She should have scolded him for taking advantage of her illness, but every time Na Young thought about it, heat seeped into her heart.
The fact that they had already spent a night together was impressed upon her again, and she was nervous about seeing Professor Choi Tae Hyuk at the hospital.
“Just do as you normally do.”
She felt unusually unsure today.
In fact, she had never thought she disliked him.
She had been trying hard to keep her distance because of the situation she was in.
But it seemed that the heart of a person could not be stopped by will.
Despite her efforts, her heart had grown this much.
None of her plans to firmly cut off after giving three chances went as she wished.
Even the third chance was still left.
What should she do now?
A sharp tension seeped into the fluffy excitement.
Standing at the crosswalk, Na Young looked up at the hospital building.
It was time to face reality.
Knock knock.
There was no response from inside, so Na Young just opened the door.
She had intended to just take Mrs. Hwang’s lunch box and go to the ward, but she found Professor Choi Tae Hyuk sleeping in an uncomfortable position on the lab sofa and Na Young paused.
His clothes were the same as yesterday.
Did he sleep here without going home?
He was not so drunk as to not be able to find his own house.
He wouldn’t have drank so much and come to see an emergency patient at the hospital.
Na Young approached the sofa and called him carefully.
“Professor?”
His neat eyebrows seemed to wrinkle as if he heard her in his sleep, but he did not open his eyes.
Na Young moved closer and called him again.
“Professor.”
“Hmm.”
He replied without even opening his eyes.
“Why are you sleeping here?”
“Seung Joon… keeps boasting… I can hear it even if I lock the door.”
His face scrunched up as if he really hated it.
Na Young held back her laughter, squatted down in front of the sofa, and stared at his sleeping face.
His dense eyelashes were really long for a man.
His deeply set eyes looked lonely.
His slender nose was handsome for a man.
And his lips…
Just by looking at his lips, her face flushed.
Na Young buried her face deep in her arms and let out a long breath.
Let’s not lose calmness.
She steadied her voice and said.
“Professor, it’s time to wake up.”
Whoosh.
His eyes half opened.
His languid gaze reached her.
He stared blankly at her face for a few seconds.
As if to gauge whether this was a dream or reality.
Whoosh.
His hand reached out and touched her cheek, startling her.
She did not expect him to touch her so openly all of a sudden.
“Why, why are you doing that?”
Tae Hyuk still clearly remembered.
The scene of the hotel room left alone when he opened his eyes.
Even though the room was full of light, his heart felt like it was locked in a dark room again.
The overwhelming feeling of not being able to hold onto the person who did not stay by his side and left.
But today, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw her.
It wasn’t an illusion, nor a delusion, it was truly her.
Tae Hyuk grinned broadly.
“Because I like it.”
The morning sun, glittering around the two, shattered on his smile.
Na Young stared blankly at his face.
She had vowed to work normally before entering the hospital, but she had failed spectacularly.
Fortunately, as the rounds started, she was able to return to her usual hospital life.
In front of people, Professor Choi Tae Hyuk was still the infamous viper, so she wouldn’t lose her mind seeing such a him.
She hadn’t gone that far off the deep end yet.
During the conference time, a request for joint consultation came from pediatrics.
Because liver transplantation was Professor Choi Tae Hyuk’s specialty, he was asked to perform the liver transplant surgery on a pediatric patient.
The patient who needed a liver transplant this time was just a 12monthold baby.
And the liver donor was the baby’s biological mother.
“I can’t perform the surgery.”
The moment those words came out of Professor Choi Tae Hyuk’s mouth, the people gathered in the conference room doubted their ears.
“Did the viper just say he can’t do the surgery?”
“Seriously. He is the viper, right? Backing down in front of a surgery.”
Na Young, finding it hard to believe as well, stared at the back of Professor Choi Tae Hyuk’s head, who was sitting in the front seat.
She thought he was the type of person who felt a challenge in any difficult surgery, not the type to shy away from fear.
Although the liver has a higher chance of success when transplanted compared to other organs, pediatric liver transplantation was inevitably more challenging than adult’s.
A surgery on a baby who had only lived a year was bound to be more difficult.
Yet, it was not easy to accept the reason why Professor Choi Tae Hyuk abruptly refused to do the surgery.
It was a decision that didn’t suit him at all.
The pediatric specialist was also taken aback and tried to persuade Professor Choi Tae Hyuk by explaining.
“I told the patient’s parents about your track record and they really want you to do the surgery.”
“I’ve only done one pediatric liver transplant surgery. The child was ten. It’s too much for such a small baby. It would be better to move to a hospital with a specialist in pediatric liver transplants.”
As soon as Professor Choi Tae Hyuk finished his piece, he stood up from his seat and left the conference room first.
Everyone stared at the door through which Professor Choi Tae Hyuk had left, their faces resembling those of viewers of a suspense thriller movie.
Tap tap tap.
“Professor Choi!”
Na Young, who had followed him out of the conference room, called out his name loudly.
Stop.
The striding Professor Choi Tae Hyuk stopped.
However, he didn’t turn his head to look at her.
Na Young thought his mood was off because of what happened in the conference room and spoke calmly.
“It’s not like you to give up on surgery like that.”
If he was choosing not to operate due to his lack of experience with pediatric surgery, then Na Young wanted to encourage him.
“With your skills, Professor, I believe you could save that baby. So please reconsider.”
Professor Tae Hyuk turned to look at her.
But the cold, emotionless look in his eyes as he looked at her made Na Young’s heart sink. It made her wonder if he was the same man she had seen in the morning.
“If I say I’m not operating, then I’m not. No matter who comes to talk to me, my decision remains the same.”
It was a known fact to everyone at the hospital that Professor Tae Hyuk was not a warm person.
But he had never been cold to her, and she was realizing this for the first time.
And she realized how much it hurt to be treated so dismissively by him with that look in his eyes.
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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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