As a child, he wondered why Si Hyun did not compete in the Miss Korea pageant. If she did, she would undoubtedly be crowned Miss Korea.

The same was true as he grew older. Actresses and female idol singers, the epitome of beauty, changed every few years. But whenever he saw a popular beauty, Tae Ha always had the same thought. Si Hyun is much prettier.

Regardless of the opponent, the winner was always Kang Si Hyun.

However, it wasn’t easy to express these feelings. When he was a minor, he didn’t say it because he thought she wouldn’t accept him. Once he became an adult, she had another man in her life.

As soon as Si Hyun found out that man was cheating, he immediately confessed, but it wasn’t easy to say it. He couldn’t imagine how nervous he was.

That’s why he couldn’t ride the elevator with her after confessing and just sent her up.

He was so nervous about what she would say when they met in the morning that he couldn’t sleep.

The answer she finally gave him was……

Well, if she forgot, he could confess again.

If he was rejected, he could do it again.

If he was rejected again, he would confess every time he saw her.

Since she was going to break up with her fiance anyway, there were plenty of opportunities.

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After finally getting rid of Woo Jin, Si Hyun returned home. She purposely walked home without taking the bus, thinking about this and that.

She thought Woo Jin’s words made sense. She herself was shaken by Tae Ha, who was not someone else. Although she didn’t cheat, considering that she was briefly attracted to someone else, weren’t she and Woo Jin the same?

More than anything, she was thirtythree years old. The thought of meeting someone new and starting a relationship from scratch at this age was daunting. All men are essentially the same, she thought. Do I really have to go through this exhausting process with another man?

While she was lost in thought, the phone rang.

“Until when will you block our Ah Hyun’s path?”
As soon as she picked up, the stepmother started yelling. Her voice was filled with excitement.

Without even looking, the situation was clear as day.

The stepmother must have been excited about a new potential groom too good to miss for Ah Hyun, insisting on sending her off to get married as soon as possible. The stepfather, on the other hand, was reluctant, fearing the public’s eye, and insisted that Si Hyun should be sent off first.

“I’m sorry. I was going to call you anyway…”
“When was the last time you said you’d pay respects to our family? Why haven’t we heard from you since then!”
“I paid my respects to my brother’s family, but I’m truly sorry. I’ve been so busy with work lately that I forgot to contact you.”
It seems she had a big argument with the stepfather. Si Hyun apologized several times, but the stepmother refused to calm down. It sounded as if she was scolding her right next to her.

“You don’t need to come to our house to pay your respects, just arrange a meeting for us. Within next week. Got it?”
Perhaps because she had lived a long time trying to avoid attention and being submissive, even though she was already a fully grown adult who had lived independently, Si Hyun always felt small in front of the stepmother.

She couldn’t dare to tell the stepmother, who was bustling around energetically, that her fiance had cheated on her and that she was considering whether to forgive him or not.

“Yes, Stepmother. I’ll discuss with my brother and get back to you.”
In the end, Si Hyun could only respond like that and hang up the phone.

She was exhausted from all the events of the day, and when she got home, Tae Ha was waiting at the front door.

You again. Si Hyun sighed with her eyes closed.

Tae Ha seemed to sense something was off from her expression.

“What happened?”
The day was just too much. She had spent the day going through various emotions: pondering, excited, disappointed, incredulous, unbearably embarrassed.

Unable to say outright that it was because of him, Si Hyun used Woo Jin as a shield.

“Woo Jin came to the office.”
Tae Ha immediately looked angry.

“He’s crazy. What did he say?”
“He grovelled, saying he was wrong.”
“You’re not considering accepting him back, are you?”
“I’m considering.”
Si Hyun muttered bitterly.

“People can stumble once or twice in their lifetime. I can’t guarantee that I won’t have such a day while I’m alive.”
On her way home, she had all sorts of thoughts. By the time she got home, she was thinking about turning a blind eye just this once. To put it precisely, she was too tired and didn’t want to have a headache anymore.

“So I thought about letting it slide just once.”
She hoped he would say he understood, no matter what decision she made. She also wished he would console her, saying Woo Jin wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.

But all she got in return was sharp ridicule.

“Do you want to get married so badly? So badly that you would overlook his infidelity?”
Overwhelmed, Si Hyun raised her voice.

“Yes, I’m going crazy because I can’t get married! So what, are you going to send me off to get married?”
How much must she have suffered to have thoughts like that, why didn’t he understand. It wasn’t someone else, but Tae Ha, shouldn’t he be able to empathize at least that much.

“If you want to get married that badly.”
A low voice resounded close to her ear.

“……Do it with me.”
Surprised, Si Hyun held her breath. When she looked up, Tae Ha was looking straight at her.

“……!”
It was the face of a man, not a child.

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