My Sweet Enemy (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 11
The spot where his cold lips had landed quickly grew scorching hot, and Tae In soon felt her mind go hazy.
It was an utterly unfamiliar feeling.
It shouldn’t be her first time—so why did it feel like it was?
But Nok Hyeon didn’t give her time to think deeply.
His lips had already traveled down to her shoulder, and he pushed the strap down impatiently.
She felt utterly exposed.
His solid body radiated heat.
With sudden clarity, Tae In felt as if she’d been struck hard on the back of the head—there was absolutely no way it could be about that.
The longer the stimulation continued, the more her lower abdomen throbbed.
Suddenly, a sense of danger surfaced. She didn’t understand why she felt that way—it wasn’t a conscious thought, but instinct.
It was strange. Maybe she’d been waiting for this very moment, yet she couldn’t understand why she felt resistance.
Her body stiffened, then began trembling uncontrollably—as if rejecting him.
Why was this happening? She liked Kang Nok Hyeon—so why?
Tae In abruptly opened her eyes, which she’d squeezed shut moments before.
She immediately met his gaze—deep, fathomless eyes staring down at her.
Those dark eyes, impossible to read, held no emotion—only observation of her state.
She recalled the kiss they’d shared a few days ago.
Nok Hyeon had gazed intently at her trembling lips, then gently pressed his own against them.
After that, he sat up.
“Was that an answer?”
Hearing his voice, even deeper than usual, Tae In gave a small nod.
Now she finally understood why she’d wanted a divorce.
Her husband didn’t love her.
Tae In, who’d fallen back asleep at dawn, woke up in the late afternoon.
When she opened her eyes, neither Nok Hyeon nor Lee Kyung was around.
She briefly wondered if what happened at dawn had just been a dream, but quickly dismissed the thought.
The mark left on her neck clearly proved it hadn’t been a dream.
Whether she closed her eyes or opened them, that cold gaze kept appearing, making her chest feel tight and suffocated.
She felt she’d go mad if she stayed locked up alone in this house any longer.
“Well then, what choice do I have? I have to go out.”
Tae In took out her hidden disguise kit, transformed her appearance, and left the house.
She popped another newly stolen candy into her mouth and took every bit of cash from her bag before heading out.
As long as she didn’t draw attention, she’d be fine—that was her vague reasoning.
At the market, Tae In bought herself another pair of breathable pants and grabbed a few extra dog treats.
But no matter how hard she looked, she couldn’t find Jeong Don or the puppy.
Just as she was leaving the market and stepping onto the main road, she spotted Jeong Don’s small figure ahead.
Overjoyed, she rushed toward him—but stopped dead in her tracks.
A man leaning against an open-top car was flicking Jeong Don’s forehead with his finger, while a woman beside him giggled loudly.
Meanwhile, Jeong Don stood there, clutching the puppy tightly, tears streaming down his face.
“Hey, just let me borrow it for a sec—I’ll take a photo and give it right back.”
“Is it a toy? Didn’t you just yank its tail roughly a moment ago?”
At the woman’s words, Jeong Don shouted with all his might.
Tae In felt as if all the blood in her body had turned icy cold.
Just three minutes after deciding not to draw attention, Tae In burst forward.
She shoved Jeong Don and the puppy behind her and glared fiercely at the man and woman.
“Who the hell are you?”
Seeing Tae In’s outfit, the woman burst into loud laughter.
“Let’s go.”
Tae In tightly grabbed Jeong Don’s hand. He wiped his tears and looked up at her.
“Hey, you! Leave that mutt with us before you go. You said it didn’t even have an owner, right?”
The woman’s mocking tone triggered déjà vu in Tae In.
She felt like she’d seen and confronted this kind of reckless arrogance many times before.
The old Seo Tae In would’ve handled this perfectly—but since she couldn’t remember anything now, she had no choice but to bolt.
Tae In hurled the puffed rice snack she’d planned to share with Jeong Don right at the two of them.
Je Ha, reviewing documents, tried to slip through the door without pressing the access button—but his secretary stopped him with a palm to his head and pressed the button for him instead.
“Counselor, no zoning out while walking.”
“Oh, thanks.”
