Translator: Nox

Chapter 109

109. A New Home

2022.05.14.

Her skin flushed wherever his body heat touched. Her eyes, which had been glistening with tears of joy from his proposal a few hours ago, were now wet with a different kind of heat. Shallow breaths came in quick succession.

His desire piled up on her body, layer upon layer. It was definitely Ji-heon's time to shine. There was nothing she could do. No matter what tricks he played or how he tormented her, she couldn't get angry, couldn't run away from room to room, couldn't even scream.

Without any hesitation, without being rushed by time, and without anyone disturbing them, he held Jeong-o to his heart as much as he wanted.

Even so, he became a little fierce. Was it because he was still anxious that she might leave him someday? Why did he feel that way when he was the one who had left?

Does perfect happiness come with anxiety? Is it like how the shade deepens on a day when the sunlight burns intensely?

It was definitely Ji-heon's time to shine, but that was just a physical victory. As before, he was overwhelmed by Jeong-o.

He was madly in love with her as she covered her mouth with the back of her hand, groaning and stifling her moans. It felt like light was swallowing him whole, helplessly flowing into it, severing his reason and taking over. Bewitched and driven mad.

Still, he wanted to fall deeper. He even entertained the foolish wish that this moment would last forever.

Ji-heon vowed to remember this feeling for the rest of his life. He would never forget it again.

At the peak of their passionate climax, Jeong-o pursed her lips as if she had something to say.

But in the end, she couldn't say it. The never-ending relationship repeatedly blocked her lips. He asked Jeong-o, who was finally sulking after tearing up at his persistence,

"Didn't you have something to say?"

He asks so late. Jeong-o answered him, filled with resentment.

"I was going to say thank you for today, but I don't feel thankful at all anymore."

Ji-heon's heart fluttered again at her cute grumbling.

"Lee Jeong-o, this is a problem."

Everything about her was just an excuse to stimulate him.

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The next day.

Golden fabric-like light streamed in through a small gap in the blackout curtains. Jeong-o, who checked the time and jumped up, flopped back down, feeling stiff all over.

Oh, that fake Jeong Ji-heon.

In front of Guk-soon and Yena, he acted humble, like the lowest-ranking member of the new family, but when it was just him and Jeong-o, he took the lead every time.

I'll get my revenge! I'll never forgive him!

She steeled herself and hobbled out to the living room.

"Mom! Mom's in last place!"

Princess Yena, who was putting together a puzzle, shouted first.

"You're just waking up?"

Guk-soon asked languidly, sitting in the massage chair. Ji-heon, who had been sitting next to Yena, had already gotten up and gone to the kitchen.

A neat breakfast for one was prepared on the table. It was Jeong-o's favorite egg drop soup and tofu skin sushi.

"You like this, right? Eat up."

Hmph, hmph. I was going to get my revenge.

Jeong-o picked up her spoon with a resentful expression. The whole family knew her weakness: her heart softened in the face of food.

Ji-heon sat down in front of Jeong-o, who had already lost her sulky expression and was gobbling down her food. Ji-heon, who was propping up his chin and watching her lips move with a pleased expression, asked,

"Should I get you some herbal medicine?"

"......"

"You need to build up your stamina."

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After lunch, Ji-heon took Jeong-o, Yena, and Guk-soon to Seung-gyu's neighborhood. First, they decided to look around Seung-gyu's neighborhood, as he had recommended.

Even if it wasn't the apartment that Seung-gyu had recommended, it was a good area to raise children. Ji-heon met Seung-gyu's family in front of the real estate agency that Seung-gyu had recommended.

"Yenaaaa!"

As always, Do-bin was the first to shout Yena's name loudly and run over. Jin-seo and Seung-gyu also approached and greeted Guk-soon and Jeong-o.

Ji-heon's eyebrows furrowed in the opposite direction.

"Why did you come too?"

Jeong-o answered Ji-heon's sulky question instead.

"I told him to come. He readily agreed. It's good to look together. You two know this neighborhood well, and Do-bin's mother is meticulous."

"That's right. You have to look at the house carefully."

Seung-gyu seconded Jeong-o's opinion.

In the end, a large family of eight went to look at houses. Ji-heon's criteria were clear, so they went as far as the neighborhood next to Seung-gyu's. But they were all houses that needed interior repairs, so he wasn't very interested.

They checked the listing that Seung-gyu had mentioned the other day after seeing the first two houses and having their expectations drop.

"Wow!"

Yena exclaimed as soon as she entered the house. Her reaction was definitely different from the houses they had seen before. Jeong-o and Guk-soon's expressions were the same.

The open view, the warm sunlight streaming in, and the spacious, clean house. Even the picky Ji-heon couldn't find any fault with it.

"The view is great! It's not too high, it's just right."

Jin-seo spoke to Guk-soon.

Ji-heon sensed something suspicious. He felt like Seung-gyu and Jin-seo were colluding with the realtor. They were deliberately showing them a few bad houses to make them choose this one.

It wasn't quite a husband-and-wife scam, but it felt a little like a husband-and-wife scheme, but it was good to have a friend who was so involved in his affairs, so he couldn't say anything.

"The owner did a complete renovation because they were planning to live here for a long time. But suddenly, they got a foreign assignment and had to go to the United States after only living here for a short time."

