BOYFRIENEMIES

APOLOGY

Chaerin was already five minutes standing in front of the entrance of the Ethan residence on the 45th floor of the Gold Tower.

In front of the door were two security guards.

Not a single one of them dared to rebuke Chaerin. They just lowered their heads to salute and moved to open the door, because they knew who Chaerin was. But Chaerin held them back and left the door closed.

When Chaerin entered the Gold Tower, he had already strengthened his heart to meet Ethan.

After hearing the story from Bear about everything that happened, as well as a misunderstanding about GD who deliberately wanted to kill Bear, when the reality is the opposite. Chaerin decides to meet Ethan to make things clear.

But when he was in front of that golden-coloured big door, Chaerin's heart began to hesitate.

What was the real purpose of meeting Ethan? What's the point of him now meeting Ethan?

Chaerin does not want her to be considered a woman who does not know herself because she returned to this house again, after previously she injured Ethan and left, regardless of Ethan who tried hard to explain to her.

Chaerin's guilt makes him think hard whether he should step forward, or re-enter the elevator and leave the place.

Chaerin had already wanted to turn around, but suddenly he heard the sound of the door opening.

Christopher is hobbled by a man of Sean's age, whom Chaerin has never seen before, he may be a new servant.

"You're leaving again, without saying hello to this old man, Miss Chae?" christopher's weak voice made Chaerin turn back and stare at the man for a moment.

"No... I'm...."

"Let's go in, Lia's done cooking your favorite pineapple steak" Christopher turned around and entered the house.

And with a hesitant step, Chaerin followed Chris from behind.

Upon entering Chaerin's house, he sees Ethan rushing down the stairs from chain 2, holding onto a sheet of paper that is written on it.

Jonathan follows Ethan from behind holding a black map that looks empty.

Ethan stops his steps as he realizes Chaerin is in front of him.

He was stunned for a while and regained consciousness when Jonathan accidentally hit his body which stopped suddenly.

"Sorry sir" Jonathan lowered his head as he remarked kamit nagging himself which was very careless.

Ethan would be furious and Jonathan might lose his head, but not for now. Ethan only looked at Jonathan for a moment and then his empty eyes returned to Chaerin.

"You're here?" one of you got ejected from Ethan's mouth.

Chaerin racked his brain, trying to make a reasonable reason why he was here.

"I heard from Sean that you had Lia cooking pineapple steak every day, I came for pineapple steak" a silly excuse said from Chaerin's mouth, he could not think clearly and even made pineapple steak as an excuse.

Chaerin immediately walked to the left, towards the kitchen, he could find the kitchen without difficulty because he had never forgotten every corner of the house he had ever lived with Ethan.

Ethan scratched the back of his head and looked at Christopher questioningly.

"It's almost dinner time" Christopher quickly followed Chaerin, the old man couldn't bear to see the stupid look on his master's face that couldn't read the situation.

*

Chaerin put the roasted pineapple slices that had been laced with sauce into his wide gaping mouth.

He was tormented by this seemingly uncomfortable situation. It was so awkward as if they had only eaten together for the first time and had never known each other before.

Dinner is usually the most enjoyable time.

Christopher would usually eat quietly without making a sound, but sometimes he would comment if there was a part of his food that he could not chew, because his teeth were incomplete, and it became a joke for Chaerin, everyone would laugh and the atmosphere became warm.

Or Chaerin would annoy Sean by throwing peas into his dinosaur glass, and Sean would get angry and stop eating, meanwhile, Hongjung will seduce Sean by giving him sausage and also remove peas from the glass using a spoon and scold the innocent beans.

Or, Chaerin did not have dinner at all, because he was having fun with Ethan.

All the sweet moments that happened in this house eight years ago, vividly drawn in Chaerin's head like pieces of video. And he became even more sorry.

"You okay?" Ethan watched Chaerin who looked down with a strong fork, and his shoulders seemed to shake.

And a leave sounded.

Ethan immediately got up from his chair and walked over to Chaerin, hugging the woman's body tightly while stroking his back.

He let Chaerin cry in his arms.

