After marriage, she couldn’t have a child. Chairman Ban was kind, but he didn’t love her from the beginning.
She thought she had developed affection over time, but it wasn’t a burning love between a man and a woman, Jung Yeo-sa believed.
She had the child after 7 years of marriage. Jaehyuk was her only hope. He was the reason she lived, the future that would take care of her.
“Mom can’t even do that much? How can you not see Mom just because she made a little mistake?”
But her only son abandons her.
Madam Jung felt like the world was falling apart.
Her chest was so tight that she couldn’t breathe.
“Even so, did you hurt Arin?”
“Jaehyuk.”
“How… How could you do such a cruel thing to her and torment her like that? Is Mother even human!”
Jaehyuk shouted. The trembling Madam Jung clung to him.
“Jaehyuk. Mom was wrong. I’m sorry for hurting you. Mom is just…”
Jaehyuk knew his mother well.
People don’t change easily, so his mother probably wouldn’t change either.
Evildoers had to pay for their sins, even if they were family.
“A warrant for your mother’s arrest will be issued. So please cooperate quietly.”
“Jaehyuk. I don’t want to. How can Mom go there? Would you feel relieved if your mom is in prison? I told you. It’s all for your well-being. Yes, Jaehyuk. Let’s do this. Mom will give up everything. VAN Group? Yes. Let’s leave it to professional managers. Mom only needs you. Shall we live with the minimum amount and go abroad?”
Jaehyuk somehow felt that Madam Jung was not in her right mind. Her fanatical obsession and greed for her son had ruined her, and she didn’t even realize she was ruining herself.
Jaehyuk turned his back on Madam Jung.
“Take her out. Manager Han.”
“Jaehyuk.”
“Get out. Manager Han.”
“No. I don’t want to. Let go. Let go, Manager Han. Don’t let go.”
Madam Jung’s voice, resisting from behind, could be heard.
Jaehyuk’s face twisted grotesquely.
It felt stifling, as if his heart was tightly blocked.
‘I want to see Arin.’
If he saw her, the frustration and almost maddening emotions in his chest might be relieved.
However, he didn’t have a face to see her.
“You wicked bastard! You’ll receive a thousand curses! How much have I sacrificed for you, and you do this to me?”
Jaehyuk plugged his ears. However, even after the office door closed, Madam Jung’s voice echoed for a long time, tormenting him.
A while later, news came that Han Tae-soo, who had attempted to flee, had been caught by the police.
[Breaking news. Mr. Han Tae-soo, who recently had an arrest warrant issued for charges including murder, embezzlement, abduction, etc., crashed into a guardrail and fell 40 meters off a cliff in the car he was riding. Currently, it is reported that Mr. Han Tae-soo, who was identified as Jung Hyo-eun’s ex-boyfriend, did not show any signs of applying the brakes before falling off the cliff.]The scene was so gruesome that the body couldn’t be identified.
The cause was reported as a vehicle defect.
People said that he was killed by someone he resented…….
Arin sat facing Jaehyuk.
She thought it was a peaceful day with nothing happening for a long time.
“Arin.”
His unusually dark expression was caught, but she thought it wasn’t a big deal.
She was wrong.
After a brief silence, he spoke.
“I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Do you remember this picture?”
Jaehyuk placed a photo he received from Chairman Ban Ho-jun in front of Arin.
She had seen it before too.
“Did you have this, Oppa? Did Chairman give it to you?”
Arin said, picking up the photo.
“Arin.”
“Yes?”
“The person who killed your father is my mother.”
“…What?”
Arin felt like she misheard something.
“What are you talking about now?”
His hand holding the photo trembled roughly.
“A joke, even if it’s a joke, why make it so harsh?”
But Jaehyuk stared at her without saying a word.
“…Lies. It’s a lie; there’s evidence, right? There’s no evidence.”
“Yeah. Arin, as you say, there’s no evidence. But…”
Looking at the pictures Jaehyuk took at the hospital, showing Hyun-jun, Eun-ah, and baby Arin, he continued.
“It’s the truth, all of it.”
Arin’s heart sank.
“I can’t face you because I’m sorry.”
“Oppa.”
“Let’s break up, Arin.”
He cruelly declared their separation.
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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