Chapter 234:

“I... I...”

His words were muffled by his heavy breathing, and Lee-yeon couldn’t hear him clearly.

Perhaps it was because of the exposed bones on the back of his hand, but it seemed like he was not holding onto her skirt but trying to tear it, which made her tense involuntarily.

In no time, Kwon Chae-woo winced, clutching his painful side.

“I would have preferred it if you had actually come to steal the bride.”

Kwon Chae-woo’s gaze, now confronting reality, covered Lee-yeon like a dark shadow.

She pulled away from his touch and hastily walked towards the door. Her forehead felt warm, with a hint of fever that wouldn’t subside.

****

The grand mansion still felt heavy with gloom after the major incident, but gradually, the vacant positions of the staff were filled with new hires.

Some stability began to settle in the Kwon family.

After that day, Kwon Chae-woo quietly retreated to the annex for treatment to recover, and Lee-yeon behaved as if she had heard and seen nothing.

This morning, Kwon Chae-woo had limped to Lee-yeon’s door, carrying a lunchbox as if he were uninjured.

Seeing him standing there with a face that showed no signs of his recent injuries left Lee-yeon dumbfounded and filed with unspeakable anger.

With him following her, she was constantly on the verge of bursting.

Lee-yeon shook her head frantically, furrowing her brows. She bit her lip and yanked on the vine, but the resilient thornbush didn’t easily break.

“Be careful, everyone, this stuff is really tough!”

The thornbush had grown rapidly, wrapping around trees in just three hours. It reproduced so fast that it would overrun the entire garden within a few months if not removed swiftly.

“You showed me what it’s like to live normally. Preparing meals for you while dipping my hands in water instead of blood, rescuing animals instead of harming them, and living like a human. Lee-yeon showed me all of this.”

Lee-yeon muttered and efficiently snipped the vine clinging to the tree with scissors.

“Walk as far as you want, Lee-yeon even if you abandon me hundreds or thousands of times along the way. Consider me the most meaningless thing, and cast me aside without a second thought. Just... pick me up only at the very end. I don’t care when that happens.”

Kwon Chae-woo’s voice tried to push its way into her heart, but she focused on the task at hand. She gripped the handle of the weed whacker even harder.

“I came to Hwaido to bury you in the first place. When my life ends, I want to be buried next to you.”

Wasn’t she an expert in deceiving herself, knowing and yet pretending not to know? Having tried it once, shouldn’t she be better at it the second time?

Lee-yeon suddenly started working more energetically, her breathing becoming more pronounced.

Her lips quivered with nervousness.

In just a few days, the one-month contract would finally come to an end.

The day of liberation was not far off, so why...!

“Ah...!”

At that moment, a strong gust of wind caused thornbushes to get tangled in Lee-yeon’s gloves, and a thorn deeply pierced through the thick fabric.Th.ê most uptodate novels are published on n(0)velbj)n(.)co/m