"I'm pregnant."

The realization made her crumple and shatter, tearing her heart apart as it pounded inside her ribcage with the knowledge. A number of emotions swept in her body upon hearing the shocking pronouncement. She turned around slowly and her gaze settled on Jisoo who looked ashamed and disappointed. She didn't meet her eyes, embarrassment didn't let her. Her eyes were on the floor, fingers gripping each other tightly.

Yoon Min didn't say anything at first. Her red eyes glistened as she asked, "Is it...his?"

She nodded her head, "Yes, it's his. I'm sure."

The answer damned her to the bone, her body shaking and heart sinking.

Jisoo was pregnant with Seokjin's child.

The nausea she felt at the realisation, the panic it brought to the surface had her lungs constricting inside. Mind in a frazzled state, heart thudding, stomach seizing up in knots.

But she didn't cry. Not a single tear appeared in her eye. You know there comes a time when you literally stop feeling. No tears left, no pain to get hurt, no shock to feel. Everything's blank and empty. Because you've already went through so much that nothing's left for you to feel anymore. You turn into a breathing corpse.

Her shocked, lethargic reaction scared the other.

"I'm so sorry." Jisoo stood up to get close to her. "I'm surprised too, okay? W-We...never meant this to happen."

She tried approaching her but the other raised a hand to keep a distance. The last thing she wanted was apologies from the woman her husband cheated with and got her pregnant. It was all too much for her poor heart.

Letting her hand as the defence in the air, she took two steps back, trying to accept the bitter truth. How many more barriers would she have to trespass? She was abandoned by her parents, she was abused, she was treated poorly, she had a weak heart, her husdband slept with another, she lost her husband, and now another woman was carrying his child.

Someone should write a sad novel about her.

"How far along?" She asked softly.

Jisoo's lips stuttered, "A-About 7 weeks."

"When did you know?"

"A week ago. I missed two periods so I took a test to be sure."

The timing was accurate. It must've been from the time they slept together last time. Both were drunk and careless to think about the consequences. That night ended everything.

She sighed and her eyes began to prick tears. "W-Why...does it keep getting worse..." She wasn't trying to sob in front of her.

Jisoo bit her lower lip and looked down in shame.

Yoon Min dropped on the couch and the back of her hand covered her mouth. She wasn't crying, it's just her eyes were threatening to drop tears anytime. The news came out to be too shocking and unpleasant for her. After all the hurricanes she swam through her entire life with courage and hope, she finally lost the fight in her with this unexpected tornado dancing in front of her eyes.

It was difficult to explain how she felt. She was tired and disgusted by the thought of her beloved husband betraying her and knocking up another woman. But still, the hole his death punctured in her dead heart wasn't nothing.

Her head was spinning in the heat of fire, not to mention her soul being exposed and raw by the sound of the sour truth.

It took her quite a while to calm down and hold herself together. Bearing the continuous invisible fractures of her limbs, she wiped her eyes quickly and took a deep breath. There was a child in Jisoo's womb and the father was Seokjin. She needed to do something.

"What do you want to do?"

Jisoo looked at her with trembling eyes. She brushed her hand through her hair, flipping them behind and exhaled. It took her every bit of herself to sob out the sinful word.

"Abortion."

Yoon Min's heart stopped for a second before it started to beat too fast, enough to feel the taste of her heartbeat.

She took a seat across her and explained, "In fact, I almost drove to the hospital yesterday but...I just thought I should inform you. You've a right to say something regarding this."

Her decision should be taken as the best choice because no one knew who would take responsibility for the child. Giving up on it was probably the only option both of them had.

But why did it feel not right to her? Why did it set her heart on a race against time and a wildfire in her soul?

"A-Abortion?"

"Yes. I just can't think of anything else. I can't...I'm not prepared to have a baby. I never was. It's equally shocking for me to think that I've carried a baby in me for weeks without having any idea."

She paused and looked at her. "And this baby is a mistake. I conceived it without a choice. I can't have it around, while it keeps reminding me of what I've done to you."

Yoon Min was having a hard time internally, unable to believe Jisoo, the woman who always treated her so poorly was regretting the way she used to be. The same woman who got her fired and spread a dirty rumour about her, was asking for her opinion. She never imagined she would witness a day like this.

And she was desperate and helpless in this situation. She had no one to turn to with this shocking pregnancy, she was all alone. If she really was a cruel woman, she would've gone straight to the hospital and abort the child days ago. But she was here, in front of her, upset and and ashamed of her sin, and willing to take her opinion regarding this matter.

Jisoo was already changing.

"I can't do this. Please, I want out. I don't want this baby. I just can't." She almost sobbed.

If anyone was in her shoes, they would've said the same words and fell powerless against their fate. She couldn't blame her honestly.

"I've my whole career out there, my whole life is waiting. I can't let a baby ruin that for me. I know it sounds awful, but I never wanted this. Shit, I can never be a mother when I'm this selfish. I can't do this..." Jisoo let her head drop inside her hands as she covered the fact she had tears on her eyes. For the first time in her life, she unknowingly expressed how severely helpless she was and how much support she needed.

Yoon Min could understand what she was going through and it was unimaginable. Of course, for a successful actress like her, sudden pregnancy was a like losing your youth in a minute. She shouldn't be concerned about whose baby she was carrying or giving up. She was helpless on her own.

