CHAPTER 2

Because of his new duty as president, the honeymoon was postponed.

Instead, they chose to spend the night at Seoju Hotel, a subsidiary of the company.

During the wedding preparations, he was so busy with his job that Yunseul had to prepare for it almost entirely on her own.

But Yunseul had no desire for a honeymoon; she was just excited to leave her father’s side and to transfer her mother to the hospital; simply thinking about it made her happy. 

She left without looking back after dropping herself off at the hotel, and only came back when night had fallen.

Yunseul sat on the couch waiting for him after removing her makeup and taking a shower.   

‘…Aren’t he going to come?’

Tiredness poured over her as she thought that the ceremony had ended.

The lids of her eyes felt heavy as if they had been weighed down with stones.

Her posture continued to crumble.

She aligned her shoulders and straightened her back.

Her dad had just hung up on her phone.

Her father assured her that he brought her mother to the hospital, but she didn’t believe him because, after everything he’d done to her, he could have been lying.

When she requested him to give her the hospital’s phone number and address, he became angry and hung up on her, stating how could she not believe him. 

She stared at her cell phone, her fingertips turning white from pressing it so tightly.

He said that he was going to write an agreement and follow it.

He could not have been lying since his main concern was her getting pregnant.   

As soon as she received the text, she touched the screen.   

‘Hah…. Thank God.’

Her shoulders slumped and her straight body collapsed as soon as she received the text containing the hospital’s address and phone number.

She closed her eyes and cuddled up on the couch.  Sleepy, but not extremely so.

So, where had he gone?

She didn’t put a lot of importance on her first night of marriage, but it was so naive that it made her heart drop.

She got the feeling that he had warned her that she was going to be miserable.

Recalling their initial night together makes her uneasy, especially when he leaves her by herself.

Her fallen eyelids struggled to lift. Yunseul fell asleep because she was very tired.

“…………………”

How much time did she spend sleeping?

Yunseul’s eyes widened when she felt the heat in her face as he stared.   

“Ah…. You’re here?”

She was cuddling up on the couch, staring down at herself.

Her face was cold and emotionless.

She brushed her messy hair and then clothes and got up. His chaotic appearance scorched her ears.

“Did you bring a man to our wedding? This is not acceptable.”

“Did you see Park Dae-hee?”

In anger, he pulled his necktie downward using his strong hand.   

“I did not invite him, but he showed up.”   

She shut her mouth, unable to confess that she had witnessed the betrayal with her own eyes, exposed after he cheated on her with her sole friend.

She hadn’t got any more pride to lose, but she didn’t want to tell him.

Her breathing sounds like air.   

“I’m going to get myself cleaned, so stay in bed.”

He said in a half-speech and with respect, but then it seemed to be more of a command than a statement, and he turned and went to the bathroom.

Yunseul’s face flushed a deep red as she stayed still and looked after him.

…….Bed.

Her mouth is burning, so she tries to wet her lips with the tip of her tongue, yet her lips feel even hotter.   

She knew they were going to be married, and she’d been talking about it since they first met, so she shouldn’t have been nervous…… 

Her hands, toes, and heart were all trembling as if they were about to explode.

She sat on the side of the bed as he instructed.

“…………….”   

Her palms are sweating.

Sweat trickles down at the back of her neck as time passes.

She should probably wash her hands again. It’s her first night, and she’s starting to smell like sweat.   

“Where the Heck are you going? I told you to stay in bed.”

His voice brings her to stop. Her head remains hardened when she turns her head around, like a malfunctioning machine.

Her eyes widened when she saw him just wearing a shower robe. She shivered furiously.

Through the gap of his robe, his upper body was visible.  

He was half n*ked, and for that she was ashamed.

When she snapped her head back up, he laughed in disbelief.

No, it was a sneer.   

“Why would you be ashamed, you had a fiancé.”

“…I’ll go wash up too.”

He seemed to be firmly on the wrong side of something.

He seemed to think that since she had a fiancé, She must have been in a relationship.   

