“Just had one wish.”

“…….”

“Said she loves her brother-in-law too much, doesn’t want to let go. Says she misses him too much!”

Soo-jin couldn’t control her emotions and shouted.

It was a completely unexpected situation.

In-ho, with half-opened eyes, stared into space, pondering Soo-jin’s exclamation.

‘…I’ve never said such a thing.’

After exchanging bodies with Su-yeon against his will, In-ho had never had a short conversation with Soo-jin.

He had been trampled by Chairman Choi and threatened by Hye-kyung all along.

But Soo-jin said something to him.

No, she said it while looking at Su-yeon.

‘So, during the time I wasn’t there, you must have fallen on the cement floor and missed me, just like I did back then…’

In-ho deeply inhaled, suppressing the overwhelming emotions rushing at him, and tightly closed his eyes.

Thinking about her, who must have missed him, enduring extreme fear and trembling relentlessly, while he had been impatiently trying to grasp the situation, made him infuriated.

“Hah, I’ve been barely holding it in……”

In-ho exhaled roughly, shaking his head. Then, he blurted out the words he had been keeping in his heart.

“……I miss you so much.”

Su-yeon missed him too much.

Since their bodies switched, she had been feeling that way all along.

Except for the time she lost consciousness, Su-yeon’s image flashed in his mind every moment, making his heart ache.

After coming out of the small room, he spent quite a lot of time staring blankly at the mirror.

He had to see Su-yeon’s face, even like that.

But it didn’t bring any comfort.

The longing didn’t ease even a bit.

He wanted to feel the real Su-yeon with his body and heart, not just the outer appearance.

At the moment he realized the emotions he hadn’t even known existed, In-ho couldn’t help but feel that he loved Su-yeon much more than he had thought.

“You acted as if you wouldn’t give up, right? But why are you giving up so quickly? How can you suggest a divorce to your brother-in-law so easily?”

Whenever he thought of Su-yeon, emotions overwhelmed him more than reason.

When the longing for her intensified, the symptoms became even more severe.

So, without even considering understanding Soo-jin’s intentions, he expressed his sincere feelings.

“……I’m not giving up, I’m protecting.”

“Ha, what?”

“I’ve never given up. I won’t give up. I’m just keeping my promise temporarily because that’s the only way to protect.”

Firm eyes, without a trace of doubt, stared at Soo-jin.

For a moment, Soo-jin froze, turning into ice, staring at the determined gaze that was directed at her for quite a long time.

Although he had heard that she made a promise of divorce to Hye-kyung and even called In-ho, her current expression, free of any signs of surrender, matched well with his words of not giving up.
It was different this time. At other times, one might have wondered what kind of thoughts could lead to raising objections against Hye-kyung, but this time, it was a comforting feeling in the anxious heart for reasons that could not be understood.

“Ha……”

Soo-jin exhaled an unsettled breath.

The unexpected disturbance in her heart had started since the day Su-yeon walked into this house on her own.

“When did you come in?”

While heading to the kitchen, thirsty, she happened to hear Hye-kyung talking to Dae-ho on the phone.

“Soo-yeon called me home. Since she sent a video through Shin Yoo-ri, she’ll come no matter what happens. We really need to fix that woman’s mind firmly this time.”

Despite knowing the meaning of Hye-kyung’s words, there was no excitement.

It wasn’t as if Su-yeon got scolded by her mom and dad for a day or two after getting married.

There hadn’t been such a strange incident, even though there had been no such thing as a feeling of strangeness.

Since the content of the call was what it was, she didn’t feel like facing Hye-kyung, but going back to the room like this was too thirst-inducing.

When she went to the kitchen, suppressing the sound of her footsteps as much as possible, it seemed there would be no need to touch Hye-kyung’s feelings.

It was when she came down the stairs again, thinking like that.

Soo-jin stopped her steps at Hye-kyung’s continuing voice.

“So, I mean, come in as early as possible. Because you need to scare that woman more than I do. …She probably won’t willingly agree to a divorce. So, you have to lock her in the room until she says she’ll divorce you. Well, you have to resolve it quickly for Soo-jin’s marriage. And you don’t have time to spare, do you? Isn’t the construction project investment urgent?”

Listening to Hye-kyung’s long speech while half-asleep, Soo-jin just blinked her eyelids.

Then, after a while, she turned around.

The thirst hadn’t diminished much, but facing Hye-kyung became even less appealing.

To avoid facing her, Soo-jin lay on the bed to sleep.

Normally, when she laid her head down, she fell asleep within 10 minutes, but on that day, sleep wouldn’t come easily.