Listening to the story of Juhee’s life over the past 13 years, Ina felt overwhelmed, realizing how much Juhee had accomplished.
A tear welled up in Ina’s eyes as she thought of Juhee. She smiled at Joo Won.
“Pregnant? That’s great. When is the baby due?”
“Next spring, in early April.”
“Wow, even the due date is wonderful. Can you give me Juhee’s number? I really want to hear her voice.”
Joo Won gazed at Ina, then took her phone to input the number.
“I’ll give you the number, but it might be better to call her tomorrow. You’re quite drained now, and it’s late. Juhee is probably asleep.”
“Oh, right. It is late. I’ll call her tomorrow.”
“Yes, do that. She might cry tears of joy when she hears from you. She’s been more emotional since she got pregnant.”
“I might end up crying too if I hear Juhee’s voice.”
Joo Won quietly gazed at Ina at her words.
“You know you get puffy eyes quickly when you cry, right? And your nose turns red.”
Ina was surprised by his remark. “How do you remember that?”
Joo Won fiddled with his soju glass and chuckled softly. “How could I forget? You turn into Rudolph with your swollen eyes.”
Ina, feeling embarrassed, scratched her cheek. “Did I?”
“Do you still get puffy eyes when you cry?”
“Well… if I cry a lot, yes. But I try not to cry much now that I’m an adult.”
Joo Won looked at her intently. “Have you had many reasons to cry?”
Ina, caught off-guard by his question, looked back at him. His eyes held a flicker of sympathy.
Ina smiled and shook her head slightly. “No, I mean… you cry when you watch sad movies, right? So, I try not to watch them. I don’t want to turn into Rudolph.”
Ina’s laugh prompted Joo Won to finally smile.
“Where do you live?”
Ina poured him another drink and asked.
“Jamsil.”
“Really?” Ina looked at him in surprise.
“I live near Konkuk University. Wow… we lived so close and never bumped into each other.”
“Yeah, it’s really close.”
“So, have you been living in Seoul all this time?”
“Yeah.”
“I moved back to Seoul when I was twenty for college. How come we never ran into each other?”
“Well, Seoul’s population is huge, so it’s unlikely.”
“True… Even if we did, I wouldn’t have recognized you like earlier. I’d have just thought, ‘Wow, what a handsome guy,’ and walked past.”
Joo Won chuckled. “Why do you keep making me fly in an airplane?”
“It’s not an airplane! I’m just telling the truth.”
Ina’s phone rang at that moment. It was a call from her best friend, Hyunju.
“Joo Won, I’ll take this call and be right back.”
Joo Won nodded, and Ina walked to the restroom with her phone.
Left alone, Joo Won downed his soju in one gulp. He sighed deeply, the whole situation feeling surreal.
It was almost dreamlike, sitting here and talking with Ina, 13 years after she had moved to Yeosu. Juhee had kept in touch with Ina for months after she left. Although Joo Won never directly asked, he often heard about Ina from Juhee.
Lying in bed at night, Joo Won would think of Ina, recalling the girl who had declared she would befriend him no matter what, who said that no tree falls at the first stroke. Remembering her words and actions to win him over often brought a smile to his face.
Then his father’s business troubles began, and Juhee grew darker as divorce talks loomed. Eventually, she stopped mentioning Ina, and as soon as the divorce was finalized, Juhee left for Japan with their mother.
In the 13 years that followed, Joo Won occasionally thought of Ina.
Where was she? What was she doing? Was she okay? Did she still have those large, brown eyes?
An indescribable emotion of longing lingered, never fully fading away. And then, unexpectedly, today, he encountered Ina.
After 13 years, as if in a drama.
Joo Won was on the phone in front of the bar when a woman walked out. Their eyes met accidentally, and his eyes widened in surprise.
This face… these large, chestnut-colored eyes… Could it be?
But the woman, seeming embarrassed, quickly averted his gaze and walked away. Joo Won found himself following her without realizing it.
Then, a drunken man emerged from the bar, staggering after the woman.
Frowning, Joo Won hastily ended his call and followed the man.
Moments later, seeing the man grab the woman’s wrist violently, a surge of inexplicable anger rose in his heart.
After confronting the despicable man and sending him away, Joo Won was left alone with the woman. Looking into her eyes, he was certain.
These round, beautifully shining chestnut eyes…
Yes, it’s Seo Ina.
A mix of joy and an unexplainable flutter of excitement lifted the corners of Joo Won’s mouth.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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