“Ah, it’s because you’ve shown me trust. If I didn’t know your feelings and found out about this, I might have felt too anxious to handle it alone.”
“…….”
Seo Ah sat up straight again, locking eyes with him, and continued,
“I’m saying you did the right thing. Even Youngju mentioned it, right? Those people backed off when they thought I was considering a divorce. Everything is going as you planned. So, I have no choice but to trust you.”
“…….”
“Don’t feel pressured, though. Everyone can make mistakes. From now on, I’ll also be careful on my own, so don’t worry too much!”
Ha Joon’s eyes flickered intensely.
In fact, Youngju had said something right before getting out of the car that seemed to suggest she was almost convinced.
“Don’t do this, just get a divorce. You don’t fit with Tae Sung Group. Do you know how hard it was for you to live in France for the last six years, loving to hang out and all? The important thing is that you have to live like that, suffocated, even in the future. Always trembling in fear of an attack from the rival factions. And your mother-in-law doesn’t like you. Have you thought about how frustrated and lonely you must be?”
Although Ha Joon was confident he could keep Seo Ah from feeling lonely, he had been worried if he could protect her flawlessly for a lifetime. Her words gave him much strength.
Of course, as a human, he might slip up momentarily, but he must never let her fall into danger.
He was willing to bear that burden, but it would be hard for him to watch her lose trust in him and live in fear every day.
Soon, Ha Joon pulled Seo Ah’s head into his embrace. She was too adorable, and this was the only way he could express it, knowing she was in pain.
“Instead, tell me if you’re tired or having a hard time. Don’t suffer alone.”
“I can endure anything as long as you’re by my side.”
Seo Ah, smiling happily, snuggled deeper into Ha Joon’s embrace.
[Star Icon]The next morning,
Ha Joon was driving Seo Ah to her school.
Seo Ah’s face bloomed with joy. It was the first time he was taking her to school.
Normally, she would have been restless, worrying about him being busy, but now she understood his intentions and decided to enjoy it.
“Are you really okay?”
“Yes! I’m fine.”
“Still, maybe you should get a thorough check-up, just in case?”
“I’ve never collapsed before, you know? Yesterday was unavoidable. But if it happens again, I’ll really get it done.”
“Alright. Let’s do that.”
They soon reached the school gate.
But Ha Joon didn’t stop there; he drove into the school, surprising Seo Ah.
“You can drop me off here…”
Ha Joon just glanced at her and smiled, heading straight to the parking lot.
“Why are you parking? Do you have something to do at the school?”
“I do.”
His ‘something to do’ was none other than safely escorting Seo Ah to her classroom.
As Ha Joon held Seo Ah’s hand and walked her to the classroom, all eyes were on them, and whispers filled the air.
“Eek! It’s Kang Ha Joon. Wow… he’s so handsome…”
“Did you see him smile just now? So heart-fluttering!!”
“They really look good together. Seems like the rumor about their relationship being fake is false.”
“You’re just realizing that now?”
Seo Ah, though embarrassed, couldn’t help feeling pleased by his actions. She couldn’t hide her smiling lips.
“You didn’t have to go this far…….”
“Then why do you keep smiling?”
“……I did want to try this. Feels like we’re a campus couple.”
“Yeah? If there’s anything else you want to try, just tell me. I’ll do it all for you.”
“Umm…… now that I think about it, everything with you just seems great.”
Seo Ah spoke shyly, twisting her body a little, and Ha Joon lightly tapped her nose with his index finger.
Startled, Seo Ah looked around.
“What are you doing? There are so many people here.”
“That’s right, who asked you to smile so beautifully? Be thankful I didn’t kiss you.”
Seo Ah blushed and lowered her head, her heart racing more from his words and actions than from the embarrassment of the public gaze.
[Star Icon]At the same time, Ji Young was regretting showing her true colors to Min Jung.
Pretending to be upset and cajoling gently might have worked, but she had inadvertently blurted out harsh words and now felt like she had been hit by her own trusted axe.
It seemed inevitable now that she’d have to marry Jong Won, and she regretted not securing Min Jun.
Becoming family with Ha Joon and Seo Ah was the last thing she wanted, but it seemed preferable to marrying Jong Won.
Jong Won was that detestable to Ji Young.
Thinking she should at least delay the news articles, Ji Young went to persuade Jong Won at his office.
But the secretary was absent, and loud voices were coming from behind the office door.
Instinctively, Ji Young took out her phone and pressed the record button.
She didn’t know what they were talking about, but catching Jong Won’s weaknesses seemed like a potential bargaining chip.
Tip-toeing, she quietly turned the doorknob of the office.
Inside, the serious conversation continued, oblivious to the door opening.
Ji Young edged the phone closer through the door gap to eavesdrop on their conversation.
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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