episode_0128

It was a dream.

A sweet dream where I could let go for a moment.

Since it was just a delusion enjoyed only in a dream, all I had to do was relax and enjoy it.

‘Mmm… feels good.’

Lick, lick♥

The tingling sensation of a tongue meticulously licking my inner thighs, making me feel as if I had returned to being a virgin.

The thrilling sensation of my thighs and inner thighs being thoroughly defiled by a male.

‘Ugh… when was the last time I experienced this? It’s been a while…♥’

As my lower body was being licked, memories of my dating days with Seongtaek-ssi came to mind.

At that time, we were so crazy about each other that such things were a daily occurrence, as I recall.

Back then, he was just a gentle, dreamy young man rather than a charismatic chairman, so he was clumsy in many areas except for his business philosophy.

He was full of interest in romance and sex but unskilled, which made him cute.

Sluuurp♥

“Aaaah♥”

But the sensation now was different.

My eyes were still closed, yet I felt so light, as if floating, not wanting to open them.

As my lower parts were sucked in, underwear and all, I was steeped in excitement, my breath coming in ragged gasps.

He was treating a woman like a woman should be treated.

Looking back, I remember a similar mood after giving birth to him and our first child.

A time when we were still deeply in love, with no reason to doubt our affection.

It might just be my wishful thinking, but the hands felt a bit larger than I remembered.

Large hands pried open the space between my legs, kneading and feeling.

It truly was a dream.

Perhaps my delusions played a part, but Seongtaek-ssi, now appearing somewhat more dependable, seemed to rise from beneath me, casting a shadow.

Thump, thump.

‘Mmm… that feels good….’

The sense of liberation felt each time my clothes and bra hooks were undone.

The excitement that flared between my legs as he clung persistently like a cicada to a tree, licking every nook and cranny without missing a spot.

Kiss, kiss♥ Slurp- Smack♥

‘Eugh, mmm… do it harder…♥’

When the shadow completely covered me and our tongues intertwined, I was completely lost in it.

The desire to live in this sweet dream flared, making me grasp onto anything and cling to it.

If I hadn’t heard the next words. It would have continued.

“Good girl, stick out your tongue.”

‘……?’

Just when things were going well, my brows furrowed at that voice.

This wasn’t the way my husband would speak.

Moreover, this low voice, tingling in my ears, was the very one I had heard at dinner just moments ago─

*

“Haaah?!

……Haa, haa, haa…!”

Tiny, fragmented breaths.

Pressing down on my chest, my lungs rapidly expanded and contracted.

When I opened my eyes, a pristine white terrace spread before me.

A beautiful terrace bathed in bright sunshine, with warm weather and even a faint scent of flowers rising.

Frowning at the unfamiliar place, I scanned my surroundings, then spotted a woman in front of me.

It was my younger sister, gracefully sipping coffee from a teacup.

“…What’s wrong all of a sudden?”

“Uh, umm?”

Her question brought me back to my senses.

I wiped away the beads of cold sweat forming on my forehead.

It seemed I had dozed off for a moment.

Her words just now made me realize it was the day I had come to her house for her housewarming.

My sister had never invited me to her home before, but here we were, drinking tea together in this place, visiting after a long time.

It must have been a gathering she arranged after finally opening her heart, so I felt apologetic to my sister and mumbled in a whisper.

“S-Sorry. It’s just… I’ve been taking medicine to sleep lately.”

After Doyeon gave me a pill, I also received a sleeping pill prescription from a doctor I knew separately.

The reason I didn’t consult a doctor directly was because my husband’s words came to mind: a company owner shouldn’t show any signs of illness or weakness.

In an era where anything can become a news story, I took a detour to avoid exposing my diagnosis, just in case.

“Are you sick? Did Unni take medicine?”

“No… I sometimes take sleeping pills for insomnia these days, so maybe that’s why? My mind feels a bit muddled.”

Honestly, I hadn’t seen much effect from the prescribed sleeping pills.

