Considering she didn’t remove her makeup and didn’t change her clothes, it seemed like she passed out as soon as she entered. But how on earth did she get home?
Chae Yoon held her throbbing head and recalled what happened yesterday.
‘Eun Ha unni and Manager Lim had drinks, unni took me home in Manager Lim’s car… and then…’
As Chae Yoon recalled her memories, her face gradually turned pale.
[How much did you drink?]She remembered meeting Jae Oh.
‘What? Why did Jae Oh suddenly appear?’
She remembered encountering him in front of the house, but what happened after was hazy.
Worried about what she might have said in her sporadic memories, Chae Yoon anxiously scanned Jae Oh’s bed with her trembling eyes.
“Phew… he’s not here.”
Fortunately, Jae Oh wasn’t there.
At this moment, Chae Yoon was grateful for his absence, and she calmed her anxious heart and checked the time.
The current time was 6:30 in the morning.
Although it was early, Jae Oh was a man who could leave the house at this time, so Chae Yoon was sure he had gone to work. As she headed toward the bathroom, she tried hard to recall her fragmented memories from yesterday.
While doing so, she absentmindedly unbuttoned her blouse, and suddenly, she heard a noise.
‘What’s that?’
Upon hearing the nearby sound, Chae Yoon’s head instinctively turned.
Along with the damp steam, the person who emerged from the bathroom was, of course, Jae Oh.
Chae Yoon, whose eyes met his, froze in place.
“…”
A brief silence passed.
The moist hair strands, and the trail of water droplets flowing down from them.
Chae Yoon’s eyes followed them blankly and suddenly widened in surprise.
“Kyaaak!”
There was no time to worry about her unbuttoned blouse.
Chae Yoon quickly turned around and blinked her surprised eyes blankly.
She wondered what she had just seen.
‘No, why did he come out like that?’
There had hardly been any encounters since they were usually busy avoiding each other or using different bathrooms when they heard the sound of water from the bathroom. And even if they did run into each other, he would come out wearing a bathrobe after showering, not baring his upper body like now.
“Phew…”
Last time, she saw his back, but this time she was surprised to see his more distinct muscular upper body. Chae Yoon’s breath lightly scattered through her slightly parted lips.
While Chae Yoon couldn’t figure out what to do with her pounding heart, Jae Oh glanced back at her with surprise, then walked to the powder room.
The sound of his footsteps brought her back to her senses, and she regained her composure.
Only then did Chae Yoon fasten her blouse and glanced at him sideways.
Unlike her, whose heart was racing like crazy in this unfamiliar situation, he was calm and composed.
Moreover, the shadows on his muscles and the water droplets flowing between them were quite sensual under the lighting.
‘My goodness, what am I thinking?’
Maybe she was still a bit drunk.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have thought about touching his back.
Feeling like she was going crazy, Chae Yoon hurried into the bathroom.
“Ah…”
She tried to avoid thinking about Jae Oh, but his body wash scent filled the bathroom.
Jae Oh’s scent wasn’t new to her, but why did it feel so stimulating today?
Her heart pounded fiercely, showing no signs of calming down.
“Phew, calm down, Song Chae Yoon.”
Chae Yoon took deep breaths, trying to calm her racing heart.
Twenty minutes later.
Chae Yoon finished showering, trying her best to ignore Jae Oh, or more precisely, his back that filled her mind.
After washing her sticky body, she felt much lighter in both body and mind.
However, the feeling of uneasiness in her mind remained since she still couldn’t remember yesterday’s events. Chae Yoon let out a small sigh and left the bathroom.
After finishing her skincare and drying her hair, Chae Yoon went to the dressing room, changed her clothes, and headed to the first floor.
Her footsteps stopped as she went downstairs.
It was because Jae Oh was sitting on the living room sofa.
‘What? He hasn’t left yet?’
She thought he would have left already, but her eyes met Jae Oh’s as she saw him.
Upon discovering Chae Yoon, Jae Oh put down the teacup he was holding.
Clink.
Her eyes moved at the sound of the teacup and saucer colliding. She stood there, blankly staring.
Why hadn’t he gone to work? Why was the atmosphere different from usual today? Her large eyes began to fill with anxiety as she wondered if it had anything to do with yesterday’s events.
“Why haven’t you… gone to work yet?”
Her anxious heart was reflected in her voice as it flowed from her plump lips.
At that, Jae Oh got up from his seat.
Seeing him approach without a word, memories of yesterday suddenly surfaced.
[Shall we get a divorce?]At the memory that had finally become clear, Chae Yoon’s eyes widened in surprise.
‘That’s impossible.’
It was something she intended to say when she was sober. She had been waiting for the right moment to speak, but she couldn’t get the words out, so she had said it under the influence of alcohol.
‘I must be really crazy.’
Although she blamed herself, it was already a thing of the past, so Chae Yoon stopped recalling yesterday’s events and stared at Jae Oh, who was approaching her.
Thanks to the clear memory, Chae Yoon now understood why Jae Oh had been there instead of going to work.
‘I wanted to ask about the meaning of the divorce proposal yesterday.’
Feeling that the time had finally come to talk about divorce with Jae Oh, Chae Yoon didn’t avoid his approaching gaze.
Jae Oh walked up to Chae Yoon and scanned her face with his eyes before speaking.
“I have something to say, so let’s have breakfast before I leave.”
Chae Yoon nodded.
With Chae Yoon’s agreement, Jae Oh turned and walked toward the dining room, but Chae Yoon didn’t follow.
Jae Oh, noticing Chae Yoon not following, looked at her as she headed towards the second floor.
“Where are you going? I said let’s eat.”
“Ah, I need to get something for a moment. You go ahead. I’ll be right there.”
Awkwardly smiling, Chae Yoon went to the secondfloor room and came back down with the divorce papers.
Arriving one step behind Jae Oh in the dining room, there was a cool bean sprout soup prepared.
She wanted to soothe her churning stomach with the refreshing soup right away, but anticipating the conversation she was about to have with him, it seemed her throat would be too tight to even swallow water.
While staring at the bean sprout soup, Chae Yoon asked the helper next to her.
“Where’s Grandfather?”
“He said he had business in the countryside today and left earlier.”
She had planned to talk to Jae Oh first and tell Ji Pil later, so it was a relief that he wasn’t home now.
Thinking that it was fortunate Ji Pil wasn’t there, Chae Yoon tightened her grip on the divorce papers and sat down across from Jae Oh.
Seeing Chae Yoon sit down, Jae Oh finally picked up his spoon.
As he scooped up a spoonful of shiny rice and was about to eat, Chae Yoon just sat there without making any moves, so he put the spoon back down and asked.
“Aren’t you eating?”
Instead of answering, Chae Yoon, who had locked eyes with Jae Oh, asked another question.
“What do you have to say to me?”
There were many things she wanted to ask, like how his job search had gone, what he meant by proposing divorce yesterday, and with whom he had been drinking so much, but she was more curious about what was inside the white envelope Chae Yoon had placed on the table.
“What’s that?”
As Jae Oh showed interest in the envelope, Chae Yoon touched it and pushed it toward him.
With a look that seemed to suggest he should check it, Jae Oh opened the envelope and faced it.
‘Divorce Application’
His sharp eyes crumpled mercilessly.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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