I've already posted spoilers before, so just scroll back if you want everything up to the end of the main novel. Obviously I couldn't cover every single detail, or it would've turned into an epic novel.
Now it's time for spoilers about what comes next, since I'm still reading and just finished the first side story.
Personally... I thought it was awful.
It has none of the tension or emotional impact of the main story, and worst of all, Grace feels like a completely different person.
The story takes place in Colombia about a year after the end of the main novel. Leon and Grace are married and have a second daughter named Olive. Leon has become a wealthy business tycoon (he had already moved all of his assets to Colombia years earlier because he'd always planned to settle there with Grace), while Grace works as a journalist.
Without telling her, Leon secretly buys the newspaper she works for. He keeps trying to get her to quit because he doesn't want her getting caught up in dangerous situations.
Eventually, a Colombian politician approaches Leon and tries to recruit him into the arms trade in preparation for a possible future war. The story makes some pretty obvious references to another world war.
Leon agrees, much to the horror of his sister-in-law (his former fiancée, who eventually married Leon's brother and had a son with him).
The former Duchess tips Grace off without outright telling her Leon is involved. Grace starts investigating, and Leon has no idea how to stop her.
Eventually Grace confronts him and reveals she already knew everything, that he owned the newspaper and that he was planning to get into the weapons business.
The old Grace would've exploded.
The new Grace?
She laughs, opens her legs, and that's basically the end of the conflict, with Leon promising he'll be a good boy from now on.
Seriously... it was terrible.
I've started the second side story now, and it already looks much more interesting. I'll keep you all updated.
This one takes place in an alternate timeline.
In the main novel, there's a scene where Grace leaves little Ellie (the first daughter she has with Leon, the one conceived without her consent) in a stroller outside Leon's house because she's determined to leave for Colombia on her own. Just before her train departs, though, she changes her mind, runs back, and finds Ellie still waiting in the stroller.
In this alternate timeline, Grace doesn't make it back in time. Leon gets to Ellie first, and she ends up in his care instead.
Grace, however, swears that she'll get her daughter back no matter what
Holy cow(⊙…⊙ )
I don't understand. If she didn't have a problem with becoming a prostitute, why didn't she do that from the start instead of working so hard?
Brothel too cheap n ugly customers?
I bet if I came back here ten chapters from now, things would still be exactly the same. When are we finally going to get some actual development?
I know it, you know it, we all know it, at the end of the day she's gonna go back to that asshole. She could've spared herself taking advantage of Julian. I can already picture the scene, and it'll probably be Julian himself who steps aside
I watched the raws all the way to the end. Since I don’t understand Japanese, I don’t know all the details of the dynamics, but I can say that Riku’s girlfriend is not pregnant. They break up badly (she even slaps him later on), but eventually they manage to apologize to each other. They don’t get back together, though. Kyoko doesn’t go back to Maeno and starts dating the other guy instead. In the end, Riku gets to attend the school he wants, and eventually Mr. Maeno gets back together with Kyoko. They visit his wife’s grave together to ask for her blessing, and Riku is happy to have Kyoko as his father’s partner.
where did you read the raws??
On webtoon
Yes it's true I too saw. Still want Takahiro!!
As usual, the author doesn’t even bother trying to make the story remotely believable. Why would you ask for a loan from someone who has less money than you? And more importantly, why would anyone agree to that? If that asshole needed money, he could’ve just taken out a loan himself using his wife’s name. So this is supposed to be the part where we feel sorry for Mincheol?
This might be one of the five worst stories I've ever read. Fortunately, it finally seems to be over for good.