Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 99

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#Special Side Story Episode 3

“Oh, yeah.”

Seong-ho shrugged his shoulders while gauging Kang Hyeok’s reaction.

Fortunately, Kang Hyeok didn’t seem to care much.

“Kang Hyeok, have you been well?”

“Yeah.”

This heartless guy was consistently indifferent and cold. Only Jeong Da-som mattered to him.

Whether he knew that this drove people even more crazy or not.

“Professor Ma, you’ve lost weight since getting married? Look how your belly went in.”

Eun-ju spoke to Seong-ho to hide her embarrassment.

“Hehe, does it show?”

Seong-ho said while patting his slimmed-down belly.

After cutting out late-night snacks and exercising regularly, he was gradually becoming more human-like.

“It shows a lot. Should I get married too?”

When the standard was already Tae Kang-hyeok, would that be easy?

Seong-ho decided to speak bluntly, prepared to get cursed at.

“Eun-ju, first you need to lower your standards. Given your age, and honestly, visuals like Kang Hyeok’s are…”

“Hey! That’s not it! When did I ever with Kang Hyeok!”

Eun-ju, feeling guilty, burst out yelling.

“…Crazy bastard.”

Kang Hyeok, who had been quietly eating across from them, looked at Seong-ho with cold eyes and muttered.

Whether startled by his intensity, Eun-ju also couldn’t say anything more and just fumed with a flushed face.

Buzz, buzz.

Just then, a phone vibration sound came from somewhere.

Seong-ho hurriedly took out his phone to check the screen.

Eun-ju did the same.

Both their phones were quiet.

Then, was it a text for Kang Hyeok?

“…”

No matter how much I see it, I can’t get used to it.

As if he had switched faces, Kang Hyeok’s expression softened gently, full of excitement like a boy who had just fallen in love.

If even I, who see this daily, feel this way, what about Eun-ju?

Kang Hyeok said he’d leave first and got up with his tray.

“…Hello? Da-som. Have you eaten?”

That bastard.

He even had the skill to change his voice.

The voice was so affectionate it seemed like it would melt eardrums, making me shudder involuntarily.

“Eun-ju, let’s eat.”

I put a spoon in Eun-ju’s hand as she sat there having completely lost her appetite.

Seong-ho decided to call his wife, Nurse Im, as soon as he left the restaurant.

Even if his nighttime performance was lacking, couldn’t he at least try to imitate that voice?

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Da-som looked at the clock and called Kang Hyeok.

By now, it would be time for him to finish eating and be drinking coffee in the emergency room or be in the research lab.

“Hello?”

―…Hello? Da-som. Have you eaten?

“Da, Daddy.”

Jeong Min responded first to Kang Hyeok’s voice coming through the speaker phone.

The sight was so adorable that Da-som wanted to bite him, so she stroked Jeong Min’s cheek.

“Haha, you heard Jeong Min talking, right? I haven’t eaten yet because I was feeding Jeong Min first.”

―Yeah, where did the aunt go?

“No. She’s in the kitchen. I told her to eat first.”

“Mama, ma, mama.”

Jeong Min informed from the side that the sitter aunt was eating in the kitchen.

Hearing that sound, Kang Hyeok chuckled.

Jeong Min, who was growing up healthy receiving love from the whole family, was like a flower of laughter in the house.

Everyone doted on Jeong Min so much that only Kang Hyeok tried to raise him strictly, but even he couldn’t resist such lovely moments.

―Tae Jeong-min, listen to your mom well. Got it?

“Da, Daddy.”

Jeong Min got up from his seat with effort, then grabbed the wall and toddled out of the room with unsteady steps.

He must be going to Grandmother and Great-grandfather who were waiting for Jeong Min to come out in the living room.

“Oh my, did our little one finish eating?”

“Heave-ho, heave-ho, oh my, you’re doing so well.”

The sounds of family members welcoming Jeong Min could be heard all the way to the baby’s room.

―Da-som, leave Jeong Min to the adults now and go eat quickly.

“Yes, I will.”

―After eating, go up to the second floor and rest. Don’t stay on the first floor just because Jeong Min might see you.

“I want to stay with Jeong Min until I return to work.”

―There are many people at home to take care of Jeong Min, so rest when you can.

