Director Shim, sitting down, pointed to a bowl in the center of the table.
“I asked for it to be cleared away. I’m taking it with me. Not sure if Se Kyung can eat this. It’s beef stew.”
Was it an awkward topic, or had she already made up her mind?
Ye Ryeong didn’t ask about Se Kyung’s pregnancy. Instead, she served some stew into a bowl and handed it to Se Kyung.
“How is it? Can you eat that?”
After tasting it with her spoon, Se Kyung nodded.
“Yes.”
Glancing sideways, Se Kyung caught eyes with Director Shim.
‘Should I tell?’
In response to Se Kyung’s questioning gaze, Director Shim shook her head, indicating to stay silent.
The studio had been bustling since morning.
It was the day for the drama poster shoot. After completing the first round of shooting, Se Kyung was lost in thought as she waited.
‘Is it really okay?’
Three days had passed since the meal with Ye Ryeong.
After being caught with morning sickness, Ye Ryeong surprisingly didn’t ask any further questions until the meal was over.
Se Kyung had been tense, anticipating a question from Ye Ryeong, which made the lack of it all the more baffling.
But if Ye Ryeong hadn’t suspected anything from the beginning, it would be one thing. Knowing she suspected the pregnancy and yet not saying anything made it all the more nerve-wracking.
It also didn’t seem right to bring it up herself.
Wouldn’t it be strange to suddenly say, ‘I’m pregnant’?
“Director Shim also said she didn’t say anything…”
The day after the meal, Se Kyung called Director Shim, wondering if Ye Ryeong had asked her about the pregnancy.
Director Shim said that Ye Ryeong hadn’t asked her at all since that day.
Even if Ye Ryeong had asked, as a doctor, she couldn’t disclose patient information.
However, Director Shim, perhaps to reassure Se Kyung, said Ye Ryeong wouldn’t tell anyone about her pregnancy.
Her added comment was a bit strange, though.
‘I can assure you of one thing. Even if Director Ban suspects Se Kyung’s pregnancy, she won’t gossip about it. She wouldn’t do anything to harm Se Kyung’s agency.’
It was odd to hear ‘Se Kyung’s agency’ instead of just ‘Se Kyung’. Why would Ye Ryeong be concerned about the impact on her agency?
Was it because she, as a gallery owner, understood the business perspective?
“Sigh.”
Se Kyung sighed and jittered her leg in anxiety. She should have asked Ye Ryeong directly that day.
Why she didn’t ask anything. It would have spared her days of worry.
“Maybe confiding in the CEO would be somewhat relieving.”
Ye Ryeong didn’t probe any further, so Se Kyung didn’t mention that day’s incident to Tae Jo.
But if she continued to feel anxious, it seemed better to discuss it with Tae Jo and come up with a plan.
Knock knock.
“Sister, they’re starting the shoot again. Come out if you’re ready.”
Je Hun announced the resumption of the shoot with a knock. Se Kyung was adjusting her outfit, about to leave the makeup room, when—
Buzz.
Her phone vibrated briefly. She checked the new message.
[Se Kyung, can you spare some time today?]Se Kyung pressed her lips together firmly.
Under the last photo Ye Ryeong had taken at the gallery, a new message had arrived.
The poster shoot, which began in the morning, ended at 3 PM. Se Kyung greeted the staff and drama officials before leaving the studio.
“Sister, I’m really going ahead, okay?”
Je Hun, already in the van, stopped in front of Se Kyung to ask. After responding to Ye Ryeong’s message, she had told her to come to the studio when the shoot was over.
“Yeah. Someone said they would come here.”
“Then I’ll wait until that person arrives and leave.”
“It’s fine. Go ahead.”
Se Kyung quickly waved him off. Hesitating for a while, Je Hun reluctantly drove off at her insistence.
“Sigh.”
Se Kyung exhaled deeply after watching the van leave. As she was massaging her tense fingers, a white car entered the narrow alley.
“Se Kyung, get in.”
A familiar voice called from the passenger seat. Se Kyung, bowing her head, saw Ye Ryeong at the wheel and got into the car.
“Where are we going now?”
As Se Kyung buckled up, Ye Ryeong immediately started the car. Without turning on the navigation, she confidently drove somewhere.
“It’s a bit early for dinner, so I thought we’d meet someone first. I’m planning to have them buy us a meal.”
“Do you have another appointment? Then maybe we can meet later…”
“No. You can come along. You know the person.”
Someone she knows? Maybe Director Shim?
Contrary to Se Kyung’s guess, Ye Ryeong’s car swiftly passed Cheongdam-dong, where Director Shim’s hospital was located.
After about ten minutes, the car entered a street familiar to Se Kyung.
Eventually, Ye Ryeong stopped the car at a place very well known to Se Kyung.
“This is…”
“Let’s go in. Someone I know works here.”
Se Kyung swallowed nervously as Ye Ryeong entered a building—Se Kyung’s agency.
“Hello.”
“Ah, hello. It’s been a while.”
Ye Ryeong greeted the building security, familiarly. The security guard, recognizing her, also seemed pleased to see her.
‘What’s going on?’
Confused, Se Kyung watched as Ye Ryeong, seemingly more acquainted with the office staff than the agency’s artists, completed a simple identity check and entered the building.
“Director Ban, who exactly do you know at our company?”
“You’ll find out soon.”
Dodging the question, Ye Ryeong and Se Kyung took the elevator. Ye Ryeong, familiar with the building, led them straight to the CEO’s office, Tae Jo’s office.
“How did Madam come without contacting…”
Secretary Kim, surprised by Ye Ryeong’s arrival, stood up abruptly. He bowed and looked puzzled to see Se Kyung with her.
“Is he in?”
Returning Secretary Kim’s greeting, Ye Ryeong gestured towards the office.
“Yes. I’ll inform the CEO right awa…”
“No need. If there are no guests inside, I’ll go in directly.”
Bypassing Secretary Kim with an intercom, Ye Ryeong walked to the door. Without waiting for Tae Jo’s response, she knocked and flung it open.
“…”
Hidden behind the door, Ye Ryeong left Se Kyung in full view of Tae Jo, seated at his desk.
“Se Kyung?”
Startled by the unexpected entrance, Tae Jo frowned, but his expression changed to surprise upon seeing Se Kyung.
“Weren’t you scheduled for a poster shoot today? Did you come straight here after it ended? Why didn’t you contact me…”
Tae Jo rose from his desk and approached Se Kyung. Just then, Ye Ryeong peeked out from behind the door.
“Sister-in-law?”
Huh? Sister-in-law?
Se Kyung turned swiftly, puzzled by the unfamiliar term Tae Jo had used.
“We’re seeing a lot of each other lately, young master.”
Ye Ryeong waved at Tae Jo and winked at 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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