I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C69
#69
“Did something happen outside?”
“No, nothing happened.”
“Then why are you suddenly acting like this?”
Grandma asked, seeing me sitting absentmindedly. I just suddenly felt numb from what happened earlier.
When I sat on the sofa in a daze after barely eating breakfast, Grandma got worried.
“Yuwon-ah. Baby, do you have any worries?”
“Ah, no. I just feel a bit down… I’m sorry.”
“Oh my, you must have really gotten pregnant. Seeing your mood swinging like that.”
Grandma put a peeled orange in my hand.
“For now, eat some fruit. You need to eat something for the baby to grow well.”
I forcefully put the orange in my mouth, seeing Grandma worrying about me not eating one meal well in the morning.
“Ugh-“
The fruit that had been going down well until now smelled strange, so I hurriedly covered my mouth and headed to the bathroom.
“Blergh- ugh….”
Yesterday, I ate well and slept well all day, but maybe because I did something wrong to Ho-ppang earlier, morning sickness started again. Even drinking water made me smell fishy and I threw up, and even swallowing saliva made my stomach churn. After sitting in the bathroom for a long time, I went to the family room and lay down. Kwon Taebeom massaged my hands and feet as I lay down lifelessly.
“I don’t feel well….”
“Why is our Cha Yuwon feeling like this? Yesterday you ate well and went on a nice walk earlier.”
I felt sorry for Grandma, but I just wanted to go back to our house. I wanted to go into the room filled with his pheromone scent and do nothing. But since I came to visit after a long time, I couldn’t say I suddenly wanted to go back because I knew Grandma would be disappointed.
“Our Yuwon is having a hard time.”
“Sob… it’s so hard….”
When I was alone, I thought I could just endure it, but having someone beside me comforting me made me cry. It was hard to have morning sickness that I wasn’t used to, and my lower abdomen ached. I loved Ho-ppang so much, but I hated these symptoms.
Kwon Taebeom loosely released his pheromones. Slowly, it felt like his pheromones were embracing me cozily as if soothing me.
“Let’s sleep for now. Sleep deeply and wake up.”
He covered my eyes and slowly patted my chest with his other hand. Lying down like this made me sleepy, but I felt so depressed. I hoped this gloomy feeling would disappear after sleeping.
***
“Mmm….”
When I stretched my stiff body and got up, it was already almost lunchtime. I thought I might be sleeping too much in a day, even though I went to bed early yesterday. I got up from my seat to look for Kwon Taebeom, and I heard his voice and Grandma’s from the kitchen.
“Oh my, you have to do it like this! Tightly!”
“Yes.”
What is this about?
I hurried into the kitchen and saw Kwon Taebeom wearing red rubber gloves. Moreover, the white radish I had pulled out earlier was in his hand.
“Taebeom-ssi…? Grandma…? What are you doing now…?”
When I asked in surprise, Grandma replied as if it was no big deal.
“I’m teaching him how to make radish salad. Since you said you wanted to eat it.”
“Me…? Ah, yes! I wanted to eat it… haha….”
I didn’t know the excuse I made in a fluster earlier would come back to me like this with a butterfly effect. It was kind of touching that he remembered it and was learning from Grandma.
“So Taebeom-ssi was directly learning for that reason?”
“I need to learn in advance to make it for you later when you want to eat it.”
“That’s right! Anyway, focus, Kwon son-in-law.”
“Yes.”
I burst out laughing seeing Kwon Taebeom crouching beside Grandma and making radish salad. Grandma, who was teaching him one by one as if frustrated, and Kwon Taebeom, who was focusing to learn as much as possible next to her. I sat across from them for a long time because I liked seeing them like that so much.
I ate the bibimbap made with radish salad that Kwon Taebeom made himself, looked around the nearby market with Grandma, and had a fun time. My legs hurt from walking a long time, so when I came back home, I was in his arms again. I was conscious of Grandma beside us, but Grandma rather had a satisfied expression.
“Today, Grandma allowed us to sleep together!”
Grandma, who had been saying we should push and pull until yesterday and didn’t let us sleep together, today told us to sleep together and chased me out. Is it time to pull today? Anyway, she’s cute. I had irreverent thoughts about Grandma in my mind and lay down next to Kwon Taebeom.
“Ah, it’s nice.”
Yesterday’s gloomy feeling was gone and I regained my energy. So in the evening, I ate two bowls of pork wraps that I couldn’t eat for brunch.
“You didn’t even apply lotion.”
When I lay down after washing up, Kwon Taebeom brought lotion.
“Taebeom-ssi, apply it for me.”
I closed my eyes, resting my head on Kwon Taebeom’s thigh. Although his hands were rough, his touch applying lotion on my face was very gentle.
