Entering the small meeting room, separated from the office where employees gathered, Sooyoung covered her mouth with both hands upon seeing the large man leaning against the window frame.

He really came. She knew he would come if she didn’t go.

She couldn’t come to the house because her mom would find out, but she thought he would come to the publishing company…

But he wasn’t in the car; instead, standing by the conference room window, his appearance was unparalleled, like a general standing in the middle of a battlefield.

“Why did you come so late?”

Sooyoung slowly approached him and spoke. When Woojin reached out his arms slowly, Sooyoung stood in front of him so that his hand would touch her shoulder.

Soon, his broad embrace enveloped her, and his long arms wrapped around her waist.

Woojin mumbled with a sigh-like sound.

“This is not good.”

“But you came all the way here. You did well. Really well. Great, Mr. Woojin. Really great.”

“If I can’t breathe and die, it’s your fault. Got it?”

“Now, Grandpa the lawyer won’t threaten anymore?”

“To threaten, I have to threaten your mom. How can I do that? I don’t even know what your mom looks like.”

“Our mom doesn’t succumb to threats either.”

“…What do we do now?”

“What do we do? We can meet here, have meals together, read books together, record. Mr. Seol Woojin, you also come to work here every day. Probably, if you just say it, the CEO will set up an office for Mr. Seol Woojin too.”

While listening to Sooyoung’s murmuring, Woojin tightly embraced her, completely engulfing her body. This body temperature and scent… he missed it all.

He missed it so much that he left home and came to Seol Jihyun’s company.

The way here was not easy. He had to pass through the lobby, bumping into people, and take the elevator.

If he hadn’t constantly reminded himself that Sooyoung was here, he might have turned back in the early evening.

No, he might not have even gotten out of the car.

He had tteokbokki and sundae brought by Sooyoung for the first time in a while.

He didn’t usually eat things like sundae, but maybe because he was eating with her after a long time, it felt strangely chewy.

Entering the house after 1 a.m., Yeongsun, who had finished a quiet shower, came out of the bathroom, worried that her daughter might wake up.

However, laughter that sounded like it was stifling the sound was coming from her daughter’s room, which she thought would be asleep.

“Originally, that PD is very blunt… No, really, treating his own wife kindly?… He was praised for his pronunciation and vocalization, but… Anyway, he’s outstanding, really… Hehe… Such a person is my boyfriend… Hehe…”

Looking down at her daughter giggling under the blanket without even knowing she had come in, Yeongsun quietly sighed.

Suppressing what she wanted to say, wetting the blanket immediately, and looking at her daughter giggling under the blanket, she sent resentful eyes somewhere, gazing at the dim living room ceiling.

After a long time, Mijin, and Yewon, and Sora, who met Sooyoung, were cautiously watching Sooyoung’s reaction.

“Don’t look at me and speak. What…?”
As Sooyoung sucked on her fruit juice and spoke confidently, Mijin asked in a slightly husky voice, “So… Your mom is against it? Does that mean you can’t go to that house now?”

“But we also meet at the publishing company, talk on the phone. Because of that… the feeling has become more tender?”

While Sooyoung was visibly happy, her friends were all uneasy about her relationship. No matter how much they liked him, how good-looking he was, being a person with a disability… Even if Sooyoung said he was their daughter, it seemed they would disapprove.

“I’m sorry to say this… but I can somewhat understand your mom’s feelings,” Yeowon remarked cautiously.

Sora also cautiously agreed, saying, “Me too. Do you know what my parents said to me on the day I went to the publishing event?”

Sooyoung heard this for the first time, but her friends already knew the story.

“On that day, I bought braille picture books and baby clothes, right? When my parents saw them, they got angry. They asked why I bought such things. They wished for the child to be normal…”

Wishing for the child to be normal… It was a phrase Yeongsun had heard from Yeowon before. She had asked why they would do a disability experience, saying it would bring bad luck…

Is Mr. Seol Woojin… an unfortunate person? Why should he hear such words when he hasn’t done anything wrong?

Seeing Sooyoung’s expression darkening rapidly, her friends quickly changed the subject.

“Still, if you like him, well, if you love him enough to stake your life, we have no intention of opposing. It’s your life, you live it, right?”

Rather than supporting, it felt more like they were saying they wouldn’t interfere in each other’s lives.

Sooyoung sighed softly and looked around at her friends one by one.