“Cocktails should be consumed in the event hall,” Kyle spoke in an icy tone, standing like a barrier between Se-hee and the drunken man.
The man, overwhelmed by the strength in Kyle’s grip, didn’t dare resist under Kyle’s intimidating gaze.
As Kyle let go of the man’s hand, the man’s frozen body staggered significantly. Realizing the situation, he cautiously retreated and quickly fled.
“Than…”
Before Se-hee could finish, Kyle, who was about to turn to her, faced forward again and walked away briskly.
“Ah.”
Exasperated by the consistently arrogant demeanor of the man, Se-hee sighed in frustration. She wanted to thank him for helping her avoid danger, but yet again, she couldn’t properly express her gratitude.
Once out of the situation, Se-hee felt a significant pain in her earlobe, which she had forgotten due to the tension.
Instinctively reaching for the sore spot, her loosely hanging earring struck her shoulder and fell off.
The earring disappeared down a passageway leading to the underground engine room.
“Oh no.”
The engine room stairs, unlike those in the guest areas, had gaps large enough for the small pearl earring to pass through. She could hear it clinking down the stairs, growing fainter.
Because the earring was special to her, Se-hee quickly followed it down the engine room stairs. As she descended, the noise of the machinery grew louder and the lighting dimmer, making the earring harder to find.
“How deep does this go?”
Feeling almost at the bottom, Se-hee looked around. Then, she noticed something shimmering like her pearl earring in a space with an open door across the way.
She entered to check the floor. What she thought was her lost earring was just a silver nut.
Crouching down, Se-hee sighed deeply.
“What are you doing here?”
Startled by the sudden male voice, Se-hee turned around. It was him again. So focused on the earring, she hadn’t noticed the man she thought had left had followed her.
“My earring fell this way. I saw something sparkling, so I came in,” Se-hee stammered, clearly flustered.
“Just leave now,” Kyle said coldly from inside. The engine room hatch wasn’t meant for guests.
“Wait, please. I’ll just check a bit more and leave. I’m sure I heard it rolling this way. This earring is very precious to me,” Se-hee pleaded.
Kyle’s expression became uncomfortable.
Seeing the remaining earring on Se-hee’s ear, he realized finding its pair would be difficult.
Just then, as Kyle pondered, the ship tilted, causing the open door to slam shut.
Click.
With an ominous sound, the door locked.
Kyle quickly approached the hatch, trying to open it, but the locked hatch wouldn’t budge.
“What on earth is going on?”
It was evident they were bewitched, Kyle thought. Otherwise, such a foolish mistake was impossible.
Kyle found it hard to accept that he was now trapped in the underground hatch.
“Wasn’t ‘Jaina’s Curse’ supposed to be over after the first day of sailing?”
Was the curse’s power manifesting in another way?
Kyle chided himself for even entertaining such absurd thoughts.
Out of sheer desperation, he pushed against the hatch door with all his might.
Despite his unmatched strength, the heavy door remained immovable.
They were completely trapped.
“Damn it,” Kyle’s low voice escaped through his lips.
“Why? Won’t it open? Don’t tell me we’re trapped?” Se-hee, standing behind him, approached anxiously.
“Stop joking around and open it.”
“Does this look like a joke to you?” Kyle retorted coldly, showing his reddened hand from the pressure.
“No way.”
Startled, Se-hee tried to open the hatch herself, but like Kyle, she couldn’t budge it.
She was trapped with this stranger, just the two of them, in a cramped, dark, closed space.
In that moment, Se-hee cast a wary glance at Kyle and began to distance herself slowly.
She tried to appear as natural as possible, but her awkward movement seemed very unnatural to Kyle.
“What’s with that attitude now?” Kyle asked incredulously as Se-hee edged away, lifting the front of her dress slightly.
“Well, we’ve run into each other too often for it to be a coincidence, and being trapped here together is a bit… I mean, not that I’m suggesting anything bad on your part…”
Se-hee’s words hastened in her nervousness.
“Bad? Me?” Kyle sighed in disbelief.
“If someone deliberately orchestrated this situation… obviously,” Kyle’s languid gaze arrogantly scrutinized Se-hee.
“I should be the one on guard.”
What? What kind of nonsense is this?
Se-hee looked at him incredulously, taken aback by Kyle’s words.
“Just stay right there. Don’t take a single step. If this is intentional…”
Kyle warned her sharply, his eyes piercing.
“In my experience, getting trapped in a bedroom is one thing, but an underground hatch is quite another,” Kyle observed her with an arrogant gaze.
“Look, I admit you’re good-looking, but sorry, I’m not into guys like you. I’m totally against superficiality. I am,” Se-hee retorted defiantly.
“Superficiality?”
Kyle found it interesting that Se-hee, who was just cowering, changed her demeanor completely at his words.
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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