True Marriage After Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
Ah Rin hugged Ji Yoon tightly before stepping into the arrivals hall.
“Ah Rin, no matter what happens, I’ll always be on your side. So don’t carry this burden alone, okay? Remember that—I’m here for you, and so is my mom. You’re never alone.”
“…Thank you, Ji Yoon.”
Tears welled up in Ah Rin’s eyes. Ji Yoon gently patted her back, as if to reassure her everything would be alright.
The departure board announced that boarding had begun for her flight.
“Go. It’s almost time for your flight. I’ll come down this weekend. We’ll finish our talk then, alright? If there’s anything you need, tell me by Friday.”
Ji Yoon said this after gently pulling Ah Rin away from the embrace.
“…Okay.”
“Don’t cry too much, got it?”
“…Okay.”
Ah Rin walked inside, accompanied by Ji Yoon’s farewell.
When she turned back, Ji Yoon was waving with a warm smile. Ah Rin’s heart swelled as she recalled what Ji Yoon had just told her.
Although this future had been unimaginable, it no longer felt entirely frightening. With Ji Yoon by her side and Ji Yoon’s mother waiting for her in Jeju—someone who truly cared about her—she no longer felt alone.
She believed she could make it, even without Jae Hyuk.
Ah Rin clenched her right fist tightly while waving with her left hand, offering Ji Yoon a small smile. In response, Ji Yoon formed a heart shape with her hands and waved back.
[This is the timeline separator]After seeing Ah Rin off, Ji Yoon returned to the parking lot but couldn’t bring herself to drive away for a long while. She let out a deep sigh, still gripping the steering wheel.
‘What could have happened?’
Remembering Ah Rin’s somber expression, Ji Yoon decided she’d go to Jeju this weekend to ask her friend everything and offer comfort.
To Ji Yoon, Ah Rin was more than just a friend. Though they weren’t related by blood, they were family.
Taking a half-day off that morning after Ah Rin’s call had been the right decision. Even with hurried preparations, she’d still need a bit more time before she could get to work.
Ji Yoon started her car and pulled out immediately. The roads were clear since it was still morning. She hurried her steps upon reaching the office building—just as she was about to enter—
“Manager Seo.”
A large shadow fell over her. Recognizing the man blocking her path, her expression hardened.
“…Deputy Chairman?”
Ji Yoon was flustered.
She hadn’t been startled by his appearance itself—she’d anticipated Jae Hyuk might come looking for her. What unsettled her was his expression.
Jae Hyuk’s impatient, almost anxious look was completely unfamiliar to her.
It was a face she’d never seen once since joining VAN Group’s PR team.
“What brings you all the way here?”
“You know she’s here.”
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”
She feigned ignorance—for fear of revealing Ah Rin’s whereabouts.
“Ah Rin is here, isn’t she?”
“No, she isn’t.”
He might be her superior at work, but he was also her closest friend’s husband—and now, merely her ex-husband.
Seeing the man who had made Ah Rin cry, Ji Yoon spoke in a cold, firm voice.
“Manager Seo.”
Jae Hyuk’s expression turned stiff.
“I’m sorry, but I need to get ready for work. If you’ll excuse me.”
Instinctively, Ji Yoon knew prolonging the conversation wouldn’t help. She might be accused of rudeness, but she believed she’d already shown him the bare minimum of courtesy.
She gave him a brief nod and walked past him coolly.
Jae Hyuk stood frozen, watching as Ji Yoon slipped into the building.
“Where on earth is she?”
There were only two places Ah Rin might have gone. He’d already received confirmation she wasn’t at the other.
Which meant she had to be here.
He couldn’t tell whether she truly wasn’t here—or whether Ji Yoon was simply denying it.
It didn’t even matter anymore.
Right now, Ji Yoon was his only hope.
Jae Hyuk clenched his fists. Of course, with his wealth and influence, finding her wouldn’t be difficult.
But it would take time—and even if he located her, there was a real chance they’d miss each other.
The thought of never seeing her clear, bright eyes again… was unbearable.
Jae Hyuk hurriedly followed Ji Yoon inside—an action utterly unlike his usual self.
Normally composed and detached, Jae Hyuk now had no room in his mind for anything except following Ji Yoon.
“Manager Seo.”
Luckily, Ji Yoon was standing by the elevator on the first floor.
At the sound of his voice, she turned abruptly, unable to hide her surprise.
“Can I have just a moment of your time?”
Just then, the elevator arrived at the first floor.
“Excuse me.”
Jae Hyuk stopped the elevator from closing. Though Ji Yoon quickly pressed the up button again, the elevator had already departed.
Ji Yoon glared at him, visibly angry.
“What on earth are you doing?”
“I’m sorry, Manager Seo.”
“…”
“Ah Rin only had this place to go. I’m just desperate—it’s why I came rushing here. Please understand.”
Within the company, Ban Jae Hyuk was famously known as a man of pure logic—ruthless and unfeeling.
—”Emotions are a luxury.”—
That phrase had always described him perfectly.
