“You, what right do you have to do this to me? Who do you think you are, what gives you the right! How dare someone like you, someone so trivial, do this to me…”
Yu Ri’s mouth snapped shut mid-rant, her voice dripping with disgust and anger. Above her head, something poured down, staining her pure white off-shoulder dress a deep crimson, trickling down to her toes—it was wine, as dark as blood.
Only then did Jae In notice the man standing behind Yu Ri. Tae Seo, tilting the bottle with an elegant posture, looked as if he were decanting the wine with practiced ease.
The slender velvet stream silently poured over Yu Ri’s head.
“I would say even flat beer is too good for you, but this is all I happened to be carrying.”
It was a bottle of the finest vintage Romanée-Conti, reportedly only two left in the country. Instantly, its deep and rich aroma spread to every corner of the art center.
“Who’s causing a scene without understanding their place? You’re just Jo Yu Ri, how dare you strike someone. How dare you.”
As Tae Seo leisurely emptied the last drop, he whispered into Yu Ri’s ear. Then, as if nothing had happened, he handed the empty bottle to a nearby staff member with a dumbfounded look.
A sudden softness mixed into the eyes that were fierce just moments before. Tae Seo reached out beyond the elbow of Yu Ri, who had turned pale as if she might suffocate.
“Come here.”
Yu Ri glared murderously at the man’s extended hand.
And Jae In too looked at that large, graceful hand extended towards her.
With a slight motion, as if beckoning, the hand moved.
Jae In’s gaze traveled from his glistening fingertips up the long and solid arm, over the arm to his strong-looking shoulder, and finally, she met the warm eyes of the incredibly handsome man.
“Come. To me.”
Mesmerized, unable to take her eyes off Tae Seo, Jae In took his hand. In an instant, she was whisked across the grand hall.
“Ah….”
It was only when something cool touched her cheek that she came back to her senses.
The space seemed to be an office tucked away inside the gallery. Tae Seo had seated Jae In on a spacious desk and was gently pressing a wet handkerchief to her cheek.
“Why just take the hit? That’s not like you.”
“I was about to strike back, but you beat me to it, Kang Tae Seo.”
“I’m sorry. Actually, I hoped you wouldn’t hit her.”
“Why? You’re fine pouring wine on your fiancée, but you can’t stand to see her hit?”
Jae In demurely cast her eyes down, missing the slight twitch of Tae Seo’s lips.
“That’s not it.”
The man chuckled as if the idea was preposterous and tenderly brushed a stray hair behind Jae In’s ear.
A tinge of sadness seeped into his careful touch and the thorough look in his eyes.
“It would be a waste to bruise Yoon Jae In’s palm over such triviality.”
“…….”
“Wait. Jo Yu Ri will come begging to you, slapping her own cheek.”
“Why would she…”
Jae In’s lips parted as her words dissipated like a sigh. Tae Seo only looked at her cheek with a pitying gaze.
“Be kind to me.”
“Don’t you like that? Regardless, I can’t help it.”
Tae Seo couldn’t help but be affectionate.
Ever since the day they crossed paths at the café, he had been waiting for Jae In to approach him. Unable to hold back, he had set the stage for her to appear.
He had thought she might reject him. Yet, she braved the risk and appeared before him, even taking the hand he offered.
The fact delighted Tae Seo beyond measure.
Finally noticing her cheek swelling red, he furrowed his brows.
“……Stay here for a moment.”
Jae In just barely made out the curse he muttered under his breath. The once gentle voice of the man was once again laced with anger.
“Where are you going?”
“I didn’t realize it was this swollen before, this won’t do. I have to go and…”
“I have something to say.”
Just as Jae In was about to turn away, possibly to confront Jo Yu Ri with a vengeance, she barely managed to stop the man from spinning on his heels.
Tae Seo turned back to face her, his gaze falling upon her small white hand clutching the end of his sleeve.
“Talk to me.”
“Kang Tae Seo, you’re a capable man, aren’t you?”
“What do you think?”
A somewhat arrogant smile spread across his confident face. Even setting aside his immense wealth and outstanding work capabilities, Kang Tae Seo was an irresistibly attractive man.
Indeed, Jae In did not want to suppress her desire for him. The resolve to be honest, when examined, stemmed from her longing for him. She did not want to hurt someone she coveted.
“Can you assure me that your interest in me won’t wane, no matter what kind of person I am?”
Tae Seo responded to her tentative question with a squinting smile, seemingly amused. Perhaps it was too much to ask. Jae In felt the silence from the man stretching on interminably after her potentially selfish inquiry.
“I…”
As Tae Seo continued to gaze at Jae In, he shook his head as if in disbelief and let out a chuckle.
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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