A Twisted Relationship (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10
Min Hyuk’s gaze was blankly fixed on Da Hyun’s drowsily half-lidded eyes as she offered him a glass.
He stared at her silently for a moment. Da Hyun, feeling inexplicably embarrassed, cleared her throat.
Since it was the first time she had approached him herself, she thought he might be surprised.
“…Alright.”
Min Hyuk lifted his glass with a faint smile tugging at the corners of his lips.
Clink—
The transparent wine glasses, filled with red liquid, met in a gentle collision.
His eyes sparkled with delight, though she remained unaware
that tonight wouldn’t end with just one drink.
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The next day.
Da Hyun slowly lifted her heavy eyelids, weighed down by an oppressive pressure on her body.
Come to think of it, how did I even make it into bed? Did I really climb the stairs and walk all the way to my room without twisting an ankle, despite being drunk?
She’d enjoyed the wine Min Hyuk kept pouring for her, feeling oddly satisfied that Ji Yeon had fled the house as if running away.
Only after meeting Min Hyuk had she gotten to see Ji Yeon flustered and uncomfortable because of her.
Watching Ji Yeon genuinely flustered, caught off guard by circumstances not going her way, sent an electric jolt through Da Hyun—like she’d been shocked.
Well, it wasn’t bad. The days of simply enduring mistreatment were over. The discrimination and neglect ended the moment she left her family home.
Her head felt as if it were floating among clouds in the sky.
Her heart was light and relieved.
Sensing her lightness and relief, Min Hyuk said nothing, simply refilling her glass whenever it emptied.
He poured mechanically, as if determined to finish the entire opened bottle.
She drank, and drank again, because he kept refilling it whenever she emptied it…
She couldn’t even count how many times this repeated. She’d breezed past her usual limit without even gauging how much she could handle.
“Ugh, my head…”
She should’ve held back, but she hadn’t.
So, what happened after she kept accepting drinks? What did they talk about?
Trying to piece together memories, Da Hyun let out an involuntary whimper through her lips as a pounding headache throbbed from the lingering alcohol.
Last night’s events seemed veiled behind a hazy fog, impossible to see clearly.
Come to think of it, what exactly was this heavy weight pressing down on her body?
Strangely, it even felt like human skin—as if there were definitely two people lying in this bed, not just her alone.
“…”
Da Hyun’s hands, which had been fumbling along the object wrapped around her waist, froze.
“…”
Having dismissed the weight pressing down on her body as nothing unusual, Da Hyun blinked rapidly.
The alcohol fog instantly cleared from her mind, sharpening her thoughts.
“…”
Da Hyun carefully withdrew her hand, swallowing hard as her throat refused to let the saliva pass.
She strained to recall last night.
As fragments of memory surfaced, her spine stiffened and a chill ran down her entire body. She barely managed to swallow back a scream that threatened to burst out.
In horror, she slowly raised her hand to cover her mouth.
Oh my god.
Did I cause an accident? Did I hit him?
Seriously? But I don’t remember anything!
Refusing to accept reality, Da Hyun squeezed her eyes shut.
This can’t be happening. It’s just a dream.
“This… this is a dream.”
She steadied her breathing, hoping that when she opened her eyes again, she’d be alone in bed, greeting a refreshing morning.
Why am I lying in the same bed as this man?
And not just that—we’re cuddling like an actual married couple….
Da Hyun belatedly realized that what her head was resting on wasn’t a pillow.
Had she not covered her mouth, the scream she’d barely suppressed might have burst out.
If this wasn’t a dream, there was no explanation for the situation—but her skin told her cruelly that this was very real.
Stunned and shaken more by surprise than lingering drunkenness, she was speechless. Her heart felt frozen one moment, then raced wildly the next. Blood rushed to her head, making her whole body flush with heat. She felt lucky just to be breathing.
She felt warm breath tickling the top of her head. At the sound of his low, steady breathing, Da Hyun tried to feign sleep and rolled slightly.
She attempted to slip away naturally, but strangely, the arm around her waist didn’t budge at all.
Da Hyun pushed against the forearm wrapped around her waist with all her strength.