The realtor explained about the house.

"It's on the top floor, but it's only on the 7th floor, so it's not too high. There are many rooms, and it's a duplex, so it's no problem for the kids to run around, and there's a terrace on the roof. It's vacant, so you can move in anytime. Especially, if you come to this veranda, you can see the elementary school."

The realtor led Jeong-o and Ji-heon to the veranda on the kitchen side.

"You can even see the kids going to school."

Jeong-o, who had only been smiling slightly, had a change in her eyes. She was completely smitten with the elementary school view.

The children were already running around and giggling as if it were their own home. The quick-footed Yena had already gone up the stairs, checked out the rooftop terrace, and returned to Ji-heon.

"Daddy!"

"Yena, do you like it?"

"Yeah! I like it! I love it."

"What do you like the most?"

"That it's close to Do-bin's house!"

"......Let's think about it a little more."

The corners of Ji-heon's lips, which had been pleasantly raised by Yena's happy reaction, drooped slightly. Seung-gyu poked Ji-heon in the side again.

"You have to decide quickly. A house this good could be sold tomorrow."

There was no disagreement that the house would be sold soon. Ji-heon decided to change his mind.

"Should we just buy it? We can always move again if we don't like it."

A vacant, spacious house. A house where they could live together as soon as possible. In fact, that alone seemed like it would be enough to satisfy him.

Jeong-o smiled at Ji-heon's question.

*

Youngmi still couldn't get out of bed. Jaekwang, who had briefly come into the room the other day to comfort her, hadn't shown his face since.

Youngmi was starting to feel uneasy. She was afraid that Jaekwang would get tired of her and leave. She wasn't meeting anyone and was just lying down, so her heart was getting more and more depressed.

"Excuse me, ma'am."

In the midst of all this, a member of the household staff approached and called out to Youngmi.

"Attorney Chae Eun-yeop called my contact number..."

At the staff's words, Youngmi jumped up from her seat. After the DNA test, Youngmi had blocked Chae Eun-yeop. Realizing this, Eun-yeop was trying to approach Youngmi again by contacting a staff member he knew.

"Why do you have that kind of guy's contact information! Delete it right away."

"Well, he said he really needed to talk to you, ma'am, that it was important..."

"......"

"He said that the hit-and-run driver from 7 years ago said he was going to take revenge... what should we do?"

Youngmi was also jolted awake by the story the staff member recited with a troubled expression. In the end, Youngmi called Eun-yeop.

After a brief ringing tone, Eun-yeop's voice was heard.

[I'm finally able to reach you. Mother.]

Youngmi's empty stomach churned at Chae Eun-yeop's cunning voice, which she had never noticed before. Youngmi, intending to only hear the business and hang up quickly, asked directly without reacting.

"Kim Jin-gu is out of prison?"

[That's right. He contacted Eun-bi directly. He threatened to get rid of our Eun-bi as soon as he was released.]

"......"

[To think that this is the price for being a righteous witness. I feel so bad for Eun-bi. Eun-bi is also very upset.]

"If she was going to ask for my help, she shouldn't have done that in the first place."

Youngmi scolded. Her voice didn't come out clearly. She hadn't eaten anything, so when she shouted, it felt like someone was stabbing her head with a needle.

Eun-yeop didn't repent, even at Youngmi's rebuke.

[I don't know what you're talking about. Mother. I was just trying to help as Ji-heon's friend and your lawyer, and then I was abandoned.]

"It's no use if you don't know what you did wrong. I don't want to talk to you for long."

At that moment, her husband Jaekwang entered the room.

And at the same time, Eun-yeop's chilling voice was heard from the other end of the line.

[Mother. You hired Seong-woo 7 years ago, right?]

Her heart sank. The knuckles of her hand holding the phone turned white. Jaekwang in front of her and the voice on the phone. They all seemed like grim reapers.

[I'm close to that Seong-woo. It's a small world.]

Eun-yeop's voice continued to be heard from the phone.

While Youngmi was frozen in shock at both things at the same time, Jaekwang, who had been striding over, took Youngmi's phone.

Jaekwang, who had come to check on his wife's condition, had heard Youngmi's voice from outside the door. She didn't have any energy because she hadn't eaten anything, and it must have been hard for her to talk on the phone, but he heard a very serious voice.

The content was also suspicious. He thought that his wife might be being threatened by someone.

Youngmi immediately reached out to Jaekwang, who had taken her phone, but Jaekwang stepped back faster. Jaekwang switched the phone to speakerphone. Eun-yeop's voice filled the quiet room.

[That Seong-woo's friend said that he received a very strange request from you 7 years ago. He said that you asked him to imitate Ji-heon's voice and call Ji-heon's girlfriend.]

Youngmi's face, which had been pale white, turned blue.

[The woman you separated Ji-heon from back then was Lee Jung-oh, right?]

“……”

[In the end, Ji-heon didn't even know about the existence of his own child for seven years because of his mother.]

Youngmi desperately got out of bed and snatched the cell phone from Jaekwang, turning it off.

The bedroom became quiet again.

But it was already too late. Jaekwang looked at Youngmi with eyes full of anger.

"What the hell is this about?"