Contract Marriage with Memory Loss on Top - Chapter 60

However, this misunderstanding didn’t last long. He didn’t think that someone who had memory loss and didn’t even know who his spouse was would deliberately interrupt the answer. Moreover, Kwon Ki-won’s expression and tone were very serious. That’s why Yeon-woo tried to inform him once again that the two of them had a contract marriage.

“I’m twenty-three years old. More importantly, we have a contract…”

“As you can see, I injured my head a bit and my memory isn’t intact. Did we have any children?”

What? Children? Yeon-woo, who was perplexed, narrowed his brows for a moment, unable to manage his expression. It made him chuckle, wondering if Kwon Ki-won was originally a person who only said what he wanted to say.

Yeon-woo, who got stubborn, opened his mouth with a strong accent. This time, he tried to definitely let him know that it was a contract marriage.

“Of course we don’t have children. We have a contract…”

“Then let’s start planning for children first. Of course, if you don’t want to, we can think more carefully about this part.”

Was it really not a misunderstanding that he cut off the words as soon as the ‘c’ of contract came out? Yeon-woo’s words trying to correct their relationship were cut off again.

“Pardon…?”

“I want to respect my spouse. You’re also too young.”

“No, no… That’s not what I asked.”

A child or whatever, that wasn’t important right now. Yeon-woo, who became dumbfounded, shook his head faster than ever. Urgency was evident in his gestures.

Kwon Ki-won was currently having a serious misunderstanding about their marriage. Yeon-woo hurriedly added so that his words wouldn’t be interrupted again.

“No, wait a minute! Please listen to me. We’re not really married…!”

“Whether it’s real or fake, on paper, it says we’re a married couple.”

What did he just hear? Yeon-woo, who had stiffened like a stone, only moved his lips constantly due to his choked up throat. It was clear that Ki-won also knew that their relationship was based on a contract. However, Kwon Ki-won had a completely unexpected thought about the contract marriage. And it was in a very absurd direction.

“Yes…?”

Yeon-woo repeatedly threw questions, saying ‘Yes?’ as if he could only give one answer. No matter how much he thought about it, it was difficult to understand this situation.

“So,”

“……”

“Who would dare to stamp on a marriage registration form without fear.”

Unlike Yeon-woo, Kwon Ki-won’s voice was monotonous. There were no ups and downs, it was quite calm, and it was also brazen as if he was stating a very obvious fact.

Was the person sitting in front of him really Kwon Ki-won? Yeon-woo remained dazed for a while, unable to escape from his stunned expression. It was a change that could be believed even if it wasn’t memory loss but someone else had taken over Kwon Ki-won’s body.

“Stamp on a marriage registration form… without fear…”

Yeon-woo, whose shock had not subsided, repeated Ki-won’s words several times. According to his words, it sounded as if he was saying that he wouldn’t give him a divorce. Why on earth? He couldn’t easily shake off the question that came to mind.

The person who would lose out by not getting divorced wasn’t Yeon-woo. The person who had a lot to lose was Kwon Ki-won, not Seo Yeon-woo, but he seemed unaware of this.

Ah, is that it? Yeon-woo finally made a face as if he understood. It seemed that Ki-won saw him as a child from a wealthy family. If he mistakenly thought he had an arranged marriage with someone of equal family status, it was natural for him to react like that. Yeon-woo slowly shook his head and tried to make Ki-won understand by speaking up once more.

“I didn’t have an arranged marriage, but a contract marriage. The difference is…”

Just as he was about to add that he was hired to avoid an arranged marriage with the grandson of Sugang Corporation, Kwon Ki-won abruptly got up from his seat.

“Marriage is just marriage. It would be better not to needlessly divide it into this marriage or that marriage.”

“…Hyung, I think we need to go back to the hospital.”

Yeon-woo, whose complexion had turned blue, kept muttering that Ki-won wasn’t normal. To begin with, since he had memory loss, it was true that he wasn’t normal, but this was too much. Not being able to distinguish between a contract marriage and an arranged marriage, moreover, Ki-won acting as if he wouldn’t give him a divorce was starting to worry him.

‘It’s fortunate that the contract partner is me.’

If a greedy and crafty person had a contract marriage with Ki-won, they would have tried to take advantage of this opportunity to take his place. Yeon-woo, who was startled, was relieved that he was Ki-won’s contract partner.

