Ensnared by the Trap (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 11
“……So, was the date fun?”
At Kyle’s provocative question, Se Hee felt as though she had been suddenly thrown from the warm spring sunlight into the middle of a late cold snap.
Was it just her imagination?
The way he spoke so seriously, even using honorifics, made it feel almost as if he were jealous—was that really just her delusion?
Se Hee couldn’t answer right away.
She couldn’t exactly read what was in his heart, but the bewildering question had unexpectedly sparked a flutter of hope inside her.
She quietly stared into Kyle’s deep eyes that were fixed solely on her, as if waiting for an answer.
She wanted to know a little more about this man’s feelings.
Whether her thoughts were right.
“……A date…… you say?”
Se Hee asked back with an utterly innocent expression.
Kyle instantly regretted it the moment he saw her reaction.
He had only been a little curious about the man he’d seen her with in front of the restaurant.
No, he admitted he had been extremely curious.
But there had been no need to confirm it so directly like this.
The question had slipped out before he realized it.
For some strange reason, whenever he was with this woman, his reason seemed to paralyze.
Kyle’s brow quickly furrowed.
“If not, then I apologize for the rudeness.”
He didn’t like the words that came out next either.
But he also couldn’t exactly ask who on earth that man was.
“Ah, that person?”
Se Hee spoke playfully, as if she had only just caught on, once his arrogant tone returned to normal.
That person.
Se Hee immediately caught the way Kyle’s eyebrow twitched at the phrase.
“That person?”
As expected, Kyle repeated her words.
“You saw us heading to the restaurant together? I didn’t see Mr. Graham at all. If you did, you should’ve said hello. I’m hurt.”
Se Hee was starting to enjoy herself.
Kyle’s expression changed so subtly that most people wouldn’t notice, but to Se Hee’s eyes every little shift was perfectly visible.
Watching a man who was normally like a solid block of Arctic ice react moment by moment to her words was making Se Hee feel light and fluffy.
“Rather than a date, well, it was just something like that?”
Watching Kyle’s face, Se Hee tried the tactic of trailing off just enough to heighten his curiosity.
Come on, take the bait now.
Se Hee struggled to hide the victorious smile that threatened to burst out.
“I’ll pass on the word games.”
But Kyle countered in a way that snapped even her fishing rod in half.
His cool gaze and low voice instantly blew away the triumphant smile Se Hee had been hiding.
Kyle’s expression turned icy.
He had almost been dragged in again.
This woman was utterly unpredictable.
The kind who could bounce anywhere, and that only stimulated his nerves more.
“Ah, fine. It wasn’t a date. He bought me dinner because I helped him with something.”
Se Hee declared surrender and told the truth.
He really wasn’t an easy man.
But she had enjoyed it, even if only for a moment.
So this was what people meant by “thrilling.”
Unaware that the corners of her mouth were practically touching the sky, Se Hee stared openly at Kyle.
“What’s with that look?”
He asked, sounding uncomfortable.
“Huh? It’s nothing.”
Se Hee quickly turned her head and looked at the painting instead.
“This is just out of needless worry, but you’re not sulking because we couldn’t have dinner together, right? I’m only asking out of curiosity.”
She sneaked a sideways glance at Kyle’s face and spoke teasingly.
“Is this your way of asking me on a date?”
Kyle asked with a look that said “as if.”
“Ah, no. Not at all. So rest easy. Ah…… should I keep a safe distance here too?”
Se Hee quickly took a few steps away from him.
She was flustered by Kyle’s sudden counterattack.
“There seems to be some misunderstanding—dating is something you do with someone you kinda like and can have fun with. With a human freezer it would be so frigid and cold……”
The words tumbled out in a frantic attempt to hide her embarrassment.
Se Hee covered her mouth too late; the words that had already escaped couldn’t be taken back.
This time she had crossed the line—a lot.
“Hu. man. free. zer?”
As expected, his brow creased deeply.
“You’re giving that kind of evaluation…… without ever having dated me?”
His obviously displeased gaze pierced sharply toward Se Hee.
“No…… I mean. Just looking at Mr. Graham……”
If she finished with “you look like a workaholic,” she felt like that murderous glare might slice her throat, so Se Hee quietly shut her mouth.
“……That’s how it is.”
“I believe I said I don’t like word games.”
Kyle’s expression, which had been looking at her with dissatisfaction, began turning dangerous in an instant.
His voice dropped even lower than before.
