Dan Woo’s breath seeped into Ji An’s delicate skin. It spread silently inside her, filling all her senses with his breath.
The library in the middle of the night was quiet, and the sound of her heart beating grew louder, like the sound of a drum.
She couldn’t tell whether the heat at the edge of her throat was due to his lips or his body temperature.
Without realizing it, Ji An closed her eyes.
Unable to bear the overwhelming sensation, she tightly gripped the hem of Dan Woo’s clothes, which she had been hesitating to touch.
Rrrrr. Rrrrr.
The one who shattered the silent stillness and shook the heightened atmosphere was Ji An’s cell phone.
[Yoon Ha Joon.]The person who had called was Ha Joon.
Ji An released the breath she had been cautiously holding all at once and opened her cell phone. In the brief moment she hesitated, the call ended, and a message arrived.
Beep.
[Is your finger okay? Just in case, I think we should go to the hospital for an injection. Give me a call. Or at least pick up.]
Dan Woo straightened his upper body at the glimpse of the message content and leaned back next to Ji An.
He lowered his gaze at an angle and pointed to Ji An’s cell phone.
“An injection?”
“It seems he’s talking about a tetanus shot. The doctor at the health office also said that it wouldn’t hurt to get a vaccination as a precaution.”
Ji An sent Ha Joon a message saying she was fine, and then turned to look at Dan Woo. Because he had seated her on the reading table, their eye levels were close.
She avoided his gaze and jumped down from the reading table. As she walked towards the information desk, she lightly pressed her pounding left chest.
Ji An picked up her bag and coat that she had left inside the information desk and added.
“But I think I don’t need to go to the hospital. I’ve never had a problem with just a cut on my hand.”
“Still, it would be good to get it this time, so let’s go to the hospital together.”
Dan Woo transferred Ji An’s coat and bag to his own hands.
Thinking about gaining more time together and getting the injection, he hastily exited the library.
Tae Yoon had been loitering around the central lobby and approached the library entrance.
He was waiting for his superior, unable to muster the courage to enter the library, hoping they would come out as soon as possible.
Dan Woo looked at Tae Yoon curiously and asked,
“Were you… waiting for us?”
“I couldn’t leave the security unlocked. I was waiting to inform the security room. In case anyone sees, it could be troublesome for Ji An.”
Tae Yoon looked at Ji An and asked if she was okay as a form of greeting.
“Were you surprised?”
“Me? Yes.”
Ji An remembered the moment she was surprised to see Tae Yoon at the banquet.
He was the owner of the house with the Jeju stone wall, and seeing him with Dan Woo confused her.
She had tried to console herself that it could happen, but it felt like the world had abandoned her.
Looking back, the conversation between Dan Woo and Tae Yoon did not seem like a conversation between the owner and guest of the stone wall house.
She opened her eyes wide at Tae Yoon. Her face asked what had happened in Jeju.
Tae Yoon explained what had happened in Jeju.
“The house was purchased in the president’s name. It seems to have coincided with the time when Ji An reserved to live for a month. The rest is as you know. That brat, no, the president and I coordinated our story and lied. Just that the weather was not helping with thunder and lightning.”
“The fact that I was indebted to you does not change… Thank you.”
“Still, it doesn’t feel great knowing that you’ve been deceived. Ah! I’m Woo Tae Yoon. Some people think I’m a relative of the president because we share the same surname, but that’s not the case. We were just neighborhood friends.”
When Tae Yoon offered his hand, Dan Woo quietly pushed it away and spoke.
“Leave first. I’m going to stop by the hospital.”
Dan Woo, who showed Ji An’s hand, waited for his response. Only when Tae Yoon nodded did he finally head to the parking lot.
Ji An received a tetanus shot at Handong University’s Emergency Room and was retreated in the infirmary.
Furthermore, because Dan Woo asked if there were any other tests, she ended up getting an ultrasound as well, and by the time they left the emergency room, it was quite late.
She pushed on Dan Woo’s fastwalking chest with her palm. It was a sign to pause for a moment.
It was her venting about the phone call from Ha Joon being cut off.
To show her anger, she even added his surname when calling his name.
“Mr. Woo Dan Woo.”
“Why?”
“Do you think Ha Joon is easy? Or are you scared?”
“I didn’t want our time together to be interrupted. Plus, it seemed pointless since you kept asking if you were okay.”
Dan Woo was confronted with a fact that had changed from Jeju.
The conversation about Ha Joon had happened in Jeju too, but that was simply a conversation between Ji An and him alone.
But today was different.
The existence of Ha Joon revealed its form and intruded unexpectedly.
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.”
