His grip on my hand only loosened once we were in the car.

Despite having heard the entire conversation with Seo Rin over the phone, Jae Ha didn’t say anything.

Why do these things keep happening in front of Mr. Jae Ha?

I just kept rolling the fountain pen he had given me in my hand.

“But, where are we going right now?”

I asked, suddenly realizing that we were heading in a different direction from home.

“You’ll know when we get there.”

I cocked my head as it was close to midnight.

Seeing me like that, he gave a slow smile and continued to drive without saying anything.

“Get out.”

The place we arrived at was the Han River.

What on earth were we doing at the Han River at this hour?

As if reading my mind, he spoke first.

“I thought we might need some fresh air. Both you and me.”

After telling me to wait for a moment, he disappeared and came back to where I was sitting on the bench.

With exactly what I desperately needed right now.

“Do you want to drink?”

He opened a cool can of beer and handed it to me. The coolness transmitted to my fingertips already made my body tingle.

Looking at the coffee in his hand, I couldn’t help but smile.

“Are you ‘drinking alone’ again today?”

“Ah. My secretary has gone home.”

So, he had to drive himself.

The moment I felt the cold beer flowing down my throat, it felt like I was alive again.

The heat that had spread throughout my body seemed to finally subside.

“It’s hard to control yourself if you drink at this time…..”

He muttered, looking at the scenery across the Han River.

Then, seeing me chugging the beer without a break, he looked at me with a surprised face.

“Wait, who downs beer like that?”

“Ah… refreshing.”

I emptied the beer can in one go.

As I stood up from my seat, Jae Ha stared at me with a bewildered look.

“I think I need more than beer.”

“…..”

“The side dish today was too stimulating.”

The image of Seo Rin telling me about her pregnancy flickered in front of my eyes.

The only thought in my head was to get drunk to clear my mind.

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“You drink well by yourself.”

He looked at me, propping his chin up, as I was busily mixing two different types of alcohol.

When I swirled the clear glass full of liquor, he chuckled lightly.

“Do you want to drink too, Mr. Jae Ha?”

“It might be fun if we both get drunk.”

The glass I was about to bring to my mouth disappeared from my sight. Jae Ha had stealthily snatched the glass from my hand.

“Stop drinking. You seem drunk.”

Just by looking at the liquor bottles laid out in front of me, it was clear that I was already fully drunk.

I wasn’t particularly weak at drinking, but I was particularly weak at mixing drinks.

With his words in mind, I thought I should stop drinking and got up from my seat.

Suddenly, my vision spun, and it seemed as if Jae Ha, who was sitting in front of me, split into two and then became one again.

“Whew.”

“See? You’re drunk.”

I staggered without realizing it.

When I managed to steady myself by holding onto Jae Ha, I met his eyes, which were looking at me with a soft gaze.

I’m the one who’s drunk, so why does he seem happier?

He was still sitting on the bench, propping his chin up and looking at me gently.

This man, he turned thirtythree this year, right?

I had learned a lot about Jae Ha, whom I didn’t know before my return.

In the present, which was so different from the past, could the news of Seo Rin’s pregnancy be evidence of that fact?

“Do you… would you believe me if I said I knew the future, not being thirtyfour?”

Jae Ha, who had been looking at me with a joyful face as I was drunk, finally narrowed his brows.

Then, thinking that I was just drunk talking, he laughed lightly.

“The future? Not just Yoon Yeo Jin, but you’re saying you’re actually Yeo Jin’s hidden older sister, right?”

“Hidden older sister? That’s also interesting… Haha.”

It was absurd, but it was a story that could possibly happen in real life.

A more realistic and plausible story than coming back to life after being killed.

Who would believe it? That I was killed by my husband and came back to the past.

This meaningless story that my exhusband and junior, who cheated on me, had a child again.

I didn’t know if my head hurt because I was drunk, or if it was because thinking of the two of them gave me a headache.

I held my throbbing head that was becoming increasingly painful.

“I really… I hate your sister. I hate her so much. No, hate isn’t enough to express all my feelings, I despise her.”

I detested Ji Han, who had driven me to the edge of a cliff like this.

Ji Han had driven me into an extreme situation where I had no place to retreat.

And so, before I knew it, my whole life was filled with revenge.

“More than you think…”

That gaze that swept over me, as if it wasn’t enough to break down and destroy my precious everyday life that I had been living peacefully.

I would wake up from sleep dozens of times a day, remembering that eerie gaze.

Could it be that my feelings were intensified because I was drunk?