In his current state, Hyukju didn’t even want to allow a brief separation from Eunsu. Even if there were awkward glances exchanged between them or if heavy silence filled the air, he wanted to be with her.
However, he didn’t have the right to say so.
There was nothing to do but wait silently as Eunsu directed.
“Where did Mrs. Sangju go?”
“She went out to have dinner.”
“She’ll be back soon.”
Glancing at the wall clock, Eunsu walked into the kitchen.
Hyukju observed her actions like a child waiting for their mother all day, not with any particular purpose but simply because he wanted to take in every detail of her presence.
Suddenly, a spark appeared on Eunsu’s small, white face as she opened the refrigerator door. Hyukju approached her, and Eunsu pointed inside the refrigerator with her finger.
“What’s this?”
“Chocolate and cake.”
Hyukju approached her and spoke.
Her face, which had shown no expression upon seeing him, broke into a smile when she saw the chocolate and cake in the refrigerator.
Seeing Eunsu’s smiling face, Hyukju thought he should buy sweet treats for her more often. Perhaps, in return, she might smile at him someday.
“Did you buy these, Hyukju?”
“Yeah. Do you want to eat?”
“Yes, please.”
“Go ahead and sit.”
Hyukju gestured toward the dining table. As Eunsu took her seat, he retrieved the cake from the refrigerator.
When various cakes were placed on the table, Eunsu’s lovely eyes sparkled like a child’s.
Holding a fork, Eunsu began to enjoy the cake. Seated across from her, Hyukju quietly watched her.
Perhaps due to hormonal changes, Eunsu was eating faster than before.
She’s going to choke if she eats like that…
He was about to voice his concern when Eunsu coughed and made a choking sound. It seemed like she had swallowed something incorrectly while eating in haste.
Hyukju immediately got up from his seat and poured lukewarm water into a cup.
“Drink this.”
“Thank you.”
Rubbing her reddened eyes due to coughing, Eunsu said.
She put down her glass of water, picked up her fork again, and slightly bit her lower lip as if embarrassed.
“I went to have dinner, but suddenly my stomach felt so uncomfortable that I just left.”
“Are you okay now?”
“I’m fine. I mean, you saw me eating cake just now.”
Nodding in response to Eunsu’s somewhat pointed tone, Hyukju understood that she had eaten the cake hastily because she couldn’t have dinner.
With a sympathetic heart, Hyukju reached for the cake that was still wrapped and handed it over to Eunsu after removing the wrapping paper.
“Eat this too.”
“What about you, Hyukju?”
“I’m not really a fan of sweets.”
“But you bought it, so at least have a little.”
“I bought it for you.”
At Hyukju’s words, the fork that had been in Eunsu’s hand quietly fell down. Hyukju felt sorry, wondering if he had said something unnecessary.
He had bought it for her, thinking she might like it, but Eunsu, who didn’t even appreciate such consideration, seemed to dislike it.
To hide his disappointment, Hyukju stood up from his seat again.
Eunsu chose a Rooibos tea bag that she liked and placed it in a cup, filling it with hot water. It seemed like it would go well with the cake.
As she set down the cup with Rooibos tea in front of Eunsu, Sangju came in through the door.
“Oh my, madam, you’re here already?”
It wasn’t even a particularly early time, but Sangju asked with a surprised expression.
Hyukju suddenly found Sangju’s question, asked with a tone suggesting, “Why did you come so early?” irritating. He wondered how long the time waiting for Eunsu had felt to him.
“Did you eat this much cake?”
Sangju, who had walked up to the dining table, shook her head in dismay when she saw the empty cake container. Then, she called out to the puzzled Hyukju.
“Mr. Vice President.”
“Yes.”
“Even though Madam likes it so much, you shouldn’t let her eat so much sweet stuff. What if she develops gestational diabetes… Of course, you must have come with good intentions, thinking of Madam.”
He hadn’t thought about gestational diabetes. Hyukju inwardly chastised himself for his carelessness in selecting various items, thinking only of how much Eunsu would like them.
“I only intended to have one, but I couldn’t resist. It’s just too delicious.”
Eunsu laughed awkwardly, blaming herself for the situation. At that moment, Sangju reached for the fork Eunsu held in her hand.
“Let’s stop now.”
“Yes.”
“You must have had dinner already, but the cake was so delicious?”
“Because of my loss of appetite, I couldn’t even take a bite and just left.”
“You seemed to like the grilled hairtail so much…”
“I did, but as soon as I saw the grilled hairtail, my stomach started churning as if I were going to vomit. I didn’t even look back and just came out.”
“Sigh, what can we do.”
Sangju sighed sympathetically and shook her head.
“I was really hungry, but when I saw the cake in the refrigerator, I felt so happy, you know? So, I hastily ate it.”
“If you couldn’t eat the grilled hairtail, did you feel sorry to your friend and decided to eat something else?”
“Well, it’s a restaurant where they serve large portions, enough for two people, so my friend called someone she knew to join us. To avoid causing any trouble for the two of them because of me, I called them and told them to eat without me and came straight home.”
As Eunsu explained what had happened in the evening to Sangju, Hyukju’s expression hardened.
No matter that another friend went with her, Hwang Inwoo felt resentful for leaving Eunsu alone to go home. Moreover, he must have seen her not feeling well right in front of him.
He showed a caring attitude towards Eunsu in front of her, but was it not sincere?
Hyukju’s anger towards Hwang Inwoo began to rise.
Eunsu and Sangju continued their conversation as if they hadn’t noticed Hyukju’s discomfort.
“Then you should have called me right away.”
“I thought you were at home.”
“I went to the knife-cut noodle restaurant that Samo-nim’s friend recommended.”
“The place that Saetbyeol told you about?”
“Yes. Earlier, that young lady was talking about clam kalguksu, and I could almost hear her slurping it up.”
Hyukju, who was standing in the kitchen, raised an eyebrow slightly as she listened to the conversation.
It seemed that the friend Eunsu had gone to meet was named Saetbyeol. Judging by Sangju calling her “young lady,” she was a woman.
Hyukju’s face, which had been tense all along, quickly relaxed.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
