Sajun did not answer immediately.
He just idly tapped the texture-rich leather with the long fingers resting on the armrest of the sofa.
He briefly shifted his loose gaze from the window to the terrace outside, then looked back at Taehui and asked, “If I say no, will you call off the relationship?”
“If I’m not confident, I should back off.”
Taehui answered as if she had no regrets, her expression sly. It almost seemed like she really wanted to call off the relationship.
Min Taehui had suddenly come last night, declaring she wanted a relationship, and for a moment, Sajun had acted arrogantly.
He thought it best to start from a position of advantage to avoid situations like this.
But it was all in vain.
The upper hand he had briefly held had now slipped back to Min Taehui.
“You’re double-talking, Min Taehui.”
“It’s not double-talking. If the conditions don’t match, it’s natural that the contract won’t happen.”
Min Taehui always had this approach.
She would enter bending low, easily succumbing, but in a flash, she would act as if it had never happened, becoming difficult to handle.
Like sand slipping through fingers, elusive and hard to grasp. How could Sajun not be frustrated?
In the end, she always became the dominant one, yet acted as if she was the victim. What was that about?
Even though it was infuriating, that was also Min Taehui’s charm, making it impossible for Sajun to get his mind off her.
“I should have recorded you saying you’d date me earlier.”
It was a regretful murmur that slipped out without him realizing.
“Even if you recorded it, it wouldn’t change anything. We’re contractually dating, remember?”
Taehui smiled faintly as if she heard something amusing.
Sajun couldn’t take his eyes off that smile.
Her lips, full like juicy fruit, her neat teeth slightly visible between them, her large eyes curving like crescent moons.
Even her mocking smile seemed unfairly pretty. Wasn’t that cheating?
With an irritable gesture, Sajun swept his hair back and asked sharply, “So, according to you, I don’t have a choice?”
“Well, not right now, at least.”
Min Taehui, holding the advantage, spoke calmly as she gently swept back her fallen hair.
Sajun’s gaze followed her slender, white fingers threading through her long hair.
He vividly remembered how those small hands had gently and carefully cradled his cheek.
He wished she would cradle his cheek like that again, and kiss him.
Feeling a tightness in his heart, Sajun shrugged his shoulders.
How could anyone decide to date him for just a hundred days when he was so crazy about her?
He couldn’t agree with such a condition, but he had no intention of showing that now.
For now, he would step back and follow Min Taehui’s wishes.
He didn’t know what scheme Min Taehui had for setting a hundred-day condition, but Sajun was the same.
He would keep her by his side, by any means necessary.
“Do as you wish.”
So Sajun gave the best response he could offer now.
He was confident in treating her well.
In the past, the more he wanted to be nice, the more indifferent he acted, but now he could openly shower her with affection.
“So, today marks day one for us?”
Instead of answering, Sajun stood up from the sofa and sat next to her.
With a wary look, Taehui asked, “Why are you suddenly sitting next to me?”
Sajun retracted his fingers, itching to touch Min Taehui, and nonchalantly said, “Friends sit opposite, lovers sit next to each other.”
“Where did you hear that?”
“Just a natural instinct.”
Taehui wrinkled her nose as if hearing something absurd and took a shallow breath.
Sitting right next to her, Sajun could hear her breath clearly in his ear.
His temperament was rough like a bullfighting bull, yet his breathing was too fragile as he inhaled and exhaled.
So delicate that one might worry about respiratory distress due to lack of oxygen.
It made him want to protect her.
“Let’s start doing that from tomorrow, and for today, go back and sit over there. It’s awkward and uncomfortable.”
“No, you should start getting used to it from today.”
Sajun was determined not to yield on this matter.
Sitting beside her, all his senses vividly perceived Min Taehui.
The shallow breaths, her long eyelashes fluttering when annoyed, her soft cheeks with visible peach fuzz, the delicate skin showing veins, the sweet scent of her body.
“Hey!”
Her lips were particularly red due to her habit of gnawing on them whenever she got flustered.
Looking down at those lips, Sajun slowly said, “If you let me kiss you, I’ll consider sitting over there.”
“Are you obsessed with kissing?”
Sajun laughed softly.
It seemed like he was indeed obsessed with kissing. But wasn’t that normal?
What man wouldn’t like kissing the woman he loves?
He’d do it all day if he could.
“If I’m obsessed, does that mean I can do it every day?”
Taehui gasped sharply and her eyes widened.
She had the expression of a rabbit nibbling on grass at that moment.
“Min Taehui, I tried it your way and it was good. Maybe that’s why lovers kiss a lot.”
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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