After changing clothes, Haeyeon calmly opened the bag. Unlike when she discovered DoHa’s scars, she was fully prepared this time, her emotions steady.
“…”
Rustle.
The first thing she checked was the date on the document. ‘April’ was written, detailing the events of that day.
Her heart, previously calm, started to race. Taking a deep breath, Haeyeon forced herself to read the trembling words.
“…collision with an oncoming vehicle…”
The broken voice faltered. Each word was a struggle. Her voice was strained as if choked.
“Passenger seat… DoHa was on board, and…”
Her breath caught. Her vision blurred, and breathing became difficult. Fearful of tears falling on the paper, she hurriedly turned away and rushed to the bathroom. It was a repeat of when she had checked DoHa’s scars.
Furiously washing her face, Haeyeon slapped her cheeks.
“Calm down.”
After taking deep breaths to stabilize her breathing, she returned to the bed and picked up the document again. Now composed, Haeyeon read only the facts, finally understanding what had happened that day.
<DoHa, not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the car when it was hit. Fortunately, the car had swerved left, avoiding a direct collision with the truck.>
“Min Haeyeon sustained only minor injuries.”
Tears she had held back finally overflowed.
“Ugh!”
Overwhelmed by guilt, Haeyeon felt nauseous. She ran back to the bathroom, clutching the toilet, but only stomach acid came up, nothing else. She collapsed helplessly.
“If only I hadn’t left my phone in the back…”
…I wouldn’t have unbuckled my seatbelt.
The police report from the time of the accident explained it like this. Just before the accident, when her phone in the bag on the back seat rang, DoHa in the passenger seat had unbuckled his seatbelt to get it for her.
Right after unfastening his seatbelt, DoHa noticed the oncoming truck and quickly turned the steering wheel. This action prevented a head-on collision with the driver’s seat, but unfortunately, he was exposed to the impact without any protection.
“If only he had been wearing his seatbelt.”
The traffic accident was an uncontrollable force majeure. However, the reason DoHa was severely injured lay elsewhere.
If I hadn’t left my phone in the back seat.
If DoHa hadn’t unbuckled his seatbelt because of that.
Such a terrible injury would have never happened. In that situation, DoHa had risked his life trying to protect his wife, while Haeyeon herself couldn’t do anything as the horrendous event unfolded.
“Hauck!”
She didn’t know if someone seeing her now would question why she was so hypersensitive about an incident that had already passed and where the victim himself didn’t blame her.
But no amount of self-consolation could erase the pain DoHa had suffered, much like the scars etched on his body.
Rustle.
Haeyeon’s veins stood out on her hand gripping the paper. The injuries DoHa sustained in the traffic accident were merely ordinary characters on paper, but they were enough for Haeyeon to fully confront what had happened to him.
Haeyeon, that incident is already a thing of the past.
“No. How can I just move on like that?”
She wasn’t oblivious to Yunho’s intentions in being considerate towards her. But having read the secrets from a year ago, she couldn’t easily let it go.
Haeyeon clenched her teeth. On the verge of being engulfed by an endless self-loathing, her body froze as her eyes caught the last sentence on the page.
Despite her rigid body, Haeyeon’s pupils shook violently.
PTSD, a term she understood, but it was incomprehensible to her.
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.
