Chapter 47 - To scare me? (1/2)
Kang Si An finds her crying on the floor in the living room. ”Kyuri, what's wrong?”
She sobs harder when she hears his voice. He is scared to see her like this. He scans her body. There are scratches over her faces and arms. A bad feeling comes inside his heart. ”Did someone hurt you?”
She doesn't answer his questions. She doesn't stop crying either. He gives her a glass of water.
What could cut her skin like this? Did that Li Jun do something to her? He opens his mouth to ask her, but he loses his courage when he sees her eyes full of grief.
For the next few days, she would bȧrėly eat or sleep. She would burst into tears suddenly. She wouldn't let him leave. He takes days off from the work to be with her.
”Tell me what happened.” He asks her patiently. ”Did he do something to you?”
She looks at him and says, ”I can't wander to him anymore.”
He is surprised to hear that. Did they fight? That man must have left her. ”Are you crying because he left?”
She wraps her arms around him. ”I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Is it okay with you?”
That's what he wanted. Though she is miserable because of someone else, he also feels miserable to see her like this. A corner of his heart is happy when she said those words. ”I won't let you wander away anymore.”
”Mmm.” She presses her ear against his ċhėst and listens to his heartbeat. ”You aren't allowed to die before me and leave me alone in the world.”
”Alright, I will outlive you and bear the pain.” He smiles at her. ”You must live a long life. Else, I will punish you in the afterlife.”
”I will look forward to it,” She tells him weakly.
He tilts his head. Looking forward to their long lives together?
Two months later, she resumes living normally. She goes back to college after months. He is relieved to see her smiling and laughing again after a long time. She introduces him to her best friend, Yoon Mi. On each weekend, they would go out together. They occasionally visit the beach. She hates even hearing the word 'mountain'.
Things change when she finds out that she is pregnant three weeks before the end of the contract.
She asks blankly, ”Why I am pregnant now?”
Kang Si An looks at her with guilt. Though he purposely did it to keep her tied to him, he is still surprised to hear the news. ”Do you not want it?”
”It's not the right time.” She looks down at her feet. ”I didn't get pregnant when I was with Li Jun. It feels like a cruel joke.”