The pain Dan Woo remembered was vivid.
Woo Dan Woo, who was foolishly deceived by his mother and Woo Seon Ho.
Recalling the painful memories, a thin moan dispersed once again from Ji An’s nape.
“I can’t forget that day. So you…….”
Dan Woo’s voice trailed off, and Ji An couldn’t hastily ask. It was because his voice was filled with moist pain.
When she turned her face to look at him, a large hand cradled her cheek. That touch brought Ji An’s head back to its place.
Dan Woo spoke in a low voice.
“Don’t turn your head. It’s enough as it is now.”
The patience he willingly endured had worn thin, and Dan Woo wanted to stop this pain with a different form of desire.
But if his counterpart was Ji An, he thought he could endure it with just warmth.
With his face deeply buried, Dan Woo swallowed the pain with his whole body and suppressed the heat.
Remembering the day spent with Ji An, a desolate energy that could not be relieved surged in his solar plexus. No wonder, considering it was the day he realized how dangerous he was through J’s death.
While suppressing the pain and forcibly holding onto his sanity, he felt Ji An’s quickened heartbeat.
Her trembling eyelashes, dry lips swallowing saliva, and her flushed face.
Dan Woo pulled the nervous Ji An close and whispered.
“You said it’s okay. ……Don’t worry.”
Ji An’s throat choked up. Her body still trembled slightly and her voice continued as if it would break.
An unexpected occurrence pushed a dull pain to the edge of her solar plexus, yet in this moment, she wanted to be a comfort to him.
Dan Woo delved into her neck and spoke.
“Just like this, for a little while. Is that okay?”
“Yes. ……Did you hear? I’m leaving here today.”
“I heard.”
Instead of expressing her gratitude, Ji An bit her lip.
With tears ready to spill, she furrowed her brows and slowly tapped Dan Woo’s arm, hoping his time would be peaceful and warm.
A space where silent tranquility flowed.
The yard welcoming the night draped darkness even into the room, occasionally, Dan Woo’s moan floated in the air.
His low breath dispersed from her neck and flowed into her body.
As time grew longer, Ji An’s heart pounded a little harder.
When that time became too hard to bear, Ji An slowly opened her mouth.
“Dan Woo, sleep?”
“……”
As Dan Woo’s breathing steadied, the body that had been clinging to her relaxed.
His time was becoming peaceful and warm like Ji An’s wishes.
The solid arm wrapped around her waist fell down.
However, Ji An was lying down, looking at the dark and cold void. She wanted to delay the time to leave.
Ji An raised her eyebrows at the unfamiliar and strange feeling. Her view was filled with pitch darkness.
Her groggy consciousness gradually became clear.
She didn’t remember how she fell asleep. But when she realized where she had slept, she muttered lowly.
“Right. The bedroom on the second floor.”
The sound of Dan Woo’s breath from her back had disappeared, and the blanket was wrapped around her body. It seemed Dan Woo had covered her, worried about the chill in the room.
She took her hand out of the blanket and put her feet under the bed.
“Ugh. My feet are cold.”
With her instep bent, Ji An took a step and pulled the door handle.
She came down to the first floor, hunching her shoulders and rubbing her hands, but there was no sign of life.
She wiped the living room’s window with her sleeve and looked over the yard where the winter night had fallen. But Dan Woo was nowhere to be seen.
It’s really time to go now.
Having decided to wait for Dan Woo, she sat down on the living room floor where the entrance was directly visible, and hugged her knees.
Beep beep beep, beep.
Finally, she heard the sound of the door lock being released.
The moment the door handle was pulled down and the front door opened, Ji An, who was sitting directly in front, looked up at Dan Woo.
The moment she faced him, the events that had occurred on the second floor came to mind, making her lips tremble. She couldn’t find her voice.
Dan Woo was the first to ask calmly.
“Wake up?”
“Yeah. I was about to go and was waiting for you. Wanted to see your face before leaving.”
“Really? Good job. I’ll carry your bag. Let’s go together.”
The greetings to be exchanged were certainly fitting, but the conversation felt somehow empty.
As the brief greetings ended, Ji An stood up straight.
Looking fixedly at Dan Woo, she gently tapped her head with her index finger and cautiously asked about the illness he was suffering from around this time.
She thought it was fortunate that she could be with him if that was the case.
“Is it, by any chance, amnesia? Was that today?”
Dan Woo turned to look at Ji An while pulling the handle of the suitcase. His face, briefly closing his eyes and then opening them, seemed to ask ‘Are you curious?’.
He responded with a light laugh and a lowered voice.
“It was today. I’m okay now. …Thank you.”
“I’m relieved. But what can we do. I fell asleep, didn’t I? It was absurd.”
“No, I didn’t think that. I went to the car for a moment, and you were awake when I returned.”
It’s really time to go now.
Instead of responding, she nodded her head, put on her sneakers, and looked around the house.
Ji An raised her voice with a sudden realization.
“Ah. Right. It seems the boiler might be broken again. Why was the second floor so cold? …Maybe it’s my fault.”
She thought of the documents and laptop that had been piled up on the sofa table when she first entered this house.
She worried that Dan Woo might have been uncomfortable in case the boiler broke down suddenly.
“I wasn’t bothered at all. And as you can see.”
Dan Woo pointed to his outfit of a hoodie worn over a shortsleeved shirt and shorts.
“I usually dress like this. I don’t feel the cold that much.”
“Ah, right. That’s true.”
Ji An hastily bit her lip and asked. It seemed like she was wasting time with pointless chatter.
She let out a brief breath and neatly pursed her lips.
“I really need to go.”
It was the moment her gaze met with Ji An’s.
Should he continue to feign sickness? That fleeting thought crossed Dan Woo’s mind.
He knew better than anyone that it was an impractical thought.
An indescribable emotion and all his nerves questioned whether he could really let Ji An go.
It was after he had decided not to hold onto her due to losing J just a few days ago.
Dan Woo accepted the situation calmly, opened the front door, and walked silently a few steps ahead of Ji An.
Neither Dan Woo nor Ji An spoke as they walked past the yard to the red compact car parked beside the fence.
As he loaded the suitcase and took a step back, the trunk door closed with a noise.
Ji An looked up at Dan Woo, and he, standing straight, looked down at her.
The gaze they had on each other and the silence grew longer.
Dan Woo raised his lips into a faint smile and nodded his head as if to say it was okay to go.
He suppressed the urge to hold her back, his fists clenched until the veins on the back of his hands, trapped in his pockets, bulged.
“Take care. …Stay well.”
Ji An gently held a smile and gave a poignant nod.
His eyes were like a deep, blue sea. Her heart was bound tightly in those eyes, unable to move.
‘Your eyes look sad.’
Her heart, which had been churning, was now gradually aching.
But she had many reasons to return to Seoul and no excuse to stay here any longer.
She, who had been nervously twitching her toes, appeared to make up her mind and said goodbye to Dan Woo.
“Thank you. For everything.”
Dan Woo drew a faint line on his tightly closed lips and nodded his head.
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Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
