At the end of the gaze, his eyes were like a cold sea.
I wanted to embrace that sea, but Yeon decided to push him away again.
Before things got more dreadful between them, stopping was the right choice.
“Thi, Ticket….”
Before finishing the sentence, Tae-kyung’s lips collided with hers.
It was intended to prevent him from coming in, but he was overly passionate.
It felt like lips being swallowed, not sharing a kiss. As the pushed-back bodies hit the wall, a rough tearing sound occurred.
“……Ugh!”
When a scream burst out between their lips, Tae-kyung finally eased up a bit.
Her head felt dizzy from the hot breath clinging to her nose and chin.
It was realized only when it reached the end.
In the past hours, she had given him all her feelings.
She thought she couldn’t, that her heart had become too cold to do so, but apparently, that wasn’t the case.
Her face reflected in his eyes was blurry. It flickered and swayed.
Tae-kyung reached out to wipe away the tears. At this moment, she hoped that he wouldn’t notice the wretchedness clinging to her tongue.
The last night. The last night she could hold Tae-kyung.
Tears flowed like a fountain.
To prevent further collision, Tae-kyung reached out and blocked the wall. Yeon moved away from his palm.
Entwining his neck, this time, she kissed him first.
As he entered the beauty salon for the scheduled meeting with President Cha Eun-hae, Tae-kyung adjusted his tie, fearing it might be disheveled.
The appointed time with her was 1 p.m., and Tae-kyung quickly wrapped up the previous schedule and arrived here 30 minutes earlier.
“You came early. Please come inside.”
Although the owner of the beauty salon came out to greet him, Tae-kyung prevented it.
“I’ll come in when it’s time.”
“Yes, understood.”
She disappeared, and he absentmindedly admired the koi fish in the beauty salon’s garden.
Red and precious, white and elegant, all gathered and frolicked together in the pond, looking quite enjoyable.
A director who had been following him all along answered a call.
Yes, yes. Listening briefly to his response, Tae-kyung’s attention was momentarily captured by the koi swarm again. He picked up some nearby feed and scattered it into the pond.
Splash.
As if a war had broken out in the peaceful pond, the koi fish began to leap vigorously.
One by one would have been enough to feed, but the big one, after eating, pushed aside the weak one and greedily sought to grab another.
When he casually turned his gaze away, a director quickly walked towards him.
“President, the first trial result for Ms. Jo In-young is out.”
The director informed him that the verdict was six years of imprisonment. Tae-kyung nodded his head low.
As for Jae-hee, apart from alcohol, no suspicious drugs were found in the autopsy results.
The antidepressant and sleeping pills regularly taken were not found in the autopsy, indicating that they hadn’t been consumed for several days, according to the judgment.
It truly meant an accident.
Both of them had excessively drunk that night, Jo In-young had taken the wheel, and the car, losing its sense of direction, ended up in a reservoir. One person died, and one became the perpetrator.
If someone had intentionally tried to kill Jae-hee, different substances should have been found initially. The suspicion of murder was significantly low.
The prosecution sought to quickly process this incident as a simple accident caused by Jo In-young’s drunk driving, but Tae-kyung had a different opinion.
Regardless, the central part of the incident, the car’s black box, disappeared, and the CCTV footage from the parking lot in Gangnam, where they supposedly went that day, happened to be deleted only for that day.
It was too evident that someone was desperately trying to conceal it to be called a mere coincidence.
After Jae-hee’s death, as days turned into nights and seasons changed, Tae-kyung repeatedly had nightmares.
Based on the witness’s testimony, Tae-kyung wandered around the reservoir every night in his dreams.
“He, ugh…he, ugh. Sa, save, hup, ugh…me!”
Jo In-young, struggling in the water, was discovered first, and the witness quickly reported to 119 after pulling her out.
“Look at this. Wake up. Is there anyone else in the car? Is there another person?”
In a daze, Jo In-young turned her head to the side.
There’s no one else. There’s no one else.
Tae-kyung’s dream started from here every time. In the dream of repeatedly striking Jo In-young’s cheek, who couldn’t even be conscious of what she was saying, and descending endlessly to the bottom of the reservoir where Jae-hee was.
In the murky water where nothing was visible, Tae-kyung gradually advanced every day.
On the first day, he couldn’t even reach nearby and finally came out of the water gasping for breath, but the next day, he finally grabbed the door handle.
The day after that, he tried to open the door but even used a hammer to break the tightly sealed car glass.
Last night.
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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