Chapter 93
The atmosphere suddenly turned ice cold.
“Mr. Kwon Si-heon? Why suddenly…”
“What exactly did she say?”
Si-heon cut her off coldly.
Under his seemingly contemptuous gaze, Ga-eun barely managed to move her frozen lips.
“She asked if I naturally wouldn’t be having a child…”
Si-heon drew in a shallow breath.
But his mind had already drifted to a distant past.
“I’ll kill them, no, I’ll die!”
“Save me, help me, brother!”
A black wave threatening to engulf the world.
A red car speeding without brakes.
That fragile voice desperately calling out to him.
“What’s wrong? Are you feeling ill…”
Ga-eun’s eyes widened at his sudden approach.
“Our contract was for you to cooperate until I achieve what I want. That contract doesn’t include discussing my mother or children.”
Si-heon’s hand touched Ga-eun’s neck.
“The reason I like you is first because our bodies are compatible, and second because you know your place.”
He spoke through gritted teeth while staring into her eyes.
“Ga-eun.”
“…”
“Don’t cross the line.”
As he always did.
With his eyes and his touch on the handkerchief around her neck, he was issuing a warning.
Taking a deep breath, Ga-eun finally lowered her gaze.
That was her answer.
[Rrrrr-]
Si-heon’s phone rang.
He withdrew his hand from the handkerchief.
The moment his touch left her, Ga-eun stepped out of the car and released her held breath.
“Haa, ha…”
It felt like being freed from a noose.
Through the car window, she could see Si-heon answering his phone.
His profile as he stared straight ahead was so cold and severe she couldn’t bear to look any longer.
As she turned and climbed the steps to the museum entrance, she heard the car pulling away.
She faltered.
“…”
Ga-eun continued walking without looking back.
The car’s trajectory seemed to draw a line behind her.
It felt like a boundary drawn by Si-heon.
***
Ga-eun arrived at the director’s office on the museum’s fourth floor.
After closing the office door, she hung up her clothes and bag before heading to her desk.
As she pulled out her chair to sit down, a sudden wave of unfairness tightened her chest.
‘…I never even thought of that.’
She hadn’t been trying to discuss the future. Things like plans for children.
Her chest tightened again as she recalled how Si-heon’s eyes had turned cold the moment children were mentioned.
She knew well enough without being reminded.
That she had no intention of crossing that line.
He must know her well too. That’s why he had married her.
Why had he suddenly become angry?
“…Hah.”
She didn’t understand. Then again, when has her life ever felt fair?
In any case, she’d lost the chance to learn from Si-heon why his mother assumed they naturally wouldn’t have children.
‘If I asked his mother directly…’
No. Ga-eun immediately shook her head.
Si-heon’s warning not to cross the line bound her like steel rope.
Though she’d never been careless since marrying him.
After today, she felt she needed to be even more mindful of her conduct.
The miracle had already happened at the wedding.
Her supposed friend from Byeolnaeri Village, who was meant to attend with Artist Ja-myeong, had gotten sick and couldn’t come.
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