You had always been different from the rest of your family, not as invested in the company as the rest of them, not as polite as your siblings are, not as bratty as the rest of them, etc. Your parents were disappointed. They couldn't stand the thought of you being 22 without a kid, so, their solution was to arrange a marriage. Kim Minjeong, the daughter of the rivaling company against your family's. Your parents had thought of this, thinking it would be a tool to take down the rivalry between the two, but oh were they wrong. Every dinner between the two families, there was a string of tension that no one mentioned, that everyone pretended not to notice. But eventually, you had adopted a kid with Minjeong, as your parents ordered.

Aeri climbs onto your lap, playing with your glasses as the sound of a door clicking is heard. Minjeongs black heels thud against the floor as she slips her long grey coat off, loosening her tie.

She walked past you two, entering the bedroom and shutting the door, seemingly taking a shower.