After finishing the call with the private investigator agency’s president, Go Ro Na entered the large shopping center with Noh Jae Min.

“It seems she’s just buying a book?”

While hiding and observing, Go Ro Na turned to Noh Jae Min with a smile.

“Watch, Kim Hee Joo’s true face. It’ll be very interesting.”

Unsure if Go Ro Na’s words were true, Noh Jae Min rolled his eyes with a serious expression.

The Kim Hee Joo he knew wasn’t someone who could hide her emotions so skillfully, so it was hard to believe.

But looking at Go Ro Na’s confident expression, she didn’t seem to be lying either.

“Oh, she’s moving?”

“Let’s go, Jae Min!”

After buying a book at the bookstore, she soon moved to another location.

The two followed quietly behind Kim Hee Joo, who was striding through the shopping center in high heels and a short dress, a completely different style from before.

Her brisk steps stopped as if she had reached her destination.

“Watch closely, she’s meeting a man.”

But she was examining clothes on a rack.

Even then, after checking the price tag and hesitating, she left the store.

“How much could that cost that she didn’t buy it?”

Unknowingly muttering in frustration, Noh Jae Min’s expression hardened at Go Ro Na’s sharp glare that flew at him.

“No, I mean it’s shabby. That’s what I meant.”

“Hurry and follow, we can’t lose her.”

“Okay.”

The two followed behind Kim Hee Joo, covering their faces with hand fans.

She arrived at a coffee shop, ordered a drink, and sat by the window.

“Oh, looks like she’s meeting someone here.”

“Who?”

“Who else, a man. I saw him, remember? The boyfriend who disappeared with her after abandoning you.”

A man for Kim Hee Joo.

Unable to believe it, Noh Jae Min looked on with a changed expression.

About 10 minutes passed, and finally she waved to someone.

“Look, now!”

The corners of Go Ro Na’s expectant smile instantly dropped.

“Unnie! Did you wait long?”

A woman around the same age approached and sat across from her.

With nothing out of the ordinary in this everyday scene, Noh Jae Min quickly deflated.

“Go Ro Na, you’re being too sensitive right now. I’m also worried about a pregnant woman running around like this.”

“If you don’t know anything, stay quiet! Today was just an unlucky day where we followed her on a normal day when she’s not meeting a man.”

She had tried to show Noh Jae Min Kim Hee Joo’s true nature, but to think there would be nothing like this.

Thinking she couldn’t end it like this, Go Ro Na rolled her eyes and immediately picked up her phone.

“It’s me, you’re following Kim Hee Joo right now, right?”

After hearing the private investigator’s answer, Go Ro Na looked at Noh Jae Min and said:

“Go and pretend you know her. Say you came to give new information about Go Ro Na!”

If she reacted favorably when the investigator appeared, Noh Jae Min would believe too.

Thinking this, Go Ro Na ended the call and looked into Noh Jae Min’s eyes again.

“Watch, darling. Whether Kim Hee Joo knows the investigator or not. She’ll act like she knows him, since she directly hired the agent I employed again.”

With an uncertain expression, Noh Jae Min soon turned his head towards a man approaching Kim Hee Joo.

“Is that the man?”

“That’s right. Now watch carefully.”

Go Ro Na smiled and fixed her gaze on them.

When the investigator greeted her as if he knew her, Kim Hee Joo, who was drinking coffee, stood up with a puzzled expression.

As he approached and asked to greet her, she shook her head with a flustered look.

Soon she ignored him and resumed talking with her friend.

The corners of Go Ro Na’s mouth dropped again as she watched.

“What’s this, Kim Hee Joo… What are you plotting! Seriously!”

A small sigh was heard near Go Ro Na’s ear as she got excited. Turning her head, she saw Noh Jae Min taking out his phone with a bored expression.

“I have a job request I need to go take care of. I should finish it before the wedding.”

Feeling urgent, Go Ro Na grabbed Noh Jae Min as he turned to leave.

