Chapter 4

After her shower, Yunseul stood in front of the sink.   

“…….”   

She lingered in front of the mirror. Her eye turned to the mirror. Her emotionless eyes appeared to be blank and empty.   

She bit her lower lip as she looked at her colder-than-usual face.

What makes it so haunting? The image of the two of them behind her kept returning to her mind. His languid voice, especially when he asked if her leg hurt while holding his sister-in-law’s hand, entered her ears and made her heart drop.

She wasn’t envious; it was just that it was a languid voice she had never heard before…. That’s why it stayed with her even more.

Yunseul’s mouth curled at the corners. She was unable to identify it, but she felt a pinch as if she was missing something.

Two individuals…. poisonous….    paused.   

‘Yunseul, what are you thinking? ‘You’re crazy! get up!.’  

Yunseul shook her head while attempting to put an end to her odd imagination. It was a night filled with numerous thoughts.

Her eyes were drawn to her bitten, reddened lips for a brief period. Yunseul got dressed and stepped outside, forcing herself to tear her eyes away from her wounded lips.

He’d gone to get his sister-in-law, but he hadn’t come back yet, and their house was quiet. She walked to the kitchen without drying her hair.  

She decided she needed to apply an ice pack. Her ankle swelled far more than it had the day before, so she knew she’d sprained it.

It was a sheep. She sighed heavily and opened the freezer door. Her vision blurred as she filled an ice bag with ice, then turned to leave.

Yunseul stumbled backward but fortunately didn’t fall against the refrigerator. She squeezed her eyes shut and took a deep breath.

She was not surprised because she had been dizzy since she was a child, but she was worried for the baby in her womb.

She took an ice pack and went to the living room. In so many ways, she felt sad for the baby.  Yunseul sat down on the couch and applied an ice pack to her ankle.

Her pregnant hormones couldn’t stop the churning feeling. She’s always been ignored and scorned, so perhaps the pregnancy is making it more difficult to endure. Yunseul felt humiliated by her mood swings.

“Uggggghhhhhh…. It hurts so much.”

She winced, but the ice pack provided some relief from the pain. Her pale face eased, its tense expression softening. Then, the sound of heavy footsteps approached from behind, making her shoulders tremble.

She turned her head slowly, reacting to the familiar footsteps. Her expression stiffened as she laid eyes on him. Seo Ji-hyuk was the kind of man whose very presence left people stunned.

She swallowed dryly, her breath tightening in her throat as he looked down arrogantly at her.  

 “Come in.”

He must have arrived home while she was doing the dishes because he walked into the room wearing only a shower robe.

Yunseul’s eyes fluttered with anxiety.

His head moved to the side when she didn’t answer.   

“Why do you make me say things twice these days?”

She raised an annoyed eyebrow, but instead of replying, she slowly got up, her demeanor shifting to one of arrogance and hatred.

It was clear why he wanted me to come into the room. Yunseul placed the ice pack on the coffee table as she observed him turn and stride into the room.

Then she went after him. Her ankle throbbed with each step, but she didn’t stop for a second.    

Yunseul entered the room and approached him while sitting on the bed’s edge. His black eyes seemed to be devouring her.

The cruel expression in his eyes sent chills down her spine, and she stopped her heavy stride.   

“Are you going to stand there all night?”

His voice was so different from the way he’d talked to Hyungsoo, that her entire body hurt like she’d been stabbed by a razor’s blade but hesitating would be pointless.   

The longer he waited, the crueler he became.  She tightened her face and walked her feet again.

She tried to keep from walking as much as possible, but as soon as her foot touched the floor, she felt a stab of pain and winced. His eyes were drawn towards her ankle.  

 “Get up and lie down.”   

It’s not a command she’s heard often, but it sounded extremely authoritative today. Yunseul got onto the bed and lay up straight, her clear eyes reflecting the pure white ceiling.

She slowly closed and opened her eyes. Her sister-in-law’s voice, asking if her leg hurt got stuck in her ears and would let go. She put her palms over her ears, trying to get the sound out of her head.    

He slipped n*ked off his robe and climbed into the bed. He moved around for the umpteenth time, each time curiously nervous.

She tells herself over and over not to be nervous, yet his touch causes her shoulders to stiffen. He laughed mockingly, drowning out her explanation that she hadn’t been feeling well that day.

“Did you go to visit your sister-in-law and your grandmother?”

