The Grand Temptation (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
“No, once is enough.”
In truth, even once was too much—you shouldn’t have ever wronged you like that.
Jae Ho gave a bitter smile and tightened his arms around Yuli.
It was far too late to turn back time. The cup had already been overturned, and the water spilled. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do now—except wait until the right moment came to reveal everything and accept her decision…
But in that process, the one who would be hurt the most wouldn’t be him—it would be her. That’s precisely why Jae Ho felt even heavier in his heart. He promised her with words that he’d protect her, yet in reality, he was the one inflicting the deepest wound upon her.
Sensing somehow that the mood had grown somber, Yuli pulled away slightly from his embrace and looked up at him. His eyes, filled with sorrow, met hers.
“Why that expression?”
When Yuli asked with a worried look, Jae Ho shook his head gently and offered a soft smile.
“I’m just so moved—you’re forgiving me not once, but twice.”
“Then… you won’t ever do it again, right?”
“I…”
Jae Ho’s words caught in his throat. He realized in that instant just how vastly different the weight of the mistake she imagined was from the true gravity of what he’d actually done.
She couldn’t possibly imagine it. Just picturing the expression she’d wear when the truth came out made his chest ache sharply.
“Yuli.”
Jae Ho pulled her close again, resting his chin atop her head. He had so much he wanted to tell her, yet the reality that he couldn’t say a word left him breathless. But this was all his fault—so he had no one to blame but himself.
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)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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