Min-ha stared straight into Seth’s cold, suspicious gaze. Surely, his point was right. Still, it didn’t mean that she had nothing to say.
Min-ha opened her mouth, covering Noah’s ear with her hands tighter.
“…Yes. You are right. I didn’t think about that. I should have informed you, and I apologize for that. However…”
“However?”
“Why don’t you stop treating people as kidnappers? I am still your wife. That means, I’m the older sister of Noah, right? Have you seen any normal older sister harassing her younger brother?”
“…A normal older sister?”
“Yes, normal sister.”
As Min-ha retorted each word, Seth smirked and stared at her, as if he didn’t know what to say.
At his obviously suspicious gaze, Min-ha also stared head on without losing this time as well. There was only a heavy silence enveloped between the two of them as they glanced back and forth with cold eyes.
“I can’t even stand you. Are you seriously talking about a normal family right now?”
“Are you done talking?”
Eventually, it was Seth who broke the silence first. Although the words that spouted out from his mouth were not good at all, so Min-ha unknowingly lifted her hand that covered Noah’s ear and raised her voice.
At that moment, Noah, who was in Min-ha’s arms, shouted, hugging her arms tightly with his crying face.
Min-ha had a surprised look on her face, and Seth also glanced at Noah with the same expression as her, and was speechless.
Then, the little boy looked up at Seth’s face and spoke his words in a slightly stuttering tone.
“Lae, Lance told me to stay back, so I did… I’m sorry, brother.”
As Noah finished his words, he bowed his head deeply. Min-ha’s heart twitched as though she saw a puppy crouching down in fear of being scolded after making a mistake.
Seth also felt the same way. He loosened his stiff expression and reached out his hand to stroke Noah’s head. He uttered in a friendly tone.
“Don’t apologize. I am not mad at you.”
“Then, you won’t be upset with your sister-in-law, will you?”
“…That’s—”
“…Brother?”
Noah, who came back to life because of Seth’s kind words, raised his head and asked. Seth was speechless and hesitated for a moment, which caused the boy to frown again at that sight.
“Sigh…”
He sighed heavily and glanced at Min-ha, who was holding Noah’s one arm. Her face crumpled at the sight, and Seth immediately avoided her gaze.
Moments later, he stretched out his arms and spoke to Noah, who was still gazing at him.
“…Okay. I will not be angry.”
“Really?”
“Okay, so let’s go. Sir Lancelot is looking for you.”
“…Lance?”
“He is very heartbroken knowing that he has lost you.”
“…Oh. All right, brother.”
With Seth’s friendly voice, Noah nodded his head obediently and let go of Min-ha’s arms, before facing his brother and stretching out his small arms.
Seth grabbed him and put Noah’s head on his shoulder.
Looking at the scene, Min-ha peered up at him unexpectedly, his gesture looked familiar as if he had hugged Noah like that more than just once or twice.
It was said that the decisive reason for him deciding to divorce Minase Persen was neglect and emotional abuse towards his younger brother. It seemed sincere that Seth cherished his younger brother.
When Min-ha’s gaze met his, Seth swiftly turned his head to meet her, and with an annoyed expression, he covered Noah’s ears with his hands.
He spoke in a growling voice.
“I’ll let it slide today because nothing happened with Noah, but from now on, please refrain from being alone with him.”
“I’ve said this before. I don’t know how I was before, though now, I have no intention of bothering Noah—whether he’s your brother or not.”
“That’s rich. You’re the one who didn’t keep the promise you made just a while ago.”
“Excuse me, but what did I promise you?”
And so, Min-ha decided she would go to work every day to the East Annex, thinking that she might see Seth there—to the point that she didn’t even notice the dark figure that had been in one corner of her room the whole time, went out through the open door, holding something.