It seemed he felt the same way; his pace had been gradually quickening since earlier.
Walking briskly, a strange voice rang in her ears.
“Cha Taesang!”
“…?”
It’s not common for someone to call Taesang’s name so boldly. Moreover, it was a woman’s voice.
Dajeong turned her head towards the direction of the sound.
But amid the gathered crowd of welcoming passengers, it wasn’t easy to find the person who made the noise.
As she looked around with a puzzled expression, a woman walking towards them caught her eye.
She might be around 170 centimeters tall. Wearing high-heeled shoes, she elegantly stretched her long legs. With each step, her wide pants swayed lightly.
“Hey, welcome back, huh?”
The woman who stopped in front of Taesang suddenly spoke. Her large eyes and rounded short hair created a quite cute impression.
“…Why did you come here?”
Taesang’s voice, speaking like that, was somewhat subdued.
“Why did I come? Since you didn’t give a proper answer and left, I came all the way here.”
She said, pushing her face forward. Taesang folded his forehead and jerked his head back. There was a noticeable expression of annoyance around his slightly wrinkled eyes.
Dajeong looked back and forth between the two with her big eyes. From the atmosphere, it seemed like they were friends, but Dajeong couldn’t believe that Taesang had a close female friend.
When the wandering gaze, bouncing around like a ping-pong ball, turned back to the woman, she turned her head towards this direction.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Kang Miyeon. Oh, you probably don’t know my name? Well… I used to be Taesang’s fiancée.”
“Ah, yes…”
Dajeong was greatly surprised inwardly.
This woman was Taesang’s ex-fiancée, whom she had only seen in the newspaper. For a moment, complex emotions that couldn’t be expressed in words welled up.
Dajeong awkwardly looked up at her.
“…Nice to meet you. I’m Handa Jeong.”
“Yes. Nice to meet you too.”
Miyeon smiled refreshingly and approached. Her big smile, with her mouth wide open, suited her distinct facial features well.
Dajeong looked at her with a somewhat absent gaze. Except for her height, she had no resemblance to Sunjae.
It would be better if her personality didn’t resemble him either. Just as she was worried, Taesang suddenly spoke.
“I’ll keep the promise. So, for now, just go.”
“How specifically are you going to keep it?”
Miyeon spoke, rolling only her eyes. Taesang sighed quietly and continued.
“I won’t cause any more trouble. I won’t shake people on your side, and there won’t be any incidents of grandpa hearing about it.”
As if satisfied with the story, Miyeon nodded her head.
Dajeong quietly asked with her lips curled. It seemed like they were talking about something related to work, but she couldn’t guess exactly what it was.
However, from Taesang’s stiff and serious face, she could tell that it was something important.
“Now, just go. I’ve heard your answer.”
Taesang said in a gently admonishing voice. Then, Miyeon widened her eyes and clenched her fist.
“I did come to hear that answer, but it’s not just because of that one thing that I came all the way here.”
“…?”
“Ms. Dajeong, should I take you home?”
Miyeon came closer and asked.
“What?”
Dajeong looked at her with rabbit-like large eyes.
On their first meeting, and with the title of both the ex-fiancée and the current fiancée. The feeling of puzzlement and bewilderment came at the same time.
“Why would you.”
Staring blankly at her, Taesang extended his arm to block Dajeong.
“Why? Because Taesang is my friend, and Ms. Dajeong is your lover. Isn’t that reason enough?”
“…”
Taesang groaned as he gently tilted his head. His response seemed familiar with such forced situations.
Dajeong bit her lips firmly. Something warm seemed to surge from within.
Why are we so close? Why do I keep calling Taesang comfortably?
The casual interaction between the two stabbed deep into the chest. Eventually, something warm rose up through the throat.
“Uh… I’ll take Ms. Miyeon with me.”
“What…?”
Taesang quickly turned his head. His heavily distorted eyes looked like those of a person undergoing torture.
Dajeong deliberately avoided his gaze.
“Since you’ve come all the way here, it would be nice if we could ride together.”
“Handa Jeong…”
“Mr. Taesang, you can come separately in your car.”
Taesang was clearly uncomfortable with this situation.
However, despite that, Dajeong insisted because she wanted to know why Miyeon had come all the way here to talk to her.
“Look at this. She wants to go with me.”
Miyeon said, sticking close to Dajeong, then brought her hand, as if attempting a fist bump, near Dajeong’s elbow.
“No.”
Taesang quickly spoke and put his arm around Dajeong’s shoulder. With a significantly serious tone and swift motion, both of their gazes turned to him.
“She’s hurt. Don’t touch her.”
It was a quite low and sturdy voice. Miyeon nodded as if impressed and took a step back.
“Oh… right. Your wrist is injured. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.”
Dajeong quickly said, closing the distance with her again. Whether she knew that I was hurt or not, that could be sorted out later.
For now, the priority was to comfort her, surprised by Taesang’s rough reaction.
“It’s not a serious injury.”
“Thank goodness.”
Miyeon smiled lightly and showed a relieved expression. Then, as if to say let’s go, she tilted her head to the side.
Dajeong swallowed a dry saliva and turned to Taesang.
“…Mr. Taesang, let’s meet at home. It won’t take long anyway.”
“What do you want to hear? I’ll tell you everything.”
“That’s not it… I just want to get closer to your friend, Mr. Taesang.”
The statement that she wanted to get closer to Miyeon was not entirely false. Since she was a precious friend to Taesang, she meant something to me too.
Dajeong smiled as if to say not to worry. Then, as if he had no other choice, Taesang nodded slowly.
“Just don’t go elsewhere.”
“I won’t.”
“See you at home.”
“Yes.”
An intense gaze followed Dajeong as she walked behind Miyeon.
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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