Jihan, who glared as if he were angry, left. As I stepped out of the Pyeongchang-dong mansion with a somewhat relieved heart, heavy raindrops were pouring down.
“It seems like a sudden shower.”
Due to the unexpected shower that wasn’t in the forecast, I had to run across the garden, and the parking lot was quite a distance away. I would probably get completely soaked.
“Well, let’s just go.”
If I were to go back to the mansion to borrow an umbrella, I would have to face the elders again. It was a moment when I didn’t feel like hearing any good news and decided to run through the rain.
A call came from Mr. Hyuni, probably after meeting Serin.
“Yes. Sir, did you meet Cha Serin?”
[Dash] I called to tell you about Jung’s confession. Oh… you haven’t heard yet?“Yes? What happened?”
Haven’t heard? What does that mean?
Mr. Hyuni’s voice over the phone was full of puzzlement.
‘Is there something I missed in today’s plan?’
My heart started beating in an unstable rhythm. The unexpected words from Mr. Hyuni brought a sudden wave of anxiety.
[Dash] Today, Representative Seo Jaeha went to the villa in Cheongpyeong. I thought you would know.I stiffened at the unexpected words of Mr. Hyuni. When I arrived in Pyeongchang-dong and called Jaeha, I hadn’t heard such news.
“The person who went to Cheongpyeong is Mr. Jaeha…?”
Why would Jaeha go there…?
My heart sank like a heavy thud.
Pouring rain as if there were holes in the sky.
The sound of heavy rain was so intense that it drowned out the pounding heartbeat echoing like crazy.
While driving, Serin kept thinking about Jaeha she had faced at the villa.
Naturally, she expected Yeojin, but the person waiting for her was Jaeha.
Serin was planning to kneel to Yeojin and beg for forgiveness. Please, just let this one pass.
But when she saw Jaeha instead of Yeojin, she was bewildered.
She felt she should seek leniency from Jaeha too.
However, what she got from him was a cold response.
“Forgiveness? You’re shameless, Cha Serin.”
“…”
“The only reason you called my wife all the way here is to ask for forgiveness?”
An expression of displeasure appeared on his face as if he couldn’t believe she had called him this far just to ask for forgiveness.
Faced with Jaeha’s stern gaze that felt like it could pierce her heart, Serin trembled.
‘Was President Seo always this kind of person?’
The pressure emanating from him weighed heavily on Serin.
Jaeha must have heard from Yeojin that she had asked Jung for a contract killing.
It was a near-death incident for him, so she understood his hostile attitude.
Thinking about how to persuade Jaeha, Serin bit her lip.
‘I must avoid notifying the police at all costs.’
Serin, completely overwhelmed by Jaeha, spoke with an earnest voice.
“I’m sorry. I really didn’t intend for that to happen. Jung broke the brakes on his own, and I had no control over it…!”
“…”
“Yes? Please, just once, show mercy, Grandfather. I’ll do anything you ask.”
“Ha, Grandfather?”
The title of Grandfather made Jaeha’s gaze even sharper. Hoping to soften his anger by reminding him that they were like a family seemed to backfire, causing a defeat to show on Serin’s face.
“Anything?”
“Yes, yes! Anything. I’ll do whatever you ask, so please…!”
Serin had a determination to do whatever Jaeha asked, no matter what. As if trying to gauge her inner thoughts, Jaeha’s gaze became sharper.
“Is that so? Then try jumping into Cheongpyeong Lake.”
Jaeha extended his long arm and pointed at the vast Cheongpyeong Lake.
Jump into the lake? Is he out of his mind?
‘Is he telling me to die?’
Serin shivered like a row of pine trees.
Jaeha’s gaze, not just mere words, was colder than an ice sheet.
“If you have the courage to do that, I might consider forgiving you.”
Jaeha, who knew Serin didn’t have the courage, sneered with a bitter smile.
“So, it’s too late to ask for forgiveness.”
Serin read from Jaeha’s words that he had no intention of forgiving her. If he had no intention of forgiveness, it would also be Yeojin’s will.
‘What should I do?’
Serin collapsed from her seat.
As she started to become restless, she bit her nails compulsively.
Jaeha looked down at Serin, who had become so pathetic, and turned away.
“Oh, and I heard you bought a plane ticket to England.”
And as he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something and brought it up to Serin.
“How did you…?”
Surprised by Jaeha’s words, Serin lost her words. Even with the anxiety of not knowing when she might be arrested, she had already bought an airplane ticket.
“I’ve always felt that you’re quite thoughtless. Thinking that ticket would still be valid.”
“…?”
With Jaeha approaching me, I swallowed hard.
Every time Jaeha’s eyes, as black as coal, touched me, it felt like being cut by a sharp blade.
“You thought you could escape safely after trying to kill my woman?”
Serin thought of Jaeha’s gaze throughout the way back home, and her hands trembled. Her heart felt like it was about to burst.
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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