Chapter 4

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Joy just found out about the project in Korea. She was excited about the project, even though it has nothing to do with her.

She's currently sitting on a chair in one corner of the conference room, while get mother is talking to someone on the phone.

"Yes sir, so we'll be taking up the project and as you said we'll fly over there as soon as possible, you know after the visa and everything." Her mother says excitedly. She immediately regretted that a second later though when she had to move her hand up and down hastily as soon as she heard squeaks and laughter as if to remind the others that she's still on call.

Joy can swear these adults sometimes act as little kids. They'll all be going of to South Korea day after tomorrow and Joy was already thinking of a way to convince her mother to let her join them. 'Just because she wanted to have a vacation' was what she told herself. But inside, she knew why she was so eager on going to Korea.

She might find her father there.

She knows her mother came to Canada from Seoul, Korea when Joy was two. That must mean her father would be from Korea.

She lets her thoughts to a stop as she finally hears her mother speak.

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"Guys, now listen to me carefully." Wendy says calmly. "That was Jung Ji-Hoon, the CEO of the company called Brass Records, so turns out they not only produce music and stuff but also have actors, dancers and groups under them. They want us to advertise thier company overseas as well as in Korea, as it's fairly new and they need audience. So we've decided on who all will accompany is there. I'll be calling out your names now."

"Alright so we obviously have Lisa, she'll be looking after funds that Mr. Jung doesn't look after. Yoongi, Dahyun, Momo, Jin, Sana, Hyunjin, Key. You all will be accompanying us."

"Mina will be accompanying us too, she was the one who brought us information about this deal.....right?" Lisa added uncertainly, worried about Wendy's response.

"Yes, she will be." Rosé says eyeing Wendy as if talking to each other by thier eyes.

"Thank you so much ma'am. I'll not disappoint you." Mina says showing her signature gummy smile again.

Lisa just mentally says she's really cute.

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Joy and Wendy are back at thier house. Rosé also tagged along because it had gotten very late when they left and it was practically Rosé's second home.

"Guys come here, let's eat food." Wendy demands. She wasn't in a mood to cook, so they just ordered.

"Coming!" Joy squeaks. They were both now coming to the dining area where Wendy and food was.

Wendy just saw them laugh about things, she doesn't bother asking because she knows it must be something silly.

"So mommy, you're going to Korea day after tomorrow, huh?" Joy and Rosé have now settled down. Joy starts the conversation, while Rosé is just busy devouring all the food she could see.

"Yeah, this project will be tiring for sure, but I feel like it'll be worth it." Wendy feels honourable to have this project for thier team. And she tried her best to only see the positives. But inside her there is still something bugging her, only she knows what this something is. She has this feeling that something will go wrong but right now, she wants to ignore it.

"Uhh...m-mommy, I actually wanted to ask you.....s-something." Joy shifted uncomfortably in her seat almost like what she's about to say is illicit. Rosé's still eating her food.

Wendy straightens putting all her attention on Joy.

"I...uhm...I was thinking maybe....uhh I.....uhhh I wanted to ask.....uhhh-"

"Dude can't you just say it straight, I came here to see drama, not you saying 'uhh...I want to...uhhh'." Rosé imitates Joy in a mocking tone but she doesn't stop there. "Such a coward I swear to god!" Rosé mumbles the last part earning a little smack from Joy. Rosé groans and rubs the part of her hand where Joy hit her.

Wendy just laughs at the two, bickering like thier life depended on it. Wendy loves seeing her child this way, happy.

"Okay, okay stop you two. Joy tell me, don't be afraid." Wendy is now eating the last bit of her food.

"Yes, so uhh....mommy I wanted to ask if..." Joy stiffened.

".....Icouldgotokoreawithyou" Joy puts her head down and catches her breath. Rosé just stifles a laugh.

Wendy heard it. Joy wants to go to Korea with them. She's obviously not angry just curious.<

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vitoriafranca
#1
Chapter 38: Wow, what sad news, I really had hope for this story. I mean, even if things didn't turn out the way I expected (Like Joohyun confronting Seungwan the first moment he saw her about the daughter she just took away and Joohyun misses so much or the revelation of Joy's supposed other relative where she only discovers that she didn't really have a father but a mother?) And of course, even though Joohyun knew that Seulgi was back in contact with Seungwan, she never confronted either of them about the whereabouts of her other daughter, which makes us wonder what kind of parents Joohyun and Seungwan are who don't bother to look for or finally reveal the truth to Joy and why does Seulgi continue to collude with both sides when she considers her niece so much?
Despite everything, what really saddens me is that despite everything, the flashbacks to their past were without a doubt the best part of the story, I really kept waiting for more of them. I don't know if you intend to go back to this story and rewrite it, but I would particularly love it if you could show us their past in full. I think exploring what you've already done here would be a way of reusing this story that had so much to show.

