I stopped what I was doing and went over to the Team Lead.
“There’s a plan this manager was in charge of, but suddenly there’s a group seminar that’s been scheduled, so this manager is taking over the group plan and I was wondering if you could take over this plan?”
“Yes, I’ll do it.”
I returned to my seat with the plan that only had guidelines laid out.
“Let’s see……”
I looked through the documents. Then I doubted my eyes and looked through them again.
Whether I rubbed my eyes, looked at it from a distance, or looked at it up close, the overseas business traveler that I was assigned to…
“Principal Researcher of the 1st Research Team, Ji Seo Joon.”
Ah, it has finally come.
But it came faster than I expected.
In the end, the time had come for me to come out to Ji Seo Joon.
The timing was awful.
Last night.
“During the remaining grace period, you seriously considering our relationship. That’s it.”
“Why all of a sudden…”
“I’m already seriously thinking about our relationship, but Moon Da Yul, I don’t think you are.”
I’m seriously considering it…
“Do you by any chance like me?”
My question dissipated into the air without even getting a response.
He practically kicked me out for persistently demanding an answer.
The day after receiving a confession that seemed like a confession but wasn’t, I had to come out and say, ‘I’ve been deceiving you all this time.’
I was in the dark.
“Ms. Moon, do you have a headache again? How about going to the hospital? You seem to be having it quite often lately.”
Baek In Ha came over and spoke to me as I was pressing down hard on my throbbing temple.
“It’s not a disease that can be cured at the hospital.”
“Ah, you must be under a lot of stress these days.”
Whether to call it stress or brain overload. Anyway, it was something like that.
Once the pain subsided a bit, I looked down at the documents again.
Seeing the report stamped with the name ‘Travel Coordinator Moon Da Yul’, I felt that I should tell him myself rather than him finding out, so I sent him a message.
When I used to ask Ji Seo Joon to make time for me in the past, if he had a prior engagement or the timing was awkward, he would reply straightaway with, ‘Next time.’ or ‘Speak quickly. I’m busy.’
However, Ji Seo Joon, who was like that, replied that he would make time to meet even though he had a prior engagement.
Although the content of the message might not seem significant, I was able to recognize Ji Seo Joon’s feelings from that single reply more than his words.
Ji Seo Joon was wholeheartedly involved.
[Ok. Contact me after lunch. I’ll come.] [Got it.]After having lunch with Baek In Ha in the company cafeteria, I checked Ji Seo Joon’s message.
[Should I come near your company?] No. Your company is my company, and my company is your company. Thinking that way, I quickly sent a message. [No. I’m nearby. If you go out the back door of the company and walk a bit, there’s a big park, right? Let’s meet there.] I took out coffee and walked to the park.
The park was bustling with people who were taking walks during their lunch breaks or soaking up the sunlight. The more people there were, the easier it was to find Ji Seo Joon.
“Did you see that person’s ID card just now?”
“Yeah. It looks like he works at S.T.”
“Wow, those people are really lucky. Imagine going to work every day and seeing such a face.”
There he is. Ji Seo Joon.
I headed toward the place where the women were sneaking glances. As expected, Ji Seo Joon was there. Was the sun shining only on him? It was Ji Seo Joon, who was unusually radiant.
“Here. Coffee.”
“Ah. Thanks.”
Ji Seo Joon, holding the coffee, looked at me.
“Why?”
“Suddenly, calling me out made me a little anxious. What is it? Did something happen?”
For a moment, Ji Seo Joon overlapped with Mrs. Kim from our house.
“No, it’s not that. I have something to say…”
“What is it? Don’t make me anxious, just tell me quickly.”
I pulled out my ID card from my bag and shoved it at Ji Seo Joon.
“What is it?”
Ji Seo Joon, pulling his body back without properly looking.
“Look.”
Only then did he accept the ID card I had extended. He returned my ID card with a sullen expression.
“What is it? What am I supposed to do with your ID card?”
I couldn’t hide my startled heart at Ji Seo Joon’s reaction, which was so different from my expectation. Perhaps Ji Seo Joon hadn’t seen properly, I shook it in front of his eyes.
“Put it away. So, what did you want to say?”
I took a step back to distance myself from him.
“You, did you know?”
He spoke to me without any change in his expression at my words.
“The day you were extorted by high school students.”
Suddenly, Ji Seo Joon brought up a past I didn’t really want to remember.
“That, that day, what…”
“I saw it in your trash can slash bag.”
Darn it. My strength drained out of my hand, and I dropped the ID card I had been holding.
Ji Seo Joon, who had been staring intently at my ID card on the ground, picked it up and handed it to me, standing askew.
“Did my business trip report go through?”
“Huh?”
“You came to be honest after checking that I’m going on a business trip to Japan next week, right?”
Ji Seo Joon, who had been piercing even into my department. It gave me chills. It was clear that Ji Seo Joon was waiting for the perfect day to blow it all open.
“No, it’s not that I confirmed it, rather…”
“Huh!”
As if astounded, he snorted and put his hands on his hips.
“How long were you planning to not say anything?”
“…As long as possible?”
“Why?”
“…Well.”
‘I’m extremely tired when I get involved with you!’
I wanted to say that, but I didn’t have the courage or the nerve to do so.
“Alright. I understand.”
Ji Seo Joon returned my ID card to me.
“Let’s do well from now on. Assistant Manager Moon Da Yul.”
And with that, Ji Seo Joon was striding with his long legs, heading back to the office.
“Aren’t you anxious?”
My body trembled at the last smile that guy showed me.
The anxiety became a reality that afternoon.
“Hello.”
Someone entered the office and greeted. I had an urgent matter to deal with, so I was just looking at my monitor. Therefore, I didn’t even check who had come in…
“Assistant Manager!”
Ms. Baek In Ha, who was next to me, shook me hard.
“Researcher Ji Seo Joon is here!”
“What?”
Only then did I peek my head over the partition, and there he was, walking in with a bright smile.
“What brings you here?”
“I’m Ji Seo Joon, a researcher from team 1. I came to meet Assistant Manager Moon Da Yul.”
In Ji Seo Joon’s hand, who had suddenly barged into the office, was a snack that I usually liked.
“Ah. Are you here because of the Japan business trip matter, Assistant Manager Moon Da Yul?”
The team leader called me.
“Yes….”
I awkwardly got up from my seat. I didn’t realize it when I was sitting, but when I stood up, not only our team but also the employees of other teams were taking turns looking at Ji Seo Joon and me with curious eyes.
“Haha. You could have contacted via internal mail, hahaha.”
Ji Seo Joon, who had come all the way even though there was email and internal messenger. He just smiled at our team members without answering my words.
“In fact, Assistant Manager Moon Da Yul and I were classmates from elementary, middle, and high school. So, I came to see her face for a while.”
Saying that, Ji Seo Joon shook the snack in his hand. This was undoubtedly revenge.
“Here, your favorite.”
Ji Seo Joon, throwing a bomb with a bright face.
The employees of the other teams who heard our team and Ji Seo Joon’s words started murmuring.
All I could do was blankly stare at the snack shaking in front of me.
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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