“Did you come quickly? I just finished the icing, and whew…!”
Jaein, who was in the second-floor kitchen, was startled by Taeseo’s urgent embrace, her round eyes widening.
Checking if there were any injuries, she gently touched and patted him, her wet hands awkwardly hanging as she failed to wipe them completely.
“Taeseo…?”
Before she could get an answer, the man, who had buried his face in Jaein’s neck, took a deep breath.
Jaein, who had been momentarily bewildered, slowly relaxed her body, allowing him to fully embrace her. Even though her hands were wet, she couldn’t help but pat his broad back, making it look desperate.
“Just a little.”
“……. ”
“I’ll be like this for a little longer.”
In fact, she was a bit worried. As soon as the shareholders’ meeting ended, Amber contacted her, saying that Taeseo had left alone. When she called him after hearing the news, his voice over the phone sounded a bit strange.
“Yes, Jaein.”
“Taeseo, Amber contacted me. Did the meeting end well? Are you coming home right away?”
“……. ”
“Taeseo?”
“……Is everything okay?”
“What’s wrong?”
“……. ”
“Oh, are you worried about Sanghwa and Ted? It’s okay for them to be awkward. But it’s a bit strange. Even though it’s not like Sanghwa to stay angry for so long…”
Taeseo had invited Sanghwa to his house before going to the shareholders’ meeting. Ted, who overheard the conversation with Sanghwa, also said he would be with Jaein, and after a brief hesitation, he agreed.
Taeseo didn’t like the idea of Ted, who rarely got involved in other people’s affairs, staying by Jaein’s side. Moreover, it seemed like he didn’t want anyone other than Jaein to come to his house.
Jaein knew that he did it all for her sake. Despite being tired, she couldn’t sleep and was lost in thought, and Taeseo couldn’t have been unaware of that.
“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me and do well.”
“Really? Are you really okay?”
Taeseo’s eyes, looking as if he could read her mind, were as infinitely affectionate as they were on the night before. In the end, Jaein confessed her confused feelings.
“…No. Actually, my heart is complicated.”
“Look at this. Kind Yoon Jaein.”
“It’s not kindness…”
“It’s kindness. So, no matter how much I bother you, you’ll eventually accept it.”
Laughing while patting her cheek, the man’s playful gesture made her burst into laughter. Only then did the worry that had been in Taeseo’s eyes fade away.
“…I don’t know why I feel this way. I just want to live without any connection to that person. I don’t want to hate or feel anything. It would have been better if I had lived without knowing that person at all.”
“You don’t need to feel guilty, Jaein. Jo Daehoon will receive the punishment for his wrongdoings. This was bound to happen someday. We just sped up the process.”
“Yeah, I’ll think that way.”
“Jaein will be here within 30 minutes.”
“Jaein? At this hour? What about the yoga studio?”
“He said he would take care of it, told me not to worry. Ted will come too. I’m not sure if it’s a good idea for them to meet, but they’ll figure it out themselves.”
“Hmm…”
“I called him because I didn’t want to be alone. Did I do something unnecessary?”
Although there were security personnel guarding the house, it was physical protection. On the day Jo Daehoon was removed from the chairman’s position, Taeseo believed that Jaein needed psychological stability.
Jaein agreed. After all, it was about removing her father.
I don’t want to feel guilty about fueling the flames of Jipin’s revenge, but my thoughts kept branching off into heavy considerations. To clear this complex mind, it was better to be together than alone.
So, while Ted, who only looked at Sanghwa, Sanghwa, who avoided Ted’s gaze, spent an awkward time, Amber contacted her, and she called Taeseo.
However, his voice trembled lowly as if he had successfully completed the job. At first, Jaein didn’t notice, but it was definitely different from usual.
“What’s wrong?”
“…Nothing. Nothing will happen from now on.”
Taeseo was someone who prioritized Jaein’s feelings above all else. However, he didn’t seem like the person who successfully finished the shareholders’ meeting.
As if frightened somewhere, his hand, felt beyond the clothes, was cold. It was a hand that always warmly embraced her. As Jaein, it was the first time she saw Taeseo like this.
No, come to think of it, it wasn’t the first time. As the nights they fell asleep together increased, Jaein learned that Taeseo occasionally suffered from nightmares and had headaches on those days.
Every time, Taeseo hugged her with a slightly paler face than usual. Feeling him breathing deeply against her, Jaein met his eyes when he woke up.
When the temperature finally became similar as time passed, he seemed fine. While smiling at him without saying a word, Jaein always worried about him inside.
“Did you have a bad dream?”
“Yeah.”
“Did you fall off a cliff or something?”
“Something like that.”
“Well, is Taeseo taller?”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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