Christopher and the rest of the waiters in the dining room, immediately understand the situation, and leave Ethan and Chaerin who need time for themselves.

It took nearly a hour to calm Chaerin down, and Ethan patiently stood in his place without moving a single step.

"Is it better?" Ethan looked down at Chaerin's messed up face, his eyes were swollen, and his watery nose, the black mark under the eyes of his liner that had worn off made Chaerin's face look very cute.

Ethan was eager to laugh at Chaerin's current face, but Chaerin would probably kill him if he dared to laugh.

Chaerin nodded slowly. Ethan grabs Chaerin's face and sweeps away the remains of the tears on the woman's cheeks with his fingers.

"Your eyes must have been hurting from crying for too long, would I call an ambulance?" Ethan smiled at Chaerin's face, which, although very chaotic, was still very pretty.

"You want me to hit so I can call an ambulance too!" Chaerin smiled slightly at Ethan's joke, but still with the threat coming out of his mouth.

"I haven't seen you smile for a long time, I can finally die peacefully now" Ethan's smile widened.

Ethan sat back in his chair and pushed the glass filled with water toward Chaerin. The woman had to replenish the fluid in her body after she had previously cried and her tears drained.

"Have you met Bear?"

Ethan starts the conversation again after he sees Chaerin has finished drinking.

"Yes, but he's not as big as he used to be, Bear's name doesn't suit him anymore" Chaerin squeezes his hand, not knowing what to say to Ethan.

Ethan chuckles as he imagines how the Bear changes to what was once a large body like a bear, but now his body is thin like an ape.

"Why don't you tell me, when you have plenty of opportunities" Chaerin's sudden speech stops Ethan's laughter, and the atmosphere between the two of them turns more serious.

"About me is GD?"

"No, but about you being that kid" Chaerin spoke bowed while fiddling with the tip of his finger.

"That's not a proud thing that you or I should remember. I was so grateful to meet you and Bear at that time, in my 15 years of life, I finally had a name"

Ethan smiled as he looked at Chaerin, their eyes meeting each other for a while, before Chaerin finally looked down again.

"I heard from Bear, you closed Lady Castle on purpose, long before Bear got there"

Ethan nodded slowly in response to Chaerin's question.

"And Ronan once complained about you suddenly disbanding the Gold Dragon for no apparent reason, shortly after we got married"

And again Ethan nodded.

"And you also killed George to save Bear?"

"Actually Sean killed George, on my orders, so, yes, you can consider me the killer"

"Why did you do that? What's in it for you"

"I never intended to kill George in the slightest, but he ignored my orders, I had hoped that by closing Lady Castle, I could atone for all my sins against you, and I could protect you from ............" Ethan hangs up his words.

He almost mentioned Arnoldo's name and Chaerin would have wondered who it was. He did not want Chaerin to be curious and finally he knew that Arnoldo was Antoni Greco, the person he had been looking for all this time.

"You don't have to feel guilty. If I hadn't underestimated you and accepted you to work for me, you wouldn't have had to live this life"

Ethan took a deep breath and exhaled it hard.

"You're supposed to be angry, and berate me, why you're weak like this, you don't look like Chaerin"

Ethan pretended to watch Chaerin from top to bottom with a serious face.

"Stop teasing me! Very embarrassing" Chaerin said with a glare, accompanied by a mischievous smile from Ethan.

"You're leaving Maple somewhere?" Ethan realizes that he doesn't see his daughter anywhere.

"I left it to Sean, Maple looked very fond of Sean, so I asked Sean to take Maple for a walk" Chaerin said casually, not knowing what the danger would be.

"You can't leave Maple with Sean, Sean hates kids!" Ethan screamed hysterically with a worried face.

Elsewhere

Sean looked straight ahead, he did not care at all about the girl sitting next to him while eating ice cream.

Sean also really likes ice cream, but Christopher always limits him to eating sweet foods cold because Sean's teeth are not strong enough to eat sweet foods too often.

As a child Sean very often had a toothache because his teeth were hollow, Sean always cried and made Ethan and Christopher overwhelmed. There are some teeth that are removed and replaced with dentures, some teeth that can still be saved in the patch, and must be checked by a doctor once a month.

