I Was Tricked Into A Fraudulent Marriage By The Obsessive Villain - Chapter 2 Part 2

Chapter 2 Part 2

“Wow….”

An exclamation escaped her lips involuntarily. 

The dancers were dressed in light, flowing clothes and they looked like fairies that had descended from the heavens. 

This is why woodcutters steal the clothes of winged women.

Iona muttered to herself. 

It felt like even a man would be captivated by her exposed small waist.

In the next moment, male dancers tumbled out from behind and took the stage. 

Every time their healthy brown bodies moved, their muscles came alive and breathed. 

She couldn’t take her eyes off the thick lines that moved with their bodies. 

She wanted to preserve this moment forever in her eyes.

The male dancers started dancing, revealing their taut upper bodies. 

Iona had to pinch her nose to prevent herself from having a nosebleed. 

Here I am relieving my regrets about failing to buy tickets for 2PM’s idol concert in my past life……!¹2PM, a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment, is often praised for its mature and sexy image.

She felt like she was suffocating from too much excitement. It wouldn’t be strange if she fell backwards right then and there.

Iona was mesmerized by the gestures of the men on stage. 

She was so entranced by their every movement and every sway of their hips that she felt like she was under hypnosis. 

She forgot why she had come here and what she was doing 

“Ha….” 

She opened her mouth wide and fell into a trance. Her mouth wide open as though saliva was about to drip from her mouth.

‘…Huh?’

Among the many people, someone’s eyes met mine.

A man with silver hair stood with his arms crossed across from her.

“…….”

It was strange.

It felt as if everything slowed down for a moment.

Even though their gazes only briefly met, she couldn’t avoid it. It was as if she was pinned down by something.

The man’s eyes didn’t waver from her.

They were just looking at each other, but she felt like she was being swallowed up by those red eyes.

It was an indescribable feeling.

It felt like all the colors of the world, except for the man, disappeared.

The people who filled the distance when their eyes met, and even the dancers who had captivated her just moments ago, felt like they had vanished into thin air.

It was as if only he and her were the only people on this crowded street.

“…….”

For some reason, her throat felt dry, so he swallowed hard.

It felt like she was being drawn into the red pupils visible beneath the mask. A strange sense of anticipation rushed over her.

A peculiar feeling of déjà vu, as if she had seen him somewhere before.

She scrutinized the man with her eyes fixed on his pupils. 

He had a neat appearance unlike anyone else.

But Iona could discern, with my honed senses from decades of experience.

That there was undoubtedly a strong body hidden beneath those neat clothes.

The man’s pupils showed no reaction to the trajectory of her violet eyes as she examined him. 

Iona’s gaze, which had been scrutinizing his body, returned to his face.

The man’s eyes were covered by a mask that only half covered his face.

A perfect nose bridge, plump lips, and a sharp jawline that looked like they could cut if she ran her hand across them.

A voice in Iona’s head screamed.

This man is perfect. 

The man’s lips came into view. Somehow, she couldn’t take her eyes off his lips. 

Suddenly, the corners of the man’s mouth curved up. 

Iona watched without blinking, captivated by the picturesque curve of his lips.

“…….”

“…….”

Crimson eyes and violet eyes intertwined in the air. Somehow, even though they were separated, she felt like she was right in front of him.

As though she could sense the man’s scent just from his gaze, chills ran down her spine.

Under the influence of the man’s gaze, her throat continued to dry up.

Suddenly, she had the urge to run to him.

She wanted to run up to him and tell him…….

“……I want to see you without the mask.”

Of course, it was about the mask. 

She continued to lock eyes with the man for a while. Someone grabbed her shoulder from behind.

“Look at this. It’s the Guild Leader!”

“What are you doing here, Guild Leader?”

It was Runkel and Chagall.

“We almost didn’t recognize you because of the mask! Are you the only one wearing something different?”

“By the way, where’s the Guild Sub-Leader? It seemed like he was on his way to you, Guild Leader.”

Confirming that they were the guild members, she quickly turned her head and stared back at where the man was.

But the man had disappeared without a trace.

Like an illusion.

“This is not the time. There are too many people. We can’t carry out the operation! I can’t even tell where I started and how far I looked.”

