I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C18
“Wow, damn. My belly really stuck out a lot.”
Standing in front of the mirror and lifting my T-shirt up high, my chubby belly fat was revealed. After hearing the shocking words from Taebeom last time that I had gained a bit of weight, I started dieting on my own. Although I failed spectacularly after just one day. The head chef’s skills were so good that I was turning into a happy pig day by day.
“As a last bit of conscience, let’s not eat late-night snacks. Last night was really the worst too.”
Rotating my wrist that I had sprained while falling, I made a firm promise with Cha Yuwon standing in front of the mirror. Time had flown by while washing with warm water. As soon as I entered the shower stall, I lost track of time. Hurriedly wiping off the remaining soap suds on my body and stepping out of the shower stall, the bathroom was filled with hazy steam.
After wiping the fogged-up mirror a few times, Cha Yuwon’s face that was glowing white after just finishing a shower filled my sight.
“Wow. How does he not have a single blemish on his skin?”
I brought my face a bit closer, but it was hard to find even a single pore. The transparent skin sparkled in the light, and the complexion was nicely flushed from the raised body temperature after showering with warm water.
“Do I really have to… go to college?”
With this face, he could do whatever he wanted, whether it was being an idol or an actor. Last time I saw Cha Yuwon’s desk was covered with business cards from large entertainment agencies. The temptation to choose an easier path slowly crept up.
“Ay. Enough. What celebrity. Cha Yuwon will run away again.”
Discarding the vain delusion, I vigorously dried my wet hair with a towel. I also fluffy dried my body that was wet with water and changed into the clothes I left by the door after coming out.
Although Taebeom told me to wear something warm, I felt like wearing bright clothes with today’s mood. So instead of the thick, dark navy sweatsuit, I took out this yellow sweatsuit for spring and fall.
Perhaps because the bone-chilling cold had eased and the weather was so nice, my already good mood got even better when I put on the refreshing colored clothes.
“You’re so cute, Cha Yuwon. Like a baby chick!”
I spun around in front of the full-length mirror, admiring Cha Yuwon’s appearance. I wanted to show this cute Cha Yuwon to anyone.
“Goodness, this cute and handsome fellow. Just looking at you makes me full.”
I winked at Cha Yuwon in the mirror and spun around grandly once more.
“Ugh, dizzy. Bleh.”
Spinning several times in a row made my stomach queasy and head dizzy. Ah, what am I doing now. Looking at myself in the mirror holding my head, laughter burst out on its own.
Since Taebeom mentioned it too, well. Although I didn’t feel like it, I went downstairs to the 1st floor wearing gloves. When I went to the 1st floor living room, he was already ready and sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper.
“Taebeom! I’m all ready. Let’s go for a walk quickly, a walk!”
Excited for the first walk since coming here, my butt wiggled and steps got faster without me realizing it. I ran to Taebeom in an instant and grabbed his hand.
“You really don’t listen, Cha Yuwon.”
Taebeom, who put down the newspaper, scanned my outfit with a dissatisfied face, raising one eyebrow.
“Go change and come out again. To the navy sweatsuit.”
How did he know the navy sweatsuit was the thickest and warmest among my clothes? Did he perhaps go through my clothes too? But that wasn’t the problem now. With this refreshing mood, I wanted this yellow, not that gloomy navy.
“I wore gloves too as you said, Taebeom. Hehe.”
I held out both hands wearing gloves in front of Taebeom and smiled brightly. It meant I listened to you, so you let it go this time too.
“Go change-“
“Oh! Mister!”
Turning my head at the faintly heard footsteps, I saw Mr. Junseok coming in just then. As if he was my savior, I greeted the mister brightly and he smiled widely with a touched face. Although his face looked a bit scary, he was a really kind mister.
“Everything is ready, boss.”
“For now, Cha Yuwon-“
“Yes, yes! Let’s go, let’s go! Where should we go?”
Before getting caught by Taebeom, I swished past him and ran to the mister. As I stuck close to the mister’s side, Taebeom’s face contorted.
Hic, scary.
Although it was a bit frightening, I suppressed my fear and shoved my feet into the sneakers.
***
“Huff.”
For exactly 5 minutes after stubbornly going out in the yellow sweatsuit, it was so nice. Not only did the previously slightly stuffy feeling from being in hot water for a long time refresh in the cool breeze, the brightly shining sunlight was great too.
