When he was certain of Eun Soo’s whereabouts, Hyuk Joo became anxious.
“Check the flight schedule for me. I’m going straight to the airport.”
“Are you going to Jeju Island?”
“Yes.”
Hyuk Joo got up from his seat and put on the suit jacket he had taken off.
“Make sure the news that I’m going to Jeju Island doesn’t leak out.”
“I’ll make sure of that.”
Chief Song followed the busy Hyuk Joo, answering him.
As soon as they got into the arrived elevator, Chief Song handed his car keys to Hyuk Joo.
“Use my car.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll find a separate car for you to use in Jeju Island and contact you.”
“Alright.”
Hyuk Joo nodded repeatedly.
When the elevator arrived at the underground parking lot, Chief Song guided Hyuk Joo to where his car was parked.
“I’ll clear my schedule until tomorrow.”
“Thanks.”
“Then, take care.”
Leaving the polite Chief Song behind, Hyuk Joo drove his car out of the underground parking lot.
As soon as he arrived at the airport, a call came in. After checking the screen, Hyuk Joo pondered whether to answer the call or not.
The caller was Yeong Ran.
After Eun Soo disappeared, Hyuk Joo immediately moved his residence to a hotel. He didn’t want to stay a moment longer in a space where her traces had disappeared.
Having moved to a quiet place, Hyuk Joo pressed the call button.
“Yes.”
— I heard you left your post?
“I just wanted to take a break.”
— A break?
Doubt was evident in Yeong Ran’s voice. It made sense, as Hyuk Joo had never properly taken a break before.
Moreover, he had just returned from a business trip not long ago, and there were many important tasks still to be handled.
It was natural for her to be surprised when Hyuk Joo said he would take a break at such a time.
“I’m not in my right mind right now.”
— …
“Don’t you know I’m barely restraining myself from grabbing someone by the collar?”
His words about not being in his right mind were sincere. So were his words about wanting to grab someone by the collar.
Hyuk Joo bit his lip and untied his tie with his hand.
Yeong Ran, who sensed that his voice was not normal, calmed her angry voice.
— Take a break until tomorrow, and clear some of your schedule the day after.
“Why is that?”
— Because there’s a place you have to go.
“Understood.”
Hyuk Joo ended the call as he answered.
Chewing over the words that there was a place he had to go, he completely untied his tie and put it in the pocket of his suit jacket.
“I’m on my way to where I have to go, what the hell.”
As Hyuk Joo headed towards the boarding gate, tension gradually showed on his face.
Despite his certainty that Eun Soo would be in the townhouse under Director Hwang Hyun Kyung’s name, he was anxious.
What if, by any chance, his guess was wrong?
How would he find Eun Soo then?
Would he have to become a rogue who grabs his aunt by the collar?
With a stiff face, Hyuk Joo brushed his hair back.
In response to Yeong Ran’s text to set a place and time to meet Hyuk Joo, Eun Soo sent the address of a cafe near the townhouse.
She said she would adjust the time as she wanted.
“Eun Soo.”
“Yes.”
“You said earlier that you worked in translation.”
“That’s right.”
Eun Soo nodded.
After finishing their meal, they were headed to a nearby beach in a car driven by Saet Byeol.
The place where she was currently staying didn’t even offer a glimpse of the edge of the sea. But after driving for a few minutes, the vast sea started to come into view.
In the open view, a smile naturally formed on Eun Soo’s face.
She couldn’t gauge if this leisure she was experiencing was the first in several years.
She had endured a relatively long battle with illness from childhood, and after being declared cured, she immersed herself in studying like other children.
Not long after entering the university she wanted, her mother fell ill, and it became Eun Soo’s responsibility to take care of her.
Because she was always running out of time, the leisure she felt in the last few days felt strange and unfamiliar. But this was also one of the things she had to adapt to.
‘Isn’t it beautiful?’
Eun Soo whispered as if wrapping her hands around her stomach.
She decided to think of the leisure given to her now as a blessed time to focus on the baby.
She wanted to show beautiful scenery like the sea in front of her often and create only meetings with good people like Saet Byeol she met today.
“I said earlier that I would help you find a job.”
“No, it’s okay.”
Eun Soo declined again.
It was excessive to work a new job while having a baby.
“It’s not a big deal, but there’s some material a professor wants to look over, could you help translate it?”
“…Is it a lot?”
“It’s not that much. It’s good to rest, but it’s not good not to use your brain at all.”
Saet Byeol parked the car in a coastal parking lot as she spoke.
“Think of it as working for one or two hours a day.”
“You said it’s about horticulture. I don’t know much about that terminology…”
“Just think of it as a rough first draft translation.”
“Then, I’ll do it.”
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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