“Why are you acting like this?”
She couldn’t stay silent in the face of his strange behavior. Ji Yoon clenched her fists and looked up at him.
Honestly, it was absurd. If Jae Hyuk hadn’t stood by and watched as things deteriorated, her friend would never have left in the first place.
She pushed away the unthinkable thought slowly rising in her mind and spoke.
“Yes, you’re absolutely right—you’re being a burden.”
Ji Yoon crossed her arms and looked up at him.
“You know as well as anyone—Ah Rin would never go to my family.”
“Exactly. And yet—”
You let her deteriorate to this state?
The words burned in Ji Yoon’s throat, desperate to come out. But since even Ah Rin had never said them, she felt it would cross a line if she spoke them herself.
She swallowed the words back and pressed her lips shut tightly.
Composing her expression, Ji Yoon said,
“Ah Rin isn’t here.”
“Manager Seo.”
“It’s the truth. She’s not here.”
Jae Hyuk’s eyes trembled uncontrollably. Ji Yoon couldn’t hide her own unease—seeing him, usually so unreadable, now visibly shaken, was completely unfamiliar.
Frustrated and aggrieved, Jae Hyuk continued,
“They said she’s not at home, either. So she should be here. But you’re telling me she’s not? And you expect me to believe that?”
“Deputy Chairman.”
She usually avoided conflict—especially with someone like Jae Hyuk, whose disposition she knew well—but this time, she couldn’t hold back.
It was incomprehensible. Ah Rin had left entirely because of him.
And now, he had the audacity to show up and demand to know her whereabouts as if it were his right.
Something deep inside Ji Yoon surged up violently. She clenched her fists and glared at him.
“You’ve already made her suffer enough.”
“It’s just a misunderstanding. If I explain properly to Ah Rin—”
Unbelievable.
A misunderstanding? Was that really what he called it?
Ji Yoon cut him off sharply.
“A misunderstanding? Were you even close enough for misunderstandings to happen?”
Jae Hyuk’s eyes widened in shock at her sharp retort.
“Normally, I wouldn’t interfere in personal matters between a man and a woman, but I can’t hold back anymore. Do you really not know? It wasn’t Madam Ban or anyone else who hurt Ah Rin the most.”
As she spoke, her emotions intensified.
“It was you, Deputy Chairman—you’re the one who nearly made her waste away.”
Ji Yoon found herself even more furious at Jae Hyuk’s expression.
Subjectively, he was the villain tormenting her friend—but objectively, Ban Jae Hyuk was undeniably capable. Praised as a born businessman, he never wavered, no matter how urgent or unexpected the situation.
And yet—how could someone like him be so blind to a person’s heart?
Ji Yoon thought he must be lying.
“Do you really not know? You were right beside her—didn’t you see how much she was struggling? Are you telling me you truly didn’t know?”
Ji Yoon’s eyes were filled with reproach and anger.
“I apologize in advance for saying this, but I have to speak my mind. Please stop hurting Ah Rin. Let her stop crying.”
“…What?”
Jae Hyuk was speechless—stunned as if struck from behind.
“You practically pushed her away yourself. Ah Rin never asked for much. If you’d shown her even a little care, she wouldn’t have fled like this. So please, just let her go. Isn’t it about time you gave her the one thing she wants?”
Jae Hyuk found Ji Yoon’s words strange.
“What are you even talking about? Let her go? Let go of what?”
Wait.
His mind was suddenly clouded with confusion.
Why hadn’t he done anything until it reached this point?
And yet, why had he assumed Ah Rin would never leave him?
Two words flashed through his mind.
‘Arrogance…’
He’d been so confident—so certain—that no matter how harshly he acted, she’d never leave him.
Jae Hyuk felt choked by his own foolish pride. But now wasn’t the time to dwell on self-reproach.
“You’re right, Manager Seo. That’s why please tell me where Ah Rin is. I’ll explain everything to her myself.”
He had to get Ah Rin’s location from Ji Yoon before she ran off somewhere else. That was the fastest—and best—way to find her.
“I don’t know.”
“Please, Manager Seo.”
Ji Yoon couldn’t hide her astonishment at hearing Jae Hyuk say ‘please.’
“‘Please’?”
“Yes. I’m begging you.”
Ji Yoon’s pupils quivered slightly.
The fact that Ban Jae Hyuk—the mighty Ban Jae Hyuk—was begging to find Ah Rin left her utterly bewildered.
But—
‘No, that can’t be. He’s the one who stood by and did nothing until things got this bad. Why am I even entertaining such pointless thoughts?’
Shaking her head firmly to clear her mind, Ji Yoon replied coldly,
“Let me be honest. I do know where Ah Rin is. But I won’t tell you, Deputy Chairman. That’s Ah Rin’s request.”
“…Ah Rin said that?”
“Yes. She specifically asked me not to tell you where she is.”
Thud.
His heart sank like a stone.
‘Were you really serious about leaving me? Have you truly moved on from me?’
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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