Jaein closed her eyes. In Taeseo’s arms, she watched the loneliness and sorrow she had accumulated for a lifetime collapse and crumble. It was a painful and yet grateful, a very strange experience.
Thump, the heart beats faster and faster. Thump, he filled every place that crumbled and collapsed anew. Jaein tightly held his hand, suppressing the rising emotion.
She wanted to touch him like the wind blowing in the field. She wanted to intertwine with him like overlapping flower petals. She hoped that not a single finger or corner of her heart would be left out, and she wanted him to linger.
“Taeseo, Taeseo.”
“Yeah.”
“Don’t take your eyes off me.”
“…”
“Continue, continue… Keep looking at me.”
The man’s night-light gaze deepened. Overwhelmed by the desire to fully possess that affectionate gaze, Jaein took a deep breath and detached herself. But it was Jaein who closed her eyes first.
“Ah…”
Finally, at the end of the breaking, without lingering regrets, the emotions that burst forth were dazzling and brilliant.
That you’re me. That you’re you. Now, let’s not be lonely.
Entangled in the swirling flood of sensations, Jaein lost her direction. However, being pushed and pushed, she was not afraid at all. The joy that filled her chest made her courageous.
Immersed in the cozy and warm water, she realized the gentle kiss that approached her eyes. In her hazy vision, Kang Taeseo, with a facial expression that seemed to cry at any moment, was visible.
“Why…”
His voice was slightly choked. Jaein, feeling a choked chest due to the touch full of worries, met his gaze with a throbbing heart.
“Did it hurt so much that you’re crying…?”
To the man’s question full of concern, Jaein nodded. It seems she cried without realizing it. Looking at him gently examining her wet eyes, each tear disappeared without a trace.
“I cry because I like it. Kang Taeseo, because I like you.”
Seeing the man, who swallowed difficult emotions with a throbbing heart, made her mouth naturally curl up with a sense of fulfillment. She embraced him with her arms spread wide, without hesitation, melting into his embrace.
The two who had finally returned to reality laughed with their foreheads pressed together. The tears that flowed along the edges of their eyes disappeared without a trace after the continuous kissing.
“Ah…”
Before opening her eyes, a dull pain felt throughout her body welcomed her first. Adjusting her posture to lie down, Jaein sighed and stretched with only her fingers and toes twitching.
Rolling her eyes, it was difficult to estimate visually due to the blackout curtains. The man tightly wrapped around her from behind seemed to be deeply asleep. Giving up on an abrupt escape, Jaein lowered her gaze to the man’s strong arm crossing her waist.
Except for her mother, sharing a bed with someone else was a first. Was someone else’s body temperature always this high? The warmth of Taeseo touching her back was unfamiliar yet comforting.
“Don’t misunderstand because something like this is in the house. It’s my first time.”
Jaein’s eyes widened. Even if she attributed it to the days of torment with men, confessing to a man beyond the age of thirty for the first time. Moreover, he was so skillful. It seemed unbelievable.
“But if you ask why something like this is in the house.”
Was it the third time, or the fourth time? Or maybe…
I don’t know. As Taeseo, who continued to explore Jaein greedily, reached out to the bedside drawer, he made a mischievous expression. Pretending not to know, Jaein turned her head away from the unnecessarily honest man.
“Actually, I’ve been wanting to do this with Yoon Jaein for a while.”
“…….”
“While on a business trip to Chicago, I bought a few boxes in the right size.”
“How many boxes…”
“Will you praise me for being well-prepared?”
“…….”
“Praise me. From now on, actively, continuously.”
Although she burst into laughter at the confession and manners of the man who seemed to know no shame, the cheerfulness didn’t last long. At the end of the endlessly continuing actions, Jaein seemed a bit annoyed.
“I can’t do it anymore…”
“…….”
“It hurts.”
“…Sorry.”
“No matter how good it is, doing this… for a person…”
“I’ll admit I acted like a beast.”
“If you can’t even say that…”
That was Jaein’s last memory before falling asleep. It seemed she had fallen asleep, unable to continue the onslaught of the man’s movements, gestures, and glances that had continued all night. The memory of the redness of Jaein’s cheeks as she recalled the man’s actions from the night before.
Effortlessly closing her eyes to scatter her thoughts, she, who had her waist embraced by the man’s arm, subtly lifted it. She tried to move away carefully.
“……!”
As soon as her wrist was caught by her chin, it rolled around.
“Did you sleep well?”
“…No.”
“Why? Was the bed uncomfortable?”
Jaein lay over his stomach. It felt so natural to intertwine their bodies overnight. She bit her lips and lifted her head. The man with natural eyes smiled gently.
“Think about why.”
The man who knew the answer seemed to pass over her eyes in silence. With pouted lips, Jaein pushed his chest.
“I’m thirsty.”
“I’ll bring it for you.”
Again, the world spun. In an instant, the man who had just put on training pants and stood up turned to face the door, causing Jaein to open her eyes.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
