The transparent stone sparkled as it scattered light. Junghyuk gazed at Dajeong’s sparkling fingers with a small stone, turning and admiring them as if appreciating a piece of art.
A satisfied smile crept onto Junghyuk’s lips as he observed Dajeong’s hands.
“It’s beautiful, it suits you well.”
Brushing the surface of the perfectly fitting ring with his fingers, he looked up from the ring and met Dajeong’s gaze.
“How do you feel, Yoo Dajeong? Do you like it?”
“…….”
Dajeong remained silent, lowering her gaze. She stared, captivated, at the dazzling diamond ring on her finger.
Certainly, the ring was exceptionally beautiful. However, that wasn’t the important part.
“Mr. Cha Junghyuk… What is this?”
Dajeong asked cautiously. She wasn’t completely clueless about the situation unfolding now, but the unexpected development left her bewildered.
In response to her question, Junghyuk, after carefully choosing his words with a throaty laugh, looked up from the ring and gazed at Dajeong.
“I was waiting for you to tell me, but my patience is running out these days.”
Indeed, my patience turned out to be so trivial, and this ring made me realize that once again.
It was shocking to learn that it took a whopping two months for a ring made to order.
Although I managed to cut the time by a third through coercion and threats, it felt like experiencing a lifetime of irritation all at once.
During the time the ring was being prepared, I seemed to have only one thought.
Will Yoo Dajeong like it? What if she cries? What about the baby? Would the baby dislike it if the mom cries because of the ring in her belly?
While preparing the small, expensive, and sparkling item that every woman admires, on the one hand, I worried, and on the other hand, I felt excited.
And finally, upon seeing the completed ring on Dajeong’s finger, I felt that it was worth waiting for, and I was relieved.
One night in Jeju Island last summer.
Dajeong’s criticism about proposing without a ring may have been sincere.
Junghyuk rested his head on his raised elbow and chuckled lazily.
“Yoo Dajeong. There’s a time to make decisions, and that time is now.”
“……. ”
Dajeong rolled her eyes with a perplexed expression. Then, Junghyuk’s gaze turned back to Dajeong’s hand, which was lightly resting on her stomach.
His thumb gently brushed over the dazzling stone on her finger.
“The ring is ready, and I am ready too. Of course, there’s a more important gift than that.”
“A more important gift?”
Meaningful words sounded absurd to Dajeong.
As Dajeong continued to act clueless, Junghyuk’s gaze moved from her face down her neck. The gaze that slid down her chest fell a bit further, around her belly button.
His gaze pointedly indicated Dajeong’s lower abdomen.
“That.”
Dajeong involuntarily covered her stomach with her palm.
“This?”
“Yeah, that.”
“……. ”
Awkwardly touching her rounded belly, Dajeong rolled her eyes.
After leaving Hanbit and fooling around for a few months, it was true that various houses had attached themselves to me recently. Nevertheless, I never expected Cha Junghyuk to mock the neglected belly that resulted from giving birth to Siwoo like this.
But I don’t want to be teased about my belly just yet, so I attempt a rebuttal.
“Mr. Cha Junghyuk, you don’t know anything. This is something everyone has.”
This time, Junghyuk raised an eyebrow, as if indicating he couldn’t understand. His head tilted.
“Isn’t Yoo Dajeong feeling the same way?”
“Feeling…? I don’t know what Mr. Cha Junghyuk is talking about.”
“What do you mean? We’re talking about our marriage.”
“Marriage…”
When I received the ring, I suspected it might be a proposal. However, to make up one’s mind? Today, he seemed to be speaking words I couldn’t fathom at all.
As Dajeong stood there with a puzzled expression, Junghyuk widened his eyes as if she could not understand.
“Wasn’t that why you wanted to greet the old couple?”
“That?”
“Of course, it wasn’t planned. But it couldn’t be helped because Yoo Dajeong also thought that it was inevitable for Yoo Siwoo to have a younger sibling.”
Dajeong nodded her head with surprise.
“Siwoo has a younger sibling?”
Junghyuk exhaled sharply in disbelief.
“What’s inside. It’s Yoo Siwoo’s younger sibling.”
His gaze turned once again to Dajeong’s belly.
At that moment, something flashed in Dajeong’s mind. Only now did things that had not been clear begin to make sense.
Dajeong burst into a bitter laugh. It was a moment when she clearly realized how deep misunderstandings could become due to a lack of communication.
“Mr. Cha Junghyuk, did you misunderstand that I’m pregnant?”
“Misunderstanding?”
Junghyuk’s eyebrows twitched.
“Not?”
“Not.”
“No?”
“No. Why on earth would you have such a misunderstanding?”
His eyes, which had remained unshaken no matter what happened, began to tremble severely.
“Well, these days, I’ve been a bit sensitive…”
“There were many unavoidable things happening. There were quite a few complicated incidents.”
“And you seem to have gained some weight, haven’t you?”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
