As Nokhyun stared at me as if she could swallow me up right away, Taein looked awkward.

“No, now? We planned to grill meat.”

“There’s something more urgent than meat.”

If I knew it would be like this, I should have talked about it later. Taein, who found meat more important and Nokhyun’s gaze, which didn’t care about meat at all, clashed in the air.

Unable to bear it any longer, Nokhyun kissed Taein on the lips. Nokhyun was in a hurry because she knew about Taein’s circumstances.

The buttons on the blouse were so numerous that Nokhyun barely suppressed the desire to tear them off.

Finally, seeing the scene before her, Nokhyun opened her mouth wide and exclaimed.

Designer Do Heewon, I thought he drank and only indulged in drinking every day, but he’s sophisticated.

“Why are you staring at it like that? It’s embarrassing.”

Taein covered his upper body with his arms. Even though he was already married and had a child, Taein was still embarrassed.

“Because it’s pretty.”

Especially when she looked at Nokhyun, who was still looking at her lovingly, she felt even more so.

Nokhyun, holding Taein with her firm arms, kissed him on the collarbone.

In the hot and melting sensation, Taein’s body involuntarily shrank.

At that moment, Nokhyun’s phone, which was placed on the table, vibrated.

She tried to ignore it, but the vibration didn’t stop.

“Hurry and answer. Something might have happened.”

At Taein’s words, Nokhyun had no choice but to answer the phone. It was Mora’s call.

What should I do? Sihu is crying his eyes out, saying he wants to see Mom and Dad.

Nokhyun sighed heavily with a deeply furrowed brow.

Where did the secret weapon go?

“Switch with Sihu.”

Dad! Mom! Come pick me up quickly! Waaah!

It was a completely incomprehensible situation. Whom did he take after? Sihu didn’t even tolerate one night.

Taein took Nokhyun’s phone and put it to his ear.

“Sihu, Mom and Dad will go now. Just wait a little.”

Taein quickly hung up the phone and buttoned up his blouse.

“No, I haven’t seen the bottom yet?”

Nokhyun complained as if it were unfair. Taein comforted her by patting her shoulder.

“…We are parents.”

At Taein’s words, Nokhyun made a face as if she had been hit in the back of her head.

The weighty sense of responsibility conveyed by the word “parents” felt even heavier today.

As Taein casually straightened out the disheveled clothes, Nokhyun sighed.

“…Always only I suffer, really.”

When Nokhyun and Taein arrived at Mora’s house, Sihu was already fast asleep. There was a moment of regret for coming in a hurry.

“Thank you, Mom.”

“What’s there to thank for? If I knew he’d fall asleep like this, I wouldn’t have called you. I did it for nothing.”

“No, I’ll come and visit again next time.”

While Taein and Mora exchanged greetings, Nokhyun skillfully picked up the sleeping Sihu.

Seemingly comfortable in his father’s arms, Sihu didn’t even twitch.

Nokhyun and Taein, who had arrived home before they knew it, laid Sihu down in his room.

“What about the meat?”

Taein felt bitter thinking about the meat left in Gapyeong.

“Let’s go together with Sihu tomorrow and eat it.”
“Ah, then that’s fine.”

Taein laughed playfully.

Unlike the melancholy Nokhyun, the cheerful wife today seemed a bit annoying.

“Come here.”

Nokhyun brought her forehead to Taein’s shoulder.

“Why are you doing this, like a child.”

A teasing laughter escaped from Taein’s lips.

“But it seems like Sihu doesn’t like having a younger sibling. Why doesn’t he like it? I really wanted a younger sibling.”

“I understand. I didn’t like it either.”

At Nokhyun’s words, Taein tilted his head slightly, as if not understanding.

“Are you strongly possessive?”

“That’s one reason, and it’s also annoying.”

“I see.”

“Even now. It feels a bit bitter because Sihu seems to be Taeein’s top priority.”

“Sihu is also your son.”

“….”

Taein lightly tapped Nokhyun’s shoulder, who whined like a naive child today.

“Let’s wash before Sihu wakes up.”

Taein separated Nokhyun from her shoulder and pushed her into the bathroom.

“Do you want to shower together?”

“Are we just going to shower?”

“No.”

“Then let’s go in quickly.”

Taein decisively closed the bathroom door without hesitation.

Left alone, Nokhyun turned on the cold water. Her body, already heated, needed to cool down.

She felt like she was practicing meditation under a waterfall, but no matter how much she showered with ice-cold water, her body, which had already become hot, didn’t seem to cool down.

‘Let’s see, Sihu. I wonder if you’ll stay out late when you have a lover later.’

After washing with cold water for a while, Nokhyun, who came out, lay down next to Sihu with a bitter smile.

They had to get used to a life of three, not two.

Even if she wanted to spend time alone with Taein at least once a week, it was difficult.

Nokhyun lightly touched Sihu’s small finger.

At that moment, Sihu tightly grasped Nokhyun’s finger. Did he wake up? Her heart fluttered.

“Ah, ppap…”

With closed eyes, Sihu murmured in his sleep.