“I reflected! What’s there to reflect on when false accusations were made!”
Taeseok sneered when Jihyeonjeong shot back.
“I didn’t expect you to. But that’s alright.”
“I haven’t done anything wrong! I didn’t even use that 5 billion.”
“What are you talking about? There’s a property under your name. Don’t just blame it all on that. Besides, you’ve been consistently engaged in embezzlement, tax evasion, family employee registration, group insurance, overseas stocks. Where’s this victim cosplay coming from?”
Jihyeonjeong remained silent.
“Think about how unfair it was for our Yeoreumi. When she lost her life due to false accusations.”
“…”
“Claiming innocence will be quite disadvantageous for you.”
“You don’t need to care.”
“Nuna.”
When Taeseok called her, Jihyeonjeong looked at him like an AI with an inputted command.
She wanted him, and she thought she had almost gotten him. Whenever she thought of Taeseok, who was within reach if she just stretched out her hand, she felt excited. Even now, when everything had fallen apart, she felt a sense of despair.
The Taeseok with a cold gaze was strangely seductive.
The woman’s two hands, with sturdy and long fingers that seemed to cover everything at once, muscles that extended majestically along the arms, shoulders that trainers admired, a well-defined jawline, and even the gaze – everything about Seo Taeseok was perfect.
Jihyeonjeong was still fascinated by all of it. Excitement and hatred were entwined, making her heart beat even faster.
Despite knowing that he was the scoundrel who had ruined her life in an instant, she felt that way. A scoundrel. A real scoundrel.
She had committed some petty wrongs before, but it wasn’t enough to pay such a high price. And in the end, things didn’t work out with Choi Yeoreumi, whom she claimed to love so much.
Because there was a parting, they might have met more affectionately.
“Let’s play a game.”
“I won’t play. I will definitely win and leave.”
“Even if you come out, you have nothing. No company, no colleagues, no society that welcomes you. Just rot there for a few years.”
“You’re really cruel.”
Jihyeonjeong sharpened her teeth.
“Think about how cruel you’ve been.”
Taeseok said with indifferent and cold eyes.
“There are articles based on evidence that detail all the rotten things you’ve done. Take a look once. The threats to Yeoreumi. 5 billion. Departure. Tax evasion report. Recorded conversations and various pieces of evidence. Jihyeonjeong’s mouth hung open in shock. This was a different issue from embezzlement or tax evasion.
‘There were recordings? When did he prepare all this?’
Moreover, the testimony of the actress Jeong Ina was unimaginable. She bit her lips until they bled.
“Although you might think you’re at rock bottom now, if this article comes out, you will truly plummet to the bottom. Promise that when you admit it and accept your punishment, this article will be buried.”
With Yeoreumi in an unstable state, proposals and marriage were out of the question. Taeseok quickly made a decision. He decided to discard the article and expedite the arrest. He wanted to gift peace to Yeoreumi.
“We’ll rebuild after my release. If this goes public, you won’t be able to live in Korea, Nuna. Don’t hold out any longer.”
“Why are you doing this to me? How well did I treat you! You scoundrel!”
Jihyeonjeong couldn’t overcome her anger and despair, shedding tears. Taeseok looked at her mercilessly and said,
“Speak the truth. I wasn’t treating you well; I was trying to tame you.”
“When have I…”
“You’ve tried to make a fool out of me, suggesting we try something funny. If only you had admitted that my taste wasn’t yours, we would have been more comfortable with each other.”
Taeseok laughed disdainfully.
“Is crying that much necessary? Our Yeoreumi was a sea of tears all the time. Be thankful you didn’t directly receive punishment from me. The legal judgment was as considerate as possible for you, Nuna.”
“Seo Taeseok! I will never forgive you. You’ll regret this!”
“Regret? What? Regret losing Jihyeonjeong?”
Taeseok asked incredulously, scanning Jihyeonjeong’s whole body as if evaluating her worth.
“It doesn’t seem like I have a body worth regretting.”
In the end, Jihyeonjeong crumbled under shame and self-loathing.
“This, this scoundrel…! You will also cry in agony! Be prepared! I have a deadly weapon against you! I didn’t want to expose it, but if I unleash it, you too…”
Taeseok, who was about to leave, turned around fiercely. It was a fiery gaze with flickering flames.
“A deadly weapon? Seo Taeseok’s video? I think I already tore all of that into pieces.”
“What?”
Jihyeonjeong’s face turned pale.
In the end, Jihyeonjeong, without eating dinner, flipped the blanket and lay down. No one took care of her. Lately, she acted half-mad, and everyone avoided her.
“Bad child.”
Someone muttered, “Hey, what is he saying?” and chuckled softly.
‘I will make you regret and lament. Even if you cry and beg, I will never accept you. Seo Taeseok.’
She bit her lips.
‘No, can I really not accept you? If only you come back…’
Today, Taeseok was again a perfect man. Even amidst the unjust madness, he looked cool. This nauseating emotion was pathetic. Jihyeonjeong’s brain became so tangled that she didn’t know what she was thinking.
‘How did he find out about the video and make it useless again? It must be Choi Yeoreumi’s doing. That wicked person.’
Kim Secretary was her last hope. If she fully understood the message delivered through Lawyer Choi, she would do something. Kim Secretary was under non-arrest investigation, so she had enough room to maneuver. Of course, she needed to be careful.
She canceled the visit to the Seongmun Hotel.
He should have understood. The Seongmun Hotel was where she had dinner with Seo Taeseok. Looking back, she had already been played with back then, but she foolishly felt excited. Just for the sake of mood, she canceled Choi Yeoreumi’s traffic accident.
She should have pushed her away back then.
Though there might be affection for Taeseok, there was no emotion other than anger toward Choi Yeoreumi. Jihyeonjeong pinned her hopes on Secretary Kim. If she fully understood the message conveyed through Lawyer Choi, she would help. Kim Secretary was under non-arrest investigation and could move freely. Of course, she had to be cautious.
And for now…
Realizing there was no other way, she gave up the fight. She couldn’t bear to watch that absurd article go public. The next day, she called the lawyer.
Admitting guilt, the investigation gained momentum.
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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