After Dong Jiaojiao's death, she realized that her world was a book, and she was originally the female lead in the story. However, her luck was taken away by a transmigrated woman, leading to her tragic demise.
With a second chance, Dong Jiaojiao aims to change her fate against all odds. As for her husband, He Chengjun, who is the male lead of the original book, he regrets everything he did with the transmigrated woman in his past life and is willing to let it go.
He Chengjun cares about his reputation and refuses to divorce. Dong Jiaojiao decides to apply for divorce herself and spreads rumors in the military compound that He Chengjun is incompetent and not a real man.
Finally, they divorced.
He Chengjun thinks that Dong Jiaojiao, a rural woman, won't survive without him and waits for her to beg for mercy.
However, to his surprise, he learns that Dong Jiaojiao remarried to the top executive of the adjacent research institute.
What's more, due to their age gap, he has to call him "uncle"... Doesn't that make Dong Jiaojiao his aunt?
On the other hand, Lu Jinzhou is extremely sensitive to smells due to his childhood experiences. He thinks he will never get married until he meets Dong Jiaojiao.
Their first encounter leaves a deep impression, and a unique fragrance immediately captivates Lu Jinzhou's heart and soul, entangling him incessantly, never to be forgotten....
People in the military compound say that Dong Jiaojiao, a rural woman, is not worthy of Director Lu's prestige and charm, especially as a divorced woman.
But little do they know, Lu Jinzhou is determined to cherish his hard-won wife and treat her well.
"You don't own me,"
"Like it or not, if you're mine once, you're mine forever,"
/ sequel to Never
/ plot focused
/ established relationship
/ Haechan x OC
/ mystery, action, dark romance, slice of life, family drama
/ it does get pretty smutty
/ third book on the "Twisted Circles" universe
Misery is a part of life and evil is a perpetual part of society. Lee Haechan and Kim Jiae couldn't be the ones to talk when they themselves were blurring the lines between benevolence and cynicism. But the Sermanes were stepping a line that pushed the boundary of unethical to inhumane. After uncovering what lies beneath Hanyak and getting their hands on an imperative set of files, the couple ended up delving deeper into the intricate maze of violence and mystery.
What they wouldn't have expected is for the betrayals to hit so close to home. Neither did they think the leader of the syndicate would go as far as blurring the lines between reality and delusion - where truth is an illusion and lies are spread as reality.
She finds herself in a compromising position midst the world of the richest in the country, the chaebols - his world; a world she couldn't have anticipated the wickedness of. On the other hand he, struggles to juggle all that had been thrown at him at once, failing to dodge the bullet that was aimed straight home. The pair is faced with distrust and hostility between them, all the while, having to manage their child - with whom they finally find a budding glimmer of hope and gradually rebuild the cracks in their relationship that was caused by an odd intervention.
In a world where money is power, and power prevails. Is love really just a cascading delusion? In the end, would they manage to make it through it all, unscathed?
"You know I still love you, right?"
"Do you even recognise me..?"