The biggest reason she didn’t want to come to the party today was because she knew she would have to face these two.
Ever since the gallery event got twisted, Heo Young Joo always showed up with Baeck Sara.
Thanks to that, Seol Won was automatically ostracized.
“Answer me, you know us, right? Are you pretending not to know even though you do?”
Despite the sharp question, Seol Won did not respond.
This time, she had made up her mind to thoroughly ignore them.
Since she had announced she had no memory, it didn’t matter whether the person was her motherinlaw or anyone else.
When she thought about what they had done to her, it was clear that the moment she exchanged words with them, Seol Won’s patience would reach its limit.
It was then.
A sharp voice came from behind Seol Won.
“What are you doing right now?”
“……!”
At that moment, the faces of the two women simultaneously turned pale.
Even without looking, she knew. The man standing behind her was her husband, Kwon Chae Ha.
An icy aura that made your hair stand on end emanated just from his footsteps.
Shortly after, Kwon Chae Ha, who had followed behind her, furrowed his brows at the champagne stain that had heavily spread on her dress.
People had already started to gather around the open entrance of the party, looking in their direction and whispering amongst themselves.
Sensing trouble, Min Seol Won grabbed the arm of Chae Ha, who was dressed in a suit.
“Mr. Kwon Chae Ha. Let’s go over there for now. We can talk there.”
“No.”
Chae Ha calmly pulled his arm out of Seol Won’s grip.
His gaze was like a frozen lake on the verge of cracking.
“I need to hear what happened right here. Speak up, Baek Sa Ra. And Mother, what on earth did you do to my wife?”
“You, you. Chae Ha, you…!”
Heo Young Ju quickly glanced around, being observant of her surroundings.
With so many eyes and ears around, she couldn’t even dare to curse freely.
In contrast, it seemed like Chae Ha didn’t care about such things at all.
After making sure that Seol Won was safe behind him, he blocked Baek Sa Ra and Heo Young Ju.
Then he warned them with an endlessly gloomy voice.
“Baek Sa Ra. Isn’t it time you stop such childish behaviors?”
Chae Ha’s gaze moved to Baek Sa Ra’s shimmering neck.
The sight of him looking as if he was about to strangle her made Baek Sa Ra shudder.
Not even interested in the stolen necklace, he continued speaking.
“You should know where you stand. Or have you forgotten that my wife is Min Seol Won?”
“……”
“Hey! Chae Ha, how can you talk like that…!”
“Same goes for you, Mother. I’ve clearly told you. If you don’t behave as a mother should, then I won’t treat you as one.”
“When have I not behaved as I should?”
“Then please explain why the necklace that should be on my wife’s neck is with Baek Sa Ra.”
Stung, Heo Young Ju shut her mouth tightly.
At that, with an eerily grin, Chae Ha raised the corners of his lips.
“Well, it doesn’t matter. Even without that necklace, my wife is the prettiest.”
“Mr. Kwon Chae Ha. Stop, just stop.”
In confusion, Seol Won tried to hold onto his arm again to stop him.
However, Chae Ha caught her hand first and gently placed it over his own as if to escort her.
“Come, come in with me. I need to introduce my wife, who has returned after 5 years, to everyone.”
“……”
Although the furious gazes of Heo Young Ju and Baek Sa Ra poured out from behind, Chae Ha didn’t care at all.
With no other option, Seol Won gently held his hand.
It was strange. Just a moment ago, it felt like an extension of hell.
But holding Chae Ha’s sturdy hand, she somehow felt okay.
Fortunately, the staff who recognized them did not stop the two and let them in.
Leaving behind the curious gazes directed at them, Chae Ha immediately took Seol Won to a deserted corner of the party hall.
“Come here. Let me dry you off first.”
“It’s okay. I’ve already dried off.”
“What a shame. It was a chance to show the tender side of a husband.” Chae Ha said in a playful tone, examining Seol Won as if scrutinizing her.
Her hair, tied up high, suited the elegant silk dress exceptionally well.
The only thing that felt amiss was her bare neckline.
“I’m sorry. Your necklace has been stolen. I didn’t mean you should come without wearing one.”
“It’s okay. I don’t need one. It doesn’t suit me anyway.”
“Hmm. That’s not right. No other woman suits it as much as you do.”
Out of embarrassment, Seol Won silently smoothed out her dress.
She felt odd. In the past, Chae Ha was always absent when she was struggling.
Seol Won was always alone, in pain and sorrow, in his absence.
During their three years of married life, Chae Ha had practically neglected her.
Even though they were in a contractual relationship, she had hoped for a minimum human connection, but it was a foolish expectation.
He was always cold and indifferent.
He had never shared mundane stories with her, and seemed to avoid running into her.
He never asked if there were any issues at home, or if there were any problems. Naturally, Chae Ha never did.
Perhaps it wasn’t wrong for him.
The condition for the trade between him and Seol Won in exchange for her mother’s hospital bills was strictly a ‘bullet shield’.
He wouldn’t have wanted to know how the bullet shield was receiving what kind of bullets every day.
“What are you thinking so deeply about?”
“Oh, it’s nothing.”
Seol Won evaded Chae Ha’s gaze with an awkward laugh.
Yet, he, who used to be indifferent to whatever happened to her, didn’t care about anything else in a place where such important guests were gathered, and took her as his priority.
While it was strange, her heart throbbed in an odd way.
She shouldn’t be doing this. She shouldn’t be attracted to a man named Kwon Chae Ha.
It was then.
“Now that I see, it’s not just your neck that’s empty.”
As Chae Ha’s gaze fell from Seol Won’s neck, he slowly moved his finger.
He, who was looking at her delicate knuckles one by one, opened his mouth again.
“I remember giving you the ring back last time, why aren’t you wearing it?”
“…The ring?”
“Yes, the ring. Look, I always wear mine like this.”
Saying so, Chae Ha showed her his fourth finger.
Indeed, on his straight finger, the wedding ring was dazzling.
Seol Won was speechless for a moment at the situation completely opposite to the old times.
Chae Ha gently placed his hand on the back of her hand.
Soon after, his long fingers squeezed in between Seol Won’s fingers without any gaps.
At his touch, warmth spread through her hand in an instant.
With her hand clad in the eerie ring, he brought her hand to his lips.
“I am very upset that my wife isn’t wearing her ring. How about we fulfill the unfinished duty of a couple from last time now?”
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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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