She couldn’t think of a reason why she’d asked a question, she’d never ask usually. She paused for a bit, wondering if her question was strange.   

“Do I have to answer that?”

“…No.”   

Yunseul gave him a wistful smile.   

“You don’t have to.”   

How could she keep making comparisons? Did she expect him to give her a simple answer? Was she expecting him to?

She lectured herself, trying to keep her balance. He pushed her shoulder, her face much colder than it was before.

Yunseul, who had barely raised her upper body slightly, fell helplessly back onto the bed. Her clothing and underwear came off in an instant.   

The wind that cut through her flesh was cold and painful.  She knew it shouldn’t be in her breezy master bedroom, yet it was so extremely cold that goosebumps appeared all over my body.   

“Turn around.”

She nodded as he told her to lie down since she didn’t want to see his face. She rather not see his expression. He grabbed her pelvis as she turned over, thrusting her ass up into the sky.   

Yunseul’s pure white face began to flush red.   

“Ugh!”

There was no affectionate touch, only an indifferent expression as if she were treated like a container for waste.

Yunseul grabbed the sheet with her fingernails. She inhaled deeply as she felt the v*g*na stretch to his shape.  Her eyesight became blurry and black.   

“Shhhhh!”

She cried, wrapping her arms over her tummy as her body pushed forward. Yunseul’s breathing came to a stop as she was startled. As he rose, she pushed her claws into his arm.  

 “wait……. hmph!”

She let go, and the arm around her stomach slid away, but he immediately took her pelvis, pinning her down and making it impossible for her to escape.

The merciless bouncing of her waist caused Yunseul to bring her hands up and wrap them around her stomach.   

She gritted her teeth as her mind wandered. She vowed to herself that she would not let the baby live like she did, so she could put up with this.   

The image of the two loving people walking back into the house flashed through her mind, but she decided to ignore it. He was going to visit his brother in the cemetery, and he couldn’t cancel his father’s birthday.

She decided to think about it. It’s not a big deal. She feels like she has been pushed aside and turned to dust, but so what? She has experienced this happen to her countless times. So what?   

“Hmph! Hmph!”   

One more bad thing happens, and nothing changes, she just has to hold her breath and find a way out. It was only a matter of time now before her father and mother-in-law would divorce her if she didn’t get pregnant as they’d agreed.

She’d have to wait for that, and then run away.  Today he was strange. No, come to think of it, he was weird this time of year.

Whenever the death anniversary of his brother came, he would push through it as if he wanted to forget something.

Today, he was pushing like her body was going to snap in half.  She felt like she was going to faint.   

“Hmph! Hmph!”

Her ankle throbs when her stepmother throws a spoon at me. Yunseul’s whole body aches. No, She doesn’t know where it hurts.   

Something is hurting, but where exactly? She squeezed her eyes shut and then opened them.   

Yunseul’s eyes were as cold as her own. Unlike her cold heart, her tender body heated up. Her eyes widened in shame as she realized that even though she was worried about the baby, she could feel herself gulping down water.  

 A strong force pushed her face down onto the bed. The nonstop thrusting of his p*nis awakened every single sensory cell in her body. Soon he was Cumming with pleasure.   

“Hmph! Hmph!”

Yunseul bit her fingers, hating the strange sounds coming out of her mouth.   

“Hmph, hmph, hmph!”

But her body, which had already known pleasure, was overwhelmed by her alter ego.

A thin, ragged moan filled the room, unstoppable.  The folds of her lining clung sluggishly to his merciless cock.

Yunseul’s eyes were half-closed in pain as pleasure overcame her. A low sigh escaped her mouth as she rolled onto her back, his thrusts finally stopping. 

Unable to lift a single finger, Yunseul’s eyes remained closed.  Soon, her body slumped, and she passed out.   

* * * * * *

It seemed like it was going to rain, and it did not stop for days. Yunseul, who was walking to her in-laws’ house, stopped in her steps, stood, and reached out of her umbrella, as if envious of the approaching spring.   

The droplets on her palm seemed unusually hot, and she quickly removed her hand.

Yunseul raised her umbrella and looked at the sky. Although it was not pouring, there was an uncomfortable moisture in the air.  This is why she hates rain.

Yunseul continued her walk and crossed the garden, muttering softly. She folded her umbrella and placed it on the porch when she arrived at the destination.