“Are you sure you haven’t washed? You’re bare.”

“Oh…….”

As it turns out, she had forgotten she already removed her makeup.

Yunseul blushed a bright red since it was the first time she’d ever shown her bare face to him.

She turned her head a bit, unable to look him in the eyes, her face flaming until it burned down.   

“…I wanted to wash it off again.”

His piercing look cut across her face as if it was an act.

She’d never seen such black eyes in her entire life, and she struggled to breathe because she felt so terrified.

She turns, feeling as if she has to get out of this position to take a breath, but he grabs her hands again.   

“Okay, take off your clothes and lie down,” he said.

“…What?”

She watches him with trembling eyes while he points the tip of his chin at the bed.   

“Do I have to undress you?”

“Oh…. No……”

She wanted to tell him she was not sure because it was the first time she’d ever done something like this, but her voice didn’t come out right.

He looked at her flushed cheeks, and he ran a rough hand through his hair, as if upset. 

“What’s the problem?”

His gaze penetrates her entire being.  It’s not an act, but it’s an uncomfortable one.   

“Don’t make me waste my time. I don’t have time,”

‘I do not want to bother you.’  she almost told him.

She told him not to.

She sat sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed where she’d been seated earlier, half-out of her bathrobe. 

“Take it off,”  he said.

He talked in a commanding tone. Even her father, who likes threats, does not speak in that tone.

He wasn’t even really angry, but it was oppressive. Yunseul’s face began to break. She’d let her mask fall easily, a mask that might have been worn in any situation. 

She swallowed dryly and turned towards him. It was strange to think that his emotionless eyes felt so ferocious.

She was just staring at him until his mood suddenly changed. Her voice tightened as if she was being choked. 

Yunseul was speechless and took off the clothes she was wearing.

Her fingers trembled and slipped a couple of times, but he just stood there watching.

Her ears burnt as she felt more urging. She unbuttoned all the buttons on her robe and then opened it with her hands and hid the exposed skin.

Her eyes widened in response to her husband’s sneering. She seemed frustrated at herself, based on the tightening of her brow. 

She got rid of her dress’s grasp. She tried to pull her robe up from the floor to cover herself, but she failed.

His stares were relentless from head to toe. Maybe this is what she must have to do. 

She gathered the strength to look at him, trembling but stuck on the bed.

“Lie down.”

 He takes one step forward towards her, then another stripped down to her underwear.

As He came closer, her head tilted to the side. He looked as if he was about to take a nap.  He stepped onto the bed and sat down in the middle.

Her heart felt like it was about to burst out of her chest.   

“Ugggghhhhh!”

Yunseul’s eyes flooded up with tears when she watched the man on the bed grab straight for it. 

As she spread her legs out, she was afraid she was going to hiccup.

A Scream threatened to escape through the fingers clamped over his mouth. 

She did not know if he saw her frightened expression nor what he was thinking as he sat between her wide-open legs, it made her feel even more nervous.

Her eyes widened as her legs became heated from the warmth of his touch.  She stretched out again without hesitation and unhooked her bra in one rapid action.

She raised her arms to cover her n*ked br*asts, but he seemed to be looking elsewhere as if he’d lost interest.

When she swallowed, it hurt as if her throat had been ripped open.   

He was looking between her legs, a part of herself she’d never shown to anyone else.

She could see him reaching out, and she felt like she wanted to push him but her body wouldn’t move.

Flinch. Her panties flew off in one swoop, scattering across the floor.

Yunseul brings her legs together in frustration as she looks up at him.   

She tries to wrap the comforter around her n*ked body, but one of his hands pushes her legs apart. 

She tried to pull her legs apart, but her strength was not enough against him.

His lazy stare reaches a part of her that she hadn’t seen previously. Her eyes flooded up with the tears of shame.

She bit the bottom of her lip and tried not to cry.

“Relax.”

He laid over me and whispered, asking why She had been pushing so hard.

She tried to keep her eyes from blurring by holding them.

