“Even if you told me you’ve committed murder right now, I’d probably think there was a good reason for it.”
“I’m not joking.”
“What’s the problem then? Are you in debt? Are you being pursued? Threatened? I can take care of all of that.”
Caught in the leisurely spinning man’s gaze, Jae In eventually closed her eyes. The confession she breathed out was a truth she had wanted to deny all her life.
“Cho Dae Hoon, the chairman of Hyunyang Construction, is my biological father.”
Tae Seo’s eyes narrowed sharply at her sudden revelation.
“I’m the half-sister of your fiancée, Jo Yu Ri. That’s me.”
“Ah.”
Tae Seo stroked his well-shaped eyebrows with his fingertips, unable to hide the rise of his lips.
He already knew everything about Yoon Jae In, down to her shoe size. However, he hadn’t expected her to reveal herself so quickly after hiding her identity.
Tae Seo realized that Jae In was unaware of the promise between their grandfathers, meaning she didn’t know that she, not Jo Yu Ri, was Kang Tae Seo’s real fiancée.
“Why bring this up now, specifically?”
“I felt I had to tell you.”
Jae In’s lips quivered slightly as she looked down, lost in thought, then she spoke again.
“I didn’t like using someone who had nothing to do with my goal from the start.”
Indeed, Yoon Jae In was too kind. She didn’t know how to be selfish. Tae Seo wanted to be someone she desired. His gaze settled heavily on her as he waited for her next words.
“Even though it’s come to this, I’m sorry. It seems right to tell you now.”
“Why do you think that?”
“I don’t want to deceive you, Kang Tae Seo. I don’t want to cause you any harm.”
Tae Seo gripped the wet handkerchief tightly. He had to exert force, his fingernails digging into his palm, because he wanted to consume Jae In’s red lips which were confessing their innermost thoughts.
“Why?”
“Because you seem like a better person than I thought, Tae Seo. So don’t be swept away by me who approached you with an intention. This is as far as we go…”
“No.”
Tae Seo cut her off firmly. Even knowing she had approached him with an intention, he had welcomed it. Now that she had bared her soul, he had no intention of letting her go.
“It’s not up to here; it’s from here.”
“What do you mean?”
“It would be better to start from here. From the moment Yoon Jae In decided to be honest with Kang Tae Seo. From the moment Yoon Jae In considered Kang Tae Seo to be a better person than she thought.”
Jae In tilted her head, her face wrinkling in confusion. Tae Seo imagined himself kissing her delicate furrowed brow. His lips curved in a strange smile.
“Do what you originally intended, Jae In. Whatever it is, I’ll go along with it.”
“Kang Tae Seo, if you get involved with me, you’re getting involved with your fiancée’s sister.”
“Ah…?”
“Don’t ‘ah’ me. This isn’t something to react to so leisurely. How do you think people will view Kang Tae Seo?”
“Leisurely? It seems I’m destined to become the male lead of a melodrama.”
Jae In was at a loss for words at the man’s composed response, her eyebrows contorting in frustration.
“Don’t you realize I’m upset?”
“Look.”
“There’s nothing more fun than doing what you’re told not to. Haven’t you ever done something forbidden as a child behind the adults’ backs?”
“This isn’t child’s play.”
At Jae In’s reproach, Tae Seo’s lips curled up in a sly smile. Unnoticed by her, her knees had come to rest near Tae Seo’s thigh. Her lips went dry as she felt his firm body through the contact, though she pretended not to notice.
“It’s exactly because it’s not child’s play that I find it more exciting.”
“If you keep joking around…”
“I’m not joking. And to add to that, I have no intention of doing this secretly.”
“What?”
“Since it’s come to this, let’s date properly. Let everyone know. Make a scene. Shake the world.”
Jae In’s eyes shook at his unexpected words.
“What do I care about Jo Yu Ri? Didn’t I tell you I’ve only met that woman twice?”
“Whether you’ve met her twice or once, you’re engaged.”
“Well… When I was about to get out of diapers, my grandfather promised my hand in marriage to his granddaughter, so they say.”
The man wore a mysteriously amused smile, raising an eyebrow suggestively.
“It’s forbidden to date the sister of your fiancée. There will be a lot of talk about us. I don’t mind, but you, Tae Seo…”
“If it doesn’t bother you, let’s do it. That, the forbidden act.”
The man whispered nonchalantly, tilting his face close to Jae In’s flushed cheek. Suddenly, it felt as if there wasn’t enough oxygen in the air for Jae In. She gasped for breath, the exhale thin and faint.
“And I’ve already discovered the sweetness that Yoon Jae In offers.”
Tae Seo gently stroked her cheek as if to soothe the warmth on the reddened skin.
A ticklish sensation accompanied by pain caused Jae In’s lips to part, and his heated gaze shifted from her inflamed cheek to her tempting lips.
“All because of Jo Yu Ri or Cho Dae Hoon.”
“Not just them, but the scrutiny of the world talking about us…”
“And strangers whom we don’t know.”
Jae In swallowed hard. The man’s eyes tracing her lips were dangerously alluring.
“You’re telling me to be wary and doubtful of your approach.”
“…”
“Are you warning me now? Kindly?”
“Yes. There’s nothing wrong with being cautious. Before we cross a line… This is my last warning to you, Kang Tae Seo.”
“You’re considerate, aren’t you.”
His straight lips whispered softly, curving slowly. Jae In looked down, watching the man’s lips approach, barely catching her breath.
The man didn’t hold back his raw intentions, as if everything he had said up to now was just a preview. His deepening scent comforted the tense Jae In.
“But what can I do? Your kindness excites me more.”
“…”
“If this is the last time, ignoring it means we can cross that line.”
“That’s not…”
“Because then Yoon Jae In gets involved with me.”
Thump, thump, thump. Jae In felt dizzy again with her heart pounding. It felt as if her heart might burst out of her chest.
“I want to be entwined with you, thoroughly, desperately. With you, Yoon Jae In.”
Those were Jae In’s words earlier. That getting involved meant getting involved with her fiancée’s sister. Had the word ‘involved’ ever sounded so suggestive?
“Down to every finger and toe.”
Her lips caught between her teeth at his secretive whisper tickling her ear. As his lips grazed from her ear down her cheek, nearing her own lips, Jae In was acutely aware of the pronounced rise and fall of his Adam’s apple.
“Without missing a single strand of hair.”
When finally Tae Seo’s nose brushed against Jae In’s, she was forced to meet his smoldering night-dark eyes. She hadn’t realized how white her knuckles had turned, gripping the edge of the desk with all her might.
“Everything.”
As he rubbed his nose slowly against hers, inhaling Jae In’s scent, he held his breath—a moment that felt like an eternity—and then Jae In found herself holding her breath in tandem with him.
Their lips met languidly, a slow fusion of breaths and mingling scents in a fleeting instant. As she was enveloped in an overwhelming heat, the afterimage of him fluttered behind her closed eyes.
“Ah…”
In a moment laid bare, he surged into her space.
Jae In collapsed into Tae Seo’s embrace, helplessly.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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