Clunk.
Joo-hee, with her hat pressed down, took out a shopping bag from the back seat of the car. As she walked towards the elevator, she called her friend.
“Nakyung, I’ve just arrived. Where are you going? The 5th floor? Oh, got it. I’ll be up in a moment.”
After a brief call, Joo-hee pressed the elevator button. As the elevator, which had stopped on the 6th floor, began to descend slowly, she examined the floor guide attached to the wall.
Except for a personal coffee shop on the 1st floor, the entire building seemed to be utilized by the hospital. The 2nd floor was for examinations, the 3rd floor for obstetrics and gynecology, the 4th floor for hospitalization, and the 5th and 6th floors were for postpartum care.
“Do they lease the entire building for this?”
It was a building standing on the land of Chungdam-dong. Somehow, with a feeling of relative deprivation, Joo-hee pursed her lips as she stepped into the elevator and pressed the 5th-floor button.
“Nakyung has really succeeded. Doing postpartum care in such a nice place.”
The elevator door closed, moving against gravity.
A sigh escaped from Joo-hee’s lips. Lately, it felt like a heavy iron ball was tied to her ankle, dragging her endlessly into a dark abyss.
No, what really made my heart heavy might be the comparison with others.
Ding!
The elevator arrived on the 5th floor, making a clear sound. Joo-hee stood in front of the postpartum care center with a puzzled expression.
Although there were people around who got married early, among them, Nakyung was the only one who had given birth. Therefore, visiting a postpartum care center was a first for Joo-hee.
“I need to go in and call Nakyung’s name.”
While Joo-hee hesitated at the entrance, a human figure appeared behind the opaque glass door. At the same time, the tightly closed automatic door slowly opened.
“What are you doing? Come in.”
The one who revealed herself was Nakyung, whom Joo-hee had just spoken to on the phone. Joo-hee awkwardly smiled and followed her inside the postpartum care center.
“It feels a bit awkward. It’s my first time in a postpartum care center.”
“Me too. Postpartum care centers feel really awkward for first-time mothers. But more than that, come this way. I’ll show you our little Jjonga.”
While Joo-hee hesitated at the entrance, a transparent glass wall revealed a small baby lying in a crib. The sleeping baby was wrapped in a blanket, both eyes tightly closed.
“So cute. It seems like the baby resembles your husband more.”
“Really? Everyone says the baby looks more like me than my husband.”
Nakyung grabbed Joo-hee’s arm again, urging her to take a closer look. Agreeing with Nakyung’s words, Joo-hee continued to gaze at the baby.
“Oh, this. A congratulatory gift for childbirth.”
After looking at the baby, Joo-hee, who entered the delivery room, handed a shopping bag to Nakyung. Nakyung checked the baby clothes inside and smiled happily.
“Jjonga, is it? Thank you. I’ll take pictures when I dress him. What would you like to drink? I bought mocha coffee for your husband, and there’s also juice and fruit.”
“I’ll take coffee.”
Nakyung took out coffee and juice from the refrigerator. Nakyung, who placed the coffee bottle in front of Joo-hee, sat down on the sofa.
“They say it costs ten million won a week to use this maternity center?”
“It’s not that much here. The upper floors are a bit more expensive, though. There’s a maternity center operated separately by the hospital director, and I heard it costs that much.”
“Hmm.”
Joo-hee sipped her coffee with a dry throat. Nakyung, who was silently observing Joo-hee looking around the maternity room, spoke.
“How have you been lately? Has the drama filming finished?”
“It finished a while ago. A long while ago. You must have seen the news too.”
The corner of Joo-hee’s lips twisted upward. Lately, nothing seemed to be going well for her.
She was forced to quit the drama due to a sudden change in the script, and her scheduled appearances were distorted one after another. Even in the drama where she had already been cast, she received cancellation notices.
And what about the interview she had recently landed?
Wanting to represent her position, the journalist who had scheduled the interview ended up asking more questions about Se-kyung than herself.
“Why did you say such things on YouTube?”
“I didn’t say anything groundless. Everyone must have thought the same? You too, right? If you had stayed at the company, you would have debuted with us. Instead, you went along with that reason and that girl without a clue. It got awkward for me. Plus, that staff member. Everything got messed up because of that person. Who asked them to step forward? They wrote on there for no reason. Why do I have to suffer like this alone?”
“Well, I don’t regret not debuting. And during your activities, I was always attached to Yoon Se-kyung. So, that’s probably why I stood up like this now. If you feel unjust, ask for help from other people.”
“Enough. I don’t even contact them these days. I’m not doing broadcasting activities like Yoon Se-kyung.”
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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