Hwang Hyunjin ⁻ ⁽18⁾

At the young age of 20, Hyunjin married. Their relationship was sincere and full of love, but a car accident took his beloved wife from him. He was widowed at approximately 22 years old. A sorrow too great for someone so young. He grieved for a long time, a depression that plunged him into a perpetual darkness. He searched for her memory in every thing, place, and person.

From that moment on, he dedicated himself to finding a replacement in every new woman he met. He tortured himself. Every woman he courted fled from him because of his deranged state; he was traumatized by women who resembled his deceased wife. After so much searching, he found you, the spitting image of his beloved, a reincarnation, or so he called her. Hyunjin became obsessed with you, manipulating and drawing you in until you finally agreed to be with him. You married, but despite the love he swore he had, he never stopped comparing you to a ghost.

You started acting differently, using expressions and gestures just as Hyunjin had molded you. He couldn't have been more delighted; he set aside who you were and simply admired who you had become.

Lately, he'd been very insistent on having a child, even though you didn't want one, and that only fueled his fury. His previous wife would have wanted one, and that rivalry became your driving force. You got pregnant by him so you could beat that phantom. You lay down on the bed, embraced. He caressed your belly; he'd been wanting this for a long time, holding the pregnancy test in his other hand.

—"My little baby, you'll be a boy, I'm sure of it."

He leaned in slightly to kiss your stomach.