“Still…”

―If you keep doing that, I won’t let you sleep at night.

Heat swirled in Kang Hyeok’s deeply lowered voice.

“It’s on speaker phone right now…”

Surprised, Da-som quickly switched the speaker phone to regular call mode.

How embarrassing would it be if the in-laws heard the couple’s intimate conversation?

―Really?

Kang Hyeok laughed low.

He was doing it knowing full well.

“But shouldn’t I be the one saying such things? Who was it that fell asleep after one round yesterday?”

When Da-som said this while holding back laughter, Kang Hyeok let out a deep sigh.

―Sigh, that’s… Da-som. You know I’m not usually that kind of man, right? Three or four times a night is easy for me…

“Hehe, of course I know.”

―No, I don’t think so.

“How would I not know that?”

―No. Give me a chance to make up for it.

“I’ll make delicious cod soup that Kang Hyeok likes today.”

―Da-som, you trust me, right?

Kang Hyeok’s voice became even lower.

“Of course I trust you.”

―Right, you should trust me.

“Yes, I’ll be looking forward to it.”

Da-som said while fanning her burning cheeks with her hand.

―Good. I’ll come home early.

“I’ll also purify myself with a bath and wait.”

―Mmm, how will I wait until evening?

“I don’t know.”

―I love you.

“I love you too.”

―I miss you.

“You’re hopeless. Hang up already.”

―Yeah, hang up first.

“Yes. See you later.”

After ending the call, Da-som pressed her slightly flushed cheeks with the back of her hand and let out an excited breath.

Contrary to her sister So-yeon’s concerns about whether they could have a proper married life living with in-laws and urging them to move out quickly, there were no problems on their romantic front.

Rather, it was embarrassing because her parents-in-law took complete charge of Jeong Min’s care at night.

Once the couple went up to the second floor after seeing Jeong Min fall asleep, they could spend intimate time together without anyone’s interference.

Yesterday was just a side effect of Kang Hyeok playing too enthusiastically with Jeong Min.

“Then shall I try using some power?”

Da-som muttered to herself as she got up from her seat.

“What power are you going to use? What power do you even have?”

Da-som was startled and turned toward the sound.

Eun Hyeok was leaning casually against the baby room’s doorframe, though she hadn’t noticed when he arrived.

“Oh, when did you get here?”

“Just now.”

If he came, he should have at least made some noise.

“You were talking to hyung, right?”

“Huh? Yeah.”

Eun Hyeok placed one hand on his hip and began revving up with an “I knew it” expression.

“No, is hyung crazy or what?”

“Why are you like this again?”

“Isn’t it obvious you’re living as a daughter-in-law on top of taking care of Jeong Min, and he still wants to do that?”

“Huh?”

“A man should know how to restrain himself. I heard from female seniors that when you’re exhausted from childcare, you don’t even want your husband near you.”

“Ah…, that’s not it…”

“This won’t do. I need to give him a piece of my mind today.”

“Young Master Eun Hyeok. How about just pretending not to know about such things?”

“No, I can’t do that. Do you know how much weight you’ve lost lately?”

“That’s because I’ve been eating less on purpose to lose weight.”

“You don’t need to take your husband’s side.”

Eun Hyeok was truly consistent.

Consistently disliking Kang Hyeok, and consistently liking Da-som.

Of course, not romantically, but genuinely caring for and liking Da-som as a person.

“What are you going to do if you end up having a second child!”

A second child.

It wasn’t something she hadn’t thought about.

Watching Jeong Min grow bigger day by day, she had recently thought it would be nice to have a second child.

But that was only her own private thought.

Kang Hyeok was considering getting a vasectomy because he didn’t want Da-som to have a hard time.

“Sister-in-law, I’m here.”

Bo-kyung unfailingly came to see Jeong Min on her days off.

“Sister-in-law, you’re here!”

Da-som pushed Eun Hyeok aside and greeted Bo-kyung with delight.

“Why did you come again, noona!”

Eun Hyeok shouted at Bo-kyung.

“I’m coming to see my nephew because I miss him, so what’s it to you? Has Eun Hyeok changed a lot lately?”

Bo-kyung’s eyes narrowed slightly.

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