Rather than exploding in anger like me, he restrained and stepped back for her, swallowing his breath.

Arthur stopped scrutinizing Taylor with a cold smile.

Whether he uses Ora or not.

Either way, it was confirmed that both were a mess.

I don’t know if admitting that I’m a mess has helped.

Arthur made an effort to calm his mind.

His wife was injured. That was more important now.

Arthur silently took a deep breath and picked up the forceps on the tray, approaching her.

And without saying a word, he examined Reyna’s ear, and began dressing the wound.

“…….”
Having something to focus on helped suppress the anger that had nowhere to go.

He intentionally avoided looking at her face.

“……. ”

Reyna, who had been silent, opened her mouth.

“You’re late.”

Arthur stopped his hand.

It was momentarily difficult to understand.

Her words sounded strange.

“……. ”

Arthur stopped his hand and observed Reyna’s expression.

Something about the atmosphere felt strange.

Why say that as if waiting for someone.

The twisted feeling surfaced again.

If I wanted him to come later, maybe, but why say such a thing?

With a silent sigh, Arthur finished dressing and faced Reyna.

As he had developed the habit of looking as if he were ‘seeing’, he first turned his gaze toward her, feeling her form and body temperature through Ora.

Just as he ‘sees’ the world.

At that moment, she spoke again.

“Why did you come now?”

Arthur doubted his ears.

Her words seemed to blame him for being late.

She continued speaking.

“…I thought you wouldn’t come again.”

The end of her voice abruptly dropped.

She lowered her head.

Arthur’s fingertips hesitated in surprise.

What?

Arthur stared at her without understanding.

Did I know I wouldn’t come? Why?

“……. ”

Arthur doubted his senses.

Reyna seemed to have thought somehow that he would come late.

Very eagerly.

Is it a delusion?

I couldn’t be sure.

Shape. Sound. Temperature. I could feel them all.

But I couldn’t be sure because I couldn’t see.

…Did you wait for me?

Even when Taylor came… for me?

Why?

“……. ”

It was strange.

Her eyes were sparkling with something.

He knew what kind of condition that was.

Her eyes were in a teary state.

Reyna began to cry, wiping away tears with her fists.

At that moment, Arthur’s thoughts stopped.

“…My wife.”

Surprised, Arthur called her name, but Reyna didn’t respond, only continuing to cry laboriously.

Unconsciously, Arthur grabbed her arm, knelt on one knee, and looked up at her.

“Why… why would you think that…”

Only feeble words came out.

But she, with a pitiful expression on her chin, didn’t answer and just lowered her head, continuing to cry.

“……. ”

Reyna honestly…

…felt like she could die of shame.

But it was also a sense of shame that she could feel relieved about.

Arthur didn’t intend to avoid me now.

It means I can be a little closer for now.

It was my delusion that he wouldn’t come again.

There must have been some real reason.

At the same time, a heart-wrenching feeling of resentment arose.

…Even if he couldn’t come in, he could have said it, right?

He could have left a note, right?

But I didn’t have the audacity to say such things shamelessly.

“……. ”

Reyna just tilted her head.

And Arthur felt suffocated.

“Why say something and then stop.”

“……. ”
Arthur immediately knelt both knees in front of her.

Then, he embraced her arms and pulled her towards him, looking up at her.

“What’s going on? Why did you think that? Who said something?”

Reyna felt embarrassed and didn’t want to speak, but Arthur, holding her arms and looking down at her, seemed deeply troubled by her silence.

With a confused expression, Arthur urged her.

“Speak. Why did you think I wouldn’t come?”

“……. ”

After a long while, Reyna bit her lips.

“…I’ve said everything now…”

Her voice stuttered like a fool, and Reyna closed her mouth again.

With a puzzled look, Arthur pressed on, trying to understand her words, focusing more on her.

“You’ve said it? What?”

Reyna, feeling embarrassed, answered with a voice breaking with tears.

“…Because I thought you didn’t need me anymore.”

The end of her voice was locked away and almost inaudible.

Arthur’s eyes widened.

“……. ”

How could you think like that?

That I wouldn’t see you?

I couldn’t understand it at all, but the moment Arthur faced Reyna, a lightning-like realization struck him.

She had trusted him very reluctantly.

She had really opened her heart with great difficulty…

And yesterday, he stayed away for the first time.

Yesterday was the day Reyna confessed everything for the first time.

On that day, he disappeared without saying a word, leaving her alone when K was supposed to talk to her.