“Why do I have to pack my luggage in an hour! I don’t want to go there! There’s nowhere to shop there! And it’s so cold, why there of all places! Rather than going there, I’d rather stay at home. Anyway, I don’t go outside!”
The place where Mom told Yuri to go was Canada. There was no desire to follow the instructions to go to the old cottage in the secluded countryside of Canada, where her late grandfather lived.
“Maybe she thought there was no other place to avoid people’s eyes. Still, if you go there, you can take a walk. Yuri, hurry up.”
“What about people outside? Mom said she threw eggs at her car!”
“There won’t be any getting out of the car until we arrive at the airport. It should be fine.”
“…So annoying, seriously.”
Staring at the stubborn Director Kim for a few days, Yuri eventually stood up. Seizing the suitcase like fishing, she dragged it toward the dressing room, and her footsteps were rough.
{Why aren’t you responding?}
“I also have privacy.”
“There’s no such thing as privacy, Ted. You won’t care about that, so just give me a lot of money.”
“…Now I’m going to take care of my privacy a bit.”
A creeping voice resonated in the humid space. Is it the bathroom? Taeseo, squinting his eyes, prepared to nag Ted, who had finally contacted him after a long time.
“Has a new game been released recently? Anyway, you, do your job.”
“I’m not playing games.”
“Where else do you have a private life except for games?”
“Taeseo, please stop. Isn’t Jaein next to you?”
“Oh, no. Don’t look for Jaein.”
“Taeseo is with Jaein. Don’t you dare separate from him. It’s only when you’re with Jaein that you look like a human.”
As the nagging continued, Ted, who seemed to dislike it, was felt to be ready to end the call.
Taeseo smiled, looking at the direction where Jaein had disappeared. He was waiting for Jaein, who had said he would check the mirror for a moment as soon as he arrived at the airport.
“We’ll check as soon as we get there. If everything’s done.”
“…Aren’t you tired? Take a break, adjust to the time difference.”
“If there’s no work when we get there…, ah, cut it off. Anyway, everything is done. We’ll leave in the afternoon.”
Taeseo, who unilaterally ended the call, smiled at the approaching Jaein.
“Ted, did you contact him?”
“He was playing games.”
“Ah… Games. I, again.”
“Why?”
“I couldn’t contact Sanghwa either. Just in case.”
“…Did you worry that the two of them might be together again?”
Jaein smiled and nodded his head as he chuckled softly. Sanghwa had said she would consider the incident with Ted as a mistake, so he hadn’t thought they would be together again. But it was a cautious mind.
A friend who did something he didn’t usually do was worried. Jaein leaned against the cart carrying two small suitcases and extended his arm when Taeseo, who was pulling it, reached out one arm.
Then, as if he liked Taeseo, he naturally lowered his lips to Taeseo’s forehead.
“But is this okay?”
It was cautious. Until now, the two had enjoyed modest dates at home or in the neighborhood.
Even overseas, it was the first time they had revealed their relationship in a domestic public place since the rumors started circulating.
“Is there anything wrong?”
“We’re rumored.”
“Do you dislike rumors?”
When Jaein shook his head, Taeseo closed his eyes and winked as if he were winking. The man, who said, ‘Let the whole world know if we’re going to date,’ seemed to be really thinking that way. As if he was going to completely confine Jaein to his possession, he began to push the cart.
“I don’t care if people who don’t know me curse at me.”
“You’re wise.”
“As long as Taeseo is okay, I’m fine.”
“You’re also very considerate.”
Like adding comments, Jaein burst into laughter at Taeseo’s compliments, which were like seasoning. It was then that Taeseo, who was walking toward the airport exit after passing through the departure gate, stopped.
“…Taeseo, why?”
“…No.”
Following Taeseo’s sharp gaze, Jaein also raised his large eyes.
“Go. Don’t worry. It was expected anyway.”
It was expected that reporters might follow them as soon as they returned. There were always reporters lurking at the airport, and if there was anyone among the reporters who had even a little interest in the entertainment industry, they wouldn’t miss recognizing Taeseo.
“Aren’t you tired?”
“I’m fine.”
“Shall I drive?”
“No. If you want to drive, do it next time. Just rest today.”
Taeseo opposed Manager Jang, who wanted to send a driver to the airport. Jaein smiled at Taeseo’s decision, driven by the desire to extend the excited feeling of their trip a bit more.
Taeseo, like Jaein, was undoubtedly tired from a tight schedule and a long flight. However, Jaein knew that the two, whose emotions were deepening, needed a bit more of their own world.
“Let’s take a sigh when we get home.”
“I can sleep on the plane. Taeseo, you have to go to work. It’s okay even if you’re not by my side.”
“I want to be with you.”
As if saying he couldn’t stand it, Jaein, who nodded slightly, leaned his face against Taeseo’s arm. Although the winter wind stung his nose sharply, holding his fist, which was now held by his arm, made him feel more solid.
As they were about to go home and discuss what to do, Jaein, who was heading to the parking lot following Taeseo, suddenly stopped.
“Hmm?”
Taeseo, looking down at Jaein, who was suddenly fidgeting with a serious face, tilted his head. The reason Jaein stopped was because he felt a penetrating gaze. It wasn’t the gaze of a journalist or a bodyguard. It was a cold and persistent gaze that seemed to be watching him from somewhere. The gaze that felt like it was stabbing deeply into him gave him chills.
“Sorry for making you uncomfortable.”
“Why are you sorry, Taeseo? I’m fine. It’s just… something… maybe because of my mood.”
“Hmm…”
He knew that there would be a bodyguard following him as soon as he went out of the house. The bodyguard who followed him even in Chicago would be even more cautious in Korea. Even though he knew, Jaein felt strangely uncomfortable with the gaze that seemed to be unpleasant.
“Let’s go quickly.”
Jaein grabbed Taeseo’s shoulder tightly, matching his stride to Taeseo’s broad step.
And a moment later, there was no Jo Yuri inside the Vancouver-bound flight taking off from Korea.
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
