However, the hotel refused to release the CCTV footage, citing privacy laws. They said that in the event of suspected criminal activity, the police could be involved and view the CCTV footage but…
What exactly was he supposed to have lost?
My memory? Or was it something else…
Tae Jo glanced down between his legs and shook his head. He sighed deeply as if tired and rubbed his forehead.
“If nobody else entered… does it mean I took care of it myself in that situation?”
He hadn’t satisfied his sexual desire in a while, so it could be sexual frustration. He had been meeting investors recently and hadn’t he been accumulating quite a bit of stress?
And unfortunately, at that time he was so drunk that his instincts had taken over rather than his reason.
But even if he were to relieve his sexual tension, he should do it while sober. It was ridiculous to feel so uncomfortable for relieving himself while blacked out.
“But this scenario seems more likely.”
The earring could be from a previous guest, assuming that Seok Ju wasn’t lying to him.
Furthermore, why would someone need to disappear in the morning after spending the night with him?
“Not likely.”
Unless they had done something wrong.
Tae Jo tapped his thigh with his fingers.
He had somewhat reached a conclusion, but a strange suspicion was still sprouting in one corner of his mind.
He picked up his phone and found a number.
While his gaze was fixed on Se Kyung on the TV, Tae Jo pressed the call button.
The dream he had in the morning, or the scene that came up in the afternoon was on his mind…
Yeah, why?
“Are you sure you dropped me alone at the hotel in the early morning?”
First, he needed to doublecheck with Seok Ju.
Ding.
As the door to the store opened, a cute bell sound rang overhead.
Se Kyung checked the time and looked around the restaurant.
The person she had arranged to meet was nowhere to be seen. It seemed they had been caught in the terrible traffic of Seoul.
“Welcome. How many are you?”
A staff member approached and asked kindly. When Se Kyung said there were three of them, the employee pointed out empty seats and told them to sit where they liked.
“Do you want to order now?”
“No, I’ll order when my party arrives.”
The employee set up the additional tableware, and let them know the last order time.
Should she contact them to see where they were?
Se Kyung was pressing the keypad on her phone when the cute bell rang again as the door opened wide.
When she lifted her head, she saw the familiar face of a woman and an unfamiliar man.
“Over here.”
When Se Kyung raised her hand, the woman leaning on the man’s arm waved back with a happy face.
Yuna, who had come running, pulled out a chair and sat down in front of Se Kyung.
“Did you wait long?”
“No, I just got here.”
Se Kyung greeted Yuna and looked at the man next to her. The man, seeming shy, scratched the back of his head and bowed his head to Se Kyung.
“I’m Ji Won Ho.”
“I’m Yoon Se Kyung. Please have a seat. I’ve heard about you, but it’s nice to finally see your face.”
“Well, you’re busy, so that’s why.”
Yuna, who had interjected a word, handed the menu to Se Kyung.
“Come on, choose what you want to eat.”
“You choose, I’m okay with anything.”
“Ah, there it is again. That habit of yours.”
Yuna, scrunching her nose, picked a few dishes from the menu.
As the employee left after taking the order, Yuna took out a bag from her purse and handed it to Se Kyung.
“I’m getting married. Please come, Actress Yoon Se Kyung.”
Yuna, who held the bag with both hands, joked. Se Kyung chuckled and took out the wedding invitation.
Below the brief greeting on the simple design, the names of Yuna Lee and Ji Won Ho were written side by side.
“Can you come that day? I understand if you’re busy.”
“I’ve cleared my schedule. Of course I’ll go. It’s your wedding, after all. But……”
Se Kyung trailed off after confirming the place and time again. When Yuna asked why, Se Kyung gathered the invitation and continued.
“Did you contact the others?”
“Who? Our members?”
“Yes.”
“Um, I haven’t been in touch with Ju Hee for a while. And the others… they’re busy too. I reached out but they all said they couldn’t make it because they have work.”
Yuna deflected with a bashful smile.
“Oh, Ju Hee is acting now and signed with an agency. Have you seen her?”
“Yeah. I saw her today. We were shooting a variety show together.”
“A variety show? But I thought she was acting, why did she start with a variety show?”
Their conversation paused as the food they ordered started to come out.
Yuna picked up her fork and urged to start eating, while Won Ho picked a slice of pizza and put it on both of the ladies’ plates.
“How’s Ju Hee? It’s been a long time, has she changed?”
“She looked the same to me. She even told me she hasn’t changed a bit.”
Yuna frowned while chewing her pizza.
“What did she say?”
“……”
Se Kyung glanced at Won Ho who was sitting next to her.
They were there to congratulate the couple on their wedding, but it felt uncomfortable to be gossiping about someone else.
“You don’t have to worry about him. Won Ho knows everything he needs to.”
“Yes. I’ve heard everything from Yuna.”
The groomtobe chimed in with the bridetobe’s words.
“What did you hear?”
“Everything about Yuna’s time in the entertainment industry. Even how Se Kyung split her earnings with her and the troubles when they disbanded.”
So you really told him everything.
As Se Kyung made a face as if she had said too much, Yuna stuck out her tongue slightly in embarrassment.
“I met Won Ho not long after my contract ended. He was there for me when things were really tough. I was drinking heavily because I was distressed, and I spilled everything while I was drunk.”
Although their contract ended and the group disbanded, only Ju Hee and Se Kyung continued their careers in the entertainment industry.
Yuna wanted to continue working in the entertainment industry, even if not as a singer, but she had to give up on that dream because no agency wanted to sign a contract with her.
And now, she was meeting fans as a yoga instructor, running a YouTube channel.
“So, what did Ju Hee say?”
Yuna urged, tapping her fork on her plate. Se Kyung opened her mouth after recalling the conversation they had after the shooting.
“She said that I always try to stand out alone, that I’m not content if I’m not the main character.”
Yuna’s jaw dropped. With a clang, the fork she dropped from her hand made a loud noise as it hit the plate.
“Is that a confession? Or is she trying to justify her actions? Why would she tell you that?”
Excited as if it were her own experience, Yuna furiously stomped her feet.
“You didn’t just listen to her say all that, did you?”
“No, I said something too.”
Really? As if asking, Yuna’s eyebrows twitched. Se Kyung nodded.
“And then she left crying.”
“She really hasn’t changed. She always cries first when something is not in her favor.”
Remembering the past, Yuna clenched her fist. Won Ho silently held her hand.
It was a nice sight to see him taking care of her, as if he was on her side alone. As Se Kyung watched the two with envious eyes, Yuna asked.
“By the way, Se Kyung, don’t you have a boyfriend?”
“Huh? Me, I……”
As the topic changed abruptly, Se Kyung blinked in surprise.
“I mean, you’re beautiful, you have a great figure, and you have a lot of money. Are you not dating, or can’t you?”
“It seems like I can’t……”
As Se Kyung gave a small reply, Won Ho interjected from the side.
“Seems like there’s no one Se Kyung likes.”
“Someone she likes? Ah, the man with the handkerchief!”
As if it just occurred to her, Yuna clapped her hand.
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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