It’s dawn, so I’ll be there soon. Don’t wander off, just stay right there.

Jae Ha told her to wait and hung up the phone.

“Did he really tell me to wait?”

Perhaps because it was close to midnight, despite being a summer day, the night air was quite cool.

Perhaps because of that, she hadn’t noticed during the call, but looking around, it was quiet.

Despite being on the roadside, there were only passing cars.

She leaned back in her chair, looking up at the black darkness of the night sky.

“Is it too late?”

Looking at the empty street, she could finally feel Jae Ha’s urgency.

Since he’d left, it would take at least 20 minutes to get here from his house.

She had been frustrated after the confrontation with Seo Rin.

The fact that people believed Seo Rin’s almost evasive words was quite shocking.

So, while she thought she needed a drinking buddy, she hadn’t expected him to come.

Remembering Jae Ha’s lack of hesitation, a smile naturally formed on her face.

“Am I that worrying? It feels like he’s treating me like a child.”

An adult going to the convenience store in front of their house…

However, it wasn’t bad to feel someone’s concern and interest.

No.

Feeling better than she thought, she pulled out a can of beer from the bag.

It was the moment she brought it to her lips, feeling the refreshing sensation of the can in her fingertips.

With the sound of heavy footsteps, someone approached and put a hand on my shoulder.

“Oh, you’re already here?”

She had just opened the can, thinking there was still quite a bit of time before Jae Ha would arrive.

Thinking it was obviously Jae Ha, she turned around with a halfsmiling face.

“Were you here? I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

The person who came to find me was not Jae Ha.

Behind me was Ji Han’s executive assistant and confidant, Director Kim.

His deep eyes looking at me over the rim of his glasses met mine.

His inscrutable, creepy gaze made even my hair stand on end.

“Madam.”

When I heard Director Kim’s voice calling me, who was not responding, I dropped the beer can I was holding.

Thump.

The can that fell and rolled on the asphalt ground stopped when it hit Director Kim’s shoe tip.

He, who was looking at me with an expressionless face, bent down and picked up the can.

Then he put it on the table and came closer to me.

“Chairman Ji is looking for you. Let’s go to the house.”

He spat out words that were almost a threat, not asking for my opinion.

Eventually, I returned to the apartment with Director Kim leading the way.

Ji Han seemed to be waiting inside already, as the front door was half open.

As I entered the living room, Ji Han, who was sitting deeply on the sofa, stared at me.

“What were you doing? Sit down first.”

The guards who were guarding the front door as I entered the house came to mind.

They seemed to have firmly decided to block the entrance, as if they thought I might run away.

As soon as I faced Ji Han, I touched my forehead at the rising anger.

Facing this absurd situation, I felt suffocatingly frustrated.

Ji Han was always doing as he pleased, but today the atmosphere was different.

He had a threatening face like a starved beast with its prey in front.

The article with Seo Rin that I went out today must have made him angry.

I had anticipated some arrows of anger, but I didn’t know he would come out of the blue and act so highhandedly.

‘I was too complacent about my safety.’

Regret came belatedly.

I should have listened when Jae Ha said to be careful of Ji Han……

Did he anticipate that Ji Han would come looking for me like this?

“I have nothing to say to you. I’m really uncomfortable with this situation.”

“…Uncomfortable?”

“I remember asking you not to come unannounced like this. Why do you keep doing this? Are those guards threats?”

Ji Han’s straight eyes focused on me were suffocating.

Perhaps the word ‘uncomfortable’ from my mouth irritated him; Ji Han’s brows furrowed deeply.

“Threat.”

“……”

“Ha, haha. So, it seems that even this feels like a threat to you?”

He straightened up his body, clenched his fist, then released it.

The cold smile on Ji Han’s lips made me forget it was summer; I felt a chill.

“Do you know why I came here today?”

“……”

“Betrayal and anger filled me to the tips of my hair. I wasn’t sure what to do with you. I’ve wanted to restore our relationship since the divorce!”

He wanted to restore it? What?

I never thought I wanted to go back to our previous relationship.

It seems Ji Han has not given up hope that we could still get married.

As he continued speaking, he kicked his seat, got up, and approached me.

“But you exposed my faults. And as if that wasn’t enough, you even confirmed it by causing a scandalous article with me and Seo Rin today. It was terribly awful.”

The moment I met his sparkling eyes, goosebumps ran over my skin.

He was convinced that I had orchestrated all of this.

“What did I do so wrong to you?”

“……”

“It was just a fleeting affair with Seo Rin before we got married. Isn’t that common in an arranged marriage?”