“You’re staring at me like you’re going to devour me—if a knife were at my throat I still couldn’t say any more.”
Th-this isn’t what I meant.
Se Hee could physically feel the situation growing bigger the more she talked.
“We should clear up the misunderstanding.”
“Yes?”
“A date with me. I’ll let you experience it right now.”
“A-a date? With me? R-right now?”
Se Hee’s eyes widened at Kyle’s out-of-the-blue proposal.
“Why? As I thought, you don’t think you can handle it?”
Kyle looked down at her with an arrogant expression.
“……It’s just one date, what’s there to ‘handle’? Anytime. Call!”
“Yeah? I like that attitude.”
Kyle naturally held out his hand like an escort.
After a brief hesitation, Se Hee placed her hand on his.
The warmth coming from his hand, which gave off a chilly aura, was still warm today.
Moreover, the strange sensation traveling up through that hand made Se Hee unavoidably tense.
“The date hasn’t even started yet, and you’re already trembling?”
Kyle’s low voice reached Se Hee’s ear.
Startled, Se Hee flinched all the way to her shoulders—Kyle saw it clearly.
“Tr-trembling? Who’s trembling? I’m an adult, and I have plenty of dating experience, you know?”
Se Hee answered with as much confidence as she could muster.
“I hadn’t thought that far, but you want an adult date, then?”
Kyle smirked teasingly.
“No, what I meant was…… it seems you misunderstood. That’s not what I meant.”
“Shall we go somewhere close?”
Kyle lightly ignored her words and started walking.
“No…… wait. That’s……”
A trace of amused laughter appeared on Kyle’s face as he looked at the bewildered Se Hee.
* * *
Kyle stopped after walking only a short distance.
It was in front of the restaurant Francois where Se Hee had eaten dinner.
“It’s closed because it’s late. How can you talk about a date when you don’t even know something that basic.”
Se Hee scolded Kyle in a sulky voice.
“Really?”
Kyle rang the chime.
A waiter came out from inside.
Upon seeing Kyle, the waiter politely asked them to wait a moment and hurried back in.
Soon after, he returned with an elderly gentleman who appeared to be the general manager.
“We will escort you to the private room.”
Without Kyle saying another word, the old gentleman immediately guided them inside.
Private room?
Se Hee followed the guidance and walked alongside Kyle.
There was an elegant marble staircase in the center of the hall that she had been curious about—it turned out to lead to the private room.
When they went upstairs, three large doors came into view.
The general manager who led them to the middle door, which had luxurious relief patterns, opened it with perfect manners and stepped back.
Kyle also stopped and looked back at Se Hee as if telling her to go in first.
Se Hee cautiously stepped inside and lost all words.
Through the floor-to-ceiling glass window, the Mediterranean Sea was visible as it was.
It was enough to create the illusion of being right in the middle of the ocean.
The soft lighting spreading from outside naturally illuminated the dark scenery, yet the inside could not be seen from out there.
Moreover, the sofa and table that looked like something a medieval emperor would have used further elevated the dignity of the place.
“Feel free to sit.”
Unlike Kyle who sat naturally, Se Hee, who was visiting a place like this for the first time in her life, was cautious even about sitting down.
“Ah…… yes. It’s so gorgeous that I momentarily lost my soul. As expected of a shipping company operated by the Evans Group. It’s the best.”
Se Hee sat down with a bright smile.
Clearly praise for the Evans Group, yet Kyle didn’t particularly like that praise.
Had he wanted praise for himself for bringing her to a place like this?
How on earth had things come to this again.
Kyle let out a small sigh.
He really couldn’t understand why he was being swayed like this.
“It’s late, so shall we have a light drink?”
“Yes…… I’ll have a cockt— no…… I’ll have what I always enjoy.”
He remembered Jung Yeon smiling and saying she didn’t like weak alcohol when Se Hee mentioned attending a cocktail party.
Jung Yeon had looked sophisticated and proud when she said that.
Se Hee also wanted to appear as that kind of woman on this date.
“What you always enjoy?”
Kyle asked curiously.
“Yes. I like cold vodka. Straight, too. About six glasses get me pleasantly tipsy.”
Se Hee declared boldly.
That should be sophisticated enough, right?
In truth, she had never even drunk six glasses.
“Unexpected.”
Kyle tilted his head slightly.
Of course it would be unexpected.
I can probably endure two glasses somehow.
Se Hee clenched her fists.
“There’s no need to be so combative on a date.”
