Thrilled by Madness - Chapter 129

Seojun didn’t want to confine Eom Soyeon to the title of “Tae Seojun’s woman.” He wished for her to stand tall in the world with her own name, Eom Soyeon. However, when he saw the script cover of the work his wife was insisting on, a sigh escaped his lips.

“Sigh…”

The story was intriguing, but he couldn’t tolerate a movie where his woman would have intimate skinship with another man. Just thinking about it made his anger rise to the top of his head. Because of that, Seojun clenched his lips tightly and left the study with quick steps.

As if to say it wasn’t even worth responding to such a ridiculous question.

That was last night, and he thought it was over.

However, even tonight, a day later, Soyeon brought that movie script to the bed again and pushed it towards him, asking about his intention with a mischievous smile.

“What kind of answer do you want?”

Seojun snapped, which was unlike him.

“Hey, Eom Soyeon! The movie you want to do doesn’t just end with acting, you know!”

“Acting ends as acting. What else is there besides that?”

“Then what? If I do that with another actress, huh? You, huh?”

“What about you, sir? Don’t just say ‘huh?’ Explain in detail so I can understand.”

“Ha, look at this woman. Do I have to say it out loud? Another man’s skin will touch your lips. How can I stand that!”

“Then I should film an erotic movie with my husband, right?”

“What’s that now…”

“Great. Let’s make a second child while we’re at it.”

Who could break Eom Soyeon’s stubbornness? Seojun, who newly realized that her habit of only looking ahead and charging forward once she made up her mind wasn’t just limited to driving, hugged Soyeon’s waist tightly with a faint smile on his distinct lips.

“Says who.”

“Actually, you’re saying that because of me. You’re worried I’ll have a hard time. That it’ll be dangerous like when I gave birth to Hyunwoo. That’s what you don’t like.”

“You know me well.”

“I’m telling you it won’t be like that this time. You’ll be by my side now. I think I have the right to give birth to a child while being showered with my husband’s love. I feel like I’ll be able to act better if I can resolve that lingering regret.”

“You have a way with words.”

Changing his mind to thoroughly care for and protect his stubborn wife rather than dissuade her, Seojun stroked Soyeon’s long hair with his fingers. Then, deeply penetrating, he breathed hot breaths into Soyeon’s ear.

“Alright. Let’s go for it.”

“R-really?”

She thought he would oppose having a child until the end. She knew well that his opposition was for her sake. So she wanted to persuade or threaten him to change his mind for just one week. But when he actually agreed, Soyeon was startled and just blinked her eyes.

“But you have to go to the hospital with me no matter what. If your condition becomes even slightly abnormal, you must, absolutely tell me. Understand?”

“Thank you, Seojun oppa.”

She cutely called him ‘Seojun oppa’. Whatever that meant, the corners of Seojun’s mouth that had been pulled up wouldn’t come down. Meanwhile, his black eyes became even darker and smoldered.

Last night, he couldn’t even lay a finger on her who was utterly upset. He intended to receive that unfulfilled desire, that lost golden time, several times over now, even if belatedly.

“Then, we should call for Hyunwoo’s younger sibling now.”

Seojun swiftly pulled down his and Soyeon’s sleepwear in an instant.

“Oh my…!”

The bedroom temperature rose in an instant.

With the heated breaths exhaling a delicate trembling between their lips.

With the dizzying motions of the two people whispering love.

Starring Tae Seojun and Eom Soyeon.

The movie ambitiously made by director Yoon Jiwan was released in theaters and broke audience records day after day.

As a result, Soyeon’s value also skyrocketed to the point where she named her price. While that could be due to the marriage synergy of the two leads, it was also thanks to the frequent media reports of Soyeon’s diligent attitude and consideration for fellow actors.

To give a few examples, she would show up to the set early each time to meticulously check the role she had to play, and even when she had to inevitably decline a casting offer, she would express her sincere regret to the production team with humility and courtesy.

The person most busy because of such Eom Soyeon was none other than Yeo Dosoon.

Although it was a weekday, Dosoon, who was enjoying a rare day off, had a lunch appointment. The person she had that appointment with was none other than Eom Soyeon.

“Over here, Dosoon!”

As the visibly pregnant Dosoon entered a private restaurant in Cheongdam-dong, Soyeon raised her hand and called her over to the table where she was sitting.

“Congratulations, Yeo Dosoon! I heard the doctor said it’s a boy. Anyway, I hope you have a smooth delivery.”

“Hey, that’s not it. I only told you that the doctor wiggled one finger, saying something could be seen. But your mother-in-law already told your aunt about that?”

“Yes, that’s right. Lady Cha Yeojin appointed me as a special envoy to treat Yeo Dosoon to a course meal in celebration of finding out the baby’s gender, regardless of what it is. And this is a gift from your aunt and your mother-in-law.”

Soyeon spoke in a playful robotic voice and pushed a large gift envelope across the table to Dosoon.

A few days ago, Cha Yeojin finally forgave Lee Man-cha.

Saying she accepted Yeo Dosoon despite her sharp personality, she sometimes sent precious food to Soyeon on set as well. Telling her to replenish nutrition together with her daughter-in-law. On top of that, she went to Gahoe-dong every day and recited her determination to do better for hours, so Cha Yeojin’s cold treatment softened back to how it was before.

