Without realizing it, Tae Ha reached out and snatched the plastic bag. He then threw it into the public trash can in front of the elevator.
“Tae Ha?”
Si Hyun looked at the bag of tteokbokki that was tossed into the trash can with bulging eyes.
“What… What are you doing…”
Facing her stuttering in surprise, Tae Ha wanted to shout.
Why are you so stupidly worried?
He lied to you that he was working overtime, do you know who he might be with in a hotel room right now?
Why are you happy to receive something like tteokbokki from a man who eats steak in a French restaurant with another woman!
But as always, the things he wanted to say just swirled around in his mouth.
He didn’t even know where and how to start this shocking story, and he didn’t know if she would believe him even if he told her. He regretted not taking pictures.
“……”
In the end, Tae Ha couldn’t say anything. Instead, he blocked Si Hyun with his body as she reached out to retrieve the bag from the trash can.
“I’ll buy you anything you want to eat, just don’t talk about tteokbokki.”
But Si Hyun was already furious.
“Are you crazy? What are you doing with the food!”
“There are better things to eat than tteokbokki.”
“What’s wrong with tteokbokki? It’s delicious!”
He thought it was foolish of her to cling to the tteokbokki that was already in the trash can. There are better, more expensive, and more delicious things in the world, so why!
“Please get your act together.”
Out of frustration, Tae Ha spat out coldly.
“That’s why you’re only treated as tteokbokki by the person you’re going to marry!”
For a moment, Si Hyun wore an expression like a frozen screen. She looked so hurt that Tae Ha realized his words had been harsh.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean…”
He tried to make an excuse, but Si Hyun had already turned her head.
“Enough.”
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Saturday morning. Two men and women were tangled and asleep on the hotel bed. The bed sheet was crumpled, as if to prove what happened last night.
The woman woke up first. Wearing a robe on her slender body, she stood in front of the mirror and brushed her long hair.
“Bora.”
Woo Jin embraced Bora from behind as she brushed her hair, gently pressing his lips against her nape. A clovershaped necklace, a gift he had given her on the last White Day, sparkled on her slender, pale neck.
“Shall we get married?”
Bora asked back with a chuckle.
“What about Deputy Kang?”
“I want to marry someone I love, after all. I keep thinking that’s the courteous thing to do for Si Hyun.”
Laughter broke out from the man fussing about manners. How could a man who understood manners be rolling around in a hotel with the closest junior of his fiancée?
Bora gently pulled herself out of Woo Jin’s arm, not in displeasure.
“You know I like Deputy Kang, oppa. I don’t want to do something bad to Deputy Kang.”
She made a regretful face, but she was sneering inside. It was unbelievable that a man who should be grateful for even meeting her was daring to dream of marriage.
How could he be so out of touch?
A man with an okay appearance, okay height, and nine years older.
A man who, despite being close to thirtyfive and married, lacked the ability to provide a proper home.
A man who, after gifting a mere twomillionwon necklace, unnecessarily tried to make a fuss by saying it suits her every time they met.
A man who was utterly unattractive, even in bed.
Yet, the single reason Bora was dating Woo Jin, despite him not being attractive in any way, was…
Because he was Si Hyun’s man.
Si Hyun wasn’t the type she disliked at first glance. She thought of her as a goodnatured and capable senior. If it weren’t for Tae Ha, they might have had a truly good juniorsenior relationship.
The problem was that Tae Ha had been looking at Si Hyun for a long time.
Bora was a high school classmate of Tae Ha. Stupid Tae Ha didn’t even remember it though.
Back then, Tae Ha was like a prince in school. Rumors said that his father was a wealthy man from a prestigious American family. To support that rumor, Tae Ha commuted to and from school in a fancy car with a chauffeur, morning and evening.
Even his appearance was stunning. Given his father’s prestigious American lineage, being mixedrace was rather proof of aristocratic blood.
Even though they had never been in the same class, it was natural for Bora to take an interest in Tae Ha. After all, if Tae Ha was the school’s prince, Bora was the princess.
In Bora’s mind, the two dating was as natural as breathing.
But Tae Ha, for all his waiting, never made the first move. Bora, thinking him to be unassertive, even humbled herself first. She presented a lunchbox prepared by the housekeeper as her own.
“I made this myself. Want to try it?”
Surprisingly, Tae Ha didn’t even glance at Bora.
“Put it away.”
The lunchbox was flatly refused right in front of her.
She was flabbergasted and furious.
‘Just how great do you think you are to dare do this to me?’
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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