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“What?”
“I’m not going to apologize to you. Because there’s no reason for me to.”
“......”
“Or rather, I should say it’s gone.”
Hyun-seo, twirling her lips into a smirk, walked around Hyun-soo as she continued to speak.
“Hearing this, it seems you’ve known this fact all along...”
“......”
“And despite that, you even married Yoon Guk.”
“......”
“How nice it must be to marry the brother of the bastard who killed Mom?”
“Don’t say things like that. It’s not like that.”
“Don’t say what, you crazy bitch. Ask anyone in the world. They’ll say you’re insane. Couldn’t you find anyone else to latch onto, so you’re living with the son of your enemy?”
Hyun-soo was speechless. It was harsh, but there was no denying the truth in her words.
“Why have you suddenly become a mute who’s swallowed honey? Say something, that damn something you always have to say. Try it, you too.”
“......I have nothing to say.”
“Nothing? You have nothing to say?”
Hyun-seo, who had been walking around Hyun-soo, stood right in front of her. Her face, devoid of any emotion, made Hyun-soo’s heart clench even more.
“You’re a real damn bitch.”
The words, whispered as if spitting them out, dug deep into her heart.
“Who would have known that with that innocent face, you’d be doing such sly things.”
“I’m...”
“Shut your mouth. Just shut up and listen.”
Hyun-soo swallowed her words at the force that looked like she would slap her cheek any second.
“You told me several times before to live my life properly.”
“......”
“Stop the bullshit and live your own damn life properly.”
Her whole body trembled from the sudden situation and the resulting confusion. Hyun-seo, who had been calmly observing her trembling, snickered.
“Look at you.”
“......”
“I’ll leave for now, but don’t ignore my calls in the future. You’ll regret it if you do. Understand?”
Hyun-seo, her already large eyes glaring menacingly, bumped Hyun-soo’s shoulder as she passed. She just left like that.
“Haaah.”
Only then did the breath Hyun-soo had unknowingly been holding burst out.
“Ah, one more thing.”
Just then, Hyun-seo, who she thought had left, returned with quick steps. Hyun-soo turned to her with trembling eyes.
Slap!
In that instant, her vision flashed and her head turned. Soon, a burning heat and pain spread across her cheek. It was only after a moment of dazedness that Hyun-soo realized she had been slapped by Hyun-seo.
Hyun-seo stood close in front of Hyun-soo, who slowly raised her head again.
“I’ll be watching you from now on.”
“......”
“Live with that monstrous enemy bastard and regret it for the rest of your life, you bitch.”
Hyun-seo, who had whispered those words, finally turned around for good this time. The further away her footsteps became, the more her own mind felt distant.
“This is all...”
What’s going on?
It had been a perfectly ordinary day. Something had broken without warning. The words that poured out from that knife-like tongue had deeply cut even Hyun-soo’s soul.
On the empty street with no passersby or cars, Hyun-soo collapsed in place.
Evening came quickly, in the blink of an eye.
“Were you listening to Mommy well?”
Guk, who had come home from work, entered the living room and picked up Wan. Wan giggled and clung to his neck.
“......”
Hyun-soo blankly watched the two of them and then got up from the sofa. But for some reason, her feet wouldn’t move, so she just made eye contact with Guk. You’re home. You worked hard today.
“Did you... eat?”
Guk, holding Wan in one arm, approached the sofa. Hyun-soo met his eyes, then turned her gaze away and sat down on the sofa. A teacup that had already cooled down was in front of her. It was tea she hadn’t even finished three sips of because she had been lost in thought.
“Yeah. Ah, no.”
“What kind of answer is that? You mean you didn’t eat?”
“Yeah.”
At her short reply, Guk didn’t ask any further questions. He had noticed that Hyun-soo wasn’t meeting his eyes and that there was a strange atmosphere.
“Daddy!”
While Guk was looking at Hyun-soo, Wan, who was in his arms, wiggled. It was a sign that he wanted him to stop doing other things and play with him. Guk chuckled softly and put Wan down. As he settled on the sofa, Wan climbed onto his father’s lap.
“What other... what other game did you play?”
Guk looked down at Wan, who was mumbling something, with the most loving eyes. Even in Hyun-soo’s eyes, who barely turned her head to look at them, that love was visible. In that instant.
‘I’ll leave for now, but don’t ignore my calls in the future. You’ll regret it if you do. Understand?’
Hyun-seo’s voice suddenly pierced her soul. Even when she tightly closed and then opened her eyes to avoid thinking about that unwanted voice, it was hard to escape the lingering effect.
Whether she was the type to always keep her word, or if she was truly desperate. Kim Hyun-seo contacted Hyun-soo less than an hour after they parted. How much Hyun-soo had agonized over whether to answer the ringing phone.
‘Live with that monstrous enemy bastard and regret it for the rest of your life, you bitch.’
But the face that had poured out almost like a curse was vivid in her mind, making it impossible to refuse any further. She was someone who would come looking for her again anytime if she avoided her. She would definitely do anything.
