As expected, the night was long.
In the car, Tae Joon didn’t know how deep a kiss he had left on Seo Rin. Afraid that the moment would end as soon as their lips parted, Tae Joon held onto her lips for a long time, not letting go.
Until his body ached, and until she pushed him away, Tae Joon had relentlessly pursued her.
And as a result, he couldn’t sleep again now.
The lingering sensation of the kiss tortured his body. No matter how much he tossed and turned in bed trying to sleep, his body wouldn’t obey.
He was completely free from the control of reason.
All that remained was instinct.
“It seems that the saying, ‘men are beasts,’ is correct.”
Damn!
In the end, he kicked the blanket and got up to shower. Given how frequently he had been showering every night for the past few days, it wouldn’t be strange if all the skin on his body started peeling off.
But without doing so, he couldn’t endure the long night.
After taking a shower, he came out to the living room with only a towel around his waist and drank a glass of cold water.
Only then did he feel that the lowly instinct tormenting him had somewhat subsided.
“Ah, this beastly son of a…”
He poured profanities on himself, holding onto the end of the table and bowing his head.
He prided himself on being better than anyone else at controlling his desires, but in front of her, he felt too helpless and pitiful.
He felt like he was truly a wild male animal obedient to his instinct.
Just as he barely calmed himself down and lifted his head, he saw a hallucination.
Seo Rin was standing at the bedroom door, dressed in a slip that fully revealed her body silhouette, as if tempting him.
Seo Rin, whose slightly parted lips and flushed cheeks shone in the yellow moonlight so brightly it was dazzling.
I, just barely calmed down with cold water!
Can someone please tell me it’s a hallucination!
However, the Seo Rin in front of him was not a hallucination. The exchange of glances in the blink of an eye affirmed that.
She was within reach, a distance where he could embrace her if he reached out his hand.
In the brief moment their eyes met, a tension that seemed to burn the skin descended, as if the flow of space itself had stopped.
In the dark night, at the optimal time, they were facing each other in the most tempting way possible, so why not?
But Tae Joon couldn’t dare to reach out his hand for fear of truly becoming a beast.
Fortunately, Seo Rin first avoided his gaze and went back into the room. Even though she disappeared from his sight, the trace of her presence was too strong.
Because his body was heating up again, as if the cold shower was pointless.
“Damn!”
It seemed likely that he would fail to sleep again that night.
Seo Rin, who entered and closed the door, was still not in her right mind due to her heart pounding as if it would break her ribs.
“How can this be…”
She couldn’t sleep. Despite venting her anger so coolly towards Jo Min Hyung today, her body was still hot as if it was craving something.
She had thought until yesterday that this was due to anger, and she had expected to be able to sleep comfortably today, but that was not the case.
In the end, she had gone out to have a glass of water and ended up locking eyes with Tae Joon.
Why on earth was he there at that place?
And that too, barely covered with a towel around his waist, soaked in moisture.
Only after seeing him did she realize. It was not due to her anger that she hadn’t been able to sleep all this while.
“Ah… no way.”
It was sexual frustration.
She was going crazy. The esteemed Seo Rin was sexually frustrated!
Seo Rin came to the bed, fanning her flushing face. However, knowing the identity of this tormenting heat, she couldn’t sleep comfortably.
Tae Joon’s mere existence was a threat to her.
It might not have been the best solution to use separate rooms. It might have been a decision that further fanned the unquenched thirst.
“Ah, really!”
The night had become a painful hell for both of them.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Sodam grimaced as she listened to the onesided beating of the sandbag while tapping on her laptop keyboard.
Violence really didn’t suit her. That’s why, whenever she came to the boxing gym, she felt uncomfortable and couldn’t concentrate.
Eventually, Sodam closed her laptop and expressed strong dissatisfaction.
“The sandbag is going to burst at this rate. Can’t you hit it a bit slower?”
“The sandbag is here to be hit. Why are you following me around and nagging? I told you to work from home.”
“Oh, what are you talking about? You know that I immigrated to the US when I was very young and I don’t know anyone in Korea. The only time I get to interact with people is during work hours. If you ask me to work at home staring at a wall, I’ll go crazy!”
“Then make some friends.”
“Is that so easy? But why do you come here every single day, Director? It seems like you visit more often after getting married!”
Sodam’s words were just casually thrown out, but they sufficiently provoked Tae Joon.
Yes, he had visited the boxing gym more after getting married. Why? Because there was no place to release the energy that had accumulated like mileage overnight.
If it hadn’t been for this, Tae Joon might have been able to travel enough to make a round trip around the Earth with that mileage.
His overflowing energy exceeded imagination.
Especially the night before.
So, Tae Joon gave up on sleeping the previous night and looked at the documents Sodam handed over. He took off his gloves and handed one of them to Sodam.
It was information about a person seen in the network of the police commissioner Heo Kyung Joon.
Kim Min Joon, the first son of Commissioner Heo, known to have a good relationship with his wife despite their separation.
Moreover, he had recently jumped into the natural energy business, but he was having a hard time finding investors.
In short, if Tae Joon wanted to cook him, he was a man who would lie down without a doubt.
“Should we go with this person?”
“Yes. He’s the optimal target for us to use as bait.”
“I see.”
“Approach him well. It doesn’t matter how much money is spent.”
“Yes. I understand. But, I was trying to download some convention materials happening later, and it’s locked. Can you tell me the password?”
“Ah, I left that at home.”
“Not the USB containing the password.”
“That’s what I’m saying, I left it at home.”
“Hmm? You usually memorize everything, don’t you?”
“Yes. But this time I didn’t even look at it. It’s on the desk in my room, so go and find it.”
Having no choice, Sodam nodded, and Tae Joon put his gloves back on and started punching the sandbag as if it was about to burst.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
As if the sandbag in front of him was Jo Min Hyung, he punched even more fiercely than before!
Sodam closed her mouth at this sight.
She didn’t understand why Tae Joon was so angry these days.
However, Sodam, who knew from experience that she should stay quiet when he showed such behavior, was silent.
Any more nagging would likely be poison.
So, she quietly closed her laptop and left the gym.
“Ah, it’s savage. Did you two have a fight?”
But Sodam knew better than anyone that it wasn’t likely. She dared to guess that Seo Rin and he, who had gone through a major event a few days ago, would not have fought even if they were tearful with affection for each other.
But why on earth was Tae Joon behaving like that?
He seemed angry.
No, he seemed like a person who had a grudge against the sandbag.
In the end, Sodam tilted her head and muttered.
“Wow, what the… At that age… Is it puberty?”
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Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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