Most likely, he had checked the message in a dazed state after a sleepless night of gaming.
“Anyway, I’m sorry for letting my friends come and go freely in the house. I was planning to clean up before your return, hyung. But Oh Hye Ju, why are you here? We searched for you for a while after you suddenly disappeared while drinking.”
Caught in the sudden attention, Hye Ju tightly gripped the gift box in her pocket.
No matter what happens, she couldn’t reveal the gift. She couldn’t afford to let her worried expression be seen, especially with Da Hee looking at her.
“Representative Kang Ju Won.”
Hye Ju organized her thoughts and straightened her stiffened shoulders.
Starting from next week, he would be coming to work, so it was appropriate to address him as ‘representative,’ right? Although I apologize for entering your house without permission, today my purpose was not for the representative. I came to retrieve something I left here.”
Please just accept it. Let’s tidy up things around this point!
“Oh, right. Didn’t you say you left something at our house? Was it cosmetics?”
Seung Won, who didn’t understand English, tried his best to support the conversation.
“It’s something I left behind.”
Heh. The moment Kang Ju Won’s lips curled up, Hye Ju had a premonition that the situation was not going to flow smoothly.
“I saw earlier, it wasn’t cosmetics.”
“Huh? It wasn’t cosmetics?”
Seung Won, sensing something strange, tilted his head.
“Oh Hye Ju, didn’t you say you left a face mask or lip balm earlier?”
“Well, that’s…”
Was it a phrase created for this situation?
Due to Hye Ju’s inability to give a proper answer, the atmosphere became incredibly awkward. In the tense air where it felt like everything would shatter if anyone spoke up, Da Hee, who stood behind Seung Won, cautiously intervened with her words.
“Hye Ju, it seems like the representative is misunderstanding you. It looks like he was surprised because you were in an empty house. How about showing him what you came here for instead of letting him misunderstand? It’s better to explain clearly than to have unnecessary misunderstandings.”
Damn it, Cheon Da Hee. I’d rather strip naked and do an Indian dance. I can’t show what’s in my pocket even if a knife is at my throat. This is… this is…!
“If you want to make friends, choose them wisely. What’s the meaning of this? It’s not like you’re a stalker.”
Feeling exhausted, Ju Won sighed softly and turned around. It was a fortunate turn of events for Hye Ju.
I’ve managed to handle it around this point. Now I can just leave as if nothing happened. I can explain the situation somehow later.
“A stalker? Isn’t that too harsh to say to my friend?”
It was when Seung Won let out his exclamation.
Bangparabam! Bangbangbangparabam!
A firecracker went off in her pocket. Hye Ju stared blankly at the wall clock.
It’s midnight.
“Oh God, just kill me now.”
The box tucked into her pocket burst open. Inside the crumpled pocket, a Gundam danced and twirled. A sweet melody played as despair filled Hye Ju’s heart.
I’ve been watching you for a long time
Even when you’re not by my side
Even when you’re far away
My eyes were always on you
Waiting and waiting and waiting
Hoping your sparkling eyes would touch my lips
Praying and praying and praying
For us who have come so far apart
Will you accept me now?
Why are the lyrics so exquisitely fitting?
“Oh Hye Ju… Are you really my brother’s stalker?”
Seung Won’s eyes widened in extreme astonishment. Hye Ju, in a daze, looked around at the faces of the three people.
Seung Won, astonished, and Da Hee, with her mouth agape. Did you see? Even Kang Ju Won, standing there with an expression that seemed to say, “See?”
It was too late for excuses. There was no way to defend herself without revealing her feelings for Seung Won.
Hye Ju bit her lip tightly. She glanced at the startledeyed Da Hee once and then bowed slightly towards Ju Won.
“I’m sorry. If you want to report it, go ahead.”
Thud.
The sound of the door closing behind him as he turned away.
To the accompaniment of a heartfelt confession song, the Gundam danced and twirled loudly.
April 1st, April Fool’s Day.
Unbelievable things happened to Hye Ju, who had only experienced April Fool’s events like changing seats during class or wearing the school uniform backward.
“This must be a dream… It can’t be real.”
The cellphone clock showed 2 p.m. on April 1st. Throughout the night, she had received numerous calls from Da Hee and Seung Won, but she couldn’t answer.
“They’re dating…?”
More shocking than last night’s humiliation was the sight of Da Hee, who had nestled against Seung Won with a cute smile, and Seung Won, looking at her with affection. Thinking of the two of them, her left chest throbbed with pain.
“They could have told me in advance. If they had, I wouldn’t have prepared for this ridiculous event…”
Feeling sorry even for her resentful heart, she couldn’t bring herself to look at their faces.
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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