Here is the English translation of the Korean paragraph:

“Uhh……”

Blair, who had been hugging a pillow in her sleep, felt a sense of unfamiliarity and abruptly opened her eyes.

The person she had thought was a pillow was Herdine.

In her past life and in this life, the man who had become her husband.

He was lying next to her, sleeping just like he had pretended to love her in the past.

The warmth she felt from him was comforting, enough to make her want to go back to sleep.

That’s why she hated it.

She was afraid she would be tamed by this warmth again.

Afraid she would mistake this warmth for love.

Blair got up from the bed. At that moment, her eyes fell on the fireplace.

A roaring fire with flames dancing.

Seeing it, Blair unintentionally gasped and took a breath.

Fire.

The disaster that had burned her happy days.

The fear that the flames would consume everything overwhelmed her again. Gradually, her breath quickened, and her vision dimmed.

Then, a large hand blocked her view and gently pushed her back down.

When Blair finally regained her senses, Herdine’s face was in front of her.

“Are you scared?”

Usually, she had to be. She was terrified of fire.

But her racing heart gradually calmed down. Her breathing returned to normal.

Just because he was by her side.

It was strange.

Herdine closed his eyes after checking Blair’s condition and spoke in a low voice.

“Go back to sleep.”

Blair hesitated for a moment but, when she tried to move away, his arms wrapped around her waist and held her firmly.

Still, when Blair tried to resist, Herdine opened his eyes and spoke.

“We’ll use the cohabitation clause from the contract today.”

Blair was startled by his words.

She had thought that someday he might demand cohabitation, but she hadn’t expected it to be today. They had argued and made up today, and she had lost consciousness and woken up.

But if he wanted it, she had no intention of refusing. To demand cohabitation from him when she had Asiel, she would have to accept his request without refusing.

“Well… I’ll go wash up first. I haven’t had a chance to since I went out…”

As she said that, Herdine’s eyes, which had been assessing her intentions, turned coldly amused.

“Do you see me as a patient or a piece of garbage that you can use for release?”

“…I didn’t think that way. This is part of the contract, so we need to keep our promises—”

“Stop.”

That damn contract again.

Herdine’s forehead furrowed at the word ‘contract’ that had flowed out of Blair’s mouth like a habit, but he quickly relaxed his expression.

He was the one who had just mentioned the cohabitation clause from the contract.

“What I mean is, let’s just sleep together.”

Why…?

Blair, unable to understand his intentions, looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Herdine sighed and added in a low voice.

“I can’t sleep alone with the fireplace on.”

Blair’s pupils slowly blinked as she stared at him.

It was strange. He gained nothing from just sleeping together without doing anything.

So, this was solely for her sake.

“I won’t do anything, just go to sleep.”

As if his words were sincere, he removed the blanket that had slipped from Blair’s body and let go of her, lying down again.

Although they were close enough for Blair to reach him with a little movement, he seemed genuinely content with this arrangement.

Blair looked at Herdine’s profile as he lay there with his eyes closed.

The air in the room warmed by the fireplace was comforting, the blanket was cozy, and the warmth of the person next to her, even without touching, provided a sense of security.

But I still hate you.

But today was really tough. I’m so tired. So…

‘Today, maybe it’s okay.’

Looking at him, Blair blinked slowly and soon fell into a deep slumber.

It was a warm night after a very long time.
Here is the English translation of the Korean paragraph:

The next morning, when Blair woke up, Herdine had already left the room.

The fireplace was extinguished, but there was still warmth in the room. It seemed like he had been tending to the fireplace until recently.

Blair pulled the blanket and waited for a moment, then Lena, who was carrying a basin of water, entered.

Lena’s eyes welled up with tears as soon as she saw Blair. It was a face that showed the suffering she had gone through last night.

“Why, why did you do that? You’re scared of fire… If you wanted to light the fireplace, you should have called me.”

“I’m sorry. I was worried.”

Blair didn’t say why she had lit the fireplace herself.

Blaming Herdine would ultimately reveal her bottom line, and it had already been resolved.

Blair, who comforted Lena, asked, “How is Pipi?”

Blair usually took care of the fawn’s meals unless something unexpected happened.

“Oh, Meli went to get milk a while ago.”

Blair asked in surprise when she heard Lena’s answer, “Did you forgive Meli?”

“…Should I not forgive her?”

If Blair had said so, Lena would have chased Meli away immediately.