"Jan Di, let's get divorce."
The woman in front of him had 'as expected' expression with tears in her eyes.
Gu Jun Pyo felt a little guilty towards his wife whom he married for six years. But relief outweighed the guilt. He didn't love this woman since years ago. He married her just because everyone expected him to love Geum Jan Di, would resist her mother and abandoned his fiancée, Han Jae Kyung.
These years of marriage was a torture to him. Jan Di didn't know anything about upper class, loved to meddle people's business, always offended others and refused to learn and adapt to his world. He always cleaned up the mess afterwards. Since then he never took Jan Di to parties or events anymore. He paid more than her in this relationship before. He tried to integrate to her commoner world, family and friends but she never tried to step in his world, just mocking and hating the rich. He felt that Jan Di could never grow up. He was tired...
"Okay...," Jan Di answered simply.
"I have something to do now, we will talk about the divorce later when the lawyer come with divorce letter soon. And we will discuss about your monetary compensation," Gu Jun Pyo stood up about to leave.
Geum Jan Di also stood up, "Wait! What about our son?"
Gu Jun Pyo paused and faced her, "You know that you will never get the custody of my son. He is the heir of Shinhwa."
'Beside he isn't your son,' he added in his mind.
Geum Jan Di's face fell. She knew she would never win the custody even if she went to court.
Gu Jun Pyo left without hesitation.
"Jun Pyo! You have someone else outside, right?"
The man stopped when he reached the door. Without turning around, he nodded. And he left.
Geum Jan Di cried feeling bitter in her heart. She knew... She knew it when her husband always went home late, could feel his impatient with her more and more and when he took their son to play without her. She knew that Gu Jun Pyo was fed up with this ordinary weed.
The love in their youth was squandered by the trivial of life, constant quarrels and fights. They were really incompatible.
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Gu Jun Pyo entered the room and smiled seeing their babies playing together. Hugging the person's waist and kissing that delicious white neck, he felt complete and warm. This was his home.
"Father!" the three babies exclaimed and surrounded him.
"Oh babies, I miss you all," Jun Pyo tried to hug the three of them.
The children was chirping happily, recounting what they do today.
"Okay, it's time for your nap. You can talk to your father later."
They ushered their babies to the room to nap together.
After the toddlers slept, the two went to the living room and sat cuddling together in sofa. There were no sound but the atmosphere was very warm.
"I will divorce her today," Gu Jun Pyo said suddenly.
The person in his arm paused briefly, "Is it really okay?"
Jun Pyo was irritated, "Tch! You know that woman was more than trouble. You're the one I love and I am also tired of this deceptive life. I want to have complete family with you, Ji Hoo."
The chestnut haired man, Yoon Ji Hoo smiled beautifully with a hint of sadness. He also wanted to love Jun Pyo openly but even the world was more open now, they still didn't dare to announce their relationship.
They started their love in Macau when Jun Pyo's father was sick. They realised that being with each other was more comfortable than being with Geum Jan Di. So when Gu Jun Pyo confessed to him, he accepted it. But their love started too late.
Everyone thought that Gu Jun Pyo loved Geum Jan Di to death and they would resist Queen Mother together and then got happily ever after like fairytales. And Yoon Ji Hoo would always loved Geum Jan Di. Even though she was together with other man, he would always be there when she needed him for everything.
But both of them didn't feel that way behind the scene.
If Gu Jun Pyo told his mother about his turning gay, he was sure that the Queen Mother would do anything unfavorable to Yoon Ji Hoo. So they devised a plan. Gu Jun Pyo would marry Geum Jan Di and Yoon Ji Hoo married no one.
Then the two men freeze their sperms and took vasectomy so Geum Jan Di couldn't get pregnant. When everyone started talking about heir, they would choose a clean and beautiful woman as egg donor. Geum Jan Di who couldn't get pregnant would agree to use in vitro and they would swap her egg with what they prepared earlier. So Geum Jan Di would be surrogacy mother without knowing. Meanwhile Yoon Ji Hoo also found other woman as surrogacy. Therefore they now had three children with the same mother with a few months difference of ages. Gu Jun Pyo had a son named Gu Ji Su. And Yoon Ji Hoo had twin brother and sister named Yoon Jun Mo and Yoon Jun Hye.
The two of them knew that it was despicable to use Geum Jan Di like that but if they could choose, they still would do that again. They would use that weed girl as cover.
But now was different. They were tired hiding their relationship. And the biggest reason was because Republic Korea announced the legal of same-sex marriages. They were so happy when heard the news. So Gu Jun Pyo decided to divorce his wife and married Yoon Ji Hoo.
"After I divorce, should we marry?" Gu Jun Pyo lifted Yoon Ji Hoo's chin.
Their eyes met and Yoon Ji Hoo smiled, "Okay..."
The curly haired man was excited, hugging his waist tighter and kissing his lips passionately. Gu Jun Pyo pressed the smaller man on the sofa. The two of them started to undress each other. Then the sound of erotic moans and gasps were heard in the room.
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Geum Jan Di was divorced woman now.
After signing the divorce letter and getting compensation from Gu Jun Pyo, she packed her things and moved out from Gu family mansion. Even though her parents scolded and lectured her to not divorce the golden rich man, she still went with the divorce procedure. She knew that her marriage was basically ruined. She couldn't accept that her husband had extramarital affair and couldn't pretend to be blind and deaf about it.
