She quickly washed her hands and removed her earrings and necklace.

Intending to take photos in her current outfit, she just grabbed the hand cream placed in front of the vanity and rubbed it on her hands.

Chae Won naturally raised her head to look in the mirror and lowered her gaze to her lips, where his eyes had lingered moments ago.

“Are my lips too dark……”

Although she tends not to wear heavy makeup when wearing bright clothes, she picked up a tissue just in case it looked that way.

While wiping them, the doorbell rang at the entrance.

“Are you here?”

When Chae Won opened the door, he lightly nodded and stepped into the entrance.

“Thinking about it, it seems like a good method. Taking photos for multiple days in one day.”

“Right? I think we can take photos in advance like this from now on.”

Yoo Gun naturally looked around the house.

Due to the lighting, the living room is cozy but other areas are quite empty.

In the living room, there’s a sofa with colorful cushions and a warm-lit floor lamp, and in the kitchen, a high-end dining table without chairs.

The other open rooms were completely empty except for unpacked moving boxes piled up, without a single piece of furniture.

“It’s quite sparse and good for taking photos.”

At Yoo Gun’s words, Chae Won looked around her own house again and said,

“I didn’t unpack anything except necessities since I’m moving again anyway.”

“Seems like you don’t like the house.”

“It’s not that.”

“Then, perhaps you don’t like the neighbors?”

Yoo Gun casually put down the t-shirt he brought on the dining table.

“We’re going to break up in a month, and if I keep staying here nonchalantly, James and Yoo Gun’s grandmother might find it suspicious.”

Chae Won continued with a bitter smile.

“I have such a high spirit of sacrifice. Yoo Gun seems like the type who wants three hours of compensation and can’t stand even a little loss, but whatever. I won’t tell Yoo Gun to move out, so don’t worry too much and just stay as you are.”

“It seems like you didn’t unpack from moving day in the first place? Meeting me came after that.”

Damn, this man really knows how to hit the point.

I thought he would praise me for not thinking about a month later.

I thought he would be moved that I’d consider the three-hour compensation already received.

Chae Won spoke with an unperturbed, aloof expression.

“My father was strangely insistent about moving, so I was suspicious. I left the luggage unpacked just in case, and sure enough, when I found out the blind date man was the neighbor, I couldn’t unpack anymore.”

“So you weren’t interested in the blind date from the start.”

“Yes. Just like Choi Yoo Gun.”

Yoo Gun, who had been appreciating the living room view different from his own house, turned his head towards Chae Won.

She was a woman who would never blame herself even if it killed her.

“Do you realize you’re speaking very strangely?”

“I know it’s not a losing tone.”

Incredulous, Yoo Gun chuckled.

“Where are you planning to move to?”

“I’ll be picky. I’ll be living with my elder sister.”

It was a look of unwavering belief that Kim Hee Joo would wake up.

She knows that being in a vegetative state, such things are actually difficult to recover from easily.

It’s unknown how long it might take to wake up.

Perhaps time will just pass without hope.

But he adds something to her, who doesn’t say anything to her own disadvantage.

“She’ll wake up soon. Since her younger sister is picky, I don’t think you’ll find just any good house.”

At his encouraging words, Chae Won smiled slightly.

Looking at that smile, or more precisely, at her red lips that kept bothering him, Yoo Gun quickly averted his gaze.

“I’m feeling a bit thirsty.”

“Ah. I’ll get you something to drink. If you open the fridge.”

Confidently pulling open the refrigerator door, she froze for a moment as if broken.

“Ah, you must enjoy drinking?”

In the empty fridge, fifteen cans of hangover cure drinks were placed in the main position.

At Yoo Gun’s words as he stood behind her, Chae Won opened her mouth with an aggrieved expression.

“Wait, there’s a misunderstanding. I don’t particularly like alcohol, and I don’t drink much. These were gifts, and I couldn’t throw them away, so…”

“Didn’t you recently give me something with alcohol content, saying it tastes good?”

“Ah, that. You know.”

