“I always lived hearing that I was a bright child.”
The elders in the neighborhood would always say she spoke well and even often suggested that she become a lawyer.
“That’s right. You were always bright and good.”
Do Ha thought about Hyun Seo’s childhood, now a distant memory.
Even then, Hyun Seo seemed to be like that. Whenever he was by her side, he always felt a unique warmth. Her mother was also like that. Hyun Seo, the daughter, was a spitting image of her.
“But since I married you… I can’t remember how many genuine smiles I had in my life. Holding back what I want to say, forcing a smile…”
“…”
“I don’t want this life anymore. Even if it’s simple and ordinary, I want to live my own life.”
“Then, give me one more chance. Calm your mind first. Let’s take some time and talk again.”
No matter how stubborn Hyun Seo was, Do Ha didn’t want to let her go. He felt like if he let her go now, she would become a stranger forever.
He believed she wouldn’t hold onto the feeling of wanting to break up for long because she was always a woman who forgave easily and was bright and positive.
“If it’s too hard, go stay at the apartment in Seochodong for a while. I’ll talk to your mother.”
“It’s okay. I’ll just stay at home. I’ll be leaving soon anyway. My mind won’t change anyway.”
Suddenly, how did it become like this? Do Ha thought Hyun Seo would be with him for a lifetime.
“Then, let’s separate sooner.”
Do Ha wanted to try all the effort he could right now.
Before the marriage, there was an apartment in Seocho district that had been bought in anticipation of separation. They didn’t end up living there as Hyun Seo wanted to move into his parent’s home, but it had been kept.
“No…”
Hyun Seo sighed with a crestfallen expression.
She had rejected her husband’s suggestion to start their newlywed life separately before marriage and had proposed to stay by the side of the Chairman, who had found his son late.
But now, she regretted to the point of wanting to hit the ground. If she had separated when Seo Ha was there, none of this would have happened.
“Now that it’s come to this…”
“I’ll talk to my father and hurry up with the separation. Let’s move out even within this week.”
Hyun Seo felt a strange feeling when Do Ha kept holding onto her. She was also afraid that she might be persuaded if he kept doing this.
No, it really can’t happen now.
“That’s not what I want. Even if we separate, I can’t escape from your mother’s control. She’ll make it even harder by telling me to come and go.”
A bitter smile hung on the corner of Hyun Seo’s mouth. She wanted to finish the discussion before her heart weakened towards her husband.
“I want to settle this as soon as possible. I’ve even prepared the documents.”
She could see her husband’s eyes widening. It seemed like the mention of the documents was a bit of a shock.
“It would be quicker to leave it to the legal team. I don’t need anything and I don’t want anything, so there won’t be any mudslinging. I just ask for a quick agreement.”
Hyun Seo took a document envelope out of her bag and placed it on the table as she spoke.
“I’ve signed it, so please sign it too and pass it to the legal team.”
“…”
Do Ha was so dumbfounded that he just stared blankly at the documents on the table.
“You’ve already prepared the documents?”
He just didn’t want to admit it over and over again. It seemed that Hyun Seo’s heart had completely moved on, and he didn’t want to believe it.
“Brother.”
Hyun Seo was about to ask if he knew why Seo Ha died, but she stopped herself. As they were parting, she wanted to tell him the truth, but she thought it was better that he never knew.
That was the last consideration she could give him as a wife who had loved him.
“No.”
It was better that he didn’t know that Seo Ha’s death was the reason she was leaving him.
Hyun Seo rose from the sofa and headed for the door.
Her steps faltered for a moment as she was about to leave. Unable to bring herself to turn around, she murmured in a small voice.
“I wish… you had loved me a little.”
‘If you had, even if I abandoned your family, I wouldn’t have abandoned you.’
“……”
Her husband behind her back was silent. Hyun Seo, afraid to see her husband’s expression, left the room without looking back.
After leaving Do Ha’s office, Hyun Seo stood on the roadside to hail a taxi. The sun was setting without her realizing it.
She thought she should start packing up at home and leave that house by tomorrow, so she got into the taxi.
When she arrived home and walked in, it was bustling inside. The voices of Ju Hyeok and Hye Mi were loudly arguing.
“Mother, is it because of your new clothes that you look even more elegant today?”
“Yeah, mom, if Hye Mi says it’s pretty, it really is. This person, she has high standards.”
Hye Mi was fawning over her motherinlaw, Young Suk, without even noticing that Hyun Seo had come in.
Young Suk, listening to Hye Mi’s words, had a smile as wide as a mile on her face, as if she was in a good mood.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
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