Chapter 94.1

when he lowered his head, kang tae-oh, who was trampled on by the heels of his shoes, was staring at him with red bloodshot eyes. adam smiled and shook his cell phone.

“a person who instigates others to commit a crime shall be punished with the same sentence as the person who executed the crime.”

“…….”

“according to article 31 of the criminal code, the act on teacher offenders.”

“…….”

“thank you for your cooperation.”

adam shoved the recorded phone of sera into his back pocket. and he added with a face that suddenly came to mind.

“oh, in a way, you’re an accomplice, too. it has started sera’s downhill life.”

* * *

‘why did adam…….’

hae-won ran down the hospital corridor like a crazy person. her heart was about to pop out of her mouth.

she was waiting for adam, who was not coming back until late at night, and she blinked and fell asleep, and when she woke up in the morning, she got a text message from him.

in a room.

“adam…”

drag.

hae-won, who opened the hospital room, closed her mouth. two men with grim impressions were sitting next to adam’s bed.

they sprang to their feet as they exchanged glances.

“thank you for your cooperation.”

the men greeted hae-won lightly and left the hospital room. adam hinted at haewon, who was frozen like ice.

“they’re detectives.”

“d-detective?” hae-won came to her senses and asked back.

“i met a thief on my way home.”

“thief…”

hae-won, who was muttering, suddenly remembered. recently, stealing crimes was rampant around haewon’s house, and even articles were reported.

“i don’t think the culprit has been caught yet.”

“what?”

“the thief.”

“oh, my god…” hae-won, who saw adam’s arm wrapped in a bandage, was speechless. she rushed to the bedside. she couldn’t bear to touch the wound. adam opened his mouth.

“i’m not seriously hurt.”

adam added that there was a slight scuffle with the criminal, but he could easily be arrested with the help of a person nearby.

the fresh smile that followed was a bonus.

however, hae-won couldn’t laugh it off.

if i hadn’t lived with adam, if i hadn’t worried him, this wouldn’t have happened.

it was all my fault.

no, it’s my fault.

all of it….

“haewon.”

then adam’s palm wrapped around haewon’s cheek.

it was not an illusion that his hands felt unusually cold today. hae-won carefully grabbed adam by the wrist.

it was an injured right arm.

“if i knew you would be so worried, i shouldn’t have called you.” adam muttered to himself, “but since i was sick, i thought of haewon first.”

hae-won’s shabby eyes pierced his heart. haewon shook her head quickly.

“of course you should tell me.”

haewon held adam’s hand painlessly. the gaze that had remained on the bandaged arm for a long time was directed at adam.

“we’re family.”

hae-won stared at adam with her lips firmly touching his hand. the light brown eyes were moist.

adam approached without a sound and lifted hae-won’s chin and kissed her. surprised hae-won shook her shoulders, but soon calmly accepted his kiss.

their tongues were rubbed tightly. hae-won never groaned. for hae-won, it was more of an act of confirming that adam was safe.

this alone was not enough, and hae-won followed adam’s outline. she felt relieved only after carefully sweeping his shoulders, forearms, and injured arms with her hands.

‘he’s alive. he’s safe.’

tears, which rose to the limit at the same time as relief, flowed down. soon adam slowly took off his lips as tears invaded their overlapped lips.

“uh, i-i’m sorry…….” hae-won hurriedly wiped her wet face.

“why are you apologizing?”

“well, because of me……. it’s as if adam was injured.” hae-won sobbed back.

adam looked at hae-won lovingly and hugged him tightly in her arms. hae-won, who comes into his arms, looks especially cute today because she’s a human being who couldn’t be herself around him.

“it’s not haewon’s fault. it was just bad luck.”

adam denied, rubbing the tip of his nose against hae-won’s hair.

“so stop now.”

adam jokingly shook hae-won’s body and released it. hae-won was still in tears, but she tried to hold back her tears somehow.

adam looked admirably at such haewon.

“but i’m glad the culprit would be caught quickly. i was worried because hae-won lived in the neighborhood.”

“……yes.”