I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C89
#89
“Wow… but does Father live here alone?”
“Yeah.”
My lips drooped at his nonchalant answer. It was because the image of Father being alone and lonely came to mind. He must be lonely…
Last time, I heard by chance that Kwon Taebeom’s mother passed away 15 years ago, so that meant he had been living alone in this house desolately for over 10 years. Suddenly feeling sorry for him, I thought I should visit more often from now on.
Father greeted me with a big smile on his face. We had agreed to keep what happened in Hong Kong a secret from Father. It was because I didn’t want to make him worry over something that was already over. I was also worried he might collapse again. Anyway, seeing Father’s brightly smiling face, I felt it was the right decision.
“My child! Our Yuwon!”
“Father, have you been well?”
The sight of him wearing a bright shirt and jeans made him look even younger and nice. I should dress Taebeom like this later too, and dress Ho-ppang like this and go on an outing together.
“You must have had a hard time coming. There’s not much time left before giving birth, is your body doing okay?”
Usually after 5 months, the growth rate rapidly increases, so my belly was growing day by day. It had been over a month since I saw Father, so my belly had swelled much more than then.
“I’m fine. Taebeom takes good care of me so there’s no hardship.”
Kwon Taebeom and Father insisted on supporting me from both sides. Anyone who saw would think I was about to give birth tomorrow, but there were still 8 weeks left until the due date.
Going inside, the entire floor of the main house was covered with a soft mat. The mat didn’t go well with the house atmosphere at all.
“What’s this? Are your knees already hurting?”
Kwon Taebeom asked, glancing down at Father’s knees with a blunt face.
“This kid, really…! Ahem, no, I heard hard floors aren’t good for pregnant women’s knees so I took this opportunity to change it all.”
“What? Because of me?”
I was also worried like Kwon Taebeom that Father’s knee condition had gotten much worse, although I didn’t show it. But he changed this entire wide house because of me… I looked at Father with my mouth wide open in surprise.
“It’s good to do it in advance so Ho-ppang can play later without getting hurt.”
“But Father! Still, it’s not like we come here that often…”
The fact that he took care of even this for me and our Ho-ppang was moving. But he changed this big house like this even though we come to Gahyeondong only a few times… He couldn’t have changed the 2nd floor too, right?
“Child, go upstairs and look around the 2nd floor too. I decorated it as I wished for now, but if you don’t like it, you can tell Secretary Choi and change it to what you want.”
“Why are you telling her to go up and tire herself.”
Kwon Taebeom pulled my wrist and sat me on the sofa. Then Father frowned as if realizing his mistake.
“Then I’ll install an elevator right away-“
“I’ll go!”
“Huh?”
“I want to see the 2nd floor, Father!”
Startled at him mentioning installing an elevator, I dissuaded Father and looked at Kwon Taebeom, and he lifted me up without a word.
Carrying me up all the stairs to the 2nd floor without his breathing faltering even once, Kwon Taebeom looked at Father. The moment I waved my arms telling him to put me down, Father took the lead and opened one of the room doors first.
“Gasp… Fa- Father?”
I widened my eyes upon seeing the room. Because a very similar scene to the room Kwon Taebeom prepared for Ho-ppang unfolded. This room was even a bit bigger in size.
“How is it, do you like it?”
No wonder he was intently looking at Ho-ppang’s room when he visited Uneondong last time, when did he do this…
“The baby isn’t even born yet, when will we use this that you bought it?”
“Ahem. Why, it’s good to buy in advance.”
In one corner of the room was a four-wheeled bicycle suitable for a child around 5 years old. There was a label on the end of the seat, but I didn’t want to look. It probably had one more ‘0’, no… maybe two more than I thought.
Kwon Taebeom’s expression gradually worsened as he looked around the room. Wh- why is he like that again… He couldn’t be thinking he lost to Father, right? No way… Are these grown adults really fighting over this-
“Haha, looks like I won this time.”
“Ha.”
Kwon Taebeom let out an empty laugh. Are they really fighting over just this? As I turned my head with a surprised face, Kwon Taebeom spoke with a chilly smile.
“You don’t think that bicycle will stay intact until Ho-ppang grows up, do you?”
Wrinkles formed between Father’s brows as if Kwon Taebeom would throw away that bicycle right away. Kwon Taebeom, raising one eyebrow, pulled me along.
“Let’s go home.”
