At the sound of Ji Ho’s low voice, Lee Soo turned her head.
What was it that was a first? Lee Soo slightly raised her brows as she looked at Ji Ho.
“It was a first for me too. Bringing someone home, having breakfast together, and even giving up my bed.”
So, please look at me.
Don’t turn your head with such an indifferent face.
“I did it because it was you. If it wasn’t you, I wouldn’t have gone to pick you up.”
An excessively sweet voice was speaking towards Lee Soo.
Because it was you.
Lee Soo made a face as if she had heard something she shouldn’t have.
Her bewildered eyes shook greatly at the clear statement with no room for misunderstanding.
What should I respond in such a situation?
“Ah… Thank you.”
Was that the right response?
Thinking that she should say something, Lee Soo blurted out anything and nodded her head.
As her heart was beating fast, all the words Ji Ho had said till now surfaced at once, confusing Lee Soo’s mind even more.
“I wish you’d care about me.”
“I’ll take you.”
“Let’s meet on a rainy day.”
“No man spends his time on a woman he doesn’t like.”
“I like it when you look at me.”
“Come to me then, too.”
Would Ji Ho remember the things he said?
The words he casually threw were hiding somewhere in Lee Soo’s memory, as if they had waited to burst out.
Lee Soo wanted to let them slip away, but contrary to her will, she didn’t forget a single thing.
If someone else said such things to her, she would have felt affection without doubt.
Strangely, she couldn’t take Ji Ho’s words at face value.
Whenever the doubt of ‘Could it be…?’ arose, she dismissed it as a ridiculous illusion.
Knowing how popular Ji Ho was, she didn’t want to hastily misunderstand.
There were more than a few girls who liked Ji Ho.
Why would Ji Ho be concerned about me, whom he hasn’t even seen a few times, over those girls…
So, even when Ji Ho seemed unusually affectionate and kind, she thought it was just his natural personality and only felt grateful.
But because it was me?
“I didn’t want to hear thank you. It’s just that you don’t seem to know me at all. Why I am doing this.”
“…”
“I’m saying this because I want you to understand a little.”
“…What?”
“That you’re special to me.”
Ji Ho said while looking at Lee Soo affectionately.
Even in a moment when he was saying such things, Ji Ho didn’t seem tense.
The one who was shaking, embarrassingly, was the listener, Lee Soo.
Wasn’t something switched around?
Ji Ho’s confidence made him relaxed even in this situation.
Leaning against the sofa, Ji Ho put the coffee cup down on the table.
His elegantly moving figure seemed like a scene from a coffee advertisement.
“I’ve been acting uncharacteristically lately, doing things I don’t usually do. Because of you.”
It was like that from the start.
It was unlike Ji Ho to personally return a student card.
From the moment he felt an inexplicable curiosity towards the girl he first saw on the plane, he might have not realized it was a foreseen event.
Feeling pity for Lee Soo’s tears, making a childish excuse to wait for Lee Soo’s contact.
Smiling bitterly when seeing Lee Soo smiling at someone else.
Even openly acknowledging these in front of Lee Soo was unlike Ji Ho.
“What does that mean…”
The things she thought were illusions were not illusions at all.
After hearing Ji Ho’s words and looking back, everything felt too clear.
The strong belief that Ji Ho couldn’t do such things seemed to have blurred Lee Soo’s judgment until now.
Swallowing her dry saliva, Lee Soo curled her lips inward and tightly closed them.
“I think I know why I’m doing this…”
“…”
“Don’t you?”
Ji Ho asked affectionately.
Lee Soo seemed to understand now, but she couldn’t make any response.
She didn’t have the courage to face her overwhelming feelings.
Lee Soo tightly clenched the hand holding the coffee cup.
Wouldn’t the sound of her heart beating reach Ji Ho’s ears?
Even her breath was trembling.
She didn’t want Ji Ho to notice her like this.
Breaking the suffocating silence, Lee Soo opened her mouth.
“I really have to go now.”
The only way to avoid getting caught was to leave this place.
“Alright. Then.”
Ji Ho decided to let Lee Soo go at this point, her face shocked and flustered.
It wasn’t a question he had wanted an answer to from the beginning.
It was more of a confession than a question.
Something like a preview.
He had experienced women who were delusional despite giving them no chance, but this was the first time for a woman who didn’t recognize it when it was clearly shown.
He had no choice but to kindly inform her that it wasn’t a delusion.
Now that he had pulled this far, it was time to wait for Lee Soo’s response.
“Where are you going? Home?”
Ji Ho asked, taking in Lee Soo who was wearing his clothes.
“No. I’m going to meet my father.”
Ji Ho’s house, which had seemed like a peaceful dream, had suddenly become a suffocating space.
She wanted to get out as soon as possible.
“Just wait a moment. I’ll change clothes and take you there.”
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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