“Seonwoo is my only son. I’m truly sorry, but I can’t stand to see him suffer. If Father-in-law is going to abandon Seonwoo, I will protect my son.”
In response, Inyoung just looked at her husband silently. Jin Youngcheol always felt suffocated when she looked at him like this, as he could never tell what she was thinking.
After a long silence, Inyoung slowly spoke.
“Every now and then, I realize how important Seonwoo is to you.”
Leaving Jin Youngcheol with her inscrutable expression, Inyoung quietly left the room.
When Green came to the bedroom after her shower, Seonwoo was sitting on the bed with only a reading lamp on.
“Aren’t you sleeping, Seonwoo?”
Waiting impatiently at the vanity for Seonwoo to lie down, Green found the situation awkward. Despite having spent an incredible night together, it was still uncomfortable when night came again.
“Tonight, just tap twenty times and come over quickly.”
Reading Green’s intention to stall, Seonwoo gestured to the space next to him under the covers. Caught off guard by his accurate guess, Green hurriedly tapped her face and moved beside him.
“I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“You said all the men you dated in college broke up with you within a week. Why was that?”
“Uh, well…”
Green hesitated for a moment, wondering if Seonwoo would be upset, but decided that honesty was the best policy.
“The guys were all nice and mannerly on the first date. But as we met two or three times, they started being too forward, trying to kiss me right away and putting their hands inside my clothes.”
“…….”
Green was startled by the sudden change in the men she dated. “It might sound strange, but at that young age, all men seemed to me like dogs in heat. It was so disappointing.”
“That’s how it was,” Seonwoo responded understandingly.
“After Mom’s accident, I didn’t have the luxury to date. If it weren’t for Dad’s nagging, I wouldn’t have even considered matchmaking.”
Realizing her lack of substantial romantic experiences, Green sighed, recalling what Hanna and Jenny had said about her. Then, she suddenly narrowed her eyes and looked at Seonwoo, who was taken aback by her intense gaze.
“Why is that?”
“Thinking about it, I’ve revealed everything about my past. What about you, Seonwoo? You’ve had a lot of relationships, right?”
Seonwoo laughed awkwardly at her interrogation. Compared to Green’s sparse past, his own seemed quite eventful.
“I had a few light relationships during college, but because of my complex about being an illegitimate child, they never deepened. Then, four years ago, I met someone I cared deeply enough to consider marriage…”
“And what happened?”
“She left when I confessed about being an illegitimate child.”
“Oh no!”
Green’s face crumpled with sympathy. She now understood why Seonwoo had asked how she felt when she first learned about his birth status.
But soon, she smiled bravely.
“I guess her leaving gave me a chance with you. If I ever meet her by chance, I should thank her.”
Amused by her quirky remark, Seonwoo laughed silently. He gently stroked her hair, admitting,
“You might think I’m biased as a man, but I somewhat understand those guys you dated in college.”
Green was startled. He understood those guys who tried to kiss her and reach into her clothes after just a few days?
“It was my first time having a girlfriend as an adult. I was crazy about you, Green, so beautiful and lovely, but I didn’t know how to express it properly.”
“Hmm, it seems they really liked me a lot.”
“More experience would’ve allowed them to be more refined in expressing their emotions. But back then, they were overwhelmed by their feelings for you, resorting to their lips and hands instinctively. They just wanted to touch you and didn’t know any other way.”
Green slightly agreed with Seonwoo’s perspective. They were all young, confused and overwhelmed by their first romantic emotions.
Seonwoo opened one arm towards her. Green naturally snuggled into his embrace.
She enjoyed these quiet, intimate conversations with him. He was the first person, other than her mother, who listened so well to her.
As Seonwoo softly stroked her hair, his hand gently caressed her cheek. He then naturally captured her lips in a kiss.
During their deeply affecting kiss, Seonwoo’s hand naturally wandered inside her nightgown.
“Wait a minute, Seonwoo!”
She hastily grabbed his hand. Seonwoo playfully started nuzzling her neck.
“You said if you have more experience, you express your emotions more sophisticatedly. Why are you acting like a twenty-year-old boy?”
“I’m inexperienced too,” he claimed, absurdly, before swiftly undressing her. Green’s heart raced with every touch, but she complained mockingly.
“Technically, we’re only on day one, isn’t this a bit too fast?”
Seonwoo grinned mischievously.
“It’s okay. We’re married, after all.”
Upon hearing his words, Green completely fell for it and tightly embraced Seonwoo’s neck.
While reminiscing, she thought that her friends’ biggest worry during their dating days was the push-and-pull in their intimate relationships, but she felt relieved that such dynamics weren’t necessary in her relationship with her husband.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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