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i was about to open the door of our school nurse's office when i suddenly heard my name in their conversation.

"ms. park is so shameless. does she even know how uncomfortable she made her fellow teachers? it's like she thinks she's the madam chairman of this school." i heard choi soo-young, one of the teachers here, said.

"well, she is the chairman's wife." the other teacher, im yoon-ah retorted.

"all i'm saying is, they rushed into the marriage because she's pregnant. could you say the marriage is actually a real one? yeah, she moved up the social ladder, but she could also be kicked out once the baby is born." ms. choi casually said.

ouch, why would she say that?

"ms. choi, why would you say something like that? don't you think you're being too harsh? especially since the person you're talking about isn't present?" our school's doctor, shon seung-wan, asked.

"i'm just concerned for her. that's all." ms. choi backed herself up.

"it is fascinating though. i wonder where she met the chairman." ms. im smiled by herself.

"huh? why are you curious about that, ms. im?"

"just wondering..."

"why? did you want to do what she did?" ms. choi laughed.

" whaaat?! of course not!"

i shouldn't have stand here and listened to what they've been talking about.

i turned my way and walked towards the school garden.

i sat on one of the bench, watching the flowers blooming on the trees.

i'm tired.

i don't know if it's because of this pregnancy or if it's spring fever, but i constantly feel like napping these days.

i was hoping to take a quick nap in the nurse's office before the afternoon classes, but instead i heard something i shouldn't have.

i already knew that most of the staff was uncomfortable around me.

i wanted to try and go back to the way things were, but it was hard.

in other way, i could understand her point of view. since there's no denying the wedding was rushed, and it is what happened if you look at it on the surface.

i looked at my wedding ring.

it doesn't matter that i wasn't the one who pushed to marry because of the baby, especially since this wasn't a marriage of love.

i sighed.

why do i want to ask all these questions that i should've asked before we got married?

i want to ask if he wanted this marriage only because of doo-jool and that sense of responsibility or if some other woman was pregnant with doo-jool, if he would've married her.

it was so much easier when i thought i was only attracted to him physically.

i sighed once again.

it's probably not good for the baby if i'm sighing too much.

i was a bit startled to hear another sigh from another person beside me.

when did she came all over to here?

"ji-hyo? why the long face?" i asked her.

"i could say the same for you. did you and uncle already have a fight?" she asked back.

"that's nothing for you to worry about. is daniel giving you a hard time again?"

"no, he has a girlfriend now. i'm free now. it's so liberating." she let out a sigh of relief.

"he got a girlfriend?"

"yes, he seemed so angry when i first introduced her. but now, the two seem inseparable."

"you introduced him to his girlfriend?"

"yes, you know chae soo-bin, right? she's a senior."

"from the broadcasting class?"

"yes. she was hanging out in front of daniel's house, so i set them up and now it seems like things are going well between the two of them."

ji-hyo told me the story when she first introduced soo-bin to daniel the other day.

yeah, it's true that daniel and soo-bin seemed happy together based on what ji-hyo told. but, why does my niece over here looked so sad?

"isn't that what you wanted? so what's the problem?" i asked.

"well...it was something i wanted. but i'm not happy. why do i feel like this?" she looked down.

aish, this kid!

"hey, should you even be thinking about stuff like this right now? are you ready for your midterms?" i jokingly asked.

"come on..." she plainly said.

"i had to say that as your teacher. now this is me speaking as your aunt. ji-hyo, did you truly hate hanging out with daniel the entire time?"

she looked hesitant.

"um...no...sometimes i'd get annoyed and mad. but i don't think i hated it."

"well then, maybe you just didn't realise how you felt because he was always around. take this time to think about what daniel means to you."

ji-hyo looked away shyly, covering her red face.

"oh, it's not like that at all." she denied.

i turned to look at her.

"don't just say that automatically. take some time to really think about it."

"and then what? if...if i...if i like..." she stuttered.

i silently laughed at her behaviour.

"whether you take the time to gather your thoughts, whether you act on those thoughts, it's gotta be better than just sitting around and sighing." i advised her.

