I thought I was keeping a proper distance from Tae Kyu, but it seems that was not the case for him.
Had I said something that confused him?
After realizing that fact, how much must he have resented me? So that’s why he was always so sharp with me whenever Tae Kyu and I were together.
A smile spread across Eun Jae’s lips as she chewed over the past.
Eun Jae liked the jealousy that Sun Woo showed. It was jealousy born out of liking, after all.
She felt a mischievous wish for him to show it a little more.
“There’s someone else I like.”
“There sure are many ways to reject someone.”
Once you push one guy aside, you slot another one in. Sun Woo, scattering a faint breath into the air, furrowed his brow deeply.
“What I said about not caring who you like, it means I’m going to do what I want, follow my heart regardless of your feelings. So it doesn’t matter to me whether it’s Yoon Tae Kyu or not.”
The man’s words, usually brief and to the point, became long-winded and heated, even his neck muscles tensing as he spoke.
“Really?”
“Do you have any guarantee that you won’t fall for me during the contract period? I can be persistent if I set my mind to it, so you might want to be prepared.”
Eun Jae laughed, watching him continue. Sorry, but it seems I’ve already fallen for you. There wasn’t even time to brace myself.
“You’re not expecting me to be understanding about that, are you? Ji Eun Jae, the contract isn’t over yet. You’re still my wife, and you have a duty to be faithful to that role.”
The moment she realized the continuous outpour of the man’s jealousy, she felt a surge of tears threatening to fall.
Every day, the actions and the looks from the man who shook her were not an act; they were real. It wasn’t me who was confused.
It felt like she could finally bring out the feelings she had to hide inside for fear of them being discovered.
“You said it didn’t matter.”
“I said it didn’t matter, not that I’d understand. What kind of husband would like―”
“I like you.”
“…….”
“The person I like, it’s you.”
Sun Woo’s eyes shook violently at Eun Jae’s sudden, shy confession. Leaning on the vanity, Sun Woo let out a hollow laugh and bowed his head.
“You told me not to believe only what my eyes see.”
“That’s right.”
As you started to grow bigger in my heart, I couldn’t ask if it was true because I was afraid it might be.
It turned out it was.
“I probably liked you first. It’s just that I couldn’t say it…….”
“You did.”
“Me? When?”
“That day when you were drunk and you bit my lip.”
Ah. I said those things that day too.
“I was confused too. I thought you weren’t serious. That you were doing it all because of the contract, just pretending.”
“Didn’t you ever think my actions were too excessive to be just for show?”
“I guess I just lacked confidence. I couldn’t imagine that it was possible. That you would―”
“That you would be lacking in anything.”
“…….”
“Without you, I’m nothing.”
That’s when it happened. Rumble, crash― the loud thunder echoed massively inside the bedroom, and the startled Eun Jae burrowed into Sun Woo’s arms.
“Oh my!”
Even though it was daytime, lightning flashed through the dimmed room due to the cloudy weather, heralding the imminent thunder.
Once again, when the thunder clapped loudly, Eun Jae instinctively pulled Sun Woo into a tight embrace.
Looking down at Eun Jae who had entered his arms, Sun Woo lifted her up. Eun Jae wobbled for a moment and then wrapped her arms around Sun Woo’s neck.
He found her endearing, pressing his lips against hers twice, briefly.
Eun Jae was aware that Sun Woo was heading towards the bed. With a blush, she buried her face in the space between Sun Woo’s neck and shoulder.
Sun Woo found her action ticklish yet pleasing. He raised his large hand to stroke her hair reassuringly, as if to say there’s nothing to worry about.
His steps had shifted with the thought that Eun Jae, fatigued from continuous duty and not yet fully recovered, needed rest. It seemed like a good idea to lie down together, talk, and fall asleep.
As Eun Jae, nestled in Sun Woo’s arms, moved toward the bed, she spoke with her lips against his neck.
“You asked for all of my time, right? You don’t regret that, do you?”
The tickling breath of Eun Jae touched Sun Woo’s neck.
“If I thought I’d regret it, I wouldn’t have mentioned it in the first place,” he had said before.
“I’ll give you everything.”
Eun Jae lifted her head and slowly pressed her lips to Sun Woo’s, pulling away as if to stamp a seal of confirmation.
“Take it all.”
Their eyes held each other’s gaze at a close distance, shimmering with a similar intensity.
If they kept blending their gazes like this, they might want to blend other things too.
He thought of immersing himself completely in her, even if it meant staying up all night.
It seemed as though tumultuous thoughts were fiercely battling inside his head. With just a word from Eun Jae, the purpose of walking to the bed seemed like it could change completely.
Sun Woo placed Eun Jae on the bed in an instant, positioning himself above her rather than beside her, and looked down at her.
Had all the desire he had suppressed until now threatened to erupt?
Even the tiniest bit of rationality was at risk of evaporating under Eun Jae’s gaze, which faced him squarely.
Because,
The look in her eyes as she gazed up at him was neither the terrified nor the fearful one he had always seen from her.
No words were exchanged, yet her eyes seemed to convey that she wanted him, that she shared his thoughts.
Despite everything, he didn’t want to hold her without preparation.
The pale face of Eun Jae lying on the bed, the innocent face that seemed to hold onto moisture, continued to draw Sun Woo in.
The myriad fragrances of flowers muddled Sun Woo’s head. The appealing scent of her skin kept provoking him, until his mind went blank.
As if he was being commanded to act solely on instinct.
While straightening Eun Jae’s hair, which rippled over the white sheets, Sun Woo asked,
“Are you scared?”
Even in the darkened bedroom, the man’s eyes shone brilliantly. They were dazzling. They were indeed beautiful.
Eun Jae shook her head in response to Sun Woo’s question.
“No.”
“And you say no as if you know what I’m going to do.”
A brief laugh escaped him, but Sun Woo’s expression changed quickly. He gazed at Eun Jae with eyes that had become slightly clouded and languid.
Sun Woo slowly pulled at the knot of Eun Jae’s disheveled shower gown and asked.
“I might not be gentle.”
Even so, he indicated he would try, and to tell him if more time was needed.
“The only time you can stop this is now.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Eun Jae reached out her hands and tenderly caressed Sun Woo’s cheeks.
“Hold me, please.”
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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