As She knew where he was looking, her eyes began to cry. He took off her bathrobe, holding her legs together to keep her legs from closing, and She caught her breath at the breathtaking sight that filled before her eyes.

“…………!!”   

That, that, that……

Something touched her p*ssy before she could even notice what had risen over her navel.   

“Wait…….”

“Why?”

“Gee, I’m trying to… Hmmm!”

Her v*g*na had been pierced by something that reached her p*ssy.

She couldn’t speak, her eyes were filled with pain as she looked at him.    

“…What is it?”

The never-ending stream of alter egos stops.

She lowered his head and folded his face into a ball.

She quickly opened and closed her eyes to prevent herself from crying.

“Have you done it yet?”

She couldn’t find his voice or breathe, so she closed and opened her eyes.   

“You didn’t allow me to put it in?”

He took another step back, his alter ego slipping out. Yunseul reached out and took her forearm in the palm of his hand.

Sweat dripped down her forehead, and tears flooded up in her eyes.   

“…It’s okay… Just, do it.”

It was so painful that she nearly wanted to stop. But She had no choice but to go through it. Ugh……. It’s extremely painful. 

How can you have s*x when it hurts so much? It simply does not make sense.   

“I was going to do it even if you didn’t say that.”  

He speaks in my ear as if he expects me to stop him. She got a big br*ast, his hand squeezed it as if it would break. Her nipples tingled against his hard palm. 

“What kind of father who’s preserving his daughter’s virginity so that he can sell her for money.”

“………….”

“I feel sorry for your fiancé.”

She was about to say that her ex shouldn’t feel sorry because he has been fucking her close friend, but she bit her tongue and decided not to.

He pushed his hips forward.  Her mouth fell open as she felt his p*nis inside her.

“Ugh…”

It was so painful.  She wanted to slap her mouth say it was okay and just do it, but the first pain seemed like something that was tearing her apart from the inside out.

She can’t breathe, and she accepts her never-ending pressure.   

She pressed against her chest as tears blinded her.   

“Breathe.”

Her ears were penetrated by a little annoyed command. She wanted to breathe, but she couldn’t.

Her entire body didn’t feel like it was hers. Her mouth was open like a goldfish mouth.

Were the tears to be to blame? She can’t see anything.

Suddenly a shadow came over her face. The light gradually began to sparkle in Yunseul’s confused eyes. 

The pain that had been killing her was gradually fading. The pupils in her eyes moved to find the origin of the shadow.

His presence filled her pupils.

“Breathe.”

She let out a quiet sigh, it was a sigh of annoyance, and her shoulders hardened.   

“What kind of person are you?”

“………….”   

She blinked, wondering what he meant. The lids of her eyes lifted and fell, tingling her v*g*na.   

“If this is your first time, shouldn’t you be talking?”

Ah…….

She thought he knew why she kept sighing. It was her first time, but she didn’t like it. Should she have just done it when Park Dae-hee begged her to?

Could he have appreciated it if she had?  Yunseul swallowed dryly, feeling what felt like a torn open wound underneath. 

Maybe it was because the killing pain was gone, but he felt more alive than she had just a second before.   

“What if I told you it was my first time?”

“…………..”

It doesn’t say anything like “It’s okay”…….” to do it”.  She’d felt how bad it hurt, and the pain remained there.

She continued to feel his p*nis even though it had stopped moving.

She hadn’t even finished her sentence but was worried if he understood it.

“Well, it wouldn’t have made any difference.”   

He sounded angry.

Yunseul’s eyes widened again, and it happened again.

“Puck!” 

Yunseul snapped her head back.

She pierced downward in one rapid motion.

She dug nails into his forearm without realizing it.

He stares down at her scared face as he pulls down on my hips and pushes forward.

He keeps her legs spread apart, where her hips keep bouncing. Her v*g*na gaped open to his cock, and her lower belly heated up.

There was a lot of noise, she wished he wouldn’t move, but he doesn’t seem to want to. Instead, he thrust in and out harder and quicker, as if he was merely trying to finish what he was doing. 

