Casually saying goodbye, Chloe’s eyes turned chilly as she left the office. Chloe, a graduate of a prestigious U.S. university, was a lawyer.
She was specially recruited for meetings with local U.S. companies. Her excellent abilities were not limited to smooth contract negotiations between companies.
Her ability to seduce men was also outstanding. Chloe, full of charm, had countless men running after her with just a glance or a gesture.
Jinwoo was different. When Chloe saw him for the first time, she fell for him at first sight. It was an emotion she couldn’t feel with any other man.
Jinwoo was a man she wanted. Chloe, aware that he had a woman he loved, also knew that not every man was like that.
“It’s okay. We still have plenty of time.”
Chloe, who had been glaring into the empty space in front of the office, walked quickly down the corridor.
Meanwhile, Jinwoo held his phone while observing the city being enveloped in darkness. It was dawn in Korea. Thinking of Jina who might be asleep, he lowered his phone again.
As if suppressing the piled-up longing, strength entered Jinwoo’s hand holding the phone.
“Just wait a little.”
Due to the sudden changes in the scheduled departure date for the meetings that had been postponed, he had received suspicious looks from partner companies.
Enduring all of that, Jinwoo prioritized Jina. Upon arriving in the U.S., Jinwoo worked several times more than others to resolve matters quickly and return to her.
Now, with the SunTech contract being the last one, crucial contracts were concluded.
Next was… Jinwoo raised the phone he was holding to make a call, but the long dial tone transitioned to an automated response.
With a more solid expression, Jinwoo picked up his jacket and left the office.
The streets of New York, permeated with the Christmas atmosphere, seemed somewhat uplifted. Decorated Christmas trees, mistletoe, and carols flowing from stores reminded passersby of the festive season.
Jinwoo, holding the steering wheel in the car, dialed the phone again via Bluetooth. It was late in the evening, so there was time for someone to be at home. However, once again, the call went to voicemail.
“Sigh…”
Jinwoo let out a deep sigh, and as soon as the signal changed, he pressed the accelerator. The road from Manhattan to Long Island, 30 minutes away, was moderately busy like the evening commute.
If the call wasn’t answered, he could go find her in person. It took about 30 minutes to reach the mansion, a road to Long Island from New York. The mansion with an arched gate was tightly closed. Snow began to fall heavily from the heavily clouded sky.
Jinwoo got out of the car and pressed the intercom button next to the iron gate.
“It’s Jinwoo.”
Even though he must have heard it clearly, there was no response beyond the gate. Jinwoo opened his mouth again.
“I came to see Mother.”
Before he finished speaking, the iron gate opened with a creaking sound. Jinwoo got back into the car and drove down the path beyond the iron gate.
After about five minutes, the familiar landscape of the house came into view. The white mansion consisting of this floor was where Jinwoo had been living since he first came to the U.S.
The fountain in front of the house was dry, but it was splendidly decorated with Christmas ornaments. The trees in the garden were the same. When Jinwoo stood in front of the main gate to press the intercom, the door opened with a creak.
A middle-aged woman with a striking resemblance to Jinwoo stood in front of him.
“Mother, I’ve come.”
Jinwoo smiled gently. In contrast to him, a gaze colder than the winter wind was directed at Jinwoo.
“You go out and come back as you please?”
An angry voice burst out.
“How can you leave like that when you clearly know what Seo Iljun did to your mother? You!”
Jinwoo’s mother’s wounded voice echoed in the winter wind.
He had been the secretary and fickle father who abandoned his mother. Watching his mother cry day and night, Jinwoo couldn’t contain his anger. If it weren’t for Jina, Jinwoo himself didn’t know how far he might have strayed.
“Mother.”
When Jinwoo, who had been living with his mother in the U.S., suddenly decided to go to Korea, Jinwoo’s mother jumped.
“Did you leave because you got greedy after seeing that company?”
His mother shouted at Jinwoo with bloodshot eyes.
“I have no greed or attachment to the company.”
Jinwoo replied calmly.
“You are not my mother. I’ve been watching news articles about K Group continuously coming out in the U.S. Your reason for working for that company, what is it!”
Although they had divorced long ago, the hatred for her ex-husband did not easily diminish.
“I brought a scarf that suits you, Mother.”
Instead of a response, Jinwoo extended a paper bag he took out of the car. With a globally renowned luxury brand logo on the paper bag, Jinwoo’s mother looked at him resentfully, shivering.
“What’s the reason for this?”
When Jinwoo urgently went to Korea earlier this year, it was an unheard answer. Jinwoo’s mother, thinking she might hear it this time, asked him again.
“Not because of Chairman Seo, not because of the company.”
Jinwoo calmly answered while looking at his mother.
“Then, then why did you leave your mother and go to that guy? Did he get some fatal disease?”
“That too.”
Jinwoo’s answer made his mother’s pupils slightly shake.
“He got a fatal disease.”
The voice, which had become higher, sounded eerily somewhere.
“I knew it. I knew he would face divine retribution.”
The lips that had been consistently stiff gradually curled.
“I went to meet the woman I love.”
“What?”
His mother’s eyes widened at Jinwoo’s words.
“Did you have a woman you love in Korea? When did you meet her?”
“She was working at Chairman Seo’s company.”
It started by chance. While searching the internet for a university assignment, Jinwoo coincidentally found Mina’s social media. Remembering they used to be friends, he wondered if he could hear any news about Jina. Stumbling upon Jina’s photo while hastily browsing her social page, Jinwoo couldn’t move for a long time as if time had stopped.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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