Was that all? He felt a mischievous urge, like a greenhorn boy.

To tease his wife who couldn’t even make eye contact, he slowly closed the distance.

One step, two steps.

With each step, In Ho’s lips curled into a joyful smile.

“Why are you out here instead of sleeping?”
“Huh?”
“Did you wake up because of me?”
“No, not…”
“I was careful not to wake you up, just in case.”
“No, no! I didn’t wake up. My eyes just opened, and I heard In Ho’s voice, so I, huh…”
Su Yeon, fumbling her response, inadvertently lifted her head.

At that moment, she saw In Ho’s face much closer than she had expected.

Startled, she shut her mouth tight.

Her previously calm heart started to race again.

Her flushed face was just a bonus.

In Ho, who had been watching her intently, gently narrowed his eyes, and closed the remaining distance perfectly.

“I heard my voice, so what were you going to say next?”
At the end of his surprisingly tender words, In Ho’s arm curled around Su Yeon’s waist.

Su Yeon’s eyes widened to their limit.

Seeing her cute reaction, In Ho couldn’t hold back his laughter.

“Why aren’t you saying anything? Can’t you tell me what you were going to say?”
In Ho teased Su Yeon as if he didn’t know, even though he did.

Being so sly wasn’t his usual behavior, but it didn’t feel awkward in front of Su Yeon.

“…I wanted to prepare something for you.”
Su Yeon, unable to avoid his gaze or move her body, murmured.

That made In Ho’s heart, which had been pounding, explode.

“Do it.”
“…What?”
“Do what you said. You wanted to prepare something, right?”
It was a feeling he wouldn’t have easily revealed at other times.

But surprisingly, his lips moved easily.

He wondered how he had managed to suppress this desire all this time.

But that didn’t matter.

That wasn’t the important thing.

The most important thing for In Ho at this moment was,

“Myung Woo will arrive in about 30 minutes. I plan to change clothes and gather the script and other stuff.”
“Ah…”
“Will that be enough time?”
Su Yeon was not uncomfortable or burdensome anymore.

On the contrary, just facing her made him feel excited and happy.

His heart raced, and he felt an urge to hold her numerous times.

And he was curious.

What would she want to prepare for him?

He was unbearably curious.

“Yes, that’s enough.”
Su Yeon nodded with a beautiful smile.

At that moment, In Ho was overwhelmed by an intense impulse he had never felt before.

He stopped breathing and couldn’t take his eyes off Su Yeon.

No, he couldn’t.

His breathtakingly beautiful wife seemed to be etched into his heart.

He felt strange but not unpleasant, and so In Ho gazed at Su Yeon for a long time.

For some reason, he was certain that this day would be a very good day.

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Su Yeon sat on the living room sofa, looking blankly at the window as the sunlight started to pour in.

“It’s already morning.”
She muttered with a shaky voice.

In Ho had left the house three hours ago after receiving a call from Myung Woo saying that he had arrived at the parking lot, but Su Yeon was still in a daze.

“Thank you. I’ll be back before dinner.”
“…”
“You seem to have not slept well because of me, sleep more. There will be no one to disturb your sleep once I leave.”

These were the words In Ho said while he was putting on his shoes to leave the house.

How sweetly he had spoken, Su Yeon’s heart was still racing.

“Ah, and just in case I’m saying this. I told you yesterday too, if you get a call from mom, just say you’re not feeling well and rest at home. If it’s difficult for you to contact her, I can do it.”

In Ho’s face was filled with concern as he spoke those words.

Su Yeon was more than pleased with that.

“No, it’s okay. I, I’ll tell her.”

In Ho looked more worried at her words, but Su Yeon was sincere.

She was really okay.

The only difference from before was that In Ho had become a reliable ally, but Su Yeon felt like she could do anything.

Even if that meant fighting against her motherinlaw’s distrust and hatred, she felt she could do well.

“It feels like… I’m dreaming.”
Su Yeon murmured with a dazed face, placing her hand on her heart.

It felt like she was wandering in an overly happy dream today, following yesterday.

Unless that was the case, she wondered how such happiness could come into her life…

With a blushing face, Su Yeon broke into a shy smile, then suddenly hardened her expression at a thought that suddenly came to mind.

“Ah, could you get me some headache medicine?”

In Ho, who was about to leave the house, suddenly grabbed his temples with a frown.

At the sudden change in In Ho, Su Yeon stepped forward and asked.

“Do you have a headache?”
“It’s been like this since I woke up.”
“Since you woke up? Is it really bad? You should have told me earlier. The medicine won’t work right away… Do you think you’ll be okay if you take the medicine? I’ll get it for you. Just wait a moment.”
“I thought I’d be okay if I washed up and came to my senses. Ah, just a moment.”

In Ho, still frowning, grabbed Su Yeon.

And then he held a cellphone that started ringing loudly.

The call didn’t last long.

In Ho put his cellphone in his pocket and started moving busily.

“I’ll just go. Keep telling you, don’t go to Seongbukdong. You got that?”
“You asked for medicine! I’ll get it for you. Just wait a moment.”
“No, I’ll buy some if I need it. I think it would be better to go now. I’d rather you answer about not going to Seongbukdong.”

In Ho showed a strong will to hear the answer, his forehead still furrowed.

In the end, Su Yeon could only nod her head.

“I wonder if it’s gotten a bit better…”
Su Yeon stared intently at the medicine placed on the table.

She had taken it out, worried even after In Ho had left the house.

“What if… it keeps getting worse.”
The reason she was still sitting on the sofa at this hour, when she would usually have headed to Seongbukdong, was all because of this.

Because of the medicine on the table.

In Ho, who had said he had a headache.

“I’m worried…”
Too, too worried.

Su Yeon let out a deep sigh.

Then, her quiet phone began to ring loudly.

The name written on the display was ‘Mom’.

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