Trial Marriage

Chapter 1

9pm, one alluring night.

After drinking a little too much at her bachelorette party, Jiwoo's fiancé picked her up and brought her home to their apartment. Finally coming to her senses, she forced open her eyes, holding back an excruciating headache.

As her vision cleared she could make out the figure of a man and a woman kissing passionately under the dimly lit room.

Like being struck by lightning, Jiwoo looked at the two in shock as they continued to kiss by her bedside. The anger inside her began to boil...

"Doyeon, stop messing around, Jiwoo just fell asleep!" the man warned as he restrained the woman by her waist.

"What? Are you afraid your fiancé will wake up?" Doyeon responded in an annoyed tone, "You are getting married tomorrow. Why don't you give yourself to me tonight?!"

"Babe, you are such a troublemaker, let's go to the other room," the man smiled seductively.

"No! I want to do it here! I want to do it right in front of her!" Doyeon swiftly unbuttoned the man's shirt as their lips once again locked.

Jiwoo tried to hold back her tears, but could feel them slowly trickling down her face. Who would have thought, the man she was to marry the next day would be cheating right in front of her.

"Behave, let's go to the bathroom. Isn't the bathtub your favorite place?"

"Fine then, you go in and fill up the bathtub first..." Doyeon nudged the man's chest towards the bathroom. As soon as the man left the room, she sauntered over to Jiwoo. Leaning over with a cold smile, she whispered, "Jiwoo, I'm not going to let you and Minkyu sign those papers tomorrow. I'm pregnant, he's mine!"

Jiwoo tightened her hands into a fist as she held back her emotions - careful not to let out a sound. It was not until she heard the moaning sounds of the couple coming from the bathroom did she feel her world had fallen apart.

Three years ago, Yi Jiwoo was once one of the top idol soloist and was even leading in the modelling industry in South Korea. But, because of this man, she gave up everything, handing over her hard-earned position to Kim Doyeon. As it turned out, everything she did merely went towards preparing someone else's wedding dress.

"No! This must be a dream, just a horrible nightmare, everything will be back to normal tomorrow!"

Jiwoo continued to lie to herself. Until halfway through the night, Doyeon complained of feeling unwell as she led Minkyu out of the hotel. With that, Minkyu was to leave and not return...

The next day, as planned, Jiwoo drove to the Civil Affairs office with a bitter smile. As she stepped out of her car, she gave Minkyu a call.

The voice on the other side coldly answered, "Doyeon was injured on stage, I have to deal with this urgent matter first. Let's postpone the registration to another day."

"There is no 'another day'" , Jiwoo disappointedly told herself.

Jiwoo turned around and put on her sunglasses, ready to leave, but at that moment, her eyes were drawn to a tall figure heading her way.

She couldn't help notice the dark blue retro suit which complimented the feminine body underneath and out of the front chest pocket, the corner of a wine red handkerchief could be seen peering out subtly. Glancing down, Jiwoo could see a pair of perfectly straight legs leading to a pair of freshly polished brown heels which glistened in the sun.

This woman... had such a strong presence, like that of an empress that rivals a whole kingdom.

Especially as she got closer, although she was wearing sunglasses... her perfectly sculpted face and sexy lips were enough to drive any man and woman crazy.