“I’m really okay. I guess it’s just that once it’s burst, it doesn’t stop well.”
After reassuring the newcomer who was shaking as much as she was, Yeon Woo ran to the bathroom.
Her reflection in the mirror was a mess.
Disheveled hair. Blood spread all over her face, dried up. Lips swollen in purple.
“Really… the worst.”
Moreover, her startled heart was still pounding.
Her hands, which were busy cleaning up the spattered blood all around the sink, were trembling ever so slightly.
Yeon Woo was greatly surprised by the sudden nosebleed at that moment, but due to Kwon Jun Hwi suddenly shouting to get out, her frozen body refused to move.
Was the issue of physical contact such a sensitive matter?
Or was there another reason that bothered him?
For a moment, his blanched face screaming seemed more likely to be wrong.
It was fundamentally different from the usual arrogance and cold atmosphere of that man.
“Ha…”
Suddenly, her eyes welled up heavily. Her heart was shocked. It was unfair.
Yeon Woo tried desperately to blink away the rising tears.
[Are you okay? What happened?] When she returned to her place after a long time, a message from Cha Han Bin was blinking.How great a fuss must it have been that the rumor reached even Cha lawyer at the far end?
She didn’t even have the strength to reply that she was okay. She didn’t want to show her vulnerable side to Cha Han Bin.
“…”
Yeon Woo turned off the message window while pressing her throbbing temples.
Considering the quarrel from the previous day, even hearing the ‘L’ from Lo and Yul made her mad. Dragging her tired body from the sleepless night, Yeon Woo struggled to prepare for work.
She really, sincerely, thought about taking a day off, but it was only a fleeting thought.
No matter how she thought about it, the atmosphere until then wasn’t harsh, and his anger exceeded the norm.
She wanted to hear his explanation for why he did so much.
She didn’t want to leave a blemish as ‘yet another pitiful secretary who was mistreated by the grumpy Kwon Jun Hwi’ to people she barely knew.
In the end, Yeon Woo changed her mind to just go to work because of her rising stubbornness.
To be exact, it wasn’t just ‘going to work’, but she left home dressed up with much more effort than usual.
She took a deep breath of the somewhat chilly autumn morning air and braced herself.
She stepped into the lobby humming to a carefully selected playlist on Soul Music, even grabbing a newspaper was done in a combative manner.
She couldn’t let Kwon Jun Hwi ruin her cheerful mood. She was quite a mature career woman.
“Hello, Deputy Kim.”
“Uh, hello Hyun Jin.”
“Wow, your earrings today are so pretty, Deputy.”
“Is that so? Thank you.”
Meeting a newcomer in the elevator, Yeon Woo and her chatted as they entered their workspace.
Her deep burgundy skirt, contrasting the grey and beigefilled hallway, breathed life into it. The rustling sound of the chiffon hem was even pleasant to hear.
But, before Yeon Woo could get to her seat, what greeted her first was a large box filled to the brim with colorful macarons.
“Why are there macarons?”
“Could it be a gift from Attorney Cha Han Bin? They’re from the same shop as the macarons Attorney Cha gave before.”
Unsure of the mysterious surprise, the newcomer and Yeon Woo pondered.
‘I see. Maybe Han Bin Oppa was worried about yesterday and wanted to comfort me?’
“You must have had a hard time getting these since morning. People line up at the shop as soon as it opens at dawn.”
“Was it that popular? Well, shall we give them a taste?”
Sure enough, the sensible Cha Han Bin. As the box opened, the sweet aroma wafted out, naturally bringing smiles to their faces.
Yeon Woo carefully chose one of the delectablelooking macarons, and savored the taste as it melted smoothly in her mouth.
Hmm, the luxuriously chewy filling and the sweet and sour raspberry aroma.
“Ah. It’s so good. I can’t stop eating.”
Should I have another one? This time, I’m going for the milk flavor.
“Deputy Kim! Deputy Kim!”
Ah. His voice, heralding the start of the day.
Kwon Jun Hwi, who seemed to have completely forgotten about yesterday’s commotion, was calling out for Yeon Woo loudly, just like every morning.
The corners of her mouth that had risen in an instant fell instantly.
Sighing, Yeon Woo grabbed five newspapers and headed to his office, just about ten steps away.
“…”
“…”
The room, filled with his scent, was heavy as always.
They just stared at each other, as if the first one to greet would lose, until the stifled Jun Hwi broke the silence.
“About yesterday.”
Yeah, you should apologize first and explain the context. Then, I’m willing to say sorry, too.
“I transferred the money. 3 million Won. Please check.”
… I shouldn’t have expected anything from this man, who scores zero in interpersonal relationships.
With a slight disappointment, Yeon Woo forced a smile.
“Yes.”
“And, Deputy Kim.”
As she was about to leave after placing the newspapers on the table in front of the couch, he called her back.
“Enjoy your meal.”
So, those delicious macarons were from Kwon Jun Hwi’s thoughtfulness? Not Cha Han Bin?
“My goodness.”
Returning to her seat, Yeon Woo stared blankly at the macarons, which were still displaying their colorful beauty.
What was once appetizing and pretty instantly turned into a lump of sugar that could induce diabetes.
Thinking about that hefty, colorless man queuing since morning to buy these, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
But had he grumbled out of his impatient character? Had he personally chosen what flavors to fill? The image of a gigantic box of macarons held in the large hand of a slicksuited man.
It was, a bit, somewhat amusing.
But still, I hated it.
Grasping the box of macarons she had fiercely stared at, Yeon Woo stood up resolutely and headed to the break room.
Should I just throw it away?
She was about to dump the cryptic gift from that detestable Attorney Kwon directly into the trash bin with its lid open, but.
“I… can’t do it.”
Of course, she couldn’t. Food is innocent, right? How could she throw away perfectly fine food.
She would just leave it in the break room. It signifies that she doesn’t care whether anyone eats it or not, since she won’t eat what he gave her.
As Yeon Woo, with a complicated heart, was about to exit the break room after leaving the box of macarons in a conspicuous place.
“Gah!”
She bumped her forehead into a massive torso standing right in front of the door.
“My apolo… gies.”
“Yes.”
As Jun Hwi looked down at Yeon Woo who had unexpectedly run into his chest and buried her face in it, his eyes were still unreadable.
Yeon Woo rubbed her forehead and quickly squashed herself to one side. Enough room for his thick torso to pass through and then some.
It was a bit exaggerated, but it clearly showed her strong resolution not to touch him, who extremely despised skinship, not even their clothing.
Regardless of what resolution she had made, he did not even glance at her, he just brushed past her and entered the break room.
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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