“Come in.”
After hesitating for a moment, Jeho stepped back to let her enter. As Yuri crossed the threshold, he turned his back without waiting for her and walked towards the house. Yuri silently followed, watching his retreating figure.
“How long were you standing outside? You seem chilled to the bone…”
Though she had been ringing the doorbell for quite a while, it wasn’t long enough to turn her face pale. Jeho handed Yuri a hot cup of tea while closely observing her reddened fingertips.
“…Hmm. I’m not sure. I didn’t keep track of time.”
It didn’t seem like she had been standing outside for too long. Feeling unable to drive, she had taken a taxi. After getting out of the taxi, she hesitated for a moment before ringing the doorbell.
In a half-dazed state, she debated whether to go inside or turn back. After pressing the doorbell, she kept pressing it almost mechanically.
“I’ll say this first.”
Clutching the warm cup with both hands, Yuri spoke with difficulty.
“Even if we go all the way, nothing will change. I’m still going to marry Minwoo as planned.”
“I see. That’s unfortunate.”
“Yes, it’s unfortunate.”
Yuri took a sip of the tea with a bitter smile. Finding it more bitter than expected, she unconsciously frowned.
“It’s Kuding tea. Someone gave it to me as a gift, and I thought it would suit the current mood.”
“Ah, I see.”
Yuri laughed awkwardly and put down the teacup. She felt a distance from him as he consistently used formal speech. But she couldn’t complain. It would be stranger if his attitude didn’t change after hearing such insulting words.
“I came to apologize for what I said earlier. What I said to you, Jeho, wasn’t sincere.”
Jeho’s expression remained unchanged. His indifferent look suggested that it didn’t matter whether it was sincere or not.
“I don’t want to end things by hurting you with lies. That’s why I came. Jeho, you’re not a poor bastard. I don’t care if you don’t have a penny to your name. Please believe me.”
Though she thought she had cried all her tears earlier, her vision began to blur again. But she didn’t want to show tears in front of Jeho. Yuri lowered her head to hide her face.
“Let’s just think that there wasn’t enough time. It was too rushed for me to undo this marriage. And there wasn’t enough time to really get to know you. So… so…”
Despite trying to hold back, a foolish tear dropped. Yuri struggled to continue, trying to steady her trembling voice.
“So I couldn’t… overturn it.”
After that, her vision became so blurry that she didn’t even realize he had risen from his seat and was now standing in front of her. He cupped her chin with his hand and lifted her face.
“Don’t cry.”
With her vision blurred by tears, she couldn’t tell if he was frowning or looking at her with an annoyed expression. His monotonous voice made it impossible to gauge his mood.
“…So tell me it’s nothing, that it’ll be okay. Then I won’t cry.”
Jeho said nothing. She didn’t think he was the type to be swayed by tears. She herself detested appealing with tears.
Fortunately, after a while, the tears began to subside. When tears no longer flowed from her eyes, he released his grip on her chin and stepped back.
“Ah, and I came to return your jacket.”
Yuri said, picking up the paper bag she had placed beside her.
“I’m sorry for returning it so late.”
As she was taking the jacket out of the bag, Yuri noticed stains from foundation and tear marks. In her rush to come here, she had forgotten about that.
“I’m really sorry. I had it dry-cleaned and then stained it again.”
“I don’t care about such things. You’ve been apologizing non-stop.”
Jeho snatched the jacket from her hands with an annoyed look and threw it far away.
Though it wasn’t a big deal, the sadness made her want to cry again. How could he throw it so carelessly just because of a few stains…
“Sorry.”
As Yuri’s face contorted as if she was about to burst into tears again, Jeho briefly apologized and stroked her shoulder.
“Can’t you help me say goodbye with a smile? I don’t want your last memory of me to be of me crying.”
“Acting tough again.”
Jeho whispered as he knelt in front of Yuri. Wasn’t he angry? As her vision gradually cleared, Jeho’s smiling face came into view. He cupped her cheek with his hand and continued speaking.
“I find you beautiful whether you’re crying, smiling, or frowning in anger.”
This man is truly the worst. She asked him to help her not cry, but instead, he was stimulating her tear ducts even more.
“…Don’t say things like that.”
Once again, tears obscured her vision, preventing her from seeing Jeho’s face clearly. She had wanted to look at his face one last time before leaving, but why…?
Yuri felt resentful towards him for being so contrary.
“Are you going to keep crying like this until the wedding? You’ll go to the venue with puffy eyes.”
Jeho grumbled as he wiped away the tears that had gathered at the corners of her eyes with his thumb.
“Are you coming to the wedding?”
“Of course I have to go. I want to see with my own eyes how beautiful you’ll look in your wedding dress.”
No, I won’t be beautiful. I’ll probably look like a ghastly ghost bride.
But those words couldn’t leave her mouth. His hand that had been cupping her cheek moved upwards, stroking her hair. Just like that night at the resort, his touch was unbearably gentle. He tilted his head and gazed at her.
“Can I kiss you? You’re still my woman until you get married.”
“No. I’m not anyone’s woman yet.”
“Oh my.”
He curved his lips into a pleasant smile and continued.
“I guess I didn’t try hard enough. I should have put in more effort, right?”
Yuri shook her head vigorously. How could you have tried any harder here? You gave me such a great sanctuary. Thanks to you, I finally felt what happiness is…
But those words would never be spoken.
