Terms And Conditions~~
episode 1
The last time I attended a funeral, I ended up with a broken arm. The story made headlines after I threw myself into my mother’s open grave. It’s been over two decades since that day, and while I’ve completely changed as a person, my aversion to mourning hasn’t. But due to my responsibilities as my late grandfather’s youngest relative, I’m expected to stand tall and unbothered during his wake. It’s nearly impossible, with my skin itching like I’m wearing a cheap polyester suit.
My patience wanes as the hours go on, with hundreds of jeon employees and business partners offering their condolences. If there’s anything I hate more than funerals, it’s talking to people. There are only a few individuals I tolerate, and my grandfather was one of them.
The burning sensation in my chest intensifies. I don’t know why it bothers me as much as it does. I’ve had time to prepare while he was in a complete the strange sensation above my rib cage returns with a vengeance whenever I think of him.
I run a hand through my dark hair to give myself something to do.
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I’m sorry for your loss, son.
A nameless attendee interrupts my thoughts.
The one word leaves my mouth with enough venom to make the man wince.
Jeon jimin
Excuse my brother. He’s struggling with his grief.
Jimin places a hand on my shoulder and gives it a squeeze. His vodka and mint-coated breath hits my face, making me scowl. My middle brother might look dressed to the nines in a pressed suit and perfectly styled blond hair, but his red-rimmed eyes tell a completely different story.
The man mumbles a few words I don’t bother listening to before heading for the nearest exit.
Jeon Jungkook
Struggling with my grief?
Although I don’t like the idea of my grandfather’s passing, I’m not struggling with anything but uncomfortable heartburn today.
Jeon jimin
Relax. That’s the kind of thing people say at funerals.
Two blond brows pull together as jimin stares me down.
Jeon Jungkook
I don’t need an excuse for my behavior.
Jeon jimin
No, but you need a reason for scaring off our biggest Shanghai hotel investor.
There’s a reason I prefer solitude. Small talk requires far too much effort and diplomacy for my taste.
Jeon jimin
Can you try to be nicer for one more hour? At least until all the important people leave?
Jeon Jungkook
This is me trying.
My left eye twitches as I press my lips together.
Jeon jimin
Well, do better. For him.
jimin tilts his head toward the picture above the fireplace.
I let out a shaky breath. The photograph was taken during a family trip to Dreamland when my brothers and I were kids. Grandpa smiles into the lens despite my tiny arms wrapped around his neck in a chokehold. Declan stands by Grandpa’s side, caught in the middle of an eye roll while jimin raises two fingers behind his head. My father shows a rare sober smile as he wraps an arm around Grandpa’s shoulder. If I try hard enough, I can imagine Mom’s laugh as she snapped the photo. While the memory of her face is fuzzy, I can make out her smile if I think hard enough.
I clear my irritated throat.
Jeon Jungkook
He would have hated this kind of show.
Although Grandpa was in the entertainment business, he disliked being the center of attention. The idea of all these people driving out to the edge of Seoul for him would have made his eyes roll if he was still here.
Jeon jimin
He of all people knew what was expected of him.
Jeon jimin
A networking event disguised as a funeral?
Jeon Jungkook
You’re right. Grandpa would be horrified because he always said Sunday was a day of rest.
Jeon Namjoon
There’s no rest for the wicked.
Jeon Namjoon
And even less for the wealthy.
Namjoon stops by my other side. He stares at the crowd of people with an unrelenting scowl. My oldest brother has intimidating people down to a science, with everyone avoiding his pitch-black stare. His suit matches his dark hair, which only adds to his cloak and dagger look.
episode 2
I’m somewhat jealous of namjoon hyung since people typically talk to me first, mistaking me as the nicest child because I happen to be the youngest. I might have been born last, but I most certainly wasn’t born yesterday. The only reason guests take the time to speak to us is because they want to stay within our good graces. That kind of fake treatment is to be expected. Especially when all the people we associate with have a moral compass pointed permanently toward hell.
I stare down at the white envelope. My name is written across the front in my grandpa’s elegant cursive. I flip it over, finding it untampered with his signature Dreamland’s Princess Cara’s Castle wax seal.
The lawyer finishes passing out the other letters to my two brothers.
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You’re required to read his individual letters prior to me reviewing Mr. Jeon’s final will and testament.
My throat tightens as I break the seal and pull out my letter. It’s dated exactly a week before Grandpa’s accident three years ago that led to his coma.
To my sweet little Jungkook,
I choke back on a laugh.Sweet and little are the last words I’d use to describe myself since I’m as tall as an NBA player with the emotional range of a rock, but Grandpa was blissfully ignorant. It was the best thing about him and the absolute worst depending on the situation.
