I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C58
#58
“Heh… if, if you w-wait, I, I, I knew you would c-come…. Hehe.”
At the man’s words, an instinctive feeling that something was dangerous washed over my entire body. I put the water bottle I was tightly holding onto the pyeong-sang and wrapped my arms around my belly with both hands. As I looked around anxiously, a strange laughing sound burst out from the man’s mouth.
“Th-there’s, n-nobody here…. Khuh, kuk, kuk…. It’s j-just, the two of us. Heh….”
At the man’s words, I quickly looked toward the shop door, and I saw that the lights that had been brightly lit until just a little while ago were now turned off. Thinking that something might happen at this rate, I hurriedly took a step back from the pyeong-sang.
“I’m sorry, but you’ve mistaken me for someone-“
“Cha, Cha Yuwon… heh, I’ve been waiting. I knew that someday, you would come here, hehehe….”
Cha Yuwon…? The name coming out of that man’s mouth was definitely Cha Yuwon. So he does know Cha Yuwon after all…? But how, in Gangneung and not Seoul….
“Who… who are you to say that to me….”
I thought that he might be one of the men written about in Cha Yuwon’s diary. Clutching my belly tightly with fear, I asked, and the man widened his bloodshot eyes and reached out his hand.
“Yuwon-ah, come here, let’s… go see the ocean, that you… like.”
‘Yuwon-ah. Our baby. Mom and Dad are XXXXX sorry.’
‘Our son, Yuwon-ah. XXXXXX. XXXX.’
“Euk… ack… ah, heuk. What the… heut..”
At the man’s words, the headache that had been quiet rushed in. It felt like my head was going to shatter as if someone had struck it with a hammer. The memories that were forcibly pushed into my mind and the voice that kept calling for Cha Yuwon made it hard to breathe.
“Ah, it hurts, heu… euk, ah…!”
My legs staggered unsteadily and I collapsed onto the end of the pyeong-sang, holding onto it. Through my blurry vision, I met the man’s red eyes. This was dangerous.
A red warning light flashed in my head. Instinctively, I felt that I shouldn’t stay here any longer. As I backed away little by little, the man began to laugh so hard his mouth seemed to tear.
“Ku, kuk, kuku… let’s g-go…. Heh, let’s go together, Cha, Cha Yuwon.”
“Don’t, don’t do this, heueu, Tae, Taebeom-ssi…. heup….”
I felt like that man was going to hurt me. It seemed like the man’s blackened hand would strike my belly and strangle my neck. With a fearful heart, I called out to Kwon Taebeom and wiped away the tears that had welled up.
“Heueu, Taebeom-ssi… heut please, Tae, Taebeom….”
I should have just stayed next to the Ahjussi. I shouldn’t have run away recklessly and should have tried to talk with Kwon Taebeom. Belated regrets washed over me. Feeling desperate, I looked around, but there was no one in sight that I could ask for help.
“Tae, Taebeom? Y-you, f-fuck, are you, t-talking about, K-Kwon, Tae, Taebeom r-right now?”
At Kwon Taebeom’s name that came out of my mouth, the man’s face contorted. The man, his face reddened as if he was angry, strode toward me.
“Aack…!”
Again, my head hurt as if it would shatter. Holding my head with one hand, I took steps back to avoid the man. However, the man, who had already come up to me, reached out his hand toward me.
‘No. Not our baby….’
As I curled up my body as much as possible and held my breath, the man lifted my head with a violent force.
“Euk… heut.”
“I, I got you….”
In the end, with my head lifted, I faced the man. A rotten smell came from the man’s mouth, and along with it, a strange pheromone smell that made me want to vomit was carried by the wind.
“Uuk, d-don’t do this.”
“Yuwon, ah, that’s why I, I told you to come here. Why, do you never, listen….”
The man looked at my contorted face and roughly let go of my head that he had been holding, wiping my tears as if he felt sorry for me.
“Heut.”
As I turned my head and squeezed my eyes shut, the man stroked my cheek.
“D-don’t worry, anymore. Let’s go back… to how it was before…. I’ll m-make you happy again, l-like before, Yuwon-ah.”
***
Taebeom clenched his teeth at the little head that had deliberately hidden after confirming that Yuwon had entered the market entrance. The market, which had many old and outdated areas, mostly had broken or fake CCTVs. Moreover, as Yuwon went around the alleys to avoid being tracked, it became increasingly difficult to find him.
“Haa…. So now it’s hard to properly… h-fuck, really.”
Taebeom took off his loose necktie and threw it away, rubbing his forehead with tired eyes. Where did things go wrong from the beginning. Taebeom re-read the letter Yuwon had left and clenched his teeth.
