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Episode 4: The End of a Catastrophic Marriage
Her eyelids slowly rose.
Where am I?
She slowly rolled her eyes, looking around.
The pungent smell of disinfectant, the sound of an IV drip.
Only the mechanical hum of the oxygen machine could be heard.
A hospital.
Seowon struggled to move her fingers resting on top of the blanket, but there wasn’t even an ounce of strength in her hands.
““Sob, it’s the boss…. I’ll… come again tomorrow.”
She could only see the back of the sobbing Secretary Kim Joo-up’s head.
ha, I’m alive. I’m alive.
As Seo-won’s gaze lowered, she noticed that the cast on Secretary Kim Joo-up’s left ankle was completely gone.
I’m sure he said it was a two-week injury.
Wait a minute.
Does that mean I’ve been unconscious for two weeks already?
Should I consider myself lucky?
Yes. Let’s just be grateful that I’m alive like this.
But why won’t my fingers move?
If nothing else, let’s at least try to call out.
‘Secretary Kim Joo-up. It’s me, I’ve regained consciousness.’
She clearly parted her lips and shouted with all her might, but no voice came out. As she had been feeling for a while now, she couldn’t move even a single finger.
A chilling sensation ran down her spine.
Maybe it’s because I just opened my eyes after two weeks.
Her eyelids began to close again, regardless of her will.
In an instant, pitch-black darkness consumed her.
Kim Joo-up, who was about to leave the hospital room, turned back, grabbed Seo-won’s pale hand, and wailed loudly.
“Sob, it’s the boss……”
Drop, drop.
Only the cold sensation could be felt on the back of her hand.
‘Secretary Kim. Stop crying and call the professor. My current condition seems very serious.’
I think I need to get a thorough examination.
This state… unless it’s serious damage to the cranial nerves.
Wait…
But how did I have the accident?
I don’t remember anything.
It’s as if all memories of that part have been completely erased, distorted. Nothing comes to mind.
Why. Did I…
Have an accident?
“It’s been a year and a half, CEO! Eighteen months have already passed since you’ve been lying here…!”
At Kim Joo-up’s words, the electrocardiogram monitor blared erratically.
Beep, beep!
Startled by the suddenly soaring pulse and respiration, Kim Joo-up stammered, “Uh, uh…” and hurried out to call a nurse.
A year and a half has passed…?
Is Secretary Kim joking now?
But he’s not the type to make such an extreme joke.
Then, what about my schedule for the past year?
No, wait. What about Tike Hotel?
What’s happening with the situation?
Along with the sound of urgent footsteps, a professor and nurses hastily entered the hospital room. After checking her pulse with a stethoscope, they forcibly opened Seo-won’s eyelids.
Shining a bright light into her pupils was dazzling, causing Seo-won to furrow her brow deeply, but to others, she appeared to be in a perfect coma.
Instead, only Kim Joo-up’s hopeful voice was heard.
“What about our CEO? I don’t think this has happened before. Could it be…?”
“It seems to be a temporary shock symptom. Her irises still show no reaction.”
“Professor Park! Please save our CEO. It’s already been a year and a half! Our poor CEO, what do we do?”
“All we can do is wait for a miracle.”
A miracle…
What kind of miracle am I waiting for?
Why do I have to go through this ordeal?
Neither time travel nor regression happened.
That’s only ever a story in novels or dramas.
God was even more ruthless to her, forcing her to face this horrific situation head-on.
“Ugh, ugh……!”
A man and woman on the sofa were indulging violently, making lewd sounds.
Byun Ki-jun was adorned from head to toe in luxury brands. Lying on the sofa, he buried his face in Bang Jung-ah’s chest and moaned.
Finishing their intense act, the two lay side by side on the sofa.
“Oppa, aren’t you in too good condition today?”
“Of course I am. I’ve finally been promoted to Vice President of Tikict Hotel.”
Byun Ki-jun’s gaze briefly turned to Min Seo-won lying in the bed.
“I wonder how Min Seo-won will feel when she hears this news?”
“How would she feel? She’d be pissed off.”
“That’s probably right. It’s all thanks to you, Jung-ah. Your help was the biggest. You turned everything over to my side through Attorney Cheon. Come to think of it, you’re quite clever.”
“Well, it’s easy as long as you have the seal imprint and Min Seo-won’s fingerprints. But oppa, is Min Seo-won an idiot? What made her sign a trust agreement trusting you?”
“Because Min Seo-won has no one but me.”
It was another moment when Seo-won’s heart came crashing down to the floor. The person who knew that was the one who did such things.
