Chapter 147 - Doctor Brown

"Babe. Babe wake up" I said to Shiwoo as I gently shook him, my tummy grumbling from hunger.

"Hmm?" he asked rolling over rubbing his eyes and I ran my hands through hi fluffy hair.

"Aren't you hungry? I am hungry."

"Okay. Let's go" he said still with his eyes closed not moving.

"Babe!" I whined and he yawned sitting up in bed

"I'm up, I'm up." 

I took him by the hand as I pulled him to the bathroom and splashed some water on his face and he stumbled and I laughed, "that must have been some good sleep."

He chuckled as he brushed his hair back slapping his face to wake himself up and we went to the kitchen where my mother and sister were.

"Oh. You two finally woke up." said my mother handing me a plate.

"He was quite hard to wake up. I think the different time zones are finally starting to get to him."

"Well give him something to eat. He must be hungry." said my mother walking out of the kitchen then she stopped to say, "oh an uh Mister Brown is on his way for dinner." 

"Really?" I asked my sister and she nodded, "cool. I haven't seen him in so long."

"Mister Brown?" asked Shiwoo raising a brow.

"Yup Mister Brown. He is a doctor and Tally was in love with him as a child." said my sister shrugging and my eyes widened at how casually she just said that.

"Oh really now?" asked Shiwoo leaning his head to the side as he placed a hand on his hip.

"Yes really, but that was years ago. Now do you want everything here on your plate or not?"

"We will come back to this." he said as he stepped passed me and I glared at my sister as she dodged my gaze when my mother called from the balcony upstairs.

"He is here!" 

"Oh my God he is here." I said as I checked my face, hair and breath when I saw Shiwoo side eyeing me and I nervously chuckled, "it's not like that. I just want to make sure that I look presentable for guests babe."

He pulled me into his side as he wrapped his hands tightly around my waist when Mister Brown came in smiling and I tried to run up to him to hug him, but Shiwoo held me captive, glaring down at me.

"Tally hey! Come here!" said Mister Brown and Shiwoo reluctantly let me go and I walked over to him hugging him, "long time no see child."

"Hello Mister Brown. It really was a long time." 

"Where are the twins? I want to finally meet them." he said as he brushed past me and Abigail brought the twins from my parent's room where they were watching cartoons with my dad, "oh my goodness. They are so lovely."

"Thank you." I said as he embraced them into tight hugs and I smiled proudly.

"But Tally, you didn't help make these kids." said Mister Brown and my smile feel and Abigail snickered covering up with a cough when I glared at her.

"What? We were all thinking it." she said in defense as she walked to the kitchen.

"I obviously gave these baby their, their uhh, their umm, curls! Yes I gave them curls."

"Sure. Whatever you say." he said as they bowed and he bowed back and they off back to their grandpa, "so Tally aren't you going to introduce me to the lucky guy?"

"Huh? Oh yeah. Shiwoo this is Doctor Brown and Doctor Brown Shiwoo."

"Hello Shiwoo. It is nice to meet you." said doctor Brown outstretching his arm.

"It's actually Seo Jin, Kim Seo Jin. You can call me that."

Doctor Brown smiled as he shook Shiwoo's hands, but Shiwoo's face remained cold as he gave him a firm hand shake.

"Okay" said Mister Brown as he flashed his arm at his side, obviously to release the pain that Shiwoo's strong grip had on him as he walked towards the dinning table, "I didn't come all the way here to stand and talk. Mr and Mrs. Carter let's eat."

"Coming dear," said my mother as she and my father came down the stairs with the twins and joined us, "Tally go get the food."

I sighed as I went to the kitchen and brought the food containers which my mother had set up to the table before taking a seat next to the twins as they sat together between me and Shiwoo.

"I take it that everybody's hand is clean. Let's pray." said my father and he payed before everyone dug in saying how delicious the food was. Everybody except my mother.

"Meh. Rice is dry and everything is fresh."

"If that were so why did you finish it that quickly?" I asked and she waved me off, "I'll take your empty plates and seconds rounds as a thank you. You're welcome mother."

"It really is delicious dear." said Mister Brown and I smiled as I took a bite out of the curried chicken, "mmm."

"Yes dear it is." said Shiwoo in mocking voice and I side eyed him.

"So Seo Jin," said Mister Brown sparking up conversation from his side of the table,  "what do you do? For work that is."

"Family business,  franchises that is. For example I own a car manufacturing company in Japan,  winery and vineyard in Italy, chains of restaurants, skin care just to name a few."

"Wait what?" I asked shocked and he shrugged as he leaned back into his chair, taking a sip of his fruit juice as if it were liquor.

"Oh wow." said Doctor Brown obviously impressed and he smirked, but I was still confused.

"Wait can we run this a back a second? You have a car manufacturing company and you never told me?"

