He enters the apartment with a heavy step while keeps telling himself that he only has to endure it all for one full month. Thirty days from now he will have the paper signed then he will be a free man once more. By the time he closes the door behind him, a familiar smell arouses from inside of the house. He knew Han Sera must have been cooking something for him. Could it be his favorite kimchi soup that Sera always cook perfectly? He doesn’t really care. He’s in it only because he needs to gain something from the deal—which he was sure Sera also has her own agenda.

“Good evening! I heard you come in.” Han Sera greets him while still wearing her pink apron.

He doesn’t try to turn his head, instead he’s staring at her from the corner of his eyes to show how little appreciation he has for her.

“I cook kimchi soup. Let’s eat.” She ignores the cynical stare from the man that still hold a title of her husband.

Ok Taecyeon ignore her and keep walking towards the only bed room in the apartment.

“Oppa, I cook kimchi soup.” Sera brace herself to approach him and grab his elbow to pull him towards the dining table.

Taecyeon coldly ward off her hand, “I’m not hungry.”

She doesn’t seem to mind to be treated coldly by him, to her this is just another weeknight. “Will you at least eat a bit? I’ve been cooking since 5 P.M.” she uses her other hand to grab his.

The first warning didn’t seem to be understood, so Taecyeon roughly ward his arms toward her. His little ignorance has accidentally resulted in his back palm landed on her cheek. They both acknowledge the hit when the sound breaks the awkward atmosphere that’s already there. She rounds her eyes in shock, all three years they’ve been married, he never hit her once. He, in the other hand, didn’t mean to hit her he just wanted her to leave him alone.

Taecyeon immediately turns his gaze away from Sera once he sees her glistening eyes. Even though he hates her for doing what she’s done, he can’t help to soften up when those beautiful brown eyes shed a tear. However tonight is different. From tonight onward Han Sera must know her place, she must know that her tears don’t matter for him anymore.

He takes couple of steps to enter his—their—bedroom when Sera asks hoarsely, “Do you hate me that much? To the point you can’t look me in the eyes? To the point you abuse me?”

This draws Taecyeon’s attention. He stops in his place and turns his body to face her. He brace himself to look at her and begins his gaze from her feet to her legs—his favorite part of Sera’s body—then slowly he brings his gaze upwards to finally meet her weepy eyes. His heart sinks a little, this apparently is still his weak point.

“Abuse you?” he delivers the words slowly in cold tone before he adds his sinister smirk. “The last time I check you’re the one that left me without a trace, I spent months trying to locate your whereabouts and hear no news from you. I gave up with you Sera-ssi, I lost hope and you waltz your way back into me. Who’s abusing whom now? Don’t try so hard to pretend that nothing has changed between us.What just happened was simply you pulled my hand and I accidentally hit you, don’t be a drama queen over a small gesture.”

Sera’s too shock to reply, she barely managed to breath normally and now she’s also struggling to keep standing on her feet. The future of their last thirty days together seems to unravel in front of her eyes. She knows this is her last attempt to hold on to her marriage and she knows she can’t work alone to fix what’s already broken.

“By the way, tomorrow my lawyer will meet you to discuss about your alimony. He’ll come to the café on the ground floor of this building at 10 in the morning. Make sure you’re on time.” He tries to ignore the fact that Sera’s starts to sob in front of him. “He’ll call you when he’s arrive, the name is Cho Kyuhyun.”

Sera’s heart sinks deeper now. Cho Kyuhyun. Apparently the name has a deep meaning for her as well.

p.s: i do not own the characters. Han Sera representated by an ulzzang named Park Sora.