When she opened the door, she was greeted with a terrifying silence.  The mood in the house had been like this for a few days, and with the anniversary of his mother’s approaching, he was apprehensive of even breathing.

She took her shoes off as gently as she could. She changed into her house slippers and made her way to the living room, her breath catching in her throat because of the heavy atmosphere.  

 Her ankle, on the other hand, felt fine. If she’s experiencing difficulty… She’s afraid that she’s going to have to see a gynecologist. She’s getting more and more worried as time goes by.

 She wishes that her mother would intervene and break up with him sooner rather than later because there’s still time left on the contract.

It was really quiet.   

“Wow, it’s the monster!”

Yunseul sighed and walked into the living room, but Seo Jun-hyuk broke the silence and wrapped his arms around her stomach. It was an unintentional act of protection for the baby.   

“Die, you evil monster, die, die, die!”

She spun around to avoid Seo Jun-hyuk, who hit her in the stomach with a toy knife, but he followed her and then attacked her in the stomach repeatedly.   

“Don’t, stop it please.”  

“Let go of me! You monster! Let go of me!”   

The voice of Seo Jun-hyuk broke the silence and shook the house.   

“It will hurt me when you stab me with a toy knife.”

She knows his hurting people.

“Mom, let go of me!” Mom!”

Seo Jun-hyuk stared at her as he called his mother. Yunseul refused to let go of Seo Jun-hyuk’s arm. Seo Jun-hyuk thought he could get away with it since she kept holding on.   

Yunseul warned him not to do it again.  She would have done anything for the protection of the baby.  

“Who do you think you are?” 

“No, no, no. Don’t touch my body again.”

Seo Jun-hyuk, who had never seen her so determined before, became panicked.  His eyes flooded up with tears.   

“What’s wrong?” 

He ran up to her as he heard her mother’s voice. Yunseul let go of her grasp on his arm. Seo Junhyuk hugged his mother.

He ran to her back, hid, and peered out his eyes.   

“Dong-seo, what’s going on? Why did Jun-hyuk cry?”

“Jun-hyuk keeps stabbing me in my stomach with a toy knife. It’s dangerous….”   

Yunseul was ready to say that she had warned him against doing so since it was dangerous.

“Dong-seo, was stabbing me in my stomach repeatedly, he didn’t listen to me, he didn’t stop. Kids can do that?” 

She continued, but her sister-in-law’s cold voice stopped her.   

“Yunseul, don’t you realize you’re being too sensitive? Not once, not twice, but many times?”

Her tone was calming but her words were hurting.   

“Don’t you realize that kids do this all the time? That’s why they’re kids.”

“…….”   

If you do it right the very first time., you’re an adult, not a kid.

“Yunseul, you’re unaware because you haven’t had a child yet, and please refrain from hurting my son,” Hyun-soo said

He is a lovely boy who will one day run the Seoju Group.

Her sister-in-law had been in a lot of suffering for the past few days because her late husband’s birthday was coming. She could understand her as she considered the pain and suffering of losing a loved one. So, even though she was inconsolable, Yunseul was willing to let her alone.

Seo Jun-hyuk popped his head out from behind her mother’s back and stuck his tongue out. He even laughed at what he thought was funny.  

Yunseul was reminded of Yoon Ina as a child by Seo Jun Hyuk’s appearance. It reminded him of Yun Ina hiding behind her stepmother to tease her.  

His brow wrinkled. Seo Jun-hyuk ran inside, anticipating what she would say. My sister-in-law turned to face her as she watched him walk away.

Hyungsoo’s cold eyes pierced her face more than ever before, and her eyes twitched.   

“The poor kid doesn’t have a dad, therefore shouldn’t we upset him more?”

“Hyungsoo, that’s not….”  Yunseul reply.

“Does that make you feel better? Speaking of which, have you ever treated Jun Hyuk warmly?”

She believed She had been treating him well, but he was unhappy. Of course, she wasn’t the type to be mean to anyone, so she assumed he was dissatisfied.   

“Sister, I’m sorry if that’s what you think….”

“What’s wrong?”

Her mother-in-law came and asked what was happening.   

“Mom……. It’s nothing.”   

When she saw her mother, she felt sad, and tears started to fall down her cheeks, and she began to cry. Her mother’s eyes filled up with sadness as she watched her cry.