His impassive expression is so distant and calm that you would never know that he’s having s*x.

She squeezed her eyes shut, puzzled by the contrast with her look.

Puck! Puck!

“ahhhhh, ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh!”

It’s a strange moan that comes out from her mouth. She’s embracing him, but she’s not sure if she’s doing it correctly, or if she should just be laying there spreading her legs, or is she supposed to help him? 

It was a struggle just to keep going because she felt like she might have gone crazy if she didn’t. 

With every thrust inside, her breaths came out in ragged gasps. As he took her wounded br*ast in his mouth, her eyes flickered open.

She slowly lowered her head and locked her eyes on him.  

It was strange to see him s*cking on someone else’s n*pple as if it were his own.

The n*pple disappeared between his lips and then reappeared like a scarlet berry. 

As he was s*cking, her face became very red. Her entire body was doing the same thing. Her complexion was flushed red, like a colorful flower in blossoms. 

Her mouth made a thin moan. Yunseul covered her mouth using her hand. Even for her, it felt like a strange sound, but she didn’t want it to be. 

He raised his upper body and removed the hand that was covering her mouth as he nibbled and s*cked on her n*pple.  

As his c*ck filled her, her insides shuddered as he slammed into her.

The two legs dangling from his waist lost strength and flailed around each time. 

She is not sure what he’s thinking, but his cold eyes are locked on her p*ssy.

She wants to pull her hips together so he can’t see her v*g*na, but her body doesn’t move. 

She’s too afraid to wriggle her toes, too cautious to move, and too open to thrusting beneath her.   

“Mmmmmm!”

In her inexperience, she had no idea what he was trying to do. She reached out, thinking that he was just looking.

Yunseul’s eyes widened in fear. His fingers widened her v*g*na. Her v*g*nal opening gaped open when his fingertips stroked her open labia.    

“ahhhhhhhhhh”

She screamed.

She couldn’t handle his nonstop thrusts, and now he was casually touching her v*g*nal opening, which she’d only touched when she washed.

“Is this the way sex is supposed to be?”

“Ha!”

Even though it came from her mouth, she covered her mouth in disbelief. Her eyes flooded up with tears as she felt like a shallow lady.  

His movements became more intense as he glanced at her blushed face, and he repeated the act that made her moan.

He rubbed his fingers over her clit, feeling her entire body contract with each stroke.

Her inner walls tightened and the more he did, the more hard she became.   

“Hmph, hmph, hmph!”

Of course, there was no affection, no intimacy, and no sexual words, but it was bittersweet.

The warmth is transmitted, yet it doesn’t warm her at all, rather it feels cold.   

“Ah…. Too fast.”

He grabs the n*pple he’s just bitten off and s*cks on it sideways, putting all his weight into it and piercing it over and over.

His wild motions had dazzled her. She had no choice but to surrender herself against the violent gestures.

He pulls at the blanket, but this doesn’t calm him down, so he starts to bite. His devastating thrusts triggered the initial sensations.   

The reaction shocked all over her body. No, the whole world shook.

It was the first time she’d realized that there were pleasures like this, and sex without emotion was not the same as this, something she found quite bitter and painful. 

That was the end of it.

On the bed, there was nothing but friction and moans. His furious hip thrusts came to an end and she shuddered, her back slightly shaking and the end of a sex session that never seemed to end.   

She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. She was delighted. It was over faster than She expected. She wished She could fall asleep quickly.

She felt an overwhelming feeling of tiredness as she stretched her unused muscles.   

“What, what…….”

Her body flipped over as the p*nis slipped out. Yunseul’s eyes widened as she turned to face him, and for a moment, her eyes caught his c*ck as it settled on her back.   

“What are you looking for?”

Why does he look like he’s about to do it again? No, it can’t be right; he looks like he’s satisfied.

‘Isn’t that an illusion?’

Suddenly he lifted her legs toward the sky as if he were mocking her. She knew at this moment that he was going to f*ck her once again.

She moved forward, shaking her head in disgust.   

“Not yet.”