[Don’t worry, I won’t ask for child support. And I won’t go looking for Yoon Seolah either, so you don’t have to worry about that. I won’t do anything that Taebeom-ssi would worry about. I’ll just live quietly with our baby. Thank you so much for everything. I’m sorry for cursing at you last time….]
There was no particular reason why he didn’t introduce Yoon Seolah to Yuwon. It was because Yuwon not only couldn’t remember Yoon Seolah, but Taebeom was also anxious that Yuwon might recall memories if he saw her. And there was also a small jealousy of not wanting to let Yuwon meet other people.
But how did things get so twisted like this….
Belatedly, according to the guys he had assigned to Yuwon, it seemed that Yuwon was misunderstanding his relationship with Yoon Seolah. No, he had misunderstood.
Him and Yoon Seolah?
At first, he was dumbfounded to hear that. Yoon Seolah was a woman who had fled to Hong Kong for her love with Han Gi-chan, who was under him, despite opposition from her family. And it was he who had brought her back to Korea on the condition that he would protect her from her family.
All for the sake of Yuwon.
But Yuwon was misunderstanding his relationship with Yoon Seolah. It was absurd at first to think of a development he had never even thought of, but then he laughed because it was a misunderstanding so characteristic of Cha Yuwon. But then again, the thought that Yuwon had hidden himself tightly just because of that made him feel like he was going crazy. Taebeom recalled the imagination he had put aside for a moment about Yuwon, who had run away from him with a child in his belly, with his child.
The basement would be too cold for Yuwon, so it seemed best to prepare a place for him in the widest room in the back. Prepare small handcuffs for his slender wrists and ankles, always put seasonal fruits because he likes sweet food, and fill it with things Yuwon would like so that he could never go outside….
The desire to lock Yuwon up in his house and make it so that he couldn’t go anywhere without his permission squirmed within him if only he would come back, if only he could get his hands on Yuwon again.
Jing-
Suddenly, at the sound of vibration that awakened his mind, the name [Yoon Seolah] was floating on the cell phone screen.
“Hello.”
-Ah, Taebeom-ssi, I heard from Gi-chan-ssi. That… Yuwon disappeared.
Seolah’s voice was cautious, as if the news from Korea had already reached Hong Kong and she had heard it from Gi-chan.
-Well, so I’m calling because…. I just remembered the place I mentioned to you before….
The place Cha Yuwon said he went to whenever he felt frustrated. Taebeom had a feeling for some reason that Yuwon would be at that place. Taebeom, who had become impatient, headed outside without even hearing where it was and asked Seolah.
“Where is that place?”
-It’s written that it’s a small beach near Samcheok Port. I don’t know the exact location, but it says that he bought ice cream at a place called Soon-i’s shop, and also that it’s a place where there are few people and the entrance is hidden by trees…. I’m sorry, I can’t remember much more than this.
Seolah added the memories that came to her mind sparingly, looking at Samcheok Port written in the corner of Yuwon’s counseling journal.
“Thank you. Please contact me again if you remember anything more.”
Junseok also followed Taebeom, who hurriedly went outside after hanging up the phone.
“Deploy the guys near Samcheok Port. Tell them to search every place that people can go to, whether it’s the beach or an uninhabited island nearby.”
“Yes, hyungnim!”
Junseok’s face brightened like someone who had found new hope in a situation where nothing was visible. Junseok, who had hurriedly deployed the necessary personnel near Samcheok Port, got in the car with Taebeom.
***
“D-don’t worry, anymore. Let’s go back to… how it was before….”
When Yuwon saw the man reaching out his hand to him, he came to his senses with a start. Why would I follow this man. I ran away from Kwon Taebeom, who is incredibly handsome and rich, so it’s not like I did that just to meet this bastard!
Suddenly, strength entered his jaw and the self-defense techniques he had learned from Kwon Taebeom came to mind. Uh, where did he say it was. First, the vital points….
He said the best attack is a preemptive strike. Recalling the words he had heard until his ears were sore, he put strength into his arm. And with all his might, he struck the man’s solar plexus hard with his elbow.
“Euk, y-you, c-come here…! Heuk….”
The man, who was suddenly hit in the solar plexus, let out a painful groan, lost his balance, and collapsed to the ground. Thinking that this was his chance, he pushed the man away and ran. As he hurriedly went down the hill path that he had climbed with difficulty, tears suddenly poured out.
The doctor’s words that he should always be careful in the early stages came to mind. But always running away, not eating proper food. He felt like he was going to die from feeling sorry for the baby who was suffering so much because of his incompetent father.