Inhoek looked out of the hotel window at the scenery.

Beyond the flowing Seine River, the Eiffel Tower painted a beautiful night view.

It had been a day since he arrived in Europe on a business trip. Inhoek had just arrived at the hotel in Paris for the last meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

After the meeting tomorrow, he planned to take an afternoon flight back home.

While Inhoek was gazing at the view outside the window, his phone rang.

He picked up the phone placed on one side and pressed the answer button.

“Hello.”

[Hello, this is Lawyer Park. May I speak with you?]

He was the lawyer from the law firm who handled Inhoek’s divorce case.

“Go ahead.”

[A while ago, the judgment for the second trial came out, so I’m contacting you. The decision from the first trial was upheld in the second trial, confirming Ms. Park Chaelin as the guilty party. Except for a slight increase in the property division amount due to the increase in your assets after the first trial verdict, the first trial decision remains unchanged.]

While listening to the call on the speakerphone, Inhoek opened his email.

[I have sent you detailed information via email. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions after reviewing the contents.]

After carefully reviewing the content of the judgment document, Inhoek spoke.

“Is everything finally over now?”

[Yes. The divorce has been confirmed with a final victory. Thank you for your hard work throughout this time.]

“Yes. Thank you, Lawyer Park.”

After ending the call, Inhoek looked again at the contents of the judgment document.

The long and arduous divorce lawsuit had finally come to an end.

Chaelin initially contested the first trial’s decision, which acknowledged the divorce and required her to pay alimony. She appealed, trying to overturn the first trial’s decision, even hiring a formidable legal team. However, during the second trial, a variable occurred.

Minhee, who used to be Jiwon’s secretary, revealed an incident exposing Chaelin’s malicious actions. Minhee confessed that Chaelin had attempted to harm Jiwon and Jiwon’s child with Yeonju, providing evidence that contributed to the failure of Chaelin’s marriage to Inhoek.

Chaelin faced public disgrace and was not only publicly humiliated but also investigated without detention.

It was a long and challenging fight. Fortunately, the judgment was in their favor, but the process was a continuous stream of challenging times.

At last, it’s over.

Inhoek sighed deeply.

Having stared at the night view alone for a while, he put on his suit jacket and went outside.

The place Inhoek headed to after leaving the room was a bar located in the hotel’s Sky Lounge.

It was a place he visited because he felt like having a light drink before going to bed.

Welcome.

Guided by the staff, Inhoek sat at a table with a view of the night at the bar. While waiting, he ordered a drink from the bartender.
Someone with a familiar face entered his field of vision. Inhoek squinted his eyes and looked at the woman sitting at the end of the bar table, drinking as if gulping down the alcohol.

‘That woman…’

Inhoek recalled an incident that happened three days ago in Italy.

‘Are you okay? Check your pockets. Wasn’t it stolen?’

It was the woman he encountered when he almost got pickpocketed.

Though he couldn’t understand why the woman he saw in Italy was in Paris, he didn’t want to act like he knew her and turned his gaze away.

It was then. Voices of men came from the table behind Inhoek.

How about that woman? She seems completely drunk, doesn’t she?

She’s fine. Looks like she’s alone. Should we go for it right away?

Though the men were speaking in French, Inhoek could roughly understand what they were talking about. He could also sense their malicious intent and that the person they were targeting was the woman he encountered in Italy.

The men slowly began to approach the woman’s table. The woman, with her eyes half-closed, seemed intoxicated, tilting her head down.

She was a woman Inhoek didn’t know. He decided not to bother about her, but his gaze kept involuntarily turning towards her.

And as the men were about to speak to her, Inhoek stood up from his seat. Holding his glass, he sat right next to her. Staring at the approaching men, he said, and they hesitated.

What’s up? Weren’t you with someone?

Look at the guy’s expression. Let’s just go.

The men, after seeing Inhoek’s expression, quickly gave up and walked away.

Planning to stay for just about five minutes, Inhoek sat there. The woman next to him suddenly raised her head.

She looked at Inhoek intently and spoke.

“Huh?”

“…”

“The handsome lucky guy, isn’t it?”

Her cheeks were red, and her eyes seemed bruised, suggesting that she was quite drunk. Inhoek said,

“It looks like you’re quite drunk. Why don’t you stop drinking and go inside?”

“Me, drunk? I haven’t even had a single drink. I’m someone who doesn’t know what it feels like to be drunk.”