Even though she could now speak of it without tears, the memory of that fiery sky remained etched in her heart, unforgettable.
Soon after her father’s heroic death, Jae Yoon’s parents visited their home.
Young Seol Won, hiding behind a door, watched and listened as they tearfully begged her mother for forgiveness.
They felt indebted to her father for saving their lives and vowed to repay the favor for a lifetime.
“So, they took care of you. Without expecting anything in return.”
“……Yes. Despite my mother saying it wasn’t necessary, they really treated me better than their own daughter.”
“Such grateful people. It’s rare to find those who appreciate kindness in this world.”
Chae Ha then took a long sip of his wine.
Suddenly, Seol Won noticed his deep gaze, reminiscent of a certain winter night.
The night they first embraced, under the falling snow.
“Actually, there’s something I’ve been wanting to share with you too. About my brother.”
“Ah…….”
Seol Won’s eyes widened at the unexpected topic.
His brother meant Kwon Tae Ha, the eldest son of the Chae family.
It was a topic Chae Ha never spoke of, so it was quite surprising.
Truthfully, she had been curious about it for a long time.
Especially since the night he broke down in her arms, which she later learned was his brother’s death anniversary.
Expecting a difficult story, Seol Won listened intently.
She had always felt Chae Ha’s pain regarding his brother’s death, a tender wound at his side.
She wanted to look into, and hopefully soothe, the depths of his pain.
Chae Ha slowly parted his lips.
“As you know, my brother died in a car accident about six months before meeting you. He was on his way to see a woman he loved.”
The story that followed was heartbreakingly tragic.
Kwon Tae Ha, the eldest son of the Chae Group, had always been gentle and obedient since childhood.
Even as an adult, his steadfast nature persisted.
Although not born with great business acumen, he worked twice as hard as others and earned his place as the successor.
Despite being quite different from Chae Ha and not much older, they had a good brotherly relationship.
It was Tae Ha who always took care of the emotionally distant Chae Ha, fulfilling his role as an elder brother diligently.
The first time he ever defied his parents was because of a woman.
The woman chosen for Tae Ha by his family, Heo Young Ju, naturally brought up marriage, believing he would accept without question.
But Tae Ha firmly refused for the first time, saying he loved another woman.
Upon hearing that declaration, Heo Young-ju was deeply shocked, but who was she after all?
She was never the kind of person to stand by and watch her son marry just any woman.
As the marriage date between the two families was set without her consent, Tae-ha drowned his nights in alcohol.
On the eve of the engagement ceremony, with the intent to run away together, he went to see his lover, ready to even forsake his heir position.
And then, he tragically passed away in a rainy day traffic accident.
What was even more empty was revealed later.
The woman his brother loved did not even attend the funeral.
Later it turned out that she had already received a hefty cheque from Heo Young-ju, planning to break up with Tae-ha.
Adding insult to injury, she married another wealthy man not long after his brother’s death.
As if Tae-ha had never existed from the beginning.
Although Kwon Chae-ha never had much expectation of women to begin with, after that incident, disillusionment with the emotion called ‘love’ bloomed in his heart.
Based on the pity for his brother who was deceived by such a hollow emotion and turned his back on the world, Kwon Chae-ha’s heart grew even colder.
“……Thank you for sharing such a difficult story.”
When Seol-won, who had been silent for a while, opened her lips, Chae-ha smiled slightly.
His face was surprisingly affectionate and gentle, unlike the expression of a man who had just been sharing painful stories.
He ignored her empty glass and poured wine only into his own.
“You shared an even harder story, Min Seol-won.”
“…….”
Wondering if he intended to drink alone with a heavy heart, Seol-won’s eyes followed his hand.
She felt somewhat apologetic at the thought of him getting painfully drunk like that time.
Especially if he were to become troubled again because of the things surrounding her….
“Min Seol-won.”
His voice, cutting through her thoughts, rang close to her ear, and Seol-won startledly looked up.
His red lips were now close to her nose.
Chae-ha whispered languidly at a distance where their breaths could almost touch.
“Don’t struggle alone anymore. I’ve decided to share everything with you.”
“……Chae-ha.”
“In this world, you and I, we are deeper than anyone else.”
Deep… That word, mixed with his hot breath, warmed her cheeks.
Seol-won’s eyes shook intensely, fully captured in Chae-ha’s gaze.
It was always the deep, deep look that made her heart flutter.
He took a shallow breath and sipped the wine.
Then slowly, he lifted Seol-won’s chin and leaned in to capture her lips.
The sweet scent of the wine flowed through their lips.
Overwhelmed by the dizzying sensation, Seol-won closed her eyes tightly.
She realized why he had filled only his glass with wine in this manner.
Before long, the gradient outside the window had turned into a single hue, transforming into the deep night sky twinkling with stars.
Sitting with their knees touching, the two shared a series of kisses.
Just as their deep breaths intermingled ceaselessly, so too did their hearts deepen immeasurably for each other.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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