Having completed the delivery of a bear who fainted from indigestion, Tae Jo sluggishly arrived at work.
He greeted the passing employees as he headed towards the rooftop.
In the open sky garden, he lit up a cigarette and puffed white smoke into the void.
In his mind, he pondered on how he could entice Yoon Se Kyung.
“I’ve secured the testimony of Moon Seok Ju, and the CCTV check has been completed.”
With one of her earrings in his possession, he had all the evidence needed to press Se Kyung about being in the room with him.
However, the issue was what came next.
What did he want to do by asking Se Kyung about that day? And if she admitted to sleeping with him, what would that mean?
“……”
Lost in thought, Tae Jo took a deep drag from his cigarette.
In truth, it wouldn’t have been bad to keep things buried.
The memory of that uncomfortable night, the person involved, and the fact that Se Kyung was hiding something about that day didn’t pose any problem.
As the head of the agency and the celebrity he had to look after, maintaining a business relationship like they were now seemed like the best situation.
Yes, it was the best situation……
But why couldn’t he get rid of that incident from his mind?
“It’s really bothersome in many ways.”
Tae Jo chuckled as if he couldn’t believe it.
Yoon Se Kyung had been a woman he couldn’t take his eyes off of since their first meeting.
After their intense first encounter involving spilled coffee, Tae Jo would often see her on TV broadcasts.
How changeable she was; she looked different on each broadcast, to the point where he wasn’t sure if it was the same person.
Sometimes she seemed innocent, other times she looked like a cute villainess. When she appeared on a music show, her whole body seemed to sparkle.
And then, there was a time when Seok Ju had caused a fuss while watching entertainment news.
Se Kyung had collapsed during a shooting and had been taken to the hospital.
It wasn’t long after he’d seen Se Kyung spilling coffee on Seok Ju’s set that he heard the news.
Damn that agency, he knew they’d cause trouble doing things like that.
Tae Jo kept swearing internally at the sight of Yoon Se Kyung, with her face as pale as death, repeatedly saying she was fine.
Even though she wasn’t a celebrity under his agency.
‘When your contract with that agency expires, don’t look back and just run away.’
‘Who? Se Kyung? If she runs away, where should she sign next? Our agency?’
‘Is our agency the only one in South Korea? With her filmography, there will be plenty of places for her.’
It seemed like it was just yesterday when he had exchanged these words with Moon Seok Ju……
In the end, he brought her to his own company. In case she signed with another stupid company.
Of course, he didn’t want to let her go.
Was it because he felt like he had to keep looking after her?
He should be angry at her for deceiving him and running away, but instead, a strange stubbornness and desire to compete welled up within him.
By now, I wanted to hear the reason why he was drinking with me, whether he liked me or not.
“I need to call him soon.”
Tae Jo came down from the roof, snuffing out his cigarette. As he was going to the office, he spotted a familiar face and called him over.
“Mr. Shin Je Hoon.”
Se Kyung’s manager, who was about to enter the office, turned around. At Tae Jo’s call, Je Hoon quickly ran to him, bowing his head.
“Are you busy now?”
“No, I’m not busy.”
“It seems Se Kyung doesn’t have a schedule today? I saw you in the office.”
“Yes, she is probably resting at the hotel as we rarely have a day off.”
“I see. If you’re not busy, I’d like to have a chat with you.”
“Me?… A conversation?”
A oneonone meeting with the CEO, what’s this heartpounding noise?
“I won’t hold you up long. Come inside for a moment.”
Tae Jo gestured towards the break room. A tense Je Hoon followed him with stiff steps.
“Anything to drink?”
“I’ll have coffee.”
Worried that Tae Jo might do something, Je Hoon quickly activated the coffee machine.
“And you, sir?”
“I will….”
Peeking inside the fridge, Tae Jo took out a hangover drink.
“I drank a bit too much yesterday.”
Tae Jo cracked open the drink and gulped it down. Je Hoon held his freshly brewed coffee in both hands and sat in a chair.
“But, what do you want to talk about…?”
“Well, I was wondering how Se Kyung is doing these days.”
“Se Kyung? Uh, specifically, what aspect do you want to ask about…?”
“Just in general. If there’s any discomfort living in the hotel. Outdoor activities, interpersonal relations, stuff like that.”
“If that’s what you mean….”
It wasn’t about me after all.
A relieved Je Hoon scratched his chin and sank into thought.
“There was a bit of a trouble during the filming of a variety show last time.”
“Trouble? With whom?”
“Well… a member of the girl group she used to be active with. I think they’ve been on bad terms for a while, she was overshadowed because only Se Kyung got the spotlight. She unnecessarily picked a fight with Se Kyung.”
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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