Contract Marriage with Memory Loss on Top - Chapter 77

“Hyung, how is your injury? You must be even more tired, but I fell asleep.”

Yeon-woo, who was taking off his shoes while standing at the entrance, suddenly scratched the back of his neck due to the rising embarrassment. Although he said he only worked in the morning, Ki-won couldn’t rest comfortably even after handling work. He must have been twice as tired since he drove directly, but he just shrugged his shoulders briefly.

“It’s nothing…”

Even with the man’s words that it was no big deal, Yeon-woo couldn’t feel relieved with peace of mind.

“It’ll heal soon, so why are you making that face?”

“I’m worried that it might leave a scar like your mother said… What happened to the driver who was driving then?”

Although he thought Ki-won would have handled it well, he was curious about the aftermath. Ki-won led Yeon-woo to the bedroom and spoke in a calm tone.

“We decided to end it with a one-month suspension.”

“Just a suspension for causing a car accident?”

Yeon-woo’s complexion instantly darkened. It was because he felt the punishment was excessively light. Seeing Yeon-woo’s expression that clearly revealed his thoughts, Ki-won tapped his nose bridge with his finger.

“Although I gave a suspension because it was an accident that wouldn’t have occurred if he had paid attention, the fault of the offending vehicle was greater than our driver’s negligence.”

Listening to his words, Yeon-woo mumbled and nodded his head. He didn’t like it at all, but since the driver’s negligence wasn’t significant, he decided to understand his punishment.

“If that’s the case, it can’t be helped…”

A sigh burst out between his slightly parted lips. Yeon-woo, who put down the paper bag on the side table, plopped down on a chair. It was to check the remaining gifts he hadn’t had a chance to open yet.

In the meantime, Ki-won, who had changed into comfortable clothes, approached Yeon-woo and placed one hand on the table. It seemed Ki-won was also curious about the contents. He tilted his upper body and checked the inside.

“She must have put quite a bit of thought into it.”

“Really?”

Unlike Yeon-woo, who hadn’t opened the individually wrapped boxes and didn’t know the contents, Ki-won seemed to have roughly guessed. As expected of the department store’s managing director… Yeon-woo exclaimed and poured all the boxes from the paper bag onto the table. The sizes varied from small square boxes to large ones.

“Hyung, do you know what all of these are?”

“Yeah.”

Ki-won, who lightly replied, tapped the top of the box with his finger and continued his answer in a calm tone.

“This must be the chocolate she said she bought from Belgium, and this side is shoes, watch, wallet, hmm… a bracelet, I think.”

For the last one, even Ki-won seemed unsure as he stretched the end of his words ambiguously. Yeon-woo opened the boxes in order to check if Ki-won’s guesses were correct and exclaimed every time they hit the mark.

“Wow…”

Yeon-woo looked down at the items that all looked stylish and luxurious with excited eyes and then carefully repacked them. He was afraid that dust might accumulate if he took them out.

“You don’t like them?”

“How could that be!”

Yeon-woo, who was startled by Ki-won’s meaningless words, shook his head vigorously. It was such a fierce denial that he felt dizzy enough for his head to spin.

“They’re just too precious. I want to take them out and use them on important days…”

“When you cherish what someone else gave you, your husband gets jealous.”

“What…? Hyung, seriously. Your sister gave these. Of course they’re precious!”

Not only the price but also the meaning was deep for Yeon-woo. Being jealous of his own family, the amnesiac Ki-won was really someone he knew but didn’t know. Yeon-woo, who had restored the items to their boxes, neatly packed them in the paper bag and placed it on top of the drawer. Ki-won watched Yeon-woo with affectionate eyes and let out a small laugh.

“Hyung, I’ll wash up in the living room today.”

Yeon-woo turned his body and picked up the pajamas he had prepared in advance. Although it didn’t matter which bathroom he used, he yielded the bedroom bathroom close by to Ki-won in his own way. Yeon-woo, who had a strangely proud expression, left the bedroom with quick steps.

***

‘I can’t sleep.’

Yeon-woo quietly looked up at the pitch-black ceiling and then carefully turned his body. He had taken a warm bath and was fluffy, but for some reason, drowsiness didn’t come. Yeon-woo very delicately raised his upper body, afraid that Ki-won lying next to him would wake up.

Relying on the light from his cell phone, Yeon-woo tiptoed until he left the bedroom, and as soon as the door closed, he put his heels down in relief. It seemed that briefly falling asleep at Ki-won’s main house was the cause. Maybe drinking warm tea would make him sleepy. Yeon-woo went into the kitchen and took out a teacup.

