Light kisses followed.
It was dizzying, sweeter than the favorite candies. Nokhyun’s fingers unbuttoning Taein’s pajamas trembled sweetly, as if embracing Taein for the first time.
Feeling overly self-conscious, he took a long breath. Warm breath, heated from the chest, dispersed into the air.
At that moment, a creaking sound reached them. Nokhyun and Taein simultaneously turned their heads towards the source of the noise.
Sihoo, holding the doorknob, made eye contact with them. Nokhyun and Taein recoiled.
Sihoo rushed over and lay in the middle of the bed.
“I want to sleep with Mom and Dad.”
“You said you were happy to have your room, but now you want to sleep alone?”
Ignoring Nokhyun’s sigh-mingled words, Sihoo plunged into Taein’s arms.
“Did you have a scary dream?”
Taein, comforting Sihoo’s back, asked.
Sihoo shook his head slightly and snuggled even closer to Taein.
“I don’t like younger siblings!”
“What?”
In a muffled voice, Taein gently held Sihoo’s face with his hands and looked into his eyes.
“Sleeping with Mom and Dad makes a younger sibling. I don’t like younger siblings! Let’s sleep together.”
Sihoo eventually burst into tears.
Stunned, Nokhyun and Taein watched Sihoo crying without a word.
Taein, who regained his composure first, comforted Sihoo’s back and asked.
“Who told you such a thing?”
“The pretty aunt.”
It was Hyesung. Apparently, she left such words when she visited a week ago.
Since then, Sihoo continued to sleep between Nokhyun and Taein.
“Can’t believe Oh Hyesung said that…”
As Sihoo’s tears gradually stopped, he fell asleep in Taein’s arms. Sihoo slept as peacefully as if nothing happened. On the other hand, Taein and Nokhyun, who received this unexpected bombshell, couldn’t sleep for a long time.
The next day, Nokhyun, who sent Taein to work first, used the meantime to report to Morra.
To perfectly protect her precious home, Nokhyun tirelessly monitored the villains every day. Seji seemed to have given up and was quietly living in prison, while Younggap fought with other prisoners whenever he got the chance.
Seyoung sailed on a deep-sea fishing boat last month due to meeting a ruthless creditor. Yeongmi, who used to wander around homeless, was now working as a daily cleaner, struggling to make ends meet.
After checking the status of the villains, Nokhyun went to wake up Sihoo.
Gently looking at Sihoo, she took a photo with her phone and sent it to Taein.
Even when sleeping, Sihoo looked exactly like Taein.
Yesterday, he cried so sadly, but today, he slept peacefully with a calm face.
Nokhyun sighed deeply.
The bitter part is bitter.
She had to make time for just Taein and her.
Since Sihoo was born, Nokhyun hadn’t properly embraced Taein.
“Aren’t you going to work today?”
Mora, who rarely had a schedule, came to find Nokhyun.
“I’m going to start now. Sending Sihoo to daycare.”
“It’s hard.”
Morra woke Sihoo up. Skillfully lifting him up and gently coaxing him, Sihoo opened his eyes and blinked.
“Grandma?”
“Our grandson, let’s wash up and go to daycare. No, how about playing with Grandma all day today?”
“Okay!”
Sihoo nodded vigorously.
“Then we need to wash up quickly. Can you do it by yourself?”
“Yes!”
Sihoo went into the bathroom. Watching him climb onto the stepstool and wash his face like a cat, Nokhyun, who had been quietly observing, murmured a complaint.
“Why does he act so shy around strangers?”
Since covering his face, Sihoo had been refusing babysitters she had hired with difficulty, as well as all the house helpers.
Since he clung only to Nokhyun, parenting was entirely Nokhyun’s domain.
Though he liked grandmothers and Arin, even after having fun playing, a few hours later, he would look for Dad or Mom.
“You’re just like when you were little.”
“No way.”
“When ten employees gathered to play, you still only looked for Mom. How hard it was.”
“Don’t lie, saying I can’t remember.”
Nokhyun sharply replied, as if there was no way she would.
Morra chuckled, seemingly amused.
It was both amusing, admirable, and touching to see the baby, who once only knew Mom, grow up, establish a family, and complain about similar troubles as mine.
“Today, spend time with Taein. Have a date.”
“He’ll find me soon.”
“No, today will be different. Because we have a secret weapon.”
About to ask what it was, Sihoo, with a face full of bubbles, smiled slyly, saying he had already washed. Nokhyun hugged Sihoo, familiarly, as if to say, “Let’s wash again.”
Nokhyun left work early and went to Taein’s company.
Surprisingly, there was still no contact from Sihoo. At this point, they should have video called him, making her more uneasy.
Knowing Nokhyun’s feelings, a message came from Morra. It was a picture of Sihoo having fun.
Sihoo’s expression seemed particularly bright in the photo, so Nokhyun zoomed in. There was a girl of the same age next to Sihoo.
A cute girl.
“This kid already…”
Nokhyun chuckled, putting her phone in her pocket.
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
