The tears welling up in Ms. Park’s eyes eventually couldn’t withstand their weight.
She had never shown herself crying to anyone in her life except at a funeral, so what on earth had this man in front of her done to her?
“Thank you for loving our Seo Rin.”
It’s natural for a mother to love her child. Moreover, that was something a mother, who harbors unconditional and infinite love like her, could say to someone who loves her child.
This man had not only candidly looked into her heart, but also dared to utter those words which could never be spoken without love.
The shock did not easily subside.
“You have no idea how relieved I am to know that there is another person who loves Seo Rin unconditionally, apart from me.”
“……”
“You asked me yesterday, didn’t you? If Seo Rin loves me. Well, I don’t know. As you know, she’s a woman who’s so frugal with her expressions. But this one thing I am sure of.”
“……”
“I love Seo Rin, Mother.”
Tae Joon confessed his feelings once more.
Ms. Park’s heart was moved by the sound of his calm voice.
Because his feelings for Seo Rin were so similar to her own.
Then, the door opened and the tea they had ordered came in.
With the water at the right temperature for brewing tea, the tea they each had ordered was placed in front of them.
When the staff filled the cup in front of Ms. Park with steaming water, the withered chrysanthemum floated up.
The parched flower, sipping warm water, slowly began to regain its vitality and bloom again.
It was a moment when life, thought to be over, was starting anew.
While capturing this miraculous moment, Ms. Park wished that Seo Rin’s parched heart would bloom
If only she could meet a passionate love and bloom brightly while holding onto that love.
She silently reached out her hand to pick up the teacup that was warm to the touch and brought it close to her nose. The fragrant scent of chrysanthemum silently permeated her entire body.
“Actually, I talked to Seo Rin this morning.”
She opened her mouth to speak after moistening her dry lips with a sip of tea.
“No matter what my decision is, she said she would register the marriage.”
“She must not have been at ease saying that. And now, I can’t do so.”
“……”
“Of course, that’s not to say I’m giving up on marrying Seo Rin.”
“……”
“I will wait. Until you give your permission.”
Sincerity strikes a chord.
And the wall that had been solidly built up in response to that resonance silently crumbles.
Ms. Park silently looked at Tae Joon. His fine face and warm eyes, contrary to his imposing physical condition, poignantly made their way into her heart.
“What should I… say.”
“Didn’t I tell you? You’re fully entitled.”
“……”
“Mother is an important person to Seo Rin. If you’re such a person to Seo Rin… then you’re an important person to me as well. Therefore, I should naturally wait for your permission.”
In response to the feelings silently soaking into her, Ms. Park picked up the teacup again with trembling hands.
She had been moistening Seo Rin’s heart for more than twenty years. But in the end, she couldn’t make Seo Rin’s withered heart bloom again.
Could this man do what she couldn’t?
Ms. Park quietly opened her mouth, her gaze fixed on the petals in the teacup she had put down.
“I wish… I wish our Seo Rin’s heart could bloom as brightly as this chrysanthemum. If a flower that was dead and withered can bloom again, why not the heart of our living Seo Rin?”
“……”
“Do you have confidence?”
The calm but firm gaze of Ms. Park demanded reassurance once again.
In response, Tae Joon nodded, a smile gleaming in his eyes.
“I will love her diligently.”
The brutal headache that started in the morning didn’t let up easily and tormented Seo Rin until late in the evening. To make matters worse, her stomach wasn’t feeling well, as if she had overeaten at lunch.
It wouldn’t have been unfair if she had overindulged at lunch.
In the midst of her busy schedule, she had only managed to eat a few pieces of sushi that Chief Park had bought her, and even that wasn’t sitting well in her stomach.
Despite taking a digestive aid, her stomach, against her will, continued to twist and churn.
Finally,
“Chief Park, come in for a moment.”
She called Chief Park again.
As he entered the office with a knock, Chief Park, seeing her still unwell face, guessed the situation.
“It seems the digestive aid isn’t working.”
“Yeah. So, do you know how to perform acupuncture by any chance?”
Recalling how Ms. Park occasionally helped her when she had such severe indigestion, she asked, but Chief Park frowned as if he had heard something he shouldn’t have.
“I’m a much more delicate and sensitive man than you think!”
“What does that have to do with this?”
“That’s because… I can’t stand the sight of blood.”
Caught off guard by his unexpected fuss, Seo Rin stared at Chief Park quietly.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
