With only a brief conversation, the tired Iljun closed his eyes. Jinwoo and Jina politely greeted Seo Iljun’s wife, who was standing by their side, and left the hospital room.
“Chairman, please treat Jinwoo warmly as well.”
Seo Iljun’s wife, who knew Iljun’s sincerity, subtly said.
“…….”
Iljun did not respond.
“He’s the Chairman’s only son. You can treat him that way.”
Mrs. Seo felt somewhat sorry. Twenty years ago, she thought that with the chairman’s love alone, they could have everything in the world. However, that was her misconception.
Chairman Seo lost his wife and child. He himself was no exception.
Despite enduring much criticism and blame from the world, she tried to create a happy home, but in the end, a child did not come. She had never had a day of peace, thinking that all of this was her retribution.
“Rest well.”
The wife, who had been gazing at the Chairman without any response until the end, covered him with a blanket with a complicated gaze.
“Is there anything you want to eat?”
Terrified to leave the hospital, Jinwoo asked boldly, “Shall we go straight to the company?”
“Since we have some time…”
It had been challenging for Jinwoo to spend time with Jina lately. Jina rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue in response.
“I feel like having strawberry cream cake.”
“Let’s go to Itaewon.”
Jinwoo promptly told the driver the destination without hesitation.
The spring sunlight showered down on Jinwoo. The profile of his sculpted face was always heart-fluttering.
“About the chairman’s succession…”
Would Jinwoo really become the chairman?
Jina asked Jinwoo cautiously. Jinwoo, who had been lost in thought for a moment, turned his head in response to Jina’s words.
“What do you want, Noona?”
Jinwoo’s warm dark-brown eyes focused straight on Jina.
“Huh? Me?”
Jina’s eyes widened at the sudden question.
“Is my opinion important?”
“It always has been. To me.”
Jinwoo chuckled and lightly kissed Jina’s cheek.
“I don’t want to do anything you don’t like.”
Her face flushed.
Even with his small gestures, Jinwoo’s actions made Jina’s heart race like a freshly caught salmon.
“Noona, why is your face so red? Are you feeling feverish?”
Ever since Jina got pregnant, Jinwoo became even more sensitive to her physical condition. He reached out and touched Jina’s forehead.
“No, I’m fine.”
“Noona’s face is as red as strawberries.”
Because of you, Seo Jinwoo.
Jina smiled awkwardly, turned her head to the other side of the car window, and beyond the window, solitary white cherry blossoms were blooming like snowflakes.
The bakery in Itaewon was famous for its strawberry cream. The large three-story building was entirely a bakery; the first floor displayed various types of bread and cakes, and the second and third floors were like a cafe.
“Pick what you want.”
Jinwoo handed Jina a tray and, as if saying, “Just tell me what you want,” he skillfully clinked the tongs.
“Okay.”
Pointing to the cakes she had always wanted to eat, Jinwoo adeptly placed them on the tray. After a while, after paying, Jina worriedly asked.
“Is it okay if we eat all this?”
“Our Jiwoo will feast today.”
Since the last examination said that the gestational diabetes was okay.
“Yeah. Well, then, let’s enjoy it.”
Jina, who quickly suppressed her guilt, smiled brightly as she picked up her fork. Jinwoo, looking satisfied, watched Jina’s happy face.
The days he had longed for were passing by one by one. Waking up in the morning and seeing Jina sleeping by his side, he still couldn’t believe that he hadn’t awakened from a dream.
“Aren’t you going to eat?”
With cheeks full of cake, Jina, looking like a squirrel, asked, “Are you not eating?”
“I…”
“Just watching Noona eat makes me full.”
Jina interrupted Jinwoo’s response.
Simultaneously, Jina’s eyebrows playfully went up.
“For someone like you, I can’t believe I’m the only one gaining weight.”
Jina jokingly looked at Jinwoo and dramatically bit into a piece of cake topped with strawberries.
“Oh.”
As Jinwoo shoved the cake into his mouth, he opened it as if there was no other choice.
“Delicious?”
“Yes.”
Jinwoo smiled.
“From now on, let’s not just eat with our eyes but together.”
“Okay.”
Jina and Jinwoo looked at each other and smiled at each other. It was incredibly happy, enough to burst their hearts.
“Are you going straight to the company by any chance?”
“Yes.”
“Can we buy more cakes?”
“Sure.”
Jinwoo answered readily. Jina, who bought as much as they ate, picked up the packaged cake box.
“Jinwoo, let’s stop by the hospital again.”
“What?”
Surprised by the unexpected words, Jinwoo asked.
“We went there empty-handed earlier, and… Also, the chairman and his wife might like it. Even if your father can’t eat.”
Jina spoke with a faint smile.
“You don’t have to do that.”
“I want to do it.”
Jina looked straight at Jinwoo.
“I was bothered that you didn’t attend our wedding.”
“That’s because the chairman wasn’t feeling well.”
“Even if he wasn’t sick, he probably wouldn’t have attended. He feels sorry to you and your mother.”
“He’s not that great of a person.”
Jinwoo’s voice sounded somewhat bitter.
“But you didn’t ignore his request.”
“That…”
Jinwoo, who was about to say something a bit desperate, stopped. Jinwoo’s eyes, looking at Jina, shook slightly.
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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