When I Reach You (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
Eun Jae was confused. She regretted the useless wish to go back to five minutes ago, before hearing the story.
She closed her eyes tightly as if escaping reality, then opened them wide again as if she had made up her mind.
“So, because of your mysophobia, you can’t have physical contact. Is that what you’re saying?”
When she summarized and repeated the explanation, he nodded without answering.
“But when I touched you… no, when we made contact, it was fine. Is that it?”
Again, only a nod without a reply.
This is driving me crazy. Did he really call me all the way here just to hold my hand once?
“You said it was fine, right? Then why do you want to confirm it again? And why here of all places?”
Unlike Eun Jae, who was glaring fiercely with rolled-up eyes, the man remained extremely calm. That only made her angrier.
“It’s not bad to make things clear. If it was only a one-time thing, I need to take action quickly too.”
The man’s finger pointed to a pill the size of a fingernail as he finished speaking.
Once she learned what the pill was that had made her so nervous, Eun Jae finally relaxed.
Ah, so that’s the medicine that suppresses your mysophobia? Of course, you’d need to swallow it the moment something goes wrong.
It was at that moment, when her gaze shifted from the pill back to him.
His face, met without thinking, glowed with some inexplicable light. She might have stared blankly for a moment because of it.
Does that chandelier really make people sparkle like that?
Why does this man have to be so handsome in the morning and charm people like this?
He’d probably still be handsome the moment he wakes up.
No, Ji Eun Jae, are you insane? What are you even thinking?
Shaking her head violently to clear the judgment-clouding effect of his looks, Eun Jae returned to reality.
“If it’s confirmed to be fine, then what? Why do you need this to repay the favor?”
“Because then we can move on to the next step?”
“The next step?”
Another nod without an answer.
Seriously, it’s so frustrating. When someone asks a question, give a proper answer. I didn’t ask just to see you nod.
Eun Jae barely swallowed her anger and asked.
“…What is it?”
As Eun Jae asked through gritted teeth, the man moved the medicine and water glass aside with a faint smile. Then he leaned back loosely in his chair and crossed his arms.
“We’ll see after confirming. There’s no need to waste time explaining if it’s not.”
Look at the way he talks.
Eun Jae turned her head sharply with a displeased expression.
“I. Will. Repay. The. Favor.”
He emphasized each syllable, stressing his purpose even more.
That damn talk about the favor… doesn’t he ever get tired of it?
Meanwhile, his hand waved in front of her again. That large, white, soft-looking hand kept urging her to hold it.
No, at this point, it feels like he’s tempting me to grab it. What would happen if I held it? Is it even okay to hold it?
Suddenly, the man’s outstretched hand sparkled brightly. Because of that, it looked exactly like a hand reaching out to save her.
Saying he’ll pull you out of that rat hole, so grab it.
Was she enchanted or something?
“Just giving my hand is enough?”
The man silently nodded.
“How long? Two seconds? Three seconds?”
Eun Jae stuttered while looking at him suspiciously. To her rapid questions fired in quick succession, his answer came without a moment’s delay.
“One second is enough.”
It didn’t sound very convincing, but Eun Jae swallowed dryly and cautiously placed her hand over his.
“…Really, just one second.”
As if he’d been waiting, the man’s fingers slipped between hers.
His hand was softer and warmer than she had expected.
As she felt his grip gradually tighten, Eun Jae’s heart started beating fast.
It happened in an instant. His warmth spread from her fingertips throughout her entire body. That heat soon turned her cheeks red.
Realizing it, Eun Jae quickly pulled her hand away.
“One second is over, you’re totally a scammer!”
Her bewildered eyes wandered in the air. She fidgeted with her still-warm right hand using her left.
Clearly I was the one who held it, but it feels like I was the one caught.
When was the last time she held hands with someone like this?
It had been a really long time. Strangely, it felt like warmth was spreading deep into her chest.
After barely gathering the sudden rush of complicated emotions, Eun Jae looked up and glanced at him.
His expression looked calm, and the pill was still there, so he seemed fine…
Eun Jae subtly checked his reaction and asked.
“Were you… okay?”
“Why is it only you that’s okay?”
He asked back with a puzzled face, as if he genuinely didn’t understand.
How would I know what you don’t?
Don’t add useless comments and just tell me.
What you want from me.
“What’s the next step?”
“There’s something I need to prepare. Let’s meet again tomorrow at this time. We’ll talk then.”
[This is the timeline separator]Standing in front of his officetel door, Eun Jae glared at it while huffing angrily.
“Ugh! Repaying a single favor is so damn hard.”
Eun Jae clutched her throbbing forehead. She turned toward the elevator, then spun back toward his door out of frustration.
“I really shouldn’t keep coming here like this!”
She wanted to kick the door down, but punched the air instead. It was the only way to vent.
“Who is he to order me around?”
Then a tiny version of him sat on her shoulder and whispered annoyingly.
“Who else? The person you owe a favor to.”
That damn favor.
I’m grateful he saved me, but he’s so annoying. Annoying yet grateful. It’s driving me crazy.
“I’ve registered you as a visitor, so tomorrow just come straight up.”
Remembering what he said while seeing her off at the door, Eun Jae made a sour face.
“Thanks, thank you. I’m sooo grateful.”
Even then, she was looking down at her hand that had faithfully pocketed the 50,000-won bill he personally gave her. It was supposedly for taxi fare.