Yunseul was utterly confused. She had shifted from being assertive and confrontational a moment ago to behaving as if she were crying because of bullying.

She thought it was because she had just lost a loved one. She assumed that was a situation she needed to understand, even if It didn’t.

However, not everyone who has lost a loved one will act in this way. Since when has she understood? It’s been a series of strange events since she went to her father’s house.

Getting married didn’t change anything. She always tried to make sense of things, but she realized early on that it didn’t matter if she didn’t.  She stood motionless as her mother carefully touched her sister-in-law on the back while wiping away her tears.   

“Today, I need you to do some chores around the house.”   

She responded that she understood and that her mother-in-law needed to go out today for an appointment with his father.

“…It’s hard,”

She whispers,

“You have to understand, you’ve been doing chores since you were married.”

“Are you and Dad going on a date tonight, Mom?”

“This isn’t a date. We’re just getting together with some friends for supper.”

As they came into the house, her sister-in-law wrapped her arm around her mother-in-law and brushed her hair. 

Their mother-in-law and father-in-law had been each other’s first loves, but their families had married different people, their mother-in-law had divorced, and her father was widowed and got married again, so their connection was better than she could have dreamed. Yun-Sul admired their mutual respect and understanding. 

She was even more miserable on days when her mother was gone and she wasn’t at home.

Yunseul let out a heavy sigh as she was told to do a lot of work.   She hadn’t even started and she was already tired.  She didn’t want to do anything because her pregnancy was depriving her of sleep and making her tummy rumble.

She just wanted to stay in bed, but if she did, someone might notice she wasn’t feeling well, or worse, that she was pregnant.   

Every day, she felt like her blood was running out. She didn’t have anyone to talk to about how she felt, not even her parents-in-law, sister-in-law, or Seo Jun-hyuk.

She also had to trick the housekeeper and the driver, so she had a lot on her mind as well.  She felt like a huge stone was weighing down on her shoulders.   

She dragged her heavy body, lit her eyes, and walked to her waiting sister-in-law. She kept hesitating as if She were about to walk into a fire.  As it turns out, she was correct.

The in-laws attended a gathering, and she said that she had a meeting and would be late. When her sister-in-law found out, she forced her to stay up late doing chores around the house

She collapsed and fell asleep as soon as she back home.   

“…….”   

She slept off for about an hour. She was starving when she awoke. She was greeted by silence as soon as she opened her eyes.  Yunseul touched her forearm and moved on to the kitchen, feeling a little lonely.

It’s not the first time she’s been lonely in a while, but tonight she feels overwhelmed by it.  Yun-seul grabbed an orange juice from the refrigerator.

She didn’t have severe morning sickness, but she kept craving something cool. She drank the orange juice straight from the cup.   

The sour and sweet flavor helped her feel better. She apologized for arriving late, but he was busy. She shook her head at the thought of him failing to come up at nearly ten o’clock. She decided to take a shower to get her ideas out of her mind.

An opening in the door was heard.  She placed the cup in the sink and turned to go, but her vision suddenly turned around and she fell flat on her face.   

She pinched her eyes tight and opened them gently under her breath. Yunseul’s face had turned as white as a sheet.  She was worried that her severe anemia could hurt her child.

She sat down on the floor to regain her breath, and her dizziness subsided. Yunseul stood up and grabbed the sink.   

She had to wash up, no matter how tired she was. Her entire body hurt from the extra-hard chores she had to perform because she had said something to Seo Jun-hyuk.

She was able to smell her sweat, so she walked into the bathroom and changed her underwear and clothes.  Yun-seul came out of the shower a few minutes later, only her hair dried. 

She was able to watch the rain pouring through the front window until she couldn’t see anything. She can’t hear the rain, but it sounds like it. She takes a seat on the couch, raises her knees, and hugs her legs tightly.

She checked the time and saw that it was after 11:00. She didn’t wait for him because he often stays overnight when he’s busy, however, she didn’t want to be in the house’s silence, especially in the master bedroom, where She’d shared her body with him many times, so she fled to the living room. 

She takes in the rainy scenery without closing her eyes, and her eyelids seem heavy as if they’re made of stone. Slowly, gradually she closed her eyes and then reopened them. Her entire body soon moves to the side.    She slept off on the couch.   

 “Uh…yeah.”