So Dosoon thought the Seongbuk-dong mother-in-law must be in an even better mood these days. Drawing a refreshing arc on her lips, she rummaged through the envelope.

“What’s this, the baby clothes and shoes are all blue? What if it turns out to be a girl?”

“Don’t worry. Your aunt said they can be exchanged for pink if it’s a princess. Your mother-in-law and aunt bought them together because they were so cute and pretty.”

Soyeon, who finished speaking, handed Dosoon another square and longish box the size of her palm.

“This is a gift from Hyunwoo.”

“What is it?”

“A ship that never flips over no matter how much you shake it. Hyunwoo asked me to give it to Aunt Dosoon yesterday.”

“Really?”

Dosoon, who took out the objet glass bottle with blue seawater and a ship from the box, shook it hard. However, the cruise ship maintained its place strangely despite swaying heavily as if it would flip over.

Dosoon, who looked at it closely, grinned.

“It’s amazing and fun. This is Hyunwoo’s gift?”

“Yeah. Hyunwoo has the same thing in his room. He must have thought you’d like it too since it’s something I like.”

“Yes, I really like it. Our Hyunwoo has good taste! I think he gave this to me to mean that our little one should also live life steadfastly like this. But how can a 5-year-old child be so deep? Could it be that Hyunwoo is on his second life?”

At Dosoon’s joke that he was reborn after living a full life, Soyeon couldn’t help but laugh her head off. As Soyeon and Dosoon were wiping the tears that had welled up in the corners of their eyes and stopping their laughter, it was around then.

The men who appeared at this restaurant, where only those who knew could make reservations and come, were not one but two, without any contact.

“Honey!”

“Darling!”

The two men Soyeon called ‘honey’ and Dosoon called ‘darling’ strode to the table where their wives were seated.

“How did you come here together?”

Soyeon asked Seojun, who folded his tall height and sat next to her, but it was Wonhoo who answered.

“Wherever the needle goes, the thread naturally follows. But Director Tae barged into the CEO’s office and leaked the information that there are two needles here? So how could I stay still? I had no choice but to follow since Director Tae said he was coming here.”

“I heard from Mother.”

Following Wonhoo’s answer, Soyeon nodded her head at Seojun’s short reply and asked Seojun again.

“Did you tell them?”

“No, not yet.”

“Then should I do it, or do you want to do it?”

“I will.”

Seojun, whose mouth was already itching on the way here, took out a photo from the inner pocket of his suit jacket and slowly curled up his neat lips.

“Eom Soyeon can’t work for a while, CEO.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Yeah, why all of a sudden?”

Wonhoo and Dosoon, who confirmed something the size of a bean in the photo Seojun placed on the table, looked at Seojun and Soyeon with round eyes.

“Soyeon, you…”

“Seojun, you…”

Are you pregnant with a second child?

That’s right.

Soyeon was already carrying Hyunwoo’s younger sibling in her belly. It was the second time God’s gift had come. Seojun and Soyeon smiled silently as if asking what was so surprising, and shifted their gazes out the arched window.

The garden, deeply dyed in green, was even greener under the blazing summer sunlight.

The first thing Soyeon noticed when she woke up from sleep was the small light of the blurry bedside lamp.

“Phew…”

Soyeon, who woke up in the pitch-dark dawn, slowly exhaled her choked breath and half-raised her full-term body. At that sign, Seojun, who opened his eyes wide, first checked his wife’s condition.

Her pulse was beating a little fast, but within the normal range, and the slightly leaking amniotic fluid indicated that the time for birth was imminent. Seojun, who drew Soyeon’s gaze, gasping for breath, to make eye contact with him, spoke calmly with a composed expression.

“It’s okay, Soyeon. I’ll get dressed, you just put on the outerwear I brought. And we’ll go to the hospital and give birth to a healthy baby. Understand?”

“…”

Soyeon, who found stability in Seojun’s calm and low voice, nodded her head slightly up and down.

As said, he changed clothes in the dressing room and came out, and as soon as he put a coat as warm as a blanket on her, he hugged Soyeon by putting his arms under her armpits and behind her knees. And then he quickly moved to the parking lot.

About three hours after arriving at the hospital like that.

Although the time had not yet passed dawn, Chairman Tae and Professor Eom and his wife rushed to the lobby right in front of the delivery room as if a night’s sleep was trivial. Following them, Hyunwoo appeared holding Jessica’s hand with his hair sticking up.

“Hyunwoo, why did you come so early instead of sleeping more?”

Chairman Tae asked, quickly embracing Hyunwoo.

“My younger sibling is being born, so of course the older brother has to be by their side, Grandfather.”

6-year-old Hyunwoo knew exactly. That the baby to be born soon would be a younger sister.

It was natural for a healthy mother to give birth to a healthy baby without incident. However, knowing well that the process was by no means easy, everyone waited anxiously for the baby to be born at any moment. For the loud crying sound of new life that would soon be heard from inside the delivery room.

And about 30 more minutes passed.

At last, it reached the ears of the people in the lobby.

That welcome sound everyone had hoped for.

Waa…