I thought it would be okay with Jaeha… but it seemed like it was not a problem he could handle.
“What should I do?”
The water had already been spilled.
I had only died and come back to life. Still, I felt rejected, and my heart ached despite warm water pouring into the tub.
“What should I do from now on?
The thought of drifting away from Jaeha made my heart pound.
Slowly closing my eyes, the time I spent with him unfolded before me.
Though it had only been a few months, countless memories flooded back.
‘Can I live without him?’
I slowly shook my head.
‘No. I’m not confident…’
A life without Jaeha was now unimaginable.
An anxious feeling rushed over me, thinking I couldn’t let him go.
‘No.’
Water dripping from soaked clothes echoed on the floor, but I couldn’t feel it.
All my attention was on Jaeha in the living room.
‘I can’t drift away because of this.’
Jaeha, who was the only one on my side in this world.
The urgency of not being able to lose him overwhelmed me.
‘No way.’
The moment I hastily opened the bathroom door, I was met with Jaeha, standing right there.
Jaeha looked surprised when the door suddenly opened.
Seeing his face, which was frozen in shock at my drenched dress, he quickly averted his gaze.
“Shower, and then you come out like this? Plus, your clothes…”
Jaeha hastily turned his head away from me.
I grabbed the wet hem of Jaeha’s clothes, desperately.
“Don’t go.”
“Where do you think I’m going? More importantly, at least use a towel.”
His gaze briefly met the glimpse of my skin visible under the soaked dress before quickly looking away.
Approaching Jaeha, who tried to avoid my gaze, I reached for his waist.
Jaeha, unaware that I would hug him, abruptly stopped in his tracks.
“I died and came back to life, but I’m not such a terrifying existence to avoid. I’m just Yoon Yeojin living my second life.”
“…”
“If even Jaeha drifts away, it’ll be too painful.”
Recalling Jaeha’s shocked face from earlier, tears flowed uncontrollably.
I could endure the disdainful gazes of others, but I didn’t want Jaeha to receive such looks.
I didn’t even realize that the water dripping from my wet clothes was soaking his shirt.
I just felt that the time waiting for his answer was too long.
“Haa.”
A deep sigh escaped through Jaeha’s lips.
Because my head was buried in his chest, I couldn’t see Jaeha’s expression, and my heart raced with anxiety.
Afraid he might leave like this, tears flowed in fear.
Jaeha gently took hold of my hand that was wrapped around his waist and pulled it down.
“Why would I avoid you? I’m not scared at all. Whether it’s your second or tenth life, it doesn’t matter. To me, you’re just Yoon Yeojin.”
He slowly turned around to face me.
I didn’t realize when he turned away, but as he faced me, sadness was evident on Jaeha’s face.
“I didn’t organize my thoughts, so I said that… I couldn’t sort out my own thoughts, and I felt like I couldn’t accept and comfort your pain.”
“…”
“So, let’s stop trying to organize the situation for now. Haa. I feel like I’ve been babbling too much.”
Jaeha wrapped me in a large towel he had brought, tilting his head.
Then, he gently wrapped my cheeks, meeting my eyes with steady gaze.
My once unsteady heartbeat had somehow calmed down.
Was it because I felt deep relief that he wouldn’t leave? This time, tears of a different meaning flowed.
“You keep making me cry.”
He wiped away the tears streaming down my face in place of me.
Tilting his head, Jaeha folded my hand over his on my face.
Perhaps it was his consideration, prioritizing me over his own bewildered feelings, that I felt more than the difficulty he might face accepting my secret.
Jaeha’s warmth seemed to seep into my heart.
Where else can I find someone who trusts me unconditionally? Only this man.
Like the ground firming up after rain, my love for him became even more steadfast.
“I’m not crying because I’m sad. Thank you, Jaeha, so… that’s why.”
My throat choked, and I couldn’t finish my sentence, but it was okay.
Jaeha’s gaze was more affectionate than ever, as if he could sense my feelings.
“Thank you. For trusting me like this.”
Jaeha gently stroked my thoroughly wet hair.
“It must have been difficult to confess honestly.”
Why am I like this? Why does this man seem to shine so brightly?
I couldn’t take my eyes off Jaeha, who smiled faintly while looking at me.
Despite knowing it wasn’t the right time, paradoxically, other emotions began to emerge.
Unintentionally, a vague desire emerged, wanting to embrace this man, who was now as soaked as me.
“And I’m not going anywhere. I’ll stay by your side for a long, long time.”
Unaware of my feelings, Jaeha used a towel to dry the water droplets falling from my hair.
“Now, let’s change into dry clothes.”
Every time his touch swept through my hair, it felt like every cell in my body was stimulated.
“You might catch a cold…”
As I lifted my head while he enveloped my cheeks, our eyes met directly.
For a second, or less, our gazes intertwined endlessly.
Perhaps Jaeha noticed the emotions seeping into my eyes, he blinked.
In that moment, I grabbed Jaeha’s hand and led him.
“I love you.”
After a brief silence.
“Ha…”
Jaeha’s breathy exhale caused his lips to twitch.
He slowly closed and opened his eyes. The eyes that were once trembling now deeply settled.
“I find it quite challenging to endure this in such a state.”
Desire flickered deep in his eyes.
I always felt uneasy that revealing my emotions might lead to something wrong.
It wasn’t easy for me to admit my feelings to Jaeha, but maybe being honest about everything played a part.
Strangely, today, I felt courageous.
Now, it’s okay to be honest about my feelings, isn’t it?
“You don’t have to endure it.”
I felt that I couldn’t endure it any longer.
“Hold me.”
Jaeha’s eyes trembled for a brief moment as if trying to grasp the meaning of my words.
Then, he approached me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
“I have no intention of stopping halfway.”
His gentle voice whispered in my ear.
“It’s what I wanted.”
As he pulled me closer and our lips met, the towel wrapped around us fell with a soft thud.
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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