Attracted By My Ex-wife

Before Anne could even grasp her own bewilderment, the three boxes were opened at once.

The metal bands inside gleamed, their warm light reflected in Kevin's tender gaze as his eyes spoke to her in a silent question.

Anne could feel herself staggering under the intensity of his eyes. "Wh-what are you going to do with all these rings?" she stammered, her eyes shifting back and forth from the rings to him.

She had already known that Kevin was no ordinary man. His character carried over to his actions, and even now was a testament to that. Still, Anne couldn't help but think that taking three rings out at the same time was stretching things a bit too far.

"Anne, you had already refused me twice before. Each time it happened, I put away the ring and kept it. This is the third time now, and I will keep on doing it until you say yes."

To Kevin, these rings were not a symbol of failure, but his devotion. He wanted Anne to understand that even when she had pushed him away, he refused to let go of her, and he would do it as many times as it took.

As he fell silent again, Anne felt as if her brain had short-circuited.

Her hands went to cover her eyes and she bit back a scream. Burning red to the tips of her ears, she answered,

"Give me a few days to think about it."

The state of her fluster amused Kevin, even as he longed to hear another answer. His eyes bore no trace of displeasure. He had already been waiting for a long time. A few more days would be nothing.

He knew that there was no other person for him than this woman. As long as he worked hard to slowly melt her heart, she would say yes one day.

"When the old town is rebuilt, I'll take you there, okay?" Kevin said simply instead.

He was not pushing her any further and Anne was grateful to his yielding. With a faint smile, she answered, "Okay."

They entered the house where Anne had lived when she was a child. A small, unkempt yard stood, with a small tap at the center. Moss covered the pool under the tap after years of people's absence.

It was as if Anne had been watching her old life unfold before her very eyes. She grew quiet, absorbed in her own reverie. It was not until Kevin called her that she was pulled back to the present.

She looked up at the sky. The orange hues of dusk were quickly taking over daylight. 'Strange,' Anne thought. In her reminiscing, time passed by slowly, but now it was already getting late. It seemed that visits to the past always cost more time than the present.

"It's getting late. Why didn't you remind me earlier?" Anne said in slight dissatisfaction.

"You looked like you were lost in your own world," Kevin answered. She had looked peaceful as she sank into her old memories, and he wanted to watch her for some more moments. "Don't worry. We will go back soon. Are there any good places to eat here? You know this place well. Why don't you guide me this time?" he asked next.

I don't know if it's still there. It's a small snack bar, and the

memories, and she did not know if they were still alive after so many years. And even if they were, there was no telling if

was nothing to lose to check it out. "Let's go and

she passed through, more memories had awakened, and she told these small stories to

Anne quietly, content to just take in the light that shone in her eyes as she spoke of

him these things that there was a different, much livelier self that she used to be when she was younger. He felt

of the strongest women he knew, but the years had dimmed some of the light in her eyes. It was the cost of that strength, and Kevin knew that everyone had to pay a certain price to survive in a world that grew colder and harsher as one grew up. His eyes never left Anne's face and he said nothing in fear that one word from him would pull her back. A bittersweet yearning grew in his chest. He wanted to let Anne be her old self, even just for a moment longer, and a silent promise rose in him. He would be protecting her from now on, and then maybe, if she wanted to, she could

In the KIA Group.

sun was well into its way, sinking across the horizon at half past six in the afternoon. A glimmer

off and long gone by this time. Ryan stayed behind.

we teach Kevin a lesson?" Nicholas asked in a

another face that inevitably came to mind, Anne—the woman he couldn't

thought of her. For some

before he continued. "And as for you… Are you still not going to

truth? When

nothing about your background and identity. It's a little hard for me to believe you when I can’t find any concrete reason to. You see, Nicholas, I've looked. Did you think I wouldn't find out? You're not in CY Group, so just who are you? I have no

had only been half right. It was true that there was no information about him

alias. He, Kim, was the most feared in the CY Group. But this was something he had no intention of divulging to Ryan. He had been in this side of the world long enough to know that trust was an empty word—one that a lot of people liked to play around for their own

are overthinking this," Nicholas sighed

is not up to me. It depends on what

spoiled child—fussy, and whined at these smallest things. On the outside, he might look imposing, but other than that, there was nothing else to him. From the beginning,

for making decisions for the whole group. Naturally, their identities are well-protected, but if you're able to infiltrate deep enough, you will know that there is more

answer seemed to have satisfied Ryan. The tension in his face relaxed and he started to

let's start now. But can you guarantee that we will succeed?"

the odds of it are high. You know this yourself,

plan might be, everything was a gamble. If they won, they gained much, but if they lost, they would have

that Nicholas' plan had a high

way to do that was to find the

would always be the most important thing.

of this,

as we get