After finishing my shower and returning to the bedroom, Jae Ha was sitting on the couch, checking his tablet.

It seemed like he was working while I was showering.

“You were working? I thought you took a vacation.”

“I did take a vacation, but I got an urgent call, so I was just taking a look.”

‘He wears glasses when he’s working?’ I thought as Jae Ha put on his glasses and focused on his work again.

The scattered pile of papers on the table indicated the urgency of the situation.

‘Judging by the documents he brought, it looks like he came in a hurry.’
It seemed like Jae Ha had forced his vacation to align with my schedule. Finding out about this fact towards the end of his vacation was surprising.

As I quietly walked towards the bed, not wanting to disturb his work, Jae Ha’s voice reached me.

“Are you going to sleep? I can turn off the lights.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be working?”

In response to my question, Jae Ha raised his head from his tablet.

Then he pointed to the reading lamp next to his table.

“We have a reading lamp here. Plus, it’ll be quick once I finish this approval.”

As I lay down on the bed, the cozy bedding enveloped me. In the quiet bedroom, the only sound was the rustling of paper as Jae Ha turned the pages.
As I lay on the bed, the cozy bedding enveloped me. In the quiet bedroom, the only sound was Jae Ha’s paper rustling.

“I doubt I can fall asleep.”

Even though I closed my eyes forcefully in an attempt to induce sleep, my entire focus was on the small noises he was making.

In the end, after tossing and turning for a while, I turned my body in Jae Ha’s direction.

He was engrossed in his work as if immersed in it.

My gaze passed over his eyes, which were focused on the documents, and gradually descended along the straight bridge of his nose until it settled on his closed lips.
Then my gaze naturally settled on his lips, which were gently sealed.

Seemingly lost in thought, Jae Ha’s lips parted slightly, and his Adam’s apple moved slowly as if he were swallowing.

“Why, can’t you sleep?”

I was so engrossed in watching him without realizing it that I was startled by the voice that reached my ears.

Jae Ha’s gaze, which had been fixed on the documents, had somehow landed on me.

“Or should I be sleeping, and am I disturbing you?”

“Oh, no.”

I slowly shook my head towards him.

“It’s not because of you, Jae Ha… I’ve always had trouble sleeping.”

Even if Jae Ha wasn’t working, I wasn’t confident that I could fall asleep.
He probably thought I was tossing and turning because he didn’t know I had insomnia.

“Besides, the prescribed medication is at home.”

I had no memory of sleeping soundly without medication since I returned.

“But it seems like I fall asleep in the early morning here.”

However, as I realized that today was the last night, I couldn’t easily fall asleep.

“Relaxing your body is good for sleep. Close your eyes and relax your body.”

“…”

“Start from the tips of your toes and slowly relax your body, and you’ll fall asleep.”

As I stared wide-eyed, Jae Ha pointed at me with his chin.
Jae Ha stared at me with a stubborn look as if telling me to follow suit.

“It’s all useless.”

I had tried sleep therapy, but it was of little use.

I closed my eyes in response to Jae Ha’s gaze, but it was the same as before.

No, closing my eyes seemed to make my thoughts even more complicated.

I could vividly imagine him staring at me in silence.

From the beginning, sharing the same space to sleep was the problem.

No matter how close we were as a married couple, we were still a sturdy man and woman.

Moreover, when I closed my eyes, I glimpsed Jae Ha at the swimming pool.
He told me to relax, but I started to feel more tense instead.

As my thoughts raced, my eyelids trembled.

“You said to sleep, but you’re thinking again.”

At the sound of his gentle voice, I opened the eyes I had closed, and our gazes met.

“Jae Ha, can I ask you something?”

Suddenly, I recalled the locked room I had seen when I first arrived here.

In fact, I had been curious every time I passed by that room, but I couldn’t bring myself to ask about it, as it seemed to have some sort of story behind it.

Instead of answering, Jae Ha nodded his head.
“It’s a locked room. I’m curious about what’s inside. All the other rooms are open, so why is that one locked?”

“…Are you so curious about that room that it’s keeping you from sleeping?”

“It’s not like that. I just suddenly got curious.”

It was true that I had been bothered by it since I’ve been here.

He seemed to think that was why I couldn’t sleep and chuckled.

“Hmm. It’s not really a story to hear before bedtime.”

For a brief moment, Jae Ha’s pupils wavered as if he was contemplating something.

Then, he continued speaking with his usual calm gaze.
“The owner of this villa is my mother. The locked room was her workspace.”

“A workspace?”