No more words were needed. Juwon stared at Hyeju, who was sitting neatly with her hands clasped, and knelt on the bed.
Ziiing, ziiing—
At that moment, Hyeju’s phone vibrated inside her pants pocket. Ignoring the vibration, Juwon trapped Hyeju between his knees.
“If they don’t answer, they’ll eventually quiet down on their own.”
He was mistaken.
Ziiing, ziiing—
The vibration continued incessantly. Hyeju quickly retrieved her phone from her pocket, looking embarrassed.
“It’s Team Leader Wook. Just a moment.”
Gently pushing Juwon away, Hyeju answered the call. Through the receiver, she could hear the slightly tipsy voice of Team Leader Wook.
Hyeju, where are you? We’re having a drinking gathering. I’m about to go to my room, but I don’t have the key! Where the hell are you?
“Oh, I’ll come down right now.”
I really need to use the bathroom. Come down quickly!
Hyeju hung up the phone and hastily fastened her buttons.
The heated atmosphere suddenly turned cold. Juwon found the situation both empty and amusing, so he chuckled.
“Team Leader Wook really knows how to ruin the mood.”
“I’m sorry, Oppa.”
Hyeju quickly got dressed and stood up.
“Well, I’ll go down first. See you tomorrow.”
After Hyeju hurriedly left without even saying a proper goodbye to anyone who might be watching, Juwon, left alone in the room, sighed deeply.
“From now on, I’ll insist on having individual rooms for workshops.”
While making a resolution disguised as an employee benefit.
Juwon opened his eyes around three in the morning.
Feeling a heavy weight on his arm, Juwon immediately noticed Hyeju crouching beside him, fast asleep.
‘How did you end up here?’
His sleepiness vanished. He was certain that he had confirmed Hyeju’s departure earlier and had even exchanged messages saying she slept well. How did this happen?
I lightly pinched and released Hyeju’s cheek, wondering if it was a dream. Seeing her turning over and adjusting her position in her sleep, it didn’t seem like a dream.
“When did she come in?”
Did I open the door in my sleep?
No, that doesn’t make sense. If I had known that Hyeju came back, I wouldn’t be able to sleep so peacefully.
“Ung…”
It was a very flustered situation, but my thoughts didn’t linger for long.
Hyeju, who was sleeping with her arm under the pillow, tossed and turned. Her scent wafted through the gap in the slightly puffed and extinguished blanket. It was a sweet and cozy fragrance.
Various thoughts surged.
“How dare you crawl in here on your own.”
Juwon’s voice sounded harsh.
Having seen her fall asleep defenselessly, unaware of the man’s heart that turned pitch black as she left earlier, his body heated up, rendering his restraint meaningless.
When did Kang Juwon become such an impatient guy?
Sensing his gaze, Hyeju tossed and turned again. Her leg, sticking out through the gap in the blanket, pressed against Juwon’s abdomen.
In his drowsiness, as if mistaking her for a doll, he felt a strong arousal from the woman clinging to his body. His lips dried up against her smooth thighs that stretched out beneath the plain white tshirt.
Juwon reached out his hand and turned Hyeju’s chin towards him. Slightly parting her lips, he kissed them deeply, savoring her sweet breath. It was not right to do this to a soundly sleeping woman, but at that moment, he couldn’t resist.
“…Oppa.”
Hyeju opened her eyes. Her pupils were still hazy, but she seemed to understand that the sensation she had just felt was not a lie. Her face didn’t show much surprise.
Juwon held her face and made her look straight at him.
“It doesn’t matter how you got in. Just answer one thing.”
A remaining strand of sanity demanded an answer from her.
“Why are you here?”
Tell me that what I’m feeling is not a delusion.
“…I came because I wanted to be with you.”
Her voice trembled intensely as well. The last thread of sanity snapped at the sight of her submissive gesture, as if granting permission.
Juwon grabbed Hyeju’s waist, sliding his hand through the loosely spread clothes. With her body willingly drawn in, Juwon pressed his lips against hers.
Their flesh intertwined between their pearly white teeth, entwined with Hyeju’s. It was a scorching kiss unlike anything before.
Their thighs locked together, and the friction of their skin against each other made their palms grow hot. Their mouths grew even hotter from each other’s heat.
Every time Hyeju twisted her body, every time a damp moan escaped through the moist gaps, Juwon’s lower abdomen hardened to the point of agony. Unable to resist, he buried his teeth in her shoulder, causing Hyeju to let out a breathless exhale.
Her hand wrapped around Juwon’s back. At her trembling body language, Juwon’s patience reached its limit.
“I love you.”
Whispering as he kissed her languid eyelids, Juwon wiped the wetness off her neck and completely straddled her body. Waiting for her to be fully prepared, he once again intertwined their lips with fervor.
When he released Hyeju and gently licked her earlobe, he suddenly felt that her body had become stiff like a log.
A shiver ran through her skin.
“You never said that to me.”
A woman’s clear voice.
However, there was a voice that sounded like a machine, devoid of any emotion.
Juwon’s eye corner stiffened. He wanted to close his eyes, but his eyelid refused to move as if pinned by scissors.
Against his will, Juwon’s body slowly rose as if his limbs were entwined in threads.
Before him, the fear that had been corroding him for a long time approached.
“Won Hye Rim…”
Like a spreading shadow, a figure rose from where Hyeju had been lying.
It was none other than Won Hye Rim, glaring at Juwon with a tightened rope around her neck.
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After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
