Chapter 18: How can you be so sure the baby was even Yunha’s?

I spent hours nestled in Sieun’s—no, Unni’s—arms, being pampered and petted, until my mind felt hazy and dreamlike.

“Yunha, do you like this?” Unni’s soft, warm voice washed over me.

“Yes… More than anything…”

I wanted this moment to last forever. I wanted to stay with Unni always. Until I saw her again.

**

A few days later, Unni and I went out shopping. As we browsed the aisles, I spotted a familiar figure.

Oh, f*ck… This is bad…

It was her, the reason I’d become a shut-in in my previous life.

Please don’t recognize me…

“Yunha, why do you look so pale?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. Just thinking…”

I glanced back, but she was gone.

I breathed a sigh of relief. Then—

“Well, well~ Someone’s interested in me~ Why do you keep looking, little girl~?”

–Flinch

She’d appeared behind me without me noticing. Even though she hadn’t touched me, a cold sweat broke out.

“What do you want?”
“Hey, leave her alone. You’re scaring her,” Unni interjected, unable to stand it any longer.

The woman looked Unni up and down, then turned back to me, a knowing look in her eyes.

“Ah~ You’re Yunho, aren’t you? And you’re… Lee Sieun.”

My heart pounded. How did she…? Just by looking at Unni’s face…? Oh, right. Unni is a famous CEO.

“Right? You’re Yunho, the one who got me pregnant and ran away.”
“Th-That’s not true…”

The woman chuckled. “Not true? You were all over me back then, and then you just disappeared.”
“You said it was okay…!”
“When did I say that? You were the one who initiated it.”

That b*tch… I clenched my fists, trembling with rage. I looked at Unni. Her expression was furious. Is she angry at my past irresponsibility? Suddenly, Unni slapped the woman. Not once, but five times.

People stared. Murmurs rippled through the crowd. Phones came out, recording the scene.

“Wh-What are you doing…!” the woman shrieked.
“Why are you interrupting our time together?” Unni snarled.
“Me? I’m Yunho’s ex-girlfriend, b*tch.”

Unni’s eyes flashed with jealousy. She looked at me, her expression saying, We’ll talk about this later.

“So what if you’re Yunha’s ex-girlfriend?”
“So what? You have no idea what he did to me…”
“Does that give you the right to act like this? And how can you be so sure the baby was even Yunha’s?”

Unni raised an eyebrow, scrutinizing the woman.

“Who are you, anyway?”
“Me? I’m Park Ahyoung. Don’t you remember?”

Unni paused, as if thinking, then suddenly exclaimed, “Oh, that b*tch?” And slapped her again.

“You… you slapped me again?!”
“Damn right I did.”