“Ah, right.”

While busily moving to find tea leaves, a box of chocolates caught Yeon-woo’s eye. He had put it down on the kitchen table for a moment, wondering where to put it, but forgot to clean it up. Yeon-woo alternately examined the teacup and the chocolate, and then picked up the chocolate as if he had made up his mind. Somehow, it was a night when he craved something sweet.

The hot water was poured into the round cup, and soon a strong green tea was brewed. With the addition of the bitter aroma, he thought it would go well with the chocolate, and his mouth watered involuntarily.

Yeon-woo pulled a chair and sat down, carefully removing the wrapping paper from the chocolate box. In the midst of the rustling sounds, he glanced at the bedroom. Yeon-woo, who was sensitive to even small noises, worrying if Ki-won would wake up, soon faced the intact chocolate.

Perhaps because it was chocolate that Ki-won’s sister had bought, the rising aroma was very sweet. Yeon-woo carefully examined the appetizing shapes and then picked one up. The shiny chocolate held between his index finger and thumb had small gold dust sprinkled on it.

It’s delicious. As soon as he put it in his mouth, a sense of fullness spread throughout his body. It was a shame to chew, so he slowly melted it with the tip of his tongue, and the velvety taste stimulated his taste buds. Yeon-woo, who had been savoring it by pushing it inside his cheek, slowly chewed the chocolate with his molars.

At that moment, Yeon-woo’s expression distorted at the bitterness spreading in his mouth. The outer layer was so sweet that his tongue was numb, but there was something like jam inside.

What is this… Although he couldn’t spit it out and forcibly swallowed it, he couldn’t stop his head from tilting questioningly. The bitter taste wasn’t unpleasant, but it was a taste that couldn’t come from chocolate, so he was curious. Yeon-woo only then looked at the packaging again and easily realized that there was alcohol in it.

Yeon-woo sipped the moderately cooled green tea and mellowed the remaining sweetness in his mouth. Honestly, he had underestimated it because it was in chocolate, but Yeon-woo had no choice but to retract that thought. He was already feeling the effects of alcohol after eating just one. Yeon-woo giggled to himself and rested his chin, enjoying the subtle buzz. The feeling of relaxing under the soft light in the early morning when everyone was asleep wasn’t bad.

“…It’s nice.”

Yeon-woo’s tightly closed teeth parted slightly, and a small voice leaked out. Yeon-woo bit his lower lip and erased his mumbling because the sentence that had passed through his mind had popped out on its own.

Yeon-woo’s fingers reached for the chocolate before going through his thoughts. The bitterness that suddenly poked its head in the middle of the sweet taste, and then the finish was again sweet and nutty with the scent of chocolate. It was quite an addictive taste. Yeon-woo, who had stuffed his mouth full of chocolate and chewed it, took a deep breath and blinked.

Every time his long eyelashes touched and left the skin under his eyes, Ki-won’s family members were drawn in front of his eyes. Although it was difficult to make time because they were all busy, they seemed to be a very harmonious and happy family. And Seo Yeon-woo quietly slipping in between them. Yeon-woo, who had added another imagination to his imagination, lifted the corners of his mouth as he imagined himself blending into the Kwon family.

Yeon-woo rubbed the back of his neck, where he felt more and more heat rising, and then bowed his head deeply. His forehead was touching the table, but he sat still without any particular movement for a while, and Yeon-woo listened to the noise.

“What are you doing not sleeping?”

Ki-won’s voice was even lower, as if he had woken up from sleep. Yeon-woo, who realized that the person who had approached was Ki-won, raised his bowed head and slowly blinked. In the meantime, he had eaten a lot of chocolate, so his head was heavy with the effects of alcohol. It must have been a product with a fairly high alcohol content. Yeon-woo, who was rolling his eyes, realized it belatedly, but his body was out of control.

“I couldn’t sleep… So I was drinking green tea…”

Yeon-woo tried his best to pronounce correctly, but the constantly drooping sentences and somewhat slurred speech were foreign. As if he was annoyed that things weren’t going his way, Yeon-woo pursed his lips tightly and then frowned.

“Did you drink alcohol?”

Ki-won rubbed Yeon-woo’s bright red cheek with the back of his hand. As if the cool sensation on his hot skin felt good, Yeon-woo closed his eyes tightly and entrusted his face to his hand.