Chapter 404: The Mother and Daughter's Resolve (6)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 404: The Mother and Daughter's Resolve (6)
Broaching the subject was harder than death, but once the words were out, the rest came easily.
Aided by the alcohol, she continued speaking, hiding her expression as best she could.
How she had found herself drawn to him.
When the relationship she had considered a momentary mistake had turned into genuine love.
“…There’s no excuse. It’s all my fault.”
She could have hidden her sin if she had tried to patch things up, to appeal to emotion.
Your father was the one who pushed me away first.
While he was working out of town, he was practically shacked up with some bar girl.
I felt so wronged, and Do-jin was the only one who comforted me. I couldn't help it.
She had plenty of ugly but solid excuses, yet she didn't use them.
“What can I say? I’m a woman, just like you. I could always push away men who only wanted my body, but pushing away a man who approached me with sincerity… that wasn’t so easy.”
Having reached this point, continuing their marriage was no longer an option.
The breakup was inevitable.
The one thing she didn't want to show her daughter—the only fruit of her marriage—was her parents tearing each other apart venomously until the very end.
Nor did she want to use her husband's affair as a shield for why she met Kim Do-jin, instead of admitting it was a mutual attraction.
Shin Yu-jeong, who had been listening silently to her mother's story, finally spoke.
“…So that’s how it is.”
When a daughter hears the detailed story of how her mother fell in love with another man, what kind of emotion is she supposed to show?
It wasn't that she wasn't sad.
She was.
How could she not be sad when the family that had lived under one roof for over twenty years was about to scatter?
But the wave of sadness wasn't as overwhelming as one might expect.
Why was that?
Was it because she wasn't an emotional person?
No.
‘Maybe it’s because I already knew, to some extent.’
She had vaguely understood.
That one day, their family might fall apart.
Shin Hyo-seop, Shin Yu-jeong, Seo Jeong-hee.
She had realized early on that the only person trying to keep these three people within the fence of ‘family’ was her mother, Seo Jeong-hee.
Her listless father who shuffled between home and the nearby pool hall, and her mother, who shouldered every burden—managing the building that was their only source of income, doing the housework, and raising a child.
It was crystal clear, even to a young Shin Yu-jeong, which of them was the driving force keeping the family together.
“Yeah… I can see you doing that, Mom.”
Neither she nor her father had any right to stop her, even if they felt a sliver of betrayal.
Not after they had enjoyed nothing but happiness within the fence she had built, without any of the responsibility.
“…When are you going to tell Dad?”
“Now that it’s come to this, I’ll have to tell him when he comes home this time.”
“Yeah… that’s the right thing to do. It’ll be better for you, too, to be in a proper relationship as soon as possible.”
“……”
Seo Jeong-hee looked at her daughter with a slightly surprised expression.
“Are you… okay?”
Her daughter, who would have normally thrown a fit, demanding how she could do such a thing, seemed far too calm.
And that was even scarier.
Was she in so much shock that she didn't even have the energy to be angry?
Contrary to her worries, Shin Yu-jeong was perfectly calm and composed.
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
Seo Jeong-hee felt a sense of relief at her daughter’s nonchalant retort.
Shin Yu-jeong continued.
“If the person who’s been holding this family together wants to quit, then she should be able to quit.”
“Yu-jeong…”
“I’m sorry. For not realizing how much you were struggling until now.”
Shin Yu-jeong scratched the back of her head with an embarrassed look.
“It’s not that I didn’t know at all… I just think I didn’t try to know the details.”
What was making her mother’s life so hard.
If there was anything she could do to help.
She had neglected the things she could have known, could have helped alleviate, with just a little effort.
Seeing her daughter’s newfound maturity, Seo Jeong-hee’s eyes reddened.
“N-No. I’m… I’m the one who’s sorry.”
The moment she uttered the apology, tears began to stream down her face.
“I should have endured it more for your sake, Yu-jeong… I’m so, so sorry!”
“…H-Hey, Mom?”
“I’m sorry, hic, I’m so sorryyyy!”
“……”
A thought crossed her mind as she watched her mother weep so sorrowfully it made the viewer’s heart ache.
‘So this is how my mom cries.’
It was the first time.
The first time she had ever seen her mother cry face-to-face.
She had only ever heard the sounds.
The muffled sobs from the master bedroom when she went to the kitchen for a drink of water late at night.
So this is the face my mother made, this is how she looked, whenever she cried after I was fast asleep.
The fresh realization hit her, and she immediately got up from her seat and hugged her weeping mother.
“It’s okay, you can cry. But from now on, don’t cry in hiding.”
“Okay, okay… hic, sob…”
As she held and patted her mother’s shoulders—shoulders that had always seemed so dependable but were, in fact, so small and frail—she was also soothing her own heart.
‘…It’s okay. Nothing’s going to change.’
The fact that her mother had an affair wouldn't change.
And neither would the fact that she had no right to blame her.
Furthermore, her own life wouldn't change either.
Even if they separated, her mom was still her mom, and her dad was still her dad.
‘…No, wait a minute.’
Maybe it wasn't true that nothing would change.
If her mother officially acknowledged her relationship with Kim Do-jin, what would that make him and her?
Boyfriend and dad?
“Fuck…?”
A wave of immense confusion, arriving late to the party, muddled her thoughts.
* * *
My consciousness slowly surfaced from a deep sleep.
As my senses returned, the first thing I felt was a pleasure concentrated in one spot.
“Ugh…”
The cock that naturally stood erect in the morning.
“Schlurp… slurp… schluuurp♥”
Someone was sucking it with great care.
A sensation that would have shocked me in the past now felt perfectly familiar and welcome.
