Chaeyeon’s childhood. Her family was famous for harmony.

The reason was a mother’s extraordinary love for her father, and even after a few years of marriage, her love did not fade away, just like a newlywed life.

“Chaeyeon-ah, when is Daddy coming, shall I call you?”

“yes!”

When it was time to leave work, my mother would always call my father.

One of Chaeyeon’s favorite looks was the way her mother was excited while calling her.

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Because he also hoped that someday, he would find someone who could be as excited as I was.

“Ah.. You seem to be very busy today. Yes, I’ll put Chaeyeon to sleep first.”

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Mom hung up the phone. Kim Soo-yeon sighed quietly. Maybe it’s because he’s been busy with work lately, or because he’s been coming home late more often.

“Dad, are you late today?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm… Then I won’t be able to see you in the evening.”

At that time, Chaeyeon was a young 7-year-old, so by the time her father left work, it was time to be in dreamland.

Soo-yeon patted her daughter’s hair in regret and whispered softly.

“It’s the end of the year soon, so should I ask you to take me to the amusement park on my dad’s day off?”

“really?”

“Of course. I’ll tell you when Mom and Dad come. So, Chaeyeon, let’s go to sleep. Okay?”

“yes!”

It was a peaceful day as usual. Su-yeon managed to put her daughter to sleep, who was constantly spitting out what to do at the amusement park.

“Good night, my daughter.”

Kissing her daughter’s forehead, who was sleeping with a dolphin doll, she quietly left the room.

***

late night.

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My husband came home drunk. The smell of alcohol, even from a distance. Su-yeon, who came closer, hurriedly supported her husband, Im Chang-seok.

“I didn’t hear that there was a dinner party today, but what happened?”

Changseok didn’t answer.

Su-yeon, who thought this was just because she was tired, sat the window seat on the bed and hung the shirt he was wearing on the hanger.

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Meanwhile, her husband’s subdued voice came from behind.

“Suyeon-ah, I’ve been thinking about it all along…”

“What?”

Sooyeon looked back without spraying air freshener on her clothes. Then he meets Changseok’s complicated gaze.

He opened and closed his mouth repeatedly, touching his briefcase.

“Can’t we… stop?”

“Yeah? Let’s stop. What the hell…”

Her husband’s serious atmosphere and determined eyes. Realizing that all of this was related to divorce, she dropped the spray gun she was holding.

“You… I, did I do something wrong? If so, I’m sorry. I’ll never do it again, so please be honest about what’s wrong.”

“No, you did nothing wrong.”

Changseok ruffled his hair with his rough hands.

“I’m just doing this because I’m trash.”

“What does that mean. Why are you…”

“I’m dating a girl.”

Soo-yeon’s breathing slowed and stopped. Immediately after the affair was declared, only silence lingered in the room. After a while, Soo-yeon, who made a dry laugh, picks up the sprayer with trembling hands.

“..Stop joking around. Are you going to wash up and go to bed? I’ll put water in the bathtub.”

Soo-yeon, who is about to get out of the room quickly, and Chang-seok are caught by a guilty voice.

“I’m not kidding. It’s already been over a year since we met. It’s been a while since I came in late…”

“Stop! Chaeyeon, Dad, I’m begging you, so don’t say any more.”

He changed his title to mean to be aware that he is the head of a family. Changseok knew the intention, but…

“I came in late… It’s all because I was meeting that girl.”

It was impossible to stop Changseok, who had already decided to make a fresh start. Despite giving Soo-yeon a chance to return home several times, he prioritized the outsider.

“Why is that? I love you more than anyone else. You also have a pretty daughter in kindergarten.

Soo-yeon’s desperate scream resounded throughout the house. Her resentful voice begins to eat Changseok’s heart.

“Sorry..”

“I don’t want to hear an apology. Chaeyeon’s dad. If we break up even now, I can make today’s work as if nothing happened. So please calm down..”

“……”

Changseok avoided his gaze without saying a word. The unspoken answer is that he can’t. Unable to bear this, Soo-yeon approached him and grabbed his shoulders.

“What kind of woman are you so clinging to? She is more precious than me and Chaeyeon? If you divorce, what should we do?”

“I will send child support every month.”

“That’s not what’s important right now! Me and Chaeyeon are both in great need of your love.. How could this be!”

