“I don’t have anything particular in mind. I’m satisfied with whatever this lady makes.”

As she spoke, she felt the desire to engage in conversation with the people, including this lady.

“Grandpa, I’ll go prepare dinner.”

Instantly, Jaeo’s forehead narrowed.

“Oh, why? Stay here.”

“I want to talk to the ladies; it’s been a while.”

“Yeah, they all seem to like you coming, so go.”

Jiphyul gave his permission.

Having no choice, Jaeo nodded reluctantly, and Chaeyoon briskly got up and disappeared into the kitchen.

Unlike me, who didn’t want to be a step behind even for a moment, his figure leaving without any lingering feelings somehow felt cruel.

Suddenly, feeling a loss of interest in everything, Jaeo looked around only after Chaeyoon disappeared from his sight.

Jiphyul, staring at Jaeo, whose emotions seemed to vanish from his face, moved his lips.

“Why did you delay it when you like it so much?”

Jaeo took a sip of tea with a blank expression.

“That’s true.”

It was a fitting response to his expression.

Seeing the guy who had just kissed Chaeyoon a while ago, the appearance was unimaginable, which made Jiphyul secretly admire him.

At that moment, the helper who came out of the kitchen changed the lukewarm tea to a hot one.

Holding up the teacup with a delicate steam rising, Jiphyul continued the conversation.

“What do you plan to do from now on?”

“What do you mean?”
“You keep going back and forth to Chaeyoon’s house. Now that your feelings match, either live together or have a wedding to leave a mark in people’s eyes. Do you have a plan?”

Although he expected an immediate answer from someone who was systematic in everything, Jaeo remained silent.

Frustration welled up in Jiphyul’s eyes.

He chuckled at the worry that Jaeo might be doing something frustrating again.

“Why can’t you answer?”

“We have to plan to have a wedding and live together. That’s what should be done, but…”

The expression that blurred at the end of the sentence was not refreshing.

“Why is your reaction like that? Is there a problem?”

“I think it’s not time yet.”

“What is?”

“Chaeyoon.”

An unexpected answer came out.

If there was a problem between them, he thought it would be with Jaeo, not Chaeyoon.

Thinking it was a strange statement, Jiphyul put down the teacup he was holding and adjusted his posture.

“What do you mean? Why Chaeyoon?”

“She smiles and talks well as if nothing happened, but I feel she’s holding a lot inside.”

“…”

“The feelings I had thought about divorce, it’s not like they will get better overnight.”

Listening quietly to Jaeo’s words, Jiphyul nodded.

“Is there anything you can feel?”

Although Jaeo didn’t express it in words, his bitter expression was conveying the answer.

Seeing him, Jiphyul thought that maybe it was a mistake to bring up the topic of children in front of Chaeyoon.

Jiphyul, after reconsidering his hasty judgment that everything was okay with Chaeyoon and Jaeo, spoke.

“Okay. I won’t rush Chaeyoon for a while.”

Jaeo nodded slightly.

In his indifferent expression, there was nothing revealed except bitterness.

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After the reversal with Jaeo, Hoyeon felt bad all weekend, and the situation worsened as soon as she got to work.

“Where did Song Chaeyoon go?”

Asking again, Hoyeon’s secretary repeated the report.

“On Saturday night, she spent time at Chairman’s house and then returned home with Executive Director.”

A sigh escaped from Hoyeon’s lips.

The fact that Song Chaeyoon stepped into Jiphyul’s house again was evidence that she had no intention of breaking up with Jaeo.

“Oh… my.”

While she hadn’t even touched Jaeo’s fingertip, Song Chaeyoon had accepted his feelings.

Imagining how that process would have been, irritation overwhelmed her.

At that moment, the secretary conveyed a fortunate and unfortunate message.

“However, it seems the relationship between Executive Director Han and Miss Song Chaeyoon is not very stable.”

Hoyeon’s eyes flickered.

“What do you mean?”

The secretary put down the phone in front of Hoyeon and lightly touched the screen.

『Why can’t you answer.』

『We have to plan to have a wedding and live together. That’s what should be done, but…』

Hoyeon’s eyes widened as she heard Jiphyul and Jaeo’s voices.

Swallowing dry saliva, Hoyeon focused on the contents of the recording.

『Is there anything you can feel?』
With those words, the file playback came to an end.

Having heard a conversation content different from her expectation that they would soon have a wedding, Hoyeon breathed a sigh of relief.

If their feelings weren’t deep enough to have a wedding or live together…

She still had time.

‘People don’t die as they wish.’

A feeling of slight relief crept in. Hoyeon immediately called Kyunghi.

“Mrs. Kyunghi. Hello.”

[Dash] Oh, Hoyeon. It’s been a while.

“Yes. Have you been well?”

[Dash] Of course.

After exchanging brief greetings, Hoyeon immediately brought up the main topic.

[Dash] Do you know that Song Chaeyoon went to Chairman’s house over the weekend?

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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