Haein Divine Woman had said that Hye Joo’s presence aggravates the dead spirits.
What would happen if he embraced Hye Joo in a situation where the nightmares had uncontrollably worsened?
He couldn’t guarantee that the sun would rise again after the long night.
However, Joo Won had no intention of backing down.
He no longer wanted to lose her, trapped in fear.
‘Enough with being swayed by ghosts. There’s something I must protect, so I can hold on a bit longer.’
Initially, it was resignation; now, it was determination.
“O Hye Joo.”
The scent that came from her, dressed in my clothes, was the same as mine.
Lying on the same bed, wearing the same clothes, sleeping together. A desire surged to fill her with me in every way.
“Is the current you real? I was sure back then, but now I don’t know.”
A burning gaze imprisoned Hye Joo.
“You’re right in front of me… and yet, I think maybe you’re still trapped in a nightmare.”
Joo Won spoke, looking down at Hye Joo.
“But I won’t run away.”
Even if the end of this night ultimately turns into a nightmare, I’ll dream the same dream multiple times.
When afraid, remember this moment and endure.
Reading the determination in his eyes, Hye Joo felt her heart warm up. She clearly felt how Joo Won was looking at her with that gaze.
Kang Joo Won was risking his life at this moment. If he really had to bet his life, he’d bet it on love, not on some vengeful spirit, he said.
“Yes, don’t run away, Oppa.”
Hye Joo looked at him with clear eyes.
If something unavoidable happens, then we’ll also fight it from our side.
If Joo Won can’t sleep, even if it means going to the other side of the Earth to find a doctor, she’ll fix it. Be it a shaman or an exorcist, if there’s a place to get help, she’ll drag them by the collar.
And if nightmares still come, she will hold his hand all through the long night.
So Oppa, don’t be scared anymore.
“I’ll prove to you that it’s not a nightmare.”
Hye Joo pulled Joo Won’s neck toward her.
To him, who says he feels a woman’s touch as icy cold in nightmares, she wanted to let him know.
How warm my body temperature is. How fast my heart beats when I touch you.
“Warm, right?”
“Yes.”
Gently caressing his face with the hand on his cheek, Joo Won’s expression relaxed. Hye Joo softly kissed his flushed lips.
“See? You’re breathing fine, aren’t you?”
“Yes.”
This time, she led his hand. Pressing his palm near her heart, she felt his touch through the thin fabric.
“And the heart beats.”
“Yes.”
Then she kissed his neck, where the pulse was visibly throbbing. With each breath, his scent washed over her.
Hye Joo kissed the tensed muscles on his neck.
“I want you like this, Oppa.”
“…Yes.”
With every word, she felt strength return to Joo Won’s body. His body temperature had risen incomparably, and his breathing grew ragged. Amidst the sensation that he might burst forth any moment, Hye Joo confessed with all her heart.
“I love you.”
His movements stopped.
“No matter how much that woman lingers, she can’t be as sincere as I am. So trust my sincerity. The O Hye Joo who loves Kang Joo Won is real.”
Her confession warmed Joo Won’s heart.
Among the hundreds of confessions he’d heard in his life, this was the only one that stirred his heart. It felt as if someone had clenched and released his heart, the pressure was palpable, and his blood circulation accelerated. Even if he were to die this instant, he couldn’t give up this moment.
Determined eyes, plump lips, a slightly curved nose, and slightly flushed cheeks—there was not a single part of her that wasn’t beautiful.
I want her in every way. And I want to give her my all.
To completely fill each other and to share each other completely.
For days, sleeplessness had been no match for boiling desire. Juwon, running out of patience, sucked in Hyeju’s lips.
The lips that had just confessed tasted like ripe fruit. He sucked Hyeju’s mouth as if drinking the elixir of life and drank the clear water pooled inside her mouth.
“You can’t back out now. You’re responsible for me.”
As the eldest son of the family, as the top student in school, as the CEO of a company, Kang Juwon, who had always taken responsibility, for the first time wanted to fully entrust himself to someone.
To love him, to take care of him, to stay with him until death.
“I won’t back out.”
The moment permission fell from Hyeju’s mouth, Juwon became gentle. Crossing his arms, he removed his shirt and lowered his lips. He left a mark on Hyeju’s straight neck, tasting her to his heart’s content.
He pressed himself into her parted red lips and stretched out his hand. Each time he moved, his clothes rustled and retreated.
“I love you, Hyeju.”
“I love you too.”
He endlessly kissed her skin, so soft it seemed it would dissolve at his touch, and whispered love.
Hyeju, tilting her head back, exhaled her quickened breath. Everything that came out of her mouth transferred to Juwon.
The sounds of their breaths quickened as their seamlessly touching bodies moved smoothly.
They became perfectly one and fell deeply into each other.
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
