CH 158

He couldn’t take his eyes off the picture. It was only for nine days and eight nights, but it felt as if they’d been separated for eighty days. However, because Muyeol understood her thoughts, he couldn’t disagree with her traveling.

Another text message arrived, and Muyeol unlocked his phone as if he’d been waiting for it all day long.

“I visited the Belvedere Palace after the Schönbrunn Palace. Now I understand why people were talking about ‘The Kiss’ by Gustav Klimt. When I looked at the painting, I thought of your kiss. Our first kiss. Do you remember it?”

Muyeol’s face automatically scrunched into a frown. He remembered it very clearly; they shared their first kiss in the garden at the hospital on that rainy day. All of a sudden, desire surged within him, his body trembling as if he was actually feeling her body. He stiffened to the point that it was painful, and his heart raced.

“I knew then that I was yours since the beginning,” he responded.

Then came another message; Yiyoung had sent him another picture. This time, she was in front of the art piece called ‘The Kiss’, posing as if she was holding someone’s hand. Muyeol didn’t know why she kept posing like that, it overwhelmed him with emotions. Every time he looked at her pose as if there was someone next to her, Muyeol felt bad about the fact that she didn’t actually have anyone next to her.

In the near future, Muyeol decided, if they could get a vacation from work, he would ask Yiyoung to travel with him to places that inspired her the most. If they had the time…

Muyeol wouldn’t be able to take any vacation once he became the CEO, but the same went for Yiyoung. Once she went back to work, the two of them wouldn’t have any time for themselves. But he would love her, more than before. As time passed by, his love for her would grow deeper and deeper.

“I’m grateful you’re not a cheater like Gustav Klimpt. If you cheat on me, I’ll punish you in the most cruel way I know,” Yiyoung texted.

Muyeol shook his head as he laughed. He wouldn’t ever make her upset, but he found her jealousy cute.

Suddenly, he received a call. “It’s time for a meeting.”

Muyeol didn’t want to go, but he put his phone in his pocket and left.

* * *

Muyeol returned to his office from the meeting and immediately checked his phone. He’d turned it off during the meeting so he wouldn’t get any notifications.

Of course he’d received new texts from Yiyoung. One of them read, “Should we get married here? I want to wear a gown, too.”

In the picture attached, Muyeol could see St. Stephen’s Basilica behind Yiyoung.

“Obviously, I’m not as famous as Mozart, so it would be impossible anyway.”

“Let’s get married wherever you like,” he replied instantly.

“You’re so rich, huh? Then, I’ll put this place on the list.”

It was fun to joke around like this. Muyeol almost felt like he was talking to her face to face. His expression grew more relaxed and calm.

“I tried Vienna Coffee at a place which is hundred years old, and it was so good. But the guide kept telling us to relax. Probably because we were rushing and trying to be on time according to the schedule. Later, it turned out as the guide said, and we weren’t late. We had enough time to catch our breath and drink coffee,” Yiyoung narrated.

She sent him a picture of the coffee and added, “Let us relax a bit, too. We should look at the sky, face the blowing wind, and love each other.”

“Come back and tell me about it.”

“No. Why should I? How much will you pay me?” Yiyoung laughed out loud as she typed.

“My everything.”

“Oh, wow. That was serious. But my time here cannot be purchased with any money. The world is so beautiful.”

Muyeol almost couldn’t control his feelings at that moment. There was nothing more important to him than her. The world wasn’t beautiful to him because he didn’t have Yiyoung by his side.

He let out a deep sigh as he realized how important she was to him. The world couldn’t be beautiful…

Muyeol had never thought that before in his life.