Suppressing her confused emotions, Seoyeon, with sparkling eyes, awaited Seongjun’s response.
“It just tastes like steak.”
“……!”
Casually stating the fact, Seongjun suddenly realized and looked at Seoyeon. She was glaring at him as if she were annoyed.
“Oh, really? Right. Because it’s steak, it should naturally taste like steak. I asked something unnecessary.”
Initially, he looked at her to correct and apologize for his indifferent answer.
But once he gave his wife a glance, he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
The slightly twisted, plump lips seemed irresistibly cute.
Just a few days ago, it was almost impossible to catch a glimpse of her expression, and Seongjun was always curious about his wife’s thoughts.
Now, even without thinking deeply, he could read his wife’s thoughts.
It would be nice if she expressed emotions like that even on regular days.
When Seongjun fixed his gaze on Seoyeon and had such thoughts in his mind.
Seoyeon, who had been tilting her head as if finding Seongjun staring at her silently strange, suddenly began pouring wine into the glass in front of her.
“You can’t drink.”
Seongjun tried to stop Seoyeon’s action.
“No.”
Seoyeon withdrew her hand from Seongjun’s as he tried to stop her and calmly replied, “Maybe Seongjun doesn’t know. I’m much better at drinking than what Seongjun thinks.”
“Oh, really? Why didn’t I know?”
“Maybe it’s because Seongjun and I haven’t had a chance to drink together?”
“There hasn’t been a chance.”
Seoyeon nodded in agreement.
“That’s right.”
However, Seongjun, with a somewhat dissatisfied look, squinted his eyes.
“Can you really drink well?”
“I’m serious. Maybe I drink better than Seongjun. No, I drink better. Wanna bet?”
In her previous life, Seoyeon, who had lost a child and wandered, had a period where she relied on the power of alcohol to forget the pain. Initially, it was just a brief need to escape negative emotions. However, as time passed, Seoyeon became increasingly dependent on alcohol, and Seongjun would get furious every time he found her in that state.
It was the most challenging and wandering time in Seoyeon’s life.
As a suddenly gloomy memory surfaced, Seoyeon, who had a momentary somber expression, raised her head. And she regained her composure once again.
Back then, every moment was agonizing, thinking there was no way to turn back time. However, now it was different.
Now, depending on her efforts, she could change the future.
It was the moment Seoyeon swiftly emptied the wine glass and lifted the wine bottle to pour another glass.
“What should we bet on?”
Seongjun intercepted the wine bottle from her hand and poured wine into Seoyeon’s glass, saying, “Anything is fine. How about the winner making one wish come true for the loser?”
Seoyeon suggested with a reflective tone, “Sure. Let’s do that.”
Seongjun, pouring wine into his own glass, cheerfully accepted her proposal.
Seoyeon smiled with a sense of redemption.
Her husband wasn’t particularly fond of alcohol. When he did drink, it was always related to business and deemed necessary.
Unless it was business-related, he never took a sip of alcohol in ordinary times.
The only time he got drunk in front of her, he ended up becoming rude enough to spend a night with a wife he didn’t like, which was clearly a win for her.
When he brought up the idea of writing a contract, he made such a terrifying expression that if she brought up such a thing again, he wouldn’t let it slide.
While living a married life, considering marriage and love as separate entities, even though she lived freely, keeping a lover separately throughout their marriage…
When he stated that if she truly loved someone, he would accept their relationship, Seoyeon couldn’t even begin to imagine her husband’s inner thoughts, who would explode in anger.
Regardless of her inner thoughts, the current opportunity to drink with her husband was a chance that would not come her way again.
Seoyeon had planned to revisit the issue of combining rooms if she won the bet.
“Let’s have another drink.”
That’s what she said.
The moment she precisely finished the fifth glass of wine, a sudden rush of intoxication overwhelmed her.
In reality, she felt dizzy after the third glass. However, thinking it was not the case, that it was a misconception, she went ahead and drank two more glasses. Now, she found herself in a situation where opening her eyes was challenging.
Maybe it’s because I’m dizzy from sitting. If I stand up, the dizziness might subside a bit, Seoyeon thought as she stood up.
It was an action to prove she was perfectly fine. However, when her eyes met Seongjun’s, who had been staring at her as if observing how far she would go with clenched fists, she immediately uttered nonsense.
“Se… Seongjun? Why are there two of you?”
With those words, Seoyeon, whose legs had lost strength, lost her balance and staggered.
At the same time, Seongjun, who had also stood up, caught Seoyeon just in time before she could fall.
“You suggested a bet, you lightweight.”
While pulling her into his arms, Seongjun whispered into her ear.
“You lost.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
