Buckle up brownies, it's storytime!!! You are basically to read about the strangest yet sad past of Aerin's Parents.

》why does it hurt so much?《

"She is dead" Theon's utterances appeared strongly owing to the fact that he didn't prefer his daughter to go on and on with her glorious imagination when in actuality it wasn't anything like how she determined.

"What?" Jungkook gasped. "How" was all she could utter at the moment.

"Aerin ah...let's eat before speaking about this, it's our wedding anniversary today, your mother always wanted to have mindblowing food and a cake this day" he sighed waking to her.

"Is that why you called me?" She raised a question regardless staring at the resemblances. "Yes...let me explain everything after lunch alright darling..."

The feasting table was serene and ominous, nobody dared to converse in front of whimpering Aerin. They weren't gonna comfort her, they were gonna let her wrap up the dreadful truth whether she believes it or not.

Nobody had celebrated the lunch with giggles and talking but rather, it was replenished with tons of remorse.

"When were you planning to tell me" she muttered hearable enough for her dad to listen. "Everyone eat a lot alright nobody should skip lunch...and let me talk with my daughter" he announced rising.

"Follow me" he smiled at Aerin before walking away. Aerin grabbed Jungkook's wrist and yanked him along with her to where her father was going. They followed him outside to the garden and waited for him to halt and speak.

When he eventually halted, he turned around and "I didn't ask you to follow me" Theon scoffed at Jungkook. "Well, I did " Aerin argued. "Aerin, you didn't have to bring me here" Jungkook whispered in her ear. "Please...stay" she replied making him sigh.

"You may start with your explanations" Aerin announced to her father. "How did my mother end up dead? What happened to her...tell me" she spoke.

"Your mother was abducted the day you were born...I was with you while the 'Max' took her away from us." He began.

"I didn't know where to look for her, I didn't know who took her until the 'Max' mailed me her pictures after 2 years. And the Maxs' were so fucking powerful during that time I didn't know how to find her, we weren't loaded enough, we weren't strong enough to go against them. She was held captive for 18 years, she was taken to Seoul from Australia and a year before she escaped the 'Max' but....."

"But what...she was alive my whole life but what!" Aerin screamed.

"According to my spies she got into an accident, she was then taken to some hospital, by the time we arrived she wasn't there, but we found a body inside the car she was riding, it was all burnt I couldn't deduce if she was your mother," he blinked back his tears.

"What is it?...her name," Aerin trembled.

"Tyra Wan" he acknowledged.

"What about you? Why did you leave her all alone? Did you even know the nuisances she went through..." Jungkook groupsed.

"I became the king of my empire, I know people would be targeting me and my family as I was their king now, I don't care about me but I didn't want to jeopardize Aerin's life, I did what I had to yet people went for her, whoever came for her knew that I had a daughter once and I know it was none other than the 'Max'"

"I had to protect you and myself from the cruel world, I had my people watch over you even though you were safe, I've come this far only because of you, I have spent my time searching for your mother and taking care of your safety...being a mafia ruler isn't a simple job, I have to take obligation, I have your uncle and aunts from both your parents' side to be taken care of, our life is in danger every sole day, even though our family's image is concealed some people from Max, Jose and Xanth knows us and they'd do anything to take my position"

"I don't care about your voracious self but I want you to find me how my mother died....or I'll do it myself" with that she strode away crying.

All she ever yearned was to experience her mother's warmth. She never foresaw her to be dead. Jungkook followed her, screaming on his way. "Aerin stop" he shouted again.

"Aerin...." he sighed plucking her arm. She immediately hid her face in his neck asking for some comfort. "Babe... it's going to be alright" he confides stroking her head.

"I wish I was dead instead" she uttered while Jungkook pulled her closer to him. "Shh..." he whispered while Aerin rested her head over his chest listening to his gentle heartbeat.

They spent their evening in the house garden while Theon was watching them from his bedroom window. He have never seen her this relaxed with a boy, he was cognizant of her friend list.

He knew everyone in her class loathed her for no freaking reason. He watched her like a hawk every single day even if he had an engaged schedule. She was his daughter, his pride and his only fucking justification to live his horrible life.

He has always been mindful of his daughter's day-to-day routine. From the bistro, she used to go before school to the night when her friends leave her house after the study session held at her house every day.

It was going alright from the beginning until JAE, his childhood friend attempted to push Aerin off of the bridge. Jae was kicked out of Leander's empire at the time when he revealed Theon's secrets to the 'Max' and that's how Max came to know about Aerin.

Nonetheless, Theon was ready to do anything to ensure his child's safety until Chan, his cousin's brother coerced Theon to sign Aerin for adoption. He did as he was confided with a stone in his heart.

He was not appreciating it when she was gonna get the warmth he declined to give her. Years passed by, and he embarked to see that she was better with them instead of him. He watched the extraordinary family with an enormous smile on his face yet his heart was shattering every second.

