“Ah… Yes, I’m fine.”
Se-hee naturally responded in English, then belatedly realized something.
Wait… this man?
He didn’t seem Korean, but how had they been speaking Korean until now?
His exceptionally fair skin, deep blue eyes, and a stature that seemed at least 190 cm tall made it hard to believe he was Asian.
“I’ll escort you to your cabin.”
The crew member, confirming Se-hee was unharmed, offered kindly.
“Ah… wait a moment.”
The pouch, due to the strong force earlier, had long been flung from Se-hee’s hands.
Se-hee turned around to find the pouch, which must have been embarrassingly spilled across the opposite deck.
But a well-dressed foreign man already handed her the tidied-up pouch.
“Th-thank you… uh, thanks.”
Se-hee, somewhat flustered, accepted it and thanked him.
Then, guided safely back to her cabin by the female crew member, Se-hee was left alone in her room, still holding the unresolved pouch in her hand, sighing deeply.
What an international embarrassment this was.
Being abroad, she shouldn’t disgrace her country, yet she might now be perceived as a South Korean woman who had committed the terrible act of marine littering.
Her grand plan to sink the stowaways had utterly failed due to the international issue of environmental problems.
Se-hee sighed softly and shoved the pouch deep into the safe.
Overwhelmed by fatigue, Se-hee lay down on the bed in any position.
But then, the man who had blocked her from littering in the Mediterranean Sea with his body suddenly came to her mind.
He had intentionally turned his body towards the ground while protecting Se-hee from falling.
Otherwise, the situation would have been about pushing Se-hee inside the ship, not about the man getting pinned to the ground.
Thanks to him, Se-hee hardly felt any pain when she fell.
‘Who was that man?’
The man who completely disrupted her sinking ceremony.
The man with exotic features who spoke Korean like it was his mother tongue.
Who are you?
As thoughts of the man began to fill her mind, Se-hee’s heavy eyelids closed.
“Marine littering, huh.”
Kyle’s gaze toward Captain Marcus was cold.
“But it was a situation that could easily be misunderstood.”
Marcus couldn’t simply dismiss the recent events as a mere happening.
He was appalled when he received a report about an Asian woman in a black dress, looking serious, climbing up to the rooftop deck on the first night of the voyage.
It was a situation eerily similar to the ‘Curse of the Jaina’ on the night of departure.
He had immediately ordered all crew members to gather on the upper decks and rushed there himself.
But by the time Captain Marcus arrived, the situation had already been resolved.
Kyle, coincidentally inspecting the Dekona’s facilities with his secretary Dave, had been there at the time.
Having rushed up to witness the chaos, Marcus was left speechless at what unfolded.
“The first night of the voyage is nearly an hour past.”
Kyle’s expression, calmly facing Captain Marcus, now seemed more like a threat to obey his commands.
“I’m sorry.”
Marcus obediently bowed his head and withdrew.
He thought he had never been pushed back in a power struggle before, but he felt powerless in front of this young representative.
After Marcus left and the door to Kyle’s office closed, his secretary Dave approached.
“There’s something you need to check, sir.”
Dave showed Kyle the screen of his phone, where he had captured something earlier.
“What is it?”
“The contents that came out of that black pouch.”
True to his competence, Dave had collected a lot of information in a short time.
“A wedding invitation and a ring… So?”
Kyle’s tone rose sharply, showing his displeasure.
“The date on that invitation coincides with our voyage… It might be good to keep an eye on it.”
“Dave. You’re not seriously believing in the ‘Curse of the Jaina,’ are you?”
“Of course, I share your opinion on superstitions, sir. But that date… It’s somewhat concerning…”
“Stop worrying about unnecessary things and focus on tomorrow’s inspection of the food and beverage storage.”
Kyle coldly dismissed the superstition, as if telling Dave not to indulge in such nonsense.
“Yes, I’ll prepare for it.”
Dave, silenced by Kyle’s sharp tone, left the office.
Left alone, Kyle quietly headed to the balcony.
The night sea, shrouded in pitch-black darkness, would have been indistinguishable if not for the absence of moonlight.
“The ‘Curse of the Jaina’…”
Kyle knew why Captain Marcus couldn’t hide his anxiety.
The ‘Curse of the Jaina,’ almost like a legend passed down among cruise crew members.
No one in the crew was unaware of the content of this curse.
Sailors like Captain Marcus, who vehemently believed in tales associated with ships, were especially sensitive about things tied to the ‘curse,’ like the Jaina, which had been doomed to permanently dock at the harbor due to unfortunate events on its maiden voyage.
About 50 years ago,
The cruise ship Jaina, boasting opulence, was fully booked for its maiden voyage.
However, a few days before the departure, a reservation for one of the cabins was suddenly canceled.
The cabin remained vacant until the last day, when a female passenger made a reservation.
Such sudden cancellations and last-minute bookings were common in travel agencies, so no one suspected that this would lead to a significant incident.
Thus, with all its cabins filled, the Jaina set off on its maiden voyage amidst enthusiastic cheers.
But on the night of the departure,
The woman who had booked the last cabin jumped into the sea.
Several crew members tried desperately to save the passenger who had jumped into the dark waters, but the rescue operation was challenging.
The rescue was delayed, and eventually, the woman was found dead.
Since then, every time the Jaina set sail, incidents of female passengers attempting to jump into the sea occurred.
Moreover, all those who jumped were found dead.
As these incidents repeated, bad rumors began to circulate.
The rumors spread from mouth to mouth:
‘The cursed Jaina.’
‘A ship that demands a human life every time it sets sail.’
The rumors spread rapidly, and eventually, neither passengers nor crew members wanted to board the Jaina.
The cruise ship Jaina, deserted by all, became permanently docked at the port where it had first set sail, bearing the dishonor of the curse.
After that incident, it became an unwritten rule not to accept guests in the cabin that was canceled just before the maiden voyage.
This was to avoid the curse of the Jaina.
But coincidentally, the same situation occurred with the Dekona, which was about to embark on its first voyage.
The sudden cancellation of cabin 1305.
And the female passenger who booked the cabin just before departure.
Captain Marcus had protested, asking for the reservation to be canceled immediately.
But Kyle did not comply.
Fortunately, unlike what Captain Marcus and the crew of the Dekona had feared, the incident today ended as a mere happening.
Kyle’s gaze drifted into space.
“……In this day and age, a curse? I do not believe in such superstitions. Do you?”
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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