Team Leader Han nodded and made a call. After a short conversation, Team Leader Han turned to Arin and said,
“He’s coming over here.”
Arin’s vision was dizzy.
Not anywhere else. Not at any other time.
Causing a commotion at the first official event with Jaehyuk!
“Do people know that I’m gone now?”
Worries about how people would perceive flooded Arin’s mind.
“No, Madam didn’t show any signs of it at the event. The chaos was only between the secretaries and Madam. People won’t know.”
“Sigh. That’s a relief.”
Only then did she let out a sigh of relief.
“Oh, Madam…”
Team Leader Han restrained himself from talking to Jaehyuk, who was approaching energetically from behind Arin. Arin was about to call out to him following Team Leader Han’s gaze when she suddenly found herself caught in Jaehyuk’s embrace.
“Thank goodness. Really, thank goodness…”
Good for what?
Arin couldn’t understand what Jaehyuk was saying.
Of course, she didn’t say anything, but she had only left her seat for a moment…?
Arin couldn’t understand why Jaehyuk seemed to be confirming her existence by hugging her so tightly.
“Ban Jaehyuk?”
“…Arin.”
Jaehyuk, who looked unusually uneasy, was strange.
Instead of responding, Jaehyuk buried his face in Arin’s neck.
“Arin… Arin.”
Jaehyuk called Arin’s name several times as if trying to confirm her presence.
Arin felt strange. Of course, it wasn’t Jaehyuk’s intention, but the posture made her feel weird when he nuzzled her neck. Her body twitched every time his breath touched her neck.
“Ban Jaehyuk.”
If she continued to be embraced like this, Arin felt her mind would become strange.
“Just a moment…”
Twisting her body, Arin struggled out of Jaehyuk’s arms and couldn’t speak. It was because of Jaehyuk’s expression.
“…Ban Jaehyuk?”
“Oppa.”
“Yes?”
“When will you call me ‘Oppa’ again?”
Arin was confused by Jaehyuk’s sudden words. The reason she no longer called him ‘Oppa’ was because of Jaehyuk’s words.
A scene from the past unfolded like a folding screen in Arin’s mind.
[I don’t like being called ‘Oppa’ by you.]Arin always called Jaehyuk ‘Oppa.’ There was no doubt about it. But one day, before their marriage, Jaehyuk said,
Arin was shocked.
And another reason Arin no longer called Jaehyuk ‘Oppa’ was because of Jung Yesa.
[‘Oppa,’ what ‘Oppa’? Don’t act like Jaehyuk is your real husband.]Since then, Arin had tried hard not to misunderstand Jaehyuk.
She had to scold herself countless times for the involuntary words ‘Oppa’ that popped up, and as time went by, she had to suppress her growing love for Jaehyuk.
Arin felt lonely even with Jaehyuk by her side. Married life was a painful time of struggling not to delude herself into thinking that Jaehyuk loved her, despite having him as her ‘legal husband.’
Arin had to try hard not to forget that she was just a means to have a child.
“What are you talking about now?”
Arin held Jaehyuk’s face in her small hands and looked up at him.
“Moreover, what’s wrong with your face? Why are your eyes like this?”
Jaehyuk looked at Arin while she held his face, rubbing her hands over his face.
Arin was quite taken aback by Jaehyuk’s messed-up face. Jaehyuk had a natural poker face, and there were even rumors circulating in society that he might be an AI.
However, despite never breaking down in front of people and revealing his emotions, Jaehyuk, in front of Arin, stood in a state of disarray.
Arin somehow felt that Jaehyuk might be crying. She reached out and gently wiped his reddened eyes.
Jaehyuk placed his hand on Arin’s hand that was gently caressing his eye area.
“I thought you disappeared.”
“What?”
“When I turned around, you were gone. I thought you left me… thought you left me behind.”
Arin’s gaze shook decisively in response to Jaehyuk’s voice, which was soaked with moisture.
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Jaehyuk was a born entrepreneur. He remained calm in any situation and made every situation work in his favor. This was true for official events and business gatherings. Although these occasions were packaged as gatherings for building friendships, they resembled a battlefield of constant maneuvering more than simple social events.
Currently, they were shaking hands and smiling at each other, but they were individuals responsible for a business.
Business collaboration?
On the surface, it sounded like a good idea.
But Jaehyuk believed there was no need to forcibly continue a relationship at a loss. He thought the other party would think the same way.
If their interests clashed, it was a relationship where they could stab each other at any time. Moreover, not only were they in the same situation, but Jaehyuk also held the fate of numerous employees and the families they were responsible for in his hands.
Jaehyuk had to be vigilant about everything in his life.
“Sigh.”
“Are you tired?”
A team leader who had been by Jaehyuk’s side approached and whispered.
“I’m fine.”
“If you have a severe headache, I’ll get you some medicine.”
After nodding at the team leader’s words, Jaehyuk pressed the acupressure point on his neck. It was something he always did, but today, he felt even more tired.
He wanted to return to Arin’s side as soon as possible. For some reason, Jaehyuk felt farther away from Arin now, even though she was closer than ever before.
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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