A luxurious and modern two-story building.
Dense pine forests surrounding it.
A meticulously manicured lawn garden with the blue sea visible beyond.
It had the exact feeling of a villa seen in dramas or photographs.
Thud!
The sound of the trunk closing was heard, and Tae Wook approached Gyeo Wool’s side, pulling two suitcases.
“It’s a beautiful place, isn’t it? This is grandfather’s villa.”
“The chairman’s villa?”
“It’s a place where grandfather used to come to clear his head since a long time ago.”
“It doesn’t look like an old building at all though?”
Gyeo Wool tilted her head in confusion.
The exterior of the building looked like it had only been built a few years ago.
“That’s right. The old building was demolished and rebuilt. It would have been nice if you could have seen the previous villa.”
Was there perhaps a special story behind why they had to rebuild instead of keeping the old building?
Gyeo Wool saw a fleeting look of regret pass through Tae Wook’s eyes, appearing and disappearing in an instant.
“Let’s go up too.”
Tae Wook said, watching as Driver Choi moved the luggage.
“Why is there so much luggage?”
Gyeo Wool asked, looking down at the suitcases Tae Wook was holding in both hands.
“I’m not terminally ill. One day of rest is enough.”
She wondered just how many days of vacation he was planning to give.
Gyeo Wool thought Tae Wook intended to keep her at the villa for a long time.
What Driver Choi was moving was the bag they had brought from the hospital.
But if they added two more suitcases…
She thought she might not be able to leave this place for over a week.
“These two aren’t all for one secretary.”
“No? Then what?”
“This one is packed with the secretary’s things, and this one…”
Tae Wook pointed first to the suitcase on his left, then to the one on his right.
“Has my clothes and belongings.”
“What? Yours, sir?”
Gyeo Wool asked in bewilderment.
“Don’t worry. I didn’t pack work to do.”
“I’m not staying here alone?”
Gyeo Wool was so surprised and flustered that her voice cracked.
“You think a secretary could stay alone in such a large and remote place?”
Tae Wook deliberately looked around, sweeping his gaze over the villa and its surroundings.
“It would be quite scary at night.”
“Well, that’s…”
Of course it was impossible.
No matter how nice the place was, she felt she couldn’t spend even one night alone out of fear.
“See? You can’t be alone, right?”
“But… how will you commute from here? It would take hours to go back and forth.”
That was Gyeo Wool’s concern.
She couldn’t make Tae Wook’s life difficult just so she could rest here.
“Who said anything about commuting from here?”
“What? Then…”
“I took time off too.”
Gyeo Wool was so surprised by Tae Wook’s words that her lips parted slightly, unable to close for quite some time.
The CEO took time off?
So that’s why…
– For three days, you must absolutely not tell me to come to work or do any work.
Gyeo Wool recalled what Tae Wook had said before leaving the hospital.
Now she understood why he had forbidden those words.
“I’m planning to rest here with Secretary Han for a few days.”
“How can you take time off, sir?”
“That sounds like you’re saying I’m not allowed to take vacations.”
He looked hurt by her question.
She was flustered and tried to say that wasn’t what she meant.
“What I meant was…”
“I worked without a summer vacation this year. Come to think of it, I don’t even remember the last time I took time off.”
Her heart felt heavy at those words.
How buried in work must he have been…
She felt sorry for him and wanted to tell him to put everything down and rest comfortably.
But.
Knowing that the reason for his sudden vacation was because of her, she couldn’t do that.
“Please don’t do this and go back to Seoul. I’ll go too.”
Gyeo Wool reached for the handle of the suitcase Tae Wook was holding.
But Tae Wook wasn’t about to let go of the suitcase so easily.
He moved the suitcases in both hands away from Gyeo Wool’s body.
“Go back to Seoul? I want to rest too. I’m telling you, I want to get away from work for a few days.”
Tae Wook said with a smile on his lips.
In truth, he had agonized a lot before deciding to take a vacation.
He needed a way to make Gyeo Wool stop, even for a moment, as she pushed herself despite being sick.
He knew all too well that just ordering her to rest wouldn’t work on her.
She definitely wasn’t the type to comfortably rest at the apartment while watching him go to work.
So what he came up with was a vacation.
He believed that if he rested, she would have no choice but to rest as well.
And…
He also wanted to use the vacation as an excuse to spend time alone with her.
“No, you can’t. Quickly go back up to Seoul and work.”
“Secretary Han, you’re not listening. I told you that you absolutely must not tell me to work.”
“But that’s because I didn’t know why you said that then.”
She spoke sharply, reaching out her hand to touch the suitcase handle again.
This time, though he had refused to let go earlier, he readily handed the handle over to her.
Just then, Driver Choi returned to the car after taking her luggage inside the villa.
“Then I’ll…”
Driver Choi gave a slight nod to Tae Wook and got into the car.
And immediately, the sound of the engine starting was heard.
This couldn’t be happening.
“Driver Choi!”
Gyeo Wool called out in surprise, running towards the car while pulling the suitcase Tae Wook had handed her.
