Da-jeong blinked her large eyes slowly. She felt she couldn’t express her desires as unabashedly as Tae-sang.
Then, as if reading her thoughts, Tae-sang gently pulled her hand.
“…….”
It felt odd to see her own hand moving on its own.
Da-jeong gazed at her fingers, stopped above his forehead.
The slightly warmer temperature, the firm and high bone structure. The unfamiliar sensation on her fingertips made them instinctively shrink back.
Tae-sang softly grasped her small hand and slowly moved it down.
From forehead to nose bridge, and then to the tip of the nose. The senses overlaid on his face she only knew by sight. It felt like colors were being added to a monochrome sketch.
“Ah…….”
As she silently held her breath, learning him by touch, her fingers reached his lips. The sensation of the warm and soft flesh was strikingly different from before.
Startled, Da-jeong hastily withdrew her hand. Then, he smiled faintly and let her hand go.
Da-jeong rubbed her heated hands together. Trying to calm her senses, the unfamiliar softness only became clearer.
“You don’t just touch everything you like.”
Her voice was almost inaudible between them.
“I do. So, don’t hold back in front of me.”
“Hold back…….”
“Come closer if you want, touch if you want.”
Was that what he wanted to say all along?
Tae-sang’s eyes were unusually deep and serious. Da-jeong looked into his eyes and nodded slightly.
“Alright, I won’t hold back.”
His lips curled up long at her answer.
The vongole pasta, initially a disaster, was reborn under Tae-sang’s hands.
He added spices instead of salt and quickly stir-fried it with plenty of oil. His problem-solving and analytical skills seemed remarkable, separate from his cooking ability.
The pasta with fresh salad and champagne made for a fine first meal together.
After the meal, Tae-sang brought out the cake. A large slice was placed on Da-jeong’s plate.
“It should be good. I trust Secretary Kim’s taste.”
“Please thank her for me.”
Knowing that he hadn’t prepared the cake himself, Da-jeong felt somewhat relieved.
At least she hadn’t cluelessly ruined the party.
She scooped a generous amount of the white cream cake and brought it to her mouth.
As the bread and cream blended seamlessly, a happy smile appeared on her lips.
“It’s really good.”
Da-jeong smiled, her eyes curving like crescent moons.
“Eat a lot. It’s all yours.”
“Tae-sang, you should try some too….”
As she was about to offer him some, her phone on the table buzzed briefly.
A quick glance showed a message from Yeong-jin. She ignored it and turned back to Tae-sang.
“Have some, Tae-sang.”
“I’m fine.”
He shook his head and looked at the phone.
“There’s a message, looks like.”
“Ah… it’s from my brother. It can wait.”
Da-jeong knew well what Yeong-jin might have messaged about, even without checking.
Da-jeong blinked her large eyes slowly. She was pretty sure Yeong-jin was confirming whether Tae-sang would attend the art festival.
Without even asking him yet, she couldn’t possibly respond to her brother’s text. Da-jeong pretended not to notice the message and picked up her fork, trying to focus back on the dessert.
“…….”
It wasn’t easy to dismiss thoughts once they entered her mind. As she aimlessly poked at the strawberries, Tae-sang suddenly spoke.
“Does your brother like this kind of thing?”
“Oh, no… Yeong-jin doesn’t really like sweets.”
“…….”
Tae-sang quietly observed Da-jeong’s face. Though her expression was calm, he could feel something.
She was hesitating again, holding back.
Tae-sang’s gaze sank as he pondered.
Should he pull her closer this time, or….
A slight smile appeared on his lips.
“Is Yeong-jin planning to go to college in Korea?”
“Yes. He’s considering Hanguk University. He admires many professors there.”
“Hanguk University requires both practical and written skills.”
“Fortunately, he’s good at both. Annoyingly good.”
Tae-sang continued to ask about Yeong-jin, displaying more than basic knowledge about piano.
“By the way, Tae-sang, do you often go to piano concerts?”
“I do.”
Tae-sang replied, his eyebrows slightly twitching.
It felt like witnessing a deer cautiously emerging from a cave.
He knew instinctively. He wanted to meet her brother and her.
He continued in a relaxed tone.
“My grandfather likes the piano, so we often go.”
Pushing away.
“Ah… I see.”
“And I like it too.”
Pulling closer.
“So, would you like to go to a concert with me next week?”
“A concert…”
Finally, the little deer had entered his range.
It was time for the catch. Tae-sang smiled, picking up his wine glass. A toast seemed necessary for Da-jeong’s first invitation to a date.
“Yes. My brother’s school has an annual arts festival next week. If you’re available….”
“I am. Let’s go.”
“Oh… I didn’t even tell you when it is yet?”
“….”
A short laugh escaped him.
He had always prided himself on his strategic thinking, but at the crucial moment, his patience had flown away.
After taking a sip of wine, Tae-sang spoke again.
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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