“I know I’m late. But I still want to believe there’s hope, Hyun Seo.”
His habit of calling her “Hyun Seo” was still the same. He was a man who, despite his blunt demeanor since childhood, would tenderly call her by her name, leaving people bewildered.
He should stop shaking people up now.
Now she was angry.
The train had already left, but he was behaving as if he didn’t know it had left?
Who would accept this?
She hadn’t imagined that this man, from whom she had divorced and left, would carry out things in this way. And on such a grand scale.
Do Ha’s actions made her even more sorrowful.
Hyun Seo now wanted to be more coldhearted than the Do Ha of the past. The more sorrowful she felt, the more she wanted to be that way.
Hyun Seo, with a stern face, coldly retorted.
“Forget about the person who left and just live well. Why were you making such a fuss?”
But her words seemed to hit Do Ha harder than she thought.
A somewhat sorrowful expression was reflected on the face of a man who usually didn’t show much change in expression.
“It seems like a fuss to you……”
The man who had been staring intently at Hyun Seo’s face until now murmured as such and dropped his gaze.
Hyun Seo was left speechless at the sight of him, looking as deflated as a child being scolded.
“……”
She didn’t feel good seeing a man trying hard to give a gift that couldn’t be accepted.
“Just because you give, who said they’ll accept?”
“I know. I’ve already painfully realized that it won’t be easy to win back your heart.”
Soon, Do Ha looked up at Hyun Seo again.
He had thought that it would be difficult to reconnect with her because she was a woman who had brutally severed all ties and left three years ago.
He naturally expected that she would no longer welcome her exhusband, who was always one step behind like this.
Despite that.
Yet, Hyun Seo’s cold response hurt more than he thought.
Had she been hurt too? In those countless moments when he only received her love and didn’t reciprocate.
Is that why she gave up on both love and marriage and left?
But Do Ha thought that even if she gave up on this relationship, he couldn’t. If he also gave up, this relationship would be severed forever.
It was a relationship that was just reconnected. He couldn’t miss the opportunity he’d barely caught.
Now the relationship was barely maintained by holding onto it like this.
Moreover, no matter how frustrated he became, he never gave up.
“To me, this SH Cosmetics job was more important and precious than any other big project in the company.”
Do Ha simply said it earnestly. All he could do now was to confess honestly like this.
“But… I made it to support your dream, but you’ve already achieved your dream. With your strength, in a place without me…”
Despite not intending to, his voice flowed out lonely.
“You’ve developed cosmetics of much better quality than our company’s products.”
He didn’t want to appear lonely in front of her.
Looking at what he was doing now, he seemed like a complete fool.
“So… honestly, I feel a bit empty.”
Hyun Seo’s mind was a mess. She didn’t know how to take in everything this man was saying, as it was all dizzying words.
While looking at Hyun Seo who didn’t respond, Do Ha continued speaking.
“Of course, I plan to continue nurturing and leading SH in the future.”
Even though he had lost the real owner. Even though the original purpose had disappeared.
“I don’t consider it a wasted effort.”
It had now become something he had to carry on with affection.
“After you left, I was empty, just waiting for you. During the wait, I started this job trying to find something I could do for you. Every time I focused on this business, I thought of you. It was okay because it had a lot of meaning for me. It was good to be able to think of you while working, and above all, thanks to this work, I was able to meet you again.”
The business had brought great fortune to him just with that.
“Even though our relationship is intertwined due to work, you don’t know how fortunate it is to meet you again like this. Thanks to this, at least I could show you that I was doing this for you.”
He had been eagerly waiting for this moment. The moment when he could tell Hyun Seo this story.
“So, I just… wanted to show you my feelings.”
Her absence was hard to bear, and time seemed to pass so slowly.
“I shouldn’t expect you to respect my feelings like this. Even though I may not deserve it…”
He felt as if he had been waiting for this moment for a very long time.
“But I hope that you… won’t dislike this brand.”
However, this moment that he had been waiting for for a long time seemed to be just troublesome for the woman in front of him.
Hyun Seo was much farther away than he had imagined.
Do Ha smiled a little to ease the awkward atmosphere.
“But seeing you again like this, it seems… you really have no lingering feelings for me.”
Had he thought that if he hadn’t seen her for about three years, she would be a little happy to see him?
Did he think that she would be moved if he confessed that he ran a business while thinking about her?
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After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