His huge hand spread her as$ cheeks wide and slid in from behind. Yunseul tightened her hands around the blankets and closed her eyes. His voice echoed out in her ears.

“It hurts only the beginning.” 

* * * * * * * *

It was the afternoon after sunrise when Yunseul awoke. A painful groan came out of her mouth as she sat up in bed.

Her throat was sore from yelling so loudly. Her beautiful brow had wrinkles that developed and then disappeared.   

‘How many times did I do that yesterday?’

“Haa….”   

Her entire body hurt.

She was worried that she was going to pass out after the late-night sex, yet the pleasure he gave me kept her awake.

She was later overcome with desire. There was nothing but the chair.

Cum gurgled out from underneath her as she moved between her feet.

Yunseul’s cheeks looked like a vibrant shade of ripe fruit.  She knew a little bit after doing it so many times.

She let out a much weaker moan when they intertwined like one.  

Her hands shook as she tried to straighten her messy hair.

There was nowhere it didn’t hurt. She realized that she had to wash up. Sweat and bodily fluids were all over her body.

It takes quite a while for her to get herself back on the ground. In all this time, she hadn’t even broken out in any sweat.

‘What had happened to me? ‘

She looked down at her side, which was as warm as if she’d never laid down, and saw a stain of blood on the bedding.

She sighed and got to the floor.    

“Uggghhh!”

Her lower back, inner thighs, forearms, and everywhere else hurt. Her legs gave out and she stumbled as she moved into the bathroom. 

Fortunately, she did not fall. Cum poured out of her v*g*na and onto the floor as she struggled to get to her feet.

‘Oh, God. ‘

She had no idea where he had gone, and the room was deafeningly quiet.  She got out of the bathroom after a quick wash, and the man was nowhere to be seen.   

‘Where did he go?’   

She chuckled as soon as she realized she hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday.

She sat down on the couch in the dark and almost shouted from the pain she felt. She got dressed since she didn’t want to be left in a hotel room with nobody else.

The driver had been waiting for her as she got out of the hotel. She sat stiffly straight in the car on the way to her in-laws’ house, yet every time the car bounced, it hurt so badly that she felt she might tear up. It continued to feel like it belonged to him.

It’s not a big issue, but she should have done something so she wouldn’t have been suffering as much pain now.

Yunseul spent two days in bed after arriving at the newlyweds’ residence, not feeling better and wishing to sleep even more.

“Mother, don’t you think we should clean up?”

Yunseul’s mother-in-law assigned her all home tasks, so she cleaned without complaint. 

That happened three years ago.   

* * * * * * * * *

There was nothing but silence when she came out of the bathroom. She has been alone and lonely ever since she married him. 

No, she had been sad and alone before they married. Her tongue curled with a bittersweet smile. Yunseul’s eyes turned black.

She sniffled, her pregnant hormones running high. Her eyes swiftly rested and opened.  A heavy sigh keeps escaping her mouth.

Sighing was just as natural as breathing. She couldn’t sigh in a crowd, so she sighed heavily whenever she was alone.

She dried her wet hair with a towel and sat in her vanity chair. The woman in the mirror gazed back, unsure what she was thinking.

Yunseul’s eyes narrowed as she recognized her face. She added moisturizer to her hair and dried it.

“Yes”

she said, her sister-in-law’s voice echoing in her head as she spoke to her affectionately.

Her sister-in-law’s voice echoed in her mind as she spoke affectionately to her husband. She put down the blow dryer and clasped her hands, her fingertips tingling with a tenderness she’d never heard or seen from him.

She woke with a start and rushed towards her dressing cabinet. She slowly opened her closed eyes. When She saw her tummy, She bit her lower lip.

The first thing that came to her mind upon discovering that she was pregnant was a mixture of disbelief, she thought.

‘Why? why….?’

She thought, she’s been on birth control but how can this happen?

Yet the most pressing question she faced was.

“Why would she bring a baby into his life that he didn’t want?” 

Despite this, she chose to have the baby and to keep it away from him, from her father, and his husband’s family.

