She painted the image of her father against the red setting sun in the sky.
Externally, Leia resembled her mother enough for everyone to say she had returned as Ariel. Even her personality might have been inherited from her father.
‘A dad I’ve never seen since I was born.’
No. It was right that she hadn’t even thought about the possibility of seeing him.
Whether she was born and raised in South Korea or reincarnated in the Croatoan Empire, Leia was always alone, as if it were natural.
So the presence of a father somewhere alive was very unfamiliar, yet it made her heart beat.
Certainly, Leia was satisfied with her life as the ‘Belarus Duchess.’
Although her birth parents were not present, just having Dmitry by her side was enough comfort for the lonely life she had led.
That’s why she hadn’t even thought about meeting another blood relative. But now that her father was said to be alive…
‘I want to meet him…’
Ariel had already returned to the earth, unable to meet, but her living father wasn’t different.
In her lonely life, the thought that parents might appear brought forth a wave of longing emotions.
‘Should I talk to Grandpa about it?’
Dmitry might help in finding her biological father.
Therefore, Leia planned to visit Belarus Town House tomorrow morning.
As the chilly winter wind blew, Leia shivered unexpectedly from the penetrating cold.
She seemed to have forgotten that she had come out in a thin dress.
However, just when she was about to wrap herself up with her arms, trying not to break the rare feeling.
Suddenly.
A thick jacket covered her shoulders, and soon, the familiar fragrance tickled her nose.
“Akkia.”
A smile spread across Leia’s lips. Even without turning around, she could tell who it was just by the scent.
“You’ll catch a cold like this.”
Seemingly not satisfied with just covering her with the jacket, he stretched his arms and gently embraced Leia’s shoulders.
Feeling Akkia’s warm heat on her back, Leia slowly closed her eyes.
‘I wish time would stop like this.’
No matter what happens, there is Dmitry who believes in herself. And there is Akkia, who lovingly stands by her side through any hardship and adversity. Lastly, there is the father she will meet again. All of this was unimaginable back when she first met Akkia as a pharmacist.
‘A miracle.’ Yes, these were events like miracles that came into her life. And this happiness was so precious that it made her anxious, fearing it might break.
“What are you thinking so deeply about?” Akkia asked Leia, who seemed lost in thought.
“Just…”
If she hadn’t encountered Akkia after falling victim to a job scam, if she hadn’t become his pharmacist… Leia pondered what might have happened.
Leia, who was hesitant to speak, carefully continued, “If I hadn’t met the Duke, I wondered what would have become of us.”
“…”
“Akkia, if you weren’t here, I wouldn’t have been able to find my current grandfather and father, right?”
All of this was possible because he was there. Leia shuddered at the thought that her life could have changed with a slight difference.
Sensing her anxiety, Akkia embraced her more firmly than before. “Nothing would have changed. You would have enrolled at Belarus Academy, and soon after, you would have become the Duchess of Heidern.”
Leia turned her head at his confident voice. Behind her was Akkia, gazing at her with unwavering eyes.
“How can you be so sure?”
“Because it’s fate.”
‘Fate?’
“Whether sooner or later, we would have met.”
“…”
“And I would have loved you, and you would have loved me. Just like now.”
Leia’s heart tingled strangely. The most realistic and rational person in the world was before her, talking about ‘fate.’
‘But oddly enough, I find it convincing.’
Soon, Leia nodded at his words.
Since they found out their mothers were close friends, Leia also considered that it might be destiny.
“That’s right. Wherever and in whatever form Akkia was, I would have been drawn to him.”
Eventually, destiny leads people to meet again. Like their first encounter, which was as insignificant as a newborn kitten, she fell in love with him.
They would fall in love with each other once again.
“We are destined.”
Leia’s words seemed satisfying, and Akkia’s lips softened gently.
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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