Geon reached out to Yeonwoo and roughly wrapped his hand around her shoulder.
Caught in Geon’s tight grip, Yeonwoo couldn’t even make a small move.
This was the first time Yeonwoo had completely endured Geon’s angry gaze.
If Geon hadn’t held her shoulders, she might not have known whether her body would have collapsed.
Geon’s fierce atmosphere, as if it could engulf everything around, pressed heavily on the surrounding air.
Geon, reaching the limit of patience, gritted his teeth and let out a low voice.
“Do you want to see what real greed is?”
“……!”
A black whirlwind spun in Geon’s burning eyes.
The gaze filled with twisted desire seemed like it could devour Yeonwoo at any moment.
How long had he been waiting for her?
Was the result of his earnest feelings just escaping?
Yeonwoo’s body felt like it would shatter in the swirling whirlpool where all emotions tangled together.
Even in the midst of this, she could feel a subtle tremor through Geon’s hand holding her shoulder.
As Geon peeled away the layers of his anger, sorrow was revealed in the hidden corners.
Yeonwoo felt her breath stop suddenly in the emotions conveyed by Geon.
Overwhelmed by rising emotions, Yeonwoo took a deep breath.
“Inhale…!”
Geon silently looked down at Yeonwoo in front of him.
Seeing her delicate and trembling figure, the strength drained from the hand holding her shoulder involuntarily.
“…What do you think was the reason I’ve been waiting for you all this time?”
Geon’s loosened voice flowed out as if breaking through a dam.
“Because you never showed any greed for me.”
Even when they learned each other’s feelings. Even when she discovered Yeonwoo’s true identity.
Geon approached Yeonwoo as much as possible.
In a situation where he had revealed his feelings as much as he could, Geon had nothing else to do but wait for Yeonwoo.
“If you had shown any sign of greed, I wouldn’t have endured it.”
If Yeonwoo had desired Geon, she would not have left.
There would have been no waiting for such a situation to arise, no blushing of faces like this.
Geon stared at Yeonwoo with a gaze that had become gentler than before.
The hand on her shoulder fell weakly.
“Were you a person who could quietly leave me without a word?”
Yeonwoo looked at Geon with a voice that was usually not felt, a voice as gentle as never before.
The owner of the black pupils had eyes resembling those of a wounded beast.
“How can you so easily give up on us?”
It felt like a large stone was placed on Yeonwoo’s throat, making it hard to breathe.
She needed to speak, but no words came out.
“The sincerity you showed me seems to have meant nothing.”
“……!”
Geon turned his body and headed towards the door. His narrow back seemed unusually lonely today.
No, she had to say it.
That she had never been insincere in front of him.
That she had never not wanted him. That she didn’t want to leave.
She had to say that she wanted to stay by his side.
But Yeonwoo’s lips, like frozen, refused to move as she wished.
When Geon was about to leave the room, Yeonwoo’s small hand grabbed the edge of his clothes.
“I, I… ”
A moist voice escaped from Yeonwoo’s lips, which moved with great effort.
She couldn’t let him go like this.
She couldn’t let him go with wounds, with misunderstandings.
“It’s not like that…!”
Geon stopped.
From his cold lips turned away, an infinitely chilly voice flowed.
“If it’s not like that, then what is it?”
A freezing gaze stared at Yeonwoo.
“What am I to you?”
Enduring the cold gaze fixed on her, Yeonwoo managed to part her trembling lips.
“…My heart races just by looking at you.”
“…….”
Geon’s body twitched at the unexpected answer.
Yeonwoo’s response didn’t end there.
“Just calling my name makes my heart flutter.”
Yeonwoo gradually laid out the sincerity she hadn’t been able to convey before.
“Now, it’s natural for us to be together. I can’t even imagine parting.”
“If that’s the case, why are you trying to distance yourself from me?”
Geon looked at Yeonwoo, who clung to his clothes precariously.
Then he gently prodded her with a low voice.
“If that’s the case, you shouldn’t have tried to leave me.”
If Yeonwoo’s confession was true, her words and actions didn’t match.
In response to Geon’s question, Yeonwoo answered.
“I wanted to become someone who could protect Nari from the crown prince and the assassins. I wanted to become a strong person who could protect you by your side.”
Yeonwoo trained tirelessly to not become a burden, to become stronger.
However, at the crucial moment, she had to rely on someone else’s help.
“However, I always realized that being protected was always me. How can someone who can’t even protect themselves protect you? How can they protect you by your side?”
“I just need to protect myself.”
Geon spoke as he looked at the endlessly delicate and sentimental woman in front of him.
“Haven’t you also said that I will protect you?”
“How can my weakness hinder your path? If Nari is in danger because of me, how can I go on living?”
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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