However, even though it had been almost three months since the marriage, her so-called husband had not contacted her, and she had decided not to rule out the possibility that he might have fallen into someone’s trap.

So, she came to find out. It might be exposed in the end.

The important thing was that her intentions and emotions were thoroughly excluded from this marriage, and despite all the sinister and complicated thoughts, there was only one conclusion.

Whether it was a house or a party, she had come here, risking danger.

Whatever happened, she had to step back from this marriage.

“I’m not committing fraud.”

“Or what else? Am I committing fraud?”

“You can’t know just by looking at the surface. Maybe you’re the one committing fraud.”

“What am I missing?”

There’s no law that says there’s nothing to regret just because the surface is fine.”

Taeha chuckled, leaning his upper body toward Eunseo.

“You chose the wrong person.”

“I want to say something. I really don’t have anything. I don’t have anything to give.”

“Miss Song Eunseo, listen well. I gave you a chance, and you missed it.”
“Excuse me, but it seems like there’s a misunderstanding. I am the one who came to dissolve this marriage.”

“One thing for sure, whether this document is false or real, you will need to wait for my lawyer.”

“No, excuse me. I was thinking of marrying you…….”

It was then that Eunseo’s phone, held in her hand, began to ring loudly.

Looking at the trembling screen in her hand, she alternated her gaze between Taeha and the phone, hesitated for a moment, then turned away.

“Hello?… Home?”

The voice that spoke in a low tone became louder as time passed, and Taeha couldn’t pretend not to hear.

“What are you talking about?… Repair?… There’s no way… You must have misunderstood… I’ll go right now.”

With her face turned back to him, it was red and seemed to have no composure.

“I’ll be back.”

Finishing her last words like a notice, Eunseo quickly turned around.

Watching her run away, Taeha instructed his secretary standing a few meters behind.

“Team Leader Choi. Follow that woman. Check her every move, report if there’s anything special. Find out who she is. If necessary, up to her residence.”

Even after Team Leader Choi left, Taeha continued to glare at Eunseo running away.

Marriage.

As he turned away with such contempt, his shoulder suddenly felt hot, as if pricked by a burning needle.

What’s this? Did a bug bite him?

Again, a prickling sensation. Ugh.

Taeha clutched his left shoulder, leaning against the car.

The muscles near the scapula gradually tightened, and soon an unprecedented burning sensation spread rapidly throughout his body, wanting to sever the nerves due to intense pain.

His knuckles turned white as he clutched the car body, and with his other hand, he covered the flaming shoulder.

Breathing was difficult.

For the first time in over 20 years of a long time since he could remember, he felt severe pain. The characters engraved on his scapula as a tattoo 23 years ago were reacting intensely, as if they were tearing apart.

What on earth is this? What’s going on?

“CEO! Why are you doing this!”

The chauffeur rushed to Taeha, who was barely supporting himself.

With the blood vessels bulging in his throat and his face turning pale due to enduring the pain, the chauffeur quickly put Taeha’s arm behind his neck.

“Lean on me. This way!”

But not long after, Taeha’s knees gave way.

The gray sky turned completely black. Light snowflakes, scattered widely from the apex, disappeared quickly in the warmth of his cheek.

White snow scattered dizzyingly. Cold sweat poured out, making the shirt damp. A chilly cold pierced through his whole body.

“I’ll inform the chairman!”
In desperation, Taeha grabbed the journalist’s tie and pulled him close, barely spitting out words with a tightened throat, and the words cut through the ears with a harsh tone.

“Don’t talk about that woman, that woman. Worry… worry…”

The oval narrowing in front of his eyes gradually blurred. As the remaining white light disappeared, a black curtain quickly covered the field of view.

And then, darkness.

“Ha, ha, ha.”

Solnae Village at the end of Gangwon Province.

After the last bus was cut off, Eunseo got off the bus the next day and ran home without saying a word.

Her palms, which had been anxiously scratched throughout the bus ride, were soaked in sweat, even though it was winter.

[Didn’t you get your things out?] [What are you talking about? Things?] [You were supposed to take out your things by today. I’ve been lenient for a few months due to circumstances, but what if you still haven’t taken them out? We need to go into repair soon. Is this how things are?]

Certainly, there was plenty of time left on the lease period. However, Grandma terminated the contract and received the deposit back three months ago.

Grandma received the money in cash, and the whereabouts of the money were mysterious. It was impossible to confirm whether she was scammed or not.

What happened, Grandma?

The already concluded lease contract, the returned deposit with no trace. A similar time frame to the marriage report and Grandma’s death.

Marriage, Kwontae-ha, scam.

Words that should never be in her life led her into confusion.

The hope of returning to the university she had attended for two years, the dream of attending a translation graduate school to become a translator, all vanished.

The meager amount of money from the country was barely enough to cover Grandma’s medical and living expenses, and the money she earned from tutoring as a prestigious university student was also running out.

Although she had put aside all her dreams momentarily for Grandma, it wasn’t entirely erased.

But now, she really doesn’t know where to start.

Having done everything for her only family, all she has left in her account is three hundred after the funeral.

A feeling of being dragged into a dark abyss by the specter of misfortune.

Snowflakes had turned into fine snow in the midwinter. Hard ice fragments scattered in the wind, like white ash.

If she loses her house, if she loses that too. What should she do?

In the midwinter day, Eunseo, running tirelessly on the deserted farm road, couldn’t hold back tears streaming down her dry cheeks.