Heewook stayed in the office until late at night, organizing documents. Once he confirmed the imminent arrival of Kim Taejoon’s control, he couldn’t just stand idly by. He had to erase all traces of manipulation in the documents of the cases he had handled so far. He also had to hide the fees he received from clients.
At the height of covering up the evidence, a knock was heard.
“Lawyer Yang Heewook, may I come in?”
The owner of the voice was none other than the representative lawyer of Yulgyu Law Firm.
Startled, Heewook hastily spilled the books from the shelf onto the pile of documents.
“Yes!”
With a hurried response from Heewook, the door opened. The representative lawyer glanced around at the messy floor.
“Did someone break into the office?”
Heewook detached himself and stood up.
“No, no. It’s nothing. I was just organizing, and things got out of hand. But why, what brings you here, sir?”
The representative lawyer placed a client’s request form on Heewook’s cluttered desk. It was the biggest lawsuit among the cases Heewook had taken on.
“It seems both parties should withdraw from this case.”
“Why? I’ve been assigned to handle this case.”
“Not just this case.”
“…”
“There’s a problem raised in the United States.”
Heewook’s pupils trembled at the news delivered by the representative lawyer.
Things were happening much faster than he had expected. This couldn’t be happening.
“Suspicion of document manipulation in the cases you handled.”
“Do you have any evidence?”
“We are thoroughly reviewing our firm’s cases in the United States. But perhaps… Was it intentional on both parties’ part?”
“No! That’s not possible. I just found out myself. The clients must have manipulated and handed them over!”
Heewook shouted in frustration.
“But, especially in the cases involving both parties, there’s a lot of suspicion of document manipulation, so they’re starting to doubt over there.”
“…Should I resign? Should I move to another law firm?”
Heewook, clenching his fists, pleaded with a sense of injustice. However, it didn’t seem to sit well with the representative lawyer.
“It’s not about changing firms. The issue is the suspicion of document manipulation in many cases. Did you touch the case involving Professor Sung Wookjong?”
The case of Professor Sung Wookjong. It was a case where a graduate student working in the professor’s office filed a lawsuit against the professor for cruel treatment. Although the professor was acquitted due to insufficient evidence, the graduate student continued to appeal, claiming injustice.
Heewook couldn’t speak, bewildered. The fact that he had collected false testimonies from the professor and graduate students, and destroyed real evidence, was something Heewook knew alone. There was no way this information could have leaked.
“They might question your lawyer qualifications. Anyway, I know about that, Yang Heewook. I’ll let you know as soon as I hear any new information.”
After finishing speaking, the representative tapped Heewook’s shoulder and left.
“Sigh…”
After the representative left, Heewook frantically organized the ruined books.
Kim Taejoon. How do you know all of this?
He had only taken a bit more money from those who felt uncomfortable and touched the documents a bit. He had only used his excellent persuasion skills to convince people to testify skillfully.
In a hurry to organize the documents, he accidentally grazed his finger at the edge of the paper. When blood flowed from the skillfully cut spot, his phone rang. It was Mrs. Kim Malhee.
“Mom, I’ll be late today. Don’t keep contacting me; I’m busy……”
[Heewook! Dad’s in big trouble!]Despite firmly instructing not to disturb him and trying to hang up, Malhee’s voice was startled.
[There’s been an accident. Come to the hospital quickly!]Following the accidents involving his mom and sister, now his dad too. It felt like the arrows of misfortune from all over the world were flying towards him.
Saturday.
Chairman Kim Jaepil called Taejoon once a day. Since most of Jaepil’s calls were for boring meetings, Taejoon had spent a lot of time free.
However, today couldn’t be like that. It was because Seokhwa was accompanying him at the event. If he were to overlook Han Soeun, he had promised to do anything, so he needed to handle the work professionally.
It was a tiring task, but Taejoon managed it effortlessly. After Seokhwa sent him a somewhat warm gaze, Taejoon left the venue, immediately calling her.
The waiting signal lasted longer than usual.
[Hello.]Soeun’s voice sounded low.
“Where are you?”
[At the office.]“Why are you at the office?”
[Dad said it would be better to finish the work quickly, so we’re working hard too.]Upon Soeun’s response, Taejoon turned the steering wheel.
“Did everyone go to work then?”
[Yes. Right now, it’s just Director Jang and me.]“Only two of you?”
[Yes. Bora went ahead; she had something to do.]Certainly, she must have been asked not to request to finish the project quickly.
“I understand. See you later.”
Taejoon became anxious.
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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