“All the factory exit side had been discarded, but I found the truck that appeared in the parking lot CCTV footage and obtained the dashcam footage.”
“Why you….”
“I thought it might be useful when you regain your memory.”
At the sound of his tender voice, Tae In choked up. As her eyes moistened, Tae In desperately tried to compose herself.

No, don’t be fooled.

There must be some trick.

Even so, how can you not be moved when he says such things with that face?

“You’re not just giving this to me, right?”
“I’ll give it to you in return for postponing the divorce.”
“So, you’re offering to let me stay in this house and give me the evidence in return for delaying the divorce?”
“Yes, that’s all.”
Tae In, who had been rational throughout, was shaken.

She didn’t understand. Nok Hyun was a natural businessman.

He had told Tae In to think about what would be beneficial for her, but Nok Hyun seemed to be aiming for a losing deal rather than a profitable one.

“Perhaps you prefer someone naïve and innocent…?”
Tae In asked, narrowing her eyes seriously.

Nok Hyun burst into a youthful, unrestrained laughter.

“No, someone reliable. Someone who seems capable of protecting me at any moment.”
Tae In tilted her head. A reliable person seemed far from her reach.

Did he prefer the boldness she had when she lost her memory?

That wasn’t her true self.

Wait, what is my true self?

She had lived focusing on what was visible, hiding her true feelings, and now she couldn’t recognize her real self.

Tae In bit her trembling lips tightly, and then slowly opened her mouth.

“Even though I have regained all my memories, I still don’t know what kind of person I am.”
Tae In poured out her frustration.

“Hand.”
Nok Hyun, who had been quietly looking at Tae In, suddenly asked her to reach out her hand. Without a second thought, Tae In extended her hand, like a puppy.

Nok Hyun flipped Tae In’s hand and placed a small parcel in her palm.

Inside the parcel were meringue cookies.

Stars and flowers of various colors were reflected in Tae In’s round, widened eyes.

She had written it in her notebook while watching various videos on her phone, thinking it looked delicious.

“It’s so pretty, how do I eat it?”
Even as she asked, Tae In took a meringue cookie from the translucent plastic bag and put it in her mouth. In the meantime, Tae In kindly offered one to Nok Hyun.

She felt the crispy texture, followed by an onslaught of sweetness.

Nok Hyun tapped Tae In’s flushed cheek with his finger.

“You’re this kind of person.”
Someone who can sincerely delight in small things.

Upon realizing the meaning of Nok Hyun’s words, Tae In tightly shut her mouth.

Her eyes, which were shimmering and fluttering, darkened.

She had shown her defenseless side again. Pathetically so.

“Right, about that time at the villa. Actually, it was such an embarrassing moment that I wanted to forget it. It was a pleasant memory I’ve never felt before in my life. So, I wanted to treat it as a sweet dream.”
Tae In said in a quiet voice.

She wanted to speak as calmly as possible, but she couldn’t hide her trembling voice.

Nok Hyun firmly grasped Tae In’s shaking hand.

As his big, warm hand enveloped hers, Tae In’s nose turned red.

“But why do you keep trying to make me the old Seo Tae In, why me.”
Finally, a tear drop fell.

As if it was the start, tiny tears started to fall continuously.

Nok Hyun wiped Tae In’s damp cheek with his sleeve.

Tae In flinched and backed away, searching for tissues to wipe her face and nose.

“Just do as you always do. Act like a villain, selfish and evil, using anyone, even your wife, for your own purpose.”
As she wept uncontrollably, Nok Hyun hugged Tae In and sat her down in a comfortable chair. He then handed her a still warm cup of tea.

Nok Hyun didn’t know. The fact that when someone comforts you when you cry, the tears come out even more.

“Why, are you afraid your family will kill me?”
Nok Hyun sat with one knee on the ground, locking eyes with Tae In.

Tae In raised her eyes to look at Nok Hyun. Drops of tears hung from her long eyelashes.

Nok Hyun stroked Tae In’s head as he spoke again.

“I won’t die. Especially not leaving you behind.”
At his resolute words, Tae In shed tears again.

She wondered when she had become a person who cried so much.

She hadn’t cried like this since she was a child.

“And I won’t let you die either.”
Someone said it. Words have power.

Tae In wanted to believe in the strength carried in Nok Hyun’s words.

She hoped things would be as he said.

She wanted to be honest with her feelings, as when she had lost her memory, without fear of losing herself and the people precious to her now.

“Why are you good to me? What on earth do you want from me?”
At her petulant words, Nok Hyun smiled lightly.

“I want to kiss you.”
“…A kiss?”
“Let me.”
“…That’s strange. Kang Nok Hyun, you’re really strange.”
Nok Hyun, who had clasped her teardrenched cheeks with his large hand, swallowed his unusually red and plump lips.

Tae In closed her eyes tightly, but did not avoid him.

She accepted Nok Hyun as if she had been waiting for this moment.

His hot breath touched every part of her mouth. It was a breath sweeter than the meringue cookies she had eaten earlier.

Nok Hyun, whose lips had turned red, caressed Tae In’s earlobe and then her slender neck.

Wherever he touched, it was soft as down. It finally felt real that Tae In had come back home.

Unlike the soft beginning, their movements increasingly obeyed their desires.

Nok Hyun wanted more of her, while Tae In was having difficulty even accepting, gasping for breath.

As Nok Hyun’s hand slid below her shoulder, Tae In was startled and pushed him away.

Tae In looked around with a guilty face as if she had done something wrong and then made a fierce face.

“No more of this!”
“Why? We’re married.”
“What if Arin walks in!”
Tae In pointed to the door as she spoke.

“Is it okay if Arin just doesn’t see?”
“…That is.”
Tae In hesitated to answer.

If she answered firmly, it seemed Nok Hyun would be disappointed and go far away.

“Tae In.”
“…Yes? No, what?”
“Speak comfortably.”
“…Okay.”
“Shall we share a bedroom now?”
“What did you say?”
Tae In was stunned at Nok Hyun’s words. However, Nok Hyun, with a calm face, wiped off the traces around Tae In’s mouth.

“That was your wish, wasn’t it? To share a bedroom.”

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