Prey (Lee Seohan) - Chapter 108
“Do you go there every month?’’
“……Yes,’’
Jeonghan replied.
Suhyeon held her breath for a moment before asking,
“Why… do you go?’’
Jeonghan remained silent, so Suhyeon pressed on.
“I remembered something when I saw the flowers next to my mom’s urn. Back then, when you moved my mom to a different hospital room without asking me, I went to look for her.’’
I’m not backing down today.
She couldn’t keep letting herself be confused.
“You were there that day. And I saw the same kind of bouquet next to my mom’s urn back then.’’
“…….”
Jeonghan was still keeping his mouth shut. Watching him, Suhyeon let out a small sigh and slightly furrowed her brows.
“I’ve been feeling really frustrated all this time.”
Suhyeon continued speaking as she looked into his deeply somber eyes.
“Why did you move to my mom’s hospital without consulting anyone? And then, why did you visit her columbarium every month?”
“…….”
“Why does Seol Hee-nam try to run away every time he sees you? And why do you talk as if you’re protecting me from him?”
Suhyeon fixed her serious gaze on him.
His lips remained tightly shut. The face that had lost its usual languid smile looked cold, devoid of any warmth. His distinctive, intimidating aura made her hesitate, but Suhyeon steeled her resolve.
Determined to get answers, she opened her mouth again.
“What on earth did Seol Hee-nam do to you? What reason could you possibly have to take revenge on him, even going so far as to marry me?”
“……Seol Suhyeon.”
“I don’t want to be the only one feeling stifled anymore. Can’t you tell me now?”
Her eyes, dark like black grapes, were fixed directly on him. Suhyeon didn’t back down and continued to look at Jeonghan.
“Say something.’’
“Only then can I either understand you or keep resenting you. Isn’t that right?”
Jeonghan, meeting her earnest gaze with his calm face, finally opened his mouth.
“Get some rest.”
“……!”
Suhyeon’s eyes trembled.
Once again, Jeonghan rose to his feet with a cold expression that showed no intention of telling her anything.
“Why…?”
Feeling completely pushed away, she looked at him with aimless, wavering eyes before biting her lip.
It was laughable.
That she had thought he had changed.
That, lost in memories of the past, she had indulged in a meaningless delusion.
That she had mistaken his act of holding her as a sincere desire to start over properly.
‘Him holding me was nothing more than physical desire.’
It was simply embracing the doll he had tamed for five years.
Love?
What were you even expecting?
Do Jeonghan has always been someone who pushes you away so easily.
Suhyeon tightly shut her eyes and then opened them again.
As she watched his back, putting on his jacket and walking toward the entrance, she suddenly sprang to her feet.
“……Why are you always like this!”
At her shouted words, Jeonghan stopped in his tracks.
He turned his head.
Suhyeon glared at him with tear-filled eyes.
“If you weren’t going to say anything to me, then why did you come back to find me? Nothing’s changed since then!”
She grabbed the cushion on the sofa and threw it at him with all her strength.
Thud!
The cushion hit his chest and fell to the floor with a dull sound, but he didn’t even glance at it. His expression hardened as he only looked at Suhyeon.
Suhyeon, her reddened eyes brimming with tears, glared at Jeonghan and shouted sharply:
“You shouldn’t have come back if you were going to be like this. You shouldn’t have pretended that you couldn’t live without me!”
“…….”
Hot tears streamed down Suhyeon’s cheeks. Without even bothering to wipe them, she yelled with a contorted face.
“Do Jeonghan, you’re always the same, selfish and bad. Do you know that? From the beginning to the end! You’ve always been like this! Every single time!!”
Thud!
Suhyeon picked up another cushion and threw it at Jeonghan. The emotions that burst out, as she gasped for breath, were impossible to control.
“…….”
While Suhyeon furiously glared at him, he remained completely still, his eyes fixed on her without the slightest movement.
Suhyeon, with her shoulders trembling and her eyes filled with tears, coldly spoke to him.
“I don’t want to see your face, so never show up in front of me again……!”
“That’s not possible.”
Jeonghan spoke in a low voice. Suhyeon hesitated.
“……What did you say?”
Jeonghan’s expression changed.
“!”
Suhyeon swallowed hard as she looked at his fearsome, hardened face.
