Just by looking at Eunseo’s expression, he seemed to have figured out how things went. He grabbed Eunseo’s arm and pulled her into his arms, saying,
“Now you can cry.”
She had been holding back her desire to cry since a while ago. Now, she felt an overwhelming urge to jump into those wide arms and cry to her heart’s content.
However, Eunseo bit her lip and shook her head.
“It’s okay.”
She had pushed away and hurt this man just a few days ago.
[I don’t like the former CEO. Being with him is painful.]To ask for comfort now that she was in difficulty seemed hypocritical.
“I know that what you like isn’t me.”
The man either misunderstood Eunseo’s rejection or had a bitter expression.
“But some comfort can still help, right?”
It felt like pouring oil on an already sad heart. Unable to endure it any longer, Eunseo burst into tears.
“How did you live under someone so terrifying? How…!”
At this moment, Eunseo felt more sorry for him than herself.
How could he act so convincingly with such a innocent and beautiful face?
“[I swear it’s not true. The heavens are watching over me.]”
“[To Seungju, I’m a sinner for life.]”
Every expression and word of Jiyounghwa made her entire body shiver. Even though she knew it was all lies, she almost fell for it before snapping out of it. She even wondered if she saw her as a stepmother through rose-colored glasses, thinking that way.
Now the existence of Jiyounghwa felt less than human. A person couldn’t go this far. That was more than a devil; it was something beyond.
“[That woman is not human.]”
It was an accurate description.
“It’s because of me.”
While tightly embracing her with a chest she had cruelly turned upside down, he blamed himself for everything.
“If it weren’t for me, my stepmother wouldn’t have planned such a thing.”
“Why, why did you do this? Why?”
“I wanted to create a debt for you.”
He hesitated a bit and added.
“…If I manipulated you to stay by my side, I wouldn’t be able to marry a powerful family’s daughter.”
When they parted, she recalled the last earnest request Jiyounghwa made.
“[Please, Seungju, can’t you think about it one more time?]”
Was that the reason?
Eunseo cried endlessly. That’s why I had to break up. Because of this, I understand too well that I’m a woman who shouldn’t be by your side.
I’d rather break it off. Like in a drama, I should have poured water into tea, handed over an envelope, and told you to leave, cursing at you as a stubborn woman. Then, I would have stuck to you without knowing anything.
He spoke as he gently stroked her back, as if appealing.
“It doesn’t mean we have to break up because of my stepmother. That would be losing to her.”
This is the end. Eunseo pushed him away and wiped away tears.
“You know, it’s not for that reason.”
In the end, she had to come up with an excuse just like before.
Even a vague lie seemed to stick well to a chest already covered in wounds.
“… I know.”
Looking at his bitter face.
After her crying stopped, Kwon Seungju drove her to Seoul. On the way, Eunseo spoke.
“I pretended not to notice that I wasn’t really my brother. I don’t know if it worked.”
“Why?”
“For now, it seems better to pretend I’m fooled.”
Now, Jiyounghwa was detestable regardless of Seungju.
No matter what she did, she should never touch Eunho.
Eunseo thought she couldn’t stay silent even after being treated like this. She didn’t know how she could repay someone like the chairwoman, but for now, it seemed advantageous to pretend to be fooled. It was an instinctive feeling.
Perhaps noticing Eunseo’s thoughts, he spoke as if to console her.
“It’s better not to get involved with that person.”
The conversation ended there.
Until they arrived at Suna’s house, they didn’t say a word to each other.
“Let me ask one last time.”
After parking the car, he took a deep breath, as if fearing something, and then spoke.
A man like Kwon Seungju.
As if in fear.
“I really can’t, right? No matter what I do?”
Eunseo nodded with swollen eyes.
“I’m sorry.”
“Yeah.”
He bowed his head and mumbled once again.
“Yeah.”
Thankful for the ride, be careful on your way. Even the act of saying goodbye felt cruel.
Entering her house without saying a word, Eunseo was grateful that he didn’t ask twice.
Listening to the sound of the car leaving from behind, Eunseo raised her head and looked up at the sky.
Even the sky was entirely ashen.
“Oh, what is this scar?”
The stylist, measuring sizes for costume production, was surprised and asked when she saw Chris’s lower abdomen.
“It seems like I had surgery when I was young. The doctor said it’s probably from an appendectomy, and because of keloid-prone skin, the scar remains large.”
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
