His body scent seemed ready to tint even her taste buds. Unconsciously, her flushed lips parted wide.
Just as her mind was becoming hazy, a large shadow moved away.
When she opened her eyes, Do Jun, who had left Hae Joo on the couch, was walking to the kitchen.
“Haah!”
Hae Joo’s heart just wouldn’t calm down.
As she sat up with a creak, he offered her a cup of ice water.
“Be careful from now on.”
“What did I do so wrong…….”
“Shall I finish what I was doing?”
Hae Joo, who glared at Do Jun, ran upstairs with the script.
Only after she closed the door of her room upstairs did her legs relax.
“Oh, really!”
She was sweating enough to make her back damp.
As she was catching her breath leaning against the door, Do Jun knocked.
“What is it?”
Hae Joo slightly opened the door and looked up at him.
“Let’s have lunch together tomorrow. I have to go see my father today, so I’ll be late.”
“I have plans for lunch tomorrow.”
“On the weekend?”
“I’m having lunch with the people from my agency. If it goes well, the director will come too.”
Hae Joo emphasized that she couldn’t miss the meal.
Ordinary people would let it pass, but she was tense because she didn’t know what Do Jun would do.
“It can’t be helped.”
How odd for Do Jun to accept it so easily.
It was a problem that a shadow quickly fell on his face from disappointment.
That was what made me worried again.
“If you’re going to see President Park… I’ll go with you.”
I blurted out words that were not in my heart.
Anyone could see that this was the consequence of disturbing someone who was sleeping well.
“Sure then.”
“I’ll get ready and go out.”
Hae Joo, who had changed into a comfortable dress, tied her hair in a ponytail.
Do Jun was already out on the first floor.
“Can I really go?”
“Thanks to President Park, I was able to leave the house.”
“Hmm.”
“Of course, I’m upset that you, Mr. Do Jun, put the wrong name on the marriage registration, but.”
“Do you hate being married to me that much?”
Hae Joo felt a little embarrassed after saying that.
The words came out differently than intended.
“That’s not what I meant.”
“Then you like it?”
“I’ll refuse your wordplay.”
Do Jun opened the front door for her. As Hae Joo stepped over the threshold, they walked side by side to the garage.
“My father cherished you.”
Hae Joo remembered President Park, who had given her 50 million won late at night. She wondered how he must have felt when he had to send his son away, and she had to do the same.
She guessed that it was possible because President Park had the will to save Hae Joo from her family.
“I also owe someone, so I’m going.”
“Owe?”
“Before Mr. Do Jun passed away, he left me 50 million won to give to me.”
“……”
“With that money, I was barely able to stand on my own.”
The corners of Do Jun’s mouth barely curled up.
He opened the car door with his smart key, had Hae Joo sit in the passenger seat, and then took the wheel.
There was a dementia specialty nursing home 15 minutes away. The place, known for its high admission fee, did not look like a nursing home from the outside.
“There was a place like this here?”
It was a place equipped with all the facilities needed for the admitted patients.
Do Jun applied for a visit at the firstfloor desk.
“You may go up immediately.”
There were many people coming and going in the firstfloor lobby.
Those who recognized Hae Joo began to whisper.
It was their first outing after the marriage scandal with Do Jun.
She was taken aback, not knowing it was such a large nursing home.
“I must have come in vain.”
In the past, people mostly reacted positively when they met Hae Joo. But after the scandal broke, they had to endure negative public opinion as well.
Gradually, Hae Joo’s expression hardened awkwardly. She forced a smile at the corners of her mouth, but her gaze wandered without staying in one place.
“Aren’t you going?”
“People are looking at us.”
“Let them look all they want.”
“Huh?”
Do Jun abruptly grabbed Hae Joo’s hand.
Then, the many eyes that had been watching them widened.
“Shall we go see my father?”
He never let Hae Joo out of his grasp.
Not now, and not forever.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
