to go inside the house first, Maple looked at Chaerin in confusion before finally complying and entering the house.

Chaerin shuts the door of his house and locks it from the outside, not wanting Maple to come out and see him fighting with Ethan.

Chaerin returned and walked slowly towards Ethan, the woman clasped her hand firmly, making sure her hand was still strong enough to land a single blow on Ethan's face that looked sad.

Right in front of Ethan, Chaerin stopped and remained silent for a while gathering all the energy he had, gathering it at one point, which was in his right hand.

Chaerin swung his hand and slapped Ethan hard, making Ethan's cheek marked red.

The bodyguards who saw it immediately moved to stop Chaerin who was ready to slap both of them, but Ethan raised his hand as a signal that they did not have to take any action.

The second, third, fourth slap and so on were received by Ethan without any intention of resisting or stopping Chaerin. He only accepted the slap while thinking about all the mistakes he had made on the woman.

Sean is also close to Ethan, watching it while holding his cheek which feels painful suddenly. He still remembers how sick Ethan had been fighting him a month ago, and now Ethan feels the same way.

Ethan's previously smooth face is now reddish in color, his lips are injured and bleeding, and there is a possibility that the branch is displaced.

Chaerin stopped at his 32nd slap, he was exhausted, his reddened hand was already sore and sore.

Chaerin looked at his hand while making a slight groaning sound that he thought would not be heard by others, but Ethan's sharp hearing could catch the slightest sound.

Ethan grabbed Chaerin's hand and stroked it gently. As fast as lightning Chaerin instantly pulled his hand from Ethan's grasp and stared intently at the man, giving a deadly look ready to kill.

There is a memory in Chaerin's head when he first meets Ethan. When the man treated his wounds from George's punches.

Chaerin shook his head, trying to throw the beautiful memory out of his head, the memory made him weak and made him want to go back with Ethan.

Ethan noticed Chaerin's sudden change in facial expression, he could not guess what the woman was thinking.

"You okay?" Ethan asks, making Chaerin aware of his daydream.

Ethan saw a block of wood on the ground close to his feet, took the block and gave it to Chaerin.

"If your hand hurts, you can continue with this. I, deserve all the blows from you"

Chaerin smiled cynically at Ethan's words. He takes the wooden block that Ethan thrusts and throws it back to the ground.

"Listen to the honorable Mr. Ethan, you may have misunderstood and thought Maple was your son, but she wasn't. Did you forget, I'm the woman you made a whore in Lady Castle, I slept with a lot of men besides you" Chaerin told the court, he hopes that Ethan hasn't done a DNA test on Maple considering they just met today.

Ethan puts his hand on Sean, and Sean immediately understands what Ethan wants.

After seeing the letter for a few seconds, Chaerin immediately tore it apart and threw it to the ground.

"That's real, I did a DNA test from a Maple hair sample two weeks ago" Ethan said calmly.

"You have absolutely no right to him!" chaerin with flaming eyes.

"I'm not trying to take Maple from you, so let me carry out my duties as his father, and as your husband"

"Husband?" Chaerin frowned and looked at Ethan cynically.

"Since I knew you were GD, we didn't have anything to do with it"

"You're still my legal wife, as long as I don't divorce you, me, you and Maple are a family" Ethan said.

Once again Ethan puts his hand on Sean and Sean immediately delivers the F4-sized brown envelope, and as before, Ethan passes it on to Chaerin.

"I've removed Chaerin's name from this world, there are only Clara Zie and Maple Zie, it's our family's new deed. I've added Maple's name to it" Ethan explains.

Chaerin widened his eyes, in the crumbs of the red letter was strong. Chaerin thought how Ethan could handle the correspondence so quickly.

"Do as you please, for sure, I'll never go back on***like you" Chaerin said haughtily as she threw the paper in her crumbs, right into Ethan's face.

Chaerin turned to leave Ethan and was about to enter his house.

"I still love you so much!" ethan shouted, not caring about the dozens of his men who looked at him embarrassedly with a smile.

Chaerin heard Ethan's screams very clearly, and he was sure that his neighbors would hear him, and hopefully his neighbors would not go outside and see this incident.

Chaerin continued his steps and opened the door.

When he opened the door, Chaerin saw Maple sitting sweetly with a plain face, since entering the house, the boy did not move from the door waiting for his mother to enter.

"Why not come in?"

"No, he has his own house" Chaerin replied briefly.

