# WebtoonLib — Love Is An Illusion #44

## Series
- title: Love Is An Illusion
- slug: love-is-an-illusion-ec27a9

## Chapter
- number: 44
- release_date: 2025-03-12

### Summary
The chapter delivers an emotionally charged climax with the birth of Hye-sung and Dojin's son, Byul, immediately followed by Hye-sung fleeing the hospital. The event is preceded by a chaotic labor scene, humorously punctuated by Hye-sung pulling out handfuls of Dojin's hair. This moment of levity quickly gives way to heartbreak as Hye-sung disappears without ever looking at his newborn child. His departure has become a major point of contention among readers, sharply dividing them. One faction condemns his actions as selfish maternal abandonment, while another passionately defends him, framing his flight as a deeply realistic trauma response. This defense draws heavily on established context, including his youth, the non-consensual conception, his lifelong trauma from an abusive family, and the recent, distressing encounter with his estranged father. Many readers interpret his refusal to see the baby as a painful act of self-preservation, believing he feared that forming an attachment would shatter his resolve to leave as per their original surrogacy-like contract. The chapter concludes with Dojin left alone and devastated, holding their son, solidifying this as a pivotal and painful turning point driven by Hye-sung's overwhelming fear and psychological distress.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
The chapter delivers an emotionally charged climax with the birth of Hye-sung and Dojin's son, Byul, immediately followed by Hye-sung fleeing the hospital.

### Spoiler summary
The chapter delivers an emotionally charged climax with the birth of Hye-sung and Dojin's son, Byul, immediately followed by Hye-sung fleeing the hospital. The event is preceded by a chaotic labor scene, humorously punctuated by Hye-sung pulling out handfuls of Dojin's hair. This moment of levity quickly gives way to heartbreak as Hye-sung disappears without ever looking at his newborn child. His departure has become a major point of contention among readers, sharply dividing them. One faction condemns his actions as selfish maternal abandonment, while another passionately defends him, framing his flight as a deeply realistic trauma response. This defense draws heavily on established context, including his youth, the non-consensual conception, his lifelong trauma from an abusive family, and the recent, distressing encounter with his estranged father. Many readers interpret his refusal to see the baby as a painful act of self-preservation, believing he feared that forming an attachment would shatter his resolve to leave as per their original surrogacy-like contract. The chapter concludes with Dojin left alone and devastated, holding their son, solidifying this as a pivotal and painful turning point driven by Hye-sung's overwhelming fear and psychological distress.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Love Is An Illusion #44](/series/love-is-an-illusion-ec27a9/chapter-44)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/love-is-an-illusion-ec27a9

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