Je Ha gave a distracted reply and quickly flipped through the documents. Between handling a stressful merger and running personal errands for Se Ji, he hadn’t even had time to eat, let alone sleep.
He turned on his computer and set the documents he’d just checked aside.
As he opened an email from a vendor, his eyes narrowed.
It was the login history from Seo Tae In’s email account.
“Gapyeong, Gapyeong, huh…”
Barely having entered his office, Je Ha stormed back out again.
“You forgot your keys!”
Je Ha drove straight to Gapyeong.
The idea that Seo Tae In might still be alive was ridiculous.
Yet there was one reason he obediently headed to Gapyeong:
to find proof that Tae In was truly dead.
Se Ji was pathologically suspicious—once doubt took hold, she wouldn’t let go until it was resolved.
“If she’s so curious, why doesn’t she go herself?”
No matter how he thought about it, the whole thing was absurd. They’d already buried her—how could she possibly be alive?
Lost in thought, Je Ha hadn’t noticed his car had already arrived in front of a luxurious mansion.
He rang the doorbell, but got no response.
Well, maybe that was to be expected.
Je Ha decided to look around the neighborhood. It was a rundown area, completely out of place in this modern era.
He pulled up Tae In’s photo on his phone and slowly walked toward where people gathered.
If he couldn’t find someone who resembled her, he’d have to return to the mansion and wait until its owner showed up.
Just as he headed toward the market,
a long-haired woman suddenly threw herself into his arms.
Je Ha couldn’t understand what was happening. Fine strands of hair fluttered before his eyes before falling, and at the same time, a sweet fruity scent filled his nose.
It was a fragrance he’d never smelled in his entire life.
His hands, unsure what to do, floated awkwardly in midair.
Je Ha picked up the fallen sun cap before the woman could and handed it to her.
“Thank you.”
The moment he saw her face as she looked up after taking the cap, Je Ha stopped breathing.
Seo Tae In, who was supposed to be dead, stood right before him.
It wasn’t just someone who looked like her. He’d thought Se Ji was being paranoid and delusional—but now seeing Tae In alive, Je Ha was thrown into confusion.
Before Je Ha could even open his mouth to speak, Tae In disappeared—grabbing the hand of a child who clutched the puppy tightly.
“You’re not standing there, are you?”
Je Ha turned toward the shouting couple, who now had puffed rice stuck on their heads.
He recognized the man’s face.
He was trash Je Ha had defended as a lawyer before joining Tae Gang.
“So the trash student grew up to be trash adult.”
Knowing this wasn’t the time, Je Ha quickly turned and chased after Tae In.
“Unnie, I think we can stop running now!”
At Jeong Don’s words, Tae In halted and checked on him and the puppy.
“Are you okay? Why were those people like that?”
After catching her breath, Tae In wiped the corners of Jeong Don’s eyes with her sleeve and asked.
“They were already bullying the puppy before I even got there. The clothes shop ajusshi said those people are always rude to the market vendors and cause trouble every time they come around.”
“People just let them get away with that?”
“Even the police can’t do anything. See over there? They’re the rich folks who rent out that whole resort every summer.”
“Rich?”
“Yeah. Super rich.”
“Seriously, people like that ruin the whole image of the wealthy.”
Tae In shook her head.
“You probably wouldn’t know this, but your total assets were only twenty thousand won.”
Jeong Don stared at her with wide eyes.
Tae In was speechless.
In terms of wealth, she was no less than anyone.
“Today, it’s thirty thousand won.”
But that was all she could say.
Tae In gently lifted the trembling puppy from Jeong Don’s arms and looked into its eyes.
Her face reflected clearly in the puppy’s star-bright eyes.
Tae In made up her mind.
“Come with me, Stella.”
The moment she decided to take the puppy home, its name became Stella—and Stella seemed pleased with it too.
“It’s not out of some misplaced pity. Honestly, I’m not even sure I’m better off than you right now.”
Seeing Tae In’s somber expression, Stella let out a soft, pitiful whimper.
“Let’s get through this harsh world together.”
Tae In hardened her resolve—she couldn’t afford to weaken already.
“Let’s promise never to abandon each other.”
She spoke the words aloud, as if making a vow.