While Chae Won was speaking, Yoo Gun reached out his long arm and pulled out a can of ion drink tucked away in the corner.

“Well, it’s not important. I’ll enjoy the drink.”

Feeling wronged, Chae Won tightly gripped the refrigerator door.

He didn’t believe her even though it was true.

It was a gift from a patient who works at a hangover cure drink manufacturing company.

Chae Won was about to open her mouth to insist it was really true, but soon closed the refrigerator door with a soft sigh.

She usually pays great attention to image management, but she felt like she was showing things she shouldn’t, especially to Choi Yoo Gun.

Turning around, Chae Won looked at Yoo Gun sitting on the dining table, drinking the beverage.

Long legs stretching out under the white shirt and jacket, the raised jawline and bobbing Adam’s apple as he gulped down the drink.

Though he was just drinking, his movements were perfect as if he was shooting a pictorial.

When their eyes met as he lowered the can, Chae Won, feeling like she’d been caught observing him for a short time, expressed unnecessary dissatisfaction.

“Why are you sitting at the dining table meant for eating?”

He looked at Chae Won, who had approached, with somewhat languid eyes.

“Choi Yoo Gun, sit on the sofa over there instead of there.”

His eyes once again fixated on Chae Won’s red lips.

“I’m sleepy.”

“……What?”

“If I lean on the sofa, I think I might fall asleep.”

While looking at his eyes that really seemed tired, Chae Won suddenly realized they had been facing each other for too long.

“Then, let’s take the photos quickly. Let’s take them fast so you can go and sleep.”

Maybe I should have suggested taking them outside, in front of the house or something, even if it was a bit troublesome.

I chose to do it at home to quickly get it over with out of guilt, but there were strangely tense moments whenever I faced him.

*

Jae Min was startled to see Ro Na in his office.

“Ro, Ro Na, when did you get here?”

“Around the time you two were chuckling and drinking coffee?”

“Ah……”

Jae Min showed an awkward smile after stammering with a flustered expression.

“You saw?”

“Yes. I also saw you not answering my calls.”

Jae Min moistened his lips with his tongue and quickly approached to grab Ro Na’s hands.

“Ro Na, it’s not like that.”

“So, are you definitely getting divorced this week?”

“Yes. Hee Joo said she’d think it through properly this time.”

Ro Na shook off Jae Min’s hands, feeling a surge of anger.

“You used to always call her ‘that girl’, why do you keep calling her by name these days?”

“Well, what else should I call Hee Joo but Hee Joo?”

“Be honest. You’re planning to keep me like this and live a double life, right? You have no intention of divorcing, do you?”

“No. What are you saying?”

“Then why did you meet Kim Hee Joo today and why didn’t you answer my calls!”

“How could I answer your call in front of my wife? We’re still legally married!”

“……Are you really going to talk like that in front of me?”

Jae Min looked around at the suddenly raised voice.

Fortunately, everyone had gone home, otherwise the employees who knew Hee Joo as his wife would have lost face.

“You’re being too sensitive. Please calm down for the baby’s sake, okay? Do you know how hard I’m trying to get divorced right now? This isn’t going to be solved by getting angry like this.”

“You’re the one making me angry! My belly is getting bigger but you don’t think about my position at all? You’re not thinking about divorcing quickly, just drinking coffee and laughing with Kim Hee Joo! Not answering my calls. Running away and hiding, what is this!”

He tried touching her hands, arms, even tried to hug her and soothe her with a gentle tone, but she rejected everything and pushed Jae Min away.

“Ro Na…”

“I don’t need this, let go!”

“Just try to calm down first, okay?”

“I said let go!”

As Ro Na shook him off, her long nails left a scratch on his face.

The reddening wound quickly began to sting.

Jae Min, feeling hurt, put strength into his eyes.

“Go Ro Na. You’re not thinking about my position, are you? I’m not divorced yet and what I’ve done is clearly an affair.”

“What, what are you saying?”

