Chapter 62: Uneasy Happiness

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Translator: Soafp

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[Maya PoV]

I’m Happy.

Kazunari embraced me.

Even though Mizuki still hasn’t recovered, how self-centered of a person am I to be happy about something like this?

That’s what I think, but still, I’m happy.

For the past two or three days, it feels as if Kazunari and I have been living like an ordinary couple.

Peaceful days without arguing over trivial matters.

Perhaps we just don’t want to confront the negative thoughts or forget about Mizuki, avoiding reality by saying nothing to each other.

But spending time like an ordinary couple, I never thought it would bring such warmth to my heart.

I don’t remember spending such days with my previous partner. Of course, Kazunari is the only person I’ve been married to, so there’s no real comparison.

Caring for each other, avoiding Mizuki’s pain, makes me feel like this is where I truly belong. There’s no need to put on a facade.

My feelings for Naoki have been completely overwritten by Kazunari.

I knew Mizuki had known Naoki for a long time and couldn’t abandon an old friend, which made me hesitant to punish Shouki. But now, with Mizuki in this state, there’s no need to be considerate of Naoki.

If Kazunari wishes to punish Naoki, I will fully support him.

How foolish I’ve been. If I hadn’t been so foolish, I could have been living these carefree days with Kazunari all along, and the regret wells up inside me.

But.

If there's any change in Mizuki’s condition, this life will probably fall apart.

At that moment, I fleetingly thought,

Even though it's a matter of my best friend’s life, I wanted Mizuki to stay in this unconscious state, just hanging on.

I immediately dismissed the ugly thought from my mind.

Today, too, I lean on Kazunari, my husband.

Kazunari has become calmer during the day.

But at night, he’s more intense than ever before.

To the point that it overwrites all the chaotic acts I had with Naoki.

Being embraced so fiercely by Kazunari brings me such joy that I can forget everything else.

I can’t help but think that if he had held me like this from the beginning, I might never have cheated with Naoki.

Feeling attracted to this new side of Kazunari now is both thrilling and unsettling.

But as long as Kazunari desires me, my resolve to respond to him is firm.

I cannot refuse him.

Hey, Kazunari.

As a devoted wife, I will serve you until I die—

—So, could you not divorce me?