# WebtoonLib — Painful but Desirable #38

## Series
- title: Painful but Desirable
- slug: painful-but-desirable-80a6be

## Chapter
- number: 38
- release_date: 2025-05-07

### Summary
Following their breakthrough hug, Doyun and Hayeon's relationship deepens at his aunt's summer home, a place Doyun declares is "our beginning." His devotion is on full display as he promises Hayeon, "if that's what you desire, that's what will happen," further blurring the lines of their contract. The moment is bittersweet, however, as the aunt compares Hayeon to marigolds—a flower that poignantly symbolizes both the "marry gold" Doyun mistakenly believes is her motive and the heavy foreshadowing of the beloved aunt's declining health, leaving their newfound happiness hanging under a cloud of impending tragedy.
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## Spoiler
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### Safe teaser
Following their breakthrough hug, Doyun and Hayeon's relationship deepens at his aunt's summer home, a place Doyun declares is "our beginning." His devotion is on full display as he promises Hayeon, "if that's what you desire, that's what will happen," further blurring the lines…

### Spoiler summary
Following their breakthrough hug, Doyun and Hayeon's relationship deepens at his aunt's summer home, a place Doyun declares is "our beginning." His devotion is on full display as he promises Hayeon, "if that's what you desire, that's what will happen," further blurring the lines of their contract. The moment is bittersweet, however, as the aunt compares Hayeon to marigolds—a flower that poignantly symbolizes both the "marry gold" Doyun mistakenly believes is her motive and the heavy foreshadowing of the beloved aunt's declining health, leaving their newfound happiness hanging under a cloud of impending tragedy.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — Painful but Desirable #38](/series/painful-but-desirable-80a6be/chapter-38)
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