A guest house in Busan.
The bright sunlight shone over Taeyeon lying on the bed.
Certainly, the time spent lying on the bed was long, but she couldn’t fall asleep.
Because there was a face that kept coming to her mind whenever she closed her eyes.
“You must have been surprised…….”
Dojun must have been quite shocked, considering she had run away without a word.
It was irresponsible of her to leave his side like that, but there was no other choice.
As long as I continued to stand by his side, Taeyin would do anything to send Dojun into ruin.
During the time she was away from Dojun, all she could hope for was that he would see this situation rationally.
Taeyeon turned on the prepaid phone she activated last night and sent a message to Yoonji.
“I arrived safely. The guest house here is really nice.”
Thanks to Yoonji, she was relieved that she could reduce her worries about where to stay.
Thinking of having a drink of water, Taeyeon opened the door.
As she entered the guest house kitchen, two good-looking men appeared.
Their eyes met by chance, and Taeyeon awkwardly smiled and avoided eye contact.
While she was taking out a cup to get some cold water, one of the men spoke.
“Have you had breakfast?”
Taeyeon didn’t even think that he was talking to her and just stared intently at the flowing stream of water from the water purifier.
As she filled the cup with water and took a sip, the man next to her asked a similar question.
“If you haven’t had a meal yet, would you like to have it together?”
Taeyeon turned her body slowly.
The two handsome men smiled brightly at her, surprising Taeyeon.
“Are you talking to me by any chance?”
“Yes, yes, of course. Would you like to join us?”
Yoonji mentioned that people staying at the guest house often traveled and ate together if their schedules matched.
Thinking that these two men might be among those people, Taeyeon awkwardly rolled her lips and asked.
In front of the two men were a lot of freshly baked bread.
Perhaps they suggested eating it together.
“No, it’s okay.”
She didn’t know who they were, and she didn’t particularly want to eat anything, so Taeyeon politely declined.
As she was about to leave the kitchen.
One of the men spoke again in a gentle voice.
“Madam… No, the boss prepared these toasts. Here.”
Then the man next to him agreed and flattered.
“That’s right. We won’t eat this much anyway. I don’t know why she prepared so much.”
The men got up from their seats, passing by Taeyeon and leaving the kitchen first.
Even as they passed through the long hallway, the two men talked about the toast they had for breakfast.
“Maybe because it’s freshly baked, the bread was delicious.”
“Maybe it’s because it’s homemade jam. It melted in my mouth.”
“Oh, well. If no one eats it, we’ll have to throw it away.”
“Here, the boss has large hands, they say. He prepared too much for breakfast today.”
As the sound faded away.
Taeyeon once again shifted her gaze to the dining table.
As the two men said, freshly baked bread was neatly placed on the plates.
When Taeyeon was looking at it intently.
The guest house owner came in, sighed briefly while looking at the still plentiful bread, and said, “I guess I prepared too much. I prepared it for everyone to eat comfortably.”
The owner picked up a toast bread, spread homemade jam on it, and asked Taeyeon, who was standing in the kitchen corner, “Miss, didn’t you have breakfast? Would you like a bite?”
Taeyeon, who was hesitating, took a step forward as if possessed.
Only then did the guest house owner, with a bright smile, hand over the untouched bread and jam to Taeyeon.
“Good thinking. You need to have a hearty breakfast to gain strength.”
The guest house owner quickly made room for Taeyeon to comfortably have her meal.
She had no appetite, but if she wanted to endure, she had to eat whatever was given.
Taeyeon sat down and absentmindedly stared into space, taking a bite of the toast.
The meal was originally not much, and today, she struggled to eat even half and left it as it was.
Taeyeon put the remaining bread into the trash bag for food waste and returned to her room.
“I hope Mr. Dojun is taking care of himself with his meals…….”
Since leaving him, Taeyeon’s mind had been occupied only by Dojun.
What’s the use of worrying now?
With that thought, Taeyeon started to prepare for a light outing.
There was a call from Chairman Cha.
I don’t know where he heard the news so quickly, but it spread like a ghost.
As Dojun entered Baeksangjae, Chairman Cha, full of worries, called him.
“Have you come? Sit down.”
There were not only Chairman Cha at the large dining room table.
To his left, Haejun was sitting, making Dojun’s gaze even colder.
“It seems like my brother has some free time lately. It seems like he’s almost living at Baeksangjae.”
At that remark, Haejun just smiled silently.
Chairman Cha, with a low voice, asked Dojun about the truth.
“I heard that Taeyeon took a long vacation.”
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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