I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C31
#31
At Kwon Taebeom’s words, the personal shopper perceptively took out an outfit that matched the denim jacket and placed it in front of me. As I opened my mouth with a dumbfounded face, he put a tomato juice in my hand.
“Let’s also look at some watches that are light to wear.”
“Ah, no. I really don’t need a watch!”
A watch is really a no. If I wore such an expensive thing, it was obvious I wouldn’t be able to do anything out of anxiety. I put down the tomato juice and grabbed Kwon Taebeom’s hand as if to say that was not allowed.
“There are clocks everywhere at the academy anyway, and I have my phone too. Also, if I wear a watch, I can’t study because it’s uncomfortable.”
When I refused roundly with various words, he gently lifted the corners of his mouth and said to the staff,
“Then, in addition to something he can wear regularly, please also show watches that are light to wear.”
‘I’m doomed….’
In the end, from clothes to shoes. I could only watch the items piling up on one side of the living room. At the end, I even had impure thoughts like, is he buying it with my money, it’s all your money anyway. And I stayed still as he did whatever he wanted.
“It’s all done.”
“Thank you.”
After finishing shopping worth tens of millions of won from where he sat, a hair designer trimmed my hair. I got up from my seat, shaking my head with my much lighter hair.
“How is it?”
I asked Kwon Taebeom after coming to the living room. He looked at me and got up from his seat with a satisfied face.
“You look great. Shall we go now?”
I smiled, interlocking my fingers with his hand holding mine. I went out to have breakfast, dressed up by him from head to toe. The scenery that I couldn’t see yesterday because I was conscious of my shabby and worn-out appearance caught my eye. The high ceiling and luxurious chandeliers. Even the large glass windows. Admiration naturally came out at the luxurious interior of the restaurant.
“Shall we sit here and eat?”
Kwon Taebeom said, pointing to the window side, unusually not eating in a private room.
“Yes, I’d like that.”
I didn’t care where I sat. I headed to the seat Kwon Taebeom pointed to and sat in the chair he pulled out for me. Ah…. As I casually looked around, I made eye contact with the man who had smirked at me yesterday at the table across. Next to him was the woman who had also looked me up and down as if I was inferior.
The two slowly looked me up and down in my different attire from yesterday, then bit their lips tightly. I took my eyes off the two people who swiftly turned their heads and looked at Kwon Taebeom holding my hand.
“I’ll wear them well. Thank you.”
“I told you I’d do everything you want to do, didn’t I?”
“Still, one set of clothes would have been enough….”
It seemed like the clothes he bought me today would be more than the clothes I had bought in my entire life. I looked up at him with a mixture of sorry and grateful feelings. Kwon Taebeom rubbed my bandaged hand with his thumb and asked,
“Does your hand not hurt?”
“It doesn’t hurt at all.”
Actually, even the bandage was an exaggeration. But if I didn’t do this, he would worry, so I stayed still. Feeling gazes different from yesterday, I devoured a whole steak from the morning. Unlike Kwon Taebeom, who ate bread and coffee simply, I filled my stomach substantially.
“Let’s go now.”
“Yes.”
Kwon Taebeom had to go to work, and I had to go to the academy, so we didn’t have that much time. After finishing the meal, I lightly brushed my teeth, and he dropped me off at the academy. Even though they were new shoes, maybe because they were good shoes, my feet didn’t hurt at all. Like a child trying on new shoes, I hopped once and then entered the classroom with light steps.
“Hello, hyung.”
“Hi. Do you have plans for dinner tonight? You look exceptionally cool today?”
“No, it’s not that, it just happened…. Thank you for the compliment.”
Of course. We made such a fuss this morning because of this. Still, it didn’t feel bad to hear a compliment that I looked cool.
“Oh? What happened to your hand again?”
As I unpacked my bag and took out the textbook, I-jun, who noticed the bandage wrapped around my left hand, asked.
“Ah, I got slightly burned while eating soup. It looks serious like this, but it’s actually not.”
“Be a little more careful….”
For a second-degree burn, it would have been enough to apply ointment and put on a few band-aids, but anyone could see that wrapping a bandage tightly around the hand was excessive. Embarrassed, I hid my left hand under the desk and picked up a mechanical pencil. I studied in advance for the math subject in the first period and quickly finished my homework, and the break bell rang just in time.
“Yuwon, what major are you thinking of going into?”
“Me? Well….”
If it were Cha Yuwon, what major would he have wanted to study? When I-jun hyung asked me a question, this thought came to mind first.
“I don’t know yet. What about you, hyung?”
“I’m not sure yet either.”
