Did I Ever Love You?

Chapter 14

"Do you not remember that time? I told you. I said Min Woo couldn't let go of me. Why didn't you listen to my words? If you had let us be after hearing me, Min Woo and I would have been happy. How good it would have been for everyone."
"What is this nonsense you're showing now! I'll contact Ji Yeon right away...!"
"Mother, that woman and Min Woo. They've not lived together for a long time. Min Woo has been living with me for over five months now, you know?"
"What? Is this... are they going crazy?"
Joo Ran stuttered, at a loss for words.

'When I visited home a while ago, so that's how Ji Yeon had managed to crawl back!'
Suddenly, her anger was directed towards Ji Yeon.

"I'll check with Min Woo again, so you leave first! Get out of this house!"
Joo Ran roughly grabbed Se Ah's arm and dragged her towards the front door.

But Se Ah strongly brushed off Joo Ran's hand, put her arm around her waist, and stood facing Joo Ran.

"Why are you doing this really? If anyone should leave, it should be you, mother. This house will become Min Woo's and my house. So, don't think of coming here anytime you want, and only come when we invite you!"

As soon as Joo Ran returned home, she fell into bed and groaned in distress.

She had never dreamed that Se Ah would appear in front of Min Woo again.

"I should have been more forceful that time. I should have dug deeper three years ago, brought out more concrete evidence, so she couldn't appear in front of our Min Woo ever again. It's my fault, my fault for thinking too lightly."

She felt as if it was all her fault for not being able to be more harsh, and for letting Se Ah brazenly show up in front of them.

She was worried that Se Ah might appear at Min Woo and Ji Yeon's wedding, or go to find the chairman or Ji Yeon separately, and ruin everything that had been set. In the end, she settled everything with money, but she shouldn't have.

That man in the photo with Se Ah.

Joo Ran had a gut feeling that their relationship wasn't ordinary, and as soon as she received the photo, she had shown it to Min Woo, trying to persuade him.

"Min Woo, she's not just some girl. There must be another man. Look at this. Even in the photo, their relationship doesn't look ordinary."
"Mother, what are you doing? Instead of doing such vulgar things, why don't you take more culture programs for dad? And thinking about digging up on my girl's past. That's really shameful. Do you think all people are like you?"
"What? People like me? How can you speak like that?"
"Because you act like this, I get ignored even more by my family. Can't you just live quietly and with dignity?"
"How can you speak like that even if it's your words? Why are you so harsh to your mom? Don't you trust your mom?"
"Se Ah is not a woman who deliberately seduces men. I found her first and made her mine with difficulty. Don't treat her like an easy woman."
Min Woo, three years ago, was more deeply in love with Se Ah than she had thought.

In the end, that day, Joo Ran could only turn away without achieving anything, only having heard Min Woo's words of contempt.

Even after Min Woo got married, he was still searching for Se Ah. If he knew that three years ago, she had paid Se Ah to leave, he might not see Joo Ran for the rest of his life.

To resolve this situation, she needed to meet Ji Yeon, but Ji Yeon neither replied nor answered her calls.

And she couldn't reach Min Woo either....

[If you don't contact me by today, I'll come to your office. Be aware of that.]
After sending a text message to Ji Yeon, Joo Ran lay down again, racking her brain.