As the time Ji-an and Kang Hyun spent together in peaceful routine lengthened, his greed grew.
While with her, even long-standing guilt and self-reproach evaporated.
His only desires were to hold her, touch her, and rush to envelop her within himself.
His excuse to pour out the love he hadn’t given before might have just been plausible reasoning, and his real intention remained an unchanged desire for possession.
“Executive Director, I might not be able to come tomorrow. Even though it’s a packing moving service, organizing won’t be easy.”
The urge to lock up the chattering child beside him again occasionally gave him a headache.
Recently, this urge had become so intense that it seemed to consume his past.
He was definitely insane.
“Why not hire more people? I’ll find someone and send them over.”
“No, there are still parts the homeowner needs to organize.”
“Don’t lift anything heavy, you might get hurt.”
“My parents will be watching me like hawks, especially my dad. He won’t even let me move a flowerpot by myself.”
Ji-an, laughing like air escaping through a narrow gap, fiddled with the tablet in her hand.
After finishing their meal, they followed Kang Hyun’s wish to go to the room and lay on the bed together.
Kang Hyun read a book while Ji-an leaned against the bed head with her tablet, instead of a book.
This wasn’t Kang Hyun’s main bedroom but a quiet space with a large bookshelf, desk, and bed – his bedroom-cum-study before the accident.
“What’s that book about?”
“I don’t know.”
“What?”
Surprised by his response, Ji-an turned her head only to feel something soft touch her lips briefly before it was pulled away.
That soft something calmly savored the taste before facing forward again.
“I can’t concentrate.”
Kang Hyun, who had aimlessly opened the book, now closed it and twisted his upper body, gripping his slender chin.
“Do you always like this?”
“Like what?”
“Kissing.”
Ji-an asked, tightening her grip on the tablet. Her voice trembled as much as her heart pounded.
“Yes, but if you don’t like it…”
“No! That’s not what I meant!”
Ji-an’s vehement denial made Kang Hyun’s hand around his chin flinch.
She shook her head vigorously, realizing how foolish she must have looked, and sighed.
“I was just curious. I’m always curious. I never know what you’re thinking, Executive Director. I don’t know what you like or dislike, or why you get so stressed that it makes you sick…”
Her voice trailed off, filled with resignation and sincerity at the end.
Everything she knew about Kang Hyun was related to Seo Yoon.
She had accepted that she couldn’t completely separate him from Seo Yoon, but honestly, it made her anxious.
She liked Kang Hyun too much, and she knew her feelings would only grow, which made her even more concerned.
Even though she felt he wanted her, deep inside, her heart was tangled with various thoughts.
It still hurt a bit to think that he was still being destroyed because of Seo Yoon.
“Ji-an.”
His dark and deep eyes stared directly at her.
As Ji-an spent more time living a peaceful routine with him, his desires grew.
With her, long-standing guilt and self-reproach evaporated, and he wanted nothing more than to hold her, touch her, and merge with her as soon as possible.
His pretense of pouring out the love he had never given might just be a plausible excuse, and his true intention might still be an unchanged possessiveness.
“Executive Director, I might not be able to come tomorrow. It’s a packing move, but sorting things out won’t be easy.”
The impulse to lock up the chattering child next to him again occasionally gave him a headache.
Recently, this impulse had become so intense that it seemed to consume his past.
He was definitely insane.
“Why not hire more people? I’ll find someone and send them over.”
“No, there are parts that the homeowner must organize.”
“Don’t lift anything heavy, you might get hurt.”
“My parents will be watching me like hawks, especially my dad. He won’t even let me move a flowerpot by myself.”
Ji-an laughed like air escaping through a narrow gap and fiddled with the tablet in her hand.
After dinner, they went to the bedroom together as Kang Hyun wished and lay on the bed.
Kang Hyun read a book while Ji-an leaned against the bed head with her tablet, instead of a book.
This wasn’t Kang Hyun’s main bedroom but a quiet space with a large bookshelf, desk, and bed – his bedroom-cum-study before the accident.
“What’s that book about?”
“I don’t know.”
“What?”
Surprised by his response, Ji-an turned her head only to feel something soft touch her lips briefly before it was pulled away.
That soft something calmly savored the taste before facing forward again.
“I can’t concentrate.”
Kang Hyun, who had aimlessly opened the book, now closed it and twisted his upper body, gripping his slender chin.
“Do you always like this?”
“Like what?”
“Kissing.”
Ji-an asked, tightening her grip on the tablet. Her voice trembled as much as her heart pounded.
“Yes, but if you don’t like it…”
“No! That’s not what I meant!”
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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