After making a scene at the door, the teddy bear keychain hanging from her fanny pack fell to the floor with a thud. The ring must have loosened.
“What the hell do you even want from me?”
At this point, she’d rather he made her clean, do laundry, or wash dishes.
Thinking that might actually be better, Eun Jae irritably picked up the keychain and stormed off.
[This is the timeline separator]Inside the dim study.
When he pulled the curtains open, the entrance to the officetel came into clear view. Seon Woo stared down at it for a long time, as if waiting for someone.
Time passed, and a familiar dark figure passed the entrance, looking around warily before walking quickly. Seeing that made him let out a deflated laugh.
From the 31st floor, she looked as small as an ant on the street. Yet she was as clear as if she were right in front of him.
Those eyes that grew twice as large when surprised, those cheeks that turned peach-colored when flustered.
Even her small expressions strangely tickled his heart.
It was a feeling he’d never experienced while looking at anyone. Seon Woo pressed and rubbed his tightening chest.
“Do you really believe that?”
How would I know where those people’s office is?
Remembering how she’d turned pale and rushed inside when he mentioned the loan sharks’ office was nearby, a laugh escaped without him realizing.
The first day they met, when her hand touched him and he felt nothing, Seon Woo thought.
He wanted to test it.
He wanted to check if her touch would be okay even without taking the medicine.
That’s why he wanted to talk safely inside the house. That’s why he lied.
He hadn’t expected her to believe it so easily.
“Or is she just the type who gets deceived easily?”
That would be trouble. Because he’d keep wanting to tease her.
Seon Woo spread out the hand she had touched. Orange sunset light filtered between his fingers.
When she finally turned the corner and disappeared completely, Seon Woo closed the curtains without regret.
The study fell back into darkness.
Seon Woo touched the hand she had held, then frowned.
Looking back, his rather impulsive actions made no sense to him.
What had made him lower his guard around a woman so easily?
He stared blankly at the slippers he was wearing.
He, who had hated letting even close friends into his home, had personally invited a woman he met for the first time. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t believe it.
“This is ridiculous.”
He felt curious about the woman who was dragging out this unfamiliar, flustered side of him.
Why was only she okay?
The more curious he became about the reason, the more drawn he felt.
Remembering her clear, shining eyes even through her wary gaze, the corners of Seon Woo’s mouth lifted slightly.
It still felt like her warmth remained perfectly in his hand.
Will she come tomorrow?
“I want to hold it again.”
That sweet, warm hand that faintly smelled of flowers.
[This is the timeline separator]Déjà vu.
This feeling that yesterday is repeating exactly the same way.
Standing in front of his officetel door, Eun Jae let out a hollow laugh. It was a laugh that burst out from sheer absurdity.
The person who calls me to repay a favor, and the person who actually comes when called.
“Ah… should I just run away?”
Anyway, the loan sharks already found my place, and running away is basically my profession.
“If you ran away, would I just stay still?”
“I’m actually pretty good at hide-and-seek.”
“I’m quite good at being ‘it’ too.”
Briefly recalling what the man had said, Eun Jae looked down at the phone he had given her, smiled faintly, and murmured softly.
“I’m not running. Not running.”
It definitely looked strange.
Who buys someone a phone just so they can repay a favor?
Eun Jae took a deep breath and stepped closer to the intercom.
Maybe because she heard the loan sharks’ office was nearby, she felt anxious and took a taxi today.
I really shouldn’t keep moving around like this. How long do I keep running? Won’t I get caught eventually? If I get caught? Then what?
Remembering how they had chased her desperately not long ago, Eun Jae bit her soft lips hard.
She closed her eyes tightly for a moment to organize her thoughts, then immediately reached out and pressed the doorbell.
Even after a while, there was no sign of movement.
The place is big, so it probably takes time to walk over. And he’s not the type to come running…
Even so, this is taking too long?
Just as she reached out to ring the bell again, the door suddenly flew open.
He sure opens it fast.
Thinking that, she started greeting him.
“Hello—”
The greeting didn’t finish.
Before she could lower her head, her eyes met his moist ones in mid-air.
A water droplet clinging weakly to his soaked hair fell slowly to the floor in slow motion.
Along with the falling droplet, Eun Jae’s gaze dropped to the man’s feet. Her eyes traveled past his lower body precariously covered by only a towel, up to his firmly sculpted upper body.
Facing the man’s body—fully exposed and almost like a piece of art—Eun Jae took a frightened step back.
The man leaned leisurely against the doorframe and smiled lightly.
“Yeah, hello.”
When their eyes met and he greeted her, her face instantly felt like it was on fire.
Wanting to pretend she hadn’t seen anything even though she had, Eun Jae quickly covered her surely red face with both hands and turned around.
Seeing the woman’s unnatural reaction, Seon Woo glanced down at his own attire.
He let out a quiet scoff.
What’s the rush that made him run out like this?
He could almost see the expression on the turned-away woman’s face. Her cheeks were definitely flushed. It made him want to keep teasing her.
Seon Woo slowly raised the corner of his mouth and ran a hand through his hair.
“I was in the shower.”
Thump thump thump thump.
At the man’s voice, Eun Jae’s heart started pounding wildly on its own.
“I also have a habit of hurrying unnecessarily.”
To his languid voice, Eun Jae shouted urgently while still turned away.
“I-I’ll wait outside! Take your time getting dressed and come out.”
The image of the man’s body she had just seen lingered like an afterimage, making the back of her neck burn.
“Why, planning to run away again?”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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