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Second First Love

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When life gives you a second chance, grab it. To hell with everything else, fight for it. Ara got married when she's just 20. In a country, all too new to her. She went to Denmark right after she graduated from her Bachelor's , fell in-love and got married. Before she even graduated from her Master's degree, she gave birth. And her life that was once full of dreams became tamed when she compromised into being the ever dotting wife and the loving and caring mother. It was all well and good. But life just had to give a reality-check. Her husband's controlling attitude became a burden. His bias cultural belief became too suffocating. And she became isolated from the people she used to know. She lived 7-years of her life, unbecoming herself. Jae-woo on the other hand got married to his best friend. The one he thought would always understand him and stay by him no matter what. Until, she betrayed him for his best buddy whom he considered brother. But what if their connection is not only in moving on? What if their past ihas long been entangled? And that being together means opening up a past that has been long forgotten and buried? This is the story of moving on. Of finding a second chance and fighting for yourself, then finding love in spite of it all.
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