Chapter 27

Hwani turned her head away in embarrassment at those words. She looked at her reflection in the polished desk and spoke. “Thank you for being so thoughtful.” Since he was so thorough, the thing her sister worried about would surely never happen. Relieved by his sense of responsibility, Hwani nevertheless felt a strange pang of disappointment at his habit of emphasizing terms like ‘bastard’ and ‘child born out of wedlock.’ It felt like his way of saying he had no intention whatsoever of saving her if something were to happen. Did he only desire pleasure and musical inspiration from her body, wanting no further responsibility placed on him?