Even when I took them, I only felt an unpleasant daze, and I didn’t have that dream.

Perhaps the pill Doyeon gave me was stronger or more special, as I only experienced the same effect as before from the pill Doyeon gave me.

“Sleeping pills…?”

“N-Nothing to worry about! Don’t you fret! What were we talking about, anyway?”

As I tried to change the subject, my sister murmured softly several times.

Grin.

‘……She’s smiling?’

Then, for some reason, she looked at my face and pulled up the corners of her mouth.

With a smile unlike any I had seen from her before, she took a sip of her tea and set the cup down with a clink.

“Unni, actually, I want to introduce you to my lover.”

“L-Lover?!”

My ear holes burst open in that instant. What kind of wind blew for her to invite me to her house, which she had kept so hidden? Indeed, it was true.

She was spreading quite the big news that would shake up our family. Of course, even if she was my younger sister with a significant age gap, having a lover at her age now might be natural. Finding a partner before it was too late—as a family member, it was certainly news to rejoice over.

“To be honest, I hadn’t thought about having a lover at all, but the man’s conditions were so good that I decided to go for it.”

“W-What joyous news! How did you meet─”

“And I’m telling only you, Unni, but I’m already carrying his child.”

“……!?”

Did they say too much of a good thing is bad?

The good news… was simply overflowing.

“A child before even news of marriage…?”

Now that she mentioned it, I had the illusion that my sister’s belly was a bit swollen. I’d always thought she was a light eater and perhaps stressed, and I’d brushed it off, but the direction was completely different. I couldn’t think of anything to say, but after hearing my sister’s next words, my own thoughts completely vanished.

“It seems I’ve truly fallen in love with him♡”

“…….”

This was a face I had never seen on my sister before.

Her expression was so genuinely blissful that all I could do was offer my congratulations.

“I-Is that so…… Have you told Mom and Dad?”

“Do you want to stir up a hornet’s nest? If I tell the family, they’ll just make a fuss, so I specially wanted to introduce him to you first, since you’re close by.”

Then, after finishing her teacup, she added,

“I… have bad memories with men, so I want to take things carefully.”

“You’re even carrying a child… and you’re not going to have a wedding?”

“Well. Even if we do, it’ll be a small ceremony, just the two of us. It’s not good to tie ourselves up with official documents, anyway.”

My head spun.

I wondered if my sister was still too young, or just overly self-righteous, but I didn’t want to ruin her happy smile.

And then,

“So, since that’s the case, I can tell you, Unni. Do you want to meet him?”

“M-Meet? Chaewon, your lover?”

“I can show you because you’re tight-lipped. We’ve grown so much closer lately, haven’t we?”

With that, my sister reached out and wrapped her hand around my left hand. Since we had been more like mother and daughter than sisters since childhood, this was an action that knew I was weak to such displays of affection.

“I’m thinking of inviting you tomorrow, will you come?”

“…….”

I couldn’t help but nod. I had just started reconnecting with my sister, and I agreed, fearing she might resent me if I refused.

‘Somehow… I feel nervous.’

A continuous stream of shocking news in many ways. I felt impatient but buried it deep in my heart for now. Since Chaewon, whose heart had been so walled off, had fallen this deeply, I decided to believe he must be a decent person.

* * *

“Unni, you’re here?”

“Uh, umm.”

The next evening,

I had been completely restless the night before. But this time, it wasn’t because of that dream; it was because of my sister’s lover. I couldn’t get a grasp of who he was, so he kept swirling in my mind. I had met him often recently, so I was curious how she had kept him so hidden. I wondered when they had started dating. Because of that, I was incredibly curious. At this point, it felt like if I didn’t confirm his face, I’d have one more reason to lose sleep at night.

“No bodyguards today, right?”

“Umm… definitely.”

Because my sister wanted strict secrecy, I secretly left in a deluxe taxi.

“He’s waiting inside, so let’s go in.”

