Cha Seong-hyuk was a man whose sole flaw was his own existence.
“Then marry me?”
Yeong-in chuckled.
The proposal was too absurd to be taken seriously. She just wondered why he was doing this.
“Why are you here instead of Chang-geun?”
“Chang-geun, that guy, is a total mess.”
Seong-hyuk almost blurted out his irritation at being called ‘senior’ while Chang-geun was ‘oppa,’ but held back, knowing it sounded like petty jealousy.
“There’s a good chance a kid might show up one day calling him dad.”
“So?”
“I can’t stand to see the woman who rejected me marry such a guy. It makes me feel insignificant.”
Yeong-in thought it unlikely that Seong-hyuk could ever become insignificant.
She swallowed the retort that no one could be as insignificant as him.
“So, if you’re considering marrying someone like Oh Chang-geun, why not just marry me?”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“What’s nonsense about it?”
“Everything that comes out of your mouth, senior.”
“What should I say then? Isn’t a blind date about discussing marriage, about two people who know each other and their families talking about getting married?”
Seong-hyuk continued without letting Yeong-in interrupt.
“I know about you, you know about me. We’re perfectly playing our parts in this blind date setup.”
“It’s not ‘we,’ it’s just you, senior.”
“There’s no need for both sides to be active.”
Yeong-in silently observed him, who seemed slightly irritated.
“It’s not easy to find someone who knows as much about the other as we do. To know what turns the other on, how arousing your moans are…”
“Senior.”
“What.”
“Shut up, please.”
Seong-hyuk’s lips curled into a faint smile, pleased by provoking the only person who’d tell him to shut up.
“I get bored easily, you know. If I get bored, I’ll divorce you.”
Three years ago, it was Yeong-in who had broken up with Seong-hyuk. Yet now, she felt as if she was the one rejected.
Amidst this, she found his arrogance oddly fitting.
“Curious how long it’ll take for you to get bored with me?”
“Yeah, I never got the chance to find out since you dumped me out of the blue.”
Yeong-in recalled their last conversation.
“Let’s break up.”
“Fine.”
Seong-hyuk had turned around without even asking why. Now, his sudden proposal seemed insane. It had to be madness.
“You’re proposing just to find that out?”
“I can’t stand not knowing.”
“Endure it.”
“I don’t want to.”
“I’m not interested in helping satisfy your curiosity.”
Suddenly, Seong-hyuk’s gaze darkened.
“If you won’t cooperate, don’t show up to these kinds of meetings again. And absolutely not with Oh Chang-geun.”
Yeong-in realized the futility of continuing this conversation without honesty.
“I didn’t come here intending to marry.”
“Then why?”
“Just bored.”
She didn’t want to admit even to him, who knew what she was at home, that she was just a sacrificial pawn.
“I’ll entertain you, so stop wasting your time on meaningless things.”
Seong-hyuk glanced at his watch, unaware of the slight blush on Yeong-in’s ears.
“I have to go now. I’d have liked to have dinner with you, but I have a prior engagement.”
“We never agreed to have dinner together.”
Why did her heart flutter at his mere suggestion of fun?
Yeong-in sharply retorted to hide her feelings.
“I want to have dinner. Why not?”
Seong-hyuk nonchalantly shrugged and changed the subject.
“Call me. I still have the same number.”
“I deleted your number, senior.”
“How heartless.”
“Who keeps their ex’s number for over three years?”
“I still have my ex’s number.”
A flicker of surprise crossed Yeong-in’s face.
“That’s weird, senior.”
“I know. I’m weird.”
He boldly admitted and stood up.
Yeong-in, spellbound, could only gaze at his retreating figure.
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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