Chapter 227 - All Ways Lead to Each Other

Dr. Kim left his new psychiatrist's office more frustrated than ever. 

He saw that the elevator on that floor was open and he quickened his pace to reach it before it closed the door. 

The attendant saw him clearly, and she also saw him when he waved, asking him to wait. The woman grudgingly closed the elevator door, with a disdainful look and a slight satisfied smile.

Since the scandal about him and Ye Rim had hit the press, his life was hell.

He learned that the people at the hotel got it all wrong. They accused him of cheating on his fiancee with another woman, Na Ra, bitterly breaking the singer's heart in a thousand pieces. 

The hatred against Na Ra was so strong that she left the country for a while, to get rid of the army of antis that arose in Ye Rim's defense. 

This was in a way a relief because, however rationally he wanted to pursue a romance with her, Jun Hyeon inexplicably could not force himself to do so.

Jun Hyeon, of course, also received daily hate from fans of Ye Rim. She became incredibly more popular than before for being the victim in a love triangle.

'That's ridiculous! That's just my luck… '

In the past few weeks, Dr. Kim had had frequent nightmares, which he didn't really remember in detail. 

He just knew it involved Ye Rim and woke up in a panic, with the feeling that he was missing something very important ... Somehow, this was similar to the recurring nightmares he had for many years with his sister.

--ONLY YOU CAN DO THIS, NO ONE WILL HELP YOU!--

The teaser of a boys' band new MV on the big screen of the opposite building caught his attention. Jun Hyeon smiled in dismay. Were they talking to him?

Why did he only think about Ye Rim?

His grandfather was not talking to him because of the scandal, and... The well-known MV of Ye Rim's new song - CHERISH - started playing on the screen. 

Jun Hyeon stood on the sidewalk, looking up, while Ye Rim smiled and said 'MY - MY LOVE' with a wink and her dimples like two guns aimed at a man's heart.

He was certainly gaping looking at the screen, standing among the passersby, when

PLOP!

He felt something wet and warm splash over his belly.

When looking down, a girl in school uniform looked at him with an embarrassed and guilty expression, but then her eyes widened.

"OH!" her hand still holding the cup of hot chocolate against his belly.

He stared back, in disbelief.

"Come Se Na! She's in that store! Come on!" the girl who had passed them spoke.

"It's her boyfriend! Ye Rim's ex!"

Jun Hyeon was cleaning the front of his suit as he could, ignoring the girls, but what he heard put him on alert. Was Ye Rim following him again? Who were these girls?

"No, he's not. And if he were, I would punch him for what he did to Unnie!" The angry girl pulled the clumsy girl. Without even apologizing, they ran to a mall on the same sidewalk.

Maybe he deserved so much hate. He despised the most loved woman in the country.

And he didn't even know why.

He took a few steps toward the store the girls entered. A small crowd was gathering.

'Should I really go there? Her fans will surround the place... They will crucify me!' On the other hand, he didn't even have anything to say to Ye Rim. He regretted what had happened, but logic told him it was better to get away from her and her obsessive behaviors.

Logic told him...

But somehow, he missed her immensely.

…

"This deserves a celebration!" Madame Jung repeated to Mrs. Nam Joo, while pushing the baby carriage with little 11-month-old Hanul. Beside the two ladies, Ye Rim and Eun Ha chatted with their mothers on this late afternoon stroll through the mall. 

Madame Jun didn't enjoy coming to the capital, but she had abandoned her precious Jolly Bakery as soon as she heard the news, told by Ye Rim on the phone.

"I want to be the first to present to you, Ye Rim. Stop saying it is not necessary!"

Two bodyguards and her manager were with Ye Rim whenever she was in the capital, where she was very harassed. They kept people away and didn't disturb the three women walking around the mall. 

Eun Ha was already used to her friend's new lifestyle, but all this attention surprised Madame Jung. "I'm just sorry to have come out with 'the shopping idea'... I didn't think it would be so confusing to go out with you..."

"Don't worry about it, Aunt Jung, I don't care." Ye Rim said.

Nam Joo wasn't bothered. On the contrary, she loved to see how her daughter was the center of attention, and had fulfilled her professional dreams.

"Isn't it a problem for people to know, Ye Rim?" Eun Ha asked for the tenth time today.

"How long am I going to be able to hide it, anyway?" she murmured to her unnie, while smiling and waving kindly to the people who came to see her.

She had found out about the pregnancy earlier in the week.

It had been two months since Jun Hyeon ordered her to disappear from his life. The scandal just wasn't greater because Jun Hyeon and Na Ra did not take the contract case to the press, as their agency feared.

In fact, everyone was against Jun Hyeon and Na Ra. Although she hated the woman for meddling, Jun Hyeon was a victim of a strong magical condition, and she pitied him.

Two weeks ago, the spell's two-year term was over. 

She wasn't sure how she had survived the fear and anxiety, imagining that the next day she would receive the tragic news of the death of her lover. 

Ye Rim had tried to talk to him in every way, but it was impossible. He had actually built a wall around himself so she couldn't get close.

But Shin had returned with the good news. He was alive!

"But ... how is it possible?"

"I don't know how it is possible," said the ex-fairy, with a mysterious smile, "but I was never good with spells like that. I'm glad the magic worked to keep you alive. Even though he can't respond to your love, one day he loved you so much that he wanted to give his life for you, Ye Rim."

She tried to internalize the wisdom of those words, but obviously she was the shallow, mundane type who was unable to accept that.

Finding out that she was expecting a baby to Jun Hyeon was both a lot of joy and a terrible martyrdom!

Ye Rim didn't know exactly what to do. If she went to see him and said he was going to be a father, how would he react?

Was he going to accuse her of a pregnancy scam?

She was tired of fighting, and worried about the baby's health. She wanted to save energy to give the best to the child she and Jun Hyeon expected, even if he wasn't on her side.

The four women entered a children's clothing store. 

Madame Jung was just as excited as when Eun Ha announced her pregnancy!

Nam Joo, although more restrained, also looked happy. Ye Rim knew her mother would like her to be in a relationship, at least, and to marry the child's father, rather than being a solo mother.

Eun Ha showed a pink baby outfit and Ye Rim's mother a blue outfit at the same time.

She laughed at that, but something caught her eye through the store window.

Jun Hyeon, looking at her in the crowd.