"Well you never asked." he shrugged and I scoffed as he winked at me, "it's good to know that you aren't with me for my money."

I shook my head in disbelief as I leaned back into my chair, stabbing my fork into my stewed beef and brought it to my mouth taking a huge bite.

"That's kind of impressive mister Kim Seo Jin. Hey wanna play Loodi after dinner?"

"Sure" said Shiwoo and they chatted back and forth through out the entirety of the dinner forming friends until it was time for the loodi game.

"So I have no idea what this is or how to play it so can you help me?" whispered Shiwoo in my ear and I rolled my eyes.

"Of course you don't know how to, but agreed to it. Do you enjoy lying? Is this for fun?"

"If this is about me not telling you about every aspect of my life we can discuss it later. Now ill you help me out here or not?" he asked and I sighed giving in as I sat on his lap coaching him all the way through the game until he won rejoicing as I folded my arms still upset.

"Well that is it for  me tonight." said Doctor Brown as he grabbed his jacket and Shiwoo and I walked him to the door, "I have appointments with patients tomorrow sadly. If I didn't I would have stayed longer and give Seo Jin a good ass whipping. I was taking it easy on him."

"Ha ha. Sure you were." laughed Shiwoo

"It was a wonderful meal Atalia and I had fun. It was really nice seeing you again." he pulled me in for a hug, but this time Shiwoo didn't stop me and I pulled away waving at Doctor Brown as he went though the gate to his car and we watched him drive away.

"Keep safe." I yelled as he tooted his horn at us as he headed down the road.

"So, that was fun." said Shiwoo turning to me and I scoffed folding my arms as I went inside to do the dishes, "what? Why are you mad? Is this about the company thing?"

I stayed quiet as I scrubbed the dishes clean he sighed.

"Atalia I am speaking to you. I asked you question." he said after a while sounding as if he was trying to stop himself from yelling and I dropped the spoons back into the sink as I spun around facing him.

"You wanna talk? Fine let's talk."

"Thank you" he said as he followed me out the kitchen and into my bedroom closing the door behind him.

"Do you wanna know why I am mad?"

"I mean yeah that why I ask-"

"Good because I have something to say or ask rather. Is there anything else you need to tell me before my family asks?" I asked folding my arms and he furrowed his brows.

"Woah woah Atalia calm down okay. I didn't think not telling you about a company I own would cause such an argument.

"It's not about the company Shiwoo! It's about you not telling me anything. It's about you having different personalities and lives for your different names. Who am I talking to now, Shiwoo, Seo Jin or Svetoslav?" I asked and he sighed

"Come on Tally I thought we had agreed to leave Svetoslav in Russia. He is dead and they are dead. Let's just forget about it."

"He might as well be. He caused so much damn trouble!" I yelled and he shook his head no.

"No Atalia you helped. If you had not been so nosy and went to see Ana, things would not have escalated this far."

"Oh so we are blaming me now? Okay I can play the blame game too. If you had been able to keep your fucking dick in your pants hen you would not have been involved with them in the first place!" I was getting really mad right now for it was the first time we were actually talking about this.

"Do you have anything else you need to get off your chest Atalia? For it seems as if you do."

I took a step closer as I lowered my voice, "I almost died Shiwoo. You almost died. I was dodging bullets as I carried a gun in waist. I would have killed somebody Shiwoo. Every night before bed the scene plays over in my head and my mind is flooded with what ifs you know. What if you did not get help in time, what if I had not seen the men coming at the house, what if more are out there and they followed us and I am putting my family in danger, what if they hurts my kids? I may not say anything about it Shiwoo, but I'm scared. I have a panic attack every time I lock myself in the bathroom and I felt as if it would worsen if I didn't say anything."

"Why didn't you tell me about the shotting at the house Atalia? Wy didn't any of you tell me?" he asked and I sighed sitting on the bed.

"Well you almost saw the light. I sent them home after we arrived in Korea because they needed to ensure their families safety. Joong Ki protected me and I'm safe. I didn't think adding that to your list of worries was the best thing to do."

He sighed as he came and stood between my legs as he caught a tear, "I'm so sorry that you had to carry this alone Atalia. Hey if it makes you feel any better you can ask me anything you want. No more secrets are triple lives from here on out. I am an open book."

I smiled up sadly at him as he wiped my tears, "I love you Shiwoo, Seo Jin Kim"

"I love you too Atalia Elizabeth Carter."

"Wait how do you know my middle name?" I asked shocked and he chuckled.

"Google is one click away baby." 

"Hmm. I guess that I should Google you too." I said smiling and he brushed his thumb against my cheek.

"Why Google when the real deal is here?"

"You're right, you're right. And don't think that you are off the hook here just because you charmed me okay mister."

He chuckled at me before placing a kiss on my lips, "okay ma'am"