Thanks to Seong Jun’s reservation, Seo Yeon was able to see the doctor immediately without waiting.

At this time, Seo Yeon had insomnia. The cause was severe headaches due to excessive stress. Because she couldn’t sleep properly due to headaches, her body gradually weakened, and because of this, she frequently caught colds.

For Seo Yeon, it wasn’t a serious illness, just an ordinary day with bearable pain.

So Seo Yeon decided to refuse the doctor’s suggestion to get an IV drip and go. After all, the time she was allowed by Seong Jun was only 30 minutes.

“It’s just that my condition is bad. I don’t think I need an IV drip.”

She was afraid of wasting 30 minutes and missing the chance to talk with her husband forever.

“You must be joking right now.”

However, a sharp voice interjecting came from right beside her. Slowly turning her head to confirm the owner of the voice, she saw her husband’s face glaring at her with fierce eyes.

“You came all the way to the hospital and you’re not going to get treatment?”

Seong Jun, who had been frowning at Seo Yeon for a moment as if dumbfounded, turned his head back towards the doctor and said,

“You don’t need to listen to what this person is saying. She’ll get it. You, get up.”

In the end, Seo Yeon had no choice but to get up before Seong Jun got angrier. When they left the consultation room, a nurse waiting at the door guided the two to the IV room.

Seo Yeon sat on the bed the nurse guided her to and looked around. In the spacious IV room, there were only Seong Jun, herself, and the nurse. The nurse said in a kind voice,

“Patient, you can now lie down comfortably on the bed.”

However, for some reason, Seo Yeon hesitated to lie down on the bed in front of Seong Jun.

Seong Jun had been so busy right after getting married that it was difficult to even see his face.

If there hadn’t been a moment to see his face while sending him off to work in the morning, it wouldn’t have felt real that she was living with him.

Perhaps that’s why lying down on the bed in front of her husband felt embarrassing.

She wished he would leave for just a moment, but seeing her husband still staring at her intently as if displeased, it didn’t seem like he would do that at all.

Inevitably, as she lay down as instructed by the nurse, shortly after, a needle entered Seo Yeon’s white arm. A stinging sensation traveled up her arm.

Seo Yeon was observing Seong Jun’s face, and as the needle entered Seo Yeon’s arm, one of her husband’s thick eyebrows raised upwards. Even that gesture seemed impressive, as if an actor was performing.

From his straight forehead to his deep eyes, sharp nose bridge, and manly, refined jawline…

He was an exceptionally handsome man.

When they were dating before marriage, her heart used to flutter because of that handsome face, making it difficult to look at him directly.

After marriage, when their relationship soured, she avoided his gaze because she didn’t want to be hurt by her husband’s cold attitude, and even just making eye contact with him made her flustered and her face stiffen.

The problem was that now it was difficult to face him because of the former emotion.

Seo Yeon’s eyebrows furrowed.

What’s so new about her husband being handsome?

This man’s appearance was so perfect it was overwhelming, always drawing attention…

‘I’m really being foolish…’

It was inexplicable why the fluttering feelings she had for her husband before marriage kept coming back.

Seo Yeon, wanting to deny reality, turned her head abruptly, and then closed her eyes.

Perhaps thinking she was trying to sleep because she was tired, fortunately, Seong Jun didn’t speak to her.

As everywhere became quiet, her tense heart gradually calmed down.

Maybe it was just her imagination, but at first she kept sighing due to the fever, but as she lay still, it seemed like her fatigue was easing somewhat.

After a while, a familiar melody was heard.

‘It’s Chopin.’

Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2, the music that had been softly playing in the hotel restaurant on the day she first met her husband.

Coincidentally, hearing the music that had been with them when good feelings started, her heart felt strange. It felt as if their relationship had returned to the time before everything had gone terribly wrong.

In reality, everything had already gone beyond the point of being manageable.

Still, she was glad to see her husband again. She thought she would never see his face or hear his voice again.

With her eyes closed, she became even more certain that she wasn’t dreaming right now.

Seo Yeon carefully opened her eyes. Her husband was standing guard like a statue. Whether he had been looking at her the whole time, as soon as she opened her eyes, her gaze met Seong Jun’s eyes staring directly at her.

She wished her husband would say something first, but contrary to Seo Yeon’s wishes, when their eyes met, he just tilted his head and focused more on looking at her.

