“Hey. Why are you looking at me like that?”
“…Because Taeseo is scary.”
“…Scared of Taeseo.”
As Amber and Sanghwa answered simultaneously, Ted, who was sitting far away from Taeseo, also nodded. Taeseo raised his lips even more and looked down at the two.
“You’re smiling.”
“…You’re only smiling with your mouth. Your eyes aren’t smiling. It’s scarier than a poker face.”
Even with Sanghwa’s point, Taeseo’s forced smile didn’t change.
“Taeseo… Taeseo invited them.”
When Jaein, who had changed clothes, approached, Taeseo’s eyes squinted and gently folded.
“I invited, but it’s still an hour and a half until the promised time. The catering service hasn’t arrived yet. Guests who come too early are also impolite.”
As soon as Jaein appeared, the expression changed as if lying, and the softened Taeseo, who was smiling gently, was observed with curious eyes by Sanghwa, Amber, and Ted.
The early arrival was the fault of the excited Sanghwa and Amber, who hurriedly thought about the party. So, they didn’t blame Taeseo, who was strangely sarcastic.
In fact, Amber and Ted were used to seeing Taeseo like this.
Rather, Taeseo, who was endlessly gentle in front of Jaein, was more unfamiliar to them. Therefore, while feeling scared that Taeseo was laughing with his mouth but cursing with his eyes, they didn’t take it too seriously.
Taeseo was always like this before meeting Yun Jaein.
“Hey, what’s the big deal with a guest between us? Think comfortably. Oh, Director Jang, you’re right on time.”
Sanghwa smiled generously and showed the wine he had brought. Jaein stood up.
“I’ll get some glasses. Just fruits and cheese for snacks?”
“No need for snacks. We brought cake and tacos. Just bring glasses.”
“Okay, Taeseo! This is enough for us! Why bother calling for catering? But what’s the main menu?”
“Salmon and lobster.”
“Yay, salmon!”
“Wow, lobster! It’s lobster! Awesome, hurry up and come!”
Excitedly shouting, Amber and Sanghwa looked at Ted with curious eyes. In the meantime, Ted, who had shouted loudly, quietly took out the food he had brought and started arranging it.
Watching that, Jaein headed to the kitchen, and Taeseo, as if reluctantly, stood up. Seeing Jaein reaching for a large plate, Taeseo, who stood behind her, grabbed her waist and took out the plate she was about to take out.
“I’ll do it. Jaein, sit down and rest.”
“I want to do it too. It’s our home.”
“…Why?”
“Sometimes he just bursts in like that.”
“Yeah…?”
“He says it’s our home.”
“…”
At the words ‘our home,’ Jaein felt the reality that Yun Jaein had accepted his proposal, and so he felt moved. Therefore, because he was too moved, it meant he wanted to hug her immediately.
Feeling Taeseo’s warm breath on his neck as soon as he understood the words, Jaein turned to him.
“Ha… People who have to endure will go crazy, but Yun Jaein doesn’t know anything.”
Before the arrival of two party enthusiasts and a large dog, the atmosphere was thriving.
However, just as Taeseo was about to get into the mood, guests appeared before he could properly kiss, and he was caught off guard. So, what he is enduring now seems appropriate.
Thinking of Jaein, who was hugged by Sanghwa and crying together, Taeseo invited people without Jaein’s knowledge, planning a farewell party of sorts.
He accurately checked the time until the catering service arrived and the guests would come. Until then, he planned to continue biting and sucking on his lover.
However, he didn’t expect Sanghwa and Amber to show up excitedly. If Amber had acted alone, Ted would have stopped her, but the synergy effect of the two similar personalities, Sanghwa and Amber, meeting was greater.
They overlooked the fact that Ted’s dissuasion did not reach the ears of the two who started bouncing around at the word “party.”
“We haven’t even kissed properly.”
Taeseo, who expressed his dissatisfaction with a raised chin, was silently looked at by Jaein, who bit her lips and suppressed laughter. Then, she slightly turned her body to check the three people in the living room who were laughing and chatting.
“From now until at least midnight, we have to endure…”
Before finishing the sentence, their lips met. Feeling the touch falling on his lips, Taeseo’s body stiffened. Swiftly raising her heels, Jaein stole Taeseo’s lips in an instant and reached out with a bright smile.
“Endure.”
In the place where they briefly kissed like a lie, Taeseo, touched by the hand that gently stroked the place, looked down at his lover without realizing it. Feeling like a tamed beast, he didn’t dislike it and let out a hollow laugh while offering his lips.
“The patient will be blessed.”
“…”
“I’ll bring the glasses. Taeseo, the smell of tacos is so good. Right? Salmon and lobster, looking forward to it.”
Looking at Jaein’s back, who left the kitchen with a few plates and forks, Taeseo, who was smiling gently, burst into laughter.
The patient will be blessed.
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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