What exactly was it? Someone had a hand inside her clothes, clawing at her chest and nudging her. She frowned at the touch, her sleepy eyes narrowing at its sensitivity as if she knew exactly how to respond.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw him in her sparkling eyes.  

“…Mr. Ji-hyuk…….”

He was the one who touched her body. She’d slept off while watching the rain and hadn’t heard him arrive.   

“Why are you here?”

Yunseul moved his hand away from her and got up on the couch. In her sleep, her voice cracked. She looked up at him, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.   

Her face was brimming with disapproval. Why had it only now occurred to her that he hadn’t smiled at her since there first meeting?

“…Wash up.”

Her heart began to beat rapidly as she took in the moist air and didn’t say anything, her eyes darker than before, and her throat felt like it was burning.   

Yunseul sucked dryly and walked by him, who was staring at himself, unsure what he was thinking.

“Where are you going?”

A powerful voice grabbed her foot. Yunseul paused for a moment before slowly turning around.  

“…I’m thirsty, I need to drink some water….”

“Drink later.”

His head was tilted to the side. That alone dominated the atmosphere. Yunseul’s eyes widened somewhat.  He sat down on the couch and pulled his tie down. She moved her foot as he unbuttoned his shirt one by one. 

She wants to go to the kitchen and get some water, but his instruction to drink later stops her from doing so.  He undoes the buttons on both sleeves of his shirt and gestures for her to come.

Yunseul swallows dryly as the atmosphere changes.  His brow furrowed slightly as he stood seated rather than approaching. Yunseul took a step closer when he saw it.

She came to a stop as she noticed him removing the pants he was wearing.   

“……Ji-hyuk….”

She opened her mouth to ask him what he was doing, but when she saw the look on his face which just showed me on the bed, she shut it tight.   He was going to take her in his arms right now. Yunseul shook her head as he was unable to get close.  

“Aren’t you coming?”

He asked, raising his left brow as if asking whether she would continue to stand there. It was terrifying to hear him unzip his pants. She wants to rub the raised chicken skin on her forearms, but even blinking makes her uncomfortable.

He’s not yelling at her; he’s just staring at her, and her breath tightens and her neck tightens. He fumbles in his pants for his p*nis while one corner of his mouth curls up cruelly as if he enjoys the way his insane eyes flicker.

She removed the varnish. She clenched her teeth as if she was ready to hiccup. She would had the thing inside her for years and yet feared it as a weapon.

It had been inside her for years, more than she could count, and she was still so afraid of his weapon that she even hiccupped occasionally.

Whenever she does, he just laughs at her as if she’s insane. This time, she’s worried she’ll hiccup again, so she takes another step back.

He pulls out his p*nis and strokes his p*nis at a very leisurely pace.  

 Her throat felt broken open as she swallowed dryly, but her sight stayed fixed on his p*nis.   

“Mr. Ji-hyuk… Wait…. Go to your room… Go to your room.”   

The pain in her throat caused her to struggle, making her unable to speak correctly, and one corner of his mouth turned up in mockery.

“What’s the matter with you?”

They haven’t even been together for a day or two. Yunseul adjusted her feet in response to the low, cold voice, his p*n*s growing bigger as he shook. His black p*nis were riddled with threatening cyphered blood veins.  

 She’s not sure how anything that big fits inside her, and she still doesn’t comprehend it after getting f*cked numerous times. It’s a miracle that doesn’t tear. His eyes light up as she stands in front of him. She bit off her lower lip when she saw the cruelty in his eyes.   

“…I’m not feeling well….”   

She’s even more afraid up close, which makes her tell a lie.

“No, I wasn’t feeling good at all.”

She was pregnant, cold, and as flabby as a sheet of watered-down paper, and the way she laid on him was unlike anything she’d ever experienced. She was struggling and could barely walk.   

“Don’t keep saying you’re sick, go to the hospital.”

“…….”

When had she ever said she was sick? Alas, only when she was talking about her divorce and in the bathroom.

She thinks she only said it three times, and she was so annoying that Yunseul felt like she was being pushed away.    

She hates to let him know if she is sick. The tip of her nose twitched unnecessarily as a wave of sadness washed over her.

Yunseul blinked quickly to hide her teary eyes. Her emotions were out of control, and she felt like everything she’d always kept together was shattering. She hardened her face, afraid that he would bring her to the hospital.   

“You’re going to the doctor tomorrow. Okay?”

“……Okay.”