Right, it was just that Ki-won, whose memory was disrupted, was temporarily going through confusion.

Yeon-woo glanced at the time, just as Ki-won had done a little while ago. Naturally, since it was past the time the court had closed, it seemed that the divorce papers would have to be re-submitted tomorrow.

His head hurt. Since Ki-won had lost his memory, there were more than a couple of things to pay attention to. Would the condition that he would let him live here until he found a place to live after the divorce still be valid? If not, he would have to stay in a sauna or motel for a while, so he needed to prepare himself mentally.

Yeon-woo glanced at Ki-won’s back as he entered the bedroom. It was a familiar thing to live in the same bed with him, but it was also awkward since the other person had no memory. Would he be uncomfortable sleeping together? Yeon-woo, who was fidgeting, stared at the sofa in front of him. It seemed that he would have to sleep on the sofa today.

‘It’s weird that hyung is using formal speech…’

Above all, he also had to feel the unfamiliar sensation of Kwon Ki-won’s changed attitude and way of speaking. Since he had no memory, he couldn’t help it. Even if he tried to understand his situation, the distance that had come between them wasn’t easily shaken off.

***

“Hyung… can I come in?”

Yeon-woo, who had been snooping around places where Ki-won wasn’t, such as the living room and terrace, stood in front of the bedroom door. There was something he had temporarily forgotten due to being flustered by Ki-won’s changed attitude. Ki-won was currently suffering from memory loss due to a head injury. That meant his injury was severe, so he wanted to check on him directly to see if he was okay.

Even if they were about to get divorced, he couldn’t just stand by and watch when someone was hurt, could he? He decided to take care of Ki-won while checking if he had any discomfort.

“Oh my gosh…!”

He thought he was asleep since there was no answer, but as soon as he opened the door, his eyes met Ki-won’s. Why didn’t he answer if he wasn’t sleeping? Although he was perplexed, there was no change in the pace of his timid steps.

“You’re not sleeping? I thought you were asleep since there was no answer.”

Ki-won was sitting on the bed, looking at a tablet PC. It was presumed that he was working. It seemed that even if he had memory loss, there was no problem with resolving work.

“Why are you asking for permission to come in?”

“Par… pardon?”

Yeon-woo, who stretched out his words and eventually raised the end tone, made a subtle expression, wondering what kind of question this was.

“I was wondering why permission is necessary to enter a bedroom that a married couple, moreover, shares.”

“Well… because we’re contract marriage partners? It’s about being polite.”

Yeon-woo put a strong accent on the contract marriage again, thinking this was the moment. Of course, Ki-won turned his head without blinking an eye, pretending not to have heard Yeon-woo’s answer. Yeon-woo narrowed his eyes and took note of Ki-won’s brazen attitude. It was amazing how a person could change so much after losing their memory.

“Well, to build a wall because we’re contract marriage partners… I think we were quite passionate.”

What is he talking about now? Yeon-woo couldn’t readily reply to the man’s absurd words.

“At night, I mean.”

“Pardon?”

“Do I need to be more straightforward?”

“…Can I perhaps run away from home?”

This man was seriously mistaken. Yeon-woo tried to come to his senses, grasping his blurring reason.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about… but we haven’t been that passionate. It seems like there’s some confusion in your memory… shall we visit the hospital again?”

Yeon-woo’s face showed a firm determination to drag Ki-won even if he refused to go. He didn’t know which crazy doctor had readily sent Ki-won home, but the degree of memory loss seemed severe.

No, this wasn’t memory loss, but memory distortion.

As Yeon-woo was about to retrace his steps and leave for the living room again, Ki-won opened his mouth once more.

“Is this what they call… eating and discarding?”

Yeon-woo’s mouth fell open and his eyes widened larger than a rabbit’s. He couldn’t believe what he had just heard and wanted to wash his ears right away. It would have been more plausible to say that he had heard an auditory hallucination.

“Hy, hyung. Wait a minute. I think there’s a serious misunderstanding. Eating and discarding? No, why would you even say that in the first place…?”

“Since I have memory loss, you might think this is the chance to discard me.”

This is driving me crazy. Yeon-woo wanted to look inside Ki-won’s head right away. He felt the need to find out what kind of memory remained for him to say these things to him.