For a very brief moment, Seo Yeon felt as if the world had stopped. Her heart raced uncontrollably.

“That would be the surest way to know your feelings.”

In her previous life, he had embraced her by mistake while drunk. So naturally, she thought something similar would happen in this life too, but she didn’t expect her husband to propose intimacy first.

But was there any reason to avoid it?

The two of us are already married, and I want a child.

If not now, who knows when my husband might change his mind and say he doesn’t want a child anymore.

There was no reason to avoid it. No. Rather, this was an opportunity she couldn’t miss. Having sorted out her thoughts, Seo Yeon nodded.

“Alright.”

As she answered like that, her husband’s eyes widened in surprise. As if he hadn’t expected her to answer this way.

“But we can’t go all the way.”

Wondering how to explain, Seo Yeon decided to just be a strange person. She closed her eyes tightly and said.

“This might sound weird, but I have a specific date I want to conceive a child. I really want to conceive on that date.”

In her heart, she added that only then could they meet the child they couldn’t protect in the past. Seong Jun didn’t blame or question Seo Yeon for this strange request.

“Okay. Whatever makes you comfortable.”

“…!”

Rather, he agreed to her words so easily that it left Seo Yeon feeling empty. After answering, Seong Jun checked the time on his wrist and stood up.

“If we’re done talking, let’s get up.”

At those words, Seo Yeon looked at Seong Jun in surprise.

“R-Right now?”

“No need to waste time once it’s been brought up. Who knows when you might change your mind.”

I’m afraid you might change your mind. Unable to voice her inner thoughts, Seo Yeon stood up.

“…Okay. Let’s go.”

Seong Jun silently took Seo Yeon’s hand and called someone. Soon, a designated driver arrived in front of the store, and the two got into the car.

The car driven by the chauffeur stopped at a hotel owned by Seong Jun, located in the center of Seoul.

It was also where he usually stayed when work ran late or he needed time to rest after a business trip. Though she had lived as his wife for a long time, it was Seo Yeon’s first time coming to this place.

As they entered the lobby, the sight of numerous people busily coming and going entered her view.

Seeing that scene, it suddenly hit her that the man standing next to her was a special person who managed this huge business and was responsible for so many people.

On the high ceiling like a palace, a huge chandelier decorated with crystals was spreading dazzlingly beautiful light.

As they moved towards the executive-only elevator, a few employees who seemed to have belatedly recognized Seong Jun’s face were quickly approaching the two.

Seong Jun dismissed them with a nod. The employees then returned to where they had originally been.

Seong Jun, who had not let go of Seo Yeon’s hand until then, got on the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor. Then he looked down at his wife, who hadn’t said a word since earlier.

Seo Yeon was looking at the outside scenery visible through the elevator’s transparent window. She seemed to be deliberately not looking towards Seong Jun.

Her face was noticeably more flushed than usual, showing how nervous she was, and her white hand that he was holding tightly was trembling slightly. Seong Jun opened his mouth to ease Seo Yeon’s tension.

“No need to be so nervous. We agreed not to go all the way today, as you said. I’ll keep that promise.”

It would be quite a cruel time for him, but to approach his wife as a man, who only saw him as the future father of her child, he decided to be as patient as possible.

He could endure physical desires as much as needed if he had a chance to win her heart. Seo Yeon turned her head at Seong Jun’s words.

“It’s okay. I’m not nervous. You don’t need to worry about me. I’m not a child.”

Seo Yeon answered in a voice that was clearly agitated to anyone watching. Seong Jun chuckled at her response. Why does even her bragging seem cute? Is this what it feels like to want to bite someone?

“Right. Seems I worried for nothing. You’re not a child after all.”

Seong Jun’s lips curved as he answered like that. His wife’s agitated appearance was proof that, at least for this moment, she recognized him as a man, so it wasn’t a bad situation.

And a moment later, he wondered if perhaps he was more nervous than his trembling wife.

And that assumption seemed to be half true. Even though he was only holding her hand so far, the heat starting from his hand began to spread throughout his body. Would he be able to keep today’s promise?

“I’ll wash up first.”

Seo Yeon, who had escaped to the bathroom, tried hard to calm her mind. Is this what it feels like to be so nervous you could die? Am I the only one this nervous?

