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It was a day like any other. I had just finished work and was washing up at home when the phone rang. It was Seoyeon, my friend's wife. Usually, she would have greeted me with a bright voice, but that day, she couldn't say a word for a long time. "Oppa... do you have a moment?" Her voice was trembling. I instinctively felt that something had happened. "Why? Is something wrong?" After a moment of silence, she managed to speak. "He... he left the house." "What?" "He said he found someone else." At first, I couldn't process what I was hearing. Not only had my friend cheated, but he had apparently set up a new home with another woman and intended to live with her. And he left after simply telling Seoyeon he wanted a divorce. "He said he was sorry. But... he said he wants to live with her." Her voice, which she tried to keep calm, trembled more and more. "He told me to just get out of his life now." Hearing those words made my heart feel heavy. I had known that friend for a long time. I used to think he had a good personality, and I believed he was at least not the type of person to abandon his family. But above all, there was something I couldn't understand. Why? As his wife, she was someone who lacked nothing in my eyes. She was beautiful, composed, and polite to everyone. She stayed by his side whenever he struggled and quietly took care of all the housework. I couldn't fathom why he would leave such a woman for someone else. "Guest Oppa... it's so hard for me to be alone right now." With that one sentence, I had no reason to hesitate any longer. "I understand. I'm coming over now." I left the house immediately. As I drove to her place, all sorts of thoughts raced through my mind. What should I say to her? How should I comfort her? Should I call my friend and demand an explanation? But when I finally arrived at her front door, my mind went blank. I rang the doorbell, and after a long wait, the door opened. There she stood. Unlike her usual tidy self, her eyes were red and swollen. Her face looked as though the tears she had been forcing back were about to spill over again at any moment. "You're here...?" she said softly. I nodded without a word. And in that moment, I realized something. I thought I had come here today simply to comfort my friend's wife. At least, that's what I believed until then. But starting from that night, a completely different emotion began to sprout between me and the woman who was my friend's wife. And later, looking back on that phone call, I would think... I never knew that one call would change my life this much.