Heyoon thought Jina must have caused many misunderstandings and embraced them throughout her life. There was no malice in her big eyes, but it was something visible only to someone who, like her, made an effort to read people. The things visible without effort were not like that.
For example, not waiting. Saying something that could be said when only the two were left, even before others had a chance to fill the conversation.
“Do you happen to hear any rumors about me and Jiho oppa?”
There seemed to be no exception to not waiting. Even if it was an answer, she didn’t wait.
“Well… It doesn’t matter whether there are rumors or not. I’ll tell you from now on.”
The approaching manager bowed her head. A complicated expression appeared on the face that was visible during the greeting. It seemed awkward because it didn’t fit with her unruly build. Heyoon smiled slightly at the emotions that didn’t seem to match her physique.
A delicate smile comforting a giant man. Jina observed it as if finding it peculiar.
Thud[Dash]
The waiting room door closed. As Jina requested, only the two remained, but the shadow of the burly man beyond the hastily attached white curtain on the glass wall seemed to loom over. The manager seemed to comply with the request to keep others out.
A moment of silence settled in. The woman, who didn’t seem to wait well from the beginning, was no different at this moment. Jina, with her easily understandable way of speaking, opened her mouth.
A nonchalant way of not turning things around, yet easy to misunderstand.
“I heard a rumor that Jiho oppa and I secretly kissed on the set… Something like that. Have you heard?”
Hand cream was applied in a circular motion on Jina’s back of the hand. Smoothly. The more she rubbed it, the more the fragrance wafted. Both in appearance and scent, she was entirely like a flower. Flowers symbolize confession. It’s like a gift that appears when sincerity is exchanged occasionally.
“…Yes, roughly.”
Heyoon nodded towards her. She hoped for a fragrance even in the words that the flower-like girl wanted to convey. Since Jiho had already told her the story of that day, it would be disappointing if Jina told a different story here.
‘Oh, I read that person’s eyes wrong. I thought she was a beautiful person.’
“I see… Then it’s easier.”
And a small hum fell to the floor. Between a couple of slow blinks, there was a momentary glimpse of eyes searching through memories. Then, unexpectedly, a single flower was extended towards Heyoon. A single word.
“I ran towards it because I liked it alone.”
There was no glamorous and pretty packaging, but from the words that were just picked from memory, a rugged sincerity could be felt. Heyoon felt the words were warm and appreciative. So, she looked warmly at Jina, but she seemed to be picking a few more words in her memory.
“Jiho oppa did stay still. It seemed like he wanted to accept it. But I…”
As Jina, who acted like a person who didn’t know how to hesitate, blurred the end of her sentence. Like picking a flower and getting pricked by a thorn. When her big eyes couldn’t seem to return to reality, Heyoon made a noise.
“…Me?”
“Yeah. I let go as soon as I touched my lips. I was really surprised.”
“Why?”
“…Are you realizing you’re making a big mistake right now?”
Jina pulled the corner of her mouth like a person who didn’t know how to hesitate. While exhaling the cold wind, she let out a leisurely smile, but at the end, somewhere on her lips, something trembled.
To trace the beginning of this incident, one had to go up to the start of emotions. The beginning was a month ago, on the day of the disturbance at the shooting site of her brother’s movie.
When Jiho restrained the older brother who was about to hit her cheek, the shooting stopped. It took two hours for the endless buzzing of the staff and the chaotic situation to be sorted out. By the time shooting resumed, a low voice came from him who had been reading the script.
‘That person earlier… Is she family?’
‘Yes?’
I could only respond with surprise. It was Jiho’s first question to me. Despite trying to get closer over the past month, he kept a clear boundary. Polite greetings and exchanged words were all we had.
Moreover, he used informal speech. Everything was new, and everything felt unreal. She turned her head, feeling like he was watching her. Glancing to the side, his eyes that were intently on me were clearly visible.
It was amusing, but my heart was pounding.
‘Out of curiosity.’
“W-Well, of course.”
“No. Not about being born into it, but about you.”
My heart thumped. Thump, thump. Even amidst the loud beating, I could clearly see what his gaze was trying to figure out.
‘About that person to you… Is he family, or not. That’s what I’m curious about.’
Thinking about that moment still makes my body tremble. It felt like the first time in my life. A person’s gaze, poured out persistently, trying to read not the face but the heart,
Anything you say, anything you listen to, it feels like they will confidently do it.
It was so different from the gazes that only glanced at my face and body so far. Blinking one eye without lying, pretending to thinkless laugh and chat, that’s what he did like breathing. Doing things like clinging, I’ve never tried it, and the thing I hate the most in the world is that.
Suddenly, I wanted to say something. Ask for help.
“N-No… Family.”
“Yeah.”
And for the first time, not in acting, I faced Jiho’s smile head-on. That smile was undoubtedly comforting. It said, “You’ve been through a lot.”
The next day, my flaw was finally exposed to the world. The company tried to intimidate everything related to family matters with groundless claims and defamation, threatening legal action. But they raised the white flag within half a day.
Because Jiho’s side remained silent on the statement that ‘An Jinho subdued Jina’s brother who caused a disturbance at the drama shooting site.’ They seemed to practically admit everything.
So I understood. Ah, Jiho oppa leaked this article. A family that comes looking when money falls, a family company that only calls it a family with hush-hush words to avoid lowering the body price. Apart from that, this person genuinely cared about me.
He opened the door, telling me to come out of there.
So I could come out. But human desires are endless. Having come out like that, I wanted to go to Jiho’s side.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
