Yet, the way he prepared tea still looked graceful and impressive, adding to her confusion. Privately, Lee Jae-ho was a man who seemed capable of giving his all, perfect in every way.
Despite her anger, she had to admit it. The deltoid muscles in his shoulders as he made coffee were prominent. Dajeong watched for a moment, then turned her head.
Rudely, without permission, he touched her cheek.
She didn’t know how to react to this man who kept provoking her. Dajeong had no immunity to such situations. She clenched her fists to regain her composure.
His gaze was not ordinary.
She should not have approached him.
Despite feeling the intensity of his gaze wrapping around her, she did not stop her steps. She should have thought something might happen.
Foolishly… Yoon Dajeong.
The man’s approach was hasty but gentle. When his palm briefly touched her cheek, a wave of heat swept through her body. In that moment, Dajeong froze like a statue.
It felt like a hand warmer was attached to her body, the coldness disappearing and a warm heat circulating. That surprised her even more. His palm, his gaze, was too hot.
Not just hot, but…
His eyes held an inexplicable tenderness. Meeting just yesterday, tenderness? Her own thoughts seemed absurd, but she was sure of what she felt earlier. And up close, he seemed strangely familiar.
Dajeong shook her head.
‘It’s a sickness. A sickness. An overflow of internal intimacy.’
She regretted not following Gyeongmi’s advice to casually like him from a distance.
“What are you thinking about, Yoon Dajeong?”
Jae-ho brought two cups of tea and sat on the sofa. Dajeong came to her senses. Don’t get drawn in. She didn’t want to face such a one-sided situation again. Especially not with Lee Jae-ho. Dajeong was the type who wouldn’t even start a movie with a predictable sad ending. Why set up expectations she couldn’t handle later?
It felt like she was already deeply mired in a swamp, but she still had a chance to turn back.
“I was thinking about your rudeness, Lee Jae-ho.”
Jae-ho slid a cup of green tea towards her.
“Did it upset you a lot?”
“Yes. Quite a bit.”
“I’m sorry.”
“…….”
“But you know, we met as if by fate. Honestly, I think I was a bit thrilled.”
Jae-ho chuckled softly. What was he saying? Thump, thump, thump. Dajeong’s heart pounded. All the arguments she had intended to make faded away. She looked at her cup quietly to hide her confusion.
“A secluded beach, the same pension, a rest period of the same duration. How can this be a coincidence? It’s fate.”
Dajeong couldn’t quickly refute this because she had somewhat similar thoughts herself. Instead, she felt even more flustered. She had never imagined Lee Jae-ho would share the same thoughts as her.
“Be honest. You must have been a little thrilled too, right, Yoon Dajeong?”
Dajeong couldn’t answer. She couldn’t say yes or no.
“No?”
“…….”
“Sorry again, then.”
Jae-ho apologized once more.
Her heart felt like it kept dropping to the ground. Dajeong didn’t know what expression to make and pressed her lips together.
She didn’t understand.
What was Lee Jae-ho talking about?
“But I was just removing a pine needle.”
“…….”
“It wasn’t anything strange.”
The man, turning his head to look at Dajeong, confidently said.
“I admit, I wanted to touch you.”
Lee Jae-ho, lazily stroking between his eyebrows with one hand, gave a small, helpless laugh.
“Um. Yoon Dajeong, I think I…”
“…….”
“I think I fell for you at first sight.”
“What? What did you say?”
Dajeong nearly spat out her tea, barely managing to swallow it and looked at him.
She could feel her cheeks burning. Jae-ho watched her flushed cheeks and ears, then laughed again.
“Just like that. So, don’t run away and let’s get along well. We’re going to see each other every day anyway.”
“…….”
“Let’s go for walks, do grocery shopping, dig clams. That’s how neighbors live, right?”
What kind of neighbors go for walks and dig clams together? Dajeong made an incredulous face, and Jae-ho playfully furrowed his brows.
Suddenly, the face of Oh Chaewon from the TV yesterday came to mind. The glamorous and beautiful actress. He was an actor who matched well in a two-shot with such a face.
Why on earth… was he doing this to her?
Dajeong loved her fatally charming favorite celebrity, but she had never dreamed of a romance with him. She wasn’t foolish enough to start a foolish love. Lee Jae-ho was a perfect man.
There was no public information about his childhood in Korea, but he went to America for high school and majored in business at Wharton School before returning. He excelled in swimming, golf, horseback riding, baseball, and his acting was superb too.
Considering all this, it was obvious he came from a wealthy family, hence the rumors of him being a third-generation chaebol.
Dajeong dreamed of saving 70% of her salary, but in reality, after paying for various bills, her mother’s medical expenses, and loan repayments, she barely managed to make ends meet. Her life unfolded like a panorama in front of her.
Dajeong was no Cinderella.
She was neither young nor naive.
She didn’t want to start something with a visible end. Especially not with Lee Jae-ho.
His words of being smitten were probably just impulsive interest. Surely he wasn’t serious.
“……I’d like to leave now. I’m tired.”
So she built even higher walls.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
