One month later—
Da Hyun was spending a peaceful day at home.
She occasionally met with Yul, but mostly she spent her time indoors. Recently, she felt a lack of energy, spending more time lying in bed than usual. It was unusual for her not to take naps, but lately, she’d been dozing off frequently due to her lethargy.
However, Da Hyun didn’t take it too seriously. It was a time of seasonal change, and her body often reacted with small changes during such periods. Sometimes she experienced a low fever or changes in her menstrual cycle.
The slight fever suggested a cold, but with no other symptoms, she refrained from taking any medicine.
“How’s your body feeling?”
“I’m fine.”
Min Hyuk, aware of her not being well, frequently inquired about her condition.
Da Hyun took out a lemon-flavored candy to soothe her queasy stomach.
She had been craving something sour, leading her to buy the lemon candies four days ago. The sour lemon flavor spread in her mouth, somewhat easing the queasiness.
“Ugh!”
But sucking on the candy didn’t completely alleviate the issue. As soon as she opened the lid of the pot containing the kimchi stew prepared by the house staff, nausea surged, forcing her to quickly close the lid again.
“This is a danger zone.”
Da Hyun muttered lowly, covering her mouth with her hand, and left the ‘dangerous’ kitchen.
Back in her room, she pondered if she had eaten something wrong, or if she was just feeling unwell. However, she had barely eaten recently, so it seemed unlikely to be indigestion.
Lately, Da Hyun began to worry about an unknown illness. What initially seemed improbable gradually turned into fear.
“Maybe I should visit the hospital.”
She was too scared to search the internet for her symptoms. The persistent sour taste and nausea made her feel increasingly depressed.
She feared informing Min Hyuk about going to the hospital. Having just started experiencing happiness in her life, she couldn’t bear the thought of facing him if it turned out to be a terminal illness.
“I should go to the hospital alone.”
Deciding it was better to visit the hospital than to continue stressing, Da Hyun quietly made her plans without anyone knowing.
To get some air and digest, she drove herself to a nearby internal medicine clinic, without a chauffeur.
However, the doctor’s diagnosis was completely unexpected. Moving past her fear of a terminal illness, the doctor’s response shocked her.
“You might want to visit a gynecologist.”
“Excuse me…? A gynecologist?”
For a moment, Da Hyun thought she misheard. Her mind rang loudly. She numbly left the clinic with her phone tightly in hand.
The doctor had suggested visiting a gynecologist because her symptoms resembled those of early pregnancy.
“Pregnant? That’s impossible. I would have noticed.”
Da Hyun whispered to herself, denying the doctor’s words.
She chuckled in disbelief, thinking it made no sense.
“Wait a minute.”
Her face drained of color as she calculated the dates and realized she had missed her period for the month. Da Hyun suppressed an emerging scream, covering her mouth with her hand.
“Gasp.”
She looked down at her slender belly, bewildered.
“Could it be?”
She hadn’t expected to become pregnant just by deciding to have a child.
“I’ll talk to Min Hyuk after I’m sure.”
Bracing herself against the biting cold winter wind, Da Hyun firmly buttoned up her coat, regretting not dressing warmer.
After visiting the gynecologist, Da Hyun sat stunned in the waiting room, still holding her maternal health booklet.
“So, Han Da Hyun, we’ll schedule your prenatal checkup for next week.”
“Uh, yes.”
At the reception desk, she clutched the booklet, still in disbelief.
“Am I really pregnant?”
“Yes, you are definitely pregnant.”
She had doubted it, even thought of misdiagnosis, but her doubts evaporated when she heard the baby’s heartbeat.
“No abdominal pain or bleeding.”
“Congratulations, you’re at 8 weeks. At this stage, we call the embryo a ‘jelly bear’. Look, it really does look like a jelly bear, doesn’t it?”
“The heartbeat is strong. The baby measures 1.86cm and is very healthy.”
“You’re fortunate not to have severe morning sickness. Many mothers suffer from it.”
Da Hyun pondered each word the doctor said, switching her gaze between her abdomen and the booklet.
Even after seeing the life growing inside her on the ultrasound, reality hadn’t fully sunk in.
She couldn’t miss the rapid heartbeat and the movement of the ‘jelly bear’ described by the doctor.
She thought about how a single encounter could lead to pregnancy, but then, it wasn’t just that one time. Min Hyuk had been like a passionate beast every night since then.
Da Hyun pulled out the five ultrasound images from the booklet, examining them again.
Though the face wasn’t visible, she could see the tiny arms, legs, and body.
At 8 weeks, the baby’s brain cells and muscle tissues are already forming, and Da Hyun marveled at how such a tiny being could already be so developed.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
