Mag-log in“I fell on my way here.”Mitch avoided Douglass’s gaze, embarrassed. He had rolled up the sleeve on the injured arm up to his elbow and forgotten to pull it back down.“Where?”“Just now, on my way into the apartment, in the parking lot.”Hesitantly answering, Mitch recalled what had happened just a few minutes ago. He had been half out of his mind after hearing that Douglass had received suppressant injections because of him, and receiving test results showing that the levels he had barely brought back to normal had returned to the danger zone.In that dazed state, he was walking from the parking lot towards the elevator when his troublesome right ankle gave way, and he collapsed. Fortunately, he landed on his palms and elbows, so his stomach wasn’t impacted.At the moment he fell, he was so stunned that he didn’t even feel the pain. Only after the startled driver helped him up and told him his elbow was bleeding did he gradually start to feel the pain.It hadn’t even been half a day
As soon as those words left her mouth, Sandra stopped eating.“Suddenly…?”“Yes. There’s no need to wait until next year. If we’re going to do it anyway, it’s better to get it over with quickly.”“You’re right. It’s just tiring to drag it out and prepare. I don’t see any reason to do that.”This time, Sandra’s mother chimed in.Douglass looked at his fiancée sitting across from him. She glanced at him as if she hadn’t expected this conversation to come up during a meal with their parents. As if asking,‘Did you know about this?’On the other hand, their parents looked unconcerned. It seemed they had already discussed it beforehand.He thought as much. He had been suspicious since they suddenly suggested having dinner together. And now that he thought about it, it was strange that they had hurriedly moved up the date, which was originally expected to be next month.Sandra’s father launched into a lengthy speech about the advantages of them getting married quickly. Although he spoke in
Mitch placed it on the living room sofa table for the time being.Looking at it like this, the packaging was quite luxurious. The department store’s logo was clearly printed on the box’s surface and the sealing tape.If it wasn’t delivered by courier and a department store employee brought it directly, it must be something important.Mitch checked the business card he received from the employee earlier.—Ethereal JewelsIt was a jewelry brand he’d heard of before. Did he order a watch or something?“Sir.”Someone knocked on the door from the entrance while Mitch was looking at the business card.“Yes?”He turned toward the sound and saw the driver through the slightly opened front door.“We need to leave now to make your hospital appointment on time.”“Ah, right. I’ll be right out.”Mitch then remembered that he was just about to leave the house. He put the business card and the box down on the table and hurried out the front door.“Your weight is lower than last week. I thought you w
“It sounds a bit like that, but I’m sure they’re worried. They’re always so anxious, imagine how worried they must have been when they couldn’t reach you.”“…I’ve finished eating.”Seeing that the housekeeper was ready to keep making excuses for Douglass endlessly, Mitch got up from his seat.“Oh my, look at me. Talking nonsense in front of someone who’s tired. Would you like some dessert? We have fruit and cake.”“It’s okay.”As if sensing Mitch’s displeasure, the housekeeper didn’t inquire further.Instead of going straight to his bedroom, Mitch opened the door to the newly decorated baby room.A mobile with lots of cute stuffed animals hanging from it, and next to it, a crib, dresser, and chair came into view. The baby clothes and socks gifted by the housekeeper were neatly placed on the bed.And below them, a pair of yellow baby shoes. Douglass had said he’d seen them at a nearby store and bought them on his way back from a lunchtime meeting.The image of Douglass chuckling, holdi
“Exchange? I don’t need anything like that. …I’ll move out of this building if you wantme to. But it’s my right to relocate and run Neobell.”“Right? What right do you even have?”Douglass looked down at Mitch with a condescending gaze.“Have you forgotten the contents of the contract you brought to me and signedyourself?”“…….”He referred to the contract where Mitch agreed to spread his legs for himwhenever he wanted. Douglass’s intention was clear. It meant that they weren’t in anequal relationship to begin with, so Mitch shouldn’t even think about having anyrights.“Even so, are you telling me to just stay home and raise the baby? To do nothing? Bereasonable.”Mitch quickly spoke before Douglass could answer.“I don’t need the key money. I’ll move the cafe out of the building. But let me keepworking at the cafe. Even in the contract, it said you wouldn’t interfere with my work at the cafe…”“That was when I didn’t know you were pregnant.”Douglass finally cut Mitch off.“Do
“How have you been?”As he entered the cafe, the part-timer, who had just finished a rush of orders from office workers, spotted Mitch and rushed over.“Did… did the funeral go well?”“Yes. I sent him off properly.”The part-timers knew that Mitch hadn’t been able to come to work due to his poor health after the shock of his father’s passing. It wasn’t entirely untrue, so it was easy to use as an excuse.“Nothing happened while I was gone, right?”“No. The building manager left his contact information, and he took care of any problems that arose.”“…Really?”Mitch asked back, as if hearing it for the first time.“The other day, I didn’t realize we were out of takeaway cups until after the rush, but I contacted him just in case, and he got us some within 20 minutes.”The part-timer laughed, saying they almost couldn’t sell coffee because they were out of cups.“Oh, and the day before yesterday, the lights suddenly went out, and he replaced those right away, too. I asked him for the pri