Yet seeing it remain stubbornly immobile, she muttered softly,
“Min Hyuk… you’re not asleep, are you? You’re awake, right?”
In response, instead of steady breathing from the crown of her head, a sharp, breathy exhale escaped his lungs.
“Oh, I’ve been caught.”
He snickered cheerfully. Da Hyun frowned, dazzled by the brightness of his smile.
His grin was exactly like that of a mischievous boy full of playful energy.
“Don’t you think you’re a little too restless to be pretending to sleep?”
Still smiling, Min Hyuk gently tapped her cheek with his index finger, affectionately.
“S-since when have you been awake?”
Too flustered to even notice in that instant that he’d touched her cheek,
“Since before you woke up.”
“…Then let go of me. Stop holding me like this.”
“I’d rather stay like this a bit longer—can’t I?”
His drowsy, husky voice was teasing, and though he spoke as if refusing to let go, he withdrew the arm that had been unmoving despite all her pushing.
Da Hyun sprang up like a coiled spring, as if she’d been waiting for this moment.
The bed was spacious enough for four adults to sleep comfortably.
She didn’t know about him, but for her, sharing a bed with someone of the opposite sex was a first.
Even though the bed was so wide, they’d slept pressed together like newlyweds—it was both mortifying and confusing.
“I—I’m uncomfortable. And why are you sleeping in my bedroom, Kang Min Hyuk?”
“What are you talking about? Don’t you remember? This is our bedroom. I let you sleep alone on the first night out of consideration for you. You’re not forgetting we agreed to act like a married couple, are you?”
“…”
Ah, now that he mentioned it, that did sound right.
Da Hyun closed her mouth, acknowledging the logic in Min Hyuk’s words.
Just minutes earlier, the arm her head had been resting on shifted and moved toward his temple.
Min Hyuk’s face, slightly tousled as if from sleep, showed traces of mild fatigue.
Unconsciously, Da Hyun let out a soft gasp of admiration at his unusually bright morning face—then quickly snapped her mouth shut.
Propped up slightly on one elbow, with his hand resting against his temple, he smoothly pulled up the corners of his lips.
She wanted to believe his dazzling smile only looked sinister because she hadn’t fully sobered up yet.
Sensing impending danger, Da Hyun pleaded desperately with her eyes for him not to speak.
He was hopeless—and unfortunately, she had no idea.
“And last night, we—”
Seeing the gleam of amusement and excitement in his eyes, Da Hyun instinctively sensed a threat.
“D-don’t say it! I’m not curious! I don’t remember anything at all!”
“—got along really well, didn’t we?”
“Aaah!!”
Not wanting to hear another word, Da Hyun clapped both hands over her ears.
She shook her head vigorously, denying what she’d just heard.
They say alcohol swallows you whole—and truly, it had consumed her without giving her a chance to hold onto her senses.
She never imagined she’d end up spending her first night together with someone she couldn’t even remember.
Watching Da Hyun’s erratic behavior, Min Hyuk suddenly burst into loud laughter.
Was this really the time to laugh? Someone else was seriously distressed.
As his laughter subsided, he sat up. Da Hyun involuntarily shrieked.
“Huhh!”
As he rose, the blanket covering them slid smoothly down.
Da Hyun hastily covered her eyes with the hands she’d been using to block her ears.
“What are you doing?”
“J-just get dressed quickly!!”
Her voice trembled thinly from embarrassment.
“I’m already dressed.”
Min Hyuk couldn’t understand why she was panicking so much.
To think she’d be caught in such an absurd situation.
“Yes! Hurry up and—wait, you’re… already dressed?”
Huh? He said he’s dressed?
“You’re so slow.”
At the clicking sound of his tongue, Da Hyun peeked out from behind her hands, glaring at him with narrow, flounder-like eyes.
Only then did Da Hyun realize she, too, was fully dressed. She’d been so fixated on the fact that he was next to her that she hadn’t even checked the most important thing first.
Realizing she’d imagined things far beyond reality, Da Hyun squeezed her eyes shut again, overwhelmed by belated embarrassment.
She just wanted to vanish into thin air.
