The call from her boyfriend had lifted her spirits. She felt a vague courage to retort back at this rude director.
“I couldn’t make up because I’ve been working overtime every day.”
“Isn’t that just an excuse? Can’t you make time if you want?”
“……”
“So your boyfriend hasn’t apologized yet?”
His attack continued even as So-eun tried to fight back. Kim Tae-jun was a much fiercer fighter than she was. Her lips tightened with frustration.
“He’s just trying to make it up with a phone call after not showing up in person?”
“He’s busy too.”
“Too busy to make time for making up? Doesn’t he want to make up?”
“……”
“Now that he’s finally contacted you, are you just going to accept it? Is your boyfriend such a remarkable person?”
“No, it’s not like that….”
“Then you should break up.”
“……What?”
Before she could defend her boyfriend, Tae-jun abruptly suggested breaking up. Shocked at his rudeness, So-eun’s eyes hardened.
“Why stay with someone who’s not that great?”
But he seemed oblivious to crossing the line. His triumphantly arrogant voice made her very uncomfortable.
So-eun retorted.
“Love is not about being with someone great, but with someone who’s right for me.”
“So, does he suit you? That guy?”
He challenged again.
It was clear he was mocking her situation at the hospital. The sneer on his lips sharpened. It felt like he was ridiculing her life and belittling its value.
“Why doesn’t it seem right to me?”
“No, we’re a great match.”
So-eun spoke up.
“Director, you’re misunderstanding based on what you saw at the hospital. My boyfriend and I really suit each other. Like family. And we’ve shared a lot of time together.”
“Ah….”
Tae-jun seemed interested in her story, opened his mouth, and quietly nodded. The smirk on his lips deepened.
“Like a family, so you even take care of your boyfriend’s mother.”
“……”
“Took a month off to take care of her.”
So-eun’s mouth opened wide, then closed again.
Each of his careless remarks pierced her heart painfully.
They were true, and that hurt.
That one-month leave was actually for her own surgery and recovery, but it ended up being a time when she took care of her future mother-in-law, as she was in the same hospital.
So-eun, holding back tears, responded calmly.
“Director, such comments are really uncomfortable for me. You may not like me, but still….”
“Not like you? How much I like someone like you.”
Before So-eun could finish her sentence, Tae-jun playfully interrupted her.
“People without pride. Those who do whatever they’re told.”
“…….”
“I really like you. I wish you’d understand my feelings.”
So-eun’s face turned bright red.
She felt as if her life was being trifled with. To her, Kim Tae-jun appeared to be an evil person who only rejoiced in her misery.
She was on the verge of tears but didn’t want to show any emotions in front of such a man.
“Thank you for the ride.”
She quickly opened the car door and ran into her house.
So-eun rushed home as if escaping.
Breathless from running up the stairs without pausing, she almost felt nauseous. Perhaps it was a reaction to the sudden humiliation she faced.
She had been eager to talk to Hee-wook, but now she felt completely crushed by the insults Kim Tae-jun hurled at her. This humiliation had pushed away her thoughts of her boyfriend.
Once her stomach settled, So-eun wiped away the tears forming at the corners of her eyes and steadied her heart.
Don’t let such thoughtless words break you.
Kim Tae-jun. I might have encouraged you to cross the line, but…
That was just my thought, and you shouldn’t have heard it.
“Why interfere in someone else’s life!”
He was definitely a man she could never like.
Her hatred for Tae-jun ignited a fire within her.
“I must get my act together and live right.”
I can’t live as desired by someone who wishes for my unhappiness.
I must forge my own destiny.
So-eun got up and called Hee-wook. It was nearing midnight.
The phone rang and rang…
[The customer is not answering, switching to voicemail…]However, she couldn’t connect with Hee-wook.
Sighing deeply, she thought she should have just answered the phone instead of arguing with someone like Kim Tae-jun. Now, she felt worse and had lost her chance.
So-eun decided against calling again and lay down on her bed.
“Someone like you, I really like. People without pride. Those who do whatever they’re told.”
Kim Tae-jun’s cruel words lingered in her mind. She knew she would feel like this all night.
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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