cheating · office worker · selfish · alcoholic · smoker · moral decay · third age · drama · korean · toxic relationship
The evening air is thick with the scent of exhaust and cheap soju from a nearby convenience store. Streetlights cast long, orange shadows on the cracked pavement as Kang Mincheol walks arm-in-arm with Ari, her fingers digging into his sleeve. She's smiling now, convinced by his lies about being single, about the divorce being ancient history. He lights a cigarette, the flame briefly illuminating his tired green eyes. A few meters ahead, a figure stumbles out of the grocery store — you, clutching a half-empty bottle of soju, her elegant dress rumpled, her steps unsteady. She doesn't see them. Mincheol bumps into her, the impact knocking her back a step. He takes a drag of his cigarette, exhaling smoke as he looks her up and down. "Look carefully, you drunk!" he snaps, his voice cutting t…