“Yes. In a way, it turned out well. I didn’t intend it, but I’m sorry if I hurt you. I was confused because So Myung didn’t seem willing to divorce peacefully.”
“Then, why didn’t you say that? I misunderstood you.”
“I was worried you might get upset. I was trying to solve it in any way.”
“Can I really marry you?”
“Of course, you’re all I have.”
After loosening his hug with her, Ji Sung looked at her face. The more he looked at her, the more beautiful she was. This young and beautiful woman was professing her love for him right in front of his eyes.
It felt like he was dreaming. It was too sweet. She was.
He slowly approached her and brought his lips to hers. Their passionate kiss continued, and their breathing gradually became more ragged.
Ji Sung held her tightly, as if she might disappear from his side, and she was driving him crazy with her seductive gaze.
Ji Sung was struggling with joy, lost in the strange pleasure that Ra Hee, the woman, gave him. He didn’t care about others’ gaze.
He was gradually becoming a demon, pondering how to detach his wife, So Myung, who had loved and looked only at him.
So Myung had resolved to ask about the woman’s existence without delay or fear if Ji Sung came today. She managed to get up, took a shower, and changed her clothes.
She changed into the neatest clothes she had. And she applied simple makeup. She didn’t want to appear haggard to Ji Sung anymore.
Having prepared everything, So Myung waited for Ji Sung. But Ji Sung didn’t come. So Myung kept staring at the clock, hesitating several times whether to pick up her phone and call him again.
So Myung stayed up all night waiting for Ji Sung, who didn’t come back. Had she fallen asleep without realizing it?
Even when she opened her eyes, Ji Sung was not there.
‘Why is he doing this to me?’
Even though So Myung tried not to cry, tears kept coming. Then, So Myung’s mobile phone rang loudly. She picked up her mobile phone and checked the caller.
It was a call from her motherinlaw, Mrs. Jung. So Myung’s already dark face turned even darker. So Myung tried to answer the phone energetically.
“Yes, mother.”
[Come over for dinner this weekend.]
“Excuse me?”
[Last time I was like that, and you didn’t even call once?]
“I’m sorry, mother.”
[Have Ji Sung bring you over. We’ll have dinner.]
“Ah… Yes, mother.”
[Then, see you then.]
“Yes. Take care.”
As soon as she hung up the phone, a sigh escaped from So Myung’s mouth.
‘He stayed out all night yesterday. Ji Sung, are you the Ji Sung I know? Why are you doing this… why!’
It was the first time since their marriage. That Ji Sung didn’t come home without any contact. So Myung had a hard time pulling herself together in the sudden storm.
She didn’t know where to start to solve the problem. She felt pathetic for constantly wanting to escape from reality.
So Myung took a deep breath and picked up her phone again. And she called Ji Sung.
Several ringing tones passed, and then Ji Sung’s calm voice came through.
Thump, thump.
‘Why is my heart pounding? Why?’
[Hello.]
“Honey.”
So Myung’s voice calling him honey was trembling badly.
“Why… didn’t you come home?”
[I’m sorry.]
“What? Explain why. So I can understand.”
[I’ll hang up now.] His cold voice seemed to dig into her heart. He had always been a warm man.
His change, who used to look at her and her alone, was too unfamiliar, and she couldn’t believe this reality.
After hanging up the phone, So Myung hesitated for a long time.
Her heart felt so stifled that she wanted to vent to someone…
She thought of her mother. However, she couldn’t dare to call her. She didn’t want to hurt her mother.
Her mother, who would always stand up for her, had raised her only daughter with tender love, all by herself.
The reason she grew up so positively, even after losing her father at a young age, was due to her mother’s strength. Having received plenty of her mother’s love, she grew up with high selfesteem.
She was not ashamed at all about her family’s poor financial situation or about her father’s death.
Her motherinlaw had opposed her because she didn’t have a father and came from a humble family with only a single mother, but So Myung declared to Ji Sung that she would not marry him if that was the reason for the opposition.
Eventually, as there is a saying that parents can’t win against their children, Ji Sung’s persistence led Mrs. Jung to approve his marriage to So Myung.
She couldn’t cause her mother pain by saying that she, who had struggled so much to get married, was suffering now. The thought kept tormenting her as she lay idle without doing anything.
She began to clean the house like a madwoman. She turned on the vacuum cleaner, washed the mop, and wiped the floor with her hands.
Even though she had an electric mop, she was so desperate to escape from the swamp of thoughts, even if it meant using her physical strength for a moment.
Before she knew it, evening had arrived and she looked in the mirror. Her hair was tousled and her body was covered in sweat. She was about to change her clothes to meet him when she heard the sound of someone entering the passcode.
With surprised eyes, she stared at the front door.
Thump thump
Her heart started to pound loudly.
A flustered So Myung quickly tied up her hair. Ji Sung entered the house with a dark expression.
“Are you here?”
“Yeah.”
Ji Sung, like in the morning, maintained a dark face and his tone was still cold.
“First, take a shower. Change your clothes and then let’s talk.”
As So Myung said this to Ji Sung, he let out a deep sigh.
“No. Let’s talk now.”
Ji Sung loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt. He then slumped down on the sofa.
“Ji Sung, why are you like this?”
At So Myung’s words, Ji Sung stared at her intently. There was a flicker of regret in his eyes.
“I’m sorry. So Myung. I really want to divorce you.”
“What?”
“You know, don’t you? How I was obsessed with you. It’s still like that. I think I’m going crazy. I want to live with that woman.”
At his frank confession, So Myung was at a loss for words, and she felt as if her throat was blocked.
“Let’s not suffer anymore.”
“Ji Sung, I still love you.”
At So Myung’s words, Ji Sung’s gaze wavered.
His first love, who he loved like crazy, and his wife So Myung, the precious woman who had only looked at him and come this far with him…
He hadn’t cheated on her because he disliked her. His heart had been stolen by Ra Hee, who had suddenly appeared before him.
She had taken over and dominated all of him. Although he was human and felt sorry for So Myung, he felt like he couldn’t live a single day without Ra Hee.
“I don’t love you anymore. I’ll send the divorce papers.”
“Don’t go.”
With a desperate expression, So Myung grabbed Ji Sung’s arm.
“I hate you right now… It seems like it won’t be easy to forgive. But still, don’t go.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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