Unbelievable events were unfolding again. The cursed ordeal that Taehoon had temporarily forgotten with So-dam by his side.

“So-dam seems too shocked and flustered, so we didn’t receive the exact details. However, it doesn’t seem to be a minor accident. Moreover…”

In front of the stunned Serin, Manager Park couldn’t bring himself to speak and started stuttering. His hands and feet began to tremble. No, the trembling limbs were so devoid of sensation that she couldn’t even realize they were her own.

Am I dreaming?

A profound nightmare.

I wish it were so.

It would be better to live in an eternal nightmare, even if I have to live my entire life within a dream. At least that way, it would mean Taehoon in the real world is still alive.

However,

“… It seems that Jo Minhyung is related to the CEO’s accident. That guy… not content with causing an accident in front of many people, he even went as far as stabbing with a knife…”

This dire situation was not a dream but a harsh reality.

Jo Minhyung…

Unbelievable. Just two days ago, she firmly resolved that someone like him couldn’t shake up her life.

In the end, her arrogance turned into a knife that came back to haunt her.

Jo Minhyung, not content with thoroughly shaking up her life, was trying to uproot it completely.

As she staggered and swayed, Baek Chairman, who was by her side, held her.

“Which hospital… did he mention?”

Struggling to open her mouth, Serin asked Manager Park, who answered once again with dark eyes.

“He’s at Haein University Hospital Emergency Room.”

“Serin, don’t worry and go quickly. I’ll tidy up and follow you.”

As Chairman Baek gestured, Manager Park supported Serin. Mrs. Park, who was by her side, approached with tearful eyes.

“Let’s go together, Serin…”

“No. I’ll go alone. Come with me in a while with my father. For now… I want to go alone.”

Finally, Mrs. Park stepped back due to her resolute gesture.

In this way, supported by Manager Park, Serin left the conference room.

However, she still seemed to be wandering in the dreadful nightmare.

It was a profound dream.

During the journey, Serin glanced out of the passing window at the scenery.

Her heart had been torn to shreds as if a hurricane had swept through it, yet the sky was endlessly clear.

Looking up at that clear sky, Serin calmed her mind. However, this time, it wasn’t so easy to do so.

Where did it all go wrong?

[Dash]We’re just getting married. Only marriage, not love.

That was what she had said on the day she first decided to marry him. But, in reality, it was not a warning to Taehoon; it was a commitment to herself.

It was the only way to protect herself and her people from the damn curse.

What had Taehoon said to her?

[Dash]Wrong. Baek Serin. I mean… I will only love you. Just, love.
Thinking of those words, hot tears streamed down her cheeks.

Everything seemed to be her fault. She should have stayed unshaken, no matter what Taehoon said. She should have distanced herself as much as possible.

If she had done that, would someone like Jo Minhyung have dared to harm him?

“It’s my fault. All of it… It’s my fault.”

If something had happened to Taehoon, she felt like she could never forgive herself.

While blaming herself like that, the car arrived at the hospital emergency room. Before Manager Park could open the car door, she jumped out and rushed into the emergency room.

“Kang Taehoon!”

When she called out his name, the men next to her approached and asked.

“Are you Kang Taehoon’s guardian?”

They seemed like detectives investigating the accident. However, she couldn’t talk to them anymore. Manager Park intervened between them and didn’t give any chance to talk.

“He’s not in his right mind now. So, talk to me.”

Taking advantage of Manager Park talking to the detectives, she asked the nurse again.

“Which bed is Kang Taehoon on?”

Before the nurse could finish her sentence, Serin rushed into the emergency room, soaked the curtains around the bed with her hands, and entered, but soon lost her words.

His face was already gracefully covered with a white sheet.

“It can’t be… true.”

It couldn’t be.

Wasn’t he the one who confidently demanded that she prove it to herself that it was a lie and asked her to love herself, promising to confess her curse someday?

But like this?

He’s gone like this?

She was too afraid and stunned to even shed tears. She tried to gather the courage to check his face with trembling hands, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Undoubtedly, the face she saw today would bring her another nightmare for the rest of her life.

With trembling hands, she instead firmly grasped his hand that peeked out under the white sheet. And finally, feeling the remaining warmth, Serin burst into tears, which she had been holding back.

“Sob…”

Although she tried to muffle the sound, she couldn’t stop the crying that poured out.

Sorrowful tears streamed down her cheeks.