“Let go of me.”
Her face, white as a blank sheet, paled even more as Se Ah tried to shake off his arm.
With a nonchalant smirk, he released Se Ah’s wrist.
“Where have you been?”
“I had something to take care of.”
Se Ah headed towards the bedroom as she spoke casually. Having experienced her downfall for the last ten days, Kang Woo knew her situation. He had to add another word before she entered the bedroom.
“What about dinner?”
When he asked again following her, Se Ah turned around. The corners of her eyes twitched, seemingly annoyed. Despite Kang Woo’s persistent questioning, she gave a look of astonishment.
“I’ve eaten. And…”
“Speak. Anything, except for the divorce.”
“I didn’t know you were so attached to this marriage, Mr. Kang Woo.”
“I don’t change my mind once I’ve made a decision.”
“Don’t be stubborn.”
“Do people marry out of stubbornness?”
Se Ah seemed to have nothing more to say, so she closed her lips. Kang Woo’s torso slowly leaned towards her, staring intently into her eyes. Instead of their skin touching, his heavy breath met her.
“Give me a chance to make amends.”
“Mr. Kang Woo, do you know how many times I’ve folded and unfolded my heart, loving you alone for years?”
“……”
“Some days, I’d tell myself not to dream of a tree that couldn’t be climbed, and other days, I thought it was okay to love to a certain degree. But it was never as hard as it is now. Because back then, we weren’t married.”
“Sigh.”
Kang Woo, who was blocking the bedroom door, looked at Se Ah more intently. He tried to see the truth as he followed her dark brown eyes.
Every aspect of her, from her gaze to her tone, seemed to be reminiscing about a distant past. And this had happened in just ten days.
“I didn’t ask for much after we got married. I just wanted us to be together on my birthday and our wedding anniversary. Not just setting the date and coming home early like it was homework.”
“Se Ah.”
“Why didn’t I demand it until now? Because I knew I was the only one in love. From a young age, I’ve learned to distinguish between what I can ask for and what I can’t.”
Se Ah chuckled faintly as she pushed Kang Woo, who was blocking her way, to the side.
“So you should give up, too, Mr. Kang Woo. It took me a long time to get here, but you’re a rational person. Once you make up your mind, it’ll be quick.”
Ignoring the hardened expression on Kang Woo’s face, Se Ah entered the bedroom.
He felt his heart soften at the sight of her trying so hard in vain. To steel his resolve, he took out the contract he had stored in the bottom drawer of the vanity.
The document detailed a myriad of clauses that were shocking.
About how to dress, what classes to take – these were things he could easily dismiss.
There were clauses at the top stating not to register the marriage, to practice contraception. Even if they had a child, it would not be recognized as part of the Cha family.
On that day, when I went to Nam Tae’s study.
“It’s been a year now, so convince Kang Woo and proceed with the divorce quietly. There shouldn’t be any noise.”
“Father, I truly love Mr. Kang Woo. I’ll do well so he can focus on his work.”
Even as Se Ah shed tears, Nam Tae merely poked the contract with a blank expression. His lips curled into a forced smile.
“Se Ah, I choose my people. I’m not swayed by bloodlines. Seeing how you’re here, it seems Kang Woo has grown somewhat affectionate towards you.”
Nam Tae looked down at Se Ah, his face expressing surprise.
“Even if he’s my son, there are no exceptions if he goes against my word.”
“Sigh.”
Se Ah let out a heavy sigh as she mulled over her memories.
She had even considered revealing everything that had happened to Kang Woo and Hyun Suk. Undoubtedly, Nam Tae was the type of person to cover up the fact that she had sought material compensation.
Even if they believed her, in the end, they would side with Nam Tae.
Because they were real family. Because they were blood.
Rather than being rejected by the man she loved, it was better that he didn’t know. If she fulfilled the contract, Nam Tae wouldn’t touch his son, Kang Woo.
Se Ah put the contract back into the envelope, and shoved it deep into the drawer.
((()))((()))((()))
Now that her contract with Nam Tae was over, Se Ah was free.
She spent the entire day in her room preparing for a job. Thanks to Nam Tae’s rule of forbidding most outings except for designated classes, job preparation had not been easy so far.
I scrolled through the roomfinding app, but there was no place like the one I saw last time. I was making a call to the agent with his business card when a noise came from the living room.
For two weeks, Kang Woo came back on time at 8 o’clock as if he had decided. So, it seemed his workload was piled up. The living room lights stayed on late, and I could often hear the faint sound of typing.
“Se Ah.”
Today, too, he knocked and called my name without fail.
If I wanted to comply with the contract with Nam Tae, I should quietly compromise with him and finish quickly. But this was an entirely unexpected variable.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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