Putting down the shopping bags that filled both hands, Taehee sat next to Jun and asked, “Where’s Mom?”
“I’ve been dumped.”
As if asking what he meant, when Taehee looked at him, Jun explained, “The neighbor we met at the store is having a meal in Room 5. She said your mother accepted one of the bags I bought and asked for it as a gift. So, I reserved a room for a meal, thinking your mother wouldn’t mind.”
For that reason, Jun was sitting in the reserved room, and he had booked another room for the two of them.
“But was there an empty room here?”
“Someone didn’t show up, so one room became vacant.”
Taehee chuckled at Jun’s words.
She could imagine how angry that woman must have been to no-show at a regular restaurant.
“What about that guy and that woman?”
“That guy tried to cling to your mother but changed his mind after hearing a word and left with the neighbor’s husband. I don’t know about the woman; she left the store before me.”
That’s how fickle people’s hearts were.
Min Seontae, that woman, and others as well.
How could their minds change so quickly in such a short time? Even animals might not be like that.
“So, did you use my money, and my mom paid for the show?”
“That’s what it means to use the money. But, Min Taehee, who are you?”
When Taehee looked at him as if asking what he was talking about, Jun’s gaze turned to the shopping bags.
“I told you not to buy items on sale.”
Looking at Jun with a disappointed expression for a moment, Taehee burst into laughter.
“I bought everything as the latest fashion, not on sale.”
“But why is the payment amount like this?”
“Isn’t it trendy these days for the younger generation to go crazy for luxury goods? You should go shopping at an edit shop if you’re not buying luxury items.”
Probably, Jun’s phone must have been inundated with payment notification messages.
However, there was something Jun didn’t know.
Inside those numerous shopping bags was something that would wear out Jun’s patience – underwear.
Of course, there was no intention to let him know right away.
“Even if it’s not a luxury brand, there are many good brands, and did you shop from head to toe as you said? I did well, right?”
This time, Taehee looked at Jun with a natural expression, gently touching his cheek, and praised him.
Jun, who had been smiling as if he couldn’t stop, suddenly erased his smile and glanced at Taehee with a bright gaze.
“You did well, should I give you a reward?”
At that moment, an oblivious cellphone vibrated on the table.
“Oh? I think I received a call from this number last time too,” Taehee murmured softly, and Jun also looked at Taehee’s phone placed on the table.
Seeing the displayed last digits on the screen, the moment Taehee was about to answer the call, a vivid memory flashed back.
Jun covered Taehee’s hand over the phone when she was about to pick it up.
When Taehee looked at him with a questioning gaze, Jun said, “Don’t answer. It’s probably spam.”
“But it’s a phone number?”
“These days, people just exchange phone numbers, and that’s it.”
“If it’s someone I know.”
“They’ll leave a message.”
Listening to him, it wasn’t entirely incorrect.
But there wasn’t a strong reason not to answer.
With that thought, Taehee tried to answer the call.
“Still…?”
I’ll answer.
However, she couldn’t continue until the end.
Although the cellphone on the table kept ringing, it was no longer audible.
Jun approached closely, tilted his chin, and came close to her lips, whispering, “You should receive the reward, Mintaehee.”
And… gently kissed her.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