Although you’re a man now, you’ll always be the same little lad in my eyes. I still remember the day your mother gave birth to you like it was yesterday. You were the largest of the three, with these fat cheeks and a head full of dark hair that I was sadly jealous of. You sure had a pair of lungs in you and you wouldn’t stop crying until they handed you over to your mom. It was like everything was right in the world when you were in her arms
I reread the paragraph twice. It’s strange to hear my grandpa talk about my mother so casually. The subject became taboo in my family until I could barely remember her face or her voice anymore.
I know I’ve been busy with work and that I didn’t spend as much time as I should’ve with you all. It was easy to blame the company for the physical and emotional distance in my relationships. When your mother died, I wasn’t sure what to do or how to help. With your father pushing me away, I devoted myself to my job until I became numb to everything else. It worked when my wife died and it worked when your mother met a similar passing, but I realize that it set your father up for failure. And in doing that, I failed you all as well. Instead of teaching Sung-Yeol how to live a life after great loss, I showed him how to hold on to despair, and it only hurt you and your brothers in the end. Your father parented in the only way he knew how, and I’m the one to blame.
Jeon Jungkook
Of course Grandpa excuses my father’s actions. Grandpa was too busy to pay close enough attention to the real monster his son turned out to be.
Growing old is a peculiar thing because it puts everything into perspective. This updated will is my way of making amends after my death and fixing my wrongs before it’s too late. I don’t want this life for you three. Hell, I don’t want it for your father either. So Grandpa is here to save the day, in true Dreamland prince fashion (or villain, but that’s going to depend on your perspective, not mine).
You each have been given a task to complete to receive your percentage of the company after my death. Do you expect anything less from the man who writes fairy tales for a living? I can’t just GIVE you the company. So to you, Jungkook, the dreamer who stopped dreaming, I ask you one thing…
Become the Director of Dreamland and bring the magic back.
To receive your 18% of the company, you’ll be expected to become the Director and spearhead a unique project for me for six months. I want you to identify Dreamland’s weaknesses and develop a renovation plan worthy of my legacy. I know you’re the right man for this job because there’s no one I trust who loves creating more than you, even though you lost touch with that side of yourself over the years.
An independent party will be contacted and asked to vote on your changes. If they are not approved, then your percentage of the company will be given to your father permanently. No second try. No buying him out. That’s the way the cookie crumbles, little lad. I had to work to make the Jeon name what it is today, and it’s up to your brothers and you to make sure it lives on forever.
Love you always,
Grandpa,Lee min ho ☺️
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episode 3
Jeon Jungkook
This is utter bullshit.
I swipe the whiskey bottle from the coffee table and fill my glass to the top.
Jeon Namjoon
What do you have to do?
I explain my impending task.
Jeon jimin
He can’t demand this of us.
jimin rises from his chair and starts pacing.
Namjoon runs a hand across his stubble.
Jeon Namjoon
You heard the lawyer. We either go along with it, or my ability to become CEO is null and void.
Jimin’s eyes grow wilder with every ragged breath.
Jeon jimin
Fūck! I can’t do it.
Jeon Namjoon
What could possibly be worse than losing your percentage of the company?
Namjoon smooths out his suit jacket.
Declan leans back in his chair as he takes a sip from his tumbler.
Jeon Namjoon
If there’s anyone who has a right to be pissed, it’s me. I’m the one who needs to marry someone and impregnate them to become CEO.
Jeon jimin
You know babies are created by having sex, right? Is that something your internal software is capable of learning?
jimin’s pushing for a fight he can never win. namjoon prides himself on his reputation as America’s most untouchable bachelor for a reason other than sleeping around.
Namjoon plucks jimin’s letter from the floor and gives it a bored glance.
Jeon Namjoon
Yoongi? Interesting. Wonder why Grandpa thought it would be a good idea for you both to reunite again.
Yoongi? I haven’t heard that name in years. What does Grandpa want jimin to do with him?
I reach out to grab the letter from namjoon but jimin rips it out of his hand before I have the chance.
Jeon jimin
Fuck off. And don’t speak about him again,
Jeon Namjoon
If you want to play with fire, then prepare to be cremated.
namjoon tips his glass at jimin. His gaze flickers between the two of us.
Jeon Jungkook
Regardless of our personal thoughts on the matter, we don’t have a choice but to proceed with Grandpa’s terms. There’s too much at stake.
I will never allow our father to obtain our shares of the company. I’ve waited my entire life for the ability to control The Jeons Company with my brothers and I don’t plan on losing against my father. Not when we’re fueled by something far stronger than the need for money. Because if there’s one lesson we learned from Lee min ho Jeon , it’s that love may come and go, but hate lasts forever.
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