But as she stared at her stomach silently, trying to imagine a fetus living there. A little baby human all curled up inside. It's innocent, fragile and needed to be protected. By now, its heart was beating, could yawn and ready to see the world. And most importantly, the child was Seokjin's. The mere thought of it sparked a little light in her dead heart, calming and soothing instead of starting a wildfire of hatred towards it.

Seokjin's child.

All three of them have had a bad experience in their past lives, connected with one another to perform as a villain. But whatever happened in the past, the child had no fault. The circumstances were unfortunate and unlucky for all of them. But it was blameless, it couldn't help the situation that brought it to them. Killing the child before it can even take a look at the world would be inhumane. After all, it did nothing wrong.

Build your life with a new purpose.

The coming of a child is supposed to bring good luck. A child mends a broken family, a child heals their parents' wounds, a child is a miracle to every woman.

There was no way she was gonna let Seokjin's child get murdered. Even though she had no right to be its mother.

"No, Ms. Kim." She spoke up clearly. "Please, don't abort the baby."

Jisoo furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "W-What?"

"Please...not the baby. The baby did nothing wrong. Please don't hurt it."

She licked her lips, "Then what do you want me to do?"

Yoon Min answered straightway, "Keep it."

Before Jisoo could react, she cut off the chance, "Just 9 months. Carry the child for 9 months and I'll take care of it. I'll be the child's mother. You won't have to worry about a thing."

"Do you realize what you're saying?"

"Yes, I do. I'm requesting you to carry the child. Please...don't kill it." She sounded desperate.

Jisoo couldn't understand her point. Why would she make a huge sacrifice for nothing? 9 months weren't a week or a month. She was basically asking her to ruin her body. Pregnancy can be the most torturing period of time for a woman.

Yoon Min walked to her, got on her knees on the floor, surprising the other. She lowered her head and started to beg,

"The child's not a mistake. I think it was meant for me."

Jisoo blinked her eyes.

She took a deep breath, "I've been mourning over Seokjin insanely and I can't imagine the rest of my life without him. He wanted me to live by any means. He wanted me to be happy. But I've been running away. I didn't pay attention because it's just so hard for me to be happy. I keep feeling nails being driven into my heart and pulling out with no warning. I can't find a single tiny reason to continue my sick life."

"But this child can be a reason for me. It must be a sign that I should take care of it and live for it. This child is a part of Seokjin. It's his baby. I finally found a reason to move ahead in life, Ms. Kim."

Her eyes were hesitant, hands still and unmoving from where they're clasped together on her lap.

"Please...let me have this baby. I'm certain it's a gift from Almighty. He watched all along how I've been suffering every moment living in this never-ending nightmare. He doesn't want me to keep holding on to the thought of suicide. So please, let me be this baby's mother. Please..."

Jisoo licked her lips and sighed, "Yoon Min, I know what you mean and I can understand what you're trying to say. You want me to carry this baby and give birth, and then you'll raise it as your own. But do you know what you're thinking? This is a huge risk for me. I can't have my belly bloated up and appear in public, claiming not pregnant."

She looked up to see her concerned face.

"I've to meet people every day and sign up for new projects. I've to pose for photoshoots every month and update my fans about my life. I can't just disappear from the world for 9 months!"

She suddenly placed her hands over hers and pleaded, "I know, Ms. Kim. I know what I'm asking is out of place and purely for my own need. But think about it in another way...if you can kill your own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?"

Jisoo didn't reply. She just listened.

"How can you get rid of h-his baby? You cannot be this heartless.." She forced out, tongue limp, air forced out as she tried to speak.

The emotional blackmails she were receiving from her was on another level. Exactly, she wouldn't be a human if she aborted this child. It's practically murder. She couldn't let an unborn child be killed so that she could live as she wished.

"P-Please, please, Ms. Kim...keep this baby. It's my Jin's baby. Don't get rid of it...please save the child. Please, Ms. Kim..."

Her whole body received goosebumps once she thought she could be repaying the other if she carried this child like she wanted. She wanted to change and repent for acting like a bitch all her life. And saving this child meant gifting this heartbroken widow a small reason to look forward to life's unexpected plans. She could save both of them, if she wanted.

Yoon Min's eyes slip shut with the imagination of a baby in her arms. A beautiful part of her beautiful husband.

"I beg you, Ms. Kim...Please save our baby."

All these days of resentment and guilt vanished when Jisoo confronted the idea of saving the child. She never considered letting the child be born and have real caring parents. But that gave her no excuse to kill it before it could have a chance.

She failed a good man like Seokjin when he tried his whole best to give her everything. She broke Yoon Min's heart several times like a wicked witch and mistreated her. She destroyed their perfect love and caused both of them to live without each other. One was already gone, and the other was begging to be gone.

She had committed too many sins already to think about doing another.

And Yoon Min managed to open her blind eyes.

"Alright, alright, I-I'll have this baby for you." Jisoo admitted with a quick breath.

Yoon Min shot open her eyes and stared at her face. "Really?"

"Yeah, I suppose I can spend 9 months in my home and take a long rest. I'll tell my manager to decline any project offers until I say so. Yeah, I think I can do this."

Before Jisoo could say anything else, she was taken into the tightest hug she ever received from anyone.