( * & . the family gatherings of ahn kin was quite a perfect weekend drama of those that got bored of their daily routine. everyone proved to be spectacular actors as they wandered around to greet each other and boast about their nonexistent peace and respected reputation. raewon, herself was not different as she often did the humble and counted hours for the gatherings to end,, until she came to a certain age to feign an excuse and inform her parents with dramatic letters that she could not join them.
to my well-beloved birth givers,
it is with a joyful sad heart that i must proffer my regrets and inform you that i'll be unable to attend the festivities of our annual family gatherings.
unfortunate circumstances have arisen, namely that i can't seem to stand the sight of our distant relatives,, i have to stay back at university to complete my assignments.
with best wishes on this most happy of occasions,
raewon, your one and only daughter.
raewon managed to avoid gathering for years, however, from the times she bore a couple of conversations, she managed to catch a name of a rather intriguing story. a stepdaughter of raewon's distant relative, a supposed miracle that somehow managed to get along with the older woman. hwang sua. obviously, raewon believed the two of them did not get along well, which was the reason she wondered what kind of daughter sua was and how she was coping with being a new addition to the family.
two of them had never really had a chance to meet, not until both of them somehow ended at yunhwa. fate? coincidence? neither really bothered to think of it. instead, during the time raewon decorated the stage of sua's restaurant, they discovered their connection and built an interesting acquaintanceship ─ enough for raewon to drop by the restaurant for a dinner and invite sua to join her.
❝ how are you doing this fine evening, sua? waiting for me, i believe, to have dinner together. ❞ raewon asked as she walked into the restaurant, holding a bouquet of flowers that she believed would fit the restaurant's concept.