Lee Soo couldn’t distinguish whether the thumping heart sound in her ear was Jiho’s or hers.
Once her heart, which seemed about to burst, calmed down a bit, Lee Soo extricated herself from Jiho’s embrace.
She looked at Jiho with eyes full of embarrassment.
“I was afraid that I might start liking you.”
Lee Soo decided to confess honestly.
All the reasons she had avoided Jiho until now.
The words that she would not have had the courage to say if she had not been drunk flowed calmly from Lee Soo’s mouth.
“I won’t lie anymore. Honestly, I missed you, I thought of you, I was bothered. I was excited and my heart was pounding when I saw you. These feelings were new to me, so it was both surprising and… scary. So, I tried not to be swayed by you.”
Jiho nodded as if asking her to continue speaking.
“I can’t tell you everything, but I know how hard it is to endure the pain caused by someone precious. Because I know what it’s like, I wanted to avoid it if possible. I was afraid of being hurt and struggling after liking you. I thought it would be better to do nothing.”
Lee Soo spoke, looking down.
“I was endlessly thankful to you and I knew you were a good person, but I didn’t have the confidence to admit my feelings and meet you. It’s also true that you were a burden and…”
Lee Soo spoke calmly.
“I thought that when we broke up, you might turn around as if nothing had happened… I thought I would be too hurt if I liked you and suddenly that moment came. So, I tried not to like you…”
As she said her last words, Lee Soo gave a shy laugh.
Lee Soo’s voice wasn’t trembling, and her expression and eyes were calm enough to forget that she was drunk.
Jiho felt both pleased and choked up at Lee Soo’s honest confession.
He saw overlapping images of her tearfully crying over her calm face.
The vividly rising memories hurt his heart.
With a regretful heart, Jiho gently stroked Lee Soo’s face.
“So, you didn’t want to do anything with me?”
“If you don’t do anything, nothing happens.”
“Is that possible by trying?”
“If you’re okay with it… I wanted to keep a reasonable distance and stay friends.”
She couldn’t bring herself to say that she wanted to remain friends while knowing that she liked him, but she had such thoughts.
“I’m not okay…”
Jiho chuckled.
“How can I be friends with a woman I like. I want to be a man to you, not a friend.”
“……”
“I won’t make it hard for you. So, don’t be afraid… and like me.”
Jiho’s voice, looking at her affectionately, was more sweet than ever.
“Let’s date.”
Although she knew the answer was predetermined, Lee Soo couldn’t easily open her mouth.
‘It eventually came to this.’
Her heart started beating fast again.
“……do you dislike it?”
Jiho’s eyes, waiting for an answer, seemed anxious for the first time.
Seeing this, Lee Soo slowly opened her mouth.
“……no, I like it.”
It was a sincere word during her drunkenness.
((()))((()))
Lee Soo woke up to the noisy sound.
Most of them were drunk when they returned to the hostel last night.
Lee Soo, who said she would go to bed early, quickly ran upstairs.
She intentionally came in before Jiho, but her heart was pounding in case he would view her with suspicion.
Because of her restless heart all night, Lee Soo barely fell asleep when it was almost dawn.
Her heart was heavier at the thought of seeing Jiho again than the difficulty of a hangover.
As Lee Soo recalled yesterday’s memories, she frowned.
She didn’t need to be so honest, and she groaned inwardly at the thought that she had spoken too much unnecessary detail.
‘Ah!’
As her memories became clearer, her face was burning hot.
“Lee Soo, are you awake?”
Aera nudged Lee Soo’s shoulder.
“Huh? Yeah! I barely managed to open my eyes.”
Lee Soo, who had been lying down, was startled and sat up.
Among the six women, only Aera and Lee Soo were left, and the others had already gone down.
“The girls have already gone down.”
“They’re so diligent. Juhee was up since dawn, washing her hair and putting on makeup. It’s really amazing, isn’t it?”
“Really?”
Lee Soo stretched her arms and yawned.
Maybe it was because she didn’t sleep well, but her head was heavy and her shoulders were heavy.
“Where did you go with Seo Ji Ho yesterday?”
When Lee Soo had returned, I was in the middle of a game and had only waved at her.
“We went to the Gapyeong Stream in front of the pension. We just hung out there for a while. It was nice listening to the sound of the water at night. We also admired the moonlight.”
Lee Soo slightly turned her head as she spoke, seemingly a little uncomfortable.
Her face seemed to heat up again as she spoke.
“Really? For two hours?”
Had it really taken two hours?
She hadn’t realized it had taken so long.
“Oh, I guess I was there for a long time. I was just sitting there, blankly, and lost track of time. Just staring at the water. Ha ha.”
Lee Soo awkwardly laughed, trying to cover up.
“You were just staring at the water in the middle of the night, the two of you? Just staring at the water? Hmmm! Sounds suspicious!”
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