As pleasure spread through my body like ripples on a calm lake, I simply wondered.
Who is it?
Shin Yu-jeong?
Or Jeong-hee?
Slowly, I reached out and lifted the blanket. Jeong-hee, with my cock in her mouth, smiled bashfully.
“Goo mownin…♥”
Which roughly meant, “Good morning.”
“Ugh… Is it because it’s been a while? This feels amazing.”
“Hehe…”
Every time she laughed or spoke, her breath tickled my shaft.
“Schluurp… slurp, haah… uhb…!”
A man's morning that starts with fellatio.
Could there be a more luxurious way to wake up in the world?
“Schluuurp, slurp, heu-eup…♥”
“Kh…!”
Her relentless sucking quickly brought me to the edge.
“I’m about to cum… ugh…!”
I came before I could even finish the sentence.
Spurrrrt!
Spurrr!
With every powerful throb of my cock, semen gushed from the head, filling Jeong-hee’s mouth.
Her cheeks puffed out as she held the semen in her mouth.
Jeong-hee kept her lips tightly sealed until I was finished, then with one final, powerful suck from base to tip, she cleaned off every last drop before pulling away.
“Pop… haah…♥”
The way she used her finger to push a single stream of semen trickling from her parted lips back into her mouth was unbearably erotic.
“Beh.”
She carefully opened her mouth to show me the semen she had drawn from me, then swallowed it all.
“Gulp… haah…♥”
After downing the thick load in one go, she looked up at me, her eyes softly glazed over.
“Thank you for the meal today, Husband…♥”
Her words felt like they were melting my ears.
In this now-familiar situation, a small question arose.
“The service seems a little over-the-top today…”
“Hoho… Over-the-top? Haven’t I always been like this?”
“Uh… have you?”
I don’t think so… I feel like you were usually a little less docile than this.
My doubt was short-lived.
Jeong-hee slowly crawled out from under the covers, gave me a light peck on the cheek, and whispered in my ear.
“Hurry up and wash. It’s time for breakfast.”
“Alright.”
After letting Jeong-hee kiss me all over my stomach for another five minutes, I got up, took a quick shower, and headed to the apartment below.
“You’re here? Sit down.”
“Oh…? Uh, yeah.”
The three of them were sitting at the dining table, waiting for me.
But the seating arrangement was a little different than usual.
Normally, the basic arrangement was Jeong-hee and Yu-jeong sitting together, and Baek Hyeon-a and I sitting together.
“What are you doing? Not gonna eat?”
“Ah, right.”
Today, Shin Yu-jeong had claimed the seat next to me.
“Hyeon-a, try some of this. They say it’s the best for restoring stamina.”
“Thank you, Unnie.”
It seemed one of the reasons was that Jeong-hee and Baek Hyeon-a had gotten closer than I thought.
They said they spent time together whenever Yu-jeong and I were out, and it looked like they’d decided to become as close as sisters.
While the two of them chatted happily and enjoyed their meal, Shin Yu-jeong’s hand began to caress my thigh under the table.
Her touch was so blatant and sensual that I shook my leg once to signal her to stop.
“Hey… hold still.”
What’s gotten into her all of a sudden?
Well, whatever.
Giving up a thigh isn’t that big of a deal…
“Cough…!”
“Do-jin, what’s wrong?”
“S-Something went down the wrong pipe. Cough, cough…!”
It was true that a grain of rice I hadn’t chewed properly was stuck in my throat, but that wasn’t why I choked.
“What are you doing…?”
“Heehee.”
It was because the girl who had been kneading my thigh with gusto had suddenly shoved her hand inside my pants.
I did my best to pretend I was just eating, chewing with my mouth, and whispered so only she could hear.
“Shtop shmiling, shtop it…”
But she paid me no mind, pushing her hand into my underwear and rubbing my cock.
“They won’t know if you don’t make it obvious.”
“You little…”
How am I supposed to not make it obvious when you’re manhandling my cock like that?
Shin Yu-jeong seemed to enjoy my predicament, swallowing a mouthful of rice with a smile.
Meanwhile, the movements of her hand grew bolder.
Squish, squelch…♥
My mind went blank.
I knew this was wrong, but I couldn't bring myself to forcefully push her hand away.
It was because of the thrill the situation itself provided.
A handjob from her while Jeong-hee and Baek Hyeon-a were eating with us.
I knew it would be a massive disaster if we got caught.
And just knowing that doubled, even tripled, the excitement, making it impossible to stop.
Squelch, squish♥
I was getting close fast.
Feeling the throbbing of my cock, she realized I was about to cum. She looked at me, grinned, and mouthed her words.
‘Hurry up and cum♥’
The moment I saw the movement of those sensual lips, I started to come.
Spurrrrt!
Just as I started, she covered my cock with a hand holding a wet wipe.
Her hand didn't stop, as if telling me to let it all out, and I helplessly spewed my semen.
Spurrr…!
Spurt!
After one long release was over, Shin Yu-jeong pulled out the semen-soaked wet wipe and stuffed it into her pocket.
Then, she went back to eating as if nothing had happened.
“…What the.”
I looked around the table with a dazed expression.
Jeong-hee and Baek Hyeon-a were eating while discussing what to do in the afternoon.
“Let’s watch a movie this afternoon.”
“A movie?”
“Yeah. It just left theaters, but I heard it’s really good.”
“Haha, okay.”
And Shin Yu-jeong, who had just done something so thrilling, was calmly putting a spoonful of rice in her mouth.
“Why is the food so delicious today?”
“……”
Amidst it all, I was the only one unable to focus on my meal, lost in the afterglow of my release, and I came to one conclusion.
Something around me had changed.
That much was certain.
…But I had no idea what it was.