"isn't that what you're doing?"

ji-hyo's question really made me realise.

i looked at my wedding ring once again and corrected its position.

"you're right...yes...it's better to take action than to be passive." i unconsciously said.

"what?"

what? what am i saying?

"never mind. ji-hyo, let's be more proactive! we can do it!" i suddenly said enthusiastically.

"huh? uh, yeah!"

"have you eaten lunch? maybe we should stop by at the cafet-" i was about to invite her to the cafe when someone suddenly came and called ji-hyo.

"hey, ji-hyo." he gave her a sandwich and a can of drink.

"what is all this?" ji-hyo looked dumbfounded.

"ah, well...i don't know. just take it. i delivered the food and drink, okay?" he said and quickly walked away.

"huh? wait! who? is this from daniel?" she asked.

"i don't know!"

"why...? after ignoring me all this time..." ji-hyo said to herself.

haha, buncha cute kids.

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i sighed as soon as i arrived at the lobby of our apartment.

jungkook said he'll be home at ten tonight. i said i'd wait, so i guess i'll just think about what i want to say while i wait.

since this is a luxurious apartment, so all residents needed to enter the passcode before entering the building.

"unnie!" i was left in shocked when a woman suddenly called me and hugged my left hand.

or pink haired woman to be exact.

"ch-chou tzuyu?"

"oh, how nice to see you! is this where you guys live?" she asked, smiling ear to ear like always.

"oh, well, yes..."

she laughed, "i'm here to visit a sunbae that lives here! what a coincidence. let's go in together!"

she pulled me inside and we went into the elevator.

i was so confused.

she kept on talking during our ride.

what's going on?

where did she come from? how unsettling.

i got this same feeling the first time we met. i keep on thinking that she's just friendly, but something about her rubs me the wrong way.

she didn't press a floor. what floor does her sunbae live on?

"um, you didn't press a fl-" i was about to asked her when she suddenly clapped her hand.

"oh, that's right! and when i was in france..." she will dodge my question and kept on blabbering something i really don't want to know.

she was all chatter and with my mood right now, i really don't like it.

as soon as the elevator is opened, i quickly walked out and tugged my hand away from her.

"excuse me, tzuyu. didn't you say you came to visit your sunb-"

"oh my, i'm so sorry! i got carried away, unnie. i'll see you later. nice to see you again. goodbye!" she said, walking away to the opposite direction from mine.

"yes, goodbye."

what was that?

she just does whatever she wants.

i clicked on the passcode of our home to get inside.

i should ask jungkook about her, too.

little did i know that tzuyu was peeking on me to know our home passcode.

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i entered our home with a blushed face and a throbbing feeling.

i still remember what chaeyoung tell me a few hours ago in a short phone call.

"i'll wait for you..."

and my heart was beating so fast ever since that moment until now. i couldn't wait to come back home.

"chae, i'm home. did you wait lo-" i said, loosening the tie i'm wearing.

i didn't continue my sentence as soon as i saw someone was laying on the couch.

she was sleeping. soundly. she definitely waited that long.

i felt something tingle in my heart.

i walked towards her and brushed some hair that come through her face.

"you must've been really tired." i said, though i knew she wouldn't hear it.

i lifted her and went to our bedroom.

she's going to catch a cold sleeping like that.

let's get you into bed.

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i woke up in the middle of the night just to see jungkook soundly asleep.

when did i fall asleep?

he was hugging me tightly but yet it was so comfy and warm.

i didn't get a chance to ask him.

i'll ask tomorrow...for sure.

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i walked out of the school building and saw jungkook's car parked at the front.

i quickly went to that car and opened the door.

he didn't tell me that he was already arrived.

"jungkook, when did you get-" i stopped as soon as i saw a familiar face in that car, and he is not jungkook.

jimin was sitting on the driver seat.

"hello, ma'am! i'm sorry to disappoint, but i'm not the vice president." he bowed a little.

"ah, hello, secretary park. i thought you'd be jungkook since this is his car." i bowed back.

"he'll be driven home in a work car today. feel free to ride in the back comfortably!"