Flowers Are Bait

Chapter 216:

Lee-yeon’s eyelashes fluttered. There was a warning siren in her mind, telling her not to watch any longer. However, she couldn’t tear her eyes away.

The scene unfolding before her felt surreal, almost like a television screen replaying her memories. The two of them together, it was like a window into her past.

The woman pulled Kwon Chae-woo’s waist closer, closing her eyes in comfort. A soft smile graced her lips. It was a genuine smile, not an act. It revealed a primal satisfaction that emerged when melting into someone’s touch.

Suddenly, Kwon Chae-woo leaned towards the woman, wrapping his arms around her waist.

Lee-yeon’s throat went cold, and for some inexplicable reason, she felt suffocated. It was an insignificant movement, yet it felt monumental and chilling, like a thunderclap.

At that moment, as her temperature rose steadily, Lee-yeon realized the underlying strength she possessed.

We must go our separate ways, she had insisted but he stubbornly clung to her. As Lee-yeon embarked on a new life, Kwon Chae-woo was supposed to embrace a new day.

“Perhaps... he never really wished to live,” she thought.

The intense emotions she thought she had left behind still lingered, even in her dreams. Lee-yeon’s face twisted as she witnessed the sudden burst of passion.

It wasn’t a mere unrequited love; it was more perplexing, a deep-seated resentment for a life that couldn’t be saved.

She couldn’t look away as the couple on the bed grew more intimate. The man’s strong arms around the woman bothered her. Her heart raced.

Kwon Chae-woo, drawn by the familiar scent, leaned into the woman’s...

In an instant, Lee-yeon shut her eyes tight.

“Ahh!”

“Master!”

It wasn’t clear whose scream came first, but Jang Beom-hee’s cry echoed first. Lee-yeon opened her eyes to see Kwon Chae-woo, who had grabbed the woman’s hair, attacking her as if he had been waiting for the right moment.

With his half-closed eyes, he forcefully pushed the woman away. She screamed and clutched her scalp, and Kwon Chae-woo grabbed her by the neck.

In no time, she was overpowered, gasping for breath and choking. Jang Beom-hee was already trying to restrain Kwon Chae-woo, and Lee-yeon had fled.

The once-quiet bedroom had turned into a chaotic battleground.

“What?” Lee-yeon replied, taken aback.

“Damn it, what should I do? Was I deceived? Did someone else have me?” His lips brushed against her skin with each word, tingling.

Lee-yeon’s brows furrowed. “What are you talking about?”

“That insane woman, she wanted to have me. Wearing your clothes, as if it would change anything.” His incoherent rambling mixed with sobbing breaths.

“No, no, it wasn’t her intention,” Lee-yeon began, but he cut her off.

“It was strange. I nearly... I was helpless. She wore your clothes. She smelled just like you. What did she want to happen?”

His words scattered aimlessly alongside his sobs and breaths.

“No, it wasn’t like that. Her intentions were not like that,” Lee-yeon tried to explain.

“I’ve seen you and tasted you, but I could be deceived by your scent alone...”

Kwon Chae-woo continued to rub his face against Lee-yeon’s neck, seemingly unable to control himself, and his words grew increasingly incoherent.

“It’s strange. I can’t feel anything on my body. How long, how long was I asleep?”

Lee-yeon remained silent.

“My... it feels strange. Damn it, my body feels off, Lee-yeon.”

Lee-yeon shot a furious look at Jang Beom-hee, who responded with innocence. “What the... Is that even a sleeping pill? Are you sure you used sleeping pills? What kind of medicine did you put in there?!”

Then Kwon Chae-woo abruptly reached into Lee-yeon’s clothing, trembling. He choked back a sob.

“Lee-yeon, someone else touched my... They keep forcing me, violating me... ”

Lee-yeon ordered, “Get out, all of you, right now.”

She raised her voice, pushing Jang Beom-hee and the woman out.

Until then, no one noticed that Kwon Chae-woo’s eyes were completely dry.