“Jae Min, I’ll just have you meet that investigator directly. Just listen to what he has to say, okay?”

“Honestly, I wish you wouldn’t hire people like that. Legally, judges don’t even accept evidence from private investigators.”

“That’s not it, Jae Min.”

“You’re too sensitive these days. Think of our little bean and relax. I’ll definitely divorce Hee Joo. Ah, I need to go to the site right away, so Go Ro Na, don’t strain yourself and take a taxi home, okay?”

Noh Jae Min’s expression as he patted her shoulder was as if he was looking at a neurotic patient.

Watching his retreating back, Go Ro Na bit her lower lip.

Turning back towards Kim Hee Joo, Go Ro Na furrowed her brows.

“What are you up to, Kim Hee Joo. How can you pretend not to know Mr. Kim?”

Did that foolish investigator get caught again?

Or did she pretend not to know him because an acquaintance was present?

Unable to understand the situation, Go Ro Na clenched her fists and groaned.

*

After meeting Nurse Oh, who insisted on treating her to something since she ate an expensive meal during the last vacation, they had a pleasant conversation over tea before parting.

Kim Chae Won was now leaving the shopping center to go home.

With each step, Kim Chae Won smiled at the movement reflected in the shop windows following her.

“You must be quite impatient, showing yourself like this.”

Of course it was intentional, but the current situation unfolding exactly as planned was quite amusing.

When her phone rang, Kim Chae Won checked the caller and put it to her ear.

“Yes.”

− The man left and Ms. Go Ro Na is following alone.

The investigator Mr. Kim reported the current situation to Kim Chae Won without hiding anything.

“I understand. You can go home now.”

− But, is it really okay to show yourself like this?

Of course it was.

It was Kim Chae Won who instructed him to mention Kim Hee Joo wearing a green bikini, not a red one.

She also instructed him to make the call with a quiet background.

It had to be obvious so Go Ro Na would.

“Ms. Kim Hee Joo.”

Appear like this.

“Oh, Ms. Go Ro Na? We seem to run into each other often by chance.”

Kim Chae Won stopped walking and acted as if she had encountered a welcome acquaintance.

“Hah.”

Go Ro Na laughed as if dumbfounded.

Kim Chae Won smiled back as she looked at her expression.

Disliking that look, Go Ro Na soon glared at Kim Chae Won with a vicious face.

“Stop pretending, Kim Hee Joo. You know everything, don’t you?”

Kim Chae Won straightened her head.

“Know what?”

“No need to act, Jae Min is gone now. It’s just the two of us, so why pretend you don’t know?”

“You’ve become quite rude while we haven’t seen each other. I really don’t understand what you’re talking about, suddenly appearing and mentioning Jae Min.”

As Kim Chae Won continued to feign ignorance, Go Ro Na’s anger rose and she spoke while biting her lower lip.

“Noh Jae Min, your husband and me. You know all about us. And knowing that, you hired the investigator I employed again to stab me in the back. Isn’t that right?”

Kim Chae Won closely observed Go Ro Na’s actions as she berated her while holding her phone to her chest.

Then with an even more surprised expression, she brought both hands to her mouth.

“So, so you’re saying the two of you had an affair… Is that why he asked for a divorce? That can’t be, Jae Min wouldn’t do something like that.”

Since I was in the drama club in middle school, I should add trembling hands to this.

Are you filming well? It seems you’ll show this to Noh Jae Min to confirm.

I have no intention of becoming your arrogant ally yet.

“Hey, Ms. Kim Hee Joo! What are you trying to do, pretending not to know when you know everything!”

“I’m hearing this for the first time. I never imagined you two would have an affair, even have a child, and then brazenly appear before me.”

“Fine, keep pretending you don’t know. Why did you hire the investigator again if you were so afraid? It was all caught by me anyway.”

“You, how, how could you do this? How can you be so brazen after doing such a thing!”

Go Ro Na, who had been quietly pursing her lips in thought, soon smirked.

