If her initial resolve had not changed, could she have avoided this situation?
Kwon Chae Ha. If she hadn’t loved him.
With her eyes tightly shut, Seol Won recalled the time eight years ago when she first entered Chae Un’s house.
The high wall that blocked half of her view, a large entrance that was awkward to even call a gate.
The grand singlebuilding located inside was practically a ‘castle’.
As agreed, after registering the marriage, Seol Won entered Chae Un’s house with few belongings.
‘I have to go to the company, so go home first. The driver will pick you up.’
Seol Won looked at the message she received from Chae Ha in the morning again.
As promised, Chae Ha moved her mother to the exclusive ward of Chae Un’s hospital.
There was no longer any need to worry about hospital bills or hesitate to administer new drugs, nor to worry about her mother collapsing alone while she was working.
“Marriage…”
Seol Won muttered that word anew.
She had never harbored any fantasies about love, but she hadn’t imagined she would end up marrying in such a manner.
A loveless marriage with a man she had met only twice, under the condition of a transaction.
Regardless, the die had already been cast.
Like it or not, for the next three years, she was to live as Kwon Chae Ha’s wife.
It was then that a landscape that felt like a ray of sunlight entered her previously desolate heart.
Hurriedly setting down her luggage, Seol Won walked toward the grass field located at the farthest end of the spacious house.
There, flowers showcasing their individual beauty and vitality were blooming modestly.
Daffodils, yellow and firmly rooted even at the end of spring, came into her view.
Overjoyed, Seol Won knelt down on the spot.
“The daffodils are still in bloom.”
This was her favorite flower, bearing the same name as her mother.
Closing her eyes and inhaling the scent of this yellow flower, Seol Won recalled her conversation with Chae Ha a few days earlier.
‘There’s no need for wedding gifts. Everything is already here in the house. Ah, is there anything you specifically want?’
After hesitating, Seol Won made a single request to him.
A space of her own within this unfamiliar house for the duration of three years.
‘I would like to have a small garden in the yard. It doesn’t have to be large. Just enough to plant a few of my favorite flowers…’
‘Prepare it immediately.’
The fresh scent coming from the petals and stems always comforted Seol Won.
She was relieved that the first scene she encountered upon entering this house was daffodils filled with vibrant life.
Immersed in this small joy, she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice from behind.
“Are you the young lady?”
“……!”
Startled, Seol Won jumped up, causing the person who had startled her to hesitantly approach.
In the kindlooking lady’s hand was Seol Won’s luggage, which had somehow ended up there.
“I’m sorry for startling you. I’m the livein housekeeper who takes care of the chores in the Chaeun family’s home. You can comfortably call me An San.”
“Ah…… Hello.”
“Please follow me. The madam is waiting. If you stay outside too long, you might get scolded. She’s especially strict with the people in the house.”
“……Yes, I understand.”
Seol Won followed An San, slowly moving her steps towards the interior of the house.
As it turned out, she didn’t get scolded.
As soon as Heo Young Ju, the head of the Chaeun group and Chae Ha’s mother, saw Seol Won, she turned around and retreated into her room.
As a result, Seol Won had to ascend to the third floor without even being able to properly greet her.
She didn’t know if it was a relief that his room was on the third floor, considering her life would continue to be a bed of thorns.
“This way.”
An San, who was walking down the hallway, stopped in front of a room and opened the door for her.
“You’ll be using this room from today onwards. If there’s anything uncomfortable or needed, please tell me directly.”
“Yes…… Thank you.”
Between the opened doors, Seol Won peeked into the room, then she noticed something peculiar.
“Um… Isn’t this Mr. Chae Ha’s room?”
Indeed, it was. Seol Won assumed she would have her own room and that a new room would be prepared for her.
However, the place where Mrs. An led her to was unmistakably his room.
Pale grey wallpaper with colorless interior decor, the room was as neat as the owner himself.
It had an attached study and was spacious enough for ten people to share, but there was a separate problem.
Their marriage was purely contractual; they were not really a couple, were they?
“It’s Mr. Chae Ha’s room. Is there a problem?”
“No……. not at all. Thanks for showing me. You can leave now.”
“Sure. If you need anything, just ring the bell next to you.”
Once the door closed, Seol Won let out a small sigh and brushed her chest.
She had almost made a mistake due to her surprise.
The demand of Kwon Chae Ha, even though it was a marriage in name only, was to perfectly play the role of a wife on the outside.
If a newly married couple started living in separate rooms, they would never fool Mrs. Heo Young Joo’s sharp eyes.
She pushed her suitcase as inconspicuously as possible into a corner and Seol Won began to examine the room meticulously.
Most of the clothes and belongings seemed to be kept in builtin storage, with almost nothing left out.
The bed was spotlessly clean with only one pillow, but Seol Won tried not to fix her gaze on it.
Then she suddenly realized a fact.
Kwon Chae Ha’s scent permeated this room. Naturally, because it was his room.
But the realization that the deep, woody scent coming from the room was diluted and embedded in his hair, in his hands, struck Seol Won anew at this moment.
“…Will I start smelling like this, too?”
Finding her own words amusing, Seol Won let out a small chuckle.
As if it was a matter of grave concern.
Having quickly finished organizing the storage that seemed to have been left empty for her, Seol Won finally looked down at the small box left behind.
A box that clearly held an expensive wedding ring.
As Seol Won untied the ribbon with a cautious hand, the diamond ring inside revealed its dazzling shine, unchanged from before.
She slowly slid the wedding ring, which no one else was going to put on her, onto her fourth finger.
Like the seal on their deal, the ring fit perfectly.
Holding her hand up in the air, Seol Won spent a long while gazing intently at the ring.
Their contract marriage had officially begun.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
