Even after seeing the divorce papers left by 아린 and her note, 재혁 couldn’t believe it.
He wondered if 아린 was secretly hoping he would come looking for her.
재혁 had to face the reality that 아린 had left him.
The words that followed from 지윤 completely shattered him.
“I know you can find her using your power and money, Vice Chairman 재혁. But if you have even a little affection for her, please don’t look for her. That’s 아린’s last request.”
Just then, the elevator, which had gone up and returned, announced its arrival on the ground floor.
지윤 pressed the button to go up and continued.
“I’ll go first. Don’t hold the elevator. I have nothing more to tell you.”
With her firm statement, 재혁 decided not to hold her back any longer.
If 지윤 had decided not to say anything, she wouldn’t.
“Alright, I won’t force it. But please relay this message to 아린.”
As the elevator doors were closing, 재혁 called out to 지윤.
“Tell her I have something important to say. I won’t come uninvited, so please ask her to make time for me.”
The regret of not cherishing someone close to him was belated.
He should have valued her more, being so close, yet he failed to do so.
The reality of not being able to see 아린 felt like punishment for taking her presence for granted.
The elevator doors closed completely and ascended swiftly.
In the absence of the person who had already left, 재혁 poured out his heart.
“……I’m begging you.”
Swallowed up by belated regret and despair, he didn’t know how much time had passed as he aimlessly got into his car. He couldn’t think of anything else, filled only with fear of never seeing 아린 again.
재혁 buried his face in his hands on the steering wheel.
“아린아.”
His heart surged with emotion.
He felt utterly helpless and blind.
It felt like his heart had been hollowed out.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and soon thick drops rolled down his cheeks.
“하아.”
When had he last cried?
He hadn’t shed a tear since becoming an adult. Not even a misty eye.
He didn’t know what he wanted. He just vainly wished this situation was a dream when he opened his eyes.
“……아린아.”
He had never called her name so tenderly.
Why had he been so cruel if calling her like this was so easy?
“Please come back…….”
His unreachable words lingered in the air.
With 아린’s disappearance, 반재혁’s world had collapsed.
She was his world. Too late, he realized she had become his world without him knowing.
Three years later.
Under the blue sky adorned with white clouds like a painting, lies South Korea’s famous island, 제주도.
At a location where the blue sea of clean 제주도 was visible, people were bustling around.
Dozens of people were waiting for the opening of a dessert café, [메모리아], which had gained fame on social media for its Italian meaning of memory and reminiscence.
제주도 had many famous restaurants, and 메모리아 was a rising star in the dessert world.
Inside the bustling stone-paved alley, 메모리아, resembling a small French family home from a fairy tale with its striking blue roof, was famous as a hotspot for photo ops.
After a while, people who had been taking pictures in front of the colorful, decorated stone walls talked to each other.
“Wow, I’m so excited. They only make a limited quantity, and last time I missed out.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I saw on social media that the male owner here is really handsome.”
“And I heard from people who’ve seen the female owner in person that she’s really pretty.”
Just then, the window of 메모리아 across the stone wall opened. A man appeared through the open window.
His smile was as warm as the spring sunshine. 아린 spoke to the man.
“Oppa, are you getting photographed again?”
“Let them take pictures.”
“What, acting like a celebrity now, huh?” 아린 giggled.
Suddenly, she touched her lips, which were smiling without her realizing it.
A daily life she couldn’t even imagine until three years ago… She thought the wounds of that day were irremediable pains.
She could survive thanks to the family of 지윤.
For the first time, she felt like she belonged in a family, and it calmed her heart.
For three years, he did not appear. She never imagined.
That he would appear again and shake this peaceful life.
At one in the afternoon, the crowd that had flooded in ebbed away rapidly.
“It’s just past one o’clock.”
유현 was arranging the empty display shelves.
“It’s faster than you expected, Oppa.”
아린 looked at the empty shelves that had been full in the morning.
유현, who had neatly arranged the baskets on the display, took off his apron and placed it on the table.
“Today was tough. Good job, 아린아.”
유현 looked back at 아린.
“Yeah, you too, Oppa.”
Sitting on a chair, 아린 tapped her shoulder lightly with her small fist.
She stared blankly ahead. Today, from the morning, she had felt like a storm had hit her.
“Are you feeling off today?”
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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