“What are you doing now? Let go of me!”
Line looked up, glaring at him, and shouted with a trembling voice. She tried to shake off his hand, but he showed determination not to let go.
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t say that to me! What’s the use of that!”
With all her strength, she tried to break free from him, and he hugged her with all his strength.
“I missed you.”
With that one word, the crumbling Line stopped resisting to escape his embrace. She struck his chest with a small fist. Since the fist didn’t hurt at all, Song Kang’s heart ached even more.
“How can you say that to me…! How…!”
Song Kang could no longer endure it. He lifted Line’s head and kissed her lips. It was an incredibly soft and warm sensation, a feeling he had missed so much.
He slowly pulled away from her lips and looked into her face.
“I, made a mistake.”
Line hugged him tightly. She buried her face in his chest, shoulders shaking as if she was sobbing sorrowfully. After a while, Line’s body, which had been sobbing for a long time, lost its strength, and she eventually lost consciousness.
“Prosecutor Jin Line, Prosecutor Jin Line! Wake up!”
In a hurry, they ended up with an ambulance.
Returning from the court, Juhyeok found it strange when he saw the ambulance leaving in front of the prosecutor’s office. However, seeing Ha-ein standing there, his anxiety deepened.
“Ha-ein.”
“Oh, senior, hello.”
Ha-ein had no composure whenever she faced Juhyeok.
“What’s with the ambulance?”
“Well…”
Juhyeok turned his eyes to the prosecution officials. Seeing them scurrying about, it seemed that the person being carried in the ambulance was from the prosecution. Moreover, Ha-ein was here until the schedule of today’s summons investigation…
“Is it Line?”
Ha-ein nodded.
“Oh, Senior Choi came!”
Prosecution officials eagerly asked Juhyeok what had happened.
“Did Director Na Song-kang harm Prosecutor Jin Line?”
Juhyeok asked anxiously.
Director Na Song-kang was definitely not that kind of person, but with Juhyeok’s insistence, Ha-ein was puzzled.
“Senior… that’s not it.”
“Not it? Does that mean you weren’t with her?”
Ha-ein tried to calm Juhyeok down, but it had the opposite effect.
“Explain what happened.”
Juhyeok asked the prosecution officials.
“Well, when Prosecutor Jin said she was going to take a short break, she turned off all the internal devices.”
“Huh…”
The staff judged that Line needed to wake up to understand the situation. Although Ha-ein didn’t intend to eavesdrop on their conversation, she felt uncomfortable.
Since the two of them were the only ones who knew what happened inside the statement recording room, it was frustrating.
“Senior, I’m sorry…”
“What are you sorry for? I’ll quickly go up to the office and check on Line.”
Juhyeok quickly went up to the office. However, due to the tasks that had been transferred over because of the disturbance in Line’s schedule, he found himself unable to leave the prosecution immediately.
“If you think of it as the body’s functions being turned off, that would be accurate. How did you manage your life in this state? Since you don’t sleep or eat, the body’s switch had to turn off. If you take this IV, get a good deep sleep, and wake up, you’ll feel much better. If you don’t consistently receive treatment from now on, I can’t guarantee a normal life.”
The doctor spoke as if he had observed Line’s life. The test results indicated the facts.
In the doctor’s opinion, Song Kang couldn’t hold back the nausea. It was a situation that even he, not a medical professional, could understand just by looking.
As her veins weakened, as weak as they could get, he didn’t know how many times he had stabbed the threatening needle into her delicate wrist, causing a burst of pain.
Seeing Line’s arm, covered in deep bruises, Song Kang involuntarily sighed.
“Just try getting up…”
What on earth was she thinking, leaving her body in such a state? He was furious.
Song Kang held Line’s small, slender hand.
Why was her hand so cold again…?
He looked at Line’s face. The wounds he had been concerned about all along were now covered with ointment. He brushed aside Line’s hair and kissed her forehead.
Rather than frustration… Would it disperse or shatter? His heart wavered.
Perhaps due to the energy of the IV, Line gave a very faint force to her eyelids and opened her eyes.
“Are you… awake?”
Line blinked her eyes weakly. Then, she raised her hand and brought it to his face. It seemed like a gesture to confirm if he was really there.
Song Kang placed his hand on the back of her hand, making her realize that he was truly by her side.
She gathered all her strength to pull her body towards him and hugged his neck. He supported her back with his large hand.
“If you left me again… Ugh…”
She sobbed again, expressing her sorrow. From the words “if you left me again,” he got a hint of why she was so miserable.
It seemed to be due to the trauma of parting with her parents without seeing their faces. After that, her nose twitched at the thought of the wounds he left on her.
As Song Kang tried to lift himself to see her face, she, with all her strength, pulled his neck again.
“Don’t go…”
Where did the person go who used all her strength to break free from his touch…
Helpless against her gesture of hugging him like a child, Song Kang could do nothing but stop. Whenever Line acted like a child like this, Song Kang couldn’t move or resist.
“I won’t go. I want to see your face.”
To ensure Line didn’t let go, Song Kang sat on the bed and hugged her to the side. With her small build nestled against his large body, she looked like a child. Only then could he finally see her face.
“Does it feel like revenge if you torture yourself to this extent?”
“What are you talking about…”
“By tormenting yourself to the level of self-harm like this, how much do you think my heart…”
He spoke, examining Line’s face carefully. Line turned her swollen face quickly. Song Kang, using his hand, turned her head back to make her face him.
His forehead was gradually getting tense. As she pulled her head forward this time, she covered her sight.
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.
