There was no other way but to make Hyun Seo send the money by cleaning up his act.
Young Suk felt more affectionate towards Ju Hyuk, who was more affectionate and bearlike than the cool Do Ha or Chairman Chae. So she wanted to do whatever Ju Hyuk asked.
“How can I persuade that blockhead to send money? Should I turn the house upside down by making a fuss?”
Young Suk fell into thought about how to catch Hyun Seo.
On a leisurely afternoon, Young Suk, sitting on the sofa, drinking rum barrel coffee from a goldrimmed cup, felt something was missing.
Come to think of it, Hyun Seo, who had gone upstairs in the morning, hadn’t moved all day.
“Seo San, this one hasn’t moved all day. Go and call her right away.”
“The young mistress is ill. She’s been in bed since yesterday.”
At Seo San’s response, Young Suk put down the coffee cup she was drinking from. She scowled and glared at Seo San.
“So, she’s dying because she’s sick? When her motherinlaw calls, she has to come down! Go and call her right away!”
“Yes. But it seems like she’s really sick.”
The sound of Seo San’s intimidated response and her footsteps ascending the stairs followed.
Young Suk knew her shout could be heard all the way up to the second floor where Hyun Seo was. That’s why she scolded Seo San even louder.
The fact that her eldest daughterinlaw did not come down even after hearing her rant would be all the more disgusting.
Knock, knock
Even though there was no response, Seo San’s lady cautiously opened the door and peered in.
“Young mistress, the elder mistress asks you to come down.”
Hyun Seo pretended to be asleep and did not answer. He didn’t feel like appeasing Young Suk right now.
But Seo San, determined to wake him, called out loudly.
“Young mistress! Please come down quickly! The elder mistress is calling for you. She seems very angry.”
Hyun Seo pulled the blanket over his head and replied.
“I’m not feeling well and can’t get up. If you have something to say to my mother, I’m sorry but please ask her to come up and speak.”
Perhaps it was because his confusion had reached its peak. Now it was like ‘let it be’.
“Wha, what? Young mistress, are you very sick?”
Hyun Seo was even upset with Seo San’s lady who was now asking if he was sick. Since Young Suk looked down on him, all the servants looked down on him as well.
“Please, leave.”
“Yes. Then I’ll tell the elder mistress that you’re very sick.”
Seo San, who seemed very troubled, closed the door and went downstairs.
The room, now left entirely alone, was silent.
With pregnancy, her emotional ups and downs intensified, and she particularly felt sentimental.
She longed for the warmth of a person and needed comfort. She missed her mother’s comforting touch that reassured and embraced her.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I was stubborn for no reason. You worried so much about me. Back then, I couldn’t see anything but Do Ha, so I was stubborn.”
Hyun Seo sobbed as if he realized for the first time that there was no one in the world to comfort and embrace him. The tears he had been holding back finally broke free.
Perhaps Young Suk had heard about Hyun Seo’s condition from Seo San, because her loud yelling echoed from the floor below.
The noise made Hyun Seo even more miserable, and he sobbed louder with the blanket over his head. He had never allowed himself to cry like this, not even when he had to let go of his mother and Seo Ha.
As if the world had collapsed, as if this were his last moment, Hyun Seo poured out all the sorrow within him.
“My child… what are we to do now? Should we go with mom?”
He couldn’t bear the anxiety that came with the unborn child that had found him. Somehow, it felt like he would lose this child too if things remained this way.
“Our poor child… we can’t stay like this, can we?”
Hyun Seo abruptly sat up. He felt he couldn’t just lie there.
Sitting on the bed and looking around, Hyun Seo abruptly stood up and opened the drawer of the dressing table.
Inside were gifts that Do Ha had occasionally bought him after their marriage.
Hyun Seo started rummaging through the gifts, but soon left them to one side and started searching through the bags in the dressing room.
There was nothing left. There was nothing to sell for money. Apart from the wedding gifts, there wasn’t much that could be turned into money.
She had never been particularly interested in accessories or luxury bags, but now she regretted not accepting them when Do Ha offered them as gifts.
Hyun Seo flopped back onto the bed.
What could I do to support our child if I went out?
Honestly, it wasn’t a situation where she could loudly claim that she had the confidence to go out into society and raise a child on her own.
She had briefly worked after graduating from college, but her career had been disconnected for a long time. What was she supposed to do if she went out right now?
And besides…
Do Ha, to whom she had devoted her entire being, was here. Could she abandon him and live well on her own?
He was the man she had bet her entire life on, ever since she fell for him at first sight as a child. That’s why, despite enduring such a terrible ordeal, she was still stuck in this corner of the house.
Could she endure leaving Do Ha?
She had given up everything for Do Ha, even losing her original personality in the process.
“No, it’s time to stop. I’ve spent too long living in this house like a servant. I need to regain my senses. From now on, I should only think about the baby.”
It was time to finally let go of the husband she had clung to out of old habit.
But the reality was daunting. It was infuriating that there was no one to welcome her if she left this house.
“What on earth have I been doing all this time?”
She had lived her life catering to Do Ha, becoming someone she wasn’t.
She had nothing left, neither people nor career. Considering her current situation, she was at a loss.
She had only served the members of this house, brainwashing herself into believing that this was happiness.
But now, she had no choice but to change in order to protect this child. Even if she was heading towards a vast ocean, she had no choice but to confront it.
This child was the fruit of her and Do Ha’s final love, so she would have to live her second life.
You have to go, Hyun Seo.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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