“I’m short, so a mermaid style wouldn’t suit me.”

“It’s not necessarily only for tall people. With your good proportions, you’ll look beautiful.”

Director Kim replied warmly. Taeseok also chimed in.

“Your figure is excellent. Anything will look pretty.”

Afterward, he sent a strong gaze to provoke Summer. When joking in crowded places, she would fidget and blush, which was quite cute. Her expression was truly irresistible.

“I-I’ll try it on!”

Summer quickly disappeared to avoid Taeseok’s expression. Taeseok chuckled softly. His heart raced with anticipation.

The dress fitting began with the skillful hands of the staff.

“Oh my! Bride, you’re so beautiful!”

“Wow! There’s no swan more elegant.”

Even though the staff knew the admiration was part of their job, they felt genuinely excited. Summer looked at herself in the full-length mirror. A strange yet beautiful woman with a flushed face stood there.

“Is this really me?”

The dress worked like magic on the woman. Summer looked incredibly alluring and elegant. She seemed like a princess or fairy from a legend. For a moment, that’s how she felt.

“Let me help you finish. Tighten your stomach.”

Director Kim entered and assisted with adjusting the corset. To maintain the slender waistline, she had to hold her breath tightly. However, the lower abdomen was uncomfortable, and she couldn’t exert force. Kim, who was tightening the dress, nodded with a sly smile.

“You need to give a bit more strength…”

“Oh.”

Summer made a helpless expression.

“My stomach hurts a bit, so I can’t put much strength into it.”

However, as soon as she spoke, her excuse seemed like an apology, and her face turned red.

To come for a dress fitting and not exert strength on her stomach. It felt like making excuses for not managing well. That wasn’t the case. It really wasn’t.

With a smile of understanding, Director Kim said, “If you manage it a bit, you’ll be even more beautiful. I’ll adjust it only as much as you can bear today.”

Summer felt depressed. It seemed like she had come for a dress fitting with Seo Taeseok’s woman, who couldn’t control her food intake and had gained weight around her waist.

It felt like sullying his reputation. Taeseok always maintained a perfect figure wherever he went, while she couldn’t even exert strength on her stomach.

“I’ll finish up. You’re all done. Now, I’ll show it to the groom.”

Director Kim, who completed the tiara and earrings setting, expressed satisfaction.

When the curtain opened, Taeseok, who had been anxiously waiting, raised his head.

Summer felt Taeseok’s gaze but couldn’t smile due to her thoughts about her waist. She couldn’t look at Taeseok and cast her eyes downward. He would probably notice her waist at a glance.

Taeseok didn’t smile either. Beyond admiration for an indescribable beauty, a pain that surpassed amazement came over him. It felt like someone had struck his heart with a hammer. The main culprit was probably Choi Yeorum.

From the exposed collarbone to the curvaceous body covered by the dress, it flowed down like the tail of a mermaid, enchanting and glamorous.
The beaded decoration met the light, sparkling brightly, and the dress hem, like the waves of a sea goddess, scattered like waves from the tip of Summer’s toe.

A tense face, lips that seemed to hide words, marked the peak of innocence. Whether she knew that not smiling made her even more beautiful is uncertain.

“Ah.”

Taeseok’s voice split into two. He eagerly approached and took Summer’s hand. His eyes were filled with joy and excitement.

“Beautiful.”

That was all. The rest was conveyed through his eyes.

In response to the favorable reaction, Director Kim cheered. In her view, the dress she had created suited Seo Taeseok’s fiancée extremely well.

“I’ll show you a few more lines.”

Summer disappeared into the fitting room. Only then did Taeseok exhale.

The image of the goddess who had just come and gone lingered on his retina. She was so beautiful that his hands trembled. He decided to buy all the dresses she tried on.

“This time, it’s a ball gown dress.”

It was a perfect princess-style dress. The petal-like dress emphasized a lovely and elegant atmosphere.

As the abundant layers of chiffon swayed, it looked like tulips fluttering in the spring breeze. The large beads were densely scattered, boasting the epitome of splendor.

“Alright… Whatever.”

Taeseok was completely captivated.

So beautiful that it felt like tearing his heart, Taeseok couldn’t make a choice. He just kept watching and capturing Summer’s figure in his eyes.

That night, Taeseok had a dream.

He was walking down the street, feeling incredibly excited.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped at a street vendor. Although it didn’t seem like a place for street vendors, a grandmother was confidently doing business. She was selling flowers.

Feeling sorry for the elderly woman struggling on the street, Taeseok approached first.

“Grandma, how much are the flowers? I’ll buy them all.”