When I returned to the back of the detached house, another garden appeared. It was smaller than the garden in front of the main house, and unlike the stately main garden made up of grand trees and stone, it was a quaint garden filled with pretty flowers.
“Wow, there’s a place like this.”
“Mother likes flowers, so she planted them all.”
“It’s so beautiful. Oh, tulips.”
Eun-jae sat in front of the tulip bed, arranged by color, and enjoyed the flowers. The rain, which had been pouring heavily, had subsided a bit, and since she was wearing a raincoat, she didn’t need an umbrella. Eun-jae touched the rainwater collected on the tulip leaves, delighting in it like a child.
Watching this, Seon-woo took out his phone from his pocket. Seeing Eun-jae smiling within the frame gave him a different feeling.
“Ji Eun-jae.”
“Yes?”
When Eun-jae turned to Seon-woo with a bright smile, Seon-woo clicked. He happily saved the photo.
“Why did you call me?”
“It’s nothing.”
“Show me. I took it.”
“No? I must have pressed it by mistake. Show me?”
“Never mind.”
Eun-jae looked at Seon-woo manipulating the phone while sitting on the flower bed, smiling contentedly.
With a raincoat and even boots on, standing gracefully with a black umbrella, Seon-woo felt strangely dissatisfied with himself in a white sneakers, black slacks, and a slightly dark sky-colored dress shirt. Suddenly, Eun-jae got up and approached Seon-woo.
“Weren’t we supposed to come out to have fun together?”
“We are having fun.”
With Seon-woo’s unenthusiastic response, Eun-jae, with her cheeks puffed up with the wind, looked at Seon-woo with a stern expression.
As Seon-woo approached to tidy up Eun-jae’s hair that was flowing through the hood, reaching out his hand,
Splish—
Eun-jae kicked Seon-woo with the boot-clad foot, and the water in the puddle splashed around. Seon-woo’s pants, as well as his sneakers, were drenched.
“What are you doing?”
“I told you not to wear sneakers.”
“Good grief.”
Seon-woo, who was disheartenedly laughing, tucked Eun-jae’s wet hair, which he hadn’t managed to tidy up earlier, into the raincoat.
“I’ll wash your clothes.”
“What about the sneakers?”
“I’ll— I’ll take care of them.”
“Really?”
“Yes. So, let’s play together.”
At Eun-jae’s words, Seon-woo folded the umbrella. Startled, Eun-jae raised her hand high to block Seon-woo’s head, but she couldn’t reach.
“No, I didn’t mean to fold the umbrella.”
“Let’s play together.”
“But I’m wearing a raincoat.”
“That’s right. I got wet too. What am I going to do about it?”
Caught off guard by Seon-woo’s unexpected question, Eun-jae’s pupils shook.
In the suddenly quiet space between the two, the sound of slightly thicker raindrops falling was heard compared to before.
“You said you’d handle everything?”
Seon-woo, who straightened his body, persistently asked. The water droplets flowing from the man’s hair were slowly reflected in Eun-jae’s eyes.
Everything about the wet man was too tempting. Blushing once again, Eun-jae turned her head abruptly.
She couldn’t understand why she always twisted her words and questioned herself. It only made her embarrassed, and whenever her face turned red, Seon-woo would laugh at her.
He seemed to quite enjoy her embarrassed state. How troublesome.
“Wow, what kind of flower is this?”
“You’re a champion at dodging questions.”
Deciding to play along with Eun-jae’s skillful wordplay, Seon-woo, whose mind was made up to overlook it, approached the white flower near Eun-jae’s fixed gaze.
Brushing back his wet hair, Seon-woo, who was gazing intently at the flower beyond Eun-jae’s shoulder, said, “It’s hydrangea.”
The man’s voice tickled her ear. Unconsciously, Eun-jae shrank her body.
As Seon-woo’s gaze, which had been directed towards Eun-jae all along, became noticeable, Eun-jae slowly turned her head to look up at him.
The man soaked in water was still excessively dangerous and sexy.
“I know.”
“That hydrangea was blue last year.”
“Huh? But it’s white.”
“Hydrangea’s color changes depending on whether the soil is alkaline or acidic. It’s interesting, the color changes depending on the environment.”
“Oh. That’s fascinating.”
Eun-jae stared at the hydrangea as if she found it fascinating.
The color of the flower changes depending on the environment.
Eun-jae thought that the hydrangea was just like herself. The days that were so dark that she couldn’t see ahead became this bright because she met someone like this.
“This hydrangea is just like me. Since I met Mr. Seon-woo, my dark life has turned into a beautiful color. Thank you. You made me realize that I was the one who could produce such a beautiful color.”
Seon-woo lightly kissed Eun-jae’s warm lips and stood behind her, embracing her tightly.
“I’ve changed a lot because of you too.”
My life, which was like a black-and-white photograph, is being filled with beautiful colors.
“I’m happy because you’re my husband. I want to be a good wife to Mr. Seon-woo. I’ll try my best.”
“It’s already enough.”
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.
