“Could you two please take Eun Jo inside? I’ll handle things here. Hurry.”
Nam Hee spoke in a gentle tone and flashed a bright smile as if nothing was wrong.
“Belmondo, we’ve been looking for you for a while! We need to find out where the party host hid and what they did!”
“Ooh la la [dash], I was in the room with a friend for a while. Nam Hee! I can do even more with a friend if it’s love; I’m Parisian, and I can even sell my soul for love!”
Receiving attention, Nam Hee playfully clapped her hands in support of the Parisian who seemed all too eager to sell her soul.
“You’ll become quite famous in Korea if you keep this up!”
People who caught the hidden meaning chuckled again, but Belmondo, his shoulders twitching, seemed even more excited.
“That’s the plan! By the way, Nam Hee, can I borrow your phone?”
Jae Ha’s gaze lingered on Eun Jo’s retreating figure, not expecting to be so captivated. He ran his thumb over his lips, where her scent still lingered, and muttered a quiet curse.
“So, she was a woman after all. And it had to be her, damn it.”
Frantz, who had been standing next to Kang Secretary, spoke up at some point.
Jae Ha suddenly thrust his fist in front of him.
“Do you see this scar? I’ve been doing things I haven’t done lately, like hitting people.”
“Ma… Mister…”
Kang Secretary shook her head.
“Wow, is this the Kyle Alexis I know? What on earth happened?”
“Frantz, keep quiet and guide us to a private place.”
“Sir, why don’t you just go back…”
“Enough. Are you telling me to leave my stuff here and go back? You can go back.”
Jae Ha growled like a beast that had its prey taken away.
It hadn’t been to this extent before – Kang Secretary, following her boss, sighed deeply.
Though I returned, for some reason, the men who had been polite before were now keeping their distance from me.
I thought it was a relief, but I quickly found out why.
It was because there was a black panther with gleaming sharp fangs behind me.
The tension was so palpable that I could feel Min Ah and Sun Woo next to me tensing up as well.
“If you didn’t follow me, just do what you came to do.”
“You followed me.”
“Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”
“I’m already regretting it. It wasn’t something to do in hiding.”
“I… I think I made a mistake.”
“There’s no need for that. Let’s just go home now.”
“No, I’ll escort you.”
Seon Woo’s voice made Jae Ha raise an eyebrow.
As if asking, “Were you there too?”
In other words, it means there’s nothing visible right now for Kwon Jae Ha to protect.
“I’ve stated that I will safely escort the two ladies back to their residence.”
Seon Woo adopted an unprecedentedly firm attitude.
“Are you sure about this? But Yoon Eun Jo is heading in a different direction.”
Kwon Jae Ha showed no hesitation in revealing his strong obsession.
Eun Jo, whose ears were reddening, quickly grabbed Jae Ha’s sleeve.
“Stop it.”
“…”
Jae Ha immediately closed his mouth.
His gaze lingered on Eun Jo’s lips as they parted slightly.
With a stern expression, he unbuttoned two, then three buttons on his shirt in succession.
“And there…”
Eun Jo gestured toward the spot where Franz was indicating.
“Anyway, we’re going home together. Come on.”
Jae Ha draped the jacket he had been holding over Eun Jo’s shoulders.
Sigh…
Like a small cat trapped in a large, black snare, Eun Jo had no choice but to comply. Ensnared by the subtle gaze and sensual scent, she had willingly placed her foot in the trap, and there was no way out.
Revisiting the exhilarating escapade, Eun Jo brought her fingertip up to her lips.
The moment her body shivered, Jae Ha, who had been moving away, glanced back.
Men smoked cigars to relax, celebrate special occasions, or simply to socialize with other like-minded individuals.
However, at this moment, Jae Ha was repeatedly drawing in and expelling the smoke from the finest Cuban cigar, yet he couldn’t fully appreciate its remarkable aroma and flavor.
He had no interest in socializing with those around him, and he knew that sometimes envious glances were directed at him, but he paid them no mind.
While staring fiercely through the hazy smoke.
I have only suppressed the desire to shout “It was originally mine” once.
After exhaling a long plume of smoke, Kwon Jae Ha, who had been near the banquet hall, entered the cigar room where Kang Secretary was.
Jae Ha, who had thrown the cigar he was holding onto a tray, urgently signaled.
“So.”
“And so, you are enjoying your orange juice. Are you satisfied?”
“That’s fortunate.”
“But someone wants to meet you. What should I do?”
“Who else wants to meet me?”
“Gosh, how did you know?”
Kang Secretary, who was dispersing the smoke that had filled the space with her hand, said quietly.
“Mr. Choi Sun Woo would like to meet you separately.”
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
