On my way home from Daejin Hospital, I received a phone call.

Seo Jae Ha, my finger hesitated over the threecharacter name displayed on the navigation screen.

“Hello?”

Are you still outside? On your way back from the hospital?

“Yes. The road isn’t congested, so I think I’ll arrive soon.”

The roads were wide open since it was close to midnight.

You must be tired. How did the audition go?

His deep voice came through the speaker.

I remembered him leaving the studio not long after the camera test had started.

The casual question about my day weighed heavily on my heart.

“…Perhaps.”

Perhaps?

The events from the afternoon flashed by like a revolving lantern.

Considering the hasty preparations, the audition had concluded without any mistakes.

Especially when delivering the breaking news, it was so smooth that it even impressed the people around me.

It wasn’t a complete disaster.

“I might have lost… Honestly, I don’t know.”

You lost? Yeo Jin?

He laughed as if it was unbelievable.

However, there must have been other applicants who also made no mistakes and had a smooth performance.

Chae Seo Rin would be one of them.

Still, I didn’t just let her have her way, so it didn’t seem all bad.

He spoke up first, waiting for my answer.

Did you make a mistake? Or did you run out of time?

As if I hadn’t been an anchor for years.

I thought ten minutes would be enough. Ah, or was it because I disappeared in the middle?

I could sense the playfulness in his voice.

He seemed not to believe my words about possibly losing in the audition.

“A mistake? I was once the nation’s anchor, after all.”

…….

“Moreover, I didn’t even know that Mr. Seo Jae Ha wasn’t there?”

Upon hearing my words, he let out a very soft laugh.

You’re lying.

His low voice reached my ears.

Hearing Jae Ha’s firm statement that it was a lie, I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

‘No, how could the person who left in the middle know?’

Of course, Jae Ha was right that it was a lie, but strangely, I wanted to raise a white flag.

It seemed like I was always trying to deceive him.

“It’s not a lie. I didn’t realize that Mr. Jae Ha had left because I was focusing on the test…….”

I saw you looking for me right after the camera turned off.

His voice coming through the speaker was sly.

Wait a minute… he saw that?

While looking ahead, my gaze unknowingly shifted to the speaker where his voice was coming from.

“Did you see that?”

He didn’t answer my question for a moment but then chuckled softly.

You were scanning around like a baby bird searching for its mother.

“…….”

By the way, Yeo Jin, you’re quite skilled at lying.

My face turned red instantly.

If Jae Ha had been in front of me, he would have seen my flushed face and added a remark.

As the call continued, it seemed like I was getting more and more entangled with him.

“Stop teasing me, sir.”

You only call me ‘sir’ at times like this. But I don’t like that title.

His voice in my ear turned serious. He really seemed to be bothered by the title ‘sir.’

It feels like I’m doing something inappropriate.

For some reason, the moment I was embraced in his arms came to mind. I was momentarily flustered, licked my lips, and then replied with difficulty.

“Alright. It just slipped out without me realizing.”

I know. And I’m not good at comforting people.

Was it because he had playfully teased me a little?

As I shifted my gaze from looking straight ahead, the band on my hand holding the steering wheel came into view.

‘It seems like I’ve already received comfort from you.’

I’ll congratulate you later.

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As I got off the elevator, my eyes met Ji Han’s, who was leaning against the front door.

The person I least wanted to face was standing there.

“Are you just coming now?”

He straightened up from leaning against the wall and asked me.

I swept my gaze over him and walked to the front door, not even bothering to answer his unworthy question.

“Where have you been?”

Annoyed by his behavior, as if he were my husband, I turned around.

“Go away. This is my house.”

As I entered the house and was about to close the door, he reached out and opened it.

“What are you doing? Let go!”

“I left some stuff behind.”

“No way.”

I had already thrown away everything related to him. What could he possibly want to take?

In the end, Ji Han reluctantly entered the house.

‘I should move. Somewhere he can’t find me anymore.’

I had a headache.

I didn’t want to give up the house my grandfather had personally chosen for me.

I didn’t want to be in the same space as Ji Han, so I just stood at the entrance.

As he walked past the entrance and down the hallway, he looked at the empty wall with a cold gaze and asked me.

“Did you even remove the photos?”

He, who had rarely visited the house, seemed to notice the absence of the wedding photos.

“Are you really going to divorce me?”

“Yes.”

“Won’t you regret it?”

A shadow crossed his face as he looked down at me without a hint of hesitation.

I had countless regrets, even at that dying moment in front of the courthouse.