Kim Nana
**He taught her to live without him**
Ann once believed marriage meant having someone who would stand beside her when life became difficult.
She was wrong.
After becoming a mother, working in her husband's company, caring for her children, and living under the expectations of her in-laws, Ann slowly became exhausted. Her once-gentle personality changed. She became impatient, emotional, and occasionally sharp with her husband, Daniel.
Daniel saw only one thing.
Disrespect.
Instead of asking why his wife had changed, he decided to teach her a lesson.
His method?
Bringing his beautiful ex-girlfriend, Olivia, into their home.
Olivia arrives pretending to be harmless, but her presence quickly becomes a weapon. She wears Daniel's old shirts, takes the seat beside him, reminds him of their past, and makes carefully disguised comments designed to humiliate Ann.
Daniel allows it.
He believes Ann will become afraid of losing him and finally learn to respect him.
But he makes one terrible mistake.
He underestimates how tired his wife already is.
Instead of fighting for Daniel's attention, Ann begins to withdraw.
Instead of begging him to choose her, she begins choosing herself.
And that is when Daniel realizes something terrifying.
The woman he wanted to control is slowly becoming a woman he can no longer reach.
But Olivia has no intention of letting Ann walk away peacefully.
What begins as Daniel's cruel attempt to "teach his wife a lesson" soon exposes old secrets, hidden jealousy, family betrayal, business corruption, and a woman who has been waiting years for the opportunity to reclaim the man she believes belongs to her.
By the time Daniel discovers the truth, his greatest punishment is not losing Ann.
It is realizing that he was the one who taught her how to live without him.
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