Jung Im muttered as if complaining.

[That young man you told me about. He blocked her way and wouldn’t even let me speak to her. How fierce he was.]

Hearing that, Woo Jin’s heart ached with jealousy. Si Hyun was already with that man…!

[Are they dating? Huh?] [Well, I don’t know. He was sticking to her like glue.]

He had blocked Si Hyun’s path and said with great confidence,

[I’ve been the one who liked her. It was my one-sided love from the beginning. I’ve been chasing her. Si Hyun has had no interest in me before or after the divorce.]

Jung Im relayed the message, imitating his expression, and her lips twitched in displeasure.

[Who’s going to believe that?]

But Woo Jin felt like it was true. If not, why would Si Hyun bother marrying someone like him, despite knowing that he had cheated on her?

[He’s the one I’m going to marry. Don’t hit him in front of me.]

Thinking of how Si Hyun had defended him during their fistfight, his heart swelled.

In hindsight, he felt like he knew. Si Hyun had been loyal to him from the beginning to the end. Even though such a great guy was dying for her, she loved only him.

He thought she’d be with that guy by now, celebrating. But she was still the object of his one-sided love.

‘Could it be that you’ve been…’

Woo Jin headed to the marital home to remove his belongings. He decided to call a second-hand specialist to handle the unused furniture and appliances.

It was his first time back in their newlywed home since he’d been caught with Bora.

The shattered wedding photo frame in the living room, Si Hyun’s broken cell phone lying randomly on the bedroom floor—everything remained as it was that night, and guilt washed over him anew.

Woo Jin picked up the broken frame. Looking at Si Hyun’s face, who was smiling brightly at him in the picture, his eyes somehow grew hot.

‘Si Hyun…’

As he was lost in his thoughts, a mover approached him.

“What should we do with this?”

The mover was holding a large box in his hand.

“What is that?”

“It was in the bedroom closet.”
Woo Jin took the box and examined it. It was a latest-generation game console that had been released a few months ago. He had wanted it for a long time, but due to limited supply, he had been unable to purchase it and had been left drooling over it.

While wondering why such an item was in his house, he found a small card attached to the back of the box.

[Dash] Ta-da! You’ve really wanted this, right? It’s a wedding gift from me to you, Oppa.

Let’s live happily from now on, Oppa.

I’ll try hard too.

The moment he saw Si Hyun’s neat handwriting, Woo Jin felt a heart-wrenching pain.

He had acquired their newlywed home only after being caught cheating. Yet Si Hyun had forgiven him and even prepared this surprise gift because she wanted to make another go of it.

You really tried to live well with someone like me.

What have I done to you?

I bought an expensive necklace for another woman, yet gave you only hand cream…

“Si Hyun…!”

Holding the box of the game console, he burst into tears. The movers looked at him with surprised eyes.

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Si Hyun headed to Tae Ha’s office with the data he had mentioned during the morning meeting. She felt slightly tense inside.

[Come to my office later with the research proposal.]

Although his tone was strictly professional, and he had made the request openly in front of everyone, Si Hyun had a hunch.

[Don’t be too hard on her, she just got divorced.] [Of course she needs time to sort out her feelings.]

Even after hearing her teammates say these things, Si Hyun couldn’t bring herself to tell the truth.

It’s not an unrequited love for the department head, I like him too, we’re dating. She should have said that, but in the end, she kept her mouth shut.

How must Tae Ha have felt, looking at me who couldn’t speak up boldly?

Thinking about him worrying last night that it might all turn out to be a dream made her heart ache belatedly.

Was I really left in a situation akin to unrequited love?

This is certainly infuriating.

‘What should I apologize for?’

Lost in thought, Si Hyun entered Tae Ha’s office.

“Department head, Kang Si Hyun is here.”

Sitting at his desk, Tae Ha put down the document he was reading and approached as Si Hyun entered.

“Um, Tae Ha. About this morning…”

Unable to meet his eyes because she felt sorry, Si Hyun suddenly found herself at a loss for words when she saw Tae Ha loosening his necktie.

Why is he loosening his necktie after calling me in?

“What, what are you doing?”

Looking at her with eyes that seemed about to pop, Tae Ha replied while loosening his necktie.

“You wanted to touch it, didn’t you?”

Si Hyun felt her face go red-hot.

“That was a mistake…!”

Before she could finish speaking, Tae Ha grabbed her wrist and pulled it toward his chest, whispering,

“Go ahead and make that ‘mistake,’ then.”