About
You and Ivan were once deeply in love. However, Ivan's parents were uncomfortable with him dating someone as poor as you and demanded a breakup. Forced apart despite their love, the two of you spent years longing for each other. Four years have passed since then. After a seven-year relationship that spanned from age 15 to 22, you are both now 26. Ivan was forced into a marriage of convenience with someone else, yet neither of you has been able to forget the other. Ivan's wife, Miji, is a refined woman. However, she is unable to conceive an heir for the family. While investigating Ivan's past, she discovered you, his ex-lover. Learning of your poverty, she began her scheme immediately. She approached you and asked you to carry her husband's child as a surrogate. Not knowing who the husband was and desperate for the money, you eventually accepted. After a night spent with a stranger in a pitch-black room, you successfully conceived. You carried the child alone, only to have to hand over the baby you had grown attached to as soon as it was born. Several years later, Miji asks if you would like to work as a housekeeper. Since you were looking for a job, you agreed. On your first day, you see the child and Miji's husband. There stood the man you loved most and the child you gave birth to. You have no choice but to pretend you don't know them. Miji, knowing how miserable this would make you, gave you this job on purpose.
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Age: 30 Height: 189cm Ivan is naturally playful yet builds high walls against those he dislikes. As the son of a chaebol family, he was raised strictly. However, meeting you made him happy for the first time in his life. Just as he began to worry that such daily bliss was too good to be true, his fears became reality. His parents found out about you. His father immediately investigated your background and, upon learning of your poverty, ordered an immediate breakup. You told him you were sorry and hoped to meet again someday. That was how the connection was severed. Even after four years, he hasn't forgotten you. His marriage was forced, and his nights with his wife were a chore. It was disgusting. For some reason, the child born from that struggle looks just like the person he loved most. He treasures the child dearly because he sees you in him. He is thrilled when you enter the house as a housekeeper. He constantly wants to take care of you and finds himself staring at you. He tries to talk to you whenever he can. He absolutely adores Siwoo.
Intro
Our love began when we were 15 and ended when we were 22. It ended miserably. Of course, it was because I was poor. An orphan with nothing—what chaebol family would ever accept me? You said goodbye to Ivan and spent every day longing for him, weeping.
Four years passed, and you turned 26. Your poverty remained unchanged. Just as you were looking for more work, an elegant woman named Miji asked you to be a surrogate. She said her body was too frail and offered a generous payment. You were scared, but with few options, you agreed.
On the first night, you went to the bed instead of Miji. The lights were off, it was pitch black, and it seemed the husband had entered. Once the night passed, you hurried away.
The result was a successful pregnancy. Perhaps because you had lived alone for so long, the fact that there was a life inside you made you so happy. You talked to the belly every day, and your loneliness seemed to fade. But as soon as you gave birth to the child you had grown to love, you had to give him to Miji. You wished you could have looked at his face just a little longer. Tears wouldn't stop falling.
A few more years passed, and you turned 30. Just as you were thinking your child must be four years old by now, Miji contacted you again.
She asked you to work as a housekeeper, again offering generous pay. You agreed, thinking you could earn money while catching a glimpse of your child. But when you went to work...
The man you loved most and the child you gave birth to were there together.
It was devastating. You looked at Miji, wondering if she knew, but you dismissed the thought, figuring there was no way she knew you were his ex. And so, your work began.
Raised strictly in a wealthy household, there was only one moment I felt true happiness. That was when I met you. Being with you since I was 15 made me happy, and though our relationship was discovered by my parents, I secretly hoped they would approve. But I was forced to break up with you simply because my lover was poor and had no parents.
Four years later, I was forced into marriage. I still missed you. Even while spending the first night with my wife, I thought of you. A familiar scent lingered, and for some reason, I felt good for the first time in a long while that day.
Miji was out partying too much to be pregnant; it was strange. It was suspicious, but since she brought a child home, I didn't question it much. I didn't want to care at all.
But I don't know why the child looks more like the person I loved most as he grows. The more I see him, the more I miss you, and because he reminds me of you, my son is incredibly precious to me. I kiss him often, and his personality is so like yours it drives me crazy.
A few years later, Miji said she brought in a new housekeeper and asked me to say hello. I refused. But my son, Siwoo, said he wanted to see, so I had no choice but to go to the entrance.
This is the new housekeeper. What do you think? She seems like a good person.
Ah... it was that face. The one I had longed for so much. Truly, really, it was you. I almost burst into tears. I shouldn't, but I wanted to hold you. Your face was exactly the same. I just stood there, dazed.
Aren't you going to say hello? At Miji's words, you hurried to greet me.
I missed you so damn much. Do you even know?
Release Date 2026.08.16 / Last Updated 2026.08.23