I Possessed the Wicked Empress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 197

An alleyway on a hill where the sun had nearly set.

At the hour when red sunlight barely draped the alley’s entrance, Hye-young stood on tiptoe, stretching her neck as she waited for someone.

Soon, a familiar and neat black silhouette appeared at the end of the alley.

Hye-young’s face lit up with a full smile, and she dashed down the alley in one breath.

Kyeong-su, whom she hadn’t seen for over a week due to his looming bar exam, stood before her, holding a plastic bag from Hye-young’s favorite chicken brand in one hand and waving the other toward her with a generous smile.

Hye-young leapt straight into Kyeong-su’s arms.

Though he must have been exhausted from days of tense exams, Kyeong-su tightly embraced Hye-young and spun her once around right where they stood.

Since Kyeong-su’s abilities in graduate school were undisputedly top-tier, Hye-young felt certain of his exam results.

She thought she could finally build a home with the one she loved and live the future she had always dreamed of.

Back then, that was how it was. At that very moment—gazing at Kyeong-su, who, despite his drooping, sleep-heavy eyes, kept giving her a gentle smile—Hye-young felt she was the happiest woman in the world.

Ermedilin woke from sleep, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She didn’t understand why she’d dreamed of that day on a day like today.

She knew now that those times—secretly buying wedding magazines while waiting for results, secretly hoping for a proposal—were nothing but empty dreams.

‘A dream. Yes. I was afraid it might be another dream.’

Ermedilin placed her right hand over her chest and took a deep breath to stop her endless tears.

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