Marriage with the Beast Senior - Chapter 68

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Chapter 68

It was Yoomin.

Her face was pale white as if she had seen a ghost.

She stood at the door, unable to call out to Jeonghun who lay quietly on the hospital bed, only repeatedly taking deep breaths in and out.

Seeing Yoomin unable to take even a single step inside, afraid to look at her father, Jaejun stood up.

As he approached the door, Yoomin’s violently shaking eyes turned toward Jaejun.

“Hong Yoomin.”

“…Sen…ior…”

Though she wasn’t crying, her voice was soaked with tears, which pained Jaejun’s heart.

He immediately wrapped his hand around the back of her head and pulled her into his embrace.

Helplessly falling into his arms, Yoomin didn’t resist and gripped his clothes tightly as she asked.

“…Why. What happened to my father. He’s lying there just fine… isn’t he? Right?”

“…”

“If he had p-passed away or something, he w-wouldn’t be in a h-hospital room like th-this. Right? That’s right, isn’t it? Why aren’t you s-saying anything. Huh?”

Yoomin’s body trembled like an aspen tree as she rambled in terror.

Jaejun held her tighter and said.

“Something happened to your father. His vitals have all returned to normal now, but he hasn’t been speaking, perhaps from the shock.”

Yoomin’s trembling stopped.

Soon she slowly lifted her head to look at Jaejun.

“…He can’t… speak?”

“The attending physician says it’s probably temporary, but seeing you might make him speak again sooner.”

Yoomin shook her head back and forth, showing her confused state of mind.

“What on earth happened…”

“Would you like to go see your father first?”

At Jaejun’s careful suggestion, Yoomin stepped out of his embrace and slowly began walking.

Jaejun followed right behind her, worried that Yoomin might fall with her weakened legs.

Fortunately reaching the hospital bed safely, Yoomin looked at Jeonghun who was staring blankly at the ceiling and spoke.

“…D-Dad?”

At Yoomin’s voice, Jeonghun’s eyes, which had shown no reaction until now, slowly moved.

Soon his eyes, now focused on Yoomin, shook violently.

“Dad. Do you recognize me? Huh?”

Fortunately, as if he recognized Yoomin, Jeonghun’s face crumpled.

He seemed to want to welcome his daughter, but his body wouldn’t obey his heart.

“You recognize me, right? It’s okay. If it’s hard, just stay like that. Everything will be resolved with time. Right?”

Yoomin calmed Jeonghun with a trembling voice.

Watching this scene, Jaejun called for the attending physician again.

Soon the attending physician came and observed Jeonghun’s reactions as he interacted with Yoomin for a long while.

Yoomin looked at the attending physician and asked.

“Doctor… my father… he keeps not speaking, but is he really… okay?”

“Yes. No matter how much we tried to talk to him, he wouldn’t react at all, but seeing how he’s trying to say something now that his daughter is here, I think he’ll get better soon.”

Yoomin let out a big sigh of relief as if she was thankful.

After the attending physician left the hospital room, Yoomin’s legs seemed to give out as she was about to collapse.

Jaejun, who was behind her, immediately supported Yoomin and led her to the sofa by the wall to sit down.

He took out bottled water from the refrigerator, opened the cap, and handed it to her. Yoomin gulped down the water hastily.

Having emptied half the bottle in an instant, she seemed much calmer than before as she relaxed her overly tense shoulders and said.

“…What on earth happened?”

Jaejun glanced at Jeonghun and took Yoomin’s hand.

“Let’s go outside and talk for a moment.”

At Jaejun’s considerate behavior toward Jeonghun, Yoomin followed him out without saying anything.

After going out to the hallway, Jaejun sat Yoomin in a chair again and told her what had happened to Jeonghun.

Hearing about the evil acts Suji had committed against her father, Yoomin couldn’t help but be shocked.

She was so shocked that even while sitting, she lost her balance and swayed several times, and kept stammering like someone who had forgotten how to speak.

Jaejun held Yoomin’s hand and waited for her to accept the situation and calm down.

Thanks to this, Yoomin was able to calm her heart more quickly and regain her reason.

Once she regained her reason, anger toward Suji boiled up like crazy.

No matter how much ill will she harbored toward her and whatever she did, she had endured it.

But this time, she couldn’t tolerate it.

Yoomin thought of her poor father who had almost lost his life innocently and gritted her teeth as she spoke.

