The two, looking untroubled, talked amiably until they reached the main gate, where the annoying male companion affectionately ruffled Nam Yuin’s hair. Nam Yuin responded with a quiet smile and greeting.
Giyeon, having witnessed the entire scene, pressed his boiling eyelids tightly and sneered mockingly.
Then, a thin but clear voice called out.
“Director.”
Giyeon lifted his head, letting go of his hand.
As his blurry vision cleared under the sparsely filtered sunlight, he saw Nam Yuin’s worried face.
“Director?”
As Giyeon stared down expressionlessly, Nam Yuin blinked her large eyes and tilted her head innocently.
“Are you feeling unwell?”
Suppressing his rising annoyance, Giyeon focused on Nam Yuin’s hair, previously touched by another, and spoke emotionlessly.
“No.”
“….Your expression doesn’t seem good.”
Nam Yuin’s concerned look made Giyeon laugh hollowly.
Whose fault was this?
Although her innocent response indicated no intention, Giyeon’s mood was muddied like muddy water, unable to regain his composure, and he spoke sharply.
“When you come to meet me, come alone. Why did you bring someone along?”
“Ah… did you see?”
“It was quite visible. Almost like you wanted to show it off.”
Nam Yuin gently shook her head, not fully understanding his words.
“Why would I do that on purpose? He’s the friend you saw at the hotel. Don’t you remember?”
How could he not remember? It was too well remembered, and that was the problem.
But Giyeon was annoyed to even mention that he had been watching their behavior, both now and previously at the restaurant.
“Aha, the friend who was tormenting Nam Yuin by your side?”
Giyeon’s sarcastic comment earned him a puzzled and suspicious look from Yuin, who blinked her innocent eyes slightly furrowed.
“What torment?”
“I wouldn’t know.”
Perplexed by his cryptic replies, Yuin looked up at Giyeon, wondering why he was acting this way.
Despite the innocent look in her eyes, which made him rush here, it wasn’t enough to soothe his irritation.
Even his throat felt parched as if he had a sore throat. How could he immediately alleviate this and improve his mood?
“That friend seemed quite uninhibited in his actions.”
“……What do you mean?”
“Even at the SJ Hotel lobby, he was touching you, and today again.”
Giyeon reached out to erase the discomforting touch from before, freely stroking and touching her small head.
Startled at first by his unexpected touch, Yuin found herself calming down as Giyeon’s fingers became gentler.
Giyeon knew his actions were childish, but he didn’t want to stop.
It felt like he was washing away the unpleasant traces. And the feeling of her slender, soft hair flowing through his fingers wasn’t bad at all.
No, it was pleasant. How could it not be nice to touch Nam Yuin? This feeling was definitely good.
However, separate from that, spite sprouted from his mouth.
“Anyone can touch Nam Yuin’s head, it seems. Just standing there quietly.”
Immediately, Yuin frowned in displeasure and pushed away Giyeon’s arm.
“That’s not true.”
“Then?”
“Who likes being touched by just anyone? Of course, I hate it.”
“So, you don’t hate it now.”
Giyeon, not backing down this time, continued to stroke her head gently from crown to nape.
“Is that so?”
Instead of answering, Yuin’s still displeased round eyes wandered here and there.
Although she hadn’t explicitly said she liked it, the rigidness in Giyeon’s lips eased disappointingly.
Giyeon inwardly scoffed. Already yielding so easily, what was his plan?
He playfully tapped her puffed cheeks with his index finger, and her clear, green eyes lifted.
With a wider smile, Giyeon suggested,
“Let’s go. I’ll buy you something tasty.”
Yuin, sighing lightly as if dissatisfied, nodded in agreement.
Watching Yuin reluctantly follow, a whispering voice echoed deep within him.
Merely receiving her gaze was no longer enough.
He wanted to envelop her in his explosive possessiveness, douse her with burning affection, and indulgently caress her to his heart’s content.
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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