“Ever since I heard about it, I didn’t like Hyun Seo’s husband. I thought of him as a guy who couldn’t even take care of his own family.”
“……”
“It’s not like there could have been a problem with someone like Hyun Seo to cause the breakup. Regardless of what problem there was, if he had treated her right, Hyun Seo wouldn’t have left. She wouldn’t have divorced him even with a child.”
Grace and Lucas did not ask what had happened to Hyun Seo in the past.
They only knew as much as Hyun Seo had told them, as they never brought up a potentially painful story. She was divorced, and her exhusband’s family owned a fairly large company in Korea.
Seeing Hyun Seo not saying anything, Lucas asked further.
“Can I… continue to dislike him in the future?”
But Hyun Seo looked a bit anxious.
“Just pretend you don’t know, Lucas. To him and to everyone else.”
Seeing Hyun Seo speak like that, it seemed like nothing would change in the future. Although her mind seemed firm, she looked a bit sad regardless.
Lucas felt that he would dislike Do Ha Chae even more for making her look so pitiful.
Hyun Seo just said apologetically.
“We got good results with SH, didn’t we? My biggest concern is that the issue between him and me might cause problems for the business.”
But Lucas saw that she was emotionally struggling with her issue with him.
“Don’t worry about that. I’ll make sure you don’t have to worry, Hyun Seo.”
“Thanks, Lucas.”
Lucas wasn’t worried about the business either. Both he and Do Ha Chae were cold professionals when it came to work.
However, when it came to the woman named Hyun Seo, he just couldn’t help but act immaturely.
It was only a matter of time before the identity of the child was revealed with Chae Do Ha pressing on Hyun Seo like this. The more the child grew, the more he would resemble him.
Hyun Seo was spending time with Do Hyun, enjoying a rare off day on the weekend.
“Mom, I’m going to go on the swing first!”
“Okay, sure. I’ll push you hard.”
“Don’t push too hard, it’s scary.”
“Got it. Should I gently push to make it fun?”
“Yes!”
Holding Do Hyun’s hand, who was dressed warmly, they were on their way to the playground.
“We’re here!”
Upon seeing the playground, Do Hyun cheerfully pointed it out with his finger.
“Indeed.”
Hyun Seo also smiled and held the child’s hand tighter. It was then when they both quickened their steps cheerfully.
Hyun Seo had no choice but to stop her steps when she set foot in the park in front of the playground. A familiar person was sitting on the park’s exercise equipment.
Her heart sank, and she reflexively hid Do Hyun’s hand behind her.
“Hello.”
Upon hearing the deep voice, it was not a welcoming one.
Of all faces, the one she least wanted to see was right in front of her.
Why was Chae Do Ha here?
She belatedly realized that hiding Do Hyun just now must have seemed more unnatural.
But this was the first time she had been seen with Do Hyun in front of him, and she didn’t know what to do out of surprise.
“What, what are you doing here?”
“Exercising. As you can see.”
Chae Do Ha answered with a natural face.
“Who doesn’t know that? I mean, why are you here?”
She couldn’t believe she had encountered him here after all the avoiding.
“Why did you leave a good gym and come here?”
“I like it here better.”
“I told you not to come to our neighborhood.”
Coming to the neighborhood increased the chance of encountering Do Hyun, which made her more anxious.
Whether or not he knew of her resentment, Do Ha answered with a grin.
“I moved here, so it’s my neighborhood now.”
“What?”
“I moved.”
“Don’t joke around.”
She thought that couldn’t possibly be true. Moving isn’t a trivial matter, and why would he leave a good apartment to move to a neighborhood like this?
“You didn’t know? I moved yesterday.”
“What?”
Yesterday? No way… No way!
Not long ago, the nextdoor house had been emptied, and it seemed like some remodeling and construction was going on for a while. Yesterday morning, a moving truck had pulled up in the alley.
Hyun Seo had a blank look on her face as if she had been hit in the head with a hammer.
Was it him?
“No way, our next door?”
Do Ha replaced her question with a bright smile as his answer.
“Are you out of your mind?”
Despite her reaction, Do Ha just kept laughing as if he found something amusing.
“No, why would you leave a perfectly good house and move back into that old house?”
“You’re living in your old house too, even though you can now afford a better one.”
“Well, that’s…”
“Just like you live in your old house, I also want to live in my old house where my memories are.”
“No way, were you always this crafty?”
They had been neighbors during her girlhood days when she had a crush on him. After they both left this place and went through their tumultuous married lives, were they back to being neighbors again?
After tiring of that marriage and leaving, what is this! What is this second round of neighbor life!
There would be plenty of situations in this small neighborhood where they would run into each other, especially living right next door.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