“…I’m sorry baby.”   

She’s not sure if the baby can hear yet, but she’s mumbling sorry under her breath since it makes her feel terrible for thinking something like that.

She swept her hair out of her face and pretended not to see her white face in the reflection of the mirror.

She changed what she was wearing and walked out the door, the gentle spring breeze touching her face.

Yunseul’s mouth twitched.

She stroked her tummy, hoping that the soothing feelings would get to the baby.   

She stiffened as she realized what was going on. As she walked across the spacious garden, she came to a home that took her breath away.

It was her in-laws’ house. Her parents-in-law, sister-in-law, and her sister-in-law’s son, Seo Junhyuk.  

There was also a garden at their newlywed house to consider. Initially, She decided to live with her in-laws, but his husband was against it.

When the time came to leave, her sister-in-law volunteered to give up her house so she could live less than a minute away from her in-laws.

It’s a good thing we didn’t live in the same house. At least, it seemed that there was some breathing space in the newlywed home.

Yunseul was at her finest when she was out of town or returning late.  Yunseul came to a stop while wandering across the garden.

The trees, which looked to have dried up and withered over the winter, were healthy and thriving.

He announced about a month into their marriage that he was going to be having breakfast separately. 

Her sister-in-law’s eyes widened at the sight of her mother-in-law. He did several things correctly, now that she thinks about it.   

However, he did not eat breakfast. He headed to go to work after a short cup of coffee, but he had no desire to see her off.   

It’s no wonder she and his spouse were so passionate about each other every day, despite having no emotional connection.

She feels suffocated as she gets closer to her in-laws. Yunseul goes to her in-laws every morning before her husband goes to work.   

The obvious reason was to greet her mother-in-law, but the underlying reason was to escape her husband’s presence.   

A stray bullet flew by as she walked into her in-law’s house as if waiting for her.

“Die! Monster! Die!”

The child who had ripped her nephew’s bridal gown at the altar was now eight years old.

She fell to the ground, bullets hitting her in her face and shoulders.

When she turned around, she found the gun barrel of a rifle pointed at her tummy.   

“Don’t do that, Jun-hyuk.”

That is not something you can do to an adult.”

She looked at her sister-in-law, who was telling him never to do it but was keeping an eye on her child, who continued to keep shooting.

Seo Jun-hyuk looked at her, his lips pouting, before turning on his heels and walking upstairs.   

“Dong-seo must be so nice.”   

She shook her head around as if she didn’t want to hear anything more.   

‘Her husband will be able to eat in peace, and she won’t have to see him leave.’

‘Where has he gone?’

“………….”

‘Does this mean that he is a good husband?’

‘I’m not sure, I don’t get it.’

She doesn’t know why he doesn’t want to eat breakfast with her and refuses to see him off.   

“Do you think men are common?” her sister-in-law asks.

She tells her that her husband does well because she asks.  She looks more like a mother-in-law than a sister-in-law at this time.

Yunseul twisted her lips upward. Whenever her sister-in-law speaks, a faint whiff of cologne stings her nose.

“Wash the window curtains today, you know, those that you have to get step on and wash?”

She wanted to tell her that she knew without saying anything since it wasn’t the first time She’d washed it, but she chose to keep her mouth shut as usual.

Nothing would change if she talked.

The ladies’ helper were unable to help her when she cleaned the curtains or worked other home chores; it was her duty, not her sister-in-law’s, to manage the entire household.

Her word was law with her mother’s unwavering support. Certainly, some elderly ladies’ helpers felt sorry for themselves.

But who was going to stand against the powers that might force them to stop working? They could only look pityingly at her.   

“I’ve done washing it all, too,”

As she watched her sister-in-law lie, her lips kept dry while her brows furrowed.  Yunseul took a moment to breathe.   

“…Then I’ll head out and wash the curtains.”

The smell of her cologne made her sick. To get away from her, she practically ran to the laundry room.

What happened when she caught her throwing up? She might have figured out she was pregnant.

Yunseul fell on the floor, gasping for air. Was she suffering from morning sickness?