“Ugh…”
However, that pleasant breeze soon fiercely changed and engulfed me before long. But what can I do. I was the one being stubborn, and the one who ran out insisting on wearing these clothes, so I couldn’t say anything. I hid my trembling lips inside my mouth and awkwardly lifted the corners of my mouth.
“Haa…”
But it must have been impossible to completely hide, as Taebeom took off the coat he was wearing and handed it to me as if he expected it.
“Put it on. You’ll catch a cold like that.”
He clicked his tongue as he rubbed the ends of my hair with his fingers.
“You didn’t even dry your hair properly. You’re determined to catch a cold, really.”
“That’s not it… But then what about you, Taebeom?”
“If you won’t listen this time either, let’s just go back in.”
“Ah, no. Thank you.”
At his expression that seemed like he would turn back and go inside the mansion at any moment, I took the clothes from him and put them on.
“Ahh… It’s warm…”
My body that had been shivering from the bone-chilling cold warmed up as if sharing Taebeom’s body heat.
But now his thin attire wearing only a knit sweater without an outer layer bothered me.
“Um, Taebeom.”
He had been looking ahead but turned his head to look at me.
“Do you want to… hold hands with me?”
I had no other intentions. I just wanted to hide even one of his hands inside the clothes under the pretext of holding hands to avoid the cold.
“Ju-just so your hands don’t get cold, Taebeom…”
For some reason, my body heated up and my earlobes flushed under his gaze as he stopped walking for a moment and looked down at me. Th-this coat’s cold protection effect is no jo-joke… Ahem. Feeling embarrassed about my hand reaching into the air, I fake coughed and withdrew my hand. Just then…
“You’re nice.”
Taebeom grabbed my hand and pulled it towards him.
“Ah.”
Plop. Unable to resist his strength, I ended up being held in his arms. Taebeom embraced me like that and stroked my hair with his other hand. Being close, his body scent made my already hot face flush even more.
“Let’s go.”
“…Yes.”
While holding Taebeom’s hand and walking together, the two of us just moved our steps without a word. All my nerves were focused solely on his hand felt through the gloves that I couldn’t think at all about where we were or where we were going.
I had the illusion that his hot body temperature was slowly seeping in even though we weren’t directly touching. When my cold body started heating up and my legs tingled a bit, Taebeom opened his mouth.
“Here.”
“Wow-“
The place Taebeom took me to was a greenhouse not far from the mansion. I don’t think I’ve read about a place like this existing.
It could be that I don’t remember because it was briefly mentioned in passing in the novel. Anyway, the greenhouse I saw for the first time looked as if it had stolen and hidden all the colors in Taebeom’s mansion. The glass greenhouse was adorned with colorful hues from the entrance, making me doubt if this place really belonged to Taebeom.
“Wow, it’s so pretty. There are so many flowers.”
Following Taebeom and entering the greenhouse, numerous types of flowers were blooming beautifully in various colors. Smelling the natural floral scent instead of an artificial fragrance, I sniffed and took a deep breath.
“The scent is really nice too.”
Taebeom crouched down on the floor and answered one by one to me asking what the name of this flower was and what the name of that flower was. Did he plant them himself? How does he know all the names of these many flowers like that? With amazement, I looked up at him and Taebeom pulled me up and took me to the table situated inside.
“Wait here for a bit. I’ll go bring something to drink.”
Watching his back getting farther away, I took in the scenery of the greenhouse again. Although not as wide as a sports field, the fairly large greenhouse was lavishly decorated. It felt like entering a watercolor painting filled with flowers.
“Uh… wait a second…”
At that moment, I felt a vivid sense of déjà vu looking at this scenery. The faint déjà vu that bloomed from my toes gradually grew in size along my ankles and enveloped my body.
Have I been here before…?
Dragging out all my memories and following them to the end, the scene I had seen in my dream a few days ago came to mind. Then I had the illusion that I had arrived at that place from my dream. As if the flowers would grab my ankles at any moment… and the tiger…
“What’s wrong?”
Taebeom, who brought tea, asked. At his voice, the déjà vu I had felt a little while ago disappeared.
Definitely… at that time… my ankles…
“Cha Yuwon.”
“It’s nothing, I just remembered something for a moment…”
Right, that was just a dream. It was only a dream, but what.
I gave a small smile to Taebeom who was looking down at me with a worried face, saying it was nothing.
“It’s really pretty here.”
“I’m glad. That you like it.”
Taebeom’s eyes darkened slightly then regained their original color.