“I heard there’s an informant to the journalist. He didn’t tell me who it was. Maybe there was more to find out. Where did you hear that?”
“Me? I heard it from Sera. She recently gave birth, and the postpartum care place was the same as the hospital you go to. Even if you hide your face, it seems like people there knew that you were going to that hospital.”
“Ah…”
Se-kyung swallowed her saliva. Come to think of it, there were times when she encountered people in the elevator or parking lot when she went to Dr. Shim’s hospital.
But back then, she just briefly exposed her eyes. How did people recognize her even with that appearance?
“Oh? But there was a person named Nakyung in the postpartum care center. Why would an anonymous source be that person? According to what Yuna nuna said, wouldn’t it be more credible if it was said that Nakyung spread the rumor?”
Jehoon chuckled in confusion. Yuna shook her head, indicating it wasn’t like that.
“Nakyung was at the postpartum care center, and Ju-hee visited there. The two have been friends for a long time. That day when Se-kyung mentioned going to the OB-GYN, Ju-hee might have overheard and reported it. According to Nakyung, Ju-hee didn’t just listen to her but reported it. I don’t know how she knew about something I didn’t even know… ”
Yuna observed Se-kyung’s expression, finishing her sentence vaguely. Se-kyung, with a serious expression, was deeply lost in thought.
“Um, did I say something unnecessary?”
As Se-kyung’s expression turned serious, Yuna scratched her cheek in confusion.
“Huh? Oh, no, it’s not that. I was just thinking about where I might have run into Ju-hee.”
“Stop that. Just ask Representative-nim. Saying you heard from a journalist would be more accurate.”
Jehoon agreed from the side. Then, as if trying to divert Se-kyung’s attention elsewhere, he continued.
“Noona, what are you going to do with your activities for a while? Will you rest until you give birth? I heard a few variety shows and advertisement proposals are coming in.”
“Yeah, I heard too. Because of that, I’ll visit the company soon. Director Song suggested discussing that part.”
“Your body will get heavier. Will you keep working without resting?”
“There are people who search for you even after you’ve loudly announced your pregnancy. If there’s nothing to do, people won’t know. I’ll try within a reasonable limit. I don’t like just staying quietly at home, especially after revealing the pregnancy.”
“Then, will you appear on ‘Bubu I Mong’ again? I’ll teach good yoga poses for pregnant women this time.”
Yuna’s positive response made her eyes shine.
“No, that’s a bit…”
Se-kyung, who refused instantly, raised her head. The moment she had screamed while learning yoga from Yuna passed through her mind, making her uneasy.
“Did you choose all the furniture?”
Tae-jo, who came out of the bathroom, approached Se-kyung. Se-kyung, who had come to Tae-jo’s house after work, was looking at the furniture catalog he had brought.
“I roughly did. It seems like we only need to buy what I marked here.”
Tae-jo hugged Se-kyung’s waist and took the catalog she was looking at.
A refreshing body wash scent wafted from his tight body. Se-kyung looked up at him with a cheek against his chest.
“Is there anything else you want to buy? What about the stuff to bring here?”
“For now, this should be enough. Yuna helped me with the clothes. I’ll bring the rest little by little as needed.”
“Don’t carry anything heavy. Later, I’ll ask Seok-joo and Woo-hyun to help organize the guest room. I’ll ask you to carry it then.”
“Is that okay? Even though Tae-jo is a friend to me, he’s a senior to me and an executive in the company. Oh, and Ye-ryeong unni called during the day. She asked if the moving was going smoothly.”
“Sister-in-law?”
“Yes. Actually, Mother tried to contact me, but she thought I might find it burdensome, so she asked Ye-ryeong unni to inquire. She wanted to know if there was anything needed for moving. She even suggested living in Tae-jo’s house without getting a separate place.”
After Se-kyung decided to move to Tae-jo’s house, when she mentioned it to Mrs. Ma, she had inquired whether it wouldn’t be better for her to get a new honeymoon home. If preparing for it was difficult because of her pregnancy, Mrs. Ma offered to help directly.
Perhaps she felt guilty for dampening Se-kyung’s spirits when they first met.
“Also, I decided to go to Tae-jo’s house tomorrow.”
“To your hometown? Why?”
“We didn’t have a long conversation last time. If nothing comes up, I’ll go there for lunch and talk slowly.”
Tae-jo looked at Se-kyung, who spoke calmly, with a worried expression.
“Is it okay? If it’s burdensome to go alone, I can change it to going together when I finish work.”
“No, Mother said she would send a car, so I’ll go during the day. But more importantly, there’s something I want to ask Tae-jo.”
“What is it?”
“The person who revealed my pregnancy to the journalist. Was it Ju-hee?”
Perhaps Tae-jo found her question unexpected. His eyes slightly widened.
Reading Tae-jo’s immediate reaction, Se-kyung immediately understood the answer.
“You said there’s something to check. Is it to confirm if it’s Ju-hee?”
“You can’t trust only the journalist’s words. Who did you hear that the person who leaked it was?”
“Yuna said she heard it from a friend. It seems her friend was staying at Director Shim’s hospital’s postpartum care center. Her friend knew that I was going to the OB-GYN, and it seems she told Ju-hee. Maybe Ju-hee exaggerated the story after hearing that…”
“That’s not it. She followed from the hospital to the company.”
“Followed? Then, did Ju-hee see me at the hospital?”
When Se-kyung asked again, Tae-jo nodded.
“There’s no way. I’ve never seen Ju-hee.”
“You probably haven’t. She followed secretly. That day she told me about the gender of the baby in the elevator. She probably saw me in the parking lot and followed me from there when I left the hospital.”
The day she revealed the gender of the baby.
At that time, they had definitely done the congenital anomaly test together. And when they went up to the hospital, they briefly talked on the phone.
“If she followed secretly, does that mean she followed me when I went up to the hospital?”
Tae-jo caught Se-kyung’s unspoken words and nodded slightly.
So, he found out at that time.
“I was too careless. I thought there was no one around.”
Se-kyung sighed and wiped her face. It was something she could have prevented if she had been more careful.
“No need to blame yourself. It would have been revealed anyway. It just happened a bit sooner.”
“Still… If it weren’t for that incident, Tae-jo’s identity wouldn’t have been exposed like this. I could have told Mother first.”
“Well, that’s another unknown. In life, there are many variables.”
“…”
“So forget about it. It’s already in the past.”
Tae-jo pulled Se-kyung’s head, pressed his lips to her round forehead. Se-kyung, who smiled weakly, nestled into his arms.
Even with his affectionate comfort, it was a night where her heart was unnecessarily disturbed.
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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