On my way home from Daejin Hospital, I received a phone call.
Seo Jae Ha, my finger hesitated over the three-character name displayed on the navigation screen.
“Hello?”
Are you still outside? On your way back from the hospital?
“Yes. The road isn’t congested, so I think I’ll arrive soon.”
The roads were wide open since it was close to midnight.
You must be tired. How did the audition go?
His deep voice came through the speaker.
I remembered him leaving the studio not long after the camera test had started.
The casual question about my day weighed heavily on my heart.
“…Perhaps.”
Perhaps?
The events from the afternoon flashed by like a revolving lantern.
Considering the hasty preparations, the audition had concluded without any mistakes.
Especially when delivering the breaking news, it was so smooth that it even impressed the people around me.
It wasn’t a complete disaster.
“I might have lost… Honestly, I don’t know.”
You lost? Yeo Jin?
He laughed as if it was unbelievable.
However, there must have been other applicants who also made no mistakes and had a smooth performance.
Chae Seo Rin would be one of them.
Still, I didn’t just let her have her way, so it didn’t seem all bad.
He spoke up first, waiting for my answer.
Did you make a mistake? Or did you run out of time?
As if I hadn’t been an anchor for years.
I thought ten minutes would be enough. Ah, or was it because I disappeared in the middle?
I could sense the playfulness in his voice.
He seemed not to believe my words about possibly losing in the audition.
“A mistake? I was once the nation’s anchor, after all.”
…….
“Moreover, I didn’t even know that Mr. Seo Jae Ha wasn’t there?”
Upon hearing my words, he let out a very soft laugh.
You’re lying.
His low voice reached my ears.
Hearing Jae Ha’s firm statement that it was a lie, I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.
‘No, how could the person who left in the middle know?’
Of course, Jae Ha was right that it was a lie, but strangely, I wanted to raise a white flag.
It seemed like I was always trying to deceive him.
“It’s not a lie. I didn’t realize that Mr. Jae Ha had left because I was focusing on the test…….”
I saw you looking for me right after the camera turned off.
His voice coming through the speaker was sly.
Wait a minute… he saw that?
While looking ahead, my gaze unknowingly shifted to the speaker where his voice was coming from.
“Did you see that?”
He didn’t answer my question for a moment but then chuckled softly.
You were scanning around like a baby bird searching for its mother.
“…….”
By the way, Yeo Jin, you’re quite skilled at lying.
My face turned red instantly.
If Jae Ha had been in front of me, he would have seen my flushed face and added a remark.
As the call continued, it seemed like I was getting more and more entangled with him.
“Stop teasing me, sir.”
You only call me ‘sir’ at times like this. But I don’t like that title.
His voice in my ear turned serious. He really seemed to be bothered by the title ‘sir.’
It feels like I’m doing something inappropriate.
For some reason, the moment I was embraced in his arms came to mind. I was momentarily flustered, licked my lips, and then replied with difficulty.
“Alright. It just slipped out without me realizing.”
I know. And I’m not good at comforting people.
Was it because he had playfully teased me a little?
As I shifted my gaze from looking straight ahead, the band on my hand holding the steering wheel came into view.
‘It seems like I’ve already received comfort from you.’
I’ll congratulate you later.
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As I got off the elevator, my eyes met Ji Han’s, who was leaning against the front door.
The person I least wanted to face was standing there.
“Are you just coming now?”
He straightened up from leaning against the wall and asked me.
I swept my gaze over him and walked to the front door, not even bothering to answer his unworthy question.
“Where have you been?”
Annoyed by his behavior, as if he were my husband, I turned around.
“Go away. This is my house.”
As I entered the house and was about to close the door, he reached out and opened it.
“What are you doing? Let go!”
“I left some stuff behind.”
“No way.”
I had already thrown away everything related to him. What could he possibly want to take?
In the end, Ji Han reluctantly entered the house.
‘I should move. Somewhere he can’t find me anymore.’
I had a headache.
I didn’t want to give up the house my grandfather had personally chosen for me.
I didn’t want to be in the same space as Ji Han, so I just stood at the entrance.
As he walked past the entrance and down the hallway, he looked at the empty wall with a cold gaze and asked me.
“Did you even remove the photos?”
He, who had rarely visited the house, seemed to notice the absence of the wedding photos.
“Are you really going to divorce me?”
“Yes.”
“Won’t you regret it?”
A shadow crossed his face as he looked down at me without a hint of hesitation.
I had countless regrets, even at that dying moment in front of the courthouse.
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.
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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.”