Sooyeon slowly sat down. In the room, only the sound of her sobbing and a sigh mixed with guilt resounded from the window. Soo-yeon, holding her husband’s knee tightly, said in a trembling voice.

“I’m not good enough…? I’m sure I’ll do better than her. I’ll do whatever you want, so please don’t leave us.”

Changseok turned his face upwards. His wife’s miserable appearance makes his heart ache.

After being silent for a while, he spoke again with a serious voice.

“I’m meeting a new woman. Compared to you, I’m full of shortcomings. I can’t compare you in appearance, body shape, and personality.”

“But why…!”

“Because I’m tired of a woman like you.”

Sooyeon’s moist eyes look up at the window. Due to his cruel remarks, her bright eyes were cloudy as if they had poured mud.

“It was really good at first. Being loved by a pretty girl like you gave strength to my shoulders and gave me a driving force in life. But…”

Changseok shook his head and continued his speech.

“As time passed, those feelings began to fade. Maybe it’s because you’ve gotten used to your devotion. There is no pounding in my heart, and sometimes I even think it’s annoying…”

Suyeon’s infinite love and devotion made herself a cheap woman. As he adjusts to Chang-seok no matter what he does, he can no longer expect anything from Soo-yeon. It became impossible to obtain new stimuli.

“Ahhh…!!”

A scream close to Suyeon’s scream resounds once again. And Chaeyeon, who woke up surprised by the sound, hurriedly opened the door.

“Mom..?”

With her fine jet-black hair tangled in a lot. Mother lying on the floor and crying.

Chaeyeon witnessed Suyeon’s collapse for the first time in her life. I was a mother who kept her bright no matter what, so what the hell happened to her?

“Oh, Dad. Did you fight with Mom…? Why the hell?”

Chaeyeon, who didn’t know anything, asked about the situation in a crying voice. Chang-seok looks down at his daughter holding a dolphin doll with sad eyes.

and..

“Chaeyeon-ah, it’s true…”

In order to break Soo-yeon’s love, she tried to use her daughter.

“Shut up that mouth! What are you trying to say to Chaeyeon!!”

Su-yeon, who has a strong maternal love just as he aimed, took the bait straight away. For Chang-seok, who is trying to destroy the family because of that woman, Soo-yeon has a feeling of disgust for the first time.

“I don’t even want to see you.. Get out of my house right now..!”

She kicked her husband out of the house with a feeling that she would vomit at any moment.

And… As a day like today was repeated over and over again, Soo-yeon, who could not stand it, gradually went through the divorce process.

***

When Chang-seok disappeared from his side, Su-yeon’s life changed like a white drawing paper. A life without purpose or will. She was living her life just to take care of her daughter.

Soo-yeon’s benevolent eyes, who were facing Chae-yeon, suddenly became cloudy as if there were dark clouds. Even after tearing up a picture of her ex-husband who had abandoned her, she later became frustrated and repeated it with tape.

Unable to handle her negative emotions, she could not bear it and began to criticize Chang-seok in front of Chae-yeon. This soon led to instilling false beliefs in her daughter.

“Chaeyeon-ah. Even if you find someone you love later, you must never reveal your feelings.”

“Why…?”

Chaeyeon’s dazzling eyes raised doubts. An innocent child who has not yet developed her own values.

Soo-yeon continues her words, hoping that her precious daughter will not make the same mistake as herself.

“The moment you show your love, you will be abandoned by that person. Look at Mom. It’s because Mom loved Dad so much, isn’t it?”

A voice that sounds like a mother laughing at herself.

Chaeyeon shook her head at Sooyeon’s sweet but crooked remarks.

He planned an event for his father every day and was excited every time he called.

She couldn’t believe that her role model, her mother, had begun to deny that she was like Chaeyeon’s idol. So I tried hard to deny it…

“If Mom had loved Dad less, or if she hadn’t revealed her heart in the first place. Mom and Chaeyeon would have been able to live with Dad for the rest of their lives, right?”

“That’s not right..!”

As a young Chaeyeon, she lacked the ability and experience to refute her mother’s logic. Even living together in the same space, I had to spend every day listening to the same words as Suyeon’s brainwashing.

‘No.. I can’t..’

In her heart, even though she knew her mother was wrong, she was being persuaded by Su-yeon’s repeated experiences and her mother’s exhausted appearance.

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Besides, if you agree with your mother, you get compliments, and if you don’t, you try to persuade.

