The night scenery of the garden, awaiting the next season, was different.
Eunjae, carrying the burden behind, walked through the garden, touching each stepping stone one by one. The fresh wind tousled the hair scattered on the cheeks, and the dewy scent of the grass, having absorbed the moisture, refreshing, touched the tip of the nose.
“Night strolls are nice.”
Will we come out like this occasionally? To aid digestion. In response to Eunjae’s question, who turned around and smiled warmly, Sunwoo replied with a smile.
Sunwoo, holding the cardigan in his hand, wrapped it around Eunjae’s shoulders, adjusting the height to match. The left ring finger of Sunwoo, wrapping the cardigan, sparkled brightly.
When they met again, Eunjae remembered that even his left hand, holding the umbrella, sparkled like now. Playing with her empty ring finger while still carrying the burden, Eunjae asked softly.
“Did you keep wearing the ring?”
When leaving this place, she couldn’t bring herself to take only that, so she left it on the dressing table with the card Sunwoo had given.
“I’ve never taken it off even once. Unlike others, I never had any thoughts of parting at all.”
“Then where is my ring? Since I’ve come back, you should put it back on.”
“You say it so quickly.”
While meeting eyes and bending her waist, Sunwoo instantly narrowed his eyes and stood up, tightening the ring finger on Eunjae’s right hand.
“I’m not giving it to you. I’m still not over the anger.”
Narrowing her eyes, Eunjae gently wrapped Sunwoo’s two cheeks and raised her heels as much as possible.
“Why, what are you going to do again?”
I told you not to go ahead. Sunwoo, who stood up in a hurry, cleared the ramen bowl and approached, gently putting a hairpin on Eunjae’s hand.
“How about a nighttime stroll?”
Even though I knew what choice I made back then. Eunjae, who had a meaningful smile on her consistent appearance, extended her hand before Sunwoo as if playing the piano.
“So, you’ll act like a lady without the ring for a while.”
“Just let it be.”
“Then give me the ring.”
He said he would give it when the anger subsides. When Eunjae retorted, hiding her response to Sunwoo’s casual remark, Sunwoo responded in a witty manner. The two bickered over trivial matters for quite some time.
The meaningless argument came to an end when Sunwoo’s unexpected question came up.
“Have you thought about visiting my father?”
“Did you come out to say that?”
When Eunjae quickly turned her head down, he lifted Eunjae’s face with a smile, pressing her cheeks playfully and making her face uncomfortable.
“Why?”
“I still… can’t go.”
Back then, out of hatred; now, out of apology.
With a complex heart, Eunjae bowed her head deeply again. It was something I didn’t know at the time as he said, but that didn’t mean that all the resentment and hatred I had toward my father disappeared.
Without knowing anything, just believing what they said and hating herself, looking at the daughter who was like a stubborn fool, how tormented must her father have been in heaven? With such thoughts adding up, her heart became even more uncomfortable.
Is it okay for me to face my father like this?
Staring at Eunjae, who was full of contemplation, Sunwoo leaned her head against his shoulder.
“He must be waiting.”
Then, he patted her small shoulders, comforting her.
“Tell me when your mind changes.”
“…”
“Anytime.”
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Taekyu placed his phone on the holder and asked.
“What’s your home address?”
At that question, Nalim, who was sitting in the passenger seat, opened her eyes wide. It was a moment of surprise when she was already coming down to the parking lot.
“Are you already going home?”
“It’s not ‘already.’ It’s almost midnight.”
“We weren’t together today?”
“Yes, we weren’t.”
“Then, where did you ask me to follow you?”
Taekyu, turning on the navigation, laughed at Nalim’s question. Laughing loudly for a while, he turned toward Nalim with his fist on the steering wheel.
“It was a saying that I would rescue you. It wasn’t an invitation to follow me to the hotel, was it?”
“Then, can’t we be together?”
“No, we can’t.”
“Why?”
Quickly call the address. While expressing her feelings faithfully, whether she knew it or not, she continued to give answers she didn’t want to hear.
“Let’s take things slow. We have plenty of time.”
Who said there’s plenty of time?
For people like me, each day feels like gold. I worry if my health might suddenly deteriorate, so I feel anxious every day, wondering if I might lose this hard-earned happiness in an instant.
After being sick like that, my timid personality changed. I said what I wanted to say and did what I wanted to do. It seems like I made great efforts every day to live without regrets.
“Buckle up.”
“Why? Why do we have to do it slowly?”
“Right, you said you live near OO intersection, didn’t you?”
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.
