Cornelia's POV
His words. It stinged in my heart. It hurted me so much. I could not believe he said something like that. He didn't know about my past. He could not judge me based on my family.
Moreover, he has no right to judge my parents. My parents were good people. We were not greedy.
I hate him. I hate him so much. I thought I started to built a feeling for him. But he crashed it. I was disappointed. Very disappointed.
I ran away from Colton. I could not face him. I didn't want to meet him.
This was supposed to be the best holiday. It was my first overseas. But I already got this bad things.
I still ran with all my strengh. I didn't want to go back to the hotel. I knew I will met him there. I wanted to go back to New York, to Tori's place.
I could not stop crying. Colton hurted me too much. He insulted me of something that I did not even do. He even insulted my family. I could not believe all that words came out from his mouth. It was too painful.
Suddently someone grabbed my hand from behind me. I yelled. But he put his hand on my mouth, so I could not yell. I was trying to move from his hold. But his gripped was too strong.
"Calm down, Lia."
Lia? Who the hell was he? How did he know my name? Was he a stalker? It seemed like today was not my day. In fact, it was a very bad day.
I spun around so I could face him. He looked like a rich person. He was tall. Maybe he was around Colton's age. Maybe 23 or 24. He wore a black tux. He definitely not a murderer. But he could be a stalker or a rapist.
"Who are you?" I got panic. I still tried to struggle from his grip.
"Calm down. Let's go somewhere to discuss something." He dragged me.
"No! There is no way I will go with you!"
"You don't have to be afraid, Lia. You are safe with me."
"There is no way I could be safe with you?"
"I assure you. You will be safe with me."
He kept drag me to a black car. The car looked so elegant.
I kept struggle to released his grip. "Let go! It hurts, you bastard!" I bite his hand.
"Shit!" He swore. He let go of me. I took my chance to ran away from him. But he got me back.
He pushed me into the car. I sat at the back with him. When we were inside the car, he finally let go of my hand.
I touched my hand. His hand was printted on my skin. "What the hell! Who are you actually?"
"Lia, it's not good to swear in front of your brother. I thought our parents taught you well."
Brother? What the fuck! He got my nerve. He probably a rapist.
"Excuse me, Mr. But I don't have a brother. Now please let me go out from this damn car. If you don't let me go, then I will call police."
"Try it if you can."
Ughhh.. This damn person.
"LET. ME. GO!!"
"Never. Lia please hear my story first."
"There is nothing I want to hear about. Please let me go."
"Lia. Please. I will let you go after you hear my explaination."
"You have no right to call me Lia! Just my family can call me Lia!"
"I have the right to call you Lia because you are my family! And I am your family!"
"Stop the bullshit! I don't have any family!"
"But I'm your family! I'm your brother!" He looked really serious. "Here is the prove!" He threw a file at me.
I read what was written down there. It was a DNA test and a family picture.
The DNA test said that Cornelia Josephine Parker is related by blood with Kallum Landon Parker.
Related by blood? So he really is my brother?
I took the family picture and looked at it. There was my father standing beside my mother. My mother held a little baby girl. It was me. And there was a cute 4 years old handsome boy standing between my mother and father. The boy looked exactly like this kidnapper. We looked like a happy family. All the family there looked at the baby with a big gentle smile.
"Is that me?" I shed a tear. I thought I was going to cry.
"Yeah. It's you. We took that picture when you are 4 months old."
"So you really are my brother?"
"Yeah."
"Then why father and mother never told me about you?"
"They have their own reason, Lia. I will tell you the reason after we arrive at our guardian's house."
He gave me a hug. I hugged him back. I could not hold back my tears. I cried on his shoulder.
"I don't know that my brother is a kidnapper."
"Hey! I kidnapped you for a good sake."
"I'm glad I can meet my brother. I'm glad that I have a family."
"I'm sorry, Lia. I'm sorry that it took me so long to find you."
"No problem. I'm more than happy that I have a brother."
Mother and Father in heaven, thank you for giving me a brother. Thank you for letting me meet him.
Maybe today was not that bad. Today I lost my fake boyfriend. But today, I found my brother.
"Where will we go?"
"To our guardian's house. He lives in Jeju."
"How can you find me?"
"I have put my tabs around you from the day our parents died. I know all things about you, Lia. I know about you being Colton's girlfriend. I know about you being Colton's secretary."
So he didn't know that this was just fake and temporary? Good then.
"Then how can you know that I was here in Jeju?"
"As I said before. But when my investigator told me that you are in Jeju. I want to meet you. I miss you baby girl."
He pulled me into a hug again.
"Lia, we have arrived. Let's get out of this car."
We got out of the car and walked inside the house. It was a semi traditional korean house. But it also screamed wealth.
The door was opened by a maid. There were many maids greet us.
"The president has waited for your arrival. He is in the library."
"Thank you." Kallum said.
We walked again and met a big door. Kallum opened the door.
"So you are Cornelia."
A voice greeted me. I looked at the owner of the voice. The owner was an old man. His hair has turned into gray.
"I'm sorry, Lia. I failed to protect you. I failed as your guardian. I failed. I don't deserve you parents's trust. I'm sorry."
He hugged me. It seemed that he was crying.
"Lia, please meet our guardian. His name is Kim Seung Heon. Also known as Sean Kim. He is the owner of many resorts in Jeju." Kallum said.
"It's okay, Mr. Kim. It's not your fault."
He let go of me. "Let's talk. We have a lot of things to be talked."
I wanted to ask but Kallum stopped me
"Lia, before you ask anything. I will tell you my story. You have seen our family picture, right? It's not the last one actually. The last one was taken when I was 7 and you were 3 years old. But we hid that picture because they will recognize my face when they have seen that picture."
He took a deep breath.
"When I was 7, Dad gave me to his bussiness partner a.k.a Sean Kim. The reason? He didn't want to put me in danger. He knew that if the world knew about the Parker Corporation's heir, they would like to kill the heir. So dad gave me to Sean and kept you with them."
"Then why dad and mom never told me about you?"
"It's for our safety, Lia."
"I knew from the news when our parents died. I was 20 at that time and already had my own company. So with the money that I had, I began to searching for you. I knew that our company became uncle jacob's. I thought you died with them. But since there was no news about you, I kept searching for you. And I found you." He talked again.
"I guess there is something wrong about this, Lia. I don't believe that dad gave his wealth to uncle jacob. Uncle jacob is one of the reasons why dad gave me to other. I think there is something wrong, Lia." Kallum said to me.
"I know right! That bastard! I could never forgive him! For making my family suffer! For making my life become a mess!"
"Calm down, Lia. We have got a plan. We planed to ruin him and his family. We planed to find an evidence for all his lies." Sean said.
"How?"
"We planned to search for your father and mother's last will." Sean said.
"Don't worry, Lia. You are not alone anymore. We are here with you. We will help you." Kallum said.
I cried again. They gave me the protection that a family should give. It has been a long time since I felt this way.
Kallum and Sean hugged me. We made a big hug for each other.
Today was not a bad day after all.
Sean pulled away from the hug.
"Ah. I heard that you are my grandson's girlfriend. Is that true?"
Grandson? Colton?
"Yes, Lia. Colton is his grandson." It seemed like Kallum read my thought.
Not again. I tried to get away from Colton. But I met his grandfather instead. Great! Note my sarcasm.
