As if reflecting the subtle psychology, small wrinkles formed on Gyo Hwan’s smooth forehead as he picked up the eel with chopsticks.
“Why do you keep refusing my favors?”
Even though you contact me during working hours and ask for help from Nam Team Leader…!
“I’m not refusing your favors, I’m just keeping my boundaries.”
I don’t want to mistake your favors for personal liking.
“But it’s not something my father likes.”
Gyo Hwan furrowed his brow as if asking what she meant.
“Are you using me like the rumors say? Spreading gossip to make Kang Han Na hear about it?”
“Let’s talk after we finish eating since we’re in the middle of a meal.”
I’m not sure what he wants to talk about, but it doesn’t seem like a comfortable topic to discuss over a meal.
“Isn’t it because of all the nice things you do for me in front of the employees? Isn’t that why?”
Only now did Gyo Hwan realize that he had made Hyo Jin uncomfortable. He put down his chopsticks and smoothly swallowed the water in the glass.
“I don’t know why you have such thoughts, but I have never taken advantage of Bong Teacher, and I have never thought that I was being nice.”
If anything, it’s Bong Teacher who keeps refusing even when I want to be nice.
“As I mentioned last time, thanks to Bong Teacher, I’ve gotten closer to Yul. I wanted to repay him for his kindness.”
“So it’s not because you like him.”
She does it because she likes him.
“Then does Nam Team Leader do it because he likes him?”
Unable to understand why she keeps rejecting him, Gyo Hwan sharply retaliated.
“Does Nam Team Leader ask you to move heavy rice cakes, pack lunchboxes, and bury kimchi pots at the weekend farm?”
Hyo Jin was stunned and looked Gyo Hwan in the eyes with determination.
“My father also knows that I like you.”
“Who? Nam Team Leader?”
I wondered if it could be true, and it turned out it was.
“No, it’s not Nam Team Leader, it’s my father.”
“What?”
Gyo Hwan was even more surprised, his double eyelids raised as he blinked several times.
“Me? When did I?”
When did I find out that Bong Teacher liked me? Gyo Hwan felt like he was struck by lightning after confessing while eating eel.
“No matter how drunk you are, a woman doesn’t kiss a man she doesn’t like.”
“Teacher, I told you. It wasn’t a kiss to that extent…!”
It was just that our faces were close due to the alcohol, and our lips lightly touched.
“But to me, it was a kiss.”
Gyo Hwan would probably want to believe that it was because of the alcohol, but he didn’t want to feel awkward around Seung Yul.
“Even if you say you don’t remember because of the alcohol, you know that much. But my father acted as if nothing happened, without showing any sign, right?”
Of course, because he has no feelings for me. That’s why he could stay silent and act like nothing happened.
“Because of Seung Yul, you said?”
The reason he didn’t show any sign. Because he didn’t want to feel uncomfortable.
“I feel the same way.”
Just in case my feelings for my father grow stronger and I can’t be by Seung Yul’s side.
“I’m not accustomed to dealing with emotions like my father.”
No matter how much I try to hide it, my feelings for my father unconsciously surface, and I worry that my father might feel burdened.
“I can’t just let any meaningless words or actions from my father pass by.”
I promised to study hard, so I have to study until dawn and finally feel relieved and fall asleep.
No matter how hard I try, there’s no way my father would like me…!
As the thought reached that point, Hyo Jin felt so pathetic that tears threatened to pour out.
“So, please, Father, who is more experienced than me, please protect the boundary.”
For Seung Yul’s sake.
“I’m sorry. I don’t think I can eat anymore.”
As if reminded of Hyo Jin, who got up and grabbed her coat as she was leaving, she spoke.
“Please leave the remaining lunchbox to Nam Team Leader.”
Damn it.
Exchange, who thought there might still be something he wanted to say to himself, let out a bitter smile and sighed after Hyo Jin left.
“Ha, there’s actually one more thing I can’t remember. Besides the kiss…”
If only he had been drunk enough to not remember anything.
Tilting his thumb, he recalled the sensation of his lips softly rubbing against hers, the friction between their lips as they touched, as if he had had a drink.
“My father and I… now that I think about it, we have one thing in common.”
Even with his eyes closed, he could vividly recall the apricotcolored lips that would curve into a refreshing smile.
“My father said he became Seung Yul’s father at the age of twentyseven, right?”
Unlike him, who tried not to show any signs of confusion as he chewed on his red lips, she, who had stolen his lips, was innocent as if nothing had happened.
“As for me… I became Seung Yul’s mother at the age of twentyseven!”
As she laughed bashfully, her eyes that would curve into crescents were warm like the spring sunshine.
“From the first time I saw him, I wanted to hold my father tightly.”
Gently brushing away the strands of hair that covered her eyes like lovers would do, her touch as she tenderly caressed her cheek was unbelievably soft. It was irresistible.
‘You looked so cold. Sitting against the backdrop of the gray cityscape. It felt just like winter.’
Knowing it was because of the alcohol, my heart raced uncontrollably.
‘I’ll make sure you’re not cold. Because I’m your spring.’
Does she know?
‘Hello, I’m Bong Hyo Jin.’
The name spoken with apricotcolored lips, curving like a peach, sounded just like Spring Hyo Jin…
“Bong Hyo Jin…”
Uttering the woman’s name with his lips, Gyo Hwan couldn’t sit still any longer.
“Oh? Teacher Bong?”
Hyo Jin, walking from the executive elevator to the lobby with revolving doors, abruptly stopped.
“Hello. I’m Kang Han Na. We meet here like this?”
They say you meet your enemy on a narrow bridge.
“Shall we go inside and have a cup of tea? Even though we didn’t plan to meet like this. Are you feeling better?”
Han Na’s overly delighted expression made Hyo Jin even more uncomfortable.
“Do we really have to have tea? We don’t have anything to discuss.”
“Oh, I have plenty to talk about, but I guess you don’t?”
Hyo Jin found it difficult to endure Han Na’s friendly approach, knowing it was deliberate to maintain her image.
“I was truly sorry for last time. If I had gone with my mother, it wouldn’t have happened.”
“So, what do you want to say?”
As Han Na laughed with a hint of irritation, her eyebrows tightened and then relaxed.
“Why are you so confident?”
It should be me who gets angry.
“If you have nothing else to say, then I’ll go.”
“Where are you going? Are you avoiding me because you’re afraid I’ll embarrass you like our mother?”
What? You only see what you want to see. As expected, when things don’t go your way, your true colors show.
“I understand that you resent me because of our ignorant mother, but there’s nothing between me and Dad, you know?”
“Hah, who would believe that? We both know perfectly well that you came down together.”
With arms folded, she blocked his way with a force as if she would spit in his face.
“Shall I honestly tell you why I suggested having tea together?”
As Han Na approached, biting her lips like a delinquent, she suddenly stopped.
“…Oh? Oppa.”
At the word “Oppa,” Hyo Jin’s pupils shook greatly.
When she turned around, he was standing right in front of her, having come down in the elevator.
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The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
