From the morning, due to the tightly scheduled meetings following the Jinheonjae breakfast gathering, Ihyun was undoubtedly on edge, with no time to rest. Yerin extended a sleep mask she had prepared.
“I bought it hastily nearby, so the design might be a bit odd, but it should be comfortable.”
Ihyun, fixated on the documents, unexpectedly discovered a cute cat-shaped sleep mask in his line of sight, causing a chuckle.
“Where did you get this?”
“Waited and bought it from a nearby accessory shop.”
“Resembles a certain secretary.”
“Where on earth…”
The signal changed right on cue, and Yerin gradually slowed down the car.
Ihyun quickly unwrapped the pink cat sleep mask that Yerin handed over, seemingly pleased with it.
“Looks exactly like a certain secretary.”
Ihyun chuckled briefly and then put on the sleep mask Yerin gave him.
The cute cat with closed eyes covered Ihyun’s handsome face, and even that seemed to shine.
The splendid eyes were already hidden by the cat sleep mask, and below, the plump lips drew Yerin’s gaze for quite a while.
At that moment, when the sensation of those talkative lips seemed palpable.
‘Oh my, why am I like this?’
To shake off the sudden thought, Yerin swiftly lowered her head.
Then, a soft voice came from beside her.
“You can keep watching.”
“What?”
Yerin turned her head in surprise.
Ihyun was still wearing the sleep mask, comfortably lying back in his chair.
That meant he had no idea she had just stared at him intently.
‘Speaking as if he saw me directly, that startled me.’
“I can’t see anything right now.”
While wearing the sleep mask, Ihyun slowly spoke.
“So, I’ll pretend not to notice anything Miss Hanyerin wants to do.”
“…”
“Like last night, kissing secretly and running away.”
Ihyun’s lips curved gracefully, and Yerin bit her lip.
“Well, there won’t be such a thing.”
Fortunately, the signal changed on time, and Yerin quickly started the car.
“Wasn’t that the whole point of covering my eyes on purpose?”
In response
So, the words I just uttered had brought a considerable shock to myself.
Ihyun thought to himself.
‘Love can completely transform a person into someone entirely different.’
Surprisingly, it was a change he didn’t dislike.
If it was a mistake made by Yerin, it was welcomed no matter what.
While Yerin was attentively looking ahead, she uttered a small voice.
“I want to be a perfect secretary for Director Bonbu.”
This was sincere.
Even though she occasionally showed vulnerability as a woman when she was with him.
As a secretary, she wanted to be like a sharp knife, without a single error, providing assistance to Ihyun.
Reading Yerin’s feelings like someone who understood her, Ihyun responded warmly.
“You are already more than enough.”
“…”
“So, don’t try too hard to be perfect.”
It was the first time.
Someone telling me that I lack nothing.
My father, Chairman Han, always belittled me, saying, “You can’t even earn money, just relying on the allowance I send you.”
The former Executive Mo, who used to serve me before meeting Ihyun, also always dismissed me, saying, “You didn’t learn much, so being a secretary or something.”
A secretary was such a position.
If you worked hard, it was a natural thing for the boss you served, and if you showed a slight flaw, it meant sitting as a secretary; I heard such comments.
That’s why the words Ihyun said were so touching.
“Thank you for saying that.”
“I mean it. I’m not someone who speaks empty words, you know, as a secretary.”
Knowing that, it had a greater impact.
“Yes, of course.”
It felt like fluffy cotton candy had entered my heart and was living there.
It was a significant change that occurred since meeting Ihyun.
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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