Shinjae was willing to witness that process. And in the end, to the Prince in distress who lost the precious thing he treasured like life, he intended to pass on the crown I wore with all my heart.
A crown of thorns. You can have everything you want, but what you truly desire will not be in his world. With empty eyes, he would face the world reluctantly and live a lifetime longing for what he desired. Just as I did.
Kang Shinjae knew that Taeseo wasn’t drinking the alcohol and was just staring at it. Nevertheless, he paid no attention. After all, what he gave was meant to provoke, not to share a drink together.
“You don’t seem to have any intention of drinking. Well then, CEO…”
“You referred to me as the Crown Prince.”
As Taeseo’s gentle voice began to seep through the slightly loose intoxication, Kang Shinjae’s eyes, which had been relaxed, sharpened.
“What does that mean?”
“…….?”
“Are you acknowledging me as your son?”
A bitter smile appeared at the corner of Kang Taeseo’s mouth, and Shinjae glared at him as if to kill. The glass in his hand trembled. The spilled liquor dripped down his hand, flowing down the sofa armrest.
“I’m happy.”
Seemingly genuinely pleased, Taeseo, with closed eyes and a graceful smile, reached out. What he held was a glass filled with liquor.
While tilting the glass to empty it, Kang Taeseo stared at Kang Shinjae without blinking. Shinjae, too, glared at Taeseo, who was drinking pumpkin-colored liquid as if offering his anger.
Thud! Taeseo, who had placed the empty glass on the table, wiped his wet lips, straightened his waist, and, with a smile, met Shinjae’s eyes. Then, what he said was unexpected.
“Father.”
When was the last time Taeseo looked at me so straight and uttered those words? An eerie chill covered him as he heard Taeseo calling him father. It was more unpleasant than receiving insults.
“…….?”
“You granted one of my life’s wishes.”
Kang Shinjae’s shoulders and chest, who was looking at Taeseo with a smiling face, swayed significantly. The heat that had risen with anger suddenly subsided as the heat engulfing him retreated.
“Thank you.”
From Taeseo, who briefly expressed gratitude, Kang Shinjae’s fierce gaze shifted to the crystal glass he had in his hand.
Ted, who had been sighing deeply, took off his glasses. He swept his hair aside, unintentionally messing it up again, and sighed once more. Holding the phone and pressing his lips, his gaze kept going to the extended stairs leading to the second floor, where I stayed.
Eventually, Ted, as if throwing away the phone, put it down and rolled up his sleeves. Hiding the whiskey bottle under the table where Taeseo was sitting, he held an empty glass and approached the slumbering Taeseo.
“Ha… What is this Hwangtaeja.”
“…Taeseo?”
“Yeah…”
“Go home. Go home and sleep, Taeseo.”
“Yeah…”
“Taeseo likes his home, right? But why are you here? Why?”
“…You’ve improved your Korean a lot. But why is this guy speaking informally.”
“…Let’s go. I’ll take you.”
“I miss you, Yoon Jaein.”
“So let’s go. Taeseo, can you hear me?”
As if about to get up, Taeseo, leaning on the table, suddenly collapsed onto the table.
Ted, with a perplexed expression, alternately looked at Taeseo and the stairs leading to the second floor. Carefully, he raised himself after a while.
“Ted, how is it?”
“What can I do? Jaein is calling.”
Surveying the first floor from the entrance of the second floor, Sanghwa, who was sweeping her short hair up, gestured with her eyes.
No matter how subtly strong Ted might be, he couldn’t carry Taeseo, who couldn’t control his body, all the way home. Ted reluctantly pouted his lips and nodded cautiously.
After all sorts of antics with Sanghwa, the sweet moment they obtained was right in front of them. However, the atmosphere was suddenly shattered by Taeseo’s abrupt entrance. For Ted, it was a very disappointing situation.
Surprised by Taeseo’s appearance, Sanghwa quickly hid in the second-floor bathroom. Taeseo, who was already drunk and hadn’t noticed Sanghwa’s shoes at the entrance, placed the brought bottle of liquor on the table.
There were quite large scratches on Taeseo’s cheek, probably from where he got hurt. Since he tried to bring a weak person who might bleed, he made Ted sit down and suggested they drink together.
Then, without saying a word, he began to drink alone. Ted was worried because he had never seen Taeseo drink so much.
However, Taeseo collapsed. Drunk enough not to respond even when shaken. Someone who usually takes care of everything, from meals to sleep and drinking, being here today was inexplicable. Of course, this house was also Taeseo’s, but…
“I know…ugh.”
“Just a moment. Before Jaein calls, clean that up. Those things, over there.”
Sanghwa pointed to the stairs leading to the second floor, cluttered with scattered clothes.
There were several snacks and miscellaneous items in a convenience store bag, and the discarded coat and hoodie, which he had taken off, were scattered on the stairs like fallen leaves.
In between, Sanghwa’s handbag, scarf, and jacket were also visible. The scene of hastily heading to the second floor after entering the house and sharing a hot kiss was still as messy as it had been left.
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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