MY WIFE

THE TRUTH COMES OUT OF MY WIFE

CHAPTER 8: THE TRUTH COMES OUT

Clause 1: Duration: 12 months.

Reality: The press found out.

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Part 1: HALMONI'S PARTY

Next morning. 9:00 AM.

Ji-woo woke up with swollen lips.

From the kiss.

She touched them and smiled like an i***t.

Do-yoon was already in the kitchen.

Making coffee.

In just a shirt and sweatpants.

"Morning," he said. Didn’t look at her.

"Morning," Ji-woo said. Also didn’t look at him.

Awkward.

But good awkward.

Then the doorbell rang.

Halmoni.

With a banner.

"WELCOME HOME NEWLYWEDS!"

"PARTY!" Halmoni yelled. "MY GRANDSON KISSED HIS WIFE! I HEARD FROM MRS. KIM!"

Ji-woo and Do-yoon both turned red.

"Mrs. Kim told you??" Do-yoon groaned.

"Of course! I pay her!" Halmoni said.

Within 1 hour, the penthouse was full.

Relatives. Food. Music.

Halmoni dragged them to the center.

"KISS! KISS! KISS!"

Do-yoon looked at Ji-woo. Panicked.

Ji-woo shrugged.

So he leaned down.

And kissed her.

Quick.

But in front of everyone.

Everyone screamed.

Halmoni cried.

Ji-woo thought: This is the happiest day of my life.

She was wrong.

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Part 2: THE ARTICLE DROPS

3:00 PM. Mid-party.

Do-yoon’s phone buzzed.

Then buzzed again.

And again.

He looked at it.

And his face went white.

EXCLUSIVE: CHA DO-YOON'S MARRIAGE WAS A CONTRACT

Sources reveal: ₩5,000,000 monthly + divorce in 12 months

"Country girl paid to play wife"

There were photos.

Of the contract.

Leaked pages.

With their signatures.

Seo-jin’s work.

Has to be.

The party went silent.

Everyone staring at their phones.

Then at Ji-woo.

Then at Do-yoon.

"Is this true?" an aunt asked.

"Do-yoon-ah?" Halmoni whispered.

Do-yoon looked at Ji-woo.

Ji-woo felt like the floor opened up.

"Halmoni," he started.

"ANSWER ME!" Halmoni yelled.

Do-yoon closed his eyes.

"...Yes."

"It started as a contract."

Halmoni dropped her cup.

It shattered.

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Part 3: THE FIGHT

3:30 PM. Bedroom.

Ji-woo ran to their room.

Do-yoon followed.

Slammed the door.

"Why didn’t you tell me it would come out?" Ji-woo cried.

"Because I didn’t know!" Do-yoon yelled back. First time he yelled at her.

"You lied to me! To Halmoni! To everyone!"

"I protected you!" Do-yoon shouted. "I gave you money! I gave you a home!"

"I didn’t want charity! I wanted—"

"What? What did you want, Ji-woo?"

Ji-woo stopped.

Tears falling.

"I wanted it to be real."

Do-yoon went silent.

Downstairs, Halmoni was crying.

"I was so happy... I thought... I thought you loved each other..."

Ji-woo heard it.

And broke.

She grabbed her bag.

"I’m leaving."

"NO," Do-yoon said. Grabbed her wrist.

"Let go!"

"I said NO!"

He pulled her into a hug.

Tight.

"Don’t go. Please. Not like this."

Ji-woo struggled. "You don’t get to do this! You don’t get to kiss me and then—"

"I do," Do-yoon whispered into her hair. "Because I’m in love with you. Contract or not."

Ji-woo froze.

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Part 4: DO-YOON GETS HURT

4:00 PM. Downstairs.

Reporters somehow got in.

Cameras flashing.

"Is it true Mrs. Cha was paid?"

"Did you lie to your grandmother?"

Do-yoon stepped in front of Ji-woo.

"Get out," he told the reporters.

"You lied to the public!"

One reporter shoved forward.

Tripped.

And the camera hit Ji-woo’s head.

"JI-WOO!!"

Do-yoon pushed the reporter.

And something hit his shoulder.

Glass. From a broken frame.

Blood.

"DO-YOON!" Ji-woo screamed.

Chaos.

Ambulance.

Halmoni wailing.

In the ambulance, Ji-woo held his hand.

It was bleeding too.

"Stay with me," she begged. "Please stay."

Do-yoon opened his eyes. Pale.

"Silly," he whispered. "You’re crying."

"Because you’re hurt! Because of me!"

"Not because of you," he said. "Because of me. I was stupid. I should’ve told you."

The paramedics put oxygen on him.

Ji-woo didn’t let go of his hand.

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Part 5: HOSPITAL. 2 AM.

Do-yoon was asleep.

12 stitches in his shoulder.

IV in his arm.

Ji-woo sat next to him.

Holding his hand.

Halmoni came in. Eyes red.

"Is he okay?"

"The doctor said yes," Ji-woo whispered.

Halmoni sat on the other side.

Took Ji-woo’s other hand.

"My child," Halmoni said. "I was angry. But I saw how he looked at you in the ambulance. That’s not contract. That’s love."

Ji-woo cried.

"I’m sorry, Halmoni."

"Shh. Don’t be sorry. Just don’t hurt him."

Do-yoon mumbled in his sleep.

"Ji-woo... don’t leave..."

Ji-woo leaned down.

Kissed his forehead.

"I’m not leaving," she whispered. "I love you, Do-yoon-ssi."

His fingers squeezed hers.

Even in sleep.

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Part 6: THE PRESS CONFERENCE 2

Next day. 10:00 AM.

Do-yoon, bandaged, stood at a mic.

Ji-woo next to him.

"Yes," he said. "The marriage started as a contract.

Yes, I lied.

But I’m not lying now."

He looked at Ji-woo.

"Park Ji-woo is my wife. Not because of money. Because I love her.

And if you hurt her again, you answer to me."

He bowed.

Pulled Ji-woo with him.

The internet exploded.

But this time, the comments were different:

"He looks so in love"

"She stayed in the hospital all night"

"Let them be happy"

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END OF CHAPTER 8

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writed by Omahcbeauty

THE TRUTH!! THE HOSPITAL!! THE "I LOVE YOU"!!

Chapter 8 recap:

HALMONI'S PARTY - everyone finds out it was contract

BIG FIGHT - Ji-woo almost leaves

DO-YOON GETS HURT protecting her from reporters

HOSPITAL: "I love you, Do-yoon-ssi" + he squeezes her hand

PUBLIC CONFESSION: "I love her"

For CHAPTER 9: I’m thinking:

Recovery arc - Ji-woo nurses him at home

Seo-jin tries one last time and fails miserably

First "I love you too" from Do-yoon when he’s awake

Moving to countryside to meet Ji-woo’s Halmoni