Chae-rin’s somewhat stern voice continued.
“Is it reasonable for him to waste time not coming to the company for over a week just to find Yunju?”
Inhyuk remained silent.
“If you’re going to insist on Yunju, give up the company. I’ll tell Grandfather to convey that to him.”
Inhyuk, looking at Chaerin’s impassioned appearance, remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking.
“As long as Jinwook wastes time trying to find my sister, isn’t it disadvantageous for us? In the current situation, it might be better not to intervene.”
Inhyuk continued, “Rather than that, I’m curious why you’re so interested in my sister’s affairs. How do you know so well about my sister not coming to the company for days, where she went… How do you know so much?”
With a cold gaze, he looked at Chaerin.
“How do you know so much about my sister not coming to the company for days, where she went… How do you know so much?”
With a cold gaze, he looked at Chaerin.
Caught off guard by his cold gaze, Chaerin laughed casually, feigning nonchalance, and said, “Why are you so interested in my brother’s affairs? It’s strange that you care so much about where my brother went or what he’s doing these days.”
“That… I’ve investigated everything for you.”
“…….”
“The person you should be most wary of is Mr. Jinwook. So, it’s natural to be interested in Mr. Jinwook.”
Inhyuk looked at her with silent eyes.
“Really… Is what you’re doing for me?”
“Yes. It’s for both you and me.”
“… Okay. I understand.”
After drinking the remaining wine in his glass, Inhyuk stood up and said, “I’ll take care of Jinwook’s matter, so don’t worry about it anymore.”
“…….”
“Then, take a rest.”
Just as Inhyuk was about to turn around,
“Just a moment.”
Chaerin stood up and grabbed his arm. Inhyuk turned his head to look at her.
With a slightly blushing face, Chaerin said, “Today… It’s the ovulation day.”
“…….”
Chaerin slowly loosened the waistband of her gown to subtly reveal the lingerie she had prepared. Then, she looked at Inhyuk with a seductive gaze. However, Inhyuk’s expression remained unchanged.
He turned his gaze away from Chaerin’s face and said, “I’m not in the mood for that today.”
Inhyuk immediately turned toward his room.
“…….”
Alone, Chaerin’s face darkened. She bit her trembling lips tightly and clenched her hands.
Yeonju slowly opened her eyes.
A quiet darkness surrounded her. As she looked around, she realized she was still in the hotel room’s bedroom.
What time could it be?
When she tried to get up to check the time, she found that she couldn’t gather any strength. Her arms and legs felt heavy and stiff. She had expended all her energy, and there was no strength left to even move a finger.
The reason for this exhaustion was none other than Jinwook.
“Just lose to me for this moment.”
With those words last night, Jinwook, who had embraced Yeonju all night long, did not let her go until it became deep into the dawn.
Whether it was to release everything that had accumulated or not, he continued the intense and passionate night without showing any signs of fatigue.
Although Yeonju occasionally said she couldn’t endure it anymore, it was to no avail. He only said he would finish soon, but there was no sign of it ending.
In the end, when Yeonju seemed to faint and fall asleep, the night between the two of them finally concluded.
With eyes fluttering weakly, a voice reached her from behind.
“Why are you already awake?”
“!”
Startled, Yeonju turned her head backward. There, Jinwook was lying sideways, one hand supporting his chin.
Looking at his neat face, Yeonju asked, “Have you been awake all this time?”
“I couldn’t sleep.”
“Why?”
After glancing at Yeonju for a moment, Jinwook replied, “If I sleep and wake up, I might lose you.”
Yeonju, lying next to Jinwook, couldn’t even muster the energy to open her eyes fully. Maybe because she wondered if this moment was a dream. She thought it might disappear like an illusion when she opened her eyes in the morning.
Even though the situation with Yeonju was immensely happy, a sense of anxiety still lingered in her heart.
The fact that she, who I ardently searched for over three months, is now by my side was hard to believe. I feared that her feelings might suddenly change again, and she would disappear.
I never expected to have such complex emotions toward someone else. That’s how Yeonju became an urgent and precious presence for Jinwook.
“…….”
Yeonju’s eyes slightly widened at Jinwook’s unexpected response.
She couldn’t sleep because she was anxious that he might leave again.
Jinwook, who had such thoughts, seemed pitiful and tender to Yeonju, and a tear gently rolled down her eyes.
Yeonju turned her body to face Jinwook.
“Don’t worry.”
Looking at Jinwook with affectionate eyes, she said gently, “I won’t go anywhere now.”
Jinwook responded with a tone that was hard to determine if it was a joke or sincerity.
“I can’t believe it just by words. Write a contract.”
“Why would I write a contract for something like this?”
Yeonju, who was laughing at the absurdity, opened her mouth.
“Now, I really won’t go anywhere.”
Yeonju reached out and embraced Jinwook’s waist. Then, burying her face in his chest, she spoke.
“No matter what happens from now on, I’ll stay close to you like this.”
“…….”
“So, don’t worry about such things anymore and go to sleep quickly.”
With a soft smile at the end of her words, Jinwook’s gaze strangely changed.
“This time, it seems like I won’t be able to sleep for a different reason.”
He said in a whisper while holding Yeonju’s waist. Perhaps, the extinguished spark reignited as Yeonju clung to him.
Jinwook leaned his upper body, looking down at Yeonju. With a different meaning in his burning gaze, he gently touched Yeonju’s waist. It seemed that the briefly extinguished flame revived.
Jinwook inclined his body, bringing his lips to Yeonju’s pale neck.
“You started this fire.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
