Page 27 of My Sweet Psycho

“Are you sure?” he asked, biting into a piece of apple.

I narrowed my eyes at him.

“Did you like one of the other ones better?” I asked in a calm manner, which I did not feel.

“I like everything on and off you,” he said with a boyish grin. “Although this one does say I’m a good girl who doesn't take it up the ass.”

My jaw fell open, but I didn't have anything to throw at him.

“You are being impossible today,” I grumbled.

He swung his legs off the bed and strode towards me.

“I don't care what you wear or what they say. It doesn't change how I feel or the fact that you are the only woman who will be my wife,” he said as he held a thin slice of apple to my mouth.

Annoying, but sweet.

I opened my mouth for him to place the apple in my mouth.

“In three weeks you will be Mrs Jeon.”

“Ah, about that. My mum kept her maiden name and I’d like to do the same. It’s traditional. So it will be Mrs Choi.”

He didn't look too happy about that.

“Didn't your Mum keep her maiden name?”

“My Dad did everything he could to fit in when he moved here. Her name was changed.” he scoffed. “You can keep it or you can double barrel the name if you want.”

I didn't say anything because I wanted to keep my maiden name it made me feel closer to my Dad, but I didn't want to hurt Tae’s feelings.

“Our children will be Jeon’s,” I murmured as I slipped my hand beneath his jacket to put my arm around his waist.

He smiled and kissed my forehead. “Yes, they will be. Only a few weeks left until our wedding,” he said.

“I know,” I said with a sigh as I held onto him.

I was excited about the event since we were going to Bali for five days afterwards, and we could finally have proper sex. When he asked me why I hadn't had sex with anyone I told him the truth. I was too busy studying. My parents came from a modest background. My Dad went back to school, studied hard, and worked full-time. It paid off because he is a corporate accountant now.

It wasn't a conscious decision, but I saw too many of my fellow students in pieces after on-and-off or getting dumped scenarios. I couldn't cope with that kind of turmoil and focus on my studying. By the second year, everyone knew I was off-limits and the boys eventually got the message. I wasn't interested. I was regretting my decision now since Tae was making me wait until we got married. I didn't take him as a traditionalist. He had girlfriends in the past.

“Let’s go and pick up your family,” he said.

???

It was a nightmare. A complete shitshow. Tae wasn't wrong, his Dad was a total asshole. I’d never met anyone so pretentious, arrogant and rude. I was surprised that Tae ended up being as normal as he was. He rudely asked me if I was a half-caste because I had pale skin. The longer my parents stayed quiet, the more brazen he became, irrespective of the fact his son and wife kept trying to shut him up. There was so much food laid out but I wasn't hungry due to the company.

“What is it you do for work, Dohyun?” his Dad asked mine.

“I’m an accountant,” my Dad said with a polite smile.

“Do you have your own practice?”

“No.”

“Dad—” Tae growled.

“I’m only curious. At his age, he should have accomplished more,” his Dad said with a snide look on his face.

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