He was convinced they were not just comforting words she had said before leaving.
The sincerity Eun Soo had shown him, thinking it was the end, was genuine.
How thrilled he had been at that sincerity.
And so, he couldn’t accept that Eun Soo had disappeared without a trace.
If the misunderstanding between Seo Yeon Ji and myself was the reason Eun Soo left, then I should have been upfront about the injustices I experienced.
The fear of revealing my past military service was even more ridiculous. My aunt was enraged about it, but for Hyuk Joo, it was something he already knew.
Eun Soo, who suddenly disappeared, and her action of agreeing to meet him citing a final goodbye, Hyuk Joo only now realized what purpose they served.
She wanted to hide it.
She wanted to protect it without getting caught.
‘What was I doing until Eun Soo thought about living in hiding?’ Hyuk Joo was angry with himself.
“…Why are you like this?”
Eun Soo asked cautiously to Hyuk Joo, who was not moving the car with his forehead furrowed. However, Hyuk Joo did not say anything.
“Mr. Hyuk Joo?”
“Ah… I just need to think for a moment.”
“Is it because of work?”
“No.”
Hyuk Joo took a deep breath and then moved the car.
Throughout the drive to the townhouse, his lips never parted. In the heavy atmosphere filled with silence, Eun Soo observed Hyuk Joo’s face.
He was clearly expressing some emotion, but she could not guess what it indicated.
It was a face that seemed both angry and thrillingly expectant.
Afraid that Hyuk Joo might notice her gaze, Eun Soo quickly turned her eyes to the window outside.
Soon, familiar sceneries appeared.
Having entered the townhouse through the entrance, Hyuk Joo stopped the car.
“Thank you for today.”
“If you’re thankful…”
With a click, Hyuk Joo unbuckled his seatbelt.
Wondering if he intended to see her off, Eun Soo stared at his face. If that was the case, she intended to refuse his goodwill.
However, Hyuk Joo said something that Eun Soo had not expected at all.
“I think I need to wash up. Can I come in for a moment?”
“Pardon?”
Eun Soo furrowed her beautiful brows and asked again.
She couldn’t understand why he would say such a thing out of nowhere.
Noticing her confused expression, Hyuk Joo quickly added an explanation.
“I have an important matter later. But I didn’t wash properly because I ended up sleeping in the car last night.”
“Ah…”
“Please.”
At his polite request, Eun Soo hesitated for a moment. She just bit her lips lightly and bit the tip of her thumbnail.
Since he said he had an important matter, she couldn’t easily turn him away.
Moreover, knowing that Hyuk Joo spent the night in the car because of her, she couldn’t bear to refuse him.
It was only right to reciprocate his goodwill.
“Okay.”
“Thank you.”
Hyuk Joo quickly got out of the car, opened the rear seat door, and took out his travel bag. Then he followed Eun Soo, who had gone ahead into the house.
Her cautious steps, and her hands covering her belly as if to protect it.
During the short walk, Hyuk Joo’s gaze never once left Eun Soo.
A moment of turning suspicion into certainty, and again, becoming certain.
His heart throbbed in an instant. At the same time, his nose stung.
What must have Eun Soo felt, having to hide the truth from her husband, even when she was carrying the child she had so desired?
It was all his fault.
Because he couldn’t assure her, in the end, Eun Soo chose to live in hiding.
To protect the child.
‘Genetics is scary. Especially in the case of cancer.’
The words her aunt repeated until they were etched in her ears came to mind. Even while worrying about Hyuk Joo’s health, her aunt always added that sentence.
Genetics…
It was said keeping in mind the mother who had passed away due to cancer. It was clear how it would have come out after such a person learned that Eun Soo was sick.
She would have surely bruised Eun Soo’s heart with harsh words.
And I…
Hyuk Joo gritted his teeth.
He too was guilty. He should have been a rock Eun Soo could safely lean on, but he hadn’t been.
Caught up in selfreproach, Hyuk Joo looked up at the sound of Eun Soo opening the door.
Upon opening the front door and entering, a living room with only the bare minimum furniture appeared.
“There’s a bathroom in the room. You can use that.”
“Okay.”
“Then, come out after washing up.”
After finishing her words, Eun Soo went into the kitchen. Watching her retreating figure, Hyuk Joo tightened his grip on the bag handle.
Entering the room Eun Soo had directed him to, Hyuk Joo put down his travel bag and ran his hand over his dry face.
It felt like he had grabbed onto a lifeline in front of a vast abyss.
“Eun Soo…”
His eyes, as he lifted his head, were full of overflowing emotions.
Eun Soo was sitting on the living room sofa.
The spring sunlight shining on the lawn was beautiful. The leaves fluttered softly in the occasional breeze.
Suddenly, she remembered a walk with Hyuk Joo.
It was around this time last year. They had walked side by side along a small forest path near Seoul.
The scent of the trees in the air and the sensation of their hands clasped together was strikingly vivid.
“We can’t go on like this.”
Eun Soo murmured softly.
She needed to stop recalling her past with Hyuk Joo at every moment of her daily life. But could it be due to the fact that she was in the same space as him now?
Once a memory resurfaced, it did not recede but only amplified greatly.
At the sound of the door opening, Eun Soo turned her head.
“…..”
Hyuk Joo was neatly dressed in a suit.
Despite the familiarity of the sight she had seen often in the past, Eun Soo’s heart fluttered for a moment. She was momentarily stunned at his neat appearance, complete with a tie.
She was unaware of the fact that Hyuk Joo had approached her and that her coat was in his hand.
“Do you have an important meeting?”
“I suppose so.”
At Hyuk Joo’s reply, Eun Soo got up from the sofa. It was to see him off. She was the first to stand at the front door and opened it.
Eun Soo watched as Hyuk Joo walked towards her with long strides.
She couldn’t let her eyes shine with tears…
Holding back the welling tears, Eun Soo deliberately put some strength to the corners of her mouth.
“Well, take care.”
“Let’s go together.”
“What do you mean?”
Eun Soo tilted her head.
“We need to check at the hospital.”
At Hyuk Joo’s words suggesting that they go back to the hospital she had visited in the morning, Eun Soo frowned as if she was baffled. Hyuk Joo, without taking his eyes off her face, added emphatically,
“I mean, our child.”
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Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
