This story is fictional

Heawon and her mother came to a famous bridal shop that celebrities and politicians’ children had visited to look at wedding dresses

While the mother and daughter were looking around, Heawon

picked out a dress she liked. The beaded top was strapless, and the bottom was a mermaid

design that showed off her figure. Her mother frowned slightly when she saw it

"Mom, you don't like this? "

"Hey, by the time you get married, your belly will be showing—do you want to wear that?"

"You have to cover as much as possible. Are you trying to disgrace the family?"

Heawon’s pregnancy did not sit well with her. She had never liked Yeonjun to begin with

and now he had gotten her one and only precious daughter pregnant—what parent would be happy about that?

More than that, Yeonjun’s gaze when looking at her daughter was empty. Her own daughter liked him even more

so she had no choice but to allow it. When Heawon made a disappointed face, her mother

had the employee bring over a simple light-gray dress with a V-neck, a flared skirt, and only a little décolletage visible

with beading on it, telling her to try it on. She didn’t really like it, but she tried it on anyway like her mother said. As expected, with her face and body,

anything looked good on her. She chose the dress her mother picked, and also

selected a tiara set with top-grade diamonds. Her mother spoke up with sharp eyes

and opened her mouth

"But what do you mean Yeonjun isn’t coming on a day like this?"

"Why, do you miss your son-in-law? "

"What are you talking about? We should pick the dress together and try on the tuxedo too

What kind of ridiculous thing is that? "

Heawon’s mother’s voice rose a little. She said in a slightly cutesy tone

"He’s busy with a project these days. Please be nice to our Yeonjun, okay?

He does well by me"

"Oh, sure, as if! By the way, is Taehyun on his way?"

"Yeah, I asked him to have dinner with Mom in a while, and he said yes right away."

With three months still left until the wedding, luxury wedding gifts had already been brought into the newlyweds’ home

Heawon’s place in YJ Construction’s famous apartment complex. This had originally been the

newlywed home where Yeonjun and the heroine were supposed to live too. As it gradually filled up

with Heawon’s things instead of the heroine’s, Yeonjun felt a chill and frowned with a headache. After putting all the luggage

away, Yeonjun called Heawon in a low, emotionless voice

"I have no intention of getting attached to you. Still, since the baby is mine, I’ll try."

"...Yeonjun, are you really that cruel? Do you still think I stole the heroine’s place?"

"...."

"Forget what I said at the banquet earlier. I was angry

Since I love you so much, it’s fine if you don’t forget that woman

I’m fine with being a show-window couple. Like you said, promise me you’ll at least love our child

Promise me you’ll protect our family."

Heawon shed crocodile tears and acted as pitiful as possible. As if stirred by those words,

Yeonjun’s eyes wavered. Maybe this woman is suffering just as much as I am, he thought. Dry-washing his face, he

swallowed a sip of the bitter liquor sitting alone on the table. Heawon had entered her third month of pregnancy

and was putting effort into prenatal care. She only looked at and listened to good things. Stroking her belly, the corners of her mouth rose endlessly.

Baby, thanks to you, Mom can get married to Dad. Thank you. And now, instead of high heels,

Heawon, wearing low flats, walked lightly into her office.

As soon as she went in, the employees were busy congratulating Heawon on her marriage. Congratulations on your wedding

Manager, I saw it on the company bulletin board. Thank you, everyone. Have a good day today

After receiving their congratulations, she sat down, opened her laptop, and got to work. The anonymous post that had appeared before on

the company website about Yeonjun and Heawon had effectively become fact. Heawon thought to herself that now all she had to do was clear out Seo Yeojoo.

Before she knew it, Christmas was just around the corner. Last year, I went with Yeonjun to see the winter sea for one night and two days around Christmas

and Yeonjun and I had especially loved the winter sea since childhood.

I don’t know why, but just being with him made me happy. Facing the bitter winter wind with my whole body, sniffling, and

our eyes stinging from the cold wind, maybe because we looked alike when we laughed and cried. We had laughed together for a long time, clinging to each other

to keep warm, and then suddenly I started wondering whether he had forgotten me. My eyes quickly turned red, and I wiped away the tears before anyone could notice. From inside my coat pocket

I could faintly feel my phone vibrating. When I checked the caller, it was an unknown

number, but I just wanted to answer it. The moment I brought the phone to my ear

my heart sank heavily.

