Yeonwoo just wanted to get out of this unpleasant situation.
But because of Junhwi, who came in right after, the conversation topic returned to Yeonwoo’s entry into the Situation Room.
“Attorney Kwon, Deputy Director Kim Yeonwoo, are you also coming into the Situation Room this time?”
At the attorneys’ question, Junhwi’s indifferent eyes met Yeonwoo’s. Yeonwoo just lowered his gaze.
“I haven’t thought about taking on a special role.”
This was an unexpected answer from Yeonwoo’s expectations.
It’s going well. I don’t like being in the same space as Im Nayoon, and I like that there’s no increase in work.
······But why does it feel so disheartening?
‘I should continue creating special situation rooms and make him sit next to me. To monitor Deputy Director Kim Yeonwoo.’
The words he once said overlapped in Yeonwoo’s mind.
Before we started dating, you said you were constantly tied to me, and you didn’t know what to do because you couldn’t be free. Now it’s not like that anymore?
“Yeah? Uh······. Attorney Kwon is the leader, so do as you please.”
Hearing the self-talk of the attorneys, Yeonwoo calmly left the room.
Closing the door, Yeonwoo, who was sitting in the highest seat, met his eyes again. At the same time, the sight of Im Nayoon sitting next to him also came into view.
Grief and sorrow rushed in on top of disappointment.
Pretending not to see his gaze staring intently beyond his glasses, Yeonwoo quickly closed the door.
The special situation room had been rolling day and night for a week.
As they delved into the analysis of the indictment, they reached a part that choked them. Junhwi fumbled through his pockets with the hand that was brushing his chin.
“Do you want a cigarette?”
Kim Seungho discreetly offered his own cigarette. Junhwi declined, extending his hand in refusal.
It seemed like a petty action, but Junhwi didn’t like the new recruit who had to share Yeonwoo’s attention.
Annoyingly, Kim Seungho was quite good at his job. Despite the challenging nature of the situation room tasks, he kept up well. Unlike other inexperienced newcomers, he had a strong spirit.
Above all, Kim Seungho instantly understood what Junhwi demanded.
So, he’s impressive and that bothers me even more!
Junhwi, a skill-oriented person, had never let personal emotions interfere with work.
Whether it was Hong Yookyung or Im Nayoon, if they were helpful in their work, he would evaluate their skills without prejudice. If he had known that a day would come when he would be on guard against a newcomer who only now started to lift his foot because he wanted to monopolize the attention of a mere secretary, he would have been less arrogant.
This was another change brought about by her, unfamiliar but not unpleasant.
I miss you, Kim Yeonwoo.
What use is a tightly sealed indictment? Seeing his smile once would be much more valuable.
He stood up with his phone in hand. He couldn’t bear not seeing Yeonwoo, who had been confined to the situation room, working day and night for the past few days. He didn’t even know when he had last enjoyed the sweet scent.
“······.”
However, as he passed through the corridor, Yeonwoo’s seat was empty.
Where could he have gone? Junhwi turned his steps toward the rooftop.
Excited at the thought of calling Yeonwoo, Junhwi opened the iron door and, as soon as he stepped out, picked up his phone.
“Mr. Junhwi is here too.”
However, the rooftop was already occupied by a face he didn’t particularly want to see. As soon as Im Nayoon saw Junhwi, she offered a cigarette.
“Do you want one?”
“No.”
The summer breeze, filled with moisture, tousled his hair. Junhwi tried to turn away, brushing his hair roughly.
“I came to take a break. Are you coming up here because of me?”
“Uh.”
“Stay a bit longer. I’ll leave first.”
It looks like it’s going to rain soon. Im Nayoon pointed to the distant sky with a gesture of her chin.
“Mr. Junhwi, if you’re going to stay here, should I bring you an umbrella?”
Waiting for her to go down, Junhwi leaned against the door, crossing his arms diagonally.
“Wow. You’re taking care of me so affectionately. Isn’t that right?”
“When are you going back to Hong Kong?”
It was an attitude that said it was time to leave Korea. Im Nayoon exhaled smoke, looking up and down at Junhwi.
“If you say that, I start wanting to settle in Korea.”
“Among many law firms, why Ro&Yul of all places?”
“It’s all about money. They offered the highest amount. Why, did you want to hear that Junhwi still has lingering feelings for you?”
Im Nayoon, who said she would give up her seat, resisted and stood, attempting to converse with Junhwi. An unlikely conversation. As if tired of the delicate dialogue, Junhwi extended his hand, implying she should stop.
“Ro&Yul has a very Korean work style, doesn’t it? Risking their lives with each case? Lawyers put everything at stake.”
“······.”
Watching Junhwi silently smoke a cigarette, Im Nayoon laughed diagonally.
“You and Junhwi get along well. You also do whatever comes your way to forget the trauma left in your youth.”
“Stop it.”
He, who had been ignoring her all along, showed a meaningful reaction. Im Nayoon chuckled lightly, flicking ashes.
“What do you ultimately gain by holding onto other people’s secret circumstances that you’ve never been told? Holding onto it like a weakness.”
Click, click, Im Nayoon, who was approaching the door, stopped near Junhwi. A pungent fragrance wafted through the humid air.
“······Even if I wanted you that much, even if I begged like a beggar, Kwon Junhwi didn’t give me a piece of his fancy heart. So, I tried to get it myself.”
“Was my will involved even 1% in that engagement?”
Im Nayoon’s pupils shook faintly.
“So, did you put 100% of your will into the breakup?”
“I had no intention of getting married. You were the one who ruined your family’s reputation first and broke the promise.”
“Because you wouldn’t look at me! You said you would never choose me even if I died! ······I was lonely, so that’s why.”
Im Nayoon shouted as if it were unjust, sounding pitiful. Junhwi’s lips sneered.
“You’re blaming me for the disgraceful acts you committed.”
Im Nayoon, who used to live pursuing free encounters, tried to tidy up everything and focus only on Junhwi after the engagement. However, the cold indifference of the engaged man, which was just a sham, wounded her pride.
Im Nayoon turned fiercely away again. Though she had enjoyed affairs with anyone who came her way, in the end, it resulted in an affair with the CEO of a mid-sized company.
When the wife of the CEO attempted a drastic choice, she received notice of the breakup from Ju Sung Group and fled to Hong Kong.
“Anyway, since we met at the same workplace, I’ll treat you as a colleague.”
Don’t cross the line any further. Junhwi drew an imaginary line with his finger.
“I don’t particularly have any lingering feelings for you either. I don’t expect anything as a man.”
“That’s fine.”
“Just, since we met like this again, I······ I want to see your arrogant face distorted with defeat once.”
“You’re out of your mind.”
Junhwi chuckled lowly, tilting his head. He evaluated it as a good decision to keep such a woman as far away from Yeonwoo’s eyes as possible.
Having regained composure unnoticed, Im Nayoon chuckled and patted his shoulders. Junhwi, who brushed off her touch, spat out the last smoke and turned away.
“You said you’d go first, but as expected, you don’t keep promises.”
And he left the rooftop before Im Nayoon did.
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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