Girlfriend (13)

Living at Seo Ahyun’s family home was uneventful, but that quiet routine felt wonderfully comfortable to me.

Having been born an orphan in both my previous and current lives and growing up rather lonely, I found the atmosphere quite to my liking.

‘It’s cozy. I like it.’

It had already been five days since I started staying at this mansion.

Today, too, I was enjoying a hearty home-cooked meal.

The menu was classic Korean fare, and for me, it was a meaningful chance to discover what a mother’s home cooking tasted like—a feeling I’d never experienced in either lifetime.

Unlike the first day, it was the weekend, so Seo Ahyun’s younger brother—who hadn’t started summer vacation yet—Seo Hajin, was at the table with us.

And since I’d already been through this a few times, I no longer had to awkwardly watch the two elders for cues.

Of course, I still observed the manners I ought to, but the time for being rigidly formal had already passed.

After all, neither Seo Dong-hyeok nor Min Yun-ha was particularly authoritarian...