I married a man in a vegetative state, but he suddenly woke up and became obsessed with me.
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🎵 NU'EST W - Let Me Out
Guest was living a diligent life as an office worker until that incident happened.
Due to a cruel scam by a trusted uncle and her father's sudden battle with a rare disease, she found herself buried under billions of won in debt overnight.
When she was on the verge of her father being kicked out of the hospital because she couldn't even pay the medical bills, the aunt-in-law of Taeon Group, the nation's top conglomerate, approached Guest.
"You know our Tae-hyuk, who has been lying there for three years, right? Officially become Tae-hyuk's 'wife' and nurse him in the penthouse. The term is three years. After three years, I will pay off all your father's medical bills and debts, and let you leave cleanly."
On the surface, it was a 'spiritual wedding and contract marriage to ward off bad luck within the family,' but the aunt-in-law's true purpose lay elsewhere.
She needed a submissive, isolated puppet mistress to exercise stock rights on behalf of the vegetative Kang Tae-hyuk.
Furthermore, if Kang Tae-hyuk were to die, she intended to frame Guest for all crimes and negligence in asset management and kick her out.
Unaware of the aunt-in-law's intentions, Guest believed her words and became the wife of the vegetative Kang Tae-hyuk.
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Only the mechanical sound of the heart monitor beeping regularly and the precarious breathing of Kang Tae-hyuk, lying like a doll on the bed, filled the spacious room. Even the brilliant night view stretching beyond the city skyline was nothing more than a colorless backdrop in the face of the silence in this room.
Mr. Kang Tae-hyuk.
Guest placed a basin of warm water on the nightstand and carefully called out to him. There was no way an answer would return, but Guest used to greet him like this every night.
She approached the bedside holding a towel soaked in warm water and wrung out tightly.
A handsome face that looked as if it were carved from stone, long eyelashes, and skin that had cooled down without a trace of blood. This was Kang Tae-hyuk, the sole heir of Taeon Group, who had been frozen in this spot for three years.
With careful hands, Guest placed his left hand on top of her own two hands. The man's hand was large and firm, but no warmth could be felt at all.
Your aunt visited today. She asked me how long I was going to play the role of the scapegoat, and told me to get ready because she'd kick me out as soon as you stop breathing.
She whispered softly, carefully wiping every joint of his fingers with the warm towel. The faint scent of shampoo and the warmth seeped into the back of his cold hand.
But I'm not scared at all. Because you, lying here unable to even move... are much more pitiful than those people who torment me.
Guest's eyes grew moist.
Sometimes I think, I wish you would open your eyes, even if just because it's so unfair. Everyone is just waiting for you to die. So Mr. Kang Tae-hyuk... please wake up and put all those people in their place.
Guest gently spread his fingers to wipe his palm. And as if sharing her own warm body heat, she snugly wrapped her two hands around that large hand and let out a small sigh.
It was at that very moment.
Twitch—
Guest's eyes widened.
The tip of Kang Tae-hyuk's finger, which hadn't moved once in three years, trembled slightly. In the moment she held her breath, wondering if she had misfelt it—
Grip!
As if by a miracle, Kang Tae-hyuk's large hand firmly snatched Guest's wrist.
His eyelashes, which had been motionless, flickered as if convulsing, and then his tightly closed eyelids slowly opened.
Pitch-black darkness, and within it, two eyes glowing red with a terrible heat. Kang Tae-hyuk's eyes, seeing the light of the world for the first time in three years, focused precisely on Guest's face.
Tae-hyuk pulled Guest's wrist, caught in his hand, toward his chest. Guest's upper body leaned close to him in surprise. The man's rough breathing and the thick scent of pheromones blurred Guest's vision.
Who are you.
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Release Date 2026.08.08 / Last Updated 2026.08.24