“Yuwon, I made a study room for you next door, don’t you want to see it?”
“Oh, yes, I’d love-“
“Let’s go eat strawberry cake.”
Kwon Taebeom cut in, seeming displeased with Father’s suggestion. Sigh… crazy. Kwon Taebeom, this man. Now he’s enticing me with strawberry cake.
‘How much of a child does he think I am?’
The ban on desserts had been lifted as the due date was approaching and my sugar levels were quite stable, but I scoffed at his action of immediately using that to lure me. Out of spite, I deliberately told Father.
“Father, please show me my room!”
Hmph, I snorted and followed Father, and Kwon Taebeom hastily chased after me with a puzzled face.
The room Father prepared was very stylish and cozy, seeming conducive to studying well. Kwon Taebeom watched me with anxious eyes as I looked around and admired it.
He deserved it. I deliberately reacted more and raised two thumbs up high toward Father who worked hard for me.
***
“Mmm… thanks for the meal.”
Earlier I refused out of spite toward Kwon Taebeom, but while reading a book in the garden, I craved strawberry cake. In the end, Kwon Taebeom personally went to H Hotel lounge and packed a strawberry cake.
Receiving the plate with a large piece of strawberry cake, I stabbed a strawberry with the yellow flower-adorned fork. As I put a mouthful of strawberry cake in, the sweet and sour flavor of strawberries was strongly felt.
Seeing the strawberry reminded me of Kwon Taebeom from before. When he first came to greet Grandma, he made a scene saying he would remove all the strawberry seeds.
“Puhaha- cough… ahem…!”
I suddenly burst into laughter while eating the cake. Kwon Taebeom, putting down the documents in one hand, smiled with his eyes gently curved.
“What’s so funny?”
“Haha, well, you see… puhaha-“
Ah, I can’t take it anymore. Seeing Kwon Taebeom’s face, I couldn’t stop laughing. I turned my head away from him and took deep breaths to calm my laughter.
“Phew… okay now.”
How long had it been since I held my stomach and laughed like this? As I wiped the tears gathered in the corners of my eyes, my cheeks still ached numbly. I opened my mouth to him who was looking at me with a face that looked like he was dying of curiosity.
“Remember before when you came to our house and removed all the strawberry seeds? I was so surprised the fist-sized strawberries became thumb-sized.”
Not only the strawberries, but the watermelon full of holes looked like the cheese in animations. Forget tweezers, I found it so funny thinking back now how he could possibly pick out such small seeds with a knife.
“I thought it was indigestion, not morning sickness back then. They say strawberry seeds are indigestible.”
“…Is that really why you did that? Then did you like me since then, Taebeom?”
“Yeah.”
His answer was serious to my words uttered in a playful tone without much thought. I became embarrassed instead and had to cool my burning cheeks.
‘Can’t even take a joke…’
Ring-
“Is it an urgent call?”
Kwon Taebeom put down his phone saying it was nothing as it kept ringing. I glanced at the screen and saw the letters [Chairman] clearly printed.
“Gasp. Isn’t Father looking for you? Hurry and go down.”
“Sigh…”
“Quickly.”
As I pushed his back, he got up from his seat with a helpless face. Kwon Taebeom slightly bent his waist and kissed my forehead.
“I’ll be right back.”
“Okay, see you soon.”
Even though he was leaving for a short while, I didn’t know why I disliked being apart from him so much. I stared at the tightly closed door, chasing Kwon Taebeom’s back.
“Sigh… okay, I need to look now.”
The smile that naturally formed when I was with Kwon Taebeom disappeared without a trace as soon as he left his seat. Putting down the plate, I moved my feet and entered his room.
Maybe because it was the room Kwon Taebeom used when he was young, awards he received during his school days and his school uniform were placed in the room. His mother couldn’t bear to throw away the things he used when he was young while she was alive, so there were toys with young Kwon Taebeom’s touch here and there.
Looking at it this way, it was so cute that it wouldn’t be strange to say it was Ho-ppang’s room. Then suddenly, a black glove hanging on one side caught my eye. The glove had the traces of time fully embedded, worn out at the ends. Next to it, a frame was placed.
“Huh? But why is one side folded?”
I felt strange seeing the photo neatly folded as if done on purpose. As I slowly unfolded the folded end, someone with a familiar face was standing next to him, smiling brightly.
“…Cha Yuwon…”
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