Uh [dash] for a moment, Eunjo hesitated, then met Jaeha’s eyes.

“I’ll start with an apology. I’m sorry; I found out without you knowing. Uh, those two…… are your parents. You’re also in that photo.”

“…?”

“Look carefully. You’re in their faces, and there’s Philip. You resemble your father more than your mother. Like our Philip.”

“…Yuneunjo, you. This is nonsense….”

“Why is it nonsense? I thought we should know and accept everything about our past. Because you, Kwon Jaeha, were an abandoned child, and no matter the reason, parents who abandon their child are not real parents. Ignoring it as if it never happened is not right!”

Jaeha’s expression looking at Eunjo, who was breathless, was solemn.

“I think it’s more right for you not to wake up our Philip unnecessarily because of your excitement.”

“Kwon Jaeha! I’m serious! You were never abandoned! Your parents saved you, and your uncle made an unavoidable choice. Now, we’re going to talk about everything!”
“I think I’ve already said everything. Is Uncle Kwon still alive? Where is he, living?”

“Thanks to you not looking, he’s in a poor nursing home! And you even think of your own flesh and blood nephew as a sinner. Satisfied?”

Feeling dizzy, Eunjo groaned and sat hesitantly on the piano chair.

“You’re throwing bombs from the early morning. Mrs. Alexis.”

Jaeha, looking carefully at the photo in his hand, continued to tear it apart. Eunjo poured out the words she had thought about.

“Kwon Jaeha, you’ve lived with resentment and anger for over 30 years without knowing anything. You should be thankful to me for summoning the courage. Now, as a truly mature man, as the father of our children, as the head of a family…”

“Enough. Stop the campaign-like speech and tell me what you know properly, darling.”

Eunjo watched as Jaeha carefully placed the frame on the piano where she had mentioned.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

“…It was an accident.”

Eunjo took Jaeha’s hand, who had sat down next to her.

It could be a common occurrence. Misfortune that comes when you are happiest.

Around Christmas, a man was driving with his pregnant wife. It was a trip to meet his brother, who lived alone and was uncomfortable with his body.

A car coming from the opposite direction struck them. It had slipped on the frozen road.

The man covered his wife with his whole body. But the only thing he saved was the baby, and the only uncle by the baby’s side had a disabled arm and leg.

The woman’s side parents, who promised to contact them again, never showed up.

“…It’s really nothing.”

Eunjo silently leaned her head against her husband’s shoulders, who spoke very calmly.

“You know, it means a lot to me. Actually, I found out the exact day you came into this world… Now I’m going to be the first to congratulate you on that day and give you a kiss… Then Daonie, then Philip. That’s enough for me. Do whatever you want with the rest. Whether you find out more or not, it doesn’t matter now.”

Eunjo’s voice was mixed with joy and sorrow.

After saying neither positive nor negative, Jaeha pressed his lips to Eunjo’s forehead and threw a word.

“They already lured me in as an inadequate nursing home. Right?”

“I noticed [dash] if you don’t go, I’ll go see him. Of course, not alone, with two little boys.”

“I love you, oppa [dash] Eunjo whispered, burrowing into Jaeha’s embrace.

She broke the last thorn remaining in the chest of the man she loved.

As the window went down, the scent of autumn filled the car.

The scent of grass and soil. Eunjo closed her eyes and breathed in the refreshing air.

It had been about 30 minutes since they left Seoul.

Jaeha and Daonie were looking at the tablet together.

They often conversed in English, of course, according to Jaeha’s thoughts. Eunjo, relieved that it wasn’t French, plans to say a word to her husband soon. His enthusiasm for education is excessive.
“Are you really not going to tell me where you’re going?”

Eunjo, who already caught on, asked subtly.

She knows that Jaeha has looked for a top-notch facility not far from Seoul.

“Yeah, you’ll know when we get there. By the way, did you spray perfume?”

Jaeha, sniffing since the morning, looks at Eunjo again.

“No, I don’t have the luxury to do that. What good scent? The air is good enough.”

Jaeha, stroking Daonie’s head as he scrolls through the tablet, narrowed his eyes slightly.

“It’s interesting. I had a vivid dream early in the morning, but strangely, it feels like I’m still in that dream. It’s not the scent of flowers—no, I don’t know what I’m talking about.”

“What kind of dream?”

“The whole world was a flower field, and a sweet scent vibrated [dash] pink flower petals rained down like rain. I have a big contract to make, and I wonder if it’s related.”

Ha, Jaeha laughed as if to say it was absurd, but Eunjo’s face turned red.

“…….”

“Give Philip to me, he’s been so heavy lately.”

“Huh? Oh, yeah…….”

No, it can’t be. It’s definitely not. Absolutely not.

“Eunjo, you seem to have noticed, but there’s no need to be nervous.”

“Huh? What, what?”

“PPa [dash] PPa [dash].”

Philip intervened.

“Look! He did it again! Even though I clearly said I’m the dad, no one believed it, right?”

[Daddy, Philip said ‘PPa [dash].’ He definitely said ‘PPa [dash].’] [My son, ‘PPa [dash]’ or ‘Dad [dash],’ it’s the same, because Philip is now 5 months old!] [Anyway, I think it’s better to teach English as ‘Daddy’ rather than ‘Dad.’]

“Really? Darling, what do you think?”

“Ha…… I don’t know, Darling feels uncomfortable. Daonie, it’s rude to speak in English in front of Uncle, you know?”

[Okay, Mommy!]

Oh my goodness [dash] Eunjo touched her forehead and rolled down the car window.

When she deeply breathed in the fresh air, her fluttering heart calmed down. Although she briefly entertained unreasonable thoughts, she felt silly about it.

It would never happen.

But even if it does, it’s definitely something to be happy about. Of course, assuming it’s a daughter!

Eunjo closed her eyes and smiled, looking up at the sky.

The sky, as blue as to make her eyes watery, was truly beautiful.