The Grand Temptation (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 96
“Hmm.”
As she turned over in her sleep, a gentle patting hand and a warm body pressed against her back. Yuli slowly opened her heavy eyelids, awakening.
Through blurred vision, she faintly saw the pale blue glow of dawn seeping into the room. She couldn’t quite remember, but at some point she must have collapsed into unconsciousness as if fainting.
“Sleep a bit more. It’s still too early.”
Just then, a low, muffled voice drifted into her ear. Instead of closing her eyes, Yuli let out a brief sigh. This would surely be the last time she woke up in his embrace. Knowing that, she couldn’t bring herself to fall back asleep.
She wanted just a little more of this cozy, drowsy happiness—this quiet smile that came so naturally. It didn’t matter even if it was all just pretense; her heart thrilled with a tingling warmth.
Yuli wondered if she might be like a mayfly, unknowingly soaking her wings in honey, endlessly lapping it up—only to inevitably drown inside the jar…
Even though she knew this, she couldn’t easily resist the temptation.
When the sun rose and daylight came, she would push him completely out of her heart—but just for now, just for a little while longer, could she extend this empty dream?
Noticing she hadn’t fallen back asleep, Jae Ho half-rose and whispered softly near her ear.
“I didn’t get to say it earlier… That wristwatch really suited you.”
“…Ah.”
After a brief pause, Yuli continued calmly.
“Since today’s the last day… I thought I should let you see me wearing it at least once before I return it.”
Instead of saying thank you, Jae Ho gently turned her to face him. Their gazes slowly deepened.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
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