In the end, what Hyun-seo said to Hyun-soo, who had answered the phone, wasn’t complicated. Rather, it was even simple. She said she wanted money and fame. That was all.
To satisfy that simple desire in words required so much. It needed an exorbitant amount of money, the patience to send that huge sum regularly, and a lifeline to boost Hyun-seo’s career. In the end, it meant squeezing everything out of Yoon Guk, not her.
Hyun-seo, who couldn’t possibly be unaware of this fact, didn’t feel the slightest bit of shame. Now that she knew the truth, she seemed to consider it even more natural.
Faced with that naturalness, Hyun-soo felt a disappointment she hadn’t even realized she had. This was because Hyun-seo’s actions completely deviated from the scenarios she had half-expected.
Mom loved Kim Hyun-seo. Not only did she love her, but she cherished her like her own body, raising her with favoritism over Hyun-soo. So, the one who should have been most pained and indignant at Mom’s death was none other than her.
But that wasn’t the reality. Kim Hyun-seo, faced with the truth of death, prioritized her own interests over grieving. If she was truly heartbroken by the truth about Mom’s death, she shouldn’t have come to Hyun-soo first. It might have been different if she had harmed her brother.
“What’s wrong with your face?”
“......”
Of course, that didn’t excuse her own situation of living with Guk... or perhaps Kim Hyun-seo was the smarter one? Despite all this truth, maybe it was wiser to get some kind of compensation than for her to simply accept Guk...
Hyun-soo’s mind became complicated with these back-and-forth thoughts. While she was lost in the layers of burdens in her heart, Guk’s voice suddenly cut through them and reached her again.
“Kim Hyun-soo.”
Hyun-soo, realizing belatedly, answered with an awkward smile.
“What’s wrong with my face? I’m fine.”
“No. You don’t look good.”
“I said I’m fine.”
“Is something wrong?”
Guk’s gaze, as he soothed Wan and looked at her, was unwavering. Had he noticed something? She didn’t want him to know about this mess.
“Why do you keep saying that... Let’s eat.”
Feeling a sense of crisis, Hyun-soo avoided his gaze and got up from her seat. She planned to pretend she didn’t notice and leave.
But Guk wasn’t one to let her go. He grabbed Hyun-soo’s hand as she tried to brush past him. Hyun-soo flinched and turned around.
“Auntie.”
At Guk’s low call, the aunt immediately appeared.
“Yes, you called?”
“Please take Wan upstairs.”
“Ah, yes. Wan-ah, come here.”
She wanted to grab him and tell him not to go. Being left alone with him felt like more of a punishment than a bed of thorns for Hyun-soo right now.
But as if the heavens truly didn’t understand her feelings, only the two of them remained in the living room. Only quiet breaths continued in the silence.
“Hyun-soo-yah.”
Guk called her softly.
“Kim Hyun-soo.”
But there was no reply. Guk, who had been quietly looking up at Hyun-soo, got up and stood in front of her. Thump-thump, Hyun-soo’s heart beat with anxiety.
“I’ll go. I need to set the table now if we’re going to eat...”
“I’m calling you.”
Guk grabbed Hyun-soo and stopped her from trying to get away. In the process of grabbing her quickly moving body, Hyun-soo stumbled, but Guk immediately pulled her into his arms, preventing her from getting hurt.
It was an unavoidable situation where they had to face each other closely. Her pounding heart aside, Hyun-soo couldn’t breathe and couldn’t look at him.
Then, unable to bear it any longer, Guk grabbed Hyun-soo’s chin and lifted it. It was the moment their gazes forcibly met.
“Don’t avoid me and talk.”
“......What do you mean? I have nothing to say.”
“Nothing?”
“Yeah.”
Her eyes avoiding him, her nervous voice, the atmosphere of her being uncomfortable with him. Despite the obvious signs, Guk was anxious about Hyun-soo constantly trying to slip away from him. He was anxious and worried.
What is it this time? What more needs to happen between us?
“Your expression right now is the face I hate the most. Do you know that?”
Hyun-soo’s eyes wavered at his unexpected words.
“I can’t understand what’s going on in your head at all. And after showing me that face, you always pushed me away.”
“What... don’t talk nonsense.”
“Exactly. So you also know that it’s strange for you to leave me now.”
Hyun-soo lowered her head at Guk’s soft voice. It was because she couldn’t bear to meet those eyes that seemed to see through to the depths of her soul any longer. It seemed Guk knew this too.
“Hyun-soo-yah. Don’t worry about everything alone.”
He was just being patient.
“Because I have no intention of leaving you alone, not even a little.”
Because if he held her too tightly according to his anxiety, he would end up suffocating her. Then Hyun-soo might really be terrified and run away again.
In the quiet exchange of breaths, Guk’s hand caressed Hyun-soo’s cheek. At that warm touch, Hyun-soo let out a long breath that sounded like a sigh.
A fleeting moment passed. Guk, unable to hold back any longer, brought his face close to Hyun-soo and kissed her. The tense Hyun-soo tightly closed her eyes and raised her hand to push him away. But she was quickly stopped by Guk, who had been watching her with his eyes open the whole time.
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