Chapter 162
“I have everything but you.”
Astonishingly, with sorrow..
“Mr. Kwon Si-heon…”
“I don’t have you.”
Si-heon approached steadily and knelt on one knee before her.
“I don’t have you, Ga-eun.”
Could this be a dream? Otherwise, his fingertips wouldn’t be trembling like this.
“You know. It’s just insomnia medication.”
Remembering his emotionless, flat voice from before, Ga-eun firmly grabbed Si-heon’s wrist as he cupped her cheek.
“If you still need me, if that’s why you’re doing this, then yes, I’ll do as you say for now. If I need to stay by your side as your wife until the divorce is final…”
“There’s nothing like that.”
Si-heon gritted his teeth and looked straight into Ga-eun’s eyes.
“There will be no divorce.”
“Then why…”
Why are you doing this?
The question in her large, clear eyes strangled his breath.
No matter what he said now, Ga-eun wouldn’t believe him.
She would see it as just sweet talk to keep her under control out of necessity.
It was the worst possible timing to confess love realized too late.
To Ga-eun, his feelings were just means, threats, and schemes.
“…Let’s go back to Seoul first.”
Si-heon gently helped Ga-eun sit on the bed, holding her shoulders.
“Make yourself comfortable. I’ll take care of the preparations.”
“I can stay here…”
“It would be inadequate for having the baby. Compared to Seoul.”
Baby. At that word, Ga-eun tensed up and protectively covered her belly with her hands.
“Everything I brought from Mr. Kwon Si-heon’s house, I packed it all in the Boston bag I bought from there. All the clothes, accessories, shoes.”
Mr. Kwon Si-heon’s house.
To Ga-eun, that place was no longer home.
Just a strange and intimidating space belonging to someone else.
This realization cracked Si-heon’s heart, shattering it piece by piece.
Already, I’m neither your husband nor anything to you.
…No, perhaps I never was.
“I won’t keep anything, won’t want anything. So please let me go. I’ll never appear before Mr. Kwon Si-heon again for the rest of my life…”
Please. As she added this, bowing her head, her nape and shoulders looked more fragile than ever today.
He wanted to embrace her. Wanted to comfort her.
But that would only make her more tense.
Si-heon clenched his fist, restraining his hand that yearned to reach out to his wife.
“…If staying here makes you comfortable, then do that.”
These were the only words he could manage to say.
***
Ga-eun was allowed to stay in Yeonjun.
However, instead of the small house where she had stayed with her aunt, she was moved to a spacious residence nearby—reportedly a vacation home belonging to a mid-sized company CEO.
Si-heon had arranged it.
“A-a-are w-we g-going to l-live h-here n-now?”
“…No, Auntie. We’re just staying temporarily.”
“H-how l-long is t-temporary?”
How long should she say?
Until Kwon Si-heon’s heart changes?
As she was choosing her words, a low voice settled heavily in her ear from behind.
“You can stay as long as you wish, Madam. If that’s what you want.”
It was Si-heon.
Noh man-su, standing a step behind him, bowed to Ga-eun and Eun Seon-mi.
“If you don’t like this place, we can move you somewhere else.”
“I-I’m f-fine a-anywhere as l-long as I’m w-with G-ga-eun.”
After a moment of silence at her aunt’s words, Si-heon slowly spoke.
“As am I.”
Ga-eun drew in a breath.
He was exceptionally competent at everything, including acting.
Even knowing this, she couldn’t stop her heart from trembling.
“I-I w-want to e-eat i-ice c-cream.”
“…But Auntie, you just had some.”
When Ga-eun whispered quietly, Eun Seon-mi pretended not to hear and addressed Si-heon.
“A-auntie w-wants i-ice c-cream.”
“Director Noh.”
“Yes, Executive Director.”
“Get Madam some ice cream from the freezer. A reasonable amount.”
“Yes, sir.”
Ga-eun watched silently as Eun Seon-mi and Noh man-su’s figures retreated.
Feeling his gaze fixed on her profile, she turned her head and immediately met Si-heon’s eyes.
It had been like this since their reunion.
Whenever she looked up, their eyes would inevitably meet.
As if he had been watching her the entire time.
“…How are you feeling?”
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