“Ah, it’s a good time. Being a married man for 10 years feels nostalgic. I can’t even take a break because my sons keep pestering me to play, let alone going on a date.”
Team Leader Kim laughed heartily, expressing his happy complaints.
Minwoo, who was laughing along, suddenly exclaimed, “Oh,” raised his glasses, and said, “I have something to check in the personnel department. I forgot for a moment. I should go first.”
Minwoo slightly lowered his head and briskly walked out.
After Minwoo disappeared into the elevator, Team Leader Kim, speaking in a hushed tone to Dohyuk, said, “Team Leader Na, I think there will be good news soon.”
“Good news?”
“He’s taking a vacation on Christmas Eve. I heard it from the female employees. Someone saw him making a reservation at the Namsan Y Hotel Sky Lounge. It’s apparently a popular place for proposals.”
“A proposal?”
At that moment, thick veins appeared on Dohyuk’s temple.
“The female employees were quite upset. They were in an uproar, saying that Team Leader Na is subtly popular. Oh, I’ve had those times too. When I first joined the company…”
Team Leader Kim joyfully recited tales of his popular days, but Dohyuk didn’t hear a word.
All he cared about was that Minwoo had reserved a proposal spot on Christmas Eve.
‘Is he really planning to confess to Jaein? Could it be a half-hearted attempt to date before marriage?’
His fist clenched involuntarily.
Dohyuk bit down on his molars, trying to steady his wavering composure.
‘Don’t make hasty judgments. Maybe Minwoo has someone else. That’s what I hope for the most. I hope he disappears from Jaein’s sight as soon as possible.’
Suddenly, the worst-case scenario came to his mind.
‘What if, really, he’s planning to confess to Jaein? And what if, by any chance, Jaein accepts?’
Damn!
Just thinking about it made his chest feel tight, and he felt like he was going crazy.
“Team Leader Cha, are you okay?”
“……!”
Seeing Dohyuk’s deeply furrowed expression, Team Leader Kim smirked.
“Your complexion suddenly darkened. Do you have something to worry about?”
“It’s nothing. I’m sorry, but I have urgent business, so I’ll go ahead.”
Dohyuk rushed straight to his office.
Jaein, who was immersed in her work with such an adorable appearance, was visible.
He wanted to call her to his office right away and ask if she agreed to meet Minwoo on Christmas Eve.
However, he didn’t want to show a wild appearance of being swept away by personal emotions during working hours.
‘Let’s not act recklessly without confirming anything. First, calmly think about what to do.’
Dohyuk gathered his composure and opened the meeting materials.
He had to convey the meeting contents to the team members as instructed by the manager.
‘Right, I need to clearly distinguish between work and personal matters… Could it be that Minwoo’s call yesterday was about meeting up?’
The document in his hand was severely crumpled.
Yesterday evening, the expression of surprise on Jaein’s face, as she confirmed the phone call, crossed Dohyuk’s mind. A sinister premonition loomed that if she let her guard down, an irreversible event might occur.
“Darn it! Minwoo is really persistent.”
On the same day during lunchtime, Jaein had a meal with Gyumin and sat facing each other at a cafe. It was after eating samgyetang, guided by Gyumin, who insisted that she should eat nutritious food when she felt empty.
“Gyumin, thanks for the meal. I appreciate it.”
“Well, with this level of effort, I could even support you for a lifetime.”
Gyumin’s face, full of mischief, threw a joke that no longer sounded like a pure jest.
Jaein awkwardly laughed without knowing what to do.
‘The more I delay, the more sorry I feel. I must talk about it today.’
While contemplating how to utter words of refusal, Gyumin asked her, “Jaein, what are you doing on Christmas Eve? If you’re bored, want to hang out with me?”
“……!”
Contrary to the casually thrown words, Gyumin had a deeply tense expression.
It was a problem that couldn’t be laughed off anymore.
Jaein steeled her heart and awkwardly spoke up, “Gyumin, I’m sorry. I have plans on that day.”
“Oh, you had a prior engagement.”
“It’s not because of a promise. Gyumin, I’ve thought about it carefully, and you really feel like just a friend. I’m really sorry.”
Gyumin’s complexion darkened in an instant.
Then, after staring into Jaein’s eyes for a moment, he slowly opened his mouth.
“…Is it because of Team Leader?”
Jaein’s heart sank.
“W-What are you talking about?”
“I had a hunch… Before the business trip, something felt off between you two. When I found out that Team Leader canceled his busy schedule to go on a business trip, I felt like I got stabbed in the back.”
“Ah……”
“I already knew that Team Leader liked you. You, too… Have you fallen for Team Leader?”
Even though she should deny it, Jaein couldn’t bring herself to say it.
It felt like deceiving Gyumin.
The last glimmer of hope in Gyumin’s eyes, frozen in silent expectation of Jaein’s tacit agreement, vanished.
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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