She had no chance to ask what.
Chae Ha grasped her wrist and swiftly led her towards the bed.
Seol Won’s frail body collapsed downwards as he dictated.
The moment she felt her back hit the bed, Seol Won’s eyes widened in surprise.
Over her defenseless self, Chae Ha’s lustfilled gaze was pouring down like sunshine.
“……What are you doing right now?”
“I told you, didn’t I? If you don’t remember, I’ll help you to.”
She should ask him how he planned to do so, but she could not muster the courage.
She felt as if the moment she opened her mouth, he would kiss her.
In her mind, she knew that it couldn’t be, but the way Chae Ha was looking at her made her feel as if he was about to devour her.
“……Please don’t do this.”
She tried to hide her confusion and pushed him away by his chest.
But Chae Ha seemed to have no intention of backing down, his gaze only intensified.
Somewhat puzzled, he asked her.
“What do you mean?”
“We’re not close enough to do this.”
At her words, a strange smile twisted on Chae Ha’s lips.
Still trapping her beneath him, he whispered in a low voice.
“If a married couple isn’t close enough for this, then who is?”
“I told you. I don’t remember being married to you.”
“That’s why I said I’ll help you remember.”
Looking at Chae Ha, who seemed to have no intention of backing down, Seol Won was sincerely troubled.
His intense gaze seemed to see right through her.
Avoiding his gaze, Seol Won’s eyes wandered and found a perfect excuse.
“Woo Joo is in the room next door.”
“You should speak accurately. It’s the next room over, a very far distance.”
“……”
“And,”
He grasped Seol Won’s cheek, who was trying hard to avoid him, and turned her face back to him.
Their eyes met perfectly, up and down.
Just like he had touched her face carefully in the island flower shop, this time, he scanned her with his eyes.
A voice, as if he was grinding his teeth, flowed out from Chae Ha.
“Don’t you think it’s too much to ask me to endure when the woman I’ve been dying to hold for five years is in front of me in the flesh, not a dream or a mirage?”
“……”
“Don’t do that.”
“……Mr. Kwon Chae Ha.”
“Don’t tell me to endure.”
Why was it? As if tears were about to surge, Seol Won bit her lower lip without knowing.
But even before she could bite, Chae Ha stopped her with a finger on her lips.
“Don’t hurt your body. Not even the smallest harm.”
“……”
Why was this man saying these things? Why was he making such a sorrowful expression?
Once again confused, Seol Won forgot to push him away.
Then there was a loud commotion from the first floor.
Startled, Seol Won quickly sat up.
“Someone must be here.”
“……Ha.”
Chae Ha roughly ran a hand through his hair and let out a deep sigh.
From his expression, it seemed he already knew who had come.
A sense of unease flitted through Seol Won’s mind for an instant. Surely not…
“You should stay here, don’t come down.”
“…Okay.”
As if he was hiding something, Chae Ha firmly closed the door and left the room.
Watching his retreating figure, Seol Won clenched her chest and rose from the bed.
She needed to check on Woo Joo alone, and staying alone on this bed was even more undesirable.
“I warned you explicitly not to barge in like this.”
“Warning? Look at him. What is a warning to a mother? If you don’t like it, change your damned password! He’ll get it right after a day or two anyway. Right, Sa Ra?”
“Mom. Don’t be too hard on Chae Ha. It’s understandable that he’s surprised since we came unannounced.”
“…Baek Sa Ra.”
Chae Ha growled menacingly towards the woman who was looking around the house with a smirk behind Heo Young Joo.
“I’m not surprised, I’m angry. What’s your business in our house? It’s unbelievable that an adult is trespassing and you’re even condoning it.”
“Chae Ha, really. Trespassing? Mom is here because she’s worried about you.”
“Worried?”
Sa Ra directed a broad smile towards Chae Ha, who seemed utterly incredulous.
Her attire, as luxurious and expensive as Heo Young Joo, was hard to ignore.
Furthermore, her fully styled appearance from head to toe only accentuated her hypocritical smile.
One could consider her a sophisticated beauty, but in Chae Ha’s eyes, after years of torment, she seemed nothing short of a demon.
Soon, the demon opened her brightly painted lips.
“Yes. These past few days, I heard you weren’t able to concentrate at work and looked especially tired. So I specially prepared some tonic for you. I brought it over today.”
“The fact that I’m tired and you making a tonic seems a little unrelated, don’t you think?”
“Oh dear. Really, Chae Ha! If I don’t take care of you, who will?”
“That’s right. Chae Ha, do you know how terrible our Sa Ra thinks of you?”
Delighted with Sa Ra’s cloying tone, unlike Chae Ha, Heo Young Joo chimed in.
A headache started to throb in Chae Ha’s head again.
Since the talks of marriage with the Baek Young Group began, Heo Young Joo started to intrude unexpectedly.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