She immersed herself in the bathtub while pondering numerous worries. Maybe I should have showered in cold water instead. Soaking in hot water made her feel even dizzier, perhaps due to the heat.

‘Back then, he embraced me not of his own will, but in a confused state while drunk. What if he’s disappointed in me? Maybe I shouldn’t have bragged.’

Seo Yeon lightly tapped both her cheeks to regain her senses. It seemed better to face it head-on rather than having useless thoughts. After a while, Seo Yeon came out of the bathroom wearing a shower robe.

“I’m done washing. Now it’s your turn, Seong Jun.”

At Seo Yeon’s words, Seong Jun took off his jacket. Then he loosened his neatly tied necktie and slowly unbuttoned his shirt cuffs.

As he unbuttoned, solid arm muscles with visible veins were revealed. Seo Yeon, who had been staring at his arms as if enchanted, suddenly raised her gaze. Then she met Seong Jun’s eyes, who had been looking at her for who knows how long.

‘…Oh my.’

Seo Yeon quickly averted her gaze. Her face was already completely flushed.

Afterwards, for some reason, her gaze kept trying to turn towards her husband against her will, so to block this, she turned her body away completely. Then she heard the rustling sound of the rest of his clothes being removed, followed by the bathroom door closing.

She didn’t know how time had passed. Seo Yeon spent time walking around the hotel room and sitting on the bed with an anxious heart.

A moment later, Seong Jun appeared before her with wet hair, wearing only a towel loosely wrapped around his waist.

His muscular upper body came directly into Seo Yeon’s view. She had expected him to come out wearing a shower robe like herself. Seo Yeon’s eyes shook with bewilderment.

She knew that her husband took care of himself by exercising whenever he had time. However, she didn’t know he had such beastly muscles.

“Oh, you’re here?”

He had deliberately not worn a shower robe because he wanted to see that flustered face.

As he had expected, Seo Yeon’s face turned as red as a tomato. While thinking that sight was lovely, he simultaneously felt the desire to fluster her even more.

Was it because she had just showered? Her cheeks were tinged with a pink color unlike usual.

Her plump lips were swollen, tempting him with the urge to bite them. As Seong Jun felt his lower body becoming stiff, he frowned and exhaled a difficult sigh to try and calm down even a little.

“Should we turn off the lights now?”

Suddenly hearing Seo Yeon’s words, Seong Jun raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

“I said we wouldn’t go all the way, but I didn’t promise to do it with the lights off.”

Even now, he was barely suppressing the urge to immediately remove the shower robe his wife was wearing. But to do it with the lights off? What nonsense. Why are you doing this to me?

“But… We can do it without the lights on, right? I don’t think seeing is that important…”

No. I want to see. Your face, your body, I want to see it all. That’s all included. For me.

Unable to let her talk nonsense any longer, Seong Jun laid her down on the bed and began kissing her, holding her shoulders. He gently tapped her inner flesh as he entered her parted mouth.

Seo Yeon’s body also gradually heated up at the sensation that was neither light nor intense, but precarious. And at some point, the kiss that had been light and soft began to change to something more passionate.

‘What is this?’

Suddenly, a question arose in Seo Yeon’s mind. She thought it would be fine since it was something she had experienced before.

Until just a moment ago, she had been worried but inwardly confident that it would be okay. But as if mocking her foolish thoughts, what was waiting for her was a completely different experience.

…This wasn’t the kiss she knew.

As the kiss deepened further, Seo Yeon clung to Seong Jun’s shoulders like a lifeline. She couldn’t come to her senses. It was when Seong Jun’s hand stroked up Seo Yeon’s thigh. Seo Yeon let out a small moan at the pleasure that sent chills down her spine.

“Mmm…”

What sound did I just make? Seo Yeon’s eyes widened in shock.

At the same time, Seo Yeon could feel Seong Jun’s change in his body pressed against her. Seo Yeon’s cheeks flushed. Seong Jun painfully removed his lips from Seo Yeon’s. His eyes were completely captivated by desire.

“I’m sorry, but could you refrain from making that sound? We promised not to go all the way today, but if I hear that sound from you one more time, I don’t think I’ll be able to hold back.”

At his alarming response, Seo Yeon nodded vigorously.