“How did you get here?”
As Je Ho entered the wedding dress shop, the employee guarding the front desk stood up.
“I heard a reservation was made by the KG Group.”
At the sound of his magnificent voice, the employee stared at Je Ho as if bewitched. Quickly, she collected herself and guided him inside.
“Just follow me.”
The employee, upon hearing the phrase ‘KG Group’, instantly assumed that Je Ho was the groomtobe ‘Kwon Min Woo’, without any intention of checking. As Je Ho followed the employee, Nancy Song, who had a mobile phone in her hand, passed by his side. She indicated to the employee that she was on an important call and headed to the office.
“Please wait a moment. I will bring the tuxedo.”
After opening the door to the dressing room, the employee hurriedly disappeared.
Inside, Je Ho wore a puzzled expression. Wedding dresses were strewn about everywhere, perhaps left as is by previous customers.
“What’s this?”
While looking around, Je Ho noticed an old, wornout dress in the center. Amidst the luxurious wedding dresses, the shabby dress looked like a relic.
“Why is this here…”
As he reached out to touch the dress, the sound of the dressing room door opening followed by a familiar voice startled him.
“Can you help me with the zipper?”
When he turned around, Yul Li was standing in front of him. The surprise wasn’t just her presence, but the sight of her in a wedding dress.
She was breathtaking. Her eyes, widened in surprise, were beautiful, as were her slightly parted, lustrous lips, tempting enough to make one want to bite them. There wasn’t a single spot from her head to her toes that wasn’t adorable.
The deep neckline of the wedding dress emphasized Yul Li’s slender neck and translucently fair skin. His gaze lingered on her full bust, then gradually traveled down her slim waist to her gently curved lower body.
The thought that Min Woo would soon be standing next to Yul Li, dressed in that wedding dress, involuntarily clenched his fist. However, Je Ho quickly regained his composure and asked in an indifferent voice.
“Are you asking me to do that? To pull up the zipper?”
“Yes, could you please help?”
As Yul Li turned her back to him, her slim back came into view. How tempting her appearance was, she seemed not to realize. For a moment, he had the desire to touch her. How would it feel to caress her with his palm? Would it be as smooth as melted butter? If he pressed his lips against her tender skin, would it be unbearably sweet?
If he had his way, he would not be pulling up the zipper, but rather, pulling down the dress. However, that was only a dangerous impulse.
“If you wish….”
Je Ho took a short breath and approached her slowly.
“But what brings you here?”
“I’m here to get a tuxedo fitted as per the chairman’s instructions.”
Before zipping her up, he moved her long hair to the side, revealing her white neck that filled his view. The touch of her skin, which was as smooth as if it would melt at the touch of his fingertips, once again caused an unexplainable pain to pierce his chest.
The image of Yul Li reflected in the mirror caught Je Ho’s eye. She seemed anxious under his touch.
On a hunch, he lightly brushed her skin with his fingertips. At this, her cheeks flushed a deep red. A smile unconsciously surfaced at the realization that he wasn’t the only one tense. However, the smile didn’t last long.
There was a blue bruise on one side of Yul Li’s arm. Clearly, it was the result of Min Woo’s aggressive grasp in his excitement last night. The moment he saw the bruise, his hand reached out unconsciously.
“Doesn’t it hurt?”
When he lightly stroked the bruise with his thumb, she trembled slightly.
“…No, it just looks that way.”
At her words, a dark shadow fell over Je Ho’s face. He couldn’t understand why Yul Li was defending Min Woo. No, he couldn’t understand why she had accepted a marriage of convenience in the first place.
Why of all people, Kwon Min Woo?
“Let me ask again.”
This time, he really wanted to ask her. Je Ho leaned close to Yul Li’s face and whispered the question.
“Do you really have to go through with this marriage?”
Their eyes met intensely in the mirror.
You really have to go through with this marriage?
Yul Li didn’t expect to be asked the same question again. Whether it was the last time or now, she was just as flustered.
She didn’t fancy the idea of marrying someone she didn’t love. However, she believed it was the best choice given her situation. But, after meeting Je Ho again, she started to question the decision she had made.
Could there really be no other way? The unanswered question kept tormenting her, and now, Je Ho’s question shook her strongly again.
An awkward silence flowed…
Yul Li slowly opened her mouth.
“Before I answer, let me ask you something first.”
Her gaze at him sparkled coldly.
“Do you have a reason I shouldn’t marry Min Woo?”
“Of course.”
“What is it?”
Yul Li provocatively raised her eyebrows.
“Because you don’t love Min Woo. You are thinking of someone else right now.”
Am I thinking of someone else?
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.”
