With a look of determination, she slid the ring onto her fourth finger, ready to face whatever consequences. She no longer wanted to hide her love for Jin Woo. No more fear.
“Hey, about this proposal, oh my, what a surprise!”
Ji Hye, approaching with documents, was visibly shocked.
“What, what is this? Not a family heirloom, surely. Don’t tell me!”
“It’s an engagement ring.”
Ji Na, with an embarrassed face, confided in Ji Hye.
“Wow… that’s amazing.”
She had been planning to tell Ji Hye why she had been hiding the fact that she had a boyfriend.
“The truth is…”
“Hey, can you come here for a second?”
Ji Hye led Ji Na by the hand into the break room. It was empty, so Ji Hye carefully closed the door and peeked outside through the blinds.
“What happened?” Ji Hye asked with eyes shining like diamonds.
“Well… I had a boyfriend but didn’t tell anyone because I was cautious,” Ji Na admitted.
“Did you just get proposed to?”
“Yes,” Ji Na responded shyly, prompting Ji Hye to clap silently, visibly moved.
“Congratulations! That’s great news. Have you set a date?”
“Not yet.”
“Well, congratulations anyway!” Ji Hye exclaimed, clapping loudly.
“But Yoon Ju isn’t here today. Her paid leave for family reasons should be over by now.”
“That’s…”
Ji Na almost blurted out what she had heard from Do Jin but stopped herself. It might have been inaccurate. Do Jin’s statement about divorcing right after a funeral, especially when Yoon Ju was pregnant, was hard to believe.
“She must be off because she’s pregnant and not feeling well. I need some documents from her; it’s annoying.”
Ji Hye shook her head in frustration.
“Manager Kim would probably cover for her.”
“Yeah…”
Ji Na agreed softly, preferring not to get further involved.
“Right. Right. Show me a photo of your boyfriend. I’m so curious.”
“Ah, that’s…”
Ji Na hesitated, caught off guard by Ji Hye’s sudden question. She wondered if it was okay to reveal it.
Having already decided to be open about her relationship after wearing the diamond ring, Ji Na still harbored a slice of fear. What if it brought disadvantages to Jin Woo?
“Um… I’ll show you. He’s someone from the company. Don’t be too surprised.”
Ji Na took out her phone and showed Ji Hye a photo from their recent trip, but Ji Hye’s reaction was unexpected.
“Ah, I knew it!”
Huh?
Ji Hye’s response was not what Ji Na had anticipated.
“I knew it would be like this. That’s really great.”
“You knew? How?”
Ji Hye’s revelation was shocking.
“Seo Jin Woo specially asked me on the last day of your internship.”
“What?”
This was new to Ji Na.
“He must have been worried about being separated from you after becoming an executive. He confessed he liked you a lot… to me first. I was so envious of you then.”
Ji Hye said she happily agreed to help their love.
“And he told me to contact him without hesitation if you ever seemed in trouble or distressed…”
This was why Jin Woo always appeared when Ji Na was alone or struggling.
“What…”
He had wanted to protect her at all costs. Ji Na was deeply moved.
“If you didn’t like him or had another boyfriend, I was ready to stop. It was just to keep him informed about you.”
That explained why Ji Hye often asked if Ji Na had a boyfriend.
“And every time he appeared, your face would light up… I then realized. A woman in love truly looks different.”
“And every time he appeared, your face would just light up… That’s when I realized. The face of a woman in love is definitely different.”
Ji Na was hearing this for the first time. She raised her hands to touch her cheeks, feeling a warm flush.
“It’s like, ‘Wow, such a man exists in the world…’ The executive is really impressive.”
“Ah…”
“I’m the Cupid of your love story. Don’t forget that,” Ji Hye winked playfully. Ji Na let out a light laugh at her gesture.
“Anyway, congratulations. You have no idea how anxious I was watching over you two.”
“I’ll definitely repay this favor, Ji Hye.”
“No need for something grand. Just treat me to lunch today.”
“Of course.”
Just then, the break room door burst open.
“Always finding ways to rob your salary.”
It was Do Jin. Ji Na and Ji Hye instantly fell silent.
“Seems like the time spent gossiping in the break room should be deducted from the salary,” Do Jin said, shaking his head, his mood as gloomy as the current weather. Ji Na and Ji Hye, planning to leave quickly, said their goodbyes and headed out. Do Jin’s voice followed them.
“Deputy Lee Ji Na, I need to see you.”
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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