“It’s natural to hide the mistress in front of my wife. Should I openly answer the phone? Make it obvious? What good would it do for the divorce if I got caught! Right? You keep making things difficult when I said I’d get divorced on my own. I really! I might just end up staying with Hee Joo.”

Unable to believe what she just heard, Ro Na’s expression froze in shock as she opened and closed her mouth.

What did she just hear from Jae Min’s mouth, which had always poured out only affectionate words?

That she’s a mistress. So she should keep quiet. That if she irritates him, he’ll just live with Hee Joo.

Looking at him with eyes that couldn’t believe he had really said that, tears finally welled up in Ro Na’s eyes.

“How could you……”

“So don’t bother me. Your constant irritation lately is really stressing me out!”

When Jae Min, who had unknowingly blurted out various things, came to his senses thinking he felt relieved, Ro Na’s cheeks were already streaked with considerable tears.

Looking at the tears flowing sorrowfully, he quickly felt sorry, but Jae Min thought he wasn’t wrong.

It had been no small struggle trying to humor her all this time.

“Ah!”

Ro Na clutched her stomach as if in pain, even though it didn’t hurt.

She wanted to test his love once more, thinking he seemed to be forgetting about the baby.

“Ow. My belly.”

Jae Min’s calm eyes quickly widened.

“What? What’s wrong, Ro Na?”

“Ah, my stomach hurts.”

“What? Oh no. Wait, wait a minute. Breathe, Ro Na, breathe.”

Watching him fidget anxiously while quickly pulling out his phone, Ro Na felt relieved on one hand and angry on the other.

Because she felt like she was nothing without the baby.

But even so, she had no choice but to pretend not to know and use the baby now.

“119, is this 119?”

This time, Ro Na didn’t stop Jae Min as he panicked and fussed.

She can’t back down now no matter what situation arises.

She must get married no matter what, and create a healthy family for the baby.

Ro Na made a firm resolution and pretended to be in even more pain, groaning.

*

Chae Won quickly pulled out tissues and handed them to Yoo Gun.

While taking photos together leaning on the dining table, their arms collided as he reached out and she was holding a drink, causing his shirt to get wet.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s fine, I can just change.”

Yoo Gun nonchalantly wiped the wet part roughly.

Fortunately, they had already taken several shots for the first photo, so they could choose from those. They just needed to change clothes and take the second photo to be done.

“Then I’ll quickly change my top too and be right back.”

Entering the inner room, Chae Won took out a t-shirt to change into.

Suddenly feeling a faint drink scent on her hand, Chae Won let out an “Ah.”

“I should have brought wet wipes. It’ll be uncomfortable putting on new clothes with a drink-stained body.”

Taking out wet wipes from the drawer, Chae Won hurried towards the living room.

“Choi Yoo Gun, at least use this.”

Chae Won’s hurried steps came to an abrupt halt.

She saw his bare upper body as he had taken off his shirt to change.

Although she had already guessed from when he was clothed that he had been working out for a considerable time, the clearly defined abs and firm chest were beyond imagination.

Stammering in surprise, Chae Won quickly turned around.

“I came out to give you some wet wipes.”

“I roughly wiped it off with water. I also used a towel.”

“Ah, I see.”

Chae Won stared blankly into space, waiting for him to finish dressing.

Hearing movement and thinking he must be done, Chae Won turned around, but seeing him still undressed and approaching, she stepped back.

“Uh, why.”

Chae Won watched Yoo Gun walking towards her unhesitatingly, then leaned back, supporting herself on the dining table behind her with her arms.

“Why are you.”

Yoo Gun, who had come close as if to embrace her, looked straight into Chae Won’s trembling eyes and said,

“My clothes are on the table.”

“Ah.”

Because Yoo Gun was still staying close, Chae Won’s arms supporting her on the table began to shake slightly.

His dark obsidian eyes moved slowly to rest on Chae Won’s lips once again.

“By the way, did you put something on your lips?”

Caught by his breath staying close, Chae Won couldn’t move at all.

“……I didn’t. Nothing at all.”

“Then why are they so red? It’s curious.”