One day after Jingmi and Yoora's funeral, and before Dalmi stepped into the British high-performance sports car that had been voted the most beautiful car at the 2021 International Automobile Festival, feeling flustered...
That day, under the blue winter sky that seemed a little brighter and without anyone being accompanied, Dalmi was seen on her way to Jinsang Hospital to meet Doctor Young Dae to find out the results of the spinal cord test she had done two days ago.
On the way to Jinsang Hospital, Dalmi daydreams and recalls the events that happened three days ago before her parents had an accident and died. This woman could never erase that painful moment from her head even though she had forgiven the culprit.
Three days ago, Dalmi went to Juyeon's apartment. She brought the porridge that Yoora had cooked for Juyeon who was sick. When Dalmi got out of the elevator, she accidentally bumped into a woman who was about to enter the elevator. The woman wearing a light blue coat and equipped with dark brown heels, entered the elevator in a hurry.
Dalmi ignored the woman after she disappeared behind the closed elevator doors. Dalmi continued to walk towards apartment 910 which is Juyeon's apartment. Arriving at apartment 910, Dalmi pressed Juyeon's house password but the door couldn't be opened because the house password was an error. Therefore, Dalmi pressed the doorbell until Juyeon opened the door for her.
Niiiittt.. Klekkk.. Finally the door opened after more than a minute Dalmi waited and stood in front of Juyeon's apartment door. "Hey Darling, what brings you here so early? You don't usually come here so early." Juyeon asked after he opened his apartment door, and saw Dalmi was standing in front of his apartment without any facial expressions.
"You said you were sick. So I decided to stop by here before I went to work. And this..." Dalmi handed Juyeon a dark gray lunch bag. "I brought porridge cooked by Mom this morning. Mom also left a message for you. You must eat this porridge well. Do not let any porridge left in your bowl. Because porridge can restore your energy and restore your health," said Dalmi.
Juyeon giggled while taking the lunch bag filled with porridge that Yoora had made with great care and love just for her future daughter-in-law. "Actually you and Mom don't need to bother like this. I already feel better after taking a cold shower," replied Juyeon.
"Really? Thank goodness you're feeling better now." Dalmi replied and then Juyeon nodded his head. "By the way, did you change your house password? Why? Has something happened here?" Dalmi looked at Juyeon with a curious look.
Juyeon's facial expression immediately changed after he heard Dalmi's question. The simple question asked by Dalmi to Juyeon was like a needle that managed to pierce Juyeon's throat, so that his tongue groaned for a few seconds.
"About that..." Juyeon looked at Dalmi doubtfully. This man suddenly became awkward.
"Did your stepmom come back again without telling you first?" Unsuspectingly, Dalmi interrupted and guessed quickly before Juyeon even finished speaking.
Juyeon smiled faintly without saying anything to her fiancé. "Darling, don't you want to come inside with me to eat this porridge?" asked Juyeon without hesitation.
Although Juyeon's mouth asked Dalmi without hesitation, his eyes couldn't lie. Since Dalmi came to his apartment, Juyeon looked troubled and hesitated to see Dalmi's face and eyes. This man's body language seemed to show that he was actually hiding something from Dalmi.
"I want to do it but I can't. I have to go to work because I'm late. This morning, I have a reading schedule with the director, all the actors and actresses, as well as the production crew of a new drama that will air early next year," answered Dalmi is very detailed.
Reading is the stage where each talent will read the drama script that has been written by Dalmi. At this stage, the actors will learn the characters and the scenes they will play. Reading is very useful to shorten the time during the shooting process to run more effectively.
"Oh okay." Juyeon replied and nodding his head. "Be careful on the road. Have a nice day," he said again before Dalmi left him.
"Eat your porridge well," replied Dalmi. After that, she left Juyeon without suspecting Juyeon. She walked back to the elevator and got into it. While Dalmi was in the elevator, Juyeon sat at the dining table alone while eating porridge voraciously.
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After a long day at work, Dalmi didn't go home because she still had one last schedule for the day. Dalmi and Juyeon will have dinner together at a well-known restaurant located in the Gangnam area, while meeting with one of the best wedding organizers in Seoul.
Unfortunately, the plan failed. Dalmi has to have dinner and meet the wedding organizer alone without Juyeon by her side. Dalmi repeatedly contacted Juyeon using her cellphone, but many times there was also no answer from Juyeon. Whereas an hour before, Juyeon contacted Dalmi and asked her to come to the restaurant.
Juyeon's absence makes Dalmi worry. Dalmi's heart and mind became restless because she remembered about Juyeon who was unwell that day. Previously, Dalmi had also asked Juyeon to change their meeting schedule with the wedding organizer. But Juyeon refused it.
Dalmi's meeting with the wedding organizer went well, although she had to face it alone. After the meeting was over, Dalmi rushed to Juyeon's apartment to see how he was. While on the way to Juyeon's apartment, Dalmi called Juyeon again but the number could not be reached.
Dalmi felt something was odd. Therefore, upon arrival at Juyeon's apartment, Dalmi quickened her pace. And when Dalmi was in front of Juyeon's apartment door, she saw a very familiar pair of women's shoes. Dalmi remembers she saw the shoes when she passed a woman in the elevator that morning when delivering porridge for Juyeon.
