Soo-hyun quietly steps aside, leaving them alone. Min-ji looks at Joon-ho with pleading eyes. “I’ll do whatever it takes to show you how sorry I am,” she says. Her words are filled with desperation, but Joon-ho remains distant. The love they once shared seems lost, replaced by a deep wound of betrayal.
Joon-ho takes a seat, his mind racing. “Can we really go back to how things were?” he wonders aloud. Min-ji kneels beside him. “I’ll spend my life proving that I can be the woman you need,” she whispers. Joon-ho doesn’t know if he can believe her, but her words soften the edge of his anger.
The silence in the room is deafening. Min-ji reaches for his hand, and this time, Joon-ho doesn’t pull away. “It’ll take time,” he says softly. “But maybe… we can try.” Min-ji’s face lights up, and she wraps her arms around him. For the first time in hours, he feels a flicker of hope.