In moments of happiness so intense that reality seemed unreal, whenever memories of the recent kidnapping came up, she looked down at the ring he gave her.
Now, at this moment, it wasn’t a dream but reality, and the ring was a compass reminding her that it wasn’t an illusion.
Her phone, placed on the small narrow table next to the bed, vibrated. Arin admired the ring for a moment, then sat up to grab the phone.
“Ji Yoon, why?”
“Oh, I’m about to come up. I wanted to tell you over the phone rather than in person.”
“Yeah. What’s wrong?”
“Arin…”
Her voice, coming through the speaker, didn’t sound good.
“Yeah, Ji Yoon, tell me. Your voice doesn’t sound good. What’s wrong?”
“Oppa…”
Anxiety rushed in at the mention of Yoo Hyun’s name.
“What happened to Oppa?”
“Oppa got married.”
“…What?”
She thought she misheard.
“He got married?”
“Yeah… Honestly, he brought a woman home to marry yesterday evening, and…”
Ji Yoon’s words circled around her ears, making a buzzing sound, but they didn’t register through her eardrums. Of course, if Yoo Hyun met someone and was happy, she would undoubtedly bless him.
However,
“Just a while ago, something like this happened, and marriage? Oppa?”
It was too overwhelming to handle the confusing emotions. Ji Yoon didn’t seem to expect an answer as if she understood Arin’s silence.
“The woman is someone you know too.”
“No way…?”
Suddenly, a person came to her mind.
“He wouldn’t go to that extent. Well, Vice President is so smart…”
She briefly imagined the worst in a short time, but hoped it wouldn’t become a reality. The return was the worst-case scenario.
“Min Ha Yeon, Vice President, you know her too. She was Oppa’s ex-girlfriend. She came here yesterday.”
Her heart sank.
“What on earth is happening?”
Oppa was marrying Min Ha Yeon?
Recently, Arin recalled what Yoo Hyun had said in her ear.
“I hate you, don’t misunderstand. I won’t give you up. I’ll bring you by my side by any means necessary.”
It wasn’t arrogance or conceit.
The person who said such words to me not long ago, Yoo Hyun, was marrying Ha Yeon.
Ha Yeon knew that Yoo Hyun loved her.
Yoo Hyun loved her, and yet, those two were getting married?
Even without deep contemplation, the intention behind this marriage seemed impure.
“Does this make sense? Suddenly getting married… You and Ha… No, it’s better not to talk about this.”
Ji Yoon hastily cut off her words, but it wasn’t difficult to guess what she would say next. Arin’s face sank deeply, as if she were deeply troubled.
“Moreover, the face saying ‘I will get married’ looks like a dying face. Who would believe marrying with that face?”
There was bitterness in Ji Yoon’s voice.
“What on earth is Oppa thinking?”
After maintaining silence, she finally spoke with parched lips.
“…What does Mother say?”
“Mom doesn’t know? It’s not sincere from Oppa. Of course, Mom opposed it. But Oppa said he would do it. With Vice President Min. I don’t know what he’s thinking. Unless he’s crazy.”
Trying to end it as well as possible without hurting her, it only got more tangled as time passed, and in the end, it turned into the worst situation she anticipated.
Yoo Hyun went down a path of self-destruction, and she herself was the one who made that path.
“Arin?”
As Arin remained silent, Ji Yoon called her.
“Arin, listen to me…”
“Sorry, Ji Yoon.”
“What?”
“I think Oppa decided to marry because of me.”
“What are you talking about?”
She couldn’t answer Ji Yoon’s words.
“I actually met Oppa. I’m sorry.”
“Why is that your fault?”
“…Aren’t you angry with me? Oppa is doing this because of me.”
“Hey, Choi Arin!”
At Arin’s words, Ji Yoon burst out. And the subsequent voice was firm.
“That guy is completely insane. What’s he saying? Arin, don’t blame yourself for anything. No, am I the only one allowed to love? Am I the only one noble? Is that a reasonable thing to say?”
“Ji Yoon…”
Arin somehow felt her heart uplifted.
“It’s not your fault. Whose fault is it that someone loves someone else? And being responsible for one’s own feelings is what adults do. Don’t blame yourself just because my love isn’t accepted, don’t whine like a child, because Seo Yoo Hyun, that fool, is just being foolish.”
Even though she knew she shouldn’t think like this, Arin felt a sense of relief in Ji Yoon’s words. Perhaps because of that, tears seemed ready to pour out.
But Ji Yoon, who sensed it like a ghost, quickly added to her words.
“Wait for me. Don’t cry until I’m gone. Got it?”
Entering the house with a thud, Ji Yoon hugged Arin as soon as she came in.
“It’s not your fault. That guy is immature.”
“…”
“And just in case, I’m telling you, I don’t hate you. Seo Yoo Hyun is family too, but he said it, right? You’re our family too. Mom thinks the same way.”
Ji Yoon slowly and gently stroked Arin’s back.
“So from now on, don’t think alone. Got it?”
Arin’s held-back tears poured out.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
