Smiling self-deprecatingly, I let out a long breath.
Gabriel’s words left a heavy imprint on a corner of my heart. Ironically, going on a punitive mission seemed more comfortable than being on a mission for over a year.
In the midst of my disappointed laughter, hurried footsteps approached.
“Senior, are you here?”
“Klein?”
Did he really run all the way here?
Despite the cool breeze blowing, Ian’s forehead was covered in sweat.
“Did you have a discussion with the Commander here?”
“How did you know?”
“I happened to see the Commander on my way here.”
“Ah, I see.”
Recalling Gabriel, my heart felt heavy again. Honestly, I didn’t want to betray that trust. But more than that, I was afraid of whether I could truly live up to that trust.
“Hmm…”
Ian, his words trailing off, gently stroked his cheek with his dry hand. I approached him, taking a step closer, examining his tense expression.
“Why?”
“Did you say you would be dispatched to the Baron’s command?”
“Oh, well…”
Before I could say I wasn’t, Ian abruptly spoke.
“Don’t go.”
“What?”
“Don’t go on the mission.”
“Klein, you’re misunderstanding something…”
“Senior, I know you’re stronger than me. But I’m always worried.”
Ian’s face contorted as if he was about to cry. Above the blurred complexion, the pain he felt emerged delicately.
“I don’t want you to get hurt.”
The lump in his throat moved as if it were trembling. Suppressing the surging emotions, I slowly spoke.
“I won’t go to the Baron’s command.”
“Huh? You won’t go?”
With a stunned expression, Ian blinked rapidly and asked with narrowed eyes.
“Yeah, I won’t go on the mission.”
Even though I might be entrusted with a heavier responsibility, I’m not going on a mission immediately.
Nodding, I noticed Ian’s face brightening visibly.
“Really?”
“Yeah. I was trying to tell you for a while, but you didn’t give me a chance to speak…”
“Thank goodness.”
Seeing his relieved face, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter. Just gazing at his all-encompassing smile made the worries that had clouded my mind seem to vanish.
Exhaling a light sigh, I swallowed the dry saliva.
Setting aside the original, the conclusion, and death—all those concerns…
What do I really think about Ian?
The ripple caused by that question gradually spread.
Ian was somewhat bitter, yet at the same time, cute. Sometimes, looking at him evoked tender feelings, and unexpectedly, he seemed adorable.
The small waves eventually turned into strong currents, and I felt as if I might be swept away without realizing it. As if everything else was blurred except for Ian’s eyes, smile, and the soft expressions directed at me.
While contemplating, I unconsciously closed my eyes, feeling like I might be swept away. After a short while, when I opened my eyes again, Ian’s affectionate gaze was waiting for me.
Meeting his eyes, my fingertips instinctively reached out as his faint smile embraced his face.
“Klein.”
“Yes. Please speak.”
Why did my hand twitch every time I stood before Ian? I seemed to know the reason a bit.
“So…”
I had been trying to hide my feelings that had already flowed towards him and enduring them all this time.
Even in moments when I desperately wanted to embrace you, I kept holding back, even the countless times I yearned to feel this emotion…
I had been enduring it all along.
“This might not be the right timing to say this…”
Ian’s eyes flickered briefly. In that moment when I was captivated by the thought that perhaps it was not him but me who was shaking, my lips moved of their own accord.
“Can you hug me just once?”
“What?”
“Can you hug me?”
Ian looked at me with a bewildered expression and spread his arms in a slightly awkward posture. Bursting into laughter, I ran towards him and embraced him in his open arms.
“Senior?”
Ian, looking surprised, lightly hugged my shoulders. It was more like placing his hands rather than a proper hug.
“I said I would wait until I have room in my heart, until I’m ready to embrace someone, right?”
“…….?”
“But there was no need to wait.”
As I lowered my eyelids, I could feel Ian’s heart pounding strongly. Simultaneously, the sound of my own heart beating faster resonated more distinctly.
Ah, I have already given my heart to you.
“Yes?”
“It was already there, in you.”
As I raised my gaze, shaking irises met mine. Ian looked down at me with his eyebrows slightly raised, as if conveying an unbelievable story.
Ian’s Adam’s apple moved slowly, and eventually, he slowly parted his lips.
“So, right now…”
“I already liked you, Ian.”
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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