Even in the midst of that, my lips that were pursed tightly loosened as he applied it in the opposite direction of my peach fuzz as if massaging.
“Pffft-“
Maybe because I moved when he applied lotion around my mouth, I tasted the cosmetic on the tip of my tongue. But it was so funny that I couldn’t hold back.
“Come here, Cha Yuwon.”
“Did you work at an aesthetic salon? Pffft, why are you so good at this?”
As I burst into laughter and rolled around holding my stomach, Kwon Taebeom, whose eyes had widened a bit, laughed along with me.
“Oh my, my stomach… ha… I almost died laughing.”
“Don’t die though.”
As I fanned my flushed face with my hand, gasping for breath, he opened the window slightly.
“But really, why are you so good at this? For a moment, I thought I came to a shop.”
“…Stretch mark cream.”
“What?”
“I learned in advance to apply stretch mark cream for you later.”
What the… tsk…. it’s touching.
I couldn’t stand him making me feel touched like this every time. I grabbed the cheeks of Kwon Taebeom, whose ears had slightly reddened as if embarrassed, and kissed him.
Smooch- I kissed his lips, making a sound, and burst into laughter again seeing Kwon Taebeom’s face turn a bit redder.
Indeed, my husband is the cutest in the world.
“Ah, right. Is Chairman-nim’s health a bit better?”
A sudden thought crossed my mind and I turned my head to look at Kwon Taebeom. When I turned my head, I noticed his brows furrowing. Is he not doing well? I was worried if something big had happened because his expression was worse than I thought.
“He has gotten much better now.”
“Has he been discharged?”
“Yeah.”
Ah, then it should be fine. Since tomorrow is Parents’ Day, I thought it would be good to go greet him.
“That’s great. Then, let’s go greet Chairman-nim tomorrow!”
We were going to go up after lunch tomorrow anyway, so we should go to Fath… um… Chairman-nim’s house, have dinner, and get permission to marry. I rubbed my lips, feeling awkward with the unfamiliar way of addressing him.
“What food does Chairman-nim like?”
“…Why?”
“…What?”
What do you mean ‘why’…? Is it such a surprising thing to ask about his favorite food? I was even more bewildered by Kwon Taebeom’s stiff face that I had never seen before. After a long silence, Kwon Taebeom spoke first.
“Come to think of it, his condition seems to be quite bad.”
“What? All of a sudden?”
Didn’t you say he was all better before…? Moreover, he was even discharged…. I looked at him, puzzled by his words that suddenly changed like the back of his hand.
“And you don’t have to go if you don’t want to.”
“Hey, there’s no such thing. By the way, I’m worried that his recovery is slow….”
When I ran away, it was the day he came out of the operating room, but if his condition is still not good…. So that’s why Kwon Taebeom’s expression was bad when I asked about Chairman-nim’s condition.
“Then let’s go greet him when he’s fully recovered.”
“Yeah. When he’s fully recovered.”
As if he didn’t want to think about his sick father, he closed his eyes. Seeing his stiff expression, my heart felt heavy. With an apologetic heart, I hugged Kwon Taebeom and buried my face in his neck.
***
“Grandma, then I’ll come again next time.”
Saying goodbye was never easy. Moreover, my heart felt even worse leaving Grandma, who was old, alone.
“Grandma, are you really not going to come to Seoul with us…?”
“Why would I go there, leaving my house behind?”
“It would be nice to go up together since we’re going up anyway, I’ll buy you delicious things, okay?”
“Aish, be quiet. Hurry up and go, there will be traffic.”
I clung to her and tried to persuade her until the end, but Grandma didn’t give in. Grandma resolutely removed my hand and pushed me into the passenger seat.
“Kwon son-in-law, drive carefully. Yuwon, you shouldn’t run around fluttering like before, always be careful of your body.”
“I will…. Grandma, I’ll come down again.”
I waved my hand, looking out the window until Grandma’s figure became as small as a fingernail. Seeing her lonely figure alone in the big house reminded me of myself as a child, and my heart ached.
As I kept feeling down, Kwon Taebeom stopped by a rest area and bought me deli manjoo. Thanks to the sweet cream inside the soft bread, my gloomy heart was gradually washed away.
“We’re home!”
Now, seeing the black gate as if it were really my home made me feel happy. As we passed through the slowly opening gate and headed to the parking lot, an unfamiliar car was parked there.
“Huh? Taebeom-ssi, did you buy a car?”
When I asked him, Kwon Taebeom’s expression darkened. The veins on his hand gripping the steering wheel seemed to protrude. What’s going on with all this? Feeling the chilly atmosphere that I hadn’t felt in a long time, I cautiously got out of the car following Kwon Taebeom.
“Hyungnim, you’re here.”
“Where is Park Junseok?”
“Ah, the younger hyungnim is now with Chairman….”
“Wait.”