Upon hearing the rushed suggestion of divorce, Taeyeon stood frozen in place like a statue.
“Why no answer!”
Taeyeon forcefully held onto her drifting consciousness.
To suddenly ask for a divorce when they hadn’t even completed the initially agreed-upon two years was utterly unexpected and bewildering.
“Dad…”
Her voice trembled, but there was no time to dwell on it.
Desperately, Taeyeon continued, “Dad, there’s still time left in the agreed period.”
“What’s so important about it now?”
“Why are you suddenly doing this!”
Unlike Taeyeon’s usually calm voice, a mix of emotions emerged in her words.
Chairman Jin seemed bewildered by this emotional side of Taeyeon he had never seen before.
‘Is this the side Ta Jin talked about?’
Without giving Chairman Jin a chance to think differently, Taeyeon calmly continued, “Dad, I’ve already explained the situation to Dojun thoroughly regarding the investment.”
“Isn’t there any result?”
“Sigh. Let’s discuss it again when I get back home today…”
“That’s enough. This is the end of the opportunities I give you.”
Chairman Jin gulped down the cold water he was holding in one go.
Even after that, seemingly unsatisfied, he forcefully placed the empty cup back on the table with a loud thud.
“I’m disgusted by your indifference to Chashin Yoo Up, whether it succeeds or fails.”
“…”
“Enduring a few more months by Dojun’s side won’t change anything, so let’s end it here.”
It seemed more expedient to divorce Dojun and resell Taeyeon to another wealthy man for easier investment.
After all, she had been brought and raised since infancy to use her in this way.
With that thought, Chairman Jin handed over an envelope.
Taeyeon accepted it with a bewildered expression.
“What’s this?”
Chairman Jin gestured to open it with a nod of his chin.
What could be inside that he was giving it in such a discreet place?
Taeyeon reached into the envelope and pulled out a single sheet of paper.
“…”
Reading the writing on that paper, Taeyeon’s eyelashes trembled.
[Divorce Agreement]“Dad, are you serious?”
“This marriage was purely a business deal.”
With a helpless gaze, Taeyeon looked at the divorce document Chairman Jin presented.
“Dojun intended to solidify his position through this marriage.”
Chairman Jin sighed deeply, looking at the stunned Taeyeon.
“All we needed was to receive the investment!”
Sharp words of reprimand continued to follow.
“You weren’t meant to harbor such foolish emotions and indulge in romance!”
With that, Chairman Jin even took out a fountain pen and handed it to Taeyeon.
“Complete your information and present it to Dojun tonight without delay.”
Taeyeon just stared blankly, not accepting the fountain pen Chairman Jin offered.
This marriage was indeed nothing more than a business deal, just as Chairman Jin had said.
Mixing the strange emotion called love with business was not advisable. However, there is no regret. Even if given the chance to go back in time, the same decision would likely be made.
“Jin Taeyeon! What are you doing, not filling out the documents?”
Taeyeon slowly raised her gaze from Chairman Jin’s offered fountain pen.
Observing Chairman Jin, whose patience was wearing thin and forehead was wrinkled, Taeyeon placed the divorce papers on the table with a thud.
In a short moment, she finished organizing her thoughts, presenting a somewhat composed expression.
“Father.”
Her usual gentle voice was replaced by a somewhat chilly tone.
“In business, you taught me that trust is the most important, right?”
Even her chestnut-colored irises, which had shown emotional fluctuations, were now coldly composed.
Chairman Jin, looking at Taeyeon’s face that had turned so indifferent that no emotions could be read, involuntarily lowered his hand.
“Well, I did.”
“The promised period is still remaining, and telling me to leave Dojun’s side so recklessly puts me in a difficult position.”
Although it was just words, her expressionless face made it seem so.
She seemed as cold as if she had come on a refrigerated truck.
Was this the daughter who could make such expressions and speak like this?
Chairman Jin’s back was so tense that sweat dripped down.
However, as she always followed his words to the extreme, Chairman Jin spoke with a firm voice again.
“Why is your situation so important right now?”
“If I refuse to do so.”
“What?”
Chairman Jin was dumbfounded, wondering what story he had just heard.
“If I say I won’t get a divorce, there’s nothing even you can do, right, Father?”
“…”
The shocked Chairman Jin’s lips slowly parted.
Taeyeon, watching his reaction, smirked.
It wasn’t her usual charming smile, but a bitter smirk that seemed so alien.
Yet there was something about it that made the person sitting in front of her unable to move.
“If Father keeps provoking me like this.”
Taeyeon glanced briefly at the empty divorce papers Chairman Jin presented.
“If I say I won’t get a divorce, it becomes quite inconvenient for me, doesn’t it?”
“Is that so? Are you serious?”
“Did you think I was joking?”
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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