Cat (9)

“Mm, mmm……”

As the consciousness buried beneath the shallow waters of sleep slowly floated to the surface, Baek Seol-ah began to blink her eyes open.

And as she stared blankly at the ceiling, she soon realized she’d fallen asleep in bed and moved the arm resting over her forehead.

“……Taeyang……?”

The first thing she searched for was the presence of the man who’d been beside her, at least as far as her last memory could recall.

Baek Seol-ah sleepily sat up and looked around, bracing a hand on the bed, but—

‘……Did he leave?’

Sadly, unlike what she remembered, there wasn’t a hint of anyone else nearby.

Beyond the window, the orange sunset was slowly sinking, signaling that evening had arrived.

It was a rather far-fetched thought, but just in case, Baek Seol-ah lifted the blanket she’d been under and searched for Han Taeyang...