Jae-hyuk couldn’t bring himself to comply with her request to disappear from her sight. After leaving the store, he sat in his car parked in front of the store for a long time, unable to drive away. Shortly after, Arin left the store.
Seeing Arin’s staggering, precarious figure, Jae-hyuk didn’t hesitate to get out of his car. He quietly followed her, making sure she didn’t notice him.
Did he keep too much distance? He failed to cross the street signal in time.
Jae-hyuk started walking across the street after Arin, who had already crossed it.
Then, he saw Arin bump into a man twice her size and fall down.
“Damn it.”
He wanted to rush to her immediately, but the crosswalk was too far away. Jae-hyuk ran to the crosswalk, praying inwardly.
“Hurry. Change quickly.”
As soon as the signal changed, Jae-hyuk ran towards Arin. His breath was short, but it didn’t bother him. His mind was filled with the image of Arin crying.
“Arin…”
The sound of Arin sobbing pierced Jae-hyuk’s heart.
He sat down in front of the weeping Arin.
“Arin.”
He received no response from Arin, so he pushed her fallen hair behind her ear. When Jae-hyuk’s hand touched her, Arin lifted her head.
Jae-hyuk thought he was meeting her empty, hollow gaze, but at that moment, Arin closed her eyes.
Her body started to lean.
“Arin!”
Alarmed, Jae-hyuk quickly caught her falling delicate body.
Arin, pale as a ghost, looked like someone who wasn’t breathing. Suddenly, fear and anxiety flooded over him.
“An ambulance! Call an ambulance.”
He couldn’t forget that day a few years ago, on the beach in Jeju Island, when he held Arin’s limp body and cried out. It felt like déjà vu.
“Please, Arin…”
Jae-hyuk held onto Arin’s body, crying out.
The next day.
“…….”
When Arin opened her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar white ceiling in her blurry vision.
‘Where am I?’
Arin felt as heavy as a sponge soaked in water. Something seemed stuck in her throat, and it felt dry. She couldn’t speak.
As she blinked, her vision gradually cleared.
‘A hospital?’
The white ceiling was unmistakably that of a hospital.
‘Why am I in a hospital…?’
Trying to piece together her broken memories, Arin turned her head. She saw Jae-hyuk, sitting in a chair with his arms crossed and eyes closed.
‘How did this happen?’
How long had she been looking at him?
Then he opened his eyes. Surprised, Arin couldn’t look away.
Jae-hyuk suddenly stood up and approached her.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Where am I?”
Arin couldn’t recall anything despite trying to remember. She asked Jae-hyuk about what happened yesterday.
Jae-hyuk ran his large hand over his face. His lips, parched dry, struggled to open.
“You fainted. This is a hospital.”
“I fainted?”
“Yeah. I didn’t contact Dr. Seo, just in case. I thought you wouldn’t want to worry her.”
Ji-yoon cared deeply for Arin. They shared a relationship closer than just friends, almost like family. Moreover, Arin suffered from vasovagal syncope, so Ji-yoon was particularly sensitive about her fainting.
If Jae-hyuk had contacted Ji-yoon, she would have rushed here, leaving everything behind. Also, if Ji-yoon knew that Jae-hyuk was the reason for Arin’s collapse, she might have lashed out at him, regardless of him being her boss.
Arin felt touched that Jae-hyuk didn’t contact Ji-yoon, thinking of sparing her the worry.
“And I had you tested, just in case Dr. Kang said it would be best to…”
Arin seemed to already know what Jae-hyuk was about to say.
‘He must have wondered why I fainted.’
Arin didn’t want Jae-hyuk to know about her illness.
“This matter is none of your concern, Ban Jae-hyuk.”
Arin spoke in the coldest voice she could muster.
“So whatever you’ve found out, just don’t interfere.”
Jae-hyuk closed his mouth at Arin’s firm boundary.
Despite her resolve, Arin couldn’t take her eyes off Jae-hyuk. Her gaze drifted over his trembling shoulders, hands, and lowered eyelashes.
‘It’s all an act. Those expressive eyes are just part of his act. Don’t be fooled anymore.’
Arin bit the inside of her cheek. She turned her head abruptly and spoke.
“When can I leave? I want to get out of here as soon as possible. I want to go back to Jeju Island.”
Seoul felt like hell. She desperately wanted to escape this terrible nightmare. Arin didn’t want to stay here any longer.
Jae-hyuk struggled to respond.
“I know it’s pointless to say this now…”
A trembling voice from Jae-hyuk broke the long silence.
“I’m the one to blame.”
But Arin didn’t want to give him another chance. She no longer wanted her life to be disturbed because of Jae-hyuk.
She didn’t want to waste her emotions. It wasn’t a matter that could be resolved by getting angry.
‘If there was any misunderstanding, he could have just told me everything.’
If he loved her, why did he behave the way he did during their marriage?
Why didn’t he come to her right after leaving, realizing her importance, like in a drama?
Why are there still rumors about an engagement or marriage with Min Yoo-jin?
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