“Daddy daddy…”

Even if I look for my father, who is the only line of salvation, I just feel an empty space.

Dad to bring back mom. No, whenever I think of the existence of my father who made my mother like this.

‘It’s really too much..’

Chaeyeon’s thoughts quickly changed.

***

When Chaeyeon was in 6th grade in elementary school.

Soo-yeon, who was not using Chang-seok’s monthly child support, noticed that the spare money was running out.

‘I have to feed Chaeyeon.’

Su-yeon, who hastily found a job for her pretty daughter, continued her job silently.

Even though she became emaciated due to a poor life, her beautiful beauty was still there.

“I’m sorry. I’m not interested in dating.”

For Soo-yeon, who had been open to a man, their confession was nothing more than an act of disgust.

To her, a man is like a weapon that never knows when it will hurt her.

Su-yeon, who slapped them hard for being persistent, had a smooth relationship with the female employees.

So… I was getting some recognition from the company, and I was getting used to my social life.

“Could you please date me?”

A man from another department has confessed to Suyeon. She was already known for being a strong woman in the company, so it had been a long time since she had been confessed like this.

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But, whether it’s been a long time or not, the result is, of course, a failure. Soo-yeon strongly sold the confessed man Jeong Dong-hoon and turned around.

‘I don’t need a man…’

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Because all he had was a daughter, he decided that he would live single from now on. I swore to myself that I would never be swayed by a man again and never get hurt…

Su-yeon’s resolve began to be shaken by the presence of a man.

“Sooyeon, do this while drinking.”

The cause was the man who confessed to him. This is because Jung Dong-hoon’s love did not know how to cool down even after several years. No matter how hard Su-yeon refused, he approached the woman he loved affectionately.

‘This person is…’

Su-yeon’s thorns have softened to some extent because of her friendly approach every day. Occasionally eating together, she begins to fall in love with Dong-hoon’s kindness.

‘Mr. Donghoon…’

Soo-yeon realized that she fell in love with Dong-hoon. His face keeps popping up. Just as Dong-hoon is always looking at him, Su-yeon has been following his back with his eyes for some time.

‘I promised myself that I would never love again.’

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My heart was beating wildly and I was frustrated. I don’t want to go through the same pain again, so why did I have this feeling?

Even while Soo-yeon was wandering, Dong-hoon’s love affair did not stop. Thinking that Soo-yeon had opened her heart to some extent, he offered the ring without hesitation and proposed to him.

“I will live my life looking at only you. So please, will you marry me?”

“You must know that I have a history of divorce. The fact that I have a daughter who is already in middle school…”

“I know. If I can connect with Suyeon, I can accept anything.”

What is it that makes me love you so much? divorced woman. To put it bluntly, why does Dong-hoon treat himself like a middle school girl?

Feeling like her head was spinning, Suyeon stumbled for a moment. With a hand on her head, she answered with a shallow sigh.

“Give me some time to think.”

you’re remarried He could not hide this serious situation from Chaeyeon.

After contemplating, Su-yeon confessed her honest feelings to her daughter and asked her opinion about remarriage.

“I’m really glad that Mom has a good person. I’m fine, so do whatever you want.”

“Chaeyeon-ah, but…”

“Mom, you worked hard to take care of me. So, from now on, hold onto your own happiness, huh?”

Thanks to her daughter’s support, she remarried.

***

Chaeyeon expected her remarried mother to regain her bright appearance as before.

Su-yeon, who left her job to focus on her work as a housewife, believed that she would call with an excited look when it was time to leave work.

“Honey, I’m here~”

“Come here. The rice has been prepared, so please eat it yourself.”

However, contrary to expectations, there was no expression of affection from the remarried Soo-yeon.

far from being kind. her cold attitude.

Anyway, the role of the wife. No, Soo-yeon, who was obligated to play the role of a housewife, only silently accepted Dong-hoon’s love.

‘You must never reveal your true feelings.’

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Being abandoned by the man you love once is enough.

In my mind, I do the same thing to my husband who kisses me. No, I wanted to do more than that, but if I did, I wouldn’t have heard that I was as tired as my ex.

‘You have to hide your love until the end.’

Su-yeon put a thorn in her love, because she didn’t know if her heart would be found if she took a mean attitude toward her husband. To prevent Dong-hoon from recognizing his love, he continued his cold attitude.

‘Mom..’

