Long and lush eyelashes trembled.
Then, the thickness of the eyelids that gently lifted was thicker than usual.
Chaeyoon, who had just awakened from sleep, blinked her stiff eyes, quietly recalling the situation before falling asleep.
She had numbly come out of Jipil’s study to Jaeyo’s room, and while contemplating what Jipil had said, she had cried.
And then, at some point, she seemed to have fallen asleep….
“Wake up.”
Chaeyoon was startled by Jaeyo’s voice coming from nearby.
“When did you come?”
“It’s been a while.”
At Jaeyo’s words, Chaeyoon checked the time.
It was already past 7 o’clock.
Perhaps because she didn’t sleep well last night, she realized that she had slept quite a bit more than she thought. She felt a sign of getting up as she sat on the bed.
Chaeyoon moved her eyes and looked down at Jaeyo, who was staring at her.
Then, Jaeyo’s hand touched Chaeyoon’s head.
“You said your head hurts.”
A low voice that resonated in her chest.
“How about now?”
Meeting Jaeyo’s dense pupils, filled with concern, Chaeyoon felt her eyes welling up with tears.
It was because of the thought that came to her before falling asleep.
Before coming to find Jipil, Chaeyoon was convinced that something must have happened between Jaeyo and Kyunghi.
And the past that she encountered was more cruel than she had imagined, casually trampling on the expectations she had made by herself.
Of course, the assumption that Jaeyo’s disappearance was related to Kyunghi was nothing more than her own speculation.
However, after hearing such words from Kyunghi, Chaeyoon couldn’t simply shake her head and deny it.
As her assumption that Kyunghi must have done something grew into a conviction, another question arose.
‘Does Oppa remember the incident from back then…?’
Jaeyo had said that he couldn’t remember the incident, but Chaeyoon thought that Jaeyo might not have lost his memory but pretended to have lost it.
There were various reasons, but the main reason was Jaeyo’s study abroad period.
Jaeyo had said that he went to the United States for his studies shortly after Seungwoon’s death. The disappearance Jaeyo talked about today was around that time.
‘Maybe he remembers the incident, but pretended to forget it to stay here.’
It seemed to make sense, considering that Jaeyo, at a young age, developed an interest in management.
To avoid being bullied by Kyunghi.
He somehow learned business intensively, and after returning to Korea, he worked as if possessed by work.
Seeing his desperate efforts to protect himself, Chaeyoon felt tears streaming down uncontrollably. It hurt so much.
“I think I can live now.”
The voice that sounded like he was saying that he had lived so far without really living continued to linger in her ears. When she thought about it, tears fell freely.
Normally, after shedding tears, emotions tended to calm down somewhat, so Chaeyoon expected the same this time.
However, as soon as she saw Jaeyo’s tender appearance, the lingering emotions that hadn’t settled down stimulated her heart.
Why did Kyunghi do such a thing?
Even if she hadn’t touched Jaeyo back then, this man would have lived a much happier life.
Chaeyoon couldn’t understand Kyunghi’s heart, why she would stir up one person’s life, especially her nephew’s life, like this.
“Still hurting?”
With a heartache rather than a physical pain, Chaeyoon bit her lips and shook her head.
“No, not hurting.”
“But why does your expression look like that?”
“Why does my expression matter?”
Jaeyo’s hand touched Chaeyoon’s eyes.
“If you cry again, it seems like you’ll lose your mind any moment now.”
At Jaeyo’s words, Chaeyoon, who felt like she might burst into tears again, promptly raised her upper body and embraced him.
As she tightly held onto his solid body, inhaling the scent that wafted strongly from him, her painful heart eased a little.
“What’s wrong? Why are you doing this again? You’re lying when you say you’re not in pain.”
Chaeyoon’s mouth curled up at Jaeyo’s words.
“Chi. I haven’t seen that for a while, so it’s nice to hug you like this.”
“Then you should have hugged me as soon as you saw me. Now you’re even lying unconvincingly. Let go of this.”
When Jaeyo tried to release Chaeyoon’s arms wrapped around his waist, Chaeyoon exerted strength in her arms and snuggled closer to him.
“Oh, I don’t like it. I want to stay like this.”
Saying that, as she tightly embraced his waist, Jaeyo, who was trying to loosen her arms, stopped his actions.
Although her body stiffened at Chaeyoon’s aegyo that she had never seen before, unaware of this, Chaeyoon thought that Jaeyo had given in to her stubbornness and comfortably leaned her head against his chest.
The loud and rhythmic sound of a pounding heart echoed in her ears.
The solid and regular sound, heard just by looking at Jaeyo, calmed the restless heart.
“I like Oppa’s heartbeat.”
In response to Chaeyoon’s murmur, Jaeyo, who had been absent-minded, regained focus.
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