Noticing she was now wearing comfortable clothes instead of the dress from yesterday, Da Hyun’s face turned deathly pale.
“If nothing happened, then why… why am I in different clothes?”
“You really don’t remember that either? Seriously, never go out drinking and get drunk like that again—or better yet, just don’t drink at all.”
His face grew serious as he spoke earnestly.
“How can you forget everything completely? Is this normal for you? You changed your clothes yourself—rushed into the bathroom and even locked the door. You washed off all your makeup, too.”
If her tongue and body hadn’t been unsteady, he wouldn’t have believed she was drunk at all.
He chuckled softly, recalling last night.
“I-I guess so? I’ve never drunk enough to blackout before, so I didn’t know what I was like.”
Seeing no trace of deception, Da Hyun gradually calmed down from her initial shock.
“Da Hyun, I’m not such a shameless guy that I’d take advantage of a drunk woman. What on earth do you think I am…? Never mind. I shouldn’t have said that.”
“Then what did you mean by ‘we got along well’?”
“What I meant was that we got along well last night. We talked a lot about various things—you really don’t remember any of it?”
Realizing her drunken self for the first time, Da Hyun resolved never to drink again.
“I don’t remember anything at all—it’s a complete blank. We really talked that much? What did we talk about?”
“I don’t feel like telling someone who can’t remember anything herself. You should make an effort to recall it yourself. You can’t expect it handed to you on a silver platter.”
Da Hyun’s jaw dropped.
How was she supposed to remember anything herself when she was so blackout drunk? The memories weren’t just going to magically pop back.
Maybe it was actually better for her mental health that she couldn’t remember last night.
“But… if nothing happened, then why were you sleeping here?”
“I already told you—this isn’t just your space, it’s our bedroom. I simply slept in my own bed. You haven’t forgotten we’re married, have you?”
“But we’re still!!”
Don’t say it.
It felt like an endless battle.
Da Hyun took quick, deep breaths to calm her racing heart and steady her breathing.
“Pervert Da Hyun.”
“I’m going to wash up!”
“Yeah, now that you’re up, you should freshen up.”
Though frustration bubbled inside her, Da Hyun spoke calmly, hoping he’d leave the room quickly.
She feared it would be unbearably awkward if his face was the first thing she saw after washing up.
“Kang Min Hyuk, aren’t you going to wash up?”
“I will. Now that it’s come to this, wanna shower together?”
“What?!”
“Just kidding. Ah, what am I gonna do? You’re too cute.”
Apparently thinking their drunken conversation last night had genuinely brought them closer, he approached her without hesitation.
Giving up on conversation altogether, Da Hyun hurried toward the bathroom, worried he might actually follow her inside.
Bang—the bathroom door slammed shut loudly.
Min Hyuk stared at the closed door without even a flicker of his brow.
Her voice had been slurred and clumsy, yet she’d persisted in speaking clearly and firmly—her face flushed.
Min Hyuk let out a lazy sigh and tilted his head back.
He’d already decided it was unreasonable to expect to sleep together peacefully until she opened her heart to him.
Gently pressing his index finger against his tired eyes, he massaged them lightly.
“How could I possibly sleep with you right next to me?”
He hadn’t slept a wink—not because he’d woken up, but because he hadn’t managed to sleep at all.
The warmth and scent of her body had disappeared the moment she slipped from his embrace.
Instantly, his whole body felt sticky. Though he’d changed clothes while she’d gone to wash up, he hadn’t showered—just quickly washed his face—worried she might fall asleep alone while he was gone.
Sure enough, when he entered the bedroom, she’d collapsed onto the bed, half-asleep and eyes half-closed. Min Hyuk had gladly kept his arm under her head the whole night, letting her use it as a pillow.
She had no idea someone else had lain awake the whole night, heart racing too much from nervous excitement to sleep.
Simply holding her honestly as she slept, breathing softly and evenly, filled the emptiness inside him with a quiet sense of satisfaction.
Min Hyuk gently stretched his neck, which he’d tilted backward.
His arm, which she’d rested her head on for hours without moving, felt slightly stiff—but Min Hyuk found that sensation utterly delightful.
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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