The original Korean paragraph consists of 33 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation with the same number of lines:

If it had been five years ago, he never would have said this.

He had always wanted to remain a good person in Eun Woo’s eyes.

Suddenly announcing he was going abroad and breaking up with her, he couldn’t have been a good guy, but at least he wasn’t a horrible being. He ran away because he thought it was the best he could do.

He believed it was a good thing for her too.

He never called her by name, never said he loved her. She would be happier with anyone else.

She would regret meeting such a terrible guy and forget him easily.

Do Han believed Eun Woo would do just that.

Yet he himself had no intention of forgetting her.

The day after they broke up, he got a couple ring and wore it alone for five years. He should never have broken up with her in the first place.

If he was going to miss her and not meet anyone else, he should have stayed by her side no matter what.

Even if she saw him as a terrible person or despised him, he should have conveyed his true feelings. That was what he should have done.

Do Han realized this and came to find Eun Woo, but it was already too late.

She already had someone she was going to marry.

The thought of her becoming another man’s wife felt like his blood was drying up.

But there was nothing he could do but wish her happiness with Jung Yoon Jae, forgetting the hurt he caused.

But even that was difficult.

In Eun Woo’s eyes, there was still resentment towards him.

Do Han wanted to relieve that resentment.

He wanted to reveal how terrible he was, not leaving any lingering feelings for her.

To forget someone like him and be happy beside Jung Yoon Jae.

That was all he could do for her now.

“I abandoned her. My sister.”

Eun Woo looked at him blankly as he confessed the hard truth.

Her face froze in disbelief.

“That’s why we broke up. You weren’t supposed to know.”

“Why, why did you…?”

Her question seemed to ask both why he wished she hadn’t known and why he abandoned Hye Ri. It was not easy to answer either.

He remained silent, and Eun Woo stepped back.

“I’m drunk now. Let’s talk… later.”

Her eyes were full of confusion, struggling to understand what she just heard.

“Tomorrow, you might not remember, so…”

Do Han knew that she wouldn’t forget that he was the one who abandoned Hye Ri.

From the moment she learned this, she had been uncomfortable with him.

It meant she understood what he said.

As Do Han stepped closer, Eun Woo retreated.

“I’ll go first.”

“I’ll take you home.”

“No, I can go alone.”

“You’re drunk.”

“I can find my way home.”

“It’s late.”

As he was about to suggest they leave together, Eun Woo hailed a passing taxi.

“Then, have a safe trip home.”

Without a chance to stop her, she hurriedly got into the back seat.
The original Korean paragraph consists of 41 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation with the same number of lines:

Do Han could only watch as the taxi carrying Eun Woo disappeared into the distance.

It was a look he had never seen before in the time he knew Eun Woo.

It must have been fear.

The look of wanting to escape from a criminal right in front of her.

Realizing he had become a terrible existence to her, Do Han felt his heart empty out.

Waking up in the morning, Eun Woo felt like her head was splitting.

Although she usually woke up before 6 a.m. due to her forced exercise routine, she couldn’t possibly run around the neighborhood in her current state.

“Ji Woo, go ahead without me today.”

Lying back in bed, Eun Woo barely managed to speak to Ji Woo, who was getting dressed.

Her throat was dry, and her mouth parched from the excess drinking the previous night.

“Alright, sleep more. But can you make it to work?”

“No. I think I need to take the day off.”

“It’s unlike you to call in sick after a company dinner. How much did you drink yesterday? And how did you even get home?”

Eun Woo just chuckled faintly in response, prompting a sigh from Ji Woo.

Ever since Do Han appeared, it was either hurting her hand or coming home completely drunk.

Ji Woo felt sorry to see her friend’s life getting so disrupted.

“Rest. I’ll bring you some hangover soup on my way back from exercising.”

“Thanks.”

After Ji Woo left, Eun Woo stayed in bed for a while before getting up and sitting at her vanity. She opened a drawer and took out a ring hidden deep inside.

It was a birthday present from Do Han.

“I abandoned her. My sister.”

Initially, she thought she had heard wrong.

But his expression told her it was true.

Eun Woo’s mind became a tangled mess.

Mixed with the alcohol, she only wanted to escape.

She had caught a taxi and headed home without thinking.

But strangely, she felt sober as if she had woken from the alcohol’s influence.

Do Han being the cousin who abandoned Hye Ri…

Why did he do such a terrible thing?

So many questions filled her mind, preventing her from sleeping.

For the first time, Eun Woo tried on the ring Do Han gave her.