Joo-hee died while saving her one and only friend.
She thought that was the end, but when she opened her eyes, she had become a nameless extra in a novel.
She lived a peaceful life, just like a background character should.
But one day, she found a man nearly dying in front of her house.
She had no choice but to help him and treat his wounds.
Then she found out—
That man was the male lead of the novel.
And somehow, even the love that was supposed to go to the female lead started coming to Joo-hee instead.
“Do you… have any idea how much I suffered? If you did, you wouldn’t have left me.”
Joo-hee had wanted to live quietly as an invisible extra, so Rowen’s love felt overwhelming.
That’s why she ran away.
She thought it would be okay.
That soon, the real female lead would appear, and the two would fall in love like they were supposed to.
But that was her mistake.
“Please… just stay by my side, Joo-hee.
If you say no, I don’t know what I might do…
So can’t you please just stay with me?”
What started as begging ended in a threat.
Joo-hee realized something.
She would never be able to escape from this man.
No matter where she went—He would follow her.
* * *
“Rowen, don’t tell me…”
“You can’t go anywhere. The only place you belong is by my side.”
Joo-hee’s eyes shook nervously.
As soon as she put on the bracelet, she felt something inside her body become blocked.
That’s when she realized what kind of magic was on the bracelet.
She had walked right into the trap Rowen had set.
“Joo-hee is my life. Do you really think I’d let you go?”
He reached out and gently held a strand of her hair.
Then he lowered his head and kissed it with care.
At that moment, it felt like she was caught in an invisible spiderweb, and she couldn’t breathe.
Joo-hee bit her lip so hard it started to bleed.
Seeing that, Rowen softly pressed her lips with his fingers to stop her.
“You’ll hurt yourself if you keep doing that.”
“Take this off. Right now.”
“I can’t do that. It’s sealed with magic. You can’t break it—and only I can remove it.”
“…”
“Just stay by my side.”
Rowen smiled sweetly.
