I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C79
#79
“I think it’ll be fine on the weekend!”
As a result of going back and forth between the hospital and academy in a daze, time flew by and the end of summer was already in sight.
In the meantime, I diligently caught up with academy lessons, and it was a series of peaceful times with Ho-ppang growing well.
“Okay. While we’re at it, let’s eat lots of delicious things and do many things Cha Yuwon likes.”
“Yes! Sounds good.”
Since finding out Ho-ppang’s gender, Father sent gifts almost every day. After returning home from academy, organizing the gifts Father sent became my daily routine. Unwrapping the gifts piled high on the table one by one, I nodded at Taebeom’s words.
“Oh, this is so cute too. It’s a tiger hat.”
Where did he get something like this.
Seeing it written in French, it seemed he bought it while traveling to France this time. As I was examining the palm-sized hat and unwrapping the next gift, my leg cramped and I felt the urge to go to the bathroom at the same time.
“Ugh… Taebeom, I need to…”
As much time had passed, my belly had grown a lot. I heard male alpha babies grow faster than regular beta babies, but I couldn’t get used to my belly swelling day by day.
Besides that, my legs ached frequently and the number of bathroom trips increased a lot too. Finding it uncomfortable to get up, I reached out to him and Kwon Taebeom lifted me up and took me to the bathroom.
“O- okay, that’s enough…”
No matter how much we completed our marriage registration, it was troubling to show biological functions. As I pushed his thighs with my hands to let me down on the toilet, he laughed softly, said okay and left the bathroom.
“I said you can really just go.”
But he was still waiting outside. This is why I can’t even go to the bathroom in peace.
“It’s hard for you to walk.”
“I’m only 20 weeks, what are you going to do at 33 weeks?”
“Then I’ll have to carry you more.”
“Won’t I be super heavy?”
“That’s what the exercise is for.”
Kwon Taebeom continued to lift me up and headed to our bedroom. After undressing me familiarly and even giving me a bath, Kwon Taebeom who put me down on the bed immediately brought stretch mark cream.
“I don’t like this…”
“I won’t play around.”
“You always just say that.”
Since my belly started showing, Kwon Taebeom applied stretch mark cream on places like my belly and thighs. At first it felt good like getting a massage, but because he kept tapping sensitive spots, my body became sensitive each time.
“Really don’t mess around this time…”
And recalling last night that ultimately ended with his hands playing around, I shook my head vigorously.
“Okay. Relax and lie down.”
I tightly closed my eyes, watching him familiarly take his place between my legs and squeeze cream on his palm. Soon, Kwon Taebeom’s hand touched my belly along with the sticky cream. He slowly moved his hand as if massaging.
And then…
“Ah!”
Ho-ppang kicked right where Kwon Taebeom’s hand was touching with his foot.
“Ho-ppang’s not asleep yet?”
“But you shouldn’t just kick Daddy’s belly like that. It’s hard on Daddy.”
At Kwon Taebeom’s gentle but quiet voice, Ho-ppang’s movements noticeably subsided. Ho-ppang seemed to amazingly understand our words. For Ho-ppang to fall back asleep, I quickly spoke out loud to Ho-ppang.
“I- I was a bit surprised but Daddy’s okay. Have fun playing, Ho-ppang.”
I remembered crying from being so scared when I first felt the fetal movement. That day, I was lying on the bed memorizing English words because my body felt heavy, and I felt like someone was tapping my belly.
Thinking it couldn’t be, I put my hand on my belly and Ho-ppang tapped that spot again. After being scared and crying from my first interaction with Ho-ppang, I soon stopped crying feeling amazed thinking it was so fascinating.
Kwon Taebeom was really surprised too. Remembering that, I giggled and Kwon Taebeom laughed along not even knowing what I was thinking about.
***
“Yuwon. Now you really need to get up.”
“Mm… tired… 5 more… minutes.”
“You already said that 3 times.”
Taebeom kissed Yuwon’s eyelids and woke him up half forcefully.
“Let’s quickly wash up and brush teeth, then sleep again.”
Taebeom carried Yuwon in his arms, sat him on the bathtub armrest, and washed his face with familiar hands. Taebeom’s touch became gentler at the sight of him obediently closing his eyes as Taebeom did it for him. After washing Yuwon completely and taking him out, Taebeom searched the weather on his cell phone.
“I wonder how the weather in Hong Kong is these days.”
Yuwon also decided to go to Hong Kong following Taebeom who was visiting to check on business progress. After checking the weather, Taebeom headed to the dressing room to dress Yuwon in a short-sleeved shirt and pack a thin shirt separately.
“You’re still sleeping.”
