Chapter 1

Yubin POV

I staggered into my parents living room, mustering every amount of strength left that I had to not collapse on the floor and or vomit.

"Woah woah woah, hey are you okay?" My younger sister's voice rang in my ears.

She quickly draped my arm over her shoulder and held me steady.

"Jeez you look like you were hit with a truck and then had a bag of trash poured on you," she blurted.

I rolled my eyes, "Oh wow thanks Eunbi, I love you too."

She helped me sit down on the couch and got some water for me and helped me get comfortable.

Shortly after, my parents slowly came into the room. My mother helped me sickly father sit in his chair and got him all his medicines and whatnot.

Honestly, I understood the sentiment, but now was the absolute worst time for my parents to push a 'we want grandkids' motive on me.

My father was really sick. He was just getting worse by the day. At this point, he's borderline senile despite still being relatively young. My parents were in their sixties, but with my father's incurable and unexplainable disease, we were basically told that it was only a matter of time.

Being their eldest daughter, and almost into my thirties, they'd been pushing me to get married and have kids for years. Of course, I'd do what I want because I'm an adult and I can make my own choices.

But since my father came down with this disease, one of his last wishes before he passed was to see me at least get pregnant. He promised he'd be around for the birth, but no one was sure about the future. So I took it upon myself to make sure he at least passed away knowing that his grandchild was going to exist.

Of the boyfriends I had in my twenties, how do I say it nicely? I can't, they were all terrible in bed. I mean it, they were fricken AWFUL!

But of course, they thought me not getting pregnant ever was my fault instead of their sperm's incapability to overcome the struggles to my egg. So after several failed tries with them, they'd leave and blame me for not being able to provide them children.

They thought I was infertile when in fact, my doctor said my eggs were actually in their prime.

Anyway, I was tired of trying with men, but feeling the time crunch of my father's uncertain life line, I decided to try the next best thing. Artificial insemination. Lots of money went into it, but in the end it was worth it. It worked first try.

"Yubin! What a surprise! What are you doing here?" My mom asked.

I groaned, "Mom, I just want to apologize for being a pain in the rear when you were pregnant with Eunbi and I. I've gained a new respect for my gender. Morning sickness is fricken awful."

My mom chuckled, "Ah I see. Yes, it's terrible. You feel like dying from the inside right?"

I leaned my head on Eunbi's shoulder, "It feels like the baby which isn't even a fully formed human yet is eating my insides."

My mom brought me some tea which she claimed would help settle my stomach. But honestly, I just wanted to sleep. That's why I took the day off from work anyway. It was too unbearable.

"Yubin? Are you here?" My father croaked.

He was almost blind in both eyes, so he often had to just listen for us.

"I'm here dad," I said, taking his frail old hand in mind.

"Good," was all he said before returning to staring blankly at the wall in front of him.

It broke my heart to see him so out of it. He was still young, and he shouldn't be waiting at death's door.

"So Yubin...you still haven't told us who's the father. Or rather the donor? Both maybe. Anyway, do you know anything about him?" My mother asked.

Eunbi and I collectively choked on our spit, frantically trying to see if we could dodge the question.

I had only told my sister who the father was because I was sure everyone I knew would make a big deal out of it if they found out the baby daddy was one of the 'seven gems.'

Eunbi spoke up, "Mom~ why does it matter? Unnie isn't going to call him anyway."

My mom frowned, "Why not? Maybe they'll bond and become lovers."

My eyes widened in horror, "Never ever mom! It would literally never happen."

"Oh? And why not?" She challenged.

I sighed. There was no escaping this.

"Because he's totally out of my league. I'm worth a grain of rice compared to him," I sighed dejectedly.

My mom huffed, "I didn't realize my Yubinnie had become such a self-pitying person. You work under one of the seven gems, so I highly doubt your success could amount to nothing."

"Mom—"

"I raised you and your sister to be strong independent women who go after what they want. I don't tolerate such lowly thinking."

"Mom—"

"Your sperm donor would be lucky to know you. Hell, he'd probably be the richest man alive if he was with you."

"Mom! My sperm donor is one of the seven gems!" I blurted, immediately covering my mouth when I realized what I said.

Eunbi sighed beside me, rubbing my back comfortingly.

This was not how I planned to tell my mother who the baby daddy of my child was.

"W-what did you say? The baby daddy is one of the seven gems?" She asked, her voice barely a whisper.

She looked like she was about to faint and I honestly didn't blame her.

The 'seven gems' referenced the seven business moguls that we had in South Korea. The seven of them all ran extremely successful businesses and were worth billions. Along with that, their egos were higher than the moon thanks to the high praise of them being the most successful people under thirty.

Honestly, you either loved them because they were unbelievably handsome and rich or you hated them because their inflated egos made you sick.

I was part of the latter. Except my boss. I thought highly of my boss. He was probably the nicest of the lot.

"Yeah...I was shocked to. When the fertility doctor gave me my results, she told me that I had just happened to be matched with one of their sperms,"I explained.

"Who's?" My mom questioned.

I gulped, the thought of who's sperm had fertilized my egg making me shudder.

The worst of them all.

"CEO Kim Seokjin..." my voice trailed off.

My mom gasped, "No..."

"Yep. I got stuck with Mister Cold himself. Which is why I refuse to call him. He hates women. He hates people. I'm not about to scare that man half to death when he finds out someone he's never met is bearing his child," I huffed.

My mom sighed thoughtfully. Clearly there were lots of thoughts running through her head.

"You should still call him, honey. Even if he doesn't care, it's still his child. He deserves to know that he helped create a human life. And maybe, if you get on his good side, you won't have to worry about expenses," she winked.

Eunbi groaned, "Mom, you do who we're talking about right? Kim Seokjin? Oh hell to the no."

I rolled my eyes, "You're saying that because you're too into your husband."

Eunbi gently smacked my shoulder, "Fiancé."

My mother smiled at us.

"Just think about it, honey. At least call him up. And if he's a jerk, I'll make him pay," my mom hissed.

I sighed, "Mom, I don't mean to rain on your parade but that guy could literally buy our entire lives. There's not much we'd be able to do."

Still, maybe she was right. It would be a pretty crappy thing of me to do to just bring his child into the world without him ever knowing.

Looks like I had a call to make.