Was it because she had taken a nap in the study?
Eun Soo couldn’t fall asleep despite lying in bed until late at night.
Hyuk Joo, who had gone to the study after dinner, had not yet returned to the bedroom.
It seemed like he was reviewing documents late into the night because of his trip to Dubai that was to happen the next day.
‘Find a good psychiatrist. It seems Eun Soo is having a hard time lately.’
She recalled the instructions he had given to Director Song in the afternoon.
In Hyuk Joo’s eyes, which were so calm that one could describe them as tranquil, she must have appeared strange.
Perhaps he thought that her saying that she wanted to quit was just a simple mood swing.
Hyuk Joo made decisions considering objective indicators for everything.
The reason he was taken aback when she blurted out the word ‘divorce’, as if he had heard a word he should not hear, was also because of this.
There were no objective reasons for divorce.
“I guess I’m the one making the mistakes, in your opinion.”
Hyuk Joo believed that this marriage was going smoothly.
He was unaware that Eun Soo was desperately treading water beneath the calm surface of this marriage.
With a sigh, Eun Soo thought about his belief that consulting a psychiatrist would solve the problem.
“Sigh…”
She sat up in bed.
It didn’t seem like she would fall asleep if she kept lying there like this.
Eun Soo put on a cardigan over her shoulders and left the bedroom. Light was seeping out onto the floor of the study at the end of the second floor corridor.
She imagined Hyuk Joo working inside the study.
With a serious expression, he would be organizing the results he had to achieve on his Dubai trip, looking at several documents and the laptop screen.
“Should I ask him if he wants some tea?”
However, Eun Soo soon shook her head.
She didn’t want to face his indifferent gaze when she asked such a question.
As she tried to end her onesided love, every gesture towards him felt futile.
Even if she spoke and acted with warmth, the only thing that came back was a gaze cold as winter frost.
“I don’t want to be hurt anymore…”
Eun Soo clenched her fist, staring at the closed study door.
Her lower lip was biting as hard as her clenched fist, and it hurt. Whether it was the tender flesh of her lips or her heart that hurt, she could no longer tell.
Eun Soo, intending to go to the bedroom, passed by the study and headed towards the terrace at the end of the corridor.
On the terrace was a tea table, personally chosen by her aunt in hopes that her nephew and his wife would sit there and enjoy a cup of tea affectionately.
She had no memory of ever sitting there alone with Hyuk Joo.
“It’s not me who should be sitting here.”
Eun Soo looked at the tea table with vacant eyes.
What would happen if she disappeared from this house?
She didn’t have to think long, the conclusion was reached quickly.
Nothing significant would happen even if she disappeared from here.
The saying went that a person’s absence is more conspicuous than their presence, but she didn’t think that applied to her.
She should have disappeared earlier…
Looking at the garden lighting that dimly lit the darkness, Eun Soo slowly exhaled a dry breath.
For some time after their marriage, she used to stand here waiting for Hyuk Joo to come home from work. But his return was always irregular, and some days he didn’t come home at all.
Without specifying when he would be back, Hyuk Joo used vague phrases like “I’ll be late, I think I’ll be quite late.”
As if it represented the ambiguity between the two of them.
The sound of the terrace door opening turned Eun Soo’s head.
“What are you doing up at this hour?”
Moon Hyuk Joo asked as he approached.
“I can’t sleep.”
“Didn’t you say you’re going to Gangwon Province tomorrow?”
“That’s right.”
“I cancelled your lunch meeting.”
“Why?”
It was a regular meeting with the executives’ wives. Eun Soo cocked her head at the news that Hyuk Joo had unilaterally cancelled the appointment.
“You said it was uncomfortable.”
“…but it’s a gathering I have to endure even if it’s uncomfortable.”
“Eun Soo, there’s no need to force yourself.”
“….”
“If you don’t like it, say so. Don’t hold it in.”
At Hyuk Joo’s sudden siding with her, Eun Soo scoffed inwardly.
He must have some favor to ask of her.
Eun Soo looked straight into Hyuk Joo’s eyes and called him.
“Mr. Hyuk Joo.”
“Hmm?”
“I’m talking about that woman.”
At the words ‘that woman’, Hyuk Joo’s eyes wavered momentarily. Staring at his wavering eyes, Eun Soo asked.
“What will you do if I say I don’t like it?”
“What don’t you like?”
“You said so. That she has returned, and you want to help her. But that doesn’t mean you want to divorce me.”
“….”
“If I say don’t help her, am I breaking our agreement?”
Eun Soo looked at the silent Hyuk Joo for a moment and gave a powerless laugh. Brushing her hair back, she forced a smile on her lips.
“From the start, you informed me, so if I say that now, it would be akin to breaking the contract.”
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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