The corner of Kyle’s mouth curved up.
“Combative? I’m perfectly relaxed.”
Se Hee forced a smile.
When Kyle rang the bell, the general manager came in.
He ordered only vodka.
“Sa-same for you? You said something light. You seem unaware, but vodka isn’t a light drink?”
A faint unease passed over Se Hee’s face.
“Well, it has a clean taste that’s rather charming.”
Kyle said calmly.
Did I pick the wrong one?
Se Hee suddenly felt a chill.
A bottle of vodka carefully placed in a golden ice bucket was prepared along with various appetizers including caviar.
“Then, the first glass should be emptied cleanly—that’s the Korean style.”
Se Hee raised the filled glass.
“……To our first date.”
She shouted the toast and poured the glass straight into her mouth.
“It’s pretty strong, so take it slow.”
“40 proof or so is fine.”
The vodka proof Se Hee knew was 40.
Of course, it was fatal for the alcohol-weak Se Hee.
“It’s a bit higher than that?”
“Whether 40 or 50, there’s not much difference.”
Se Hee answered nonchalantly toward Kyle who spoke insinuatingly.
“What if it’s even higher?”
Kyle spoke again as if playing twenty questions.
“Just how high is it?”
Se Hee raised her voice as if telling him to stop joking and say it.
“70 proof?”
At Kyle’s words, Se Hee’s expression instantly hardened.
No wonder—it felt like her mouth and esophagus were burning the moment she swallowed.
“Gr-great. Well, 40 or 70 is the same. One more glass.”
Se Hee dangerously refilled her own glass.
“It’ll be quite different?”
Kyle lifted his still-remaining glass.
“Men can be so timid.”
Se Hee lightly clinked her glass and poured the second one into her mouth.
The second glass made her experience hell.
If she opened her mouth now, she felt like she might breathe fire.
Kyle placed a glass of iced water in front of Se Hee.
“No thank you. I’ll pass.”
But Se Hee firmly refused.
“I said let’s go on a date. I never said let’s play a speed-drinking game?”
“……Right?”
“You’re drunk.”
Kyle’s brow moved at the sound of Se Hee’s voice that was already slurring.
“I’m not drunk.”
But even Se Hee herself could tell her pronunciation was seriously twisted.
Her face turning red, her eyes cutely furrowing.
Even her slender fingers trembling.
Kyle watched all of it with gentle eyes.
“I feel amazing right now. Look at that pitch-black endless night sea. Isn’t it cool? I’m in the Mediterranean right now.”
Se Hee’s trembling voice sounded moved.
“I thought I’d never escape the Han River my whole life. The Mediterranean, of all places.”
As if her throat was choked, Se Hee lowered her head with a pained expression.
“Whew…… Cha Hyun Joon…… thanks to you I get to travel like this.”
Soon tears fell from Se Hee’s eyes.
“Oh no…… haa. S-sorry. I think I’m really drunk. Sorry. I’m not usually like this.”
Se Hee hurriedly wiped her tears.
Slowly raising her head, Se Hee looked for Kyle.
But he wasn’t in front of her.
Huh, he was definitely sitting there.
And everything was pitch dark all around, as if shrouded in darkness.
Dizzy…… her head was spinning.
Se Hee collapsed just like that.
* * *
Kyle quickly stood up and safely caught Se Hee’s falling head.
“Honestly, really.”
While grumbling at the absurd situation, Kyle moved to the seat beside her so Se Hee could lean comfortably on his shoulder.
The current situation was a twist among twists.
No woman had ever mentioned another man in front of Kyle Graham Evans.
They might pretend to be drunk to seduce him, but none had ever actually gotten drunk and passed out.
Thanks to Se Hee, Kyle was experiencing all sorts of new situations.
In that moment, unable to bear the weight, Se Hee’s head limply slipped closer to Kyle’s neck.
Her steady breathing tickled Kyle’s ear.
Soon a sweet floral scent mixed with the sharp alcohol rose to Kyle’s nose.
At that intensely stimulating sensation, Kyle unconsciously clenched his fist tightly.
For some time now, the sound of his violently pounding heart felt like it was ringing in his ears.
As if she had noticed, Se Hee’s small head burrowed even closer into Kyle’s arms.
The moment Se Hee’s hot breath fully reached Kyle’s Adam’s apple,
her moist lips that had settled there sensitively stimulated Kyle.
The spot where Se Hee’s lips touched felt like it was burning.
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.
*
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!
***
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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