Ted’s gaze, which had quietly followed only Sanghwa, landed on the table. On the table were coffee and madeleines that Jaeein, who was standing in the kitchen, had brought on a tray.
“Oh, madeleines!”
“Amber, Jaeein bakes madeleines really well. Especially the lemon madeleines are art. I didn’t get to taste it because I was just watching it bake yesterday, did you keep some for yourself? Hey, honestly, tell me. What did you do without eating this with Taeseo yesterday?”
Amber, sitting next to Sanghwa, who raised both hands in admiration, narrowed her eyes at Jaeein.
“What did I do…”
“What did you do all night that your baby’s hair is frizzy…”
“Me, frizzy hair?”
Maybe cried a lot, so all the moisture in the body drained out. It was when Jaeein touched his face and asked worriedly.
“Pretty.”
With a smile, Taeseo, who was sitting next to Jaeein, reached out, took the madeleine along with the plate, and smiled.
Jaeein, who saw his body naturally leaning towards me, tried to sit next to Sanghwa, but Taeseo was faster. Despite the attention of others, he kissed Jaeein on the cheek and bit into the madeleine without caring.
“Wow… seriously, this.”
“Is it okay?”
After seeing him sleep deeply, recovering from the injection at the hospital, he seemed to have woken up due to the commotion. Sanghwa, watching Taeseo eat the madeleine with a slightly pale face, was full of concern.
“Yeah, I feel refreshed after sleeping.”
“Rest a little more. Why did you wake up?”
“I have to protect my madeleine.”
“Huh…?”
Taeseo, holding the madeleine plate, stood up. After scanning the uninvited guests sitting on the sofa, he extended the hand not holding the madeleine plate. As soon as Jaeein grabbed his hand, Jaeein was pulled to his side.
“Where is it to leave a sick person alone?”
“No, I…”
“You said you would stay by my side. I was sad because you were gone when I opened my eyes.”
The sound of indoor slippers brushing against the floor reached the bedroom through the living room. Jaeein, who was being dragged by Taeseo, looked back belatedly. Amber, Sanghwa, and Ted, with puzzled expressions, were looking at him and Ted.
“Taeseo, guests have come.”
“Oh, guests.”
As if forgetting, Taeseo turned around.
“Have some coffee before you go. Since Sanghwa is here too, have some coffee before you go.”
“What…?”
“Yes…?”
“You don’t have to clean up. I’ll do that later, so hurry up and drink it. When you leave, use the door over there.”
“Huh…?”
Taeseo, pointing to the front door with his chin, winked, bowed, and then led Jaeein to the bed again. Amber’s swearing, whether heard or not, didn’t bother Taeseo. Ignoring the three dumbfounded people, Taeseo whispered to Jaeein.
“If you baked madeleines to give them to me, why did you give them to someone else?”
“Well, there were a lot…”
“Even if there are many, aren’t they all mine? Let’s go to bed and eat properly.”
“Eat in bed? The madeleine?”
“Yeah. Shouldn’t smiles and hugs stick to the real Yoon Jaein-style madeleines?”
While Jaeein’s head was tilting, wondering what this meant, the bedroom door closed. At the same time, Taeseo exhaled a breath full of lemon fragrance and pressed his lips to hers.
The light kiss became intense, and amid the passionate breaths, Taeseo put down the madeleine plate on the bedside table. It was to explore Jaeein more greedily.
The doctor said Taeseo’s condition was body fatigue-induced body ache. It was fortunate that it wasn’t a disease that spreads like a cold.
After sighing and waking up, he was more desperate for Yoon Jaein than anything else.
However, seeing her smiling at someone else, his stomach twisted. But Jaeein, who didn’t know what was going on inside Taeseo, pushed him away as he was pouring out kisses and burst into laughter.
“The people who came because they were worried about Taeseo being sick.”
“I only need Yoon Jaein.”
Jaeein, who embraces and reassures no matter how ugly the appearance, has ruined Kang Taeseo’s habits in just one day.
Taeseo brought his cheek to Jaeein’s hand as if he were a flatterer. In response, Jaeein gently smiled and brushed Taeseo’s hair aside.
Though concerned about people outside, those present now understood the situation. Jaeein blushed a bit when thinking about the situation they would face later, but he decided to focus on Taeseo, who begged like a child.
“I guess I’m someone who likes to date in a childish way. Seeing Taeseo act like this, I find it cute.”
“…Try more.”
“What?”
“More, more. Try comforting me more. Whether I throw a tantrum or not, say that I’m right.”
An awkward thirty-year-old man acting childishly sadly evoked memories of a child who should have always been mature.
The sound of the front door closing could be heard from a distance. Jaeein, checking Taeseo’s forehead to confirm he had no fever, lay down on the bed with him. Then, pulling up the crumpled blanket, he murmured to Taeseo’s chest.
“Kang Taeseo.”
“Yeah.”
“Say the sun rises from the west.”
“And then?”
“Say we should go to the West Sea to see the sunrise.”
“Hmm…”
“Say the earth is flat.”
Jaeein wrinkled his nose at the smiling Taeseo.
“I will hold Taeseo’s hand and jump from the edge of the earth.”
“…Really?”
“Really.”
Smiling, Taeseo hugged Jaeein. The man who acted like a troublesome child a moment ago buried his nose in her lush hair, breathing deeply. After a while, Taeseo finally looked at Jaeein.
“Let’s take a break today.”
“Wouldn’t it be better to rest tomorrow too?”
“No, taking a break today is enough.”
It was the first time he had rested comfortably since he was a child, even though it was also the first time he felt pain. Taeseo, knowing that the peace of his heart was thanks to Yoon Jaein, looked at her with shining eyes.
“I’ll muster strength because there’s something I have to protect.”
Even when he had nothing to protect, he managed to survive. Taeseo, who swallowed the words he had no intention of adding, lifted the corners of his mouth. Jaeein, who also touched Taeseo’s cheek, which was smooth and soft rather than rough, smiled brightly.
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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