After Chairman Ban left, Jaehyuk, left alone, writhed in agony.
“Arin… Keuh.”
Just the imagination of parting from her felt like his heart was being torn to shreds.
He couldn’t imagine living on after parting with her.
The image of Arin’s tear-streaked face flashed before Jaehyuk’s eyes.
“How could I tell you to break up with me, how…”
But he couldn’t stay by her side.
He was nothing less than an enemy who took parents away from her. If Madam Jung hadn’t killed that man, Arin might have lived happily in an ordinary family.
Jaehyuk’s heart surged with emotion at the realization that the person who took his family away from him was none other than his own mother—a criminal’s blood flowed in his veins, a terrifying fact. If only he could, he wanted to extract it all.
He couldn’t be by her side.
Though he couldn’t part from her, he couldn’t be by her side either.
It wasn’t a romantic relationship like the modern-day Romeo and Juliet. He was merely her enemy.
“So, you have to leave. I don’t even have the right to be by Arin’s side.”
To suppress the welling frustration, he put his fist in his mouth, holding back tears.
Due to Jaehyuk’s urging, he was discharged earlier than expected.
“Are you really okay?”
Arin asked with a worried voice.
“I’m fine. I can’t lie in the hospital forever.”
“Lately, Oppa’s facial expression hasn’t been good, and I’m worried you might be pushing yourself too hard.”
“It’s not like that. I just feel a bit tired, as you said. Thanks for worrying.”
Every time he saw Arin, a sense of guilt overwhelmed Jaehyuk. Even though he tried to swallow his emotions, the painful feelings didn’t easily fade away.
Since the day he decided to part with her, Jaehyuk hadn’t been living.
“If that’s the case, it’s okay. But if something happens, please tell me.”
Jaehyuk, unable to respond to Arin’s words, weakly nodded.
Jaehyuk held Arin’s hand and entered the hospital elevator. Emotions seemed to burst forth like a dam breaking. He changed the subject.
“Are you going to that house starting today?”
“Yes. The interior construction finished a week ago, and all the furniture is in. Oh, Oppa. I went there briefly yesterday, as I told you. It’s really cool, like the houses you see on TV.”
“……Ah.”
“I didn’t understand why Mom insisted on buying such a big TV. But when I hung it up, it looked really different.”
“I see.”
Jaehyuk felt a mix of emotions as he looked at Arin, who babbled like a baby next to him. Thinking he couldn’t see this anymore, his heart welled up with emotion again.
He gripped the other hand that he didn’t hold Arin’s with, tightly, to the point where his nails dug into his palm.
“Oh, right. They also set up the dining table for me. White marble. I wondered why Mom insisted on getting something so expensive, but when I saw it at home, it was so beautiful. Mom said she wanted to match the kitchen as a set for the child, but she gave me so much that it’s hard to receive more.”
“……Right.”
Not wanting her to worry if he stayed silent, he managed to utter one word.
Euna and Liam, who used to come every day, left for the United States a few days ago, saying they had things to organize.
It seemed like Euna wanted to give Arin the feelings she couldn’t share with her daughter, so she generously provided everything Arin needed.
“I’m just grateful to have my mom by my side.”
Euna didn’t need to do anything. Even if Euna wasn’t rich like she is now, it didn’t matter.
“Just having the presence of a mother by my side makes my heart full and happy.”
Jaehyuk genuinely hoped for Arin’s happiness.
And in that happiness, he felt like an impurity.
A large hand was felt above his head. As he lifted his head, Jaehyuk was smiling down at him.
“Your mother also knows your feelings well.”
Arin nodded, locking eyes with Jaehyuk.
“She also mentioned wanting to settle the registration issue.”
Ding.
Suddenly, the elevator arrived on the first floor. Jaehyuk carefully took Arin down, placing each of her small fingers between his.
“I’ve discussed that matter with Lawyer Kang. Since Lawyer Kang is an international lawyer, it seems unnecessary for your mother to hire a separate lawyer. With the ongoing lawsuit involving my legal wife, once that is settled, we can proceed with the proper birth registration, as advised by Lawyer Kang.”
Before Mrs. Choi came into the picture, Arin’s birth had not been registered. Even though it could have been reported within a month, Euna couldn’t complete Arin’s birth registration due to her biological father’s sudden death.
The process of organizing Arin’s name under Mrs. Choi’s family registry, rather than her biological parents’, posed no legal issues.
The duration he could spend by her side was until her family registry was settled.
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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