“Hey, wait a moment.”
Nokhyeon, who was staring at the pregnancy test kit, uttered a moan-like word. Soon, her legs gave out, and she sat down hesitantly.
“Don’t be so fussy.”
Taeein lifted Nokhyeon up, responding calmly. However, her heart was beating too fast.
“No, really?”
Nokhyeon covered her open mouth with her hand.
“I don’t know either. It could be nothing.”
Taeein rolled her complicated thoughts. She had been drinking and stressed a lot lately, and just yesterday, she was trembling with fear.
Taeein took a long breath and then searched for a pregnancy calculator on her phone.
It seemed better to confirm at the hospital since you could see the baby’s home around six weeks.
“Get the car keys. Let’s go to the hospital!”
With an excited heart, Taeein left the house. After calling her mother, who was visiting Morra’s hospital room, and asking her to take care of Arin and Stella, she got in the car.
Throughout the drive to the hospital, Taeein kept fidgeting with her fingers. She couldn’t stay still due to nervousness. Nokhyeon held Taeein’s cold hand tightly.
After confirming the baby’s home and verifying the pregnancy through ultrasound, they heard the heartbeat.
It was said to be slightly faster than the average. Taeein and Nokhyeon held their breath and listened to the baby’s heartbeat.
It was astonishing that a tiny bean measuring only 7 millimeters had a heart.
Their hearts were filled with awe. It was somewhat overwhelming to realize that something they vaguely imagined had become a reality.
While driving back from the hospital, Taeein, who was walking with shaky legs, hugged Nokhyeon as if she were about to collapse.
“Can I protect the baby?”
Worry overwhelmed her more than the joy. She was concerned about whether the tiny baby inside her could grow safely, and if they could raise it safely after birth.
“Well, we can do it.”
Nokhyeon comforted Taeein while hugging her.
Not ‘I’ but ‘we.’
Feeling choked with emotion, Taeein bit her lower lip tightly.
“I’m happy, so I’m anxious.”
It wasn’t the first time she felt anxious, but it was different now.
She was anxious that this happiness might break. After all, nothing is eternal.
“Me too.”
Taeein raised her head to look at Nokhyeon. With a faint smile, Nokhyeon spoke.
“I was always anxious, afraid of losing you. It’s the same now.”
“…”
“Let’s celebrate today.”
Nokhyeon kissed Taeein on her round forehead.
Yes, let’s celebrate today.
From tomorrow, we have to become stronger.
The news of Taeein’s pregnancy spread quickly. Nokhyeon was the source.
It was awkward to receive congratulations on the pregnancy so soon after celebrating her birthday.
As people congratulated her, it gradually became more real.
Simultaneously, the overprotection from those around her began.
Although it wasn’t the first place, upon hearing the news as the second, Hyeseong already bought baby supplies and sent them to Taeein. Heewon and Yeongwon managed Taeein’s work to prevent her from overworking.
Even Jeongri excessively looked after Taeein with unnecessary fussiness.
Ikdong was the same. Whenever he found the opportunity, he came to Taeein and nagged at her.
Even though he never bought clothes for himself while alive, he bought baby clothes and gave them as a gift.
Nothing was different at home.
Yeseul cooked for Taeein several times to comfort her upset stomach.
Taeein felt it once again.
I’m really being loved.
To reciprocate the love she received, she thought she should live even more diligently.
“Is this really my nephew?”
Arin narrowed her eyes and looked at the ultrasound picture.
“Not visible yet.”
Arin, sitting on the sofa, carefully brought her ear to Taeein’s belly, who was resting.
“Nephew, can you hear me? I’m Arin, your aunt.”
After whispering for a while, Arin looked at Taeein, lifting her head.
“Sister, can the baby hear me?”
Taeein gently stroked Arin’s head.
If it weren’t for Honggyu and Younggap, Taeein would have whispered like this to Arin, who was in her belly when her mother was pregnant.
She felt a bitter feeling for the everyday life she missed.
“Sister, what’s the baby’s name?”
“I haven’t decided yet.”
Nokhyeon was in charge of the nickname. She was diligently combining double consonants, saying that the baby would react when called with a strong pronunciation.
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“Don’t know yet.”
“It’s so tiny that it’s not visible!”
“That’s right.”
At that moment, Eunseon brought sliced fruits.
Even though she took indigestion medicine, it was challenging to eat greasy food.
Eunseon smiled triumphantly as she watched Taeein eat strawberries cut in half.
“When I had you, Taeein, I ate a lot of strawberries.”
“Were you also this small, sister?”
Arin asked while pointing to the ultrasound picture.
“Yes.”
“It’s fascinating. A tiny bean like that is this big now….”
Arin looked at Taeein with wonder and then patted her head.
“This is for you, sister.”
“Admirable, sister. Hehe.”
Arin picked up a strawberry with a fork and put it in Taeein’s mouth.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