“Legally, adultery isn’t a crime, as everyone in our country knows. I guess only Ms. Kim Hee Joo doesn’t know?”

“Everyone also knows it’s not the right thing to do. I guess only Ms. Go Ro Na doesn’t know?”

As Kim Chae Won acted with a fragile expression, Go Ro Na laughed even more.

“The right thing to do? The right thing is for you to step aside so Jae Min and I and my baby can form a family. As a woman, I understand you’re angry and trying to do something, but stop here. No matter what you do, Jae Min’s heart won’t change, and it’s not like Jae Min and my child will disappear.”

Go Ro Na gently stroked her belly and smiled.

“If you give up early, I’ll give you something extra, so think carefully. You should at least get a few pennies. What will you do living with an empty shell of a husband?”

She leaned her face closer to Kim Chae Won as if mocking her.

“Ms. Kim Hee Joo, you’re pretty. You’ve become very pretty, and your boyfriend seemed quite handsome too. Just take the money when it’s offered and go find your happiness. The longer you drag this out, the less money you’ll get. Make a wise decision. Don’t use your incapable brain and get caught by me again.”

Go Ro Na gently squeezed one of Kim Chae Won’s shoulders as if encouraging her, then passed by with a satisfied expression.

Their gazes remained locked until Go Ro Na got into a nearby taxi.

As the distance between them grew, Go Ro Na turned her head with a smile, and only then did Kim Chae Won relax her expression and straighten her posture.

*

Sitting on the sofa, Kim Chae Won rewatched the video she had just taken several times.

After concentrating with a serious expression, Kim Chae Won soon smiled.

“It came out well, Go Ro Na’s confession video.”

The pen-shaped miniature camera she had requested from the investigator captured Go Ro Na’s vicious face and voice in quite clear quality.

She recalled Go Ro Na confidently saying adultery wasn’t a crime after committing it herself.

To think she teaches students with such thoughts…

“Someone like you shouldn’t be a school teacher.”

She must have felt victorious seeing Kim Hee Joo unable to say a word today.

Not even realizing what kind of words she had spilled out.

She must have a satisfied face at the sight of the weak and unremarkable Kim Hee Joo.

Kim Chae Won suddenly turned her head at the sound of the doorbell.

After checking the intercom, Kim Chae Won quickly walked towards the entrance.

Click. When she opened the door, Choi Yoo Gun was standing there in a white shirt.

As it was an unexpected meeting, Kim Chae Won looked at him with a blank gaze.

“I thought we couldn’t meet this week, how did you come?”

Though they kept in touch, it had been difficult to match schedules with Yoo Gun who had become busier with frequent business trips recently.

As he had warned he would be busy, she had even taken several photos in advance, so it was an unexpected meeting.

“I was working as usual, but I was afraid you’d dump me. I shared some work with an employee.”

Kim Chae Won chuckled.

“May I come in.”

Kim Chae Won nodded with a smile as she looked at him.

“I’ll let you in since your attitude towards dating is good.”

As she stepped aside to make room, Yoo Gun entered.

“I’m planning to sleep here too,”

Slam, the door closed.

At his words, Kim Chae Won suddenly turned her head, but Yoo Gun went ahead and hung his jacket on a chair as if it were his own home.

Looking closely, he’s quite skillful.

Though he seems to politely ask for agreement as if Kim Chae Won’s word is law, in the end situations flow as he wants.

“I missed you, Kim Chae Won.”

She was about to teasingly say he should have mentioned sleeping over before coming in.

But look at this.

Coming in with perfect poise, pulling her waist close, and gazing at her with eyes that say she’s the only one in the world.

How could she not melt?

“I missed you too, Mr. Choi Yoo Gun.”

Not wanting to be a woman who completely gives in despite her gentle smile, Kim Chae Won smiled and headed to the kitchen, saying:

“But you’ll sleep at home.”

The corners of Yoo Gun’s mouth, who had been gazing at her with love-struck eyes, quickly hardened.

Now was the moment he needed to make efforts to change her mind.