chapter 12
12 – 1-12. Company S’s husband has nothing to lose.
After dinner, I returned to the hotel.
Wine and small snacks ordered through room service.
I leaned back in my chair and blurted out various words without thinking.
“Why don’t you look at people like looking at an ATM? Surely the salary was increasing, but nothing was actually accumulating.”
“Huh? How much do you want your salary to be?”
“So….”
Should we look at it based on current standards?
Should we look at it based on that time?
I thought about it for a while and decided to be honest even though it wasn’t my intention to come and check it in person anyway.
“In terms of actual income, it’s 6 million won… So, about 6,000 dollars?”
“…………”
“After I got there, I realized that wasn’t enough, so I started working on the side.”
“What nonsense….”
It makes no sense.
But it was that b*tch who made that nonsense make sense.
‘Actually, I’ve been suffering for a long time.’
Now that I think about it, it is even more clear.
Gaslighting. My life was being completely manipulated by that b*tch.
The frame of my thoughts was set, and my freedom was taken away, so in the end I couldn’t stay within the frame.
When my parents, who had been my spiritual support, passed away, well… It seemed like I had almost given up on thinking.
The more I thought about it, the harder it was.
Because I already have children to throw everything away.
“Actually, the bastard is not even mine… Ugh! What the hell.”
“…………”
“Huh? Ah, it’s okay now. It’s all over.”
“It must have been very difficult.”
Was it difficult?
Not much. I don’t remember it being difficult.
“I just had no idea.”
“Ah…..”
The moment you think it was difficult, it becomes even more difficult.
The more I felt the pain, the more it didn’t become dull. It still hurt.
Pain that continues to persist. An abyss with no joy in life.
All I could do in that situation was to thoroughly adapt.
Do not feel pain as pain
If you don’t feel despair as despair
Because even a life like hell feels like an ordinary life.
“Yu. It’s a bit weird to ask now, but are you older…?”
“Today…I’m twenty-eight years old.”
I almost accidentally mentioned my age before regression.
I managed to reverse calculate the age and correct it, and Nova spoke with admiration.
“Isn’t it amazing to have an annual salary of 100 million won at that age?”
“That’s not enough money to satisfy even one woman.”
“Hmm. But doesn’t that sound weird again?”
If you are not satisfied with the money, shouldn’t you just go out and make money together?
“Yu may say it’s $6,000 alone, but if the women work together, it’s more than that, right? If the value goes up that much, even if it’s only $1,000, it’ll feel like a big deal….”
“I’m not sure. I quit my job to take care of my children, but then I quit my job altogether.”
“…So you’re actually a full-time housewife?”
“Is that so?”
“…………”
Eyes that deepen your thoughts.
He went beyond the feeling of just having fun talking to me and looked at me with slightly serious eyes.
“If you are a full-time housewife… Can I hear what you do during the day?”
“I’m doing it.”
I wouldn’t have known it before, but I know it well now.
Especially when the wind situation became clear, it was certain as we conducted a background investigation.
“I wake up at 11 and have brunch.”
“I’m sorry for interrupting you, but can you just wait a moment?”
A perplexed expression.
Nova tilted her head again and asked a question.
“So…You woke up at 11 o’clock?”
“Yes.”
“Are you doing a side job?”
“There is no such thing.”
“…………”
Exclamation.
“…Brunch is something you cook at home, right?”
“It would be better if it was done at home.”
“………….”
A surprise that goes beyond that.
It’s just the beginning, but it’s already difficult.
“After brunch, we go to the screen golf course. We went there and had a lot of fun.”
“Screen golf?”
“You can’t play golf in Korea because the land is small, right? That’s why you can play pseudo-golf by popping up the screen.”
“Playing golf…..”
If you think about it, was there screen golf during this period?
If you don’t have one, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give it a try.
I smiled and took a sip of wine.
“After that, I go to a cafe with my local friends. We chat for about 2 hours and then meet a guy who used to be my friend.”
“…………..”
Nova did not stop talking any longer.
Her eyes just look like they are watching her as far as she can go.
“After that… I found out why the child I thought was my child was not mine.”
“Ha!”
“I didn’t know that having separate rooms meant that.”
“Ha…..!”
Looks frustrated.
When people looked at me asking how I lived like that, I could only shrug my shoulders.
I don’t know either.
After making concessions one by one, it ended up like that.
“hehehe…!”
The wine is sweet.
When I pick up a biscuit and eat it, the bitter taste is nicely neutralized.
Additionally, adding a piece of cheese is the icing on the cake.
I was feeling slightly drunk from the alcohol in the wine, so Nova asked me a question.
“Yu, how did you… Get pushed to that point?”
“…Well?”
I just wanted to be nice to you.
I wanted to raise that b*tch by literally treating her like a princess so that I could brag about it to my mother’s family.
She did not want to betray her expectations by meeting an ugly person like me.
So I was considerate. You gave and worked hard for me.
They say she’s pregnant.
They say they are raising a child.