“So… where is… Hong Suji… now?”

“She didn’t even think to run away and went straight home, so I had her detained. What do you want to do? I’ll do whatever you want.”

When Yoomin didn’t answer, Jaejun asked again.

“Since she’s your cousin, do you want to just turn a blind eye and let it pass?”

Yoomin shook her head back and forth and spoke with a strong voice as if she had made up her mind.

“I have my limits too. Now. I can’t live like this anymore, Senior.”

Seeing Yoomin’s eyes filled with anger that had been building up for a very long time, Jaejun spoke as if submitting for her sake.

“What can I help you with?”

“I want to throw Hong Suji and Yoomin’s family into the fires of hell.”

Jaejun sincerely received her gaze as if telling her to continue.

“There’s a friend who has been close friends with Dad since childhood. I didn’t know, but I found out by chance when I was in college. That person was working at Grandfather’s company. It was suspicious that he never came to visit Dad’s hospital room after the fire and was working at Grandfather’s company.”

“That person must be Kim Jaechul.”

Yoomin’s eyes widened.

“How did you know?”

“I found out while investigating Hong Sanghun. There were suspicious parts.”

Yoomin was flustered and only moved her lips.

She never dreamed that Jaejun had not only taken her away from Yoomin’s family home but was also investigating Grandfather.

“Did you think I would just leave alone someone who did terrible things to you?”

“…Senior…”

“Just wait a little. I’ll bring them down in the most miserable way.”

For a moment, Yoomin felt more reassured by Jaejun than ever before.

Who else could do this for her?

She took Jaejun’s hand and buried her face deeply against his chest.

Warm warmth spread to her face.

Soon that warmth spread to her heart, which had been tightly clenched with unbearable anger.

Her painfully clenched heart loosened and strength began to return.

Ah. Was it so hard all this time to get such reliable support?

If I had known he was someone who could do everything for me like this, I should have expressed my feelings more when I was in college.

She felt very regretful about the five years that had passed without being with him.

Even now, couldn’t she show her heart to him more passionately to make up for the time she couldn’t see him?

Yoomin intertwined her fingers between each of his finger joints and gripped tightly.

As if she would never let go again.

Very firmly.

* * *

The three days passed very quickly.

For all three days, Yoomin stayed in her father’s hospital room and took devoted care of Jeonghun.

Perhaps thanks to that devotion, Jeonghun soon began speaking again.

Jeonghun asked endlessly why Suji had behaved that way toward him, and why his brother hadn’t been coming to the hospital lately.

However, Yoomin couldn’t immediately tell Jeonghun what his brother’s family, whom he trusted so dearly, had done to him.

If she told him, he would surely be overwhelmed with tremendous shock, and what if he couldn’t speak again because of it?

Moreover, it was truly shameful for her to say with her own mouth that she had been living with such treatment at Yoomin’s family home.

Jeonghun would surely be overwhelmed with tremendous guilt.

She didn’t want to burden her father, who was already in poor health, with such worries.

“Father. Rest up. I’m just going to the convenience store for a moment.”

Yoomin spoke to Jeonghun who was about to fall asleep, then left the hospital room.

The security guard who had been waiting outside naturally followed behind Yoomin.

Now seeming quite accustomed to it, she ignored him as she moved and called Jaejun.

-Hey. How is Father doing?

“He’s fine. His condition seems to be getting better with each passing day.”

-That’s a relief. Did you tell him about Grandfather’s Family?

“…No. Not yet.”

-Don’t push yourself too hard. If it really doesn’t work out, I’ll tell him.

Yoomin smiled weakly as she spoke.

“What would you say? That you’re telling him because there’s this friend of yours named Yoomin who went through this?”

-I’d say we’re going to get married.

“…”

-So he should listen seriously.

“…”

-If he feels guilty about the difficult times Yoomin has endured, I’d tell him not to feel guilty or worry anymore since I’m here now.

Yoomin’s heart fluttered and she stopped walking for a moment.

Waves of emotion surged up several times, making her choke up.

-And I’d casually mention it. My background.

Yoomin had been tearing up but ended up laughing softly.

Hearing Yoomin’s laughter, Jaejun also seemed relieved and chuckled quietly.

-Oh right.

“What?”

-About Hong Suji.

Yoomin thought of Suji, whom Jaejun had confined to the hotel at her request.

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