“And this couple stone is weird again. It keeps ringing! It’s been ringing since the man was over there. There wasn’t a single blonde woman around.” 

“Mine too. It’s still ringing. Isn’t this faulty?”

 “For now, we need to check the situation among the people around us.”

“Then let’s go to that store over there…”

“…….”

Even though the guild members continued to talk, she couldn’t hear anything.

Her gaze remained fixed on the spot where the man had disappeared, as though it was nailed in place.

“……Am I really bewitched.”

After a brief interruption, the guild members who had been in the neighborhood wandered into a nearby tavern.

“I’ll search from here to down here…”

 They spread out a map on the table and continued their discussion.

“I’ve already searched the area over there with my senior. The problem starts from the side street over here.”

“Then why don’t you and Runkel go with the new guy from two o’clock…….” 

“…….”

Despite the ongoing meeting, Iona continued to stare into space without saying a word. 

The important discussion about the mission didn’t hold my attention at all.

It wasn’t a careless thought that there were still a few days left until the festival. 

‘That man.’

 It was because of the man she had encountered earlier.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of that man.

 It still felt like the man’s crimson eyes were staring at her. As though he left her a mark.

“…….”

Runkel’s words were right.

I felt like I was going crazy.

Why was this happening, really?

Even when I had seen other handsome men countless times, I didn’t react like this. Of course, he was exceptionally good-looking, but there was something different about him.

He felt like someone I had been waiting for a long time….

‘… I must really be going crazy.’

She muttered to myself inwardly.

She silently sipped on her drink, leaving the guild members who were getting heated in their discussion.

After a while of drinking in silence, she unconsciously turned her head.

And in that moment…

“…….”

She met a gaze that pierced through her. For a moment, Iona thought if it was an illusion imprinted on her retina.

It was that man.

The man was talking to a group of people at a bar table across the room.

 His gaze fixed on me.

“…….”

 I couldn’t put into words how I felt. 

It seemed like the movements of the people around me slowed down, just like at the theater earlier.

It felt like there were only him and me in this space.

Caught in a whirlwind of emotions, unsure of what to say, his gaze finally shifted away from mine.

“Ah…!”

Without realizing it, a sound escaped my mouth as I watched the man turn his head coldly. 

No matter how long I stared at him, his head never turned back to me. 

I felt thirsty, like a parched person.

The crimson eyes that had been staring at me didn’t leave my mind. Now that I thought about it, I had felt this way before.

 With the man in the veil.

“Could it be…?”

The image of the man in the veil flashed through my mind. At the same time, his image overlapped with that of the man conversing with his group across from me.

A hunch. Or should I say, a premonition?

It was a strange feeling. 

‘…Should I go closer and take a look?’

I gnawed on my fingernails. 

“……!”

My hips jerked as I felt like I had to do something.

If I just stayed still like this, the man would disappear again like grains of sand slipping through my fingers.

At that moment when I was hesitating, the man’s gaze flew towards me again and locked onto me. Simultaneously, the corners of his mouth rose in a smile.

“…….”

I turned my head without thinking.

My ears turned red at the man’s handsome smile. I covered my red ears with both hands. 

“Guild Leader. What’s wrong?” 

“…It’s nothing. So what are we going to do?”

“Ah. So we’re going to split up once at three o’clock on the main street here, and then….”

Various words poured out, but they just passed by my ears. I couldn’t concentrate on the conversation at all.

” …….”

It was just a passing moment.

You might mistake it for the first time experiencing something like this.

Snap out of it. The archenemy of a single woman since birth is the axe disease. The axe disease!²도끼병 is a term used figuratively in Korean to describe a psychological condition characterized by excessive narcissism. Individuals with 도끼병 believe that everyone around them is attracted to or in love with them, even without any valid reason

She internally scolded herself, but her eyes kept drifting back to the man, like a child with a delicious candy in front of her.

Just once. Let’s see him just once.

When Iona first set foot in the festival grounds, she had the determination to grab anyone at that moment, but now that she was in this situation, she was embarrassed and at a loss for words.

Slowly, she turned my head towards the man.

Internally scolding herself.

Don’t get your hopes up too much. The man won’t be looking at you. It’s just a series of coincidences.

However.