Chae-yeon knew that Su-yeon’s way was wrong, but she knew where her behavior was coming from, so she couldn’t go out of her way.

furthermore..

“I’m sorry honey. I’ll do better in the future.”

Despite Su-yeon’s wrong attitude, Dong-hoon, who is always considerate, keeps the family in harmony.

It felt as if she had returned to her pre-divorce home, and there were times when she thought that her mother’s response was right.

However, that foolish thought was shattered by the time Chaeyeon was a sophomore in high school.

“Why are you saying you can’t? say you like it. Is it that hard to say I love you just once?”

Drunk Dong-hoon just confessed his accumulated anger to his wife. It has been three years since we remarried. He believed that his wife’s cold attitude would change if he just loved him, but as Soo-yeon continued to keep her distance, he was feeling impatient.

“I understand that you suffered a lot because of your ex. But, come on, it’s time to open your heart…”

Su-yeon’s breathing became difficult at her husband’s plea. Open your heart, tell me you love me

At the request that was directly related to her trauma, she grabbed her chest as she felt like she would stop breathing.

‘Please don’t do this…’

If he grants Dong-hoon’s request and then abandons him again… then he will not be able to return to society and live like a real bad guy.

It’s a harmonious family that I got, but I can’t let it be broken by a wrong choice in one moment.

“You seem to be very drunk, so go in and rest.”

As she lowered her gaze, Soo-yeon hurriedly left her seat, and Dong-hoon grabbed her wrist as she was about to run away.

“Chaeyeon’s mom, please… it’s okay just once, so tell me that you love me.”

“stop it! You gave me the marriage you wanted so much. But what more do you want?”

“It’s because I’m having a really hard time. Is it true that you really love me? I’m not sure…”

Tears seemed to flow from Suyeon’s eyes at any moment.

‘My husband is having such a hard time, is it right for me to show my true feelings too?’

She bit her lower lip and clenched her fists. He wanted to hug and caress him, who was on his knees and longing for his love.

“I, I…”

Okay, let’s put everything down and be honest. Because only my ex-husband, Chang-seok, could have been trash…

Soo-yeon patted her husband’s head, who was lowering his head. And I wanted to reveal the love I had been hiding for years.

“I bought you..”

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But.

A life that is a waste of one’s own suddenly passes through my head. The days when she misses her husband who left her and shows her ugly side to her daughter. All of that put a brake on Sooyeon’s true intentions.

“buy…”

The mouth is open and the voice is good. Strangely, I couldn’t utter as many words as I love you. Every time I try to spit, my chest tightens and my consciousness fades from lack of oxygen.

“honey..?”

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My wife’s condition is strange. His eyes were trembling, and cold sweat was forming on his forehead. Dong-hoon, worried about this, tried to stroke Soo-yeon’s cheeks, but…

widely.

Soo-yeon slammed her hand hard and quickly covered her eyes. She turned around so as not to be seen by Namfen, and forced her to squeeze out her cold voice as usual.

“If you don’t like me, would you divorce me? If you want, I’ll do it anytime.”

It was said that Dong-hoon, who loved him, knew he would not be able to choose the option of divorce.

As expected, Dong-hoon left the house to get some wind with the words that he would never do this again, and Soo-yeon, who was sitting on the floor, entered the room with steps that seemed to collapse at any moment.

***

After parental quarrel.

Chaeyeon, who was listening to everything in the room, went to her mother as soon as she heard her father leaving.

quiver-

gloomy atmosphere. The duvet that Suyeon was inside was still trembling.

Seeing that, Chaeyeon knew that her mother was also suffering, and said in a sad voice.

“Mom, stop it now. You know that stepdad will never abandon you even if you show your heart. So…”

“For the past few years. Mom has built a harmonious family without revealing her heart.. Dad gives love, and mom receives that love. It can go on.”

Suyeon’s false beliefs are transmitted through the sound of crying. That time when Chaeyeon looked at her mother’s sad face with vague eyes.

Suyeon’s words continued.

“Chaeyeon, you too will know when you find someone you love someday. How scary it is to be abandoned by someone you can devote your life to.”

With these words, the short conversation between the two came to an end. However, Suyeon’s sincere remarks settled in a corner of Chaeyeon’s heart.

One day when Chaeyeon became a college student.

“If it’s okay… Won’t you date me?”

She met her first love, Kim Si-hyeon.

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