“That's odd…” Baek Hyeon-Jeong muttered.

It was still early in the morning. She didn't even need an alarm clock to go off before waking up; such was the warmth of the morning sunlight peeking through the curtains. However, she still couldn't help but notice that something was off.

She felt refreshed from a good night's rest, and the aroma of freshly-brewed coffee greeted her as she left the bedroom. Baek Hyeon-Jeong had to admit the coffee beans her husband had bought and brewed produced some of the finest tastes she had experienced. Too bad the cost-to-benefit ratio was the absolute pits!

Despite feeling pretty good, Baek Hyeon-Jeong still felt that something wasn’t quite right. It was as if something was missing.

“Ah!” She gasped after finally figuring out the reason. Her steps took her to Kang Jin-Ho's room.

Her son hadn't come home by the time she turned in for the night. However, it didn't matter what time Kang Jin-Ho came home, as he would always be up before Baek Hyeon-Jeong in the morning.

Strangely, though, her son was nowhere to be seen this fine morning. Baek Hyeon-Jeong should have noticed it right away, but with Kang Jin-Ho serving in the army for the past few months, she had gotten too used to waking up alone in the house. As a result, she was slow to notice the unusualness of this particular morning.

“Maybe Jin-Ho didn't come home last night?”

Her son had always been by-the-book, so he would have sent at least a text message if he had to stay out for the night. However, he didn't do that, which meant...

Wondering if her son had been involved in some kind of accident, the worried Baek Hyeon-Jeong...