"But mom and dad Nana live together, three" said a plain Maple with a disappointed face, comparing herself to one of her best friends.

Chaerin did not answer anything and simply led Maple into her room and cleaned up before going to bed.

Outside the house, Ethan is still standing where he hasn't budged.

He looked at the row of houses on the left and right side of Chaerin's house, and an idea flashed through his head.

"Immediately buy three houses on the right and build a playground there" said Ethan while pointing to the row of houses he meant.

"Also, provide a private boat that can take Maple to school, make everything blue" said Ethan again.

"I want everything ready in a month's time"

Ethan's last words make everyone around him complain in the heart, including Sean who complains the loudest, because surely he must take care of everything.

Chaerin stared at the photo that the other day at the tearing of the small ones that were now intact again, he glued each small paper tear using tape in the middle of the night when Maple was asleep.

Although not perfect, the results of his hard work can make his heart a little comfortable when looking at the wedding photo with Ethan. That was what he had done all these years to treat his longing for the man.

But tonight, he saw Ethan for real, not just through a broken picture. He could even touch her with a slap.

He was happy, sad and angry at the same time.

Chaerin put the photo back in a drawer in the kitchen and locked it, not wanting Maple to find it again.

Chaerin sat on the sofa watching a television show that was not noticed at all because his mind was exploring another world.

Little by little he downed the canned beer he had placed beside him.

Chaerin can never drink, the last time he drinks is with Ethan, when the man invites him to dinner, and when he finds out that he is pregnant with Maple.

Chaerin is brought back to his memory as he spends a full bottle of wine, getting drunk and making a fool of himself by declaring his love for Ethan.

He shouldn't have gotten drunk that night, and let Ethan know how he felt.

Chaerin had already downed the second can when the sound of the clock in his living room clanked 12 times.

Chaerin drowned his head behind his bent knee, unconsciously crying as if a child had just been angered by his parents.

*

Chaerin woke up early, too early, when the sun had not yet risen. His head was still dizzy from drinking beer last night, but he forced his body to get up from the sofa and clean up the rest of his drinks scattered on the floor. He didn't want Maple to see him drink, that's not a good example.

Chaerin had been thinking hard all night, he could not be lenient with Ethan and let the man force his way back into his life.

Chaerin can ignore Ethan's lies and Ethan's decision to send him to Lady Castle to become a prostitute

But he couldn't ignore one thing.

The fact that Ethan intentionally killed Bear, it was the biggest sin Ethan ever committed on him.

Chaerin plans to escape once again, taking Maple, albeit without an identity. Anywhere, as long as it's out of Ethan's reach.

The wall clock rings four times indicating the clock is 4 at dawn.

In the doorway of Maple's room, he saw the girl was sound asleep with her hands on her fingers clenched tightly, just like Ethan was sleeping.

Chaerin took Maple's school bag and took out all its contents, replacing it with some Maple clothes and also her son's beloved doll.

Soon Chaerin wakes up Maple who is still asleep, Maple moans a little but he stays fast asleep, maybe the boy is very tired from a day of playing with Ethan and Christopher.

He put a jacket and shoes on his daughter and held her in his arms so that the sleeping Maple would not wake up.

Chaerin's hand was already on the doorknob as he recalled something.

A photo of his wedding to Ethan that he keeps in the kitchen drawer. Chaerin thought for a moment, is it necessary for him to take that photo and take it?

But a second later, he shook his head.

"I have to forget about the fucker, and start a quiet life" Chaerin murmured.

Chaerin confidently turned the doorknob and stepped out of the house.

Not a step yet, his feet had yet to step on the grass in the courtyard.

"Good morning Miss Clara!" dozens of men in black clothes in unison gave their greetings while looking down deeply as they saw Chaerin walk out the door.

Chaerin lost his balance and fell backwards in shock, and fortunately Maple was still safe in his arms.

Chaerin hurriedly went back inside the house and slammed the door tightly.

He curses himself as a fool, but he has lived with Ethan long enough and knows how the man is.

But Chaerin forgot about it, Ethan would never let Chaerin off his guard now.

"Foolishly speaking, why don't I check out the window first" Chaerin smacked his head with an annoyed hand.

Chaerin returned Maple to her room and cleaned up the Maple bag, putting the Maple books back in their original place, in her bag.

"I'll never get away from it, it won't be easy" Chaerin lamented as he squeezed his already messy hair.