They say I feel a lot of stress from being alone in my room.
Another thing is that she does not take care of herself and her child.
After giving in, being considerate, caring, and thinking about each and every one of them, the end result is like that.
“I was trying to do my best.”
Anyway, it’s all over now.
As I poured the last sip into the glass, she whispered quietly.
“I told you earlier, right? Take actions and attitudes according to your purpose.”
“Yes. Those were good words.”
“….Yu. I’m sorry if it offends you because it seems like you’re trying to teach me over and over again. But I really want to tell you this.”
Nova took a deep breath and spoke.
“A woman’s words are lies, and her actions are truthful.”
“…………”
Words are lies. Action is truth.
And what is the truth about that b*tch Kim Ji-yeon?
“You can say anything with words.”
“But action is different. It requires ‘will’.”
“Will….”
I leaned back on the chair.
I looked at the ceiling. I exhaled lightly.
‘When I think of the things that b*tch did.’
Not one of them was normal.
Let alone the cause, let alone the words, and every action was trash with no answer.
It’s a side effect of pregnancy. It’s depression. Regardless of the mental pain, menstrual cramps, etc., I couldn’t deny that it was a waste of time.
“If someone treats Yu like a dog, even if that person says he is a ‘friend’, it is still the same as treating Yu like a ‘dog.'”
“……Huh.”
That is correct.
I poured myself another glass of wine and drank it.
‘Good.’
The alcohol is delicious.
It felt particularly delicious today.
What always felt bitter, was as bland as water.
At this point, it flowed pleasantly down my throat and inside, like drinking sweet nectar.
“Whoa…!”
“…! Well… I’m sorry for continuing to teach you.”
“No. I actually like it.”
I want to teach.
I don’t think bad about it.
Because I was always a poor person and someone who needed teaching.
And above all
“I can feel that he is saying this out of genuine concern for me. So I think it sounds better.”
“…..Yu?”
Aha. I feel better.
I’m feeling better and better and I’m floating around.
The body is light. It feels a little queasy, but more than that, the good feeling continues.
“It’s been a while. I’ve never felt this good while drinking.”
“…….Yu.”
I feel sad.
Why is that so? Now I don’t feel anything anymore.
On the contrary, perhaps because it was breathed out once, the condition was incomparably better than before.
“What if…My wife was a woman like you?”
I took another sip of wine.
I feel good. There is a commonly referred to high feeling.
I have a dangerous feeling that I will cross the line in a little while.
At that time, if you add a piece of biscuit or cheese, the drunkenness will naturally subside.
‘I love it.’
It cannot be destroyed.
An infinite orbit that circulates forever.
I felt like I could go anywhere if I continued like this.
“…Yu. As I said when we first met, my purpose is to make you happy.”
“So?”
“The casino’s bunny girl came to treat her guests.”
“So.”
“Yu. You must not be mistaken.”
“…………”
I feel like I’m floating.
Plunged into the abyss in an instant.
“I understand wanting to lean in. I also understand wanting to let go. But you shouldn’t hand over everything to yourself beyond that.”
“Why?”
“Don’t you feel like everything you’ve achieved so far is a waste?”
“I’ve never had anything of my own before.”
“…………”
Even if you earn 6 million won,
In the end, the thing I held in my hand was less than 100,000 won.
Isn’t there a problem since I use the cafeteria?
Is there so much to write about like a company dinner?
If you can’t make any money, try to save some money.
“You have nothing. What have you got to lose now?”
“……………………….”
Nova stood up without saying a word.
Just without saying a word. Without saying a word, he came into my arms and hugged me.
“…Are you going to be my girl?”
A question with some expectations.
“No.”
Nova refused.
“But I can be your rabbit for just one night.”
“Ha!”
She is a good woman after all.
No, should I say she is a woman who is accustomed to dealing with men?
At least compared to that b*tch, she was a woman on a different level.
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Posts were posted regularly.
Hamburger.
Hawaiian shirt.
An unknown beach.
A strange-looking snack.
And
Blonde woman.
Heaper-looking woman.
A woman with a grumpy appearance.
Restaurant.
Hotel.
Wine and night view.
‘That spot…..’
It was originally my place.
It was where I was, and where I had to be.
Someone took that place. Hyeonseong gave it to someone.
‘…Bastard.’
The feeling of betrayal soars without end.
I didn’t want to see any more.
The whole time I was watching, I felt like my stomach was twisted and I was nauseous.
─Tuk….Tutuk….
“Ugh….!”
The feeling of something breaking.
Fear, anxiety, tears and screams as if the innermost part of oneself is being torn away.
I feel like I’ll lose myself if I look at it any longer. I stopped looking at my phone and turned off the screen──Tiring♬
‘…Ah…No.’
No.
Don’t touch it.
Do not press.
There is nothing good to press…!
“Sssssv”””
Press.
I end up pressing it.
Another new post.
What you see beyond is none other than──
“──Kaaa!!”
Probably on the bed.
It was two hands overlapping each other.