Not hiding her rising displeasure, Ji Na replied.
“It’s my personal life.”
At Ji Na’s brusque voice, Do Jin chuckled. Crossedarmed, leaning against the chair, Do Jin spoke in a bored tone.
“Well, if you don’t want to talk, I can’t make you. It hasn’t been long since we started, so I guess we’ll have to see Seo Jin Woo get fired.”
It was the image of a pitiful figure in power.
“I don’t see any correlation between intern Seo Jin Woo getting fired and the question you just asked.”
“Well, it might be different depending on what you do.”
Do Jin, seemingly decided on his course, flashed a vicious smile.
“I’ll take responsibility for intern Seo’s lateness today.”
“Why?”
“Of course,”
Ji Na, who was about to continue, paused her words momentarily.
Ji Na recalled the image of Seo Jin Woo last night, with the star clusters brightly pouring down. Along with the image of Seo Jin Woo that made the sense of shame and humiliation she had received from Min Hye disappear instantly.
She wanted to protect him. Just as he had done for her.
Even though she knew her power was minimal in the company. At least as his superior, she wanted to protect him.
“Because I am his superior.”
At Ji Na’s statement, which seemed somewhere resolute, Do Jin chuckled as if absurd.
“Such a great superior you turned out to be.”
“If you have something to say, say it straight instead of beating around the bush.”
At Ji Na’s retort, Do Jin looked straight at her.
“Seo Jin Woo seems incapable of doing his job properly, so I’m thinking of letting him go before his contract is up. It’s unethical to not work and still take the company’s money, isn’t it? You, as his superior, should know.”
Ji Na could read Do Jin’s inner thoughts. He didn’t want to acknowledge that he was quite close to Ji Na. He was trying to nitpick some absurd reason to quickly dismiss him.
Was he not even considering his own image, sticking to Officer Heo?
“Intern Seo, he works well.”
Ji Na spoke sharply, standing up from her seat.
“If necessary, I’ll submit a report on how well he works.”
“Why go so far?” Do Jin felt an inexplicable thrill at Ji Na’s attitude.
No matter how much she struggled, the decisionmaking power was in his hands.
“Alright. Try it.”
Yet, Do Jin’s mood was strangely sour. What was so special about Seo Jin Woo that Ji Na was trying to protect him like that?
“He’s just an intern. If he gets married, he’ll have to take the parental leave.”
As Ji Na glared at the taunting Do Jin and abruptly rose from her seat, she fired back at him.
“People with ability should be the ones working.”
Behind Ji Na, who was trying her best to remain composed, a familiar voice was heard.
“I’m sorry I’m late.”
It was Seo Jin Woo. Startled, Ji Na turned around to see Jin Woo in a neat suit, standing at the door.
“The intern is the last one to come to work…?”
As if he had been waiting, Do Jin stared at Jin Woo with a grim look in his eyes.
“Oh, I called intern Seo Jin Woo.”
At the voice of Chief Jung, who had followed Jin Woo in, Do Jin’s previously relaxed expression stiffened.
“Chief.”
“I had urgent matters, so I couldn’t tell you in advance. You’ve worked hard, intern Seo.”
As the chief smiled and spoke towards Jin Woo, Jin Woo politely bowed in greeting and gave a light smile towards Ji Na.
“Deputy Lee, shall we go out?”
Holding the door, Jin Woo elegantly gestured towards the outside, reminding her of the previous night’s moment. Unconsciously smiling, Ji Na left the meeting room with light steps.
Walking side by side, Ji Na whispered to Jin Woo.
“What happened?”
The concern was evident in her tone.
“The chief called me in this morning.”
“Suddenly? For what?”
“Uh… Well, that’s…”
Jin Woo, seeming uncomfortable, hesitated in his words. After a quick glance around, he whispered urgently to Ji Na.
“I’ll tell you later.”
It was a consideration given their location at the office.
Ji Na, belatedly realizing, nodded as she looked at Jin Woo.
“Okay. As long as it’s not bad news.”
When she first found out she’d be working in the same office with Jin Woo, her fear was greater. Initially, she vaguely thought she should be cold and ignore Jin Woo, but not anymore.
If Do Jin decided to let Jin Woo go, she would somehow prevent it. Of course, she didn’t have the authority to do so, but she was determined to protect him, especially from Do Jin.
Ji Na, who had nodded slightly, sat at her desk. Her head was hurting from the morning meeting and the conflict with Do Jin.
This must be why they say office romances are headacheinducing when they end.
Regret washed over her belatedly, but the damage was already done.
Whatever it was, it was something she had to deal with. She glared at the innocent monitor, but couldn’t concentrate. Just as she was considering having a cup of coffee, she felt a presence nearby.
“Do you want some coffee?”
Jin Woo, who she thought had returned to his seat, was standing there with a paper cup.
“Uh…?”
The rich aroma of coffee wafted to her nostrils.
“Thank you.”
A faint smile played on Ji Na’s lips. Someone who could make Ji Na smile, someone who was attentively watching out for her at her side. Her heart fluttered again.
“Don’t worry about me and focus on your work.”
At Ji Na’s concerned words, Jin Woo lightly nodded.
“Yes. You should, too, Deputy Lee.”
Intern Seo Jin Woo smiled brightly. It was a smile solely meant for Ji Na in the whole world.
It was now time to work. Ji Na, who felt considerably better because of the coffee Jin Woo brought her, quickly finished her tasks before lunchtime.
“Wow. Woooow.”
As soon as it was lunchtime, Ji Hye, who had rushed over to Ji Na, looked very excited.
“What’s going on?”
It seemed like she had come after hearing some new gossip. Ji Na, while saving the documents she had been working on, asked indifferently.
“Kim Do Jin, the manager, got married.”
Wow. He certainly was impatient.
It seemed like it hadn’t even been a week since they broke up.
Ji Na scrolled the mouse wheel as if she knew all too well.
“Do you know who he did it with?”
Ji Na stared at her monitor in response to Ji Hye’s question, who had brought the surprise news with a flushed face.
“Heo Yun Ju.”
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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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