LOGINLucy never expected to have a stepbrother who is also her senior at the hospital she works at. That man is Luke, the youngest surgeon and head of the surgical department. They must become family because Lucy's mother needed money to support their pharmaceutical company which was on the verge of bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Luke's father needs Lucy and her family to cover up his illegal business from public attention. But just before they are introduced as stepsiblings, they accidentally spend a night together after Lucy breaks up with her boyfriend after seeing him cheat on her in front of her eyes.
View More윤서진은 남편이 다른 여자에게 마음을 빼앗길 수도 있다는 생각을 해본 적이 없었다.
강태준은 그런 남자가 아니었다. 적어도 서진이 십오 년 동안 알고 지낸 태준은 그랬다.
대학 시절부터 함께하는 동안 태준은 한 번도 서진을 불안하게 만든 적이 없었다. 길을 걷다가 예쁜 여자가 지나가도 자연스럽게 서진의 손을 잡았고, 회식 자리에서 누군가 결혼 생활이 지겹지 않으냐고 물으면 오히려 이해할 수 없다는 표정을 지었다.
결혼 십 년 차. 사람들은 오래된 부부에게서 설렘이 사라지는 것이 당연하다고 말했다. 그러나 서진에게 태준은 여전히 사랑하는 남자였고, 태준 역시 자신이 아내를 사랑한다는 사실을 의심해 본 적이 없었다.
그런 태준에게도 설명하기 어려운 변화가 찾아오고 있었다.
결혼기념일 아침, 서진은 부엌에서 들려오는 달그락거리는 소리에 잠을 깼다.
침실 문을 열자 고소한 버터 냄새가 복도까지 흘러나왔다. 부엌에서는 태준이 흰 셔츠의 소매를 걷어 올린 채 프라이팬과 씨름하고 있었다. 넥타이는 식탁 의자에 걸려 있었고, 평소 깔끔하게 넘기던 머리카락도 몇 가닥 이마로 흘러내려 있었다.
서진은 한동안 문가에 기대어 그 모습을 지켜보았다.
요리에는 영 소질이 없는 남자였다. 그런데도 기념일만 되면 아침 식사를 직접 준비하겠다고 고집을 부렸다. 지난해에는 토스트를 태웠고, 그 전해에는 팬케이크를 뒤집다가 바닥에 떨어뜨렸다.
오늘도 프라이팬 가장자리에서는 달걀흰자가 조금씩 타들어 가고 있었다.
“강태준 씨, 달걀이 위험해 보이는데요?”
태준이 놀라 뒤돌아보았다. 그러다 서진을 발견하자 금세 웃음을 지었다.
“일어났어? 조금만 더 자지. 다 해놓고 깨우려고 했는데.”
서진이 다가가 불을 줄이려 하자 태준은 그녀의 손목을 가볍게 잡아당겼다. 프라이팬을 안전한 쪽으로 밀어놓은 뒤 두 팔로 허리를 감싸 안았다.
“오늘 무슨 날인지 알아?”
“글쎄. 우리 집 요리사가 달걀을 태우는 날?”
“내 인생에서 가장 운 좋았던 날.”
그는 서진의 이마에 입을 맞췄다. 갓 면도한 턱에서 익숙한 스킨 향이 났고, 셔츠에서는 세탁한 면 특유의 산뜻한 냄새가 풍겼다.
“결혼기념일 축하해, 서진아.”
서진은 그의 어깨에 손을 얹었다.
“나도 축하해. 벌써 십 년이네.”
“대학 때부터 치면 십오 년이지.”
태준은 그녀를 조금 떨어뜨려 얼굴을 살폈다. 잠에서 덜 깬 눈과 흐트러진 머리카락, 웃을 때마다 눈가에 생기는 작은 주름까지 모두 익숙했다.
그 익숙함이 좋았다. 하루 종일 사람들을 상대하고 복잡한 문제를 해결하다 돌아와도 서진의 얼굴을 보면 긴장이 풀렸다. 그에게 아내는 사랑하는 여자이면서 가장 편안한 사람이었다.
“당신은 어떻게 십오 년 전이랑 똑같아?”
“거짓말도 참 성의 있게 한다.”
“진짜야. 아직도 도서관 앞에서 나 기다리던 윤서진 같은데.”
서진이 웃으며 그의 가슴을 밀었다.
“그때는 당신이 나 기다렸거든?”
“내가 더 좋아했으니까.”
태준은 당연하다는 듯 대답하고 서진의 입술에 짧게 입을 맞췄다. 그녀가 웃음을 참지 못하자 한 번 더 입을 맞춘 뒤에야 품을 풀었다.