That day, he made sure that he will get his family back very soon. Years have flown by and he however was looking for his wife who was imprisoned by the 'Max'

Tyra Wan, aka Aerin's mother also a prominent novelist who vanished out of the blue right after giving birth. Her beauty was the only thing the press ever breathed for, her flawless appearance was the only thing every director ever craved for a movie, she was everything a woman hopes for but it's not the same for her.

She wished to be the woman who everyone dreamed they were, not by looks but by her actions. She was so real and virtuous that she let people take advantage of her for her tenderness.

She was a tireless woman who got her novels publicized with her face hidden as she didn't want people to nurture her book just because she looked pleasant.

By the time her first-ever book "AERIN-the girl I wished I was" was published her marriage was arranged with her father's old friend's son Theon Leander.

It was infallible an arranged betrothal but their passion for each other undertook the day their marriage was fixed. Refreshed with sweet and naive passion with nothing but just truce until they were in the media. Theon's father was a prosperous man with a courteous family along, and a former Mafia boss with a proper business.

The radio news and TV media were invariably covered with their images and news. It wasn't something uncommon but it was their expected thing, their daily interviews to taking the press to their festivities. At the time Tyra was pregnant with Aerin, she became quite popular as a novelist, as the diva of the Leander empire and also for her unusual beauty.

Although she didn't care for it, she often stayed inside her home inscribing her books not even bothering to attend the interviews. Everyone was okay as she was pregnant moreover it was her choice to make so nobody queried her until her labour day.

Theon and Tyra were in the delivery room along with the doctors, as soon as their adorable daughter came out crying her ass off, all of their fusses and conflicts vanished. They were honoured by her endless crying. Theon checked upon his wife before heading out of the room while they cleaned her.

Tyra was switched to a normal hospital room instead of the room which is particularly kept vacant for the VIP like her. She knew that people would pester her and her newborn so she requested Theon to give her a normal room. He did as she wished until the Max abducted her after 4 hours after Aerin's birth.

The Max, a.k.a Theon's father's old friend also the opponent kidnapped her just so they'd get back at Theon's father. The Max claims that Theon's father, Leander Ray, was the one who assassinated one of their sons just because they'd not come and ask for Tyra's hand in marriage.

That was the fakest news Theon and his family have ever heard. The Max fucking murdered their son just so they became more popular than the Leander. But that was not the case right now. It was Tyra and her broken family.

Her family didn't expect this kind of trouble to even take place when it was all peaceful.

Years passed by, and Theon couldn't find her until one day his family got a call from Seoul. Nobody was there to listen to the person except some kid.

"Who is it?" Theon laughed at the little one as the kid always used to destroy things. When he was about to throw the phone Theon catches him and asked him to leave. Theon was gonna keep the landline in its place when he heard her. His wife, his first love.

"Yeobo?..."

"Theon..." he heard her sobs.

He was motionless in his place, hearing his wife after 17 years. He hastily kept the phone in his ears. "Tyra" he listened to her sigh.

"I missed you" she whimpered waiting for him to answer back. "Honey..." Theon shrieked tumbling to his knees.

"How is our baby," she inquired weeping. "She...is just like you...very pretty," he sniffled.

"Theon hear me out, I am in Seoul...heading towards east, I just escaped the Mac, I don't know how long I'll be free please save me" she spoke in a hasty manner making Theon jolt up and run around the room.

"I'll be there honey...be safe I love you," Theon let out and waited. "I love you too jagiya..." with that the phone was disconnected.

He quickly called his people and explained to his family what happened before flying to Seoul. He had some of his people from His company in Seoul look after his wife. By the time they were in the phone booth Tyra had used earlier, she was gone.

They promptly surveyed the CCTV and came to know that her car was steered towards the east at maximum speed. It was 5 pm on Sunday with less traffic and people outside.

Just when she was about to turn, another car was speeding up to her. Both the cars smashed in a very gruesome way that anyone could ever visualize. Within minutes the paramedics were there, the police, the press, and everyone except for Theon.

He reached later after the accident just to get the news about his wife's death. He found her body burnt in the car she was riding.

He was now entirely shattered that he didn't comprehend what to even let out. The only thing he could imagine right now was dying. He wanted to fade away from this cruel world, he preferred to be burnt like his wife. At least she had fled this vicious life he thought.

With all the bitterness and vengeance he finally found Anthony Max, he slaughtered him, the man who took his wife and held her hostage for 19 years. Nevertheless, he had to uncover his brother Atlas Max and kill that mother fucker as well.

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Max Family Chart ( I know y'all are confused)

● Max Hayden [Theon's Father's enemy]

● Anthony Max [The first son who kidnapped Tyra Wan and got murdered by Theon]

● Atlas Max [Second Son, who Theon need to discover]

● Abel Max [The third son who they killed for fame]

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Hey readers, I wanted to let you know that I will be changing the title for this book from A new start to Aerin: the girl I wished I was.

I have been planning to do so for a few months and I have also posted the cover in the old chapters, I delayed cause I wanted y'all to know the reason why I changed the title.

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