📞 I’m Kang Heawon. I want to meet you today—do you have time..?

You have to make time even if you don’t

" .."

📞 Even if you don’t want to hear it, Yeojoo, I have something to say.

" ..Yes "

📞 Then let’s meet at the café in T Hotel after work.

Click—after saying only what she had to say, Heawon hung up. She was trembling faintly. She wasn’t the guilty one, but

why did she feel like the guilty one? We had broken up, and yet Heawon

was so anxious about what on earth she was going to say. I didn’t know what I was supposed to say in that situation

My throat tightened with a headache, and I only bit my own lips. The moment it hit 6 o’clock, Yeojoo left work, and

Bumgyu looked for her, but she wasn’t at her desk, so he widened his eyes. Had she already left work?

Maybe because I came early, Heawon wasn’t visible in the café. I sat by the window as if bracing myself.

Yeojoo, who had already ordered warm black tea for Heawon and an Americano, didn’t have to wait long before

Heawon appeared—someone who was the exact opposite of Yeojoo at a glance, with an icy

expression and an unapproachable aura. She sat lightly in front of Yeojoo, and tension hung in the air.

Just then the drinks arrived, and the fragrant scent of the black tea brushed past Heawon’s nose.

She slowly took a sip and put on an act.

"You were surprised when I called, right, Yeojoo? Sorry if it upset you."

"...It’s okay. What did you want to say?"

"I’ve liked Yeonjun for a long time.

I’m sorry, Yeojoo, but I don’t want to raise a child without a father."

"...."

"Yeojoo? Are you listening?"

"..Yes. Since we’ve completely broken up, don’t worry.

And I’d prefer not to see Kang Heawon again."

Heawon deliberately stroked her belly, and Yeojoo felt nauseous at the sight, but

she barely held it in. The Yeojoo reflected in Heawon’s eyes looked utterly ordinary.

Neither her clothes nor her bag, from head to toe, were covered in luxury brands.

She had hardly any makeup on either. But Yeonjun’s reason for liking Yeojoo

became clear. She was exactly his type. Heawon even felt like she had lost

and it made her angry, but to win his heart back completely, she had to separate Yeojoo from him.

Heawon acted as gracefully as possible and did not speak harshly.

"I don’t want us to end up crossing lines with each other.

If Yeonjun comes to see you, just ignore him."

Their meeting was short and intense. The moment Heawon disappeared, as if the tension had been released, Yeojoo let out a breath and

had to calm her trembling body for a while. As soon as she left the café,

whether it was some trick of the sky or not, rain poured down, and the thing she had come to say was just to ask her not to meet Yeonjun.

When she thought about it, it was ridiculous. Who was the one who stole him!! Lowering her head,

she let the rain soak her whole body. At some point, the rain stopped hitting her, and when she looked up

a man she had never seen before, wearing a suit, was holding a black long umbrella over her.

He was standing next to her. I could only stare at him like a startled rabbit, and that man

spoke naturally, as if he knew me.

"It hardly ever rains in winter, but this is strange, right?"

"...."

"Hey, don’t stare at me like that. I’m not a bad guy.

I just saw you standing in the rain—you looked exactly like a lost puppy."

At being compared to a lost puppy, I let out an involuntary snort. The unfamiliar man

was visibly flustered and asked why I was laughing. Then he put the umbrella into my hand

and after saying a quick goodbye—"Use this, bye"—he quickly went into the hotel.

The handle of the umbrella he had given me had a luxurious initial engraved on it.

KTH

Isn’t this something precious?

Taehyun, who had come into the hotel lobby, went up to the suite where noona Heawon was.

When she saw Taehyun soaked from the rain, she scolded him, asking where his umbrella was and why he came back in the rain.

Then Taehyun smiled a little, thinking of Yeojoo from a moment ago. "She was getting rained on, so I put it over her and came back."

Taehyun was grinning, so she said, "What are you smiling about?""That’s your problem—you can’t just walk past anyone, person or animal, if you feel sorry for them. Fix that habit,"

she clicked her tongue. Even despite noona Heawon’s nagging, Taehyun’s mouth kept twitching as if he was happy about something, and she said, "Ugh, that idiot."

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Thud!! Taehyun appears 😆

Are they going to get tangled up badly?? 🥲

Writer’s block!

Don’t come!

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