There were only the two of them in the room, and there was no one around. Her husband’s intense gaze felt more awkward and confusing than ever.
The only sounds in her ears were the beautiful piano melody and her heartbeat.
The fingers holding the edge of the blanket gradually tightened.
Seo-yeon, who had suppressed her throbbing heart, asked cautiously.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“To witness someone catching a cold in midsummer is quite an interesting spectacle.”
But the fluttering heart disappeared without a trace as soon as Seong-jun spoke. A spectacle. Startled, Seo-yeon blinked her eyes quickly.
“Even in summer, many people catch colds.”
Seong-jun glanced at his wife’s flushed face for a moment and then spoke as if unsure.
“Is that so? I’ve never seen it before today. I guess I lack experience. It’s my fault.”
And when Seo-yeon, who suspected her ears, heard Seong-jun teasing her once again, she felt a lump in her throat.
Her face turned even redder. Was this man originally the type to say such annoying things?
“Seong-jun, you must have caught a cold at least once in your life.”
“Never.”
“You’ve never caught a cold?”
“I only found out today that it’s an illness that can make people collapse.”
“Lies.”
“What would I gain from lying about such a trivial thing?”
“So, are you going to keep staring at me like that?”
“I have to watch carefully. It’s not a common sight.”
“…….”
With Seong-jun’s relentless taunting, Seo-yeon focused her eyes and glared at him. However, Seong-jun didn’t blink an eye at Seo-yeon’s gaze. Instead, he looked at her with a relaxed voice, as if finding her actions interesting.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
Seo-yeon said, keeping her gaze fixed on his eyes.
“Seeing you speak so badly, I thought it must really be you.”
It was an excessively honest remark. Seong-jun’s eyebrows wriggled significantly upon hearing Seo-yeon’s words. After a short while, he seemed to be slightly shocked, furrowing his brow again. It was as if, upon careful consideration, he found it more absurd.
Initially, he tried to respond in a similar manner, regretting his own childish statement, but looking at her husband’s hesitant expression, Seo-yeon somehow thought, ‘Why not, if you’re going to say and live the way you want to?’
She regretted enduring it for too long.
However, there was no one to acknowledge that she endured it.
“Today, you’re acting a bit strange.”
However, Seo-yeon’s embarrassed expression came up as soon as Seong-jun’s voice filled with suspicion followed.
“Are you really the Han Seo-yeon I know?”
At Seong-jun’s sharp question, Seo-yeon’s mouth opened slightly, and at the same time, Seong-jun’s gaze became sharper.
“Suspicious.”
“W-What are you talking about? Suspicious. Are you saying that I, I’m a ghost or something?”
Surprised, her voice unintentionally grew louder. Upon reflection, during this period, she lived every day like someone who owed Seong-jun and his family. Especially towards her husband, she felt like she couldn’t say a word. So, it wasn’t unreasonable for him to find her strange.
However, she couldn’t tell her husband a whimsical story about coming from the future. If she told such a story in front of her husband, he might not believe it, and at worst, he might treat her like a crazy woman or even confine her to a hospital for life.
He was a thoroughly calm and rational person.
Even if he claimed to love his family, he wouldn’t make exceptions. How would she, who was only nominally his wife, fare in such a situation?
“It’s really strange. There can’t be ghosts in this world.”
While Seo-yeon was contemplating such thoughts, Seong-jun’s gaze, fixed on her, remained intense.
“This face is a face I know well.”
At that moment, as Seo-yeon looked flustered, the sound of the door opening reached her ears. It seemed that a nurse had entered. The nurse approached with the same friendly face as before and spoke in a gentle voice.
“You’ve worked hard. Is your body feeling a bit better? I’ll remove the needle now, and it might sting a little.”
Contrary to the nurse’s words, Seo-yeon didn’t feel pain. It seemed that the nurse was experienced.
What is my husband doing?
Curious, Seo-yeon cautiously turned her gaze toward Seong-jun. Then she noticed that his eyes were fixed on her arm.
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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