Impatient, but still careful, Dalmi ventured to open the door to Juyeon's room slowly. How surprised Dalmi was when she saw Juyeon was with a naked woman on his bed. Dalmi cried then left Juyeon's apartment.
"Actually, there are so many signs that appear before me and hint that nothing is safe in this world today." Dalmi said as she got out of the elevator.
For the first time in Dalmi's life, she caught a man who would become her husband cheating on her. Dalmi couldn't believe that Juyeon would do that to her. So far, however, their relationship is fine.
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"Dalmi wait..." Juyeon shouted loudly in the middle of the snow while running after Dalmi.
Realizing Juyeon called her, Dalmi quickened her pace. But Juyeon walked faster than Dalmi so Juyeon managed to grab Dalmi's arm and apologized to her. Juyeon confessed that he was really evil for knowingly having sex with another woman when their wedding is in sight
"You've made a big mistake! You've hurt me, Mom, Dad, and my brothers. Oh wait... But it's okay if this has to happen before our wedding day!" Dalmi spoke while crying in the middle of the pouring snow that night. "I will tell our family what happened tonight. I will cancel our wedding even if I choose to forgive you!" She said very firmly.
"If you really have forgiven me, then why do you want to cancel our wedding?!" Juyeon frowned.
Dalmi chuckled after hearing Juyeon's words. "Don't you feel sorry and guilty for me? Are you completely unable to understand the wound you have created in my heart? Why can you still ask me like that Juyeon?!!" Dalmi screamed in front of Juyeon's face while Juyeon just kept quiet. "Listen to me carefully. Even though you can never realize and understand this situation, I still forgive you and your mistakes. I will consider tonight as your moment of weakness and I forgive it. But I assure you that I am not the one who pays the price for it! " Dalmi said very curtly.
"Dalmi, aren't you overreacting? I'm sorry and you've forgiven me. But you still stubbornly want to cancel our wedding. Just try it if you can! I won't let that happen. I assure you that we will get married!!" Juyeon replied with his big obsession.
Dalmi doesn't care about Juyeon's words. She left leaving the man still standing in front of his apartment building, with the taxi she got after walking about seven minutes from Juyeon's apartment.
While on the way back home, Dalmi kept thinking about the time and way to tell her parents all the things that happened between her and Juyeon.. Unfortunately, before Dalmi had time to say this to her parents, God had called her parents first.
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"Miss.. We have arrived at Jinsang Hospital," said the taxi driver who took Dalmi to the hospital to meet Doctor Young Dae
Dalmi then snapped out of a long daydream. "Oh... Okay. Thank you, Sir," Dalmi replied before getting out of the taxi.
The taxi driver gave Dalmi a friendly smile. After that Dalmi got out of the taxi and entered Jinsang Hospital through the large open space near and outside the entrance of Jinsang Hospital. Just a few steps walking in the lobby, Dalmi's eyes and ears heated up again when she heard the conversation of two female nurses.
"What do you mean? Doctor Juyeon is dating one of our friends? I think Doctor Juyeon is married. I met his wife a few days ago at this hospital," said a female nurse with a height of about 160cm, who was in the Doctor Young Dae's room two days ago.
"Is it possible for a man as good and handsome as Doctor Juyeon to cheat on his wife? It's impossible!!" replied the female nurse who is 158.9cm tall and has short hair.
"Wait! How do you know this? I mean, you're not talking nonsense, right?" asked the female nurse with a height of 160cm.
"Earlier I saw Doctor Juyeon enter his office with a woman. And it turns out that woman is our co-worker." The short-haired female nurse's words made Dalmi not surprised anymore, because Dalmi already knows who Juyeon is and what his character is like
"I think this is a good opportunity!" Dalmi thought, then she rushed to Juyeon's office to prove whether Juyeon really brought a female nurse to his office.
And sure enough! Dalmi's eyes widened when she saw Juyeon kissing a female nurse in his office. "Dalmi..." Juyeon was very surprised when he saw Dalmi had stood and frozen in his office room.
"My decision not to want to marry you was absolutely right!" Dalmi glared at Juyeon. "This... Take it!" Dalmi threw their engagement ring roughly right in Juyeon's face. "This time, you have absolutely no reason to continue our marriage. If you are still obsessed with being able to marry me, then think carefully, which woman would want to marry a man like you. Irresponsible and likes to snack outside house!!" Dalmi said very firmly.
"I can explain everything to you, Dalmi. Please listen to me first," Juyeon asked as he walked over to Dalmi.
Dalmi walked backwards. "No! I'll never hear you speak again from today on! You've been talking a lot and now it's my turn to do the talking!" Dalmi replied. "Maybe I'm the one who doesn't care how badly you hurt me because until a few minutes ago, I was still there for you as your fiancé. But I'm realizing that our relationship really has to stop. If I don't stop this relationship, then that means I'm letting you take more advantage of me. And I'm not that kind of person anymore!" Dalmi's heart was getting disappointed with Juyeon's behavior.
"Are you feeling great now, Dalmi? Don't you think you can disappoint your late parents by canceling our wedding?" Juyeon asked curtly. This time, Dalmi did not see Juyeon's figure who was kind, friendly, and warm. On the other hand, Juyeon suddenly turned into a monster ready to intimidate Dalmi.
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