The Grand Temptation (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 97
Even if their father-daughter relationship was twisted, a father could not calmly accept his daughter’s unhappiness. Toward Assemblyman Chae, Yuli offered a calm smile.
“You don’t need to worry about me anymore. The little fire play is over.”
Yes, it had only ever been fire play—not love. What they’d done—mutually distrusting each other and stabbing knives into each other’s backs—could never be called love.
Just as he had deliberately approached her, she too had deliberately betrayed him.
Just as she’d been disappointed in him, Yuli ended up being disappointed in herself as well. Even if the swapped secret ledger turned out to be fake, nothing would change. In this state, continuing their relationship was utterly impossible.
Thus, stopping this fire play here, before either of them got hurt further, was the wisest choice.
Yet, though her mind accepted it, her lifeless heart crumbled with a sharp, cracking sound.
Pressing her palm against her chest, tight as if she couldn’t breathe, Yuli opened the front door and stepped outside.
From a cloudless, clear sky, bright sunlight poured down. Today, especially, the sky was blue enough to sting her eyes. Yet to Yuli, it felt as gloomy as a gray, overcast day.
Simply because he was no longer beside her…
“Huh.”
Yuli let out a dry laugh and quickened her steps toward the gate.
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Slowly but surely, time continued to flow onward without stopping.
A few weeks later, a small article about Kwon Woo Sik, Executive Director of KG Group, appeared in the economic section of a domestic newspaper.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
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