“Really, I’m sorry. Our relationship started because of my selfish desires… If I could change it, I would change the beginning of us.”
With those words, Yulri bit her lip and lowered her head quietly. Trying to hold back the tears that wanted to burst out, her throat felt prickly. But now was not the time to shed tears. Tears should not obstruct an important moment.
“Did you forget? The first start for me was at the tennis court.”
That’s right. Yulri fell for Jeho the moment she first saw him.
Seeing a beautiful being like Jeho, a man like a sculpture, up close was the first time in her life. Like the spring breeze that fluttered the petals, he gently touched her heart.
“The day I climbed the wall in a skirt, saying I would see Jeho oppa. The day I fell in love at first sight with the stunning fiancé. For me, that day was the beginning.”
“Yulri…”
Before Jeho could say anything, Yulri quickly pressed her lips.
At first, she gently led the reaction like tapping, but as their lips touched and gradually warmed, she pushed a deeper, sweeter breath. Yulri’s hands on Jeho’s face and his hands holding her waist both exerted pressure.
As the hot breath melted into one, their bodies gradually tilted onto the sofa. Before they knew it, Yulri’s back touched the sofa, and he changed their position with her on top.
“I love you, Jeho oppa.”
After a while, Yulri whispered softly as she pulled her lips away.
“From that day until now, I’ve only loved you. So even if you say you knew I approached you because of Minwoo from the beginning, I probably pretended not to notice.”
Even though it was a confession of first love she had already heard, it strongly gripped his heart again. Suppressing the impulse to take her lips roughly again, Jeho gently swept Yulri’s swollen lips with his fingertips.
“Don’t ever forgive me.”
Even if she forgives, he couldn’t forgive himself. Even if she said she was okay, he knew too well how much he had hurt her.
“I’ll repay you for what I’ve done for the rest of my life.”
“Yeah… Okay.”
As if choked up, Yulri spoke with a slightly trembling voice.
“I’ll never forgive you. So stay by my side, by my side for the rest of my life… Repay for everything you’ve done wrong.”
“Okay, I’ll do that. I love you, Yulri.”
Jeho whispered softly into Yulri’s lips, overlapping his lips with hers. Eventually, tears that he had barely held back with the warm whisper flowed down Yulri’s cheeks. As their lips met, Jeho’s thumb gently wiped away the tears on Yulri’s cheek.
Perhaps the walls around their hearts had crumbled somewhat. Although it was just a kiss, the heat was so intense that it blurred their vision.
The contact that started with the lips gradually continued elsewhere. Yulri’s lips made murmuring sounds at the languid touch that reached into her sweater.
“Do you have more to say?”
Jeho, whispering in Yulri’s ear as he teased her lips with his, asked in a seductive low voice.
“…Of course… there is more.”
Because their breaths had become rough due to the deep kiss, her delayed response came a beat later. Jeho chuckled and swept away Yulri’s fallen hair with a gentle touch.
“Then shall we go to the bedroom to finish it?”
Yulri narrowed her eyes as if contemplating.
If they go to the bedroom, can the conversation continue?
However, having a calm conversation in the living room was still difficult. It had been missed for so long.
“Okay. Let’s go to the bedroom.”
As Yulri nodded, Jeho immediately picked her up from the sofa and swiftly entered the bedroom.
It was the beginning of a true night where the conversation between hearts and bodies continued without interruption.
Perhaps the conversation that continued all night finally wore them out, as Yulri couldn’t open her eyes even when morning came.
Instead of waking Yulri up, Jeho cautiously slipped out of bed and headed to the bathroom. Even after finishing showering and preparing to go out, Yulri breathed like a sleeping beauty in the forest.
Jeho sat on the edge of the bed, silently watching the sleeping Yulri.
The night before, the two of them had revealed all the stories they had hidden from each other. There were things he already knew and things he learned anew.
—Mother really loved Father, and Father loved her too. But the two never confessed their love and hid their feelings. Isn’t that so sad?
Yulri muttered like a monologue just before falling asleep.
—So, I will never be like that. I can’t make the same mistake. So… I love… Jeho oppa.
Saying that, Yulri nestled into Jeho’s arms and fell into a deep sleep. Perhaps because she had been unable to sleep well for a long time or because the heavy burden on her heart had been lifted, it felt like she was falling into sleep all at once.
In his heart, Jeho wanted to wake her up and see her half-closed eyes, but he couldn’t bring himself to disturb her sleep.
“I love you, Chae Yulri.”
Jeho kissed her forehead and slowly got up from the bed, leaving the bedroom. Just as he passed through the living room, his phone rang. Jeho’s expression darkened as he checked the caller.
“Yes, hello.”
[I’ve found out the scale of the hidden account.]Pressing the call button, the other side skipped greetings and went straight to the point.
“What’s the scale? Do we have a chance to win in this fight?”
[Fortunately, it’s not as bad as we feared. Even if they initiate a fight from their side, we should be able to resolve it on our terms.]“Well, it’s a fight for control… It might be quite a nasty one.”
At Jeho’s words, the other person paused before speaking again.
[Congressman Chae has sent us some data. If you see that as well, we might be able to settle things before the fight breaks out. The important thing is whether Mr. Kwon Jeho has made a decision.]Jeho postponed his answer and turned his head toward the bedroom where Yulri was sleeping.
To be honest, he hadn’t made a decision yet. Everything was ready.
All he had to do now was use the knife in his hand to cut the persistent thread of their fate. However, he was not sure about the ‘butterfly effect’ that would happen afterward.
There was already a concern about whether he could truly sever the tie that his parents had attempted to cut ten years ago.
“First of all…”
Eventually, Jeho’s lips opened, and a dry voice flowed out.
“Let’s meet with the chairman. Everything will change depending on his reaction.”
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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