“Wait.”
Jae Ha quickly got out of the car and held the door open for Eun Jo to exit.
Keeping a firm grip on her hand, he walked her to the elevator without saying a word.
He quietly watched Eun Jo, who had lowered her gaze without letting go of her hand.
Something stirred deep in his chest.
It almost felt like the end of their first date.
It had been about 12 hours since they left this house.
Not much had changed in that short time.
Yoon Eun Jo was still by his side.
While she didn’t pull away from their intertwined hands, she seemed to have no intention of making eye contact.
Jae Ha felt a sense of confusion and unease he hadn’t experienced in a long time.
It was as if he had turned back time exactly 8 years, just like it used to be back then.
His emotions were in disarray, without any form or order, shaking him to the core.
Even the house they entered together seemed strangely cold, devoid of warmth.
Jae Ha lightly pressed his lips against Eun Jo’s hand and let go.
“Would you like a warm cup of tea?”
Or so he intended to say, but Eun Jo, still with her eyes cast down, gently shook her head.
Her gesture was so lovely that it made his heart flutter.
Moreover, he could see her chest rising and falling, as if she were breathing awkwardly, a couple of times.
“Yeah, I did say I’m tired. So rest. I have some documents to review…”
As Jae Ha was about to turn away, his sleeve was caught.
“I want to be together,” she said.
For a moment, it felt like his heart had stopped.
For a moment, it felt like his heart had stopped.
He had embraced her countless times, tasted the depths of passion together to the point where it couldn’t be measured.
All those scenes were vividly etched in his mind.
Right now, as she clung to his sleeve like a child, staring out into the dark window, she seemed like a different version of Eun Jo.
He couldn’t distinguish whether it was a good or bad feeling.
Jae Ha gently lifted Eun Jo’s chin, looking into her round, dark eyes.
“Eun Jo, you should say that while looking into my eyes.”
Even if it wasn’t passionate, at least…
“If you don’t like it, you can stop.”
There was no need to be sulky.
I, Kwon Jae Ha, the unrivaled, have resorted to pleading and even throwing tantrums throughout, but…
“Yoon Eun Jo, can’t you understand what I’m saying right now?”
“I want to be with you, can’t you get that? I want to sleep together.”
Jae Ha finally furrowed his brows.
To think he desired something so ardently, and now it was being expressed right in front of him by those pretty lips.
What was this unpleasant emotion?
“Are you serious?”
“I told you before, why do you need me to be serious? I finally understand that now. I want to feel better, is that wrong? Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“That’s what I wanted.”
“But?”
“Well, it feels like something’s wrong.”
“There’s nothing wrong. We kissed at the hotel. I wanted it.”
“…….”
“Even now… I want to do it properly.”
“Properly?”
“Yeah, a proper change of mood.”
“A change of mood? I don’t know what emotions you want to change, but do you understand that you want to change them by rolling around with me?”
Jae Ha stared into Eun Jo’s eyes for a long time.
At the very least, he needed to know what she wanted in exchange.
Her words were clearly an alternative.
It was about doing something in place of something else or something she wanted.
“Or do we need some other reason to want each other? If you don’t want to, then stop. I’m tired of answering questions.”
“Tell me first why your mood isn’t great.”
“…….”
“Ha… Yoon Eun Jo, if you do this one more time. You might really get scolded.”
Jae Ha pulled Eun Jo closer and kissed her briefly on lips that seemed slightly pouty.
“…….”
And still, under those slightly moist, downturned eyes, he lightly tapped the small, round tip of her nose.
His gaze remained on her moist lips.
“Oppa is giving you a special pass this time.”
I didn’t even know how much I was enduring.
The reason for tolerating such a rash provocation was for a change of mood, it seemed.
“Cheers… Even if I should shout and embrace it wholeheartedly, why does it leave a bitter taste in my mouth?”
Jae Ha gently brushed Eun Jo’s cheek, speaking as if comforting a child.
“You said you’re tired. I’ll go fill the bathtub for you.”
“No, I’ll just take a quick shower.”
When Eun Jo turned around abruptly, for a moment, her long hair spread out like a blooming flower.
And the smooth curve of her lower back, irresistibly revealed.
Jae Ha, who was making an awkward expression, gently touched her face with his bare hand.
Raising and lowering me, I’m curious about her intentions.
Boundaries.
Yoon Eun Jo, she clearly distinguishes where I can step and where I cannot.
Of course, it’s the same for others.
It means drawing a clear boundary between the world and herself.
The reason I eventually couldn’t endure it was that I left Kwon Jae Ha outside that line.
She strictly adheres to her own specific ways and procedures.
Pride, stubbornness, or perhaps a way of life.
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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