I don’t even know when we stepped outside. It was definitely in front of the entrance when I confessed, but I regained my senses only to find myself walking aimlessly alongside Tae Ha.
I didn’t know where we were heading. Tae Ha probably didn’t know either.
Despite the evening setting in, I wasn’t aware of hunger. The only thing I could see was the man beside me.
Tae Ha, who had been holding Si Hyun’s hand and walking silently, finally spoke after a while.
“Wasn’t it annoying when I intervened earlier?”
“Why would I be annoyed? I was just trying to protect you.”
“You seemed to dislike it. Other people knowing about us.”
“Let them know, what’s the problem? We haven’t done anything wrong.”
Si Hyun smiled.
“If you hadn’t stepped in, I would have messed everything up on my own.”
To be honest, I didn’t want to be the talk of the town in either direction. But it was much better for me to be known as Yoon Tae Ha’s secret admirer than to bear the stigma of breaking off the engagement.
That’s what Mi Joo had said.
[Well, you’re going to hear gossip either way. Isn’t it a hundred times better to hear that you’re dating a capable younger man than that the woman even returned her wedding invitation and broke off the engagement?]She was right a hundred times over, Si Hyun thought.
“Aren’t you okay? By now, the rumor must have spread around the company that the Director of Digital Strategy is in a pitiful situation, being someone’s secret admirer.”
“That’s true.”
“Why does that matter? I like you too.”
Tae Ha narrowed his eyes and smiled.
His face, which was already sculpted like a piece of art and usually wore a calm and composed expression, suddenly looked more youthful when he relaxed his features. Si Hyun let out a sigh, realizing that he now looked closer to his actual age.
“You have no shame, saying that I like you.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“I mean, I like you, even though you’re seven years younger than me.”
Tae Ha made a slightly mischievous expression.
“Our father liked your mother even though she was twelve years younger than him. What’s a measly seven-year age difference?”
Is that the topic again? Feeling like it’s time to clear up the misunderstanding, Si Hyun hardened her expression and said, “I’ve never liked your father.”
Perhaps now with a bit more ease, Tae Ha smiled.
“I know, it wasn’t that deep of an emotion. I guess I was just excited. Even I think he’s a cool guy, your father.”
“Well, it’s not like that.”
“Then why did you and him meet up so often without me whenever he came to Korea?”
Si Hyun made up her mind. She had been keeping her lips sealed until now because of her promise to Leon, but things had escalated to the point where she couldn’t refrain from telling the truth.
“It was because of you.”
“……?”
“I tutored you because you said you wanted to talk in Korean,” Si Hyun explained.
Tae Ha’s eyes widened.
“And your father, he wanted to know everything about you. What foods you liked, what you couldn’t eat. What sports you were good at, what games you liked. What subjects you excelled in, what you wanted to become in the future. I’m telling you, he listened to me and wrote it all down on paper.”
But even so, Leon made a request. He asked Si Hyun to keep it a secret because he didn’t want Tae Ha to feel uncomfortable knowing that his father, who wasn’t particularly close to him, was taking such an interest in him.
That’s why Si Hyun hadn’t told the truth until now.
“Your dad genuinely wanted to be your father, and I wanted to help him. It wasn’t because I liked it.”
“Oh…”
“And Tae Ha.”
Si Hyun hesitated for a moment before gathering her courage.
“There’s no need for anyone else. I like you just the way you are.”
Tae Ha, who had been silently watching Si Hyun for a moment, suddenly extended his arm. Wondering what he was doing, Si Hyun asked.
“Why?”
“Because I’m not sure if this is a dream or not.”
How can I pinch you to test if it’s a dream? Si Hyun thought, not wanting to waste such a moment. Instead of pinching his extended arm, she reached out and gently caressed his head.
The man, who had closed his eyes and was obediently resting his head like a large puppy, mumbled after a moment.
“Father’s work, I’m sorry for misunderstanding it all this time.”
“Well, to be honest, I was slightly excited when I saw your face. Leon, he’s really cool, you know.”
Worried that she might misinterpret it again, Si Hyun quickly glanced at Tae Ha after speaking. Fortunately, it seemed like there was no misunderstanding this time, as Tae Ha was quietly smiling.
“He’s a great father. He genuinely loves you.”
“I know.”
“Even in the United States, he said he hired a separate teacher to study. The last time he saw you was when you were in your third year of high school, and I remember that even then, you had already organized everyday conversations in Korean. How is he now?”
“You’re doing much better now. If I close my eyes and listen, you almost sound like a Korean.”
“Really?”
“You’d be surprised if we had a conversation. He’s coming to Korea soon, so let’s meet then.”
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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