However, she had to stop after just a few steps.
There was no way Driver Choi hadn’t seen Gyeo Wool running towards the car.
Yet the car increased its speed, moving further away from the villa.
“Now that Driver Choi is gone, it’s impossible to return to Seoul right away.”
“This can’t be happening… Hah…”
Gyeo Wool was so dumbfounded that a sigh escaped her lips involuntarily.
It was clear that Tae Wook had secretly planned this with Driver Choi beforehand.
“Just give up.”
When had he come to her side?
Tae Wook’s voice came from right beside her.
And his arm wrapped warmly around her body.
“The wind is cold. It would be terrible if you caught a cold on top of being sick.”
Tae Wook’s worried voice was kind and gentle.
However, she couldn’t easily follow his words and move her body.
Three days in a remote place.
And they had to spend it together?
Just the thought made her head go blank and her heart was already pounding wildly.
[This is the timeline separator]“Brother!”
Jin Joo opened the door to the vice chairman’s office and entered.
“What brings you here? You’ve come all the way to see me.”
Ki Bum, sitting at his desk, looked at Jin Joo, who was naturally sitting down on the sofa, with an unwelcoming expression.
“I was in the neighborhood and it’s been a while since I saw you, so I stopped by.”
“You expect me to believe that?”
Ki Bum spoke curtly, not believing Jin Joo’s words.
The two weren’t close enough to seek each other out for no reason.
“Would it hurt you to pretend to believe me even if you know? I’m telling you I really came to see you.”
“Do you think I’m as idle as you?”
“Anyone who hears that would really think you’re busy.”
Jin Joo retorted, not backing down from Ki Bum’s words.
A mocking expression was an added bonus.
“What do you want to say? Say it quickly and go.”
“Are the marriage talks with Congressman Choi Min Gyu going well?”
“Why are you suddenly curious about that?”
“I heard something strange today.”
“Something strange?”
Ki Bum’s eyes lit up, showing interest in Jin Joo’s words.
“I heard that Congressman Choi is showing interest in K Group’s eldest son.”
“What? K Group?”
K Group, while ranking below Ji Sung Group in corporate rankings, was raising its profile through success in the entertainment business.
“Did I hear wrong?”
“O-Of course.”
Ki Bum’s face reddened as he stuttered.
He had felt an awkward atmosphere during yesterday’s phone call with Congressman Choi.
It seemed Congressman Choi wasn’t very fond of Tae Wook, who had come to the book launch but left without meeting his daughter.
On top of that, Tae Wook had ignored several of Congressman Choi’s summons until now.
“I know how much effort you put in, it shouldn’t fall apart.”
Contrary to her words, Jin Joo seemed to be enjoying the current situation.
“There’s no chance of it falling apart, so don’t say useless things.”
Ki Bum’s voice rose involuntarily.
“I’m just trying to show concern and you snap at me. Oh, by the way, when our Sung Joon comes back to Korea this time, he’s set to have a matchmaking meeting with the daughter of Chung Un Shipping.”
“You’ve certainly done your research.”
Ki Bum said, twisting the corner of his mouth into a sneer.
He realized that Jin Joo had come deliberately to rattle him.
“You know the chairman of Chung Un Shipping only has that one daughter, right? If our Sung Joon marries her, wouldn’t Chung Un Shipping give him their full support?”
“Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Since when do matters between men and women go as planned?”
“I have a good feeling about this one. Chung Un Shipping’s side made the matchmaking proposal first.”
Jin Joo was already acting triumphant, as if Sung Joon’s marriage was a done deal.
Seeing Jin Joo like this, Ki Bum felt anger bubbling up inside him.
“Come brag when it’s all settled. I’m busy. You can go now.”
After sending Jin Joo away, Ki Bum immediately called his secretary through the intercom.
[Yes, Vice Chairman.]“Find out where Kang CEO is. And what that woman is up to as well.”
A moment later, the secretary entered the vice chairman’s office.
“What did you find out?”
“CEO Kang has gone on a business trip to Japan, sir.”
“Business trip? Suddenly?”
Ki Bum immediately asked about Gyeo Wool, feeling something ominous.
“What about that woman?”
“Well…”
“Why, did something happen?”
“She accompanied the CEO on his business trip, sir.”
At the secretary’s words, Ki Bum frowned deeply.
“Just what on earth is he up to?”
Ki Bum couldn’t accept at face value the statement that Tae Wook had gone to Japan with Gyeo Wool.
“This is exactly why I didn’t want that woman by Tae Wook’s side.”
He had a bad feeling about this.
He couldn’t believe it was simply a contract to act as a couple in front of Chairman Kang.
Seeing Tae Wook defend Gyeo Wool in front of him only deepened his suspicions.
__________
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation (Female-dominant)
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.
Synopsis:
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.
He even had his eyes on another woman.
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.
Su Mu expressed her disdain.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
She also wanted to embrace Xie Yi, who had silently stayed by her side in her previous life and committed suicide by taking poison after her death.
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.”
[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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