After finishing their meal, the two did the dishes together.
“Why don’t you use the dishwasher?”
“Well, I guess I’m not used to it, it just seems more comfortable this way.”
Yoon took off her apron and neatly folded it.
“You should use it, it’s there for convenience.”
“I’ll use it from now on. Kang Hyun, you should go in and rest now. You have to leave early tomorrow.”
“It’s fine. Ah, my brother bought you a cake, let me bring it.”
Kang Hyun went downstairs to get the cake from the refrigerator.
“Oh my, it’s so pretty.”
It was a slice of cake so pretty that it drew admiration.
“Actually, it was given by the person my brother is seeing.”
“The person your brother is seeing?”
Yoon’s eyes widened.
“Yes, my brother has someone he’s dating.”
“Really?”
A surprised Yoon looked up at Kang Hyun.
“So that’s why he couldn’t marry you.”
Kang Hyun said, playfully tapping Yoon’s nose.
“Ah.”
If Yoon had known that Hyun had someone he liked and that she was almost in an arranged marriage with her, she would have felt grateful that Kang Hyun had married her in his brother’s place.
“The person works in my brother’s secretary office. She’s a good person.”
As Kang Hyun watched Yoon sighing in relief, he added, taking out a plate to serve the cake.
“So, she’s a secretary?”
“That’s right.”
“Wow.”
Suddenly, Yoon’s cheeks turned bright red.
“What’s so wow?”
“It reminded me of the drama ‘My Angel Secretary.'”
Yoon touched her flushed cheek, her eyes twinkling.
“‘My Angel Secretary?'”
“Yes.”
“So you do watch dramas.”
“My grandmother enjoyed it so much, I watched it a few times with her and it was really fun. The male lead was really cool.”
“What?”
Kang Hyun, who was about to get a fork, suddenly turned to Yoon.
“How cool was he?”
Kang Hyun asked, shooting lasers from his eyes.
“I mean, the role was just like that. It was popular back then.”
“Who was that cool actor?”
Kang Hyun’s eyes narrowed.
“It was Lee Seung Jin.”
“Do you like that kind of style?”
Kang Hyun’s jaw tightened. Lee Seung Jin was a tall and skinny guy, so skinny that he seemed like he could be blown away by the wind, and he had a face prettier than a woman’s.
‘How can she like such an unfortunate looking guy.’
After cursing out at Lee Seung Jin, he felt a little better. But he was disappointed that Yoon liked a guy who looked like that.
“No. Kang Hyun is much better. There’s no comparison.”
Upon hearing Yoon’s answer, who believed there could be no man cooler than Kang Hyun in this world, Kang Hyun immediately broke into a satisfied smile.
“Then, should I try such a role next time?”
Upon Kang Hyun’s words, Yoon imagined him in the image of the gentle and caring male lead she had seen in the drama.
‘Secretary Hong is my sun. Without you, I would have withered and died already. You must not betray me. Without you, I couldn’t live a day.’
She imagined Kang Hyun uttering these lines with his characteristic cold gaze, moving his lips like a soulless robot.
Then she felt a chill down her spine.
“Well… Maybe not.”
Yoon avoided his gaze and stuttered.
“But it’s a romance drama. There would be many love scenes, would that be okay?”
Kang Hyun asked, squinting his eyes. At his words, Yoon remembered a conversation with Ok Soon.
‘Master Cha, that advertisement. Your grandfather too, he doesn’t seem to be in a good mood. Whenever that advertisement comes up, he switches to another channel.’
‘It’s acting. It’s just a job.’
‘That may be true, but I don’t want to see it. In this upcoming drama, I hear there are scenes where he’s hugging a woman?’
Remembering Ok Soon’s upset expression, Yoon fell into thought for a moment. Truth be told, she didn’t feel great watching his advertisement either.
It was a car advertisement where a woman was getting off work and the man was waiting in the car parked in front of her company. Upon seeing the man, the woman ran up and hugged him.
The scene where Kang Hyun picked up the woman and spun her around once really demonstrated his charm and was so effective that they said you’d have to wait for a few months to buy that car.
“……it’s just a job.”
Yoon replied in a whispering voice.
“Really? So, can I also do scenes like, say, bed scenes?”
Kang Hyun suddenly remembered a reporter asking about his fiancée’s reaction to his love scenes at a press conference.
“Bed…scene?”
When Yoon couldn’t reply, Kang Hyun gave her a peck on the lips.
“Like this, giving kisses freely.”
Then, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her on the forehead.
“Like this, holding and kissing, would that be alright?”
Kang Hyun lifted Yoon’s bowed head to meet her eyes and asked.
She had to say ‘It’s just a job,’ but for some reason, Yoon couldn’t speak.
‘I would cry.’
Looking at Yoon’s serious expression, Kang Hyun chuckled.
“Will it be alright?”
“……”
Watching Yoon become increasingly serious, Kang Hyun took her hand.
“I won’t do it. So, don’t worry.”
Kang Hyun lightly lifted her, making her step onto his feet.
‘I am jealous too. Cute Seo Yoon.’
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