Her blood began to chill. Fortunately, the sickness subsided as the smell faded. Yunseul struggled to her feet and turned her head to see the curtain in the laundry room corner, tucked into the tub.

Her entire body felt sore from what happened this morning, and she let out a long sigh. 

She had no choice but to wash the curtains.

Pulling the curtains was more relaxing than having tea with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.   

She twirled and pulled up her skirt, which had fallen below her knees. When she stepped into the bathtub, the water was so cold that her toes were numb.   

“Ouch, cold.”

She finds it both insane and amusing that she would purposefully drink cold water.  She started pulling curtains after turning on the hot water.

They have a big house that has a lot of curtains. She drained the water, replaced it, and started again. Her back was covered in sweat.

When She wiped the sweat from her forehead using the back of her palm, her eyes went black.

In the tub, she almost fell backward. She just hung on to the wall to prevent herself from falling.

Was her anemia, which she had since childhood, getting worse? She was dizzy, her vision was blurring, and she knew she was in serious discomfort.

Yunseul pushed herself towards the wall while taking a few deep breaths.   

Every part of her had become drenched in sweat by the time she finished washing the curtains.

The water had made her feet itching and tingling.   

Jun-hyuk was standing in front of her as she went out of the laundry room, and this time he threw the ball as if he had been waiting for her.

“Die, monster!”

The softball wouldn’t injure her if it hit her upper body, but it actually hit her tummy, so she looked at him.   

“Don’t do it.” “Don’t do it,” she said.

It was useless to say anything to Seo Jun-hyuk, who kept repeating what she said, so Yunseul decided to ignore him as usual.   

“Puck!”

She was hit harder in her stomach than previously, and she watched the ball drop to the floor.

She immediately moved her hand and clasped it securely around her tummy.   

“Is there a baby in there?”

Yunseul bit the tip of her tongue, too surprised to speak. 

He finished by picking up a plastic knife from the floor and holding it out in front of her.   

“Do you have a baby inside?”

Her eyes widened as Seo Jun-hyuk pointed to her tummy and asked if she was pregnant. But all she could think about was how she was going to cover it.

“…No, it’s not like that.”

“Really?”

Yunseul nodded, forcing the corners of her mouth to lift.  

“Then, die, you freak!”

She swallowed hard and focused her attention on Seo Jun-hyuk’s face as he mimed chopping off legs and arms.

He laughed as though it were an idle idea while swinging his knife.

Yunseul breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn’t believe how surprised She was.   

“Jun-hyuk, have a snack.”   

He took a step back as his mother came closer who neither saw nor warned him not to use the plastic knife.   

“When you’re done washing the curtains, get ready for lunch.”

“Okay”

Yunseul voiced her pain, but she understood.

“He’s a grandson and he’ll be Seoju Group’s successor in the future.”   

Yunseul didn’t respond but lowered her eyes since she had heard that his son was the Seoju Group Group’s future successor dozens of times a day.   

She was sweating a lot and needed to wash up, so she told the elderly lady She’d back with a change of clothes and headed to her house.   

She hadn’t ever felt this out of shape before, but every part of her was hurting especially her left ankle, which pained and caused her to limp.   

She got home, washed her clothes, took a bath, and changed clothes.

She’s sitting on the edge of her bed to eat her meals.

“…It’s dry.”

Because of all the water that she’d been in, her fingertips were dry. It didn’t get better no matter how much lotion She applied.

It’s not surprising that she spends her days surrounded by water.

She rubbed her hands together. Her feet felt itchy today. Her toes wriggle, and her right ankle throbs.   

“Ha…ah.”

The room is filled with a deep sigh. She thought she was going to pass out.

They say you sleep a lot when you’re pregnant, so that could be the reason why she keeps falling asleep.

Even though it wasn’t her choice, she was feeling tempted to skip lunch. Yunseul raised a wistful corner of her mouth. Her eyelids started to feel very heavy. Her eyelids closed and opened slowly. She was soon falling asleep quickly.