“Ugh, I’m exhausted.”
Se Kyung, groaning, collapsed onto the sofa. By the time she had seen off Je Hoon and Yu Na and returned, the time had already passed 7 in the evening.
“I have to make sure those two don’t meet each other in the future.”
Se Kyung pounded her sore shoulder with her fist.
After Yu Na mentioned Se Kyung’s first love at lunch, the two of them clung to each other whenever they got the chance, busy exchanging information.
Who is the close staff member with Actor Moon? They say he’s handsome. Is there anyone like that among the employees? And so on.
Thanks to that, Se Kyung, who was all ears like a rabbit, was so busy trying to separate the two that she was beside herself.
“It’s already night.”
Se Kyung, turning her head, looked out of the window. Beyond the curtainless window, the street lights adorning the road and the lights of the cars blended together and flickered.
“It’s quiet.”
Was it because the two noisy people had left? Despite only living alone for a day or two, a peculiar sense of silence was felt.
Se Kyung picked up the remote and turned on the TV first. The quiet house soon became noisy with the voices of people, but the emptiness in her heart from being alone in an unfamiliar space did not easily disappear.
“Should I tidy up the luggage.”
Se Kyung, who had been idly blinking her eyes, got up. At that moment, Se Kyung’s cell phone, which was placed on the table, rang.
It was a call from Se Kyung’s mother, Mrs. Choi Jeong Ran.
“Uh, mom.”
Did you move okay?
“Yes, I did well.”
I should have come up. How did you manage alone?
Mrs. Choi Jeong Ran’s voice was filled with worry. Se Kyung had dissuaded her from coming up from Jeju Island early in the morning to help with the move.
Why call on a hard day? It’s better to come when the house is all tidied up, less hassle.
“It wasn’t hard. These days, moving services do everything. Yu Na and the manager came to help too.”
Really? I’m grateful to both of them. But you haven’t finished unpacking yet, right?
Se Kyung spoke cheekily, turning a blind eye to the boxes piled up on one side of the living room.
“I just need to sort out things like clothes and books. There’s not much left, so I plan to do it gradually.”
Don’t overwork yourself. I’ll come up to Seoul soon. Have you eaten dinner yet?
“Not yet.”
Why haven’t you eaten yet.
“I just sent off Yu Na and the manager. I’ll eat a bit later.”
Make sure to eat properly. Don’t skip meals because you’re alone. Ah, it would be so nice if someone was there with you.
For some reason, Mrs. Choi’s words tugged at her heart.
Even though it was something she heard often, why did her heart ache today? Was this also the effect of having a child?
“Mom.”
Hmm?
After calling Mrs. Choi, Se Kyung couldn’t say a word.
She should tell her that she’s pregnant…
She was fine with it, but she was worried that Mrs. Choi might be unnecessarily upset when she heard it.
“When will you come to Seoul?”
I’ll go within this month. I have to go when your schedule is free. I’m going to see my daughter’s face.
“I want to eat the galbijjim that mom makes.”
Galbijjim? I’ll make it when
“Settle down. You’re just hungry.”
You’re still a baby. My daughter. Hurry up and eat. Mom will call again later.
“Okay.”
Se Kyung let out a sigh after hanging up the phone. She laid her cell phone on the sofa and raised her hand to her flat stomach.
“A marriage.”
When Tae Jo proposed to me, I was so surprised that my heart pounded.
I had liked him from the first moment I saw him.
Enough to crash my lips onto his approaching lips. Enough to entrust my body completely to his embracing touch.
But that fluttering heart did not last long.
Because I found out that the reason Tae Jo proposed to me wasn’t because he liked me, but because of the baby in my womb.
“I wonder if our Miss Choi is crying because she knows I’m pregnant.”
Se Kyung gave a bitter smile. The reason she couldn’t tell Miss Choi about her pregnancy was because her mother had also married under similar circumstances.
Marriage not out of love, but out of responsibility because they had a child.
And unfortunately, the end of that marriage was not good.
Her father, who did not have a deep love for her mother, started a family with another woman not long after, and her mother who divorced after 3 years raised Se Kyung steadfastly even in difficult circumstances.
Although her father was not by her side, Se Kyung was full of love from her mother and lacked nothing.
She occasionally heard sad remarks about growing up without a father, but that didn’t mean she missed her father.
Of course, she didn’t think Tae Jo would irresponsibly abandon his family like her father.
But she didn’t want to get married out of obligation, without even love.
Rather than living a shelllike marriage life to solve the immediate problem at hand……. Even if it was a little hard, it was better for her to raise the child alone.
I was the one who didn’t back down even though I could have pushed Tae Jo away that day. I don’t regret it. Besides…
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