The moment she married Minwoo, she had to cut him off.
She didn’t want to deceive her partner by living a married life with someone else in her heart. Even if it was a formal marriage, marriage was marriage, and she didn’t want to repeat the mistakes her parents had made. That’s why Yuri wanted to let go of everything cleanly tonight.
“I want to confess one thing.”
Even if she couldn’t express her current feelings, she could confess her past emotions. She wanted to lighten her heart’s burden, even if just a little.
“Jeho, I fell for you the moment I first saw you. You were so handsome. It was the first time in my life I’d seen someone as handsome as you. I wondered if you were human or a sculpture. So, Jeho…”
Even though she was talking about something from 10 years ago, her face flushed hot. Yuri smiled sheepishly, meeting his gaze.
“You were my first love.”
…And you’ll be my only love.
The last words remained unspoken, staying in her mouth. Jeho smiled softly and lowered his head to press his lips against hers. Yuri obediently parted her lips and wrapped her arms around his neck.
It was a sweet kiss with the man who was her first love.
I love you.
I love you, Jeho.
With her eyes closed, Yuri repeatedly made the confession she couldn’t make back then. His hand slowly began to unzip the dress she was wearing. Since she had already told him it was okay to go all the way, Yuri let his hands roam as they pleased.
After pulling down the zipper, his hands now removed her arms from the long sleeves. Throughout this, their overlapping lips never parted.
“Shh, it’s okay.”
He whispered against her lips as he ran his fingers deep into her hair, stroking downwards.
“I’ll tell you something first, I’m not going all the way today.”
Hearing these unexpected words, Yuri pulled back and looked at his face.
“Why? I’m okay with it. We can go all the way if you want.”
“Phew, you really don’t know…”
Jeho chuckled as if her response was ridiculous.
“That’s really blatant seduction, you know?”
“I know that much.”
Yuri’s brows furrowed slightly at his tone that treated her like a child.
“I don’t want to hold you like this.”
Jeho whispered soothingly, gently kissing her arm where faint bruises left by Minwoo remained.
Yuri, who was about to say ‘If not now, there will never be another chance,’ closed her mouth. He probably knew that too, and maybe he didn’t want to have an awkward relationship with Minwoo. The two of them were already not on good terms as cousins. There was no need for their relationship to become more complicated because of her.
“I understand.”
Her mistake of weighing between the two cousins was the biggest.
“I only said I won’t go all the way. I didn’t say I’d stop.”
For a moment, she was confused. What did he mean by not going all the way but not stopping?
Lost in her thoughts, Yuri didn’t notice his hand touching her back. In the blink of an eye, her white skin was exposed. Before she could cover herself with both hands, he grabbed her hands to stop her.
“You said I could go all the way while being like this? I told you not to act tough.”
Yuri blushed, not knowing what to do. But the embarrassing moment was brief. He pulled her close and deeply pressed his lips against hers, almost biting. Distracted by the intoxicating kiss, she didn’t realize her body was slowly falling backward.
She suddenly felt the cold leather touch on her back as she was laid down on the sofa. He caged her between his arms and said,
“Before I went on the business trip, I definitely promised you, didn’t I?”
As he lowered his head, his hot breath touched her exposed skin, causing goosebumps all over her body.
“That I’d give you an even deeper kiss when I returned.”
Before she could grasp his meaning, his lips touched her sensitive skin. The dizzying sensation made her vision go white. Soft sounds continuously escaped from her parted lips.
Was it because of the bright light? It felt much more stimulating than that day.
Yuri slowly closed her eyes and quietly took a breath.
Because this was the last time. She didn’t want to miss anything – his touch, his breath, all of it.
[This is the timeline separator]“What time is it now?”
It seems she had dozed off while lying in Jeho’s arms on the sofa. Yuri lifted her face from Jeho’s embrace, brushing back her disheveled hair.
“2 AM.”
“It’s too late. I have to go.”
As Yuri got up to gather her clothes, Jeho tightened his arms around her, pulling her back to him.
“Stay a little longer.”
“I can’t.”
“Then I’ll drive you home.”
“I’ll call a taxi.”
“Yuri.”
Yuri tilted her head and kissed his lips to stop him from saying more. Reluctantly, their lips parted and met again several times, sharing one last long kiss.
“That was really the last one. …Thank you for everything. Really, for everything.”
After saying this, she picked up her handbag from the floor and rushed towards the front door. Jeho momentarily froze with his hand outstretched, trying to catch her. Only when he faintly heard the thud of the main gate closing from outside did he lower his raised hand and cover his eyes with the back of his hand.
“Huh huh.”
A self-deprecating laugh escaped his lips.
When she shed tears revealing her true feelings, he should have told her that there would be no wedding… He should have reassured her that everything would be alright… But he had kept his mouth firmly shut and just watched her cry.
It was because he was worried that if any information leaked out, things might go wrong.
He felt heartless for maintaining his rationality in front of a woman crying with shaking shoulders.
Am I really such trash?
Jeho quietly closed his eyes, inhaling the sweet scent she had left behind.
He desperately wanted to see her who had just left.
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Daily Life of a Scumbag Man Giving Birth (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The way for a promiscuous scumbag man to atone for his sins is to let him get… pregnant.
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, scammed countless women, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to scam them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.