Johan couldn’t bring himself to say anything and hugged her even tighter. He couldn’t bear it without embracing her.
A faint warmth was felt.
‘…What should I stop doing?’
However, Estelle’s poignant voice remained vivid in Johan’s ears. The day’s clear air mixed with Estelle’s sobs and desperate pleas.
‘Wasn’t this what you wanted, Johan?’
‘Please, save me.’
Even with closed eyes, Estelle’s sorrowful face was vividly engraved on the retina.
‘If not this, what should I do? You told me to kneel, cry, and beg to live. You were the one who said you’d grant anything if I did that.’
‘Still, forgive me once. In the past, you… You also said you couldn’t live without me. When I begged like this, you said you’d save me.’
With reddened eyes and adorably pleading, Estelle, who had grown up surrounded only by beautiful and precious things, seemed to have times when she felt endlessly beautiful. Even then.
‘Begging to live!’
Now, holding Estelle was painful.
‘Yes, beg. Beg to live. Say you want to live somehow.’
Looking back now, he couldn’t understand why he acted so harshly. It must have been because of his own attitude, which was so unkind that it was incomprehensible. The desperation Estelle felt at that time made his past self even more pitiful.
“What should I stop doing? What should I do to make you do what you want?”
Johan swallowed his breath slowly, unconsciously exerting force in his hand. The tender shoulders he was holding trembled weakly, as if they would shatter.
‘What do I want from Estelle…?’
Johan was speechless.
Such a self was unfamiliar. Normally, Johan would easily handle such a situation.
Dealing with someone in such a situation was easy because they would be easily swayed according to Johan’s intentions, especially when they were deeply shocked.
But now, nothing felt easy.
“Estelle.”
Originally, Johan didn’t expect to have such great fear just because Estelle was the daughter he hadn’t been loved.
“Estelle, look at my face.”
In the end, Johan pulled Estelle out of his arms and faced her. Looking at Estelle’s face, tainted with sadness, a tormenting pain was felt as if his heart was being twisted.
‘Where did things go wrong?’
Johan, who had arrogantly acted as if he were the best in the world, found himself ridiculous. After contemplating, the only words he could bring out were:
“What I wanted wasn’t this.”
Just those words.
So he couldn’t comfort Estelle, who was struggling. Worse, because the cause of her distress was himself.
‘…Is this regret?’
Johan endured Estelle’s anger and even her pushing his chest with her arms in silence. He had to find a way to make Estelle less miserable. He needed to resolve her misunderstandings and convey his sincerity.
“Anyway…”
At that moment, Estelle uttered words entirely unexpected.
“Anyway, you don’t love me.”
“Me?”
Suddenly, it felt like a thread snapped in his head. Unconsciously, Johan tilted his face towards her.
“I don’t love you?”
Perhaps that question was like a question he was posing to himself.
‘Didn’t I love Estelle?’
Honestly, he had never thought about that topic.
‘…Don’t I love her?’
Clearly, it was his own emotion. Estelle didn’t say she didn’t love him; she just mentioned he didn’t love her.
Yet, Johan was angry. The words sounded as if Estelle was declaring that she didn’t love him.
“Estelle, when did I ever say I don’t love you?”
“…Well, not really, but.”
“But why do you arbitrarily conclude my feelings?”
Johan felt a twist in his heart. Estelle’s indigo eyes shook like waves.
“But Johan never said he loves me.”
Estelle’s face grew paler. Johan strangely felt Estelle was about to break like a fragile sugar doll.
While looking into Johan’s red eyes, Estelle asked, “Do you love me?”
It was the moment Johan was about to answer. As tears streamed down Estelle’s face, she spat out red blood.
“You again—”
“It’s okay. This is not important.”
Naturally, Estelle, who had covered her mouth with her hand, looked at Johan.
“Do you love me?”
Just when Johan was about to answer properly, Estelle’s condition was different from usual.
‘What’s this…’
Estelle’s presence blurred as if her body were disappearing. Initially, Johan thought it was because she was getting cold and considered calling a doctor, but it was an entirely different issue.
‘A curse.’
A curse had invaded her entire body.
‘How did a curse…’
At that moment, Estelle shed tears and sobbed.
“Why won’t you answer?”
Johan realized he was too preoccupied with something else.
“No, Estelle. I—”
As Johan was about to express emotions he hadn’t properly faced yet, Estelle, who had blinked for a moment, collapsed.
“Estelle?”
Thump, his heart dropped. Johan stiffened, listening closely to Estelle’s heartbeat to check her condition.
‘Thank goodness.’
Estelle was alive.
Just like before, she fell asleep for some unknown reason. Johan brushed Estelle’s smooth hair and rested his nose against her neck.
Matching his breath with the sound of Estelle’s breathing, Johan barely breathed.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
