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Yeonsu is in an abusive relationship with a Dom/sadist who disguises the abuse as BDSM. He then meets an actor who needs swimming lessons to improve and uphold his public image. The two become FWB but romantic feelings are already beginning to bloom between them. However, it's clear at this point that Yeonsu's master is going to become an obstacle. He has Yeonsu so thoroughly gaslit, that he can't disobey his orders. Their BDSM practice doesn't come with any safewords or limits either, so when Yeonsu is ordered to never reject Juwan if he asks for sex, he'll have to obey. ...Which is obviously going to take a toll on their relationship... I'm liking the angst so far. I don't know if I like the characters that much. Yuwan is supposed to be the "good guy who gets the uke out of an abusive relationship" but the first time they had sex, he was uncomfortably pushy. He didn't stop, wait or slow down when Yeonsu asked him to and it kinda left a bad taste in my mouth.

Adele can read people's emotions and is great at gambling. So great that it's her primary profession. In order to sustain that life without drawing too much attention, she uses magic necklaces to disguise herself and changes her identity. One day she has an exceptionally lucky say until she bumps into a scared boy, running for his life from an evil woman who's trying to kill him. She saves the boy (and his magical powers then saves them both) and afterwards offers him a home with her. However, they have barely begun their new life together when an unfortunate accident seperates them. Adele traded some gambling chips for a magic ring, because the ring's original owner was being persistent and desperate, and she didn't want to garner attention. However, the magic ring was defect and ended up sending her 10 years into the future. Now she is desperately trying to find Ed again and to do so, she is entering a gambling tournament aboard a big yacht. Unbeknownst to her, Ed is also searching for her and is the host of that same event.

Comments say that the story has gotten really dragged out and boring, while the art style has changed a lot. The original plotline was abandoned, so I'm going to follow the advice that says to drop this.

It's a bit cringy and over the top at times, but overall pretty entertaining. A 23yo Korean woman dies from an incurable disease, which robbed her of all senses before killing her. When she wakes up she's inside the novel she read before she lost her sight, reincarnated as the Villainess, Ariel. Ariel is a genius perfumer, but has a rotten personality. She forced the ML into a relationship with her, by holding hostage the special perfume, that only she can make, which keeps the ML's curse/madness at bay. In the novel Ariel's villainous actions gets her killed. So, to destroy her deathflag the new and improved Ariel's first action is to break it off with the Duke. Next she plans start her own perfuming business to stave off her father's plans to marry her off to someone awful.