‘Well, I should appreciate the sincerity he showed by coming all the way here.’
Since he came, why not enjoy a drive date that they hadn’t done often these days? She quickly changed her mindset positively.
As soon as Yeon-woo got in, the car started smoothly and traversed the streets of downtown Seoul.
While waiting for the meeting sounds that filled the car to subside, Yeon-woo stared out the window.
Then, when the similar scenes outside became boring, she glanced surreptitiously at his side profile, like a well-carved sculpture.
Why.
He, who had been listening attentively to the other party’s words, asked Yeon-woo with his lips.
Yeon-woo just smiled, nodding gently. His jawline as he turned back to the front looked firm.
“······.”
Even now, she could be perfectly happy like this, but an unsettling feeling kept accumulating.
Vague anxiety sometimes came, and she felt like she was losing out.
She knew well that it was an absurd thought. But why did her mind keep tilting toward the negative?
Preparing for marriage accumulates a lot of frustration and arguments, they say, but she didn’t know that it applied to them.
No. To be precise, there wasn’t even time for arguments. She ended up marrying a busy, capable, and overly qualified man.
However, if this discomfort continues in the future… What should I do?
Even then, can I smile brightly and accept it positively?
In the midst of not being able to find an answer even for herself, his car stopped in front of Yeon-woo’s apartment entrance.
“We’re here.”
Suddenly, the boring call meeting had ended. Jun-hwi unfastened his seatbelt, approached Yeon-woo, and lightly kissed her forehead.
“Oh… This is my place?”
“Why? Is that disappointing?”
If you say it like that, it seems like I’m the only one brightening up!
Yeon-woo’s cheeks flushed. This time, his lips touched the tip of her nose.
Still, I should ask. The moment his warmth receded, it seemed like courage to overcome regret and embarrassment had been given. Yeon-woo cautiously opened her lips.
“Aren’t you waiting at Lawyer’s house? It’s Saturday today.”
Since they decided to get married, spending the entire weekend together at his place had been an unspoken agreement between them.
If he left for work early in the morning, Yeon-woo would leisurely get up later, listen to music, and prepare a meal.
When he returned from work, they would handle piled-up tasks together, have a late-night snack, and sometimes watch TV on the sofa. That had become their weekend routine.
But now… are we not doing that anymore? Then when will we be together?
Did I bother him by any chance? Did I annoy him…?
“Ah, this weekend is a bit difficult.”
Seeing Yeon-woo’s uncertain gaze, Jun-hwi took the opportunity to stroke her soft cheek.
“I have continuous calls with the South American branch this weekend, so I have to wait overnight due to the time difference. Relax at home comfortably.”
Is work really that important? More important than our marriage? More important than me?
There was nothing she could say. She didn’t have anything she wanted to say.
Her pride didn’t allow her to become a clingy lover who complained about being tired from work.
“Sure. Please make sure to have your meals.”
Although she answered dully, her insides were tighter than ever before.
“I’ll contact you.”
Jun-hwi pinched Yeon-woo’s cheek lightly and raised his lips with a fresh peck.
I hate you to death, Kwon Jun-hwi.
His previously charming smile couldn’t be resented so intensely.
A few days later, a pub near Ro&Anne.
After work, Yeon-woo was attending a gathering for a colleague’s wedding invitation.
In truth, the wounds she received when her colleagues spread baseless rumors and avoided her hadn’t completely healed. So, it wasn’t a particularly enjoyable occasion, but it was a situation where she couldn’t refuse since they maintained a working relationship.
“Still, Yeon-woo’s team is in the same industry, and you often see each other, so communication should be good.”
And this time too, as the conversation topics dried up, people’s attention naturally turned to the ‘Kwon-Kim couple,’ making the atmosphere lively.
I didn’t want to come willingly. Moreover, I felt sorry for drawing attention to Yeon-woo when there was a protagonist with an impending marriage.
“Well, it’s not necessarily like that.”
Yeon-woo subtly avoided answering with a puzzled expression and took a sip of her drink.
“Do you ever think about marriage? Oh, is that too intrusive a question?”
“But have you ever seen honey dripping from someone’s fierce, no, immense eyes? If you have, that’s reason enough to get married.”
It felt like all the drawbacks of public dating were attacking Yeon-woo. She felt annoyed by those who casually dissected others’ relationships and presumptuously speculated about the future.
“Well… Is that so…?”
She didn’t want to disclose her marriage with Jun-hwi unnecessarily. They weren’t planning to invite colleagues to the wedding, and she had no intention of adding fuel to their gossip.
“Why is your answer so vague?”
“Hey, look over there!”
Yeon-woo tapped the person who was talking and looking across. Everyone’s attention naturally shifted to that direction.
There, as if it were a lie, Jun-hwi was there.
Considering that Ro&Anne CEO Kim Joo-hwan and Lawyer Yang Joo-yeon, along with Lawyer Kim Seung-ho, were all together, it seemed like they had a meal together.
“Yeon-woo. Your boyfriend is also here! This must be fate.”
“Oh? Are you coming this way?”
Since their eyes met, Yeon-woo greeted him with her eyes. However, contrary to expectations that he would follow the CEO outside, Jun-hwi approached Yeon-woo.
The entire table where Yeon-woo’s group was sitting erupted in cheers.
“Have you had a meal? Company dinner?”
Whether he hesitated or spoke, Jun-hwi’s direct gaze was fixed on Yeon-woo.
“Hello, Lawyer!”
“Oh, would you like to sit a bit?”
While Yeon-woo was taken aback, the seat next to her was suddenly vacated. Naturally, Jun-hwi sat there.
Strangely, Jun-hwi’s courtesy, which wasn’t needed in this situation of dealing with Yeon-woo’s acquaintance, was coming into play.
‘Why is this man doing things he didn’t usually do!’
What should I do? Should I take him out now?
Yeon-woo didn’t want to show their presence together in front of colleagues. It would become one of their gossips anyway, and more than anything, she didn’t feel like sharing her deep personal life with people she wasn’t close to.
Yeon-woo’s awkward eyes met his, and they were entangled in an unnatural situation.
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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