Da Eun was dumbfounded.

Initially, it was Young Hoon who had an affair with Da Eun’s friend Ju Ri. Not only did he stray, but Ju Ri even got pregnant.

With that, Young Hoon and Da Eun’s relationship came to a perfect end. But now he suddenly appeared accusing her of having an affair – it was beyond Da Eun’s comprehension.

“Then what’s this? Why did you buy a pregnancy test? Didn’t you buy it to check? That means you slept with a man.”

Da Eun let out a bitter laugh at Young Hoon’s interrogation.

“It’s not even worth answering, really.”

“Did you really sleep with another man? When? Who is he? Is he better than me? Tell me quickly!”

Young Hoon exploded as if he had witnessed his wife’s infidelity right before his eyes. He truly looked like he felt wronged.

“…Are you in any position to question who I slept with? Even if I did, do you think you have the right to be angry?”

Da Eun shouted with a trembling voice.

After the dreadful wedding, Da Eun had thought countless times about what to do if she encountered Young Hoon. How the two of them would act towards her.

It was beyond imagination.

Even if they apologized, she had no intention of forgiving them, but she didn’t expect them to be so brazen as to get angry like this.

“It’s because you didn’t answer my calls! Just answer my question. You acted so expensive with me, but in the end, you slept with another guy? You said you’ve never done it before, do you know how much I held back, how could you do this to me?”

Young Hoon questioned with fire in his eyes. He felt nothing but unjust. Young Hoon was overflowing with sexual desire, but Da Eun always rejected him.

So he satisfied his desires with Ju Ri while trying to preserve Da Eun’s purity. If you think about it, Da Eun was partly responsible for his affair with Ju Ri.

She kept refusing to sleep with him and making excuses, so he had no choice but to fall for Ju Ri’s seduction.

He had done all that for Da Eun, but now she had fallen for another man. It was like cooking porridge for a dog. Young Hoon wished he could turn back time.

“Wow, this is really the worst. We’re already over. Didn’t you go to Jeju Island with Ju Ri knowing that?”

Young Hoon blinked stupidly at Da Eun’s question, then slowly smiled. Her jealous interrogation was showing. That he was still in Da Eun’s heart.

He thought it would be difficult to change Da Eun’s mind, not just because of a simple affair, but because a child was involved. Still, his mother told him to try to appease Da Eun first, so he came, and now he saw hope.

Da Eun seemed angry that he went to Jeju Island with Ju Ri. So she must have acted out, and if he coaxed her a little more, they might be able to go back to how things were before.

He couldn’t accept the fact that Da Eun had slept with another man. Instead, he planned to use this as leverage to make her obey him for life.

“Ah, so that’s why you were upset.”

But Da Eun let out a scornful laugh. Young Hoon seemed like someone who couldn’t recognize that they had broken up. He sighed deeply and said,

“I’ll end things cleanly with Ju Ri. I won’t do anything to hurt your feelings from now on.”

“No, forget it, just get out of my life.”

“Sigh… Do you really think you can end things with me? We’ve been fighting for more than just a day or two.”

Da Eun’s eyes wavered. To think she had loved someone like this, she felt so regretful and ashamed at the same time.

“Just send the money if you don’t want to see me in court.”

“Da Eun, let’s not do this. I’ll break up with Ju Ri, so let’s have another wedding ceremony. Okay? You’re the only one I want to marry, and my mom thinks the same.”

Young Hoon nodded as if he understood Da Eun’s feelings and handed her the test.

“How can you say such things after getting Yang Ju Ri pregnant? Are you in your right mind?”

Both Young Hoon, who spoke as if Ju Ri’s pregnancy was no big deal, and his mother were horrifying.

“I regret it too. I should have been more thorough, but I let my guard down when she said she was taking birth control…”

Young Hoon was sincere to some extent. After meeting with his mother, when Ju Ri disappeared without even answering his calls just because she was a bit upset, his thoughts about Da Eun deepened.

“What are you saying, you’re really crazy.”

Da Eun was disgusted to see him regretting not hiding the affair thoroughly, rather than regretting the affair itself. She was beyond fed up with Go Young Hoon as a person, and now she was even scared.

“You had an affair too, so we can forgive each other once. Let’s forget everything and get along well. Okay?”

Young Hoon was displeased at the thought that Da Eun might have really slept with another man, but he was willing to overlook one transgression since he had slept with Ju Ri almost every day.

He even almost arrived late to the wedding because he was having sex with Ju Ri in the car.

Young Hoon grabbed Da Eun’s shoulder with his hand. Da Eun’s body shrank at the unexpectedly strong force.

Da Eun was quite surprised as she didn’t expect him to use force like this. Her mind seemed to stop, and she couldn’t think of anything or open her mouth.

Just as she was paralyzed by fear she had never felt before in her life,

“Aaargh!”