Her husband’s gaze was so deep and intense that Seo Yeon unconsciously swallowed.

It was just him and her in the room, with no one else around. Her husband’s steady gaze felt incredibly awkward and disconcerting.

All she could hear was the beautiful piano melody and the sound of her own heartbeat.

Her fingers gripping the blanket gradually tightened.

Seo Yeon, calming her pounding heart, carefully asked.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

“It’s quite an interesting sight to see someone catch a cold in midsummer.”

But the fluttering feeling in her heart disappeared without a trace as soon as Seong Jun opened his mouth. A sight to see? Seo Yeon blinked rapidly in surprise.

“I thought people often catch colds even in summer.”

Seong Jun stared at his wife’s sullen face for a moment before saying as if he didn’t know,

“Really? This is my first time seeing it. I guess I lacked experience. My mistake.”

And when he spoke once more to her, who was in disbelief, as if teasing her, Seo Yeon felt a surge of emotion.

Her face grew even sulkier. Was this man originally the type to speak so annoyingly?

“Seong Jun, you must have caught a cold at least once in your life, right?”

“Not at all.”

“You’ve never caught one?”

“I also learned for the first time today that it could be a disease that can knock someone down.”

“You’re lying.”

“What would I gain from lying about that?”

“So you’re going to keep staring like that?”

“I have to observe well. It’s not a common sight.”

“…”

At Seong Jun’s endless reproach, Seo Yeon glared at him with all her might. But Seong Jun wouldn’t even blink at such a look from Seo Yeon. Rather, he looked at her as if her behavior was interesting and asked in a relaxed voice.

“What are you looking at so intently?”

Seo Yeon, keeping her gaze fixed on his eyes, said,

“Seeing you speak so meanly, I realize it really is you.”

It was an excessively honest statement. As if to prove this, Seong Jun’s eyebrows twitched greatly upon hearing Seo Yeon’s words. And after a moment, he frowned again as if slightly shocked. As if thinking about it made it even more ridiculous.

At first, she regretted her childish remark as it became a tit-for-tat exchange, but seeing her husband’s flustered expression, she thought, why does it matter anyway?

In fact, feeling somewhat refreshed, she thought that sometimes saying what you want to say might not be so bad.

She regretted being too patient all this time.

It’s not like anyone appreciates it when you endure things…

“You’re a bit strange today.”

However, at Seong Jun’s suspicious voice that followed, Seo Yeon made a startled expression.

Then, Seong Jun’s gaze on Seo Yeon deepened with even more suspicion.

“Are you really the Han Seo Yeon I know?”

At Seong Jun’s sharp question, Seo Yeon’s mouth fell open. At the same time, Seong Jun’s eyes grew even sharper.

“Suspicious.”

“Wh-what are you saying? Suspicious? Are you saying I’m some kind of ghost or something?”

Her voice unconsciously grew louder as she panicked. Come to think of it, during this period, she had lived every day like a guilty person, feeling indebted to Seong Jun and his family.

Especially since her husband was such a difficult person for Seo Yeon, she never said more than one word in front of him. So it wasn’t unreasonable for him to find her strange.

But she couldn’t possibly tell her husband the preposterous story of coming from the future.

If she were to tell such a story in front of her husband, forget about not believing her, he might treat her like a crazy woman or even have her admitted to a hospital for life right then and there.

He was a thoroughly cold and rational person after all.

Even if it were a beloved family member, he wouldn’t make exceptions, so what about herself who was just a wife in name only?

“It is strange indeed. There’s no way ghosts could exist in this world.”

Even as Seo Yeon was thinking this and biting her lip, Seong Jun’s gaze on her remained intense.

“This face is one I know very well.”

Just then, Seo Yeon’s ears caught the sound of a door opening. It seemed the nurse had come in. The nurse approached with a kind face, smiling just as she had earlier. And in a gentle voice, she said,

“You’ve done well. Do you feel a bit better now? I’m going to remove the IV needle now, and it might sting a little.”

Contrary to the nurse’s words, Seo Yeon didn’t feel any pain. It seemed the nurse was quite experienced.

What is her husband doing?

Curious, Seo Yeon carefully turned her gaze towards Seong Jun. And she found his gaze fixed on her arm.