Committing adultery in front of his comatose wife, and brazenly visiting the hospital room to make her suffer this humiliation.
If only she could cry, she would have wailed thousands of times by now.
Her body and mind were already full of wounds. Seo-won bit her lip and glared at Byun Ki-jun with all her might.
Suddenly, Byun Ki-jun turned his head towards Seo-won.
“Whoa, scared me. For a second, I thought Min Seo-won was looking at me.”
As if a chill went down his spine, he shook his head several times.
“I feel like someone’s watching me today, of all days.”
“Oppa, honestly, what are you saying? Oppa. But, just in case, if Min Seowon ever wakes up, we won’t lose everything we got through her, right?”
“Don’t worry. I’ve already swayed the executives too. Min Seowon was so inflexible that she didn’t have a single person of her own left in the hotel. Ah, except for those bastards Kim Joo-up and Cha Woo-jin.”
“”Woojin oppa? That oppa is really weird. Did you see his new girlfriend’s face?”
“No, why?”
“He posted a picture on social media, and she looks exactly like me? No, should I say she’s a dead ringer for Min Seowon?”
“…”
“He’s seriously like a perverted psycho.”
Byun Ki-jun’s brow furrowed involuntarily.
“Jung-ah, get up for a second.”
“You want to do it again here? Don’t do that, let’s go to the hotel. Why do we always have to do it here?”
“I wonder. With a hotel available, why does it feel more thrilling to do it here?”
He laughed quietly and glanced at Seowon.
“Do you really hope Min Seowon wakes up?”
“What?!”
At Bang Jung-ah’s shrill voice, Ki-jun wore an unconcerned expression and grinned.
“Just kidding, just kidding. I only have you, Jung-ah. Hold on tight. Don’t fall.”
The two grabbed the edge of the bed and indulged each other.
Rattle, rattle—.
The bed shook in unison. Unpleasant sounds echoed through the hospital room.
Unable to do anything, Seowon could only helplessly face this time of torment.
Swoosh.
The hospital room door opened and someone entered.
She didn’t want to open her eyes anymore. No, she didn’t even have the strength to.
The person who entered sat on the sofa without a word.
The scent of citrus-based perfume lingered around Seowon’s nose.
The person opened the nightstand, gently held Seowon’s hand, and wiped the back of it with a soft towel.
The touch was extremely gentle and kind, as if it wasn’t their first time doing this.
Thanks to that, Seowon’s heart felt at peace.
In the blink of an eye, Seowon’s eyelids, which had fallen asleep, opened.
The person who had come to the room earlier was nowhere to be seen.
Only a single dandelion lay forlornly on the chair.
It was a flower Seowon particularly loved. A dandelion blooming among wildflowers with its tenacious vitality.
Trampled by countless people but seemingly unfazed, blooming again—its appearance was just like Min Seo-won.
Is this how I have to live my entire life?
I want to live again.
She looked up at the white ceiling.
She thought of her mother, who used to go into a small room and pray whenever things were hard and painful.
There were many times she thought her mother was pitiful.
Why subject yourself to hope by praying to someone who doesn’t even listen?
But now, for the first time, she understood that feeling.
A desperate wish to hold onto even a small sliver of hope.
A dream hoping desperately to come true.
Lord, would you grant me just one wish?
I’ve struggled and scraped by my entire life.
I thought if I just endured, everything would be okay. I thought if I just kept my mouth shut and endured, everything would work out, so like a fool, I couldn’t take care of myself.
I couldn’t even say I was sick when it hurt, and I didn’t know my heart had become this ill. So now, everything… I regret it.
If I could open my eyes again, I want to love myself more.
I want to cherish myself more.
So please.
Help me to go back. Grant me a miracle.
I beg you, Lord…
Tears streamed down her temples.
Looking back, her life had never been smooth.
Ever since she lost her mother in a hit-and-run accident, her life had completely plummeted.
But.
Now, she wanted to live… like everyone else.
Like ordinary people.
Kim Joo-eop, with an emaciated face, entered the hospital room and plopped down on the sofa.
Slumping his shoulders, he gently placed his cross-body bag on the table.
If Byun Ki-jun rose to Vice President, what happened to Kim Kim Joo-up
He cries easily and has a soft heart, so he must have been pushed out.
I’m curious.
“Ah… what..”
At Seowon’s faint voice, Kim Joo-up’s head, which had been deeply bowed, snapped up.
Seeing Seowon conscious, Kim Joo-up’s pupils gradually dilated, and then he burst into tears.
““It’s the boss…!””
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