Young Hoon’s scream was heard. Da Eun squeezed her eyes shut at the ear-piercing voice. Soon, the hand gripping her shoulder fell away limply.

“Hey! Who are you, let go!”

Freed from Young Hoon, Da Eun raised her head to assess the situation.

It was Yu Kwon who had suddenly appeared and was mercilessly twisting Young Hoon’s arm. Unlike Young Hoon who was writhing in pain, his face was calm. However, his cold eyes were filled with murderous intent.

“M-Mr. Managing Director?”

A shout no different from Young Hoon’s scream burst from Da Eun’s mouth.

Meeting her ex-fiancé and the man she accidentally spent one night with simultaneously in front of her house.

Ridiculously, Da Eun first thought about how she must look in Yu Kwon’s eyes.

She had always tried to appear neat and tidy, but now Da Eun hadn’t even applied lotion properly and was wearing pajamas with a hoodie.

An even bigger problem was that she was with Go Young Hoon. She worried that she might look pathetic, unable to properly cut ties with an ex-boyfriend who was worse than trash.

Da Eun immediately studied Yu Kwon’s expression.

From his thick eyebrows to his furrowed brow, his long eye line, his pitch-black eyes that seemed colder than ever today, his slightly twisted lips were telling her. His mood that was different from usual.

Even during the argument at Hyanglimjae, or when he fought with the directors, he had never shown such an angry face.

Yu Kwon released Young Hoon’s arm. With the recoil, Young Hoon staggered and eventually fell.

“Managing Director…?”

Young Hoon, getting up and rubbing his sore arm, looked back and forth between Yu Kwon and Da Eun. Soon his face contorted.

Young Hoon knew the man before him well. Cha Yu Kwon, grandson of Chairman Cha Myung Il and Da Eun’s superior.

An arrogant and annoying parachute who sat in a higher position than him despite having no ability, just because he was born into a chaebol family.

Why was Yu Kwon in front of Da Eun’s house?

Could the reason for buying the pregnancy test be…?

No, that can’t be. What does Cha Yu Kwon lack?

Even in the midst of this, Young Hoon realistically considered the positions of Da Eun and Yu Kwon.

Cha Yu Kwon, the third generation of a chaebol, and Song Da Eun, the daughter of a poor crippled single mother.

Da Eun wasn’t even in a position to be Yu Kwon’s romantic partner.

It was because it was him who had embraced the inadequate Da Eun, but smart and shrewd people with everything wouldn’t have an insufficient woman as their partner no matter how pretty she was. Maybe as a plaything.

Reality wasn’t a fairy tale. Da Eun would never become Cinderella. Even Cinderella was originally a noble.

However, on the other hand, he felt uneasy. When she mentioned they were college seniors and juniors, Da Eun’s expression somehow looked awkward. As if she was talking about an ex-boyfriend.

“What brings Managing Director Cha to my girlfriend’s house?”

Yu Kwon frowned, seemingly displeased by Young Hoon’s words calling Da Eun his girlfriend.

Young Hoon was equally displeased. The thought that Cha Yu Kwon might be the one Da Eun had an affair with wouldn’t leave his mind.

“Da Eun, it’s not true…?”

Young Hoon’s voice trembled finely. He hoped Da Eun would answer that it wasn’t true. The idea of Da Eun sleeping with someone better than him was unacceptable.

But Da Eun said nothing. Young Hoon, taking it as affirmation, let out a bitter laugh.

“Managing Director Cha, Da Eun is going to marry me. We’re just having a little fight right now. So please stop interfering in our relationship and leave.”

“Ha, marriage…”

Yu Kwon snickered as if he had heard an amusing joke.

“It seems like you’re the one interfering, not me.”

“W-What did you say?”

Young Hoon, who had been acting as if he would pounce at any moment, suddenly flinched as he realized the size difference between them. Having just experienced his overwhelming strength, he didn’t want to clash.

Young Hoon changed targets and looked at Da Eun. Although she was angry now, Da Eun had always looked only at him, so he thought she would take his side this time too.

“Da Eun, I really won’t look at anyone else from now on, only you. Let’s stop fighting and make up now.”

But Da Eun didn’t even flinch. Rather, she glared at Young Hoon as if he was disgusting.

Yu Kwon wrapped one arm around Da Eun’s slender shoulders, widening the gap between her and Young Hoon. As if protecting what was his from external threats.

Da Eun looked up at him, holding her breath.

His fresh yet heavy scent wafted over her. Da Eun felt both reassured and tense by the solid arm around her shoulders. It was truly a contradictory feeling.

“We used protection properly.”

His hot breath tickled Da Eun’s cheek. She felt the hair all over her body stand on end.

His low voice, seemingly warning, continued again.

“Were you worried, baby?”

He utters such sweet words while looking at Go Young Hoon with eyes that seem ready to tear him apart.