Perhaps it meant I had passed the final hurdle, as my sister smiled brightly and led me inside. Just how happy she was; her face was in full bloom with smiles right from the start today.

The interior of my sister’s house was a hanok. A beautiful house with a small garden inside, something rarely seen in Seoul.

“Now, wait in this room.”

All the doors were sliding doors. They must be difficult to maintain, but they were aesthetically pleasing.

“Go on in, Unni.”

“Me first?”

“I’ve explained you well to him. He already knows you well.”

When my sister urged me to go in first, I felt a strange intuition. But I couldn’t back out now, so I raised my arm and slowly pushed the sliding door open.

And then, inside,

“………T-This is…?”

My mouth wouldn’t open properly. I was so terrified I almost collapsed on the spot. As my body tensed up and froze, my sister put a hand on my shoulder and giggled.

“Let me introduce him. He’s my lover♡”

My sister said she was introducing her lover. But what was inside the building… what was placed directly in front of me was *that*.

It was Seongtaek-ssi.

To be precise, it was Seongtaek-ssi’s… funeral portrait. It was the first time I had seen his picture head-on in a long time, and the photo had even been defaced with graffiti. Horns had been drawn on him like a demon, wavy squiggles emphasized his wrinkles, and beside it, it was explicitly written, “son of a bitch.” On top of that, cheap 10-won and 50-won coins were thrown on it, perhaps meant as money for the afterlife, making it even more pathetic. Furthermore, the room was incredibly dirty, as if it hadn’t been cleaned at all. It was a place where the deceased had been desecrated with childish pranks. It was shocking enough that my sister had such a place in her home, but my sister calmly added this:

“You know him well too, don’t you, Unni? He was originally my lover. To be precise, he was my lover in the past.”

“W-What are you talking about?”

“Sooo… your husband was actually my lover. That concept isn’t too hard to understand, is it?”

I swallowed. My throat felt parched even after swallowing, so I swallowed again and again.

“Uh… Cha-Chaewon, this joke is going too fa─”

“Fuck, don’t avert your eyes.”

“……!”

“You knew everything, didn’t you?”

My sister, who had been smiling brightly, suddenly hardened her expression. Then, like a fox, she narrowed her eyes and whispered,

“You vaguely know what your husband was doing outside during his lifetime, and what he did to me, don’t you?”

“…….”

“Because of that bastard, my life was ruined. He spoke as if he’d pluck the stars for me, but all he did was trap me at home and turn me into a wreck?”

“Cha, Chaewon….”

“Still, when he died, I felt a huge sense of relief and satisfaction. To slip and die in the bathroom, isn’t that a fitting end for that bastard?”

“…….”

My sister didn’t feel like my sister anymore. She spewed strong venom, as if she had existed for this very moment. Like an overly cunning child who observes and alternates between crying and laughing, my sister looked at Seongtaek-ssi’s funeral portrait and then smiled again.

“Well, it’s okay though. Thanks to Unni, who was with that scumbag despite their age difference, I got a more excellent person.”

“……What?”

“Ahem! At this point, let me introduce him again. My real lover♥”

“Hmph….”

Then, a sigh was heard from behind me. I turned around at the familiar low voice, only to find a situation more serious than any nightmare. A reality I wanted to deny, but couldn’t, thanks to my sister’s hand pressing on my shoulder.

“Did you really have to reveal it like this?”

“Do-Doyeon! ……What are you doing here?!”

My son appeared as if he had been waiting. I wondered why Doyeon was here.

Glide…

But as my sister Chaewon approached Doyeon with a smirk, Doyeon naturally wrapped his arm around her waist. As if it wasn’t the first or second time, he wrapped his arm around my sister’s waist and touched her belly.

“Hehehe♥”

Held in his embrace, my sister, Jung Chaewon, bit into a mouthful of happiness. As if she had endured for this moment, as if she had lived for this moment, she declared with a victor’s smile:

“Allow me to formally introduce him. He’s the father of the child in my belly right now♥”