While Taebeom was getting the shirt, Yuwon had fallen asleep again. Taebeom familiarly gathered him in his arms and left the bedroom.
“Hyungnim, Secretary Hwang got in a traffic accident on his way here.”
Taebeom, who came out with a suitcase in one hand and Yuwon in the other, turned his head at the sudden accident news.
“How’s his body? Is he badly hurt?”
“He just slightly collided with a motorcycle so a leg ligament is a bit stretched, that’s all.”
“That’s a relief. Then is there a replacement who can go instead of Secretary Hwang?”
Construction had already begun so there wasn’t really a need for an interpreter, but there was a schedule to visit the site in the middle. Taebeom asked Junseok with a face that seemed to say there’s no choice if there isn’t one.
“Fortunately, Secretary Kang knows Cantonese so he decided to accompany us.”
“Okay. Got it.”
“Yes, then we’ll depart now.”
Junseok loaded the suitcase in the car instead of Taebeom who was holding Yuwon. And he also quickly got in the driver’s seat and drove the car to Incheon Airport.
Maybe because it was early morning, the highway to the airport was particularly quiet. Yuwon, who couldn’t fall asleep until late last night thinking about the trip, was still sleeping in Taebeom’s arms.
In the end, Yuwon who couldn’t wake up until before immigration slept soundly with a drowsy face until boarding the plane and arriving at Hong Kong International Airport.
***
“Gasp, where are we?”
As soon as I opened my eyes, I was wide awake at the exotic scenery spread before me. The familiar Korean signboards were gone and the street was full of signboards mixed with Chinese and English.
“We already arrived in Hong Kong and are heading to the hotel now.”
“Really? You didn’t wake me up…”
I felt so embarrassed thinking I just slept soundly until crossing the ocean to another country. Then Kwon Taebeom whispered in a playful voice asking if I knew how many times he had already tried to wake me.
“I guess Ho-ppang was tired.”
But this was also true to some extent. Although I was very excited, Ho-ppang kept kicking my belly as if excited too, so I couldn’t fall asleep easily. Kwon Taebeom knew that too. I pouted my lips sullenly and he softly kissed me.
“Okay, I got it. Are you hungry? Let’s check in and go eat right away.”
“Okay. But Taebeom, I want to eat egg tarts and the Jae Doo cookies you bought before too!”
“Those aren’t meals though.”
I was fine counting them as staple foods, but it was out of the question in Kwon Taebeom’s eyes. In the end, when I added ‘dim sum too…’, his gaze softened a bit. Even though all prenatal tests like the QUAD screening came out normal, Kwon Taebeom still thoroughly managed my physical condition.
‘Well, it means he cares about me that much.’
The corners of my mouth twitched so I looked out the window for no reason. The scenery that was similar yet completely different from Korea made me realize I really came to Hong Kong. There were several opportunities to come, but at first I was busy running away from Kwon Taebeom, and next I was occupied catching up with academy lessons so I couldn’t come. As I slightly lowered the window, the humid air touched my forehead and I felt Hong Kong’s summer weather on my skin.
“It says it’ll rain this evening. So it’ll be a bit humid.”
“It’s fine. We’re staying at the hotel all day anyway, right?”
“Yeah. Let’s go to Ailan that Cha Yuwon wants to visit tomorrow. I think I need to stop by the site for a bit today.”
Then I thought I could just wait while eating egg tarts and Jae Doo cookies while Kwon Taebeom was gone. As if my thoughts showed on my face, Kwon Taebeom told me.
“I’ll count how many you ate when I come back.”
“That’s so mean!”
“Even if it’s mean, it can’t be helped. There’s not much time left so let’s hold back a little.”
Kwon Taebeom comforted me with a kiss on my lips. There weren’t major difficulties after getting pregnant, but the one thing that was so hard was having restrictions on eating. I was sick of even looking at the stevia tomatoes I ate almost as a staple food when I had morning sickness.
I felt bad for the hot dog eating hot dogs without sugar too. I wanted to eat caramel coated popcorn and chocolate ice cream that would melt my tongue, not sugar-free ice cream.
“Okay…”
“Good boy, my husband.”
Still, for the sake of our Ho-ppang, I felt like I could endure the remaining 3 months or so. I looked at Ho-ppang’s detailed ultrasound photo I put in my phone case and renewed my determination.
“Fighting!!”
“Yeah, fighting.”
The car that ran while shouting fighting together with Kwon Taebeom entered a hotel in the middle of the city. After entering the hotel and smoothly completing check-in, Taebeom told Junseok.
“Let’s meet in the lobby at 3 later.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Junseok who bowed his head left the lobby.
“What about Mr. Junseok and the other men?”
“They have separate things to wrap up.”