I-jun hyung added with an awkward face, scratching the back of his head.
“Both of us are bland.”
“I know, right.”
We laughed awkwardly, and the short break ended. As the first period started, the teacher came in and the class began, but my head was filled with thoughts about Cha Yuwon.
Would going to college for Cha Yuwon really be the best choice for him? Would the returned Cha Yuwon be able to adapt well? Isn’t it just my greed? I pondered with such thoughts, and before I knew it, time had passed quickly. Today, unlike others, I gave up evening self-study and was packing my bag when I-jun hyung, who was solving problems, called me.
“Hey Yuwon. Do you want to go to the department experience fair together tomorrow?”
“Department experience fair?”
“Yeah. Since tomorrow is Saturday, I thought it would be nice to go together. I haven’t decided on my major yet either. And it’s hard to find time on weekdays because of the academy.”
I-jun’s suggestion wasn’t bad. But if I wander around on my own again, Kwon Taebeom won’t like it…. If I tell him honestly, will he agree? Still, should I ask him once…? I was conflicted and couldn’t give a definite answer. In the end, I hesitated and answered I-jun,
“I’ll think about it.”
“Okay, then think about it and let me know.”
“Yes!”
With that, I left the academy and went down to the first floor, and Kwon Taebeom was waiting for me again today.
“Taebeom!”
“Come slowly. What if you fall?”
As soon as I got in the back seat, nagging followed, as if he had been watching me from inside the car. I burst into laughter, took off my bag, put it down next to the chair, and said,
“Everyone said I looked cool going like this today, so I was in a great mood.”
“Who did?”
Uh oh…. Kwon Taebeom’s expression….
For a moment, a subtle wrinkle formed between his brows. I stopped smiling and watched his reaction. Kwon Taebeom glanced at me and rubbed the highlighter mark on my wrist.
“Do you want private lessons, Cha Yuwon?”
“What? All of a sudden…?”
“Aren’t you tired of going back and forth like this every day? Moreover, it’s not even 1:1 classes.”
At first, it was something I did to avoid going on a business trip, but coming out of the house every day like this, meeting people, and studying, I felt less suffocated and less stressed. It also felt like I was being compensated for my lonely school days. Of course, studying was difficult, but after struggling alone and getting help from teachers, it became much easier, and I gradually found studying fun too.
“Isn’t that a better choice both in terms of time and efficiency? I promise to assign you the best teacher in Korea.”
Kwon Taebeom’s expression was tempting as he subtly rubbed my wrist. I was dazed by his face and almost nodded for a moment, but I barely came to my senses.
“We-, well, didn’t you say studying is something you do alone? When you do it with others, you get co-, competitive and also…. Anyway, I like it now.”
I was anxious that he didn’t say anything. I was worried that I might have hurt his feelings by rejecting his suggestion made for my sake. I looked up at him, imagining all sorts of things in my head.
“Thank you for thinking of me. But I like it now. I like going to work together in the morning too…. I get a little lo-, lonely when I’m alone….”
When I chose words that Kwon Taebeom would most likely like, he looked at my lips and then shifted his gaze and said,
“I see.”
Phew…. Fortunately, it passed. But, come to think of it, Kwon Taebeom is really not an easy man, right? When I sweet-talked and gently seduced him, he fell for it all.
‘Then, the department experience fair tomorrow too….’
I slowly opened my mouth, glancing at his reaction.
“By the way, Taebeom. There’s a hyung named I-jun at the academy-“
“I-jun, hyung?”
Kwon Taebeom’s eyes turned fierce again. His voice repeating I-jun’s name was also cold as can be.
Ugh…. I guess this much is still too much for now. I shook my head, saying it was nothing, and stuck close to him, matching his mood. After breaking through the clogged road, we soon arrived in Uneondong where Kwon Taebeom’s house was located.
“Sigh….”
“Want me to carry you?”
When I sighed, finding the tremendously high stairs daunting, Kwon Taebeom asked. Kwon Taebeom was probably the only person in the world who could say such things so nonchalantly.
“I’ll, climb up. I think my stamina is getting worse these days, so I should at least do this.”
I took a deep breath and put my foot on the stairs.
“I was going to make you exercise again starting tomorrow anyway. Think of it as a warm-up and go up and down a few times.”
Even the following words were scary. Starting exercise again from tomorrow…? When I looked up at him with a face that seemed like I misheard, Kwon Taebeom smirked, curling up the corners of his lips, and climbed the stairs.
A reason to definitely go to the department experience fair tomorrow arose. When I reached the last step, gasping for breath up to my chin, a small spark ignited in my heart.