After moving to this villa given by her ex-husband, Geum Jan Di felt relief and relax. No one said not to do this and that, pointing and scrutinizing at her manners and etiquettes anymore.
But she was lonely.
Her friend, Chu Ga Eul and her husband, So Yi Jung, was abroad now. And she couldn't contact Yoon Ji Hoo senior.
Ah, if only she chose senior instead Gu Jun Pyo, maybe she would have happy family since senior was so gentle.
She missed her son too. Since Gu Jun Pyo didn't forbid her meeting with her three years old son, she decided to visit now.
Looking at the clocks, she knew that at this time her son was taking nap. If she went now, maybe by the time she arrived at Gu mansion the baby already woke up.
It was almost two weeks since she stepped into this magnificent mansion but it felt like years. Her marriage with Gu Jun Pyo was like a dream, fairytale dream.
But was the ending of the prince and Cinderella really so perfect?
Of course, because Cinderella was originally a princess and the ugly duckling was originally a swan
But Geum Jan Di was not, she was just ordinary weed.
Her life, education, vision and experience since childhood destined her to be very different from Gu Jun Pyo, who came from a wealthy family. She often caused a lot of troubles. Gu Jun Pyo, however, was growing up. Gradually Gu Jun Pyo felt exhausted by her who was standing still. She thought maybe that was why Gu Jun Pyo would find a woman outside who was different from her.
Entering the huge mansion, she was surprised that there was no servants and maids. Where were everyone? She should check the baby room upstairs. But Geum Jan Di heard a slight sound from Gu Jun Pyo's room. Geum Jan Di was that courageous and reckless weed. She opened the door and entered without permission.
"Hey! You...," Geum Jan Di choked in shock seeing the scene inside. She widened her eyes and mouth opened wide, pointing the trembling finger, "You... You two..."
Gu Jun Pyo was angry that his good things was interrupted, "Get out! Who do you think you are? Who told you can enter my room?"
Yoon Ji Hoo, who was half naked, sat up under Gu Jun Pyo's body and whispered, "Jan Di?"
The three of them looked at each other.
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Gu Jun Pyo, Yoon Ji Hoo and Geum Jan Di were sat together in living room. No one spoke and was utterly in silence.
She was in shock. She didn't know that her ex-husband and her gentle senior were in this kind of relationship. When was their closeness starting? Were they in love with each other or just one night stand? Then what about her? And...
"So the third party who destroys our marriage is Ji Hoo senior?"
Gu Jun Pyo's eyes spitted fire, "Ji Hoo isn't the third party between us."
"But you two did this kind of things when we still married right? I don't think Ji Hoo senior who was gentle can stoop so low to sleep with other's people husband..."
Yoon Ji Hoo felt sharp ache in his heart hearing Geum Jan Di's words. He and Gu Jun Pyo truly loved each other but soon he knew that in the outside world he would be labeled as male mistress. This was the path he had chosen. Even he was cursed and scolded by the world, he wouldn't regret it.
"Shut up!" Gu Jun Pyo shouted. "Don't you dare say that to Ji Hoo! The third party between us was you, not Ji Hoo!"
Geum Jan Di paused, "What do you mean it's me?"
Yoon Ji Hoo sighed, "Jun Pyo, we should tell Jan Di."
The two man stared at each other as if they communicated without words. They agreed to tell the truth.
"Actually we loved each other." Gu Jun Pyo continued and said bluntly, "We knew that we couldn't be together openly so we planned and chose you as our cover. But you know that our country supports same-sex marriages now, so I decided to divorce you."
'Ah, so she was just being sentimental thinking that two handsome and rich men would loved and fought for her.'
Thinking the many times Gu Jun Pyo always visited Yoon Ji Hoo's house so there was their love nest.
Geum Jan Di frowned sadly, "...did you two ever loved me?"
"...yes," the two men answered lightly. 'But not anymore.'
"Then what about my son?"
Gu Jun Pyo and Yoon Ji Hoo looked at each other again.
"He isn't your son," Gu Jun Pyo said.
"What do you mean?"
"You're just surrogacy mother. You and Ji Su doesn't have blood relation. My son and Ji Hoo's children have the same mother. You know the divorce compensation includes the surrogacy price we pay so you got a lot money."
Geum Jan Di was sad. In this fairytale like marriage, she didn't get anything other than money. The love and son were fake, everything was fake.
Seeing Geum Jan Di's face became uglier, Ji Hoo felt guilty, "I'm sorry."
Gu Jun Pyo held Yoon Ji Hoo in his arm and tried to comfort him. Seeing their blatant love scenes made her realise that yes, she was the outsider one. They were the prince and the beast and she was just a weed intrude into their love story. Now the clock stroke at twelves and the magic was over, it was time to wake up.
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Geum Jan Di didn't know how she walked out and came back to her own home. Her mind was chaotic and messy.
She isolated herself not answering the calls from her parents, brother or Ga Eul.
After crying and venting at home for a month, she had sort out everything. Even she was still sad, the pain in heart was already lessen a lot. She was still young and her life was still long. She would find other man who love her and they would have family. This experience was just one of her hurdles in her long wonderful life. She would became a weed who never gives up!
One day, she got a letter from Gu Jun Pyo.
It was invitation. Gu Jun Pyo and Yoon Ji Hoo wedding invitation.
Even she hated and didn't want to see them right now, she still wished them the best. When the hurt and pain disappeared one day, maybe she could talk and laugh with F4 again like in the past.
Now she could only bless them from afar and hoped the prince and the beast got happily ever after.