I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C17
Kwon Taebeom, who came back after a shower, was dressed in light slacks and brewed coffee. The fragrant scent of body wash wafted from him. Taebeom, with his damp hair tousled, sat across from me. He took a sip of the strong coffee and fixed his gaze on me.
“Why… are you looking at me like that…?”
Chirp chirp. Although the sound of birds chirping and the warm sunlight shining down made the morning scene very peaceful, the atmosphere suddenly turned chilly. Seeing Taebeom’s face staring intently at me with cold eyes, what I did yesterday came to mind.
Ri-right. Of course Taebeom would be angry after I made a scene waking up so many people in the middle of the night.
Not knowing where to look under the frigid gaze on my cheek, I thought I should at least pretend to eat to avoid his eyes. Having no choice, I was sucking on the pig trotters that only had bones left when someone entered the dining room.
“Boss. Sister-in-law will get indigestion like this.”
“Pff-gasp, cough.”
I choked on the sudden appearance of Mr. Junseok and his use of ‘sister-in-law’ to refer to me. Taebeom passed water to me who was coughing with tears in my eyes. The food was stuck firmly in my throat, making me cough as if my lungs would tear. It was painful as the coughing wouldn’t stop.
Even amid that, rather than water, I wanted to drink a sweet beverage. Passing Taebeom’s hand, I grabbed the cola behind it. Taebeom furrowed his brows, not liking the drink that had [Commercial Cola] written on it. But seeing my teary face, he put the glass of water in his hand down on the table.
“What is it.”
Taebeom, who was slowly patting my back, asked the man standing behind.
“You were looking for me, boss…”
“Who.”
“The youngest did.”
“I didn’t call for you, so leave.”
“Pardon? Ah, that kid Min-soo. He must have been worried about sister-in-law. He did something cute, unlike him.”
Mr. Junseok, glancing between me and Taebeom, suppressed a laugh. At Mr. Junseok’s words, Taebeom’s face crumpled.
“I got it, so leave. Look into what I mentioned properly.”
“Yes, I understand. Sister-in-law, then please enjoy your meal.”
Mr. Junseok finished his greeting with discipline and left the dining room. Taebeom turned his gaze to me and I was startled.
Mister… You can’t leave me alone…
It was scary to deal with an angry Taebeom by myself. I looked at the back of the mister getting farther away with a wistful gaze, then looked down at the pig trotters with only bones left.
I should have eaten slowly… Or left a little bit…
I needed something to put in my mouth to avoid his gaze. As I was diligently searching for an edible part, Taebeom called me.
“Cha Yuwon.”
“Ye-yes?”
“Explain now.”
“Explain… what?”
When I avoided answering by rolling my eyes with a startled heart, Taebeom let out a sigh.
“Yuwon.”
“Yes….”
“Speak while I’m asking nicely. Why did you do that yesterday.”
Wh-while you’re asking nicely… What are you going to do to me if you aren’t asking nicely….
Although the scars on Taebeom’s hand bothered me, I pretended not to notice and opened my eyes wide, lifting my head. Making the most pitiful expression and blinking, Taebeom lightly pushed my forehead and spoke.
“That won’t work this time either. What’s the reason.”
I tried using the Puss in Boots tactic like last time, but it didn’t work this time, maybe because I had used it once before. I racked my brain to come up with various excuses, but there was nothing suitable.
That I was suddenly scared Taebeom would kill me? Or that I was scared he would lock me up here and obsess over me? If I said that, he would surely think I had delusions and narcissistic personality disorder. I would think the same too if I were him.
What should I say… Ah, the front door! Right, that happened.
Recalling the front door with the lock installed the opposite way, I lifted my head that had been bowed deeply.
“I was a bit startled because of the front door lock.”
“Why is that.”
“Why did you install it the opposite way? So I can’t le-leave?”
“Yeah.”
Uh…? Th-that’s not it. If you admit it so readily, it makes me even more scared…
I looked around the structure to see if I could push Taebeom and run away, but no matter how much I simulated it, there was no angle. He chuckled, saying it was a joke to me who was racking my brain.
Why are you laughing, it’s making me more scared…
“You know you have sleepwalking disorder?”
“Pardon?”
Sleepwalking disorder? Me?
I looked at Taebeom with wide eyes. Sleepwalking disorder? It was the first I heard of it, and as I blinked in surprise, he continued as if he expected this.
