‘Because it exploded right along with the launch announcement.’

Ji Han didn’t like to appear publicly except for necessary official occasions.

The fact that such a man is directly participating in the event would be because this launch project is intertwined with the succession of Hojin Group.

Being thoroughly selfcentered, he only knew himself.

“A charity event for single mothers and underprivileged families?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“I heard that it was originally a later event, but thanks to the divorce article, it was brought forward. And Ji Han himself is participating.”

The car gradually came to a halt.

Looking out the window, a familiar apartment complex came into view.

“Indeed, they must be in a hurry to do damage control?”

Unlike me, who got a satisfying answer and was in a good mood, Jae Ha’s eyes narrowed.

“But I’d like to stop talking about other men.”

“…Pardon?”

I was startled by his words as I was unbuckling my seatbelt.

“We’ve been talking about Ji Han until we arrived.”

‘Did I do that…?’

Looking back, it seemed like I had only been asking about Ji Han the whole way.

I might have asked too many questions, and it might have hurt his feelings.

Jae Ha got out of the car and headed into the apartment complex. Then suddenly, he stopped walking.

Looking at Jae Ha, who was giving off a different vibe than usual, I also stopped in my tracks.

“Can you give me your hand?”

I tilted my head at his sudden request for my hand, and then extended my right hand to him.

“Not the right hand, the left.”

Still with a puzzled look, I extended my left hand to him.

“You didn’t wear it?”

Jae Ha came closer to me and slipped a ring between my fingers.

I was surprised and blinked my eyes due to Jae Ha suddenly coming closer and holding my hand.

“What?”

Following his gaze, I saw my empty ring finger.

I wondered if Jae Ha was referring to the wedding ring from my marriage to Ji Han.

“Are you talking about a ring?”

How did he know that I had worn that wedding ring today?

In the end, when the topic of the ring came up, the darkness in Jae Ha’s eyes deepened.

“I thought you wore it on the broadcast.”

“Did you watch the news today?”

“I did. I usually keep up with the news.”

I was momentarily surprised by the fact that he had been watching the news I presented.

“I was watching it carelessly as usual, and I was surprised because of that ring.”

“……”

“I was wondering what kind of emotional change it was to wear a wedding ring given by an exfiancé.”

It felt like my complexly spinning thoughts had stopped.

Was it because I casually wore the ring during the broadcast that his expression had been dark until now? Wait a minute……

‘Is this jealousy?’

Despite Jae Ha speaking with a rather serious face, the thought that it might be jealousy made me burst out laughing unknowingly.

It was a laugh that came out because I couldn’t believe the situation, even though I was seeing it with my own eyes and hearing it with my own ears.

“Uh…… Are you laughing now?”

“Pfft.”

Once the laughter started, I couldn’t stop, and Jae Ha’s eyebrows furrowed further.

I didn’t want to laugh, but I couldn’t stop. What should I do?

“Ha, it’s not the time to laugh.”

Looking at Jae Ha speaking with a somewhat serious face made it even harder for me to hold back my laughter.

“……Ah, I’m sorry.”

“After a divorce, if you wear a ring, it’s perfect for people to misunderstand.”

The more I heard Jae Ha’s words, the more I couldn’t stop my smile.

Since I started laughing, a bit of emotion began to show on Jae Ha’s previously expressionless face.

“Hey. What misunderstandings do people have?”

“They’ll totally misunderstand. They’ll say that Anchor Yoon actually still has lingering feelings for her exfiancé. They’re considering a reunion.”

At the mention of a reunion, the terrible past came back to me. Why would a man who should know as well as I do say such a thing?

I was looking at Jae Ha, who was spreading the wings of his imagination, with an incredulous face.

“Mr. Jae Ha Seo should know better that it’s not like that. And I’m okay with people misunderstanding.”

Because it was better the more people took interest in my divorce with that man, and the deeper they delved into it.

I’d be even more thankful if they eagerly revealed the inappropriate relationship between those two.

“Give it.”

“What?”

Suddenly, he extended his other hand, the one not holding mine.

“The ring.”

“Um…… Are you asking for that ring?”

Without any additional explanation, he pointed to his extended hand with a rushful look.

He was adamant, as if he would only retract his hand if I handed over the ring.

“But I don’t have the ring now.”

I scratched the back of my head due to the unexpected situation, but faltered under Jae Ha’s steady gaze.

“You were wearing it until the broadcast.”

It was awkward because I really didn’t have the ring right now.

I gave an awkward laugh to Jae Ha who was looking at me expectantly.

“Yes. I don’t have it now. But what are you going to do with the ring?”

“What do you mean what. I was going to throw it away.”

He seemed sincere in answering my question with a blank face.

Was he really going to throw it away?

“Jae Ha, you’re acting strange today. Why are you like this?”

It was always Jae Ha who would tease me, but I was taken aback by the different atmosphere today.

I thought Jae Ha would naturally have noticed why I wore that conspicuous ring on the news broadcast.

I heaved a soft sigh.

“The reason I wore the ring today……”

“I know. You wore it because you wanted it to be caught on the broadcast.”

I frowned at his words implying that he knew everything.

“The audience seems to be catching on slowly. But Yeo Jin seems to be more oblivious than I thought.”

I was instantly drawn in by Jae Ha, who was pulling me in with an awkward smile.

“I didn’t expect to have to hand it over in such an open place.”

He returned to his usual self as if nothing had happened.

He looked at me with even deeper eyes than before, and then pulled something out of his back pocket.

“I had ordered it in advance, but it took longer than expected, so it was late.”

‘Could it be……’

“This is a symbol that we are going to be a couple.”

My heart started to beat fast at the sound of his continuing smooth voice.

I could see the ring softly sliding onto my empty ring finger.

“Let’s get married.”

In the stark street, the ring sparkling under the street lamp light was ironically, so beautiful.

As much as a part of my heart was touched.

“Let’s discard what Ji Han gave.”

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