The guilt of concealing a mu*der held her back.... more>>

Long-standing affection made her hesitate.

A small fishing village. An old tiled house with a blue gate. Eunsoh's home, where she gave up her dream of college life, was still there. It seemed like it always would be.

Until she met Baek Jiham again.

“That kiss… I initiated it.”

Her first love, who was like a prince in her younger days.

The wonderful older brother she met again.

The selfish man who tries to possess her relentlessly.

A tender lover, fallen in love.

The more Eunsoh gets to know him, the more her world crumbles. But it wasn't destruction.

It was a 蜕变 (tuì biàn) - metamorphosis, or shedding of skin.

"Are you confident you can be satisfied with just my shell for the rest of your life?"

The world, with one layer peeled off, looked quite different from before.

Because of love.

Love.

She wanted to experience pure, unreserved love with him. <<less

“So, what do you think? About me?”... more>>

It was Ryu Tae-han, the second son of Haeshin Group, a member of the owner’s family, and the son of the company’s chairman, who had introduced himself so properly. The man she never even dreamed of asked.

At the tail end of her twenties, scattered as she overcame the wounds of an unexpected accident, Seo-eun wavered.

“I’m very calculating. If I think I’ll lose money, I cut my losses quickly.”

He pierced through the shield she had cautiously raised with her calculations and said,

“Then, take your time to measure.” “Pardon?” “You said you’re calculating. So, measure all you want, and let me know what conclusion you come to.”

She was trying to say they shouldn’t even start, but he was telling her to measure all she wanted and then tell him the conclusion.

“I don’t lose to anyone when it comes to achieving my goals either. So, between the calculating Joo Seo-eun and the reckless me, which one has a better chance of winning? Aren’t you curious?” “There’s no particular reason to...” “Because I like you.”

He said to Seo-eun, who stared blankly at him with a look of disbelief.

“I’m telling you I can’t back down like this.” <<less

The first love that had met a cruel end appeared before her once more.... more>>

Do you, by any chance, remember? That we, too, once had such impulses. Cold lips pressed gently, and a red tongue peeked out between slightly parted lips.

It wasn’t a kiss.

It was merely a light touch, as if to gauge the other’s feelings. He didn’t move a muscle until her lips pulled away.

As if he hadn’t anticipated the mistake, the surprised look on his face made her feel embarrassed.

“…Sorry, did you not like it?”

Without a word, he looked up at her.

Blinking a few times as he stared directly at her, he suddenly grabbed her trembling wrist and whispered in a husky voice:

“Do it again.”

“…What?”

Her eyes opened wide.

“I said do it again. It was too short—I couldn’t tell if I liked it or not.” <<less

“Cha Yi-hwan.”... more>>

She calls out his name, and just those three simple syllables feel like they’re pulling him into an abyss. For the first time, he realizes that her calling his name can make his heart sink completely. It’s because she’s the one who called out to him, stopping him in his tracks.

It’s because all his senses are focused on her.

“Do you want to stay over at my place tonight?”

“…What, are you trying to play with me again?”

His voice trembles slightly at the end, embarrassingly enough. Yi-hwan fidgets with his burning neck, then covers his mouth, struggling to contain his emotions.

---

After becoming lovers with him, there hasn’t been a single moment where she could control her emotions. Feelings she’s never experienced before rise like tidal waves, and she finds herself saying things she would have never dared to say before. All of this is because of Cha Yi-hwan.

“You’re too lovable. I want to strip you bare and devour you whole.”

See? He drives her crazy with his teasing, then with just one sentence, makes her heart race uncontrollably.

“Well… if you want to devour me, go ahead.”

Her mind is in chaos, her heart pounding wildly, and she has no idea how to handle these overwhelming emotions. <<less

His face was close. His hair and collar seemed slightly damp with sweat, the scent of his skin mixed with perfume, and a subtle hint of cigarette smoke. It was a dangerous scent.... more>>

Na-yeon knew that what she was about to do was crazy. But she wanted to move forward. If she needed a deviation, she wanted to do it. She had a strange conviction that this man in front of her wouldn’t be a bad object for a deviation.

Na-yeon carefully placed her hands on his shoulders. She pushed through the dangerous pheromones emanating from this man and approached his lips. She placed her trembling lips on his red lips. Their breaths intertwined. Even though she had initiated the kiss, she felt a strong sense of pressure, as if she were being forcibly violated. She felt like an asteroid that had entered his orbit, unable to escape his gravitational pull. Should she back away before being drawn in further? Just as she was contemplating, their eyes met. He was smiling dangerously.

“You’re good. Suck properly. I’m already half-hard.” <<less

The foundation of South Korea’s high society is money, power, and marriage. His marriage was considered a mere ‘contract’ between the fathers.... more>>

So it didn’t matter who the bride was going to be. Pretty or ugly, addicted to shopping or depressed, promiscuous or virtuous. The important thing was what the bride would bring to the table.

However, she was different.

He recalled Yuan, who had been sitting so gracefully in front of the magnolia tree. Her white, slender face, pure smile, and her brown eyes looking at him.

Crack. His chest hurt. Damn it, it hurt so much that he began to curse.

***

Their bodies perfectly became one. Their entangled bodies, legs interlocked, embracing each other. They moved as one as if they were searching for salvation.

“If you begin seeing another man, I’ll kill you.”

He sharply bit the nape of her neck.

“I’m warning you now, but I’ll really kill you. Don’t even look at them. Don’t talk to them. Don’t even acknowledge their presence.”

Yuan let out a soft moan and couldn’t respond.

In the night, a spring night where the heavy darkness dripped down like paint, the room was brimming with passion. <<less

"I'm... going to break you."... more>>

His low voice grew raspy towards the end. His hand on my hip tensed and began to tremble. His deep gray eyes were overflowing with masculine arousal. Lee Kyuwol's eyes were telling me. The gentle kiss we had just shared a moment ago was merely the beginning of his consolation.

The violent desire that had been hidden underneath his indifferent, gray eyes intensified the moment I gave him my consent, and he warned me that he would break my world. Within the murky fog of dread, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

"...I'd prefer that."

When he heard my whispered reply, Lee Kyuwol raised both of his hands and ripped open my black mourning dress. <<less

William In The Closet/To My Juliet Boy... more>>

Julia Green was a teenage girl who lived in California.

One day, an unknown but gorgeous boy emerged from her old closet.

On a birthday spent alone,

On a night without a dancing partner,

Whenever the dawn cried,

William would emerge from that same door and remain by Julia’s side, always and forever present in her time of need.

It was only natural for Julia to fall in love with him.

“When I am with you, everything becomes special.

The time, the distance, the scenery…

Even myself.” <<less

When she first met Seokju, she was so afraid and couldn’t save him.... more>>

When she met him the second time, she had been too immature in love and lost him.

However, this time was different.

Seokju, I will never give up on you.

When he first met Jiwon, she was such an idiot that he couldn’t help but worry about her.

When they met again, he couldn’t help himself and fell in love with her.

He would have been better off if he had just lost the ability to feel.

If only I had known that my life would be turned upside-down because of you… <<less