Kim Mansion

"And then Kiaraa walked away with Aera, declaring that Aera won't act in this play" Ian updated his mother of the events that happened in his school today.

"What? Why would she do that?" Kim Do-Yun clearly looked upset as Aera is her best friend and she was excited to see Aera playing the lead role in the upcoming annual drama.

"To have her revenge as those people made her quit" Ian laughed happily while narrating the story.

"She is ridiculous, I don't like her at all" Kim Do-Yun declared, pouting sadly.

She didn't bother to hide her dislike towards Kiaraa.

"Hey, she is your future sister-in-law. You have to like her" Ian patted on his younger sister's head.

"No, please don't marry Kiaraa" Kim Do-Yun folded her hands in front of him and requested her brother.

"Haha, sorry baby, your elder brother already lost his heart to her." Sa Da-Hye teasingly smiled at her son.

"Why are you smiling like that? Didn't you already know?" Ian slightly blushed feeling his mother's gaze on him.

"I knew but you never acknowledged this directly before"

"Hmm"

"Are you planning to ever tell her the truth?" Sa Da-Hye asked her son, who was flustered right now.

"She is just 13, I am just 15, I'll rather wait" Ian said.

"Awe, my son is so thoughtful"

"Elder brother, please no" Kim Do-Yun again tried to convince Ian.

"Why not?" Sa Da-Hye asked her daughter to understand her opinion.

"Kiaraa is so bad and she is so scary. I don't like her at all. Do you people even know how much Aera is scared of her?"

"Aera is scared because she is dumb.."

"Ian, don't talk ill about people, especially girls. No matter you like her or not, you have no right to insult her like this. Is this what I taught you?" Sa Da-Hye, who was in a cheerful mood until now got annoyed hearing Ian's words.

"Sorry mom, why are you getting so upset?" Ian looked sad as his mom rarely scolds him.

He and his mother are more like friends and she never talks to him in this tone.

"How can I not get upset when my son is being disrespectful towards women?"

"Okay, I am sorry. I'll never talk ill about Aera"

"Good"

"After all she is my future sister-in-law" Ian joked to lighten the mood and it worked.

"No one takes me seriously" Kim Do-Yun left from there being upset as her opinion was not being take into consideration by the mother-son duo.

"Tell me more about what Kiaraa did" Sa Da-Hye excitedly asked her son.

Ian then updated her of all the details and after he was done, he went to his room.

Sa Da-Hye was free for a while so she casually called her friend Ji Seo Yun. While talking about random topics, Seo Yun mentioned she called Chu Yu Ri earlier but she was busy.

Then Sa Da-Hye informed her of what happened at school.

"Maybe Yu Ri was scolding Kiaraa for what she did at school and was therefore busy" Sa Da-Hye looked sad thinking her Kiaraa is being scolded right now.

"Well, if that's the case then I am more than happy. That girl needs to learn some basic manners. How dare she ruin Aera's opportunity like this." Ji Seo Yun was clearly agitated after knowing what happened today.

"Chill, I thought you already knew about all of this" Sa Da-Hye regretted sharing this incident with Seo Yun.

"How would I know?"

"Ji Hun and Hwan too.." Sa Da-Hye clicked her tongue, 'Oh no, I need to stop talking' she scolded herself.

"They too were there at that time? And yet they didn't tell me?" Ji Seo Yun was angry at her sons for not giving her all the updates from school.

"Calm down, don't overreact" Sa Da-Hye consoled her adding, "Your sons are not gossipy like mine.."

"My sons are not closer to me like yours is" Ji Seo Yun corrected her before sadly asking, "Have I gone wrong as a mother?"

"Seo Yun, you are a good mother.."

"Then why do my sons avoid me like this?"

"Sons are like that"

"Ian is not like that." Ji Seo Yun countered.

"Ian is different. Mostly boys are closer to their fathers"

"You are saying the reverse. Boys are closer to mothers" Ji Seo Yun corrected her friend, who was now not sure what to say as somewhere Seo Yun was right.

"It's okay, Da-Hye. No need to console me. Anyway, how's everything else, what's the plan for next week?" She changed the topic and after her conversation with her friend, Seo Yun went to the room gallery and looked outside, seriously thinking about something.

In a while, her husband, Song Jae Ho came home from office and when he entered his room, he saw his wife, who looked like she was worrying about something.

He stepped towards the woman, and hugged her from behind, startling her.

"Why are you so scared? You think anyone else would dare to touch you this way in your own home?" He laughed at her reaction to his actions.

"Don't joke, Jae" Seo Yun was still in a bad mood.

"What happened?" He turned her around.

"Jae, am I a good mother?" Ji Seo Yun suddenly asked him.

"What happened to you?" Song Jae Ho was still smiling.

"Jae, answer me"

He held his shoulder and looked into her eyes, "You are the best mother in this world. I am always busy with work but you sacrificed your dreams to look after our sons. I can never do that, only you can"

"Then why do they keep hiding stuff from me? They always act distant, especially Ji Hun"

"Seo Yun, what are they hiding from you?" He patiently asked her.

Then Seo Yun narrated the whole story of Kiaraa and Aera which Ian shared with his mother but her sons didn't.

Song Jae Ho laughed hearing her whole story.