“You have sleepwalking disorder. You keep walking around at night and even sleep in the bathroom. You sleep in my room too. And in the living room, but I installed it that way in case you went outside.”
“I, I have sleepwalking disorder?”
Why didn’t I know that until now? Was sleepwalking disorder the reason Taebeom was in front of me whenever I woke up?
Thinking I had wandered around all night without knowing anything gave me goosebumps.
“Why else would I have done that.”
But Mr. Taebeom, you even put shackles on the female lead. Of course, that was in the novel.
“I’m sorry… I went to get food and was so startled…”
Primarily, I was startled by the sight of him drenched in blood, but I decided to keep quiet about that. It wasn’t like I didn’t know Taebeom’s occupation. I just needed to behave even if it was a bit scary until Yoon Seolah appeared.
“I apologize again.”
In any case, it was my fault for causing a commotion late at night. I bowed my head to Taebeom and bit my lip.
Right. As Taebeom said, there was no reason for him to lock me up. We weren’t even lo-lovers, to put it bluntly. Only then did I breathe in and out deeply, feeling at ease.
“To sum up what you said. You were talking to me and thought of pig trotters, so you went to get them, but saw the tightly locked front door and got startled and ran away?”
“Yes….”
My earlobes flushed and I felt belated embarrassment at his words that neatly summarized the whole situation.
I really told you not to overreact, Cha Yuwon… Sigh…
“You thought I locked you up?”
“N-no?”
Ho-how did he know? I shook my head hard, but he rubbed the corner of his mouth once and gracefully lifted the end of his lips.
“But Yuwon.”
Gulp.
“I told you. It’s already too late.”
“……”
“So stop thinking useless thoughts.”
Taebeom scanned my frozen body from the tension and sipped his coffee again.
“Um… about that, Taebeom.”
Right. Now that it had come to this, I couldn’t turn a blind eye forever. I had to tell him I had never thought of Taebeom as a ro-romantic partner, and I had even less intention of marrying him. But the words didn’t come out easily, and a rather long silence passed.
As I hesitated and chewed my lips, Taebeom reached out his hand towards my lips.
“The person who was being docile. You have to take responsibility for seducing me first, don’t you?”
“Pardon?”
He stared at the blood that stained his fingertips after rubbing my torn lips.
“You’re an adult too, so you should take proper responsibility for your actions.”
“…Me? I se-seduced you?”
“That’s why I told you not to do things you’ll regret.”
Taebeom’s eyes flashed as he licked the blood on his fingers. Those eyes held a clear desire for possession. Just that gaze sweeping over my face was suppressing me.
Fuck, to this extent… Could it be… Taebeom, could it be your first time with me?
My heart pounded and my mind turned blank. So could it be your body got attached and your heart followed, and you’re telling me to take re-responsibility. A gang boss who lost his virginity… Is that it?
I felt like I was losing my mind at the absurd thought. Taebeom tapped my cheek as I barely rolled my eyes.
“Having strange thoughts again.”
If so, it was too late to make excuses, and it seemed I had to move on to Plan B. If Taebeom met the female lead Yoon Seolah, he would forget about a guy like me. Actually, it would be hard to forget such a cute, refreshing, and even super kind cutie all at once, but with Seolah who had the main character buff, well…
Tsk. Why do I suddenly feel regretful again. Aren’t you going to go back home? You need to think about finding Cha Yuwon and returning quickly. Ugh, I really can’t take this.
I put down my chopsticks and suppressed my disappointed expression.
“Thanks for the meal.”
The forced smile I cracked was trembling. The face reflected in the spoon looked very awkward. I gave up on smiling and got up from my seat.
“Get ready and come downstairs.”
Taebeom spoke to me as I was about to go up the stairs connected to the 2nd floor.
“Are we ex-exercising again?”
It hadn’t been long since we ate. I slightly dropped my eyes and looked up at him.
“A walk.”
Phew. Fortunately, it seemed he wasn’t trying to do that weird training we did last time. I didn’t know there were 356 vital points on the human body. I almost died memorizing the locations of the vital points written on the paper back then.
“It’s still chilly, so wear something warm.”
Taebeom himself, who advised me like that, was dressed lightly. Would he change clothes too? I nodded my head saying I got it and went up the stairs. Taebeom added behind my back,
“Wear gloves too.”
Looking back, I saw him heading to the sofa with a newspaper in one hand. I thought he must have written ‘caring male lead’ wrong instead of ‘obsessive male lead’ as I climbed the stairs again.