There were probably still traces of tears when she cried looking at his childhood photo. Not wanting to be caught, Eun-jae slightly tilted her head back, but his thumb had already swept over her eye.
Why did you cry? Eun-jae, who was afraid he would ask, quickly read Sun-woo’s expression. Contrary to her worries, he smiled warmly at me as if nothing had happened, the same face as yesterday.
“It’s raining a lot.”
“…Yes.”
“You look tired.”
“Yes, today… Oh!”
His two hands, which were wrapped around her waist from behind, moved up and touched Eun-jae’s blouse buttons.
“Oh, Sun-woo. I haven’t showered yet.”
“I know.”
“I got a bit wet while moving.”
“It’s okay.”
“But still, ah…”
As she lightly kissed him, Eun-jae, who had distanced herself, took a deep breath as his face came close again.
Capturing the hasty movement of him kissing, Eun-jae closed her eyes tightly. In his warm breath, warm touch, her mind became faint, and her vision blurred.
She exhaled deeply, the breath she had taken in deeply.
The warmth he gave was comforting. And I could understand. I could miss this warmth soon. Maybe it could be the last.
Wouldn’t I have hurt less if I hadn’t met you? Would I have been less sad if I had loved you a little less?
Even if I had known this fact, could I have avoided you?
“Ji Eun-jae, Eun-jae. I love you.”
“I… I love you too.”
Could I not have loved you?
When the shallow breath found peace. When his fingers, wet with sweat, carefully removed the band stuck to Eun-jae’s neck.
“The wound is almost healed.”
“Sun-woo applied the ointment well. Sun-woo, are your hands okay?”
“I’m fine.”
“Why are you so okay…”
What’s so okay about you? If you say that, I want to hope. I want to ask for forgiveness.
“If it’s you, everything.”
With his answer, Eun-jae seemed to find the answer to the question she had a little while ago. A very faint smile bloomed on Eun-jae’s lips, which had been in Sun-woo’s embrace.
Maybe I couldn’t have avoided you. I would have loved you then too.
Because it couldn’t have been otherwise.
The air in the bedroom was different from other days.
Although I had my eyes closed, neither of us fell asleep. We knew each other, but we didn’t open our eyes.
What changed was that we faced some new facts. For me, it was just a minor problem, but it seemed not so for Eun-jae.
I understood, but secretly hoped it wouldn’t be like that. I hoped Eun-jae would make a slightly selfish judgment. I hoped she would only think about us, excluding all the problems surrounding us.
And the remaining problems should be the ones I had to handle; you shouldn’t just look at me.
The thumb that just passed through Eun-jae’s eye a while ago was moist.
Her eyes were more swollen than usual, fully congested. Perhaps it was crying. A lot.
I didn’t ask why you cried because I was afraid of the answer that might come. I couldn’t bring myself to ask because I was afraid you might tell me what you heard from him right away, or because you might turn your back on me while saying so.
Just looking into your eyes like that makes my heart ache. I was afraid it might be too frightening for you to execute the thoughts you might be having now, or that you might disappear from my sight. It was too scary for me.
I found it so hard to endure because I was afraid it might become like a curse that bastard spread to me, like the words he scattered about. Maybe by now, Eun-jae, who I thought would have fallen asleep, carefully separated herself from my arms.
“Where are you going?”
“Nowhere. Where would I go in the middle of the night?”
Seeing Eun-jae, who was smiling as she kissed me, it seemed like I could relax a bit. She wouldn’t suddenly leave with such a smiling face. I thought of such a whimsical idea.
“Ah…”
Sun-woo stared at Eun-jae, then grabbed her chest and frowned.
“Why? Does it hurt somewhere?”
Eun-jae, who was surprised, opened her eyes wide and asked with a cute expression. It was so beautiful. The gaze directed only at me was so beautiful. As if she wanted to see only me. As if she wanted to have only me.
“Yeah. It hurts, right here.”
Sun-woo exaggeratedly held Eun-jae’s hand, which was raised with a worried expression, and placed it on his chest.
Then he smiled at Eun-jae. The heart that Eun-jae’s hand touched moved hotly. More vigorously and faster than usual.
“You were surprised.”
“I told you. When you touch me, I feel better. It’s a disease that gets better only with you around.”
“…”
“So stay by my side. No matter what happens.”
“…”
The slightly bitter taste filled my mouth with just two trivial silences. Sun-woo pulled Eun-jae even more tightly into his arms.
“What’s wrong? Ji Eun-jae, why don’t you answer?”
Eun-jae looked at me sharply and smiled. The eyes that were filled with moisture appeared in an instant. It annoyed me because it was so clear even in the darkness.
As if hiding, she bowed her head, wiggled her body a little, and then Eun-jae lay down, her back facing me.
“Leave, I don’t want to do it.”
Sun-woo grabbed the thin slip strap of Eun-jae and asked, pulling it down.
“Why.”
Because you might not keep the promise? I barely swallowed the question that almost came out.
“Just because.”
Eun-jae. Do you know what that bastard said to me? He demanded 1 billion won from me on the condition of not revealing this fact to you.
He called me crazy. He told me not to talk nonsense, and he even told me that if he appeared in front of you once more, get ready to go to hell together.
Turns out, Kwon Seung-cheol lost all his money in gambling. The initial 300 million won I gave him, the house he owned, his property, and even the money from his family, all gone.
Everything must have been desperate for that bastard. He probably didn’t hear the warnings I gave. For someone who had nothing more to lose, there would be nothing to be afraid of.
I regret it. I should have let him do as he wished.
I would rather live like a fool, giving him money all my life and living as if he’s changed, than go through each day anxiously wondering when you might leave me.
So, answer me.
Say that you won’t leave my side.
That nothing like that will happen.
“I’m not going anywhere. Where could I go, leaving you behind?”
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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