식탁에는 서툴게 구운 달걀과 토스트, 커피 두 잔이 놓였다. 서진은 달걀의 가장자리가 탄 것을 보고도 아무 말 없이 포크를 들었다. 태준은 그녀가 먹는 모습을 살피다가 자신의 접시와 바꿔 놓으려 했지만, 서진이 먼저 접시를 붙잡았다.
“내 건 괜찮아. 당신 거나 먹어.”
“좀 탔잖아.”
“십 년째 먹으니까 이제 익숙해졌어.”
태준은 어이없다는 듯 웃었다. 서진도 따라 웃었고, 아침 햇살이 비치는 식탁에는 잠시 두 사람의 웃음소리만 머물렀다.
“오늘 저녁 일곱 시지?”
태준이 커피잔을 내려놓으며 물었다.
“응. 당신이 처음 고백했던 레스토랑.”
“기억나지. 그때 내가 얼마나 떨었는데.”
“꽃다발을 등 뒤에 숨기고 있다가 포장지 소리 때문에 다 들켰잖아.”
“그 얘기는 이제 그만할 때도 되지 않았어?”
서진은 대답 대신 웃었다.
Lucy POVI took Luke's hand. But just as our hands touched, blood suddenly flowed from his temple. Matthew, who I thought was unconscious, hit Luke on the head with a block. "Luke!" It felt like my life was snatched as I saw Luke lying next to me clutching his head. I was still processing the scene when Matthew pulled my body to stand up. "We need to talk. You need to come to my house.""I won't!"I struggled with all my strength but I wasn't much stronger than him. My body was dragged but my legs were held by something that turned out to be Luke's hands. He held my legs tightly so Matthew couldn't take me away. Slowly Luke got up and punched Matthew. The fight started again. This time it was more brutal and violent. There wasn't much I could do. I can only try to separate them because if I yell for help and ask the security team, our reputation will be ruined and everyone will know that I'm pregnant. Maybe this was stupid but I didn't care anymore. As long as the fighting stops,
Lucy POVI've been in a daze since finding out that I'm pregnant with Luke's child. I didn't even listen properly to my counseling today.My life is completely shattered. I don't know what way to go about this.I can't abort my pregnancy because it's against my heart. As an upcoming pediatrician, I can't possibly kill an innocent fetus, I don't have the heart. But on the other hand, I couldn't possibly tell Luke or mom about this. I had to hide it from them. Because I don't want mom's wedding to be canceled because of this, everything has been prepared and it's only three days away.I feel like my head is going to explode from all the problems I have to deal with right now. I wiped away the tears that accidentally fell as I put on my coat to prepare to go home. Staying too long in this room isn't good for me because the memory replayed again. I had almost forgotten Matthew but in this condition he would definitely laugh at me. I can't see him again, I don't want him to accuse me of c
Lucy POVI never expected the family gathering that night to end up with me meeting Luke at the hospital so often, even though we'd never crossed paths at work before. It made me think that he was deliberately doing something to make us meet at every opportunity. The problem was that this was not normal, my fellow residents had noticed that I was getting special attention from Luke just because he greeted me while being indifferent to others. Not to mention the several times he'd asked me where I was at the nurse station when I was off. "Lucy, you were looked for by Dr. Luke yesterday. I don't know why the surgeon was looking for you but you should see him," one of my colleagues said. I was going to see him, but not to have a nice talk because I was sure it wouldn't work. I wanted to emphasize my boundaries to him. Luckily there was no one in his room so I was able to enter. He was staring at his computer screen when I stepped in. "Why are you being weird? Stay like your old self
Lucy POVMy body was pushed forward by mom which made me almost fall down. If it wasn't for the attempt to save our family's pharmaceutical company, then I wouldn't have set foot in this place.“This will be your first meeting with your new family, so make a good impression,” mom threatened. New family? I guess I still won't be able to move on from my childhood family which consisted of my mother and father. “Especially don't ask your stepbrother anything later. His father said he doesn't like it when people are curious about him. Since you're a person who's very curious about everything, so I'm warning you. You heard that right?”“What am I curious about a stranger becoming my stepbrother anyway? I wasn't interested in having a stepbrother in the first place, let alone a stepfather.” Except for the fact that I was a little curious as to why Mr. Peterson was so concerned about his son's tastes.Fortunately, before mom could pinch me again, that man finally appeared. Looking as neat
Lucy POVWhat's going on? Why is my head so dizzy? And wait, why do I feel like something is stuck down there?Oh shit! Whose dick is inside me! With pain I moved my body forward to remove it. It was so painful like my body was being split into two. What the hell, I had slept with a man I never
Lucy POVTonight, me and Matthew, my boyfriend, were supposed to go out to dinner to celebrate our 5-year anniversary because we finally had some free time after 36 hours of consecutive shifts at the hospital. But when I was in front of the door of the resident's rest room, to change my clothes, I






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