After finishing their meal, Sun Woo taught Eun Jae how to use the dishwasher. It wasn’t particularly difficult to operate, but one explanation was enough. In addition, whenever he taught her something, she followed it well.
After spending some time on their own, Eun Jae came out to the living room at the sound of Sun Woo’s knock. Sun Woo, who had led Eun Jae to sit on the sofa and went to the kitchen, brought out a cake and tea.
― A slice of cheesecake should be enough.
Before leaving work, Sun Woo checked a message that had arrived from the woman. On his way to his apartment, he seemed to hesitate for a moment before abruptly turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction.
It was because of a trivial message from her that he was reminded of a day long ago when Eun Jung had made a fuss about a place that supposedly served delicious cheesecake. He didn’t particularly like cake, but he had also grown tired of that cake after seeing it too much.
At the time, it was definitely something he’d heard in passing, but he vividly remembered the location of the place Eun Jung had mentioned.
Sun Woo, who had gone out of his way to buy the cheesecake from that place in the opposite direction from home when he could have bought it from a nearby bakery, laughed softly every time he looked at the cheesecake on the passenger seat whenever he received a red signal on his way back to his apartment.
Thinking of that made him chuckle again, a deflated laugh escaping from his lips.
Is he pretending so much that he can’t tell the difference now?
He was confused.
As Sun Woo first put down the cake, and was about to put the mug in front of Eun Jae, she reached out as if to take it.
“Hand it over to me.”
“It’s hot.”
Sun Woo gently stopped Eun Jae’s hand and carefully placed the cup on the table. The scent of the tea subtly spread.
“Wow, the scent is really nice.”
“It will help with your headache.”
While eating earlier, she had pressed her temples because her head was throbbing a bit. He must have noticed that in the meantime.
Eun Jae smiled contentedly, holding the cup in both hands and deeply inhaling its scent. Taking a sip of the tea, she recalled the name of the tea he had told her.
He had said it was a blended tea called Summer Pepper where peppermint was the ‘main’ ingredient. The tea’s name was really pretty. Like its name, the cool and sweet fragrances simultaneously stimulated her sense of smell.
“I was talking about my parttime job.”
It was when Sun Woo, who had sipped his tea, opened his mouth after putting down the cup. Eun Jae’s phone, which had been left on the sofa table, rang loudly.
Just a moment. Asking Sun Woo for permission, Eun Jae opened her phone and checked the message.
―Can you talk now?
It was a message from Tae Kyu. Eun Jae briefly put down the cup she was holding and sent a short message.
―It’s difficult now.
―Let’s have lunch tomorrow, I’ll pick you up.
As if he had been waiting, the message arrived quickly. Without a break to put down her phone, Eun Jae started typing a response.
―Send me the location, I’ll go.
―Why, I’ll pick you up.
He’s so stubborn. Eun Jae, who seemed annoyed, let out a short breath and wrote another message.
―Come to the hospital, then.
―Okay, see you tomorrow.
She wasn’t sure why she imagined Tae Kyu’s face, beaming at her response.
Eun Jae, who put down her phone, tried to pick up the fork that was in front of her, but she felt a persistent gaze aimed at her and slowly lifted her eyelids.
‘Ah. We were in the middle of a conversation?’
Feeling caught, Eun Jae withdrew her hand that was reaching for the fork and asked Sun Woo.
“Ah, I’m sorry. What were you saying earlier?”
“Who was that? A friend?”
“Ah, yes. A friend.”
At her prompt answer to his inquisitive question, Sun Woo pushed the plate with the cheesecake on it towards Eun Jae with an impassive expression.
“Start by eating.”
“Okay……”
As she responded and was about to put the properly sliced piece of cake in her mouth, the question from the impulsive man followed immediately.
“Do you, Ji Eun Jae, have friends?”
“What do you mean by that? It feels somewhat offensive.”
Eun Jae glared at the man and popped a piece of cheesecake in her mouth. The savory flavor of the cheese came through.
She wasn’t sure why her facial expression hardened whenever she ate something delicious. She could feel her eyebrows habitually narrowing.
“Wow, this is really good.”
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“Why?”
“A male one.”
The man’s tone and gaze suddenly became aggressive. Startled, Eun Jae hurriedly put her fork down and gestured towards the man.
“Don’t misunderstand, he’s a classmate.”
“A male classmate, texting at this time.”
“No, tomorrow……”
“Tomorrow?”
At that single word, the man’s eyebrows twisted mercilessly. It felt as though she was being interrogated, and in her attempt to explain, she ended up saying something pointless.
The man got up from the sofa, dusting off his trousers with an unpleasant expression. Eun Jae looked at the rising Sun Woo with a bewildered gaze and asked,
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
