His gaze had lowered.
“I’m talking about the reason you want to leave my side.”
Ra Jin bit her lips tight at the strong determination in his eyes that seemed to imply he could never let her go. The sound of her racing heart was echoing in her ears.
It was loud and clear, to the extent she thought Jae Heon could hear it.
“Tell me what you want. I’ll give you anything.”
She gently pressed her hand against her chest. Her heart was racing.
Could she really say what she truly wanted?
Reading her hesitation as if he knew, he spoke again.
“It’s okay, be honest. I’ll listen to everything.”
Ra Jin tried to remain calm and opened her mouth.
“Why would you say such things carelessly? How would you know what I want?”
“Didn’t I tell you? I’ll grant you anything. Have you ever seen me lying?”
But she couldn’t easily open her mouth, and just fiddled with her own hands.
There was a strain in Jae Heon’s forehead.
What was she so hesitant to want?
It might be something he couldn’t handle.
‘I need to prepare myself.’
Jae Heon made a firm resolution.
He would do whatever Ra Jin wanted, as far as possible.
“First of all.”
He focused on her lips.
“Can I order another cocktail?”
The unexpected deflation in her voice only startled him for a moment.
‘Does she need to drink to mention something so significant?’
He, too, tensed and ordered another martini.
Before getting to the main point, to lighten the atmosphere, Jae Heon started talking to Ra Jin.
“Secretary Sa… No, how much can you drink, Ra Jin?”
“I drink moderately.”
“You must be confident.”
“I haven’t caused any trouble.”
It was true. She had never drunk to the point of getting drunk.
“That’s a relief.”
They each raised the glasses in front of them.
And as if they had promised, they didn’t get straight to the point, but casually talked about the people around them for a while.
The silence that fell when the conversation stopped was filled with sips of alcohol.
Jae Heon gently looked at Ra Jin.
“You drink well.”
She wiped her mouth with her long fingers.
“I told you I wouldn’t cause any trouble.”
“Right. Secretary Sa… no, it’s not in Ra Jin’s nature to cause trouble to anyone.”
She was the only one who could make him feel at ease even when they were alone, his secretary.
“You’re doing a great job.”
“….”
“I hope you continue to do well by my side.”
For some reason, Jae Heon’s gaze and smile felt affectionate to her.
Until now, Ra Jin’s heart melted at his friendly demeanor, which he had never shown to me.
She clutched the cocktail glass tightly in her hand.
Her heart seemed like it could overflow like liquid if she were not careful.
Trying to act casual, Ra Jin took a sip of the red liquid.
The sweet and bitter taste burned her insides as it went down her throat.
“So, tell me now.”
Lost in thought, Ra Jin looked at some point on the table as she listened to Jae Heon’s words.
“……”
The atmosphere wasn’t right for her to speak easily.
After a moment of thought, Jae Heon was the one who opened his mouth first.
“I have a chronic illness.”
Startled, Ra Jin, with wide eyes, slightly opened her mouth and looked at him in surprise.
For some reason, Jae Heon couldn’t take his eyes off her open lips, moist with the liquid.
“Director?”
“……Ah, I’m sorry.”
“Why? Are you not feeling well?”
It was unthinkable. That Jae Heon, who had a body as sturdy as a tank and a monstrous stamina, had a chronic disease.
‘It’s strange. All his health checkup results have been fine so far.’
Could it be a serious disease? At the worried look on Ra Jin, who was looking at him, Jae Heon felt a heaviness in his chest.
‘Why is this happening.’
Jae Heon gently pressed his left chest with his palm.
“Director, it would be best if you got up now.”
Ra Jin put down the glass she was holding. It was not the time to be drinking alcohol.
“I will escort you home. If we call Dr. Jeong now, he can arrive within 30 minutes……”
“No.”
Jae Heon’s large hand gently covered and pressed Ra Jin’s delicate hand, which was about to rise from her seat.
“It’s okay.”
This time, Ra Jin lost her words. Her gaze was fixed on Jae Heon’s hand, which covered her hand.
It was warm. No, it was hot.
Whether it was the temperature of his hand, or the temperature of her heart, Ra Jin couldn’t distinguish.
It was the first time. The first time she held hands with him.
The first time their bodies touched so intimately.
“And I hope to correct the formality. It’s still our private time.”
She felt as if her heart was attached to his palm that was holding her hand.
It was hot as if Jae Heon was holding her heart.
“And the chronic disease I’m suffering from.”
Jae Heon continued speaking with his hand touching hers, without knowing her heart.
“It’s not a disease that Dr. Jeong can cure.”
Ra Jin, who had to take her gaze off his hand that held hers with difficulty, looked into Jae Heon’s eyes.
“So, what kind of……”
At Ra Jin’s eyes that were more moist than before, Jae Heon lost his words for a moment.
Were Ra Jin’s eyes always that moist?
Her heart must have been mistaken, but somehow… it appeared steeped in affection and desire.
Gently, his black pupils descended to the red lips that had stolen his gaze since earlier.
Like a red camellia alone in the middle of winter, or a rose releasing a strong fragrance in the summer, they were tantalizing and fascinating.
He knew she had a long neck. The line extending from her neck to her shoulders was also beautiful.
Sometimes… she had a cute side that made him want to stroke her head.
“Director.”
At the sound of her calling him, Jae Heon’s gaze slowly rose back to her face.
And he gently reached out and cupped Ra Jin’s cheek.
“I told you not to call me that.”
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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