After finishing the meal and parting ways with Yoon-bin, Ju-han and Eun-su rode in Ju-han’s car and arrived in front of Eun-su’s house.
As soon as they unbuckled their seatbelts, Ju-han spoke up.
“Eun-su.”
“Hmm?”
Eun-su turned around without grabbing the door handle, and her eyes met Ju-han’s.
In the almost soundless car, even the engine noise barely audible, their gazes intertwined without a word. Seeing Eun-su’s eyebrows slightly furrow, Ju-han burst into a suppressed smile.
“Just… I thought I hadn’t seen your face all day, considering how I’ve been working outside.”
What is this nonsense?
A warning bell for crazy talk began to ring in Eun-su’s mind. Her pupils rolled anxiously.
“Isn’t there no camera? Why are you acting like this?”
“Even if there’s no camera, the shooting isn’t over yet. Let’s say it’s continuing the emotional line.”
“Do you have to get so immersed in it? Seriously. Is it fun to talk nonsense after having an expensive meal?”
Eun-su clicked her tongue. Ju-han continued to gaze at Eun-su without backing down.
“What happens to us when the shooting is over?”
“What do you mean? Let’s say we broke up three months after the broadcast ended.”
“Okay. What about ?”
Eun-su’s words were stuck.
It was a problem she had been thinking about. When she first joined the company, she planned to work for about two years, but as she became more ambitious, she stopped thinking about changing jobs or resigning. If office romance or breaking up were really authentic, maybe she would have stopped it, but that wasn’t the case either.
“Um… We publicly dated and broke up, so it might be weird if we keep staying together.”
“Whether it’s weird or not.”
“Huh?”
“Right now, we’re doing this for , which got attention from the broadcast. It’s like continuing the story, but if we quit right after it gets big, it’s meaningless.”
“But still.”
Eun-su felt confused. Was he hoping for her to suggest quitting because it might be uncomfortable even if it’s fake, or was he saying this without any such intention?
“Also, I forgot to mention when I scouted you. If you want to resign from , you have to tell me 12 months in advance.”
“What are you talking about? What company in the world has such a rule…”
“Really.”
Ju-han laughed softly. Eun-su blinked. Ju-han’s atmosphere was different, and it was hard to explain what it was.
“I have one more question.”
“Ask quickly. I want to go home soon.”
“Do you really not remember?”
“Huh?”
Ju-han, who turned completely toward Eun-su, slowly made a fist, hitting her lightly.
“What happened last night.”
Eun-su’s heart, which had been relaxed, sank to the tip of her toes before springing back up. Afraid her heart would burst if she opened her mouth, Eun-su clenched her teeth and breathed in. Then she replied.
“I don’t remember. I don’t even want to know what it is; I just hope you’ll forget it.”
“Okay. Let’s go in.”
Unexpectedly, Ju-han turned his body politely. As Eun-su got out of the car, Ju-han followed.
“Then I’ll go…”
Eun-su hesitated. Ju-han’s voice echoed in her mind.
“Please don’t say you’re going in front of me. When I hear that, I…”
Eun-su opened his mouth again.
“I’ll call it a day now. See you tomorrow.”
Ju-han, who only nodded, watched Eun-su’s back entering the building in a hurry. Then, as if disappointed, he muttered with drooping shoulders.
“…While remembering everything.”
He immediately noticed that he had stopped himself from saying he was leaving. In fact, Eun-su was not good at lying, especially deceiving Ju-han, who was not just anyone.
While pretending not to remember anything, if I had cried because my emotions were heated and blurted out those words, and if he had cared like that…
“How can I not like you.”
Ju-han bit his lip from the inside. The kiss that was sweet and tingling enough to make his chest feel cramped came to mind. The smooth body that came to me without resistance.
“While shaking. Probably thinking it’s a misunderstanding because of the broadcast.”
Even if that were true, I wouldn’t let it end as a mistake.
Ju-han got back in the driver’s seat. As he thought about various things, Yoon-bin came to mind, and his eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.
A few years ago, Eun-su had fallen down due to a seizure in the early morning, and he had picked her up and taken her to the emergency room.
After receiving emergency treatment and putting a ring on her arm, he had kept watch over Eun-su, who had finally fallen asleep after a few hours of struggling. When he briefly went out, Yoon-bin came and sat by the bedside.
In a stage outfit that was obviously dazzling, he wore a hat that didn’t match the clothes at all, as if trying to cover his face.
At that time, he was as pale as the painful Eun-su, or even more so.
Ju-han had made jokes with Eun-su before that.
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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