“And finally,”
Attorney Go, who spread out the last page of the document, took a moment to breathe.
“Your wife requests that you maintain a nominal marriage for one year.”
“A nominal marriage.”
For the first time, Kang Woo explicitly revealed his expression. His eyebrows slowly rose as he looked at Se Ah and Attorney Go in turn.
“Yes. A nominal marriage.”
“In other words, she wants us to pretend to be a couple in front of others?”
Kang Woo’s tone was harsh, in contrast to Se Ah’s calm response.
“If you insist on saying so, you might see it that way.”
With a hollow laugh, Kang Woo held the untouched glass of iced tea in his hand. He gulped down nearly half of it in one go and quietly put it down. The sharp edge of his eyes returned to its place.
“Is that really what you want? Really?”
Kang Woo looked straight into Se Ah’s eyes as if to confirm.
“Yes.”
The tension was so sharp it felt like standing barefoot on a blade. Kang Woo, who had been staring at Se Ah, straightened his sneering lips.
“I agree.”
It was now Kang Woo’s turn.
Se Ah was nervous, not knowing what he would request.
Considering his extraordinary intellect and good business acumen, if he set his mind to it, he could turn this contract in his favor as much as he wanted.
The lips that were about to open stopped, and his lawyer looked at Kang Woo with concern. It was a gaze that confirmed once again whether it was really okay to fulfill the contract conditions like this.
“Speak, Attorney Lee.”
Kang Woo, who had noticed the gaze, gave his permission.
“The representative has no conditions that he wishes. He has agreed to all the opinions of his wife, Miss Ji Se Ah.”
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Kang Woo was sitting on the sofa in the study. He was checking the materials for tomorrow morning’s meeting with his laptop on his lap.
His brow furrowed as he stared at the monitor for a long time, and a heavy sigh slipped out. Despite his best efforts to focus, the incident from a few hours ago remained in his mind and wouldn’t leave.
After sending the lawyers away, Se Ah had returned to her room without a chance for them to talk. He had wanted to follow her and start a conversation, but he had just come up to the study.
During the process of making the agreement, he had been so tired, and more than anything, he was greatly shocked that Se Ah had asked for a ‘show window couple.’
She had looked at me clearly with her tiny, small face and asked for a show window couple.
He wondered if the expression ‘stabbing a dagger in the enemy’s heart’ would feel like this.
There was a reason why they had drafted the contract with lawyers from both sides today. It was his intention to listen to Se Ah’s inner thoughts. Only by knowing them properly could he change Se Ah’s mind.
Unlike him, who wanted to restore their relationship by any means, Se Ah seemed determined to end this marriage. She seemed to be making a contract to end things logically, having no choice but to follow his request.
That was as expected. However, she had asked too many questions for a woman who had decided to end her marriage.
From the beginning, he had no intention of putting anything as a contract condition. He had told Se Ah several times to ask for any conditions she wanted, that he would accept everything.
If she was firm in her decision to break up, wouldn’t she usually ask for alimony in such cases? While he was rambling on, she could have asked for something.
She could have listed his faults to gather enough legal evidence.
When did she mark the calendar to request a divorce? But there was no criticism when it was necessary.
Knowing her nonaggressive nature, he had even purposely given her a legal representative. He couldn’t understand why she didn’t seize that opportunity.
Neither did he think it was because she was still hung up on him. If that was the case, she wouldn’t have asked for a nominal marriage.
She said she didn’t love him anymore, and her expression didn’t evoke any sympathy either. Why?
The more he knew about Se Ah, the more elusive she became. Instead, he only felt as if he was falling deeper into a dark abyss, left with more questions.
After some thought, Kang Woo let out a cynical chuckle. He was not in the mood for laughing; his heart ached, yet a hollow laugh escaped him.
Although he was in a whirlpool of confusion, one thing was clear.
Se Ah was waiting for the day the contract ended and she could be free, and he would regret it even more than he did now.
Kang Woo, relaxing his stiff shoulders, stood up from his place.
It seemed like he would need a drink tonight.
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Se Ah, who had been lying in bed, suddenly sat up.
She had been trying to sleep for the last hour, but sleep didn’t come. Even with her eyes closed, Kang Woo’s gaze vividly appeared before her.
‘Do you really want this? Really?’
His gaze had been clearly wounded.
She quickly dismissed the careless thought. It was absurd. She had been delusional, thinking that he was noticing her feelings lately.
He, of all people, wounded by her words?
She shook her head vigorously and lay her head back on the pillow.
She soon lay flat.
What was she going to do if she had made unreasonable demands? Like asking for a huge sum of money.
Moreover, why had he brought a lawyer when there were no conditions she wanted?
It was merely for show. No, it was worse than not having a lawyer.
They had documented that they had drafted it with each other’s lawyers and even received their signatures.
It wasn’t just an agreement between the two of them, they had completed a perfect legal process. Just like Cha Kang Woo.
Today, he was like a warrior fighting on a battlefield without a single piece of armor.
He was recklessly vulnerable. Uncharacteristically so.
In the end, she gave up trying to sleep and came out of the bed.
It seemed like she couldn’t sleep because she felt too empty, so she thought of heating up a glass of milk.
When Se Ah opened the door and came out, the auxiliary light in the living room was on. Kang Woo must have forgotten to turn it off.
She went to the mini refrigerator and took out a bottle of milk. As she was pouring it into a glass, there was a noise behind her.
“What are you doing here?”
At the soft voice, Se Ah turned around.
Kang Woo was standing about three steps behind her. Although she had seen him many times, she felt embarrassed at the sight of him in a bathrobe and looked down. He held a glass of ontherocks with only ice left in his large hand.
“Did you drink?”
He wasn’t a man who drank often. She swallowed the curiosity that kept rising.
“Just one glass.”
Kang Woo put the empty glass on the table, looked at the glass of milk Se Ah had poured, and chuckled. His throat rang with a smirk.
“You must be hungry.”
“Just a little.”
“Can you get by with milk? Sit down. I’ll make you some egg fried rice. That’s the only thing I can do.”
He pulled out a chair for her, and Kang Woo gestured for her to sit with a ‘come on.’
“No, I…”
“I have something to say.”
He smelled faintly of whiskey as he spoke. He hadn’t touched her, but she was trapped without escape under his intense gaze.
Her firm determination not to waver anymore was meaningless.
Still, as ever.
Because her regret of wanting to confirm Cha Kang Woo’s sincerity was still stronger.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
