Chapter 18. The Truth Behind Despair (2)

I felt a slight dizziness, and still without a reaction, I sat at the edge of the bed.

I picked up the fabric and realized it was a baby outfit. I placed it on the bed next to me, looking at it, feeling even more fear.

JaeMin approached me, and he seemed nervous.

My breathing was already all messed up, and I felt like something was squeezing my heart.

A child? A child who will grow up without a father...? Oh, no.

I remembered twenty-two years ago. A car accident, a death. A seven-year-old boy without a father.

"LinHyun, Daddy is in heaven now."

I could hear my mother's voice echoing inside me.

"Mom, can you play with me?"

"I'm sorry, son, Mom needs to take care of the company. Without your father, everything is difficult."

"But Daddy always played with me."

"Daddy is not here anymore."

The loneliness, the sadness, the knot in my stomach.

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