Anyway, thank you for everything so far, I hope you are well and come back soon, author-nim!
shadowhunter1640 #2
Chapter 38: Oh i see the problem now. The seulreners want more seulrene moments.

Though i've always thought this is wenrene fic with how often Wendy's pov appears. But i agree that the story's really dragging. And so many side character povs.

I always look up wenrene tags coz that's all i'm interested in and this story was really promising. But i suggest if you're writing a wenrene fic, just use wenrene tag and don't add seulrene and vice versa if you're writing a seulrene fic to avoid being accused of clickbaiting and confusion.

Thank you for your work author! Please keep on writing.
Gwernica #3
Chapter 37: Heavy seulrener here and yes the story is dragging. This story is similar to wenseulrene fic titled 'Unrequited' in terms of the structure where it's clearly a seulrene fic with wendy as the 'heartbreaker' but for some reason the pov heavily came from wendy perspective. I think other readers already mentioned it out: Seulrene is clearly still going strong in this fic but for some reason, they have less moments compares to Seulgi with Lisa. This wenrene/seulrene bait & switch is clearly not working because now people started to criticize Irene, Seulgi and Wendy characters (similar with that fic 'Unrequited') and it's not even because they don't understand the concept of flawed characters, it's just they're getting tired of the story and the characters. I just don't get why most wenseulrene fics authors always have the same concepts and settings when they wrote their dynamics and it made me wonder if they really see each individual irl like that, because let's be real here, yes these are fictional characters, but they are real person fictions (rpf) characters. Even in kdramas, triangle loves don't always have the same dynamics. It's like these fics' authors are actually on one camp, but they pretend to care about the third person (in this case wendy) so that people would think that these authors actually like both camps. Might as well make it a polymorph relationship.
2014605911
#4
Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Well I'm still reading this though the story is undoubtedly dragging its heels before moving a fraction of an inch for whatever plot there is. I get that the characters are still stuck in some of their past, but it doesn't mean that the story should be too. Stuck at a snail pace, I mean. The Joohyun and Wendy arc has the two agonizing every now and then in addition to the Joy issue keeping this story going in circles. I'm interested enough to keep on reading this but something has got to happen soon and change the pace to get things moving. The Seulgi and Wendy talk finally happened, but any attempts of figuring out how to approach Wendy and Joohyun closure as well getting Joy known as the missing child is not even on the horizon. I've also not seen a solid Seulrene tidbit here that is solely about them and not a segway to enter another Wenrene flashback and Wenrene agenda. I get that this story is about past Wenrene and daughter Joy, but I think there has been more Lisa-centric chapters/POVs than a Seulgi one that is not related to past Wenrene. Seulrene doesn't even shine that much other than small stolen moments here and there.
yannahays #5
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EzraSeige
#6
Chapter 34: It's okay otornim, take your time and thanks for the update 🙆🙌💗💙
rvlv_bless #7
my two favorite fics right now: The Internship and this one (Family). Seulrene with pathetic pos Wendy, yes that's my kind of romance.
xeembiote #8
Chapter 33: What I don't get about this whole thing is why are they talking around Irene instead of just telling her the truth? This will all blow up in all of their faces once Irene finds out that Joy is her kid and that Seulgi is keeping things from her. It's bordering stupidity at this point. Seulgi is well aware of how devastated Irene was when Wendy left with their kid and now that said kid is back, instead of telling her outright, she goes and hides it from her. I mean who does that? There's no justification as to why she's doing what she's doing at this point. And not just Seulgi even, the same goes for Wendy. She has every opportunity at this point to stop beating around the bush and get her daughter and Irene to meet. But she keeps delaying things.

I don't even get Irene's reaction when she first met Wendy again either. I'd have been angry on the spot and demand to see my child. Why is she so passive?

Still curious to see how this runs through but I'm also getting frustrated at how this is turning out.
wenrene012 #9
Chapter 32: First thought comes to mind when the revelation happened like- what the hell was Irene thinking volunteering for that? Everything became SO messed up after that. I don't even know what to say
Thhhgggg #10
This chapter seems familiar to me, i think you've already posted it by mistake? But i must say that this is a Story im looking forward every Monday :)