Upon hearing the news of her son’s divorce, Woo Jin’s mother, Jeong Im, had taken to her bed.

“Oh dear, oh dear. I can’t bear the disgrace in the neighborhood.”
As Jeong Im was groaning in bed, Woo Jin, who was by her side, suddenly lost his temper.

“Mom, how could you push Bora to get pregnant and then act like this?”
As the wedding venue happened to be the company’s welfare center, the rumor spread throughout the company as soon as the reservation was cancelled, so out of embarrassment, he had taken a leave of absence and was confined at home.

Jeong Im scolded him while lying down.

“Then bring her!”
That was the plan. The wedding was still about two months away, so if Bora happened to get pregnant by then, he intended to switch smoothly. The problem was that Si Hyun had caught them in the act.

Jeong Im scolded her youngest son as if she was disgusted all over again.

“You should know better, who in the world brings another woman to their newlywed home?”
“I told her no! Bora insisted.”
It was a lie. Bora did suggest it first, but it was Woo Jin who agreed readily.

The thrill of holding another woman in the master bedroom of their newlywed home was exhilarating. That night felt like he had gone back to his vigorous twenties.

“Can’t you try to change Si Hyun’s mind now?”
“She’s moved on. She already found someone much better than me.”
Woo Jin grumbled sullenly, gingerly placing his hand on his groin. The spot where Tae Ha had kicked him still seemed sore.

That morning, that guy was definitely at Si Hyun’s house. The declaration of divorce happened just that dawn, and in just a few hours, she had brought in another guy. It seemed as if she was waiting for him to make a mistake.

“Si Hyun might have been seeing him for a while.”
As Woo Jin spat out those words, Jeong Im sat up abruptly.

“Does she have a boyfriend?”
“Yes, a guy who’s nine years younger than me. He says he’s been like a brother to her for a long time, but he’s living right next door and even making breakfast for Si Hyun, that guy.”
“What?”
Jeong Im’s face looked like she might faint at any moment.

“So, they’ve come this far!”
“Right, mom? You’d also say that’s not a normal relationship, right?”
“Of course!”
Jeong Im didn’t know what to do with her anger.

“Good heavens, she has some nerve. How dare she intend to marry someone else’s precious son with such a past?”
Then, she suddenly struck her son Woo Jin’s back fiercely.

“You, why were you still willing to marry knowing all that?”
“Well, I just believed her when she said there was nothing between them!”
“Oh my, you naïve boy!”
Seeing her mother beat her chest, Woo Jin’s lingering guilt evaporated.

‘Damn it, I was the one getting caught and solely blamed and hurt because of it, wasn’t I?’
However, the one who was caught was indeed the fool.

Si Hyun asserted that Woo Jin was responsible for the divorce, hence he had to pay all the penalty. Although he wanted to argue ‘You cheated too!’ since she had the evidence photos in hand, there was nothing he could do.

Exposing the fiancée, who was rolling around with a junior in the bridal room’s bed, two months before the wedding!

These days, netizens’ investigations were terrifying. If Si Hyun even posted such a thing on an internet forum, he would be socially dead.

“Anyway, it’s over with Si Hyun, so you should know that, Mom.”
Then, Jung Im obsessed over Bora again.

“Is there any chance that the daughter of the Jo Han Shin newspaper house could really be pregnant? They say you can find out even within a month these days.”
That night, Woo Jin purposely did not use contraception. He had sweettalked Bora, who didn’t have a contraceptive device, into managing it on her own, and pretended to make a mistake at a critical moment.

So there wasn’t zero possibility……

“There’s a chance. But even if she were pregnant, would she tell me?”
Bora did not consider him as a marriage partner even in her dreams. Hadn’t she said so openly in front of Si Hyun when she was caught redhanded?

He couldn’t even grab her wrist and make her take a pregnancy test. With a headache from all this, Woo Jin held his head.

((()))

The next Sunday, Si Hyun visited Soo Yeon’s curry shop during the day.

“Auntie, I’m here!”
Soo Yeon, who was preparing to open the shop, warmly welcomed Si Hyun.

“You were sick, are you okay now?”
“Yes, I feel fine now. And the shop? Did you manage the security deposit?”
Soo Yeon didn’t know when to let go of Si Hyun’s hand.

“All thanks to Si Hyun. I really don’t know what to say….”
“I’ve invested, that’s all. I’ll help out occasionally when I have time.”
Soo Yeon mentioned Tae Ha.

“There, about that money. Someone else brought it instead.”
“Ah, that’s Tae Ha. Isn’t he really handsome?”
“That’s right. A very fine young man.”
For some reason, Soo Yeon showed a sudden deep interest in Tae Ha.

“Si Hyun mentioned he’s your superior? A department head, was it?”