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Jerome sighs quietly, close his eyes, lean face against the palm. He couldn't let the aggression out on anything while he obviously had a shitty day or days to be more exact. The swelling expense costs, deadline project while some of his employees were off from work because of sick, and he has to be responsible for everything that happened. He's been in this huge project since 2 months ago, he going to open new production home in Seongsu-dong, it's almost done. Almost, until one of the room caught fire a week ago.

The eyes tries to focus again to the files on his table before his favorite song suddenly plays on his phone, as the picture on the screen appear, the smiling face of an old woman while holding her best company, Berry, their family's golden retriever. The caller's name has also appeared, 'Precious Woman' at the same time his smile start to show again.

"Hello there, young lady..." without hesitation he answers the call, try to not sound weak. "Are you feel lonely tonight, hm?" The other line sound calm and calmed his nervousness, he feels ease and comfortable only by hearing her answer. "Of course, I never skip dinner." Lie. The gaze turns to the food that his secretary prepared for him for lunch. He had not even touched it yet, guilty, he could feel the guilty run through his head.

"I will take care what is yours, mom..." he jokingly said while his mother mention that he's hers.

None of them continue to talk. They just stay quiet for a moment before Jerome breaks the silence. "Mom, are you okay? Do you want me to come over?" The only thing he can do, although it means he has to booked a flight to France to meet his mother. He sounds worried, while his mother does not answer his simple question. Although now she already have someone in her life, Jerome still worried about her. Jerome was the only child from his mother's first marriage. They married at such young age, her mother was only 17 when she has Jerome. The marriage nOt going as smooth as they hope when suddenly his father got into accident while Jerome only 5 years old, he already lost his best role model.

Young Jerome 'was' stubborn, selfish, and had the wrong idea of the idiom 'live life to the fullest'. He tried to do everything in his young age without thinking about anything nor anyone else that made him tripped. He used to like the world outside, the dark life, while her mother was a single mother who struggling by herself, he thought he need to do something to help her. He started to make connection with some men which is arms dealer, illegally. A few times he got in and out of the bars just because of the business. Later he found out he inherited his late's father property he chose to use it to make the business legally.

"Jerome, tell him! Tell the doctor to save your Dad!! Tell him!" Sometimes his mother still screaming in her sleep, The screaming of his mom still glued in his memory. His father's death slapped Jerome hard although he's too young to understand it..

"I am totally fine, after hearing your voice." He answers, along with a smile, genuine smile. "Let's have dinner on Saturday Night. Please wear your best dress-" he shakes his head, pauses for a few seconds. "I will buy you the best dress for our special dinner." Although it is too late for him to make everything up, but he still tries his best. He went to college, managed to handle his father's property management business straightly after finished his school, being totally opposite from he was.

"You better do so.." she sounds cheerful this time when Jerome brought topic about shopping. "Have you visit Gael?" The question makes him smile, his mind flashed with a thin figure that struggling with his college life. This young buddy is his step brother. his mother married again, she has one son. Gael. He's warm kid just like younger version of Jerome, but with good manner. When Jerome has time he would vidit his one and only brother at his flat, the home would be messy with design stuff or with game controller that mixed with dirty laundry.

"I didn't have much time this month, but I will make sure he still breathing by calling him after this." He chuckled while his mother let out the nagging words as he said so. Lately Jerome was busy with his works that make him forget to check on his brother, and he quite sure his brother wouldn't call him first.

He could hear his mother's voice, 'I love you, Jerome.' Deep inside of his heart cracks, she forgave him at that night when he suddenly got dragged out from the house by police because the thing he illegally had done. Jerome couldn't even forgive himself that he made his mother cry most of night just because of him "I know, mom" his voice soft, "I love you too. You're my strength, you know that right?" His eyes glaze a little bit, as his mouth changes. His lips curl up to a wide smile.

Somehow her lovely words give his strength back, just like he said. It reminds him again about his real passion. This businnes was not his passion, but to make her proud is his passion. And also for his dad, to pay off all of their disappointment because of what Jerome did before.

She left encouraging message for him as he grins while listening to them before hung up the phone. At least for tonight, he hates himself less. Because of his 'Precious Woman'. She loves him.