“So you’re not going to do it?  “What are you doing?”

She was unaware that she was mistaken until she saw the expression on his face. Yunseul gritted her teeth.  

“Hurry up and sit down.”

She knew she was nothing more than an instrument to satisfy his needs. Besides, he and she were quite compatible, so that’s why he wanted her body rather than leaving her. 

He looked at her sad face before grabbing her hand and yanking her to his feet as if he couldn’t wait any longer.

“Wait! Ugh!”

He ignored her requests to stop and reached into her one-piece nightgown. He pulled her panties out without bothering to remove her underpants. Yunseul grabbed his shoulders angrily. As his palm groped for her pussy, her breath caught in her throat.   

“Ji-hyuk…….”

Yunseul turned her head and looked him in the eyes.   

“Relax.”

She realized that he was instructing her to relax however she couldn’t force herself to do so. Yunseul’s nod gradually became stronger.   

“aah. aaah.”

He pressed the tip of the dagger in as if he wouldn’t take no for an answer. She’s probably anemic once again.

Her v*g*na came in as she closed her eyes tightly and placed her forehead against his shoulder, as if waiting for her body to give out.

“Ugh!”

Yunseul’s eyes widened in pain at the p*nis’s never-ending shove. She gritted her teeth, but the sight of her v*g*nal hole being stretched to the limit was enough to make her mind go blank.

It had always been difficult, but today it was considerably more so. It had to be harder because he hadn’t even had time to make her wet. Yunseul’s grasp on his shoulders strengthened. Her nails were digging into his shoulders.

“Hmph!”

He pulled her down and grabbed her around the waist. Her legs gave out, and she had to hold to herself for her life. Yunseul’s body jumped like a fish on a skewer, only to be stopped by his hand and brought back down. The c*ck-soaked v*g*na squeezed as if she were going to break.

She, too, feels it and sighs. She tries to pull herself up, but it’s difficult, her mild inner walls contracting tightly. He bites and swallows my shaft and describes it as filthy and wonderful. Making sure it couldn’t escape by s*cking it to the root. 

Yunseul felt a shudder run down her back. All she could do was hold it, and she was gushing with pleasure from her hole. The image of her body jiggling with her head made him laugh out loud.

His arms tighten around her waist, as she lifts herself. Her v*g*nal walls clench halfway in, longing for his p*nis. She opens her mouth to greet him.  

Yunseul’s breathing comes in ragged gasps as if her throat is strangled with pain every time the p*nis gets in and out. Her lazy stare lingered for a minute on his c*ck’s throbbing head.  

“I told you to relax.”

He pushes her waist up as if she’s been doing that a day or two, which is becoming getting harder. Yunseul’s body was soon being dragged down.

She soon received her p*nis puck, puck, puck. The waist that responded to her moved back and forth in accordance with the beat as time passed.

She feels a sudden burst of sadness every time his alter ego pushes madly into her v*g*na. She’s not sure why she’s been feeling depressed. She’s not sure whether she’s ashamed of her body for reacting to unloving acts, or unhappy because she’s pregnant with a child from a spouse with whom she didn’t have a romantic relationship, and she is unable to tell him the truth.

With each shake, her thoughts become confused. She wrapped her arms around him as he sank his teeth into the nape of her white neck. But she immediately removed her hand. As if she dared to touch him as if something bad would happen if she did.

She wondered why He had grown to have such hatred towards children.  His voice echoed in her ears as he stated that he didn’t want to have children. Once she had them, She couldn’t imagine him telling me to get rid of it.   

He raised her waist in a fluid motion, unaware of the fact that she was ready to collapse.  She raised her hand to cover her mouth in order to avoid making a sound, but the force was too strong.

She let out a moan through her fingers. His phone rang from his robe, which had been thrown to the couch. Yunseul’s eyes widened in surprise. It was past dawn nearly one o’clock.   

Is it a business call? Who is it? Yunseul focused her eyes on the source of the sound. He reached out, pulled out his phone, and answered the call.   Yunseul looked up to see his expression, which calmed her frantic breathing.   

“Hello?” 

“It’s me.”

The person on the other end of the line was female. Yunseul’s body tensed, but she didn’t appear to care.

She bit the bottom of her lip uncomfortably, expecting to groan.   

“Hyungsoo?”

He came to a stop when he realized it was his sister-in-law’s phone call, and Yunseul simply stared at him.