[Bellflower: Nayun (娜允) ]

[Bellflower: It means true beauty. Isn’t it pretty?]

Chae Nayun deeply sighed as bitterness rose from the bottom of her heart. True beauty. She didn’t think it suited her, an empty shell who lost everything.

[Yes, it’s pretty.]

She wanted to end the conversation.

[Bellfower: I want my child to be beautiful just the way she is.]

Bellflower continued.

[Bellflower: She might fall and get hurt, but I want her to overcome everything in the end.]

Looking at the messages stung Chae Nayun’s heart, but she couldn’t turn away. She brushed her hair back and grumbled.

[How is that beautiful? That’s just not knowing when to give up.]

[Bellflower: You’re right. To me, true beauty isn’t weak, but strong and stubborn.]

Chae Nayun’s fingers hovered over the keyboard.

[Bellflower: Being hurt, regretting, and grieving. However, also accepting that pain and sadness as a part of her.] 

[Bellflower: Accepting herself and standing up on her two feet as a person…]

Her mother’s voice, the same one she recalled years ago, seemed to flow into her ears through the messages.

[Bellflower: That’s what Nayun means to me.]

“I’m heading out…”

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