Sean had all the bodyguards that used to follow Maple to leave. Not that he was happy to be alone with Maple, but he was caught off guard if there were too many people around him. If it wasn't for Chaerin's request, Sean wouldn't have wanted to linger with Maple either.

Since the beginning of the meeting, Sean has not been very fond of Maple. Although Maple is very funny and adorable, the child is very easy to cry. Maple also takes almost all of Ethan's attention away from him, it's the main reason why Sean hates Maple.

Ethan, who basically likes children, makes Sean sometimes jealous. He would be rude and not hesitate to hurt those innocent children, to keep them away from Ethan.

And to be honest, right now, Sean is thinking about how to get rid of Maple.

Maple loves sticking to Sean, and that makes Sean even more upset, not to mention Maple's whining and babbling, which fills his ears. Sean's been patient for the last 30 minutes.

Sean stood up, tidied up his clothes and slowly stepped away from Maple.

Maple who realized he would be left immediately got up and ran after Sean, dropping ice cream that was still not finished in his meal.

"Where's the uncle going?" Maple manages to catch up to Sean and holds Sean's hand, with his hand filled with ice cream stains.

Sean immediately brushed off Maple's hand and took a handkerchief from behind his jacket, on his lap that was dirty from Maple, and on the handkerchief throwing it at Maple.

"You're so disgusting" Sean snorted and walked on.

"Wait, I'm coming" Maple whined, she's done cleaning her hands with the handkerchief Sean gave her.

"I don't want to be with a dirty child"

Maple noticed that her clothes were indeed a bit dirty due to the ice cream stains, her shoes were also filled with dirt, as she had just finished playing in the sandbox.

"Clean yourself there, don't get out of that pool until I get back" Sean pointed to a small garden-decorated fountain whose water wasn't too deep, just a kid's knee.

"When will Uncle come back?" ask a plain Maple.

"When you're clean" Sean replied indifferently.

Maple immediately turned around and ran towards the fountain, letting herself in the water drenched until her entire body was soaked. Somehow the boy was very obedient to Sean, but Maple hated the name of bathing.

"I'm going to take a clean shower so that the uncle can come back quickly" Maple shouted as she waved her hand.

Sean smiled cynically then turned around and left Maple, he did not care at all about the fate of the child. Sean intends to leave her and go home.

Maple can be very sweet, and his funny behavior sometimes melts Sean's heart, making his cold face turn bright with a smile, even Sean once laughed off when he heard a funny story from Maple.

But Sean's jealousy towards Maple makes the man ignore his happy feelings because of Maple.

Sean was leaning against the back of the car.

The driver who was driving the car was surprised when Sean returned alone, when before he drove Sean to the park with a little girl, the son of his master.

"Why haven't you walked yet?"

"Miss Maple isn't with you?" the driver dared to open his voice.

"No!" replied Sean briefly in a nonchalant tone.

"I'm tired, let's go home"

Sean closed his eyes, and tried to sleep, relieving his headache, due to stress, as Maple was sticking to him like gum.

The car is traveling slowly, the speed is no more than 20.

Sean felt the pocket of his jacket, and picked up the phone that had been vibrating for more than a minute from there. On the phone screen, Ethan's name is listed there with a blue heart emoticon.

Sean just stared at his phone until it stopped vibrating, but it didn't take long for the square to shake again.

Lazily, Sean pressed the green button, and placed the phone next to his ear.

"Where's Maple?" ethan's voice was high across the line.

"There" Sean replied briefly.

Across the phone, Ethan's voice rang.

"Hurry and bring Maple home! If anything happens to Maple, you never go back to this house and meet me" Ethan turned off the phone unilaterally.

Sean's body shuddered, fear enveloped him, his heart was beating very fast, and a cold sweat poured down his forehead.

Ethan was often angry with her, or even hit her. But Ethan never once threatened.

If Ethan threatened to kill him, Sean would probably just ignore him, because he was often close to death.

But if Ethan threw it away, and didn't want to see it again, then it would be the end of the world.

Because Sean's world, it's Ethan.

"Turn around, get back to where it was"