Jeong Don’s eyes sparkled just like Stella’s—
clearly moved by Tae In’s bravery.
Tae In herself felt briefly proud of her grown-up composure.
“Pffft.”
A laugh shattered the warm atmosphere.
Tae In and Jeong Don turned expressionlessly toward the source of the sound.
The man looked to be in his late twenties or early thirties.
He stood out entirely from this dung-smelling place—and he was laughing at Tae In.
“Oh, sorry—it’s just too funny.”
What was so funny?
The puppy leaped from Tae In’s arms and barked ferociously at the man.
When the puppy barked as if ready to bite him, the man’s face turned white, and he started backing away.
With a loud splash, he tumbled into the rice paddy. Tae In and Jeong Don watched him with pitiful expressions.
Out of nowhere, he shows up, mocks them, then gets scared of a tiny puppy and falls into a ditch?
He wasn’t just pathetic—he was almost pitiable.
The man stared blankly up at Tae In, as if his brain had crashed.
She recognized him—it was the man she’d returned the sun cap to earlier.
Tae In willingly offered her hand. The man stared at her small hand for a moment—then grabbed it eagerly.
Je Ha had only come to find proof that Tae In didn’t exist in this world.
He never dreamed he’d end up falling into a rice paddy, wearing women’s floral-patterned pants, and eating with strangers.
He certainly never imagined he’d wash up at the kid’s house and even borrow floral pants.
If he ever wrote an autobiography, he’d definitely omit this episode.
It was a humiliating incident that added zero value—let alone one won’s worth—to Woo Je Ha’s otherwise smooth life.
The woman before him didn’t recognize him. The fact that he’d mistaken her for Tae In, even for a moment, now felt deeply disrespectful to the late Tae In.
The only similarity between this woman and Tae In was their appearance. He’d secretly taken her photo and planned to tell Se Ji it was merely someone who looked like her.
The kid’s grandmother brought out a tray of food.
“Let’s eat.”
Je Ha, still wringing out his wet clothes, looked up.
The table was set for four.
“I’m fine, really—I should get going now.”
Je Ha politely declined. This was no time to be eating.
He’d planned to soak in a bubble bath with a glass of wine and wrap up his remaining work.
Grrrrumble.
No sooner had he refused than his stomach roared loudly.
Only then did Je Ha realize he’d skipped both breakfast and lunch.
The woman gazed at him with even greater pity than when he’d fallen into the paddy.
“Your mouth and your stomach are clearly on different teams.”
Helpless, Je Ha sat down at the table. He’d decided to just pretend to eat a bit and leave—since he certainly wasn’t fond of this meal.
Je Ha always ate balanced meals rich in carbs, fats, and proteins. His taste was so refined that even dishes by famous chefs rarely satisfied him.
And now, in some rural village, he was supposed to eat food cooked by a stranger grandmother?
He nearly laughed.
Even Tae In—who had a far sharper palate and pickier taste than he did—would surely reject this.
Yet Tae In, as if to mock him, scooped up a big spoonful of rice and put it in her mouth.
She even happily ate the perilla leaves the grandmother offered with her bare hands.
“No way.”
She really couldn’t be Seo Tae In.
He’d excused the sun cap and floral clothes as understandable under the circumstances.
But aside from looks, this woman before him shared nothing with Tae In.
As Je Ha narrowed his eyes, observing Tae In, the kid suddenly wrapped a lettuce wrap and popped it directly into Je Ha’s mouth.
“That little brat…!”
He’d only intended to take a small bite, but now he had no choice but to chew and swallow.
As he mechanically chewed, Je Ha’s expression gradually changed.
The mildly spicy stir-fried pork, infused subtly with a smoky char, paired perfectly with the fresh lettuce—an absolutely flawless harmony of flavors.
The ratio of lean meat to fat was ideal, and the occasional chew of brown rice added pleasant texture.
“Grandma, something’s missing though.”
Je Ha glared at Tae In with narrowed eyes. What could possibly be missing from such a perfect meal?
“Honestly, you’re hopeless.”
The moment the grandmother pulled out a bottle of soju from the fridge, Je Ha realized two things:
how foolish he’d been—and that whether or not this woman was Tae In, there was something to learn from her.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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