“I have nothing to say to you.”
“Why did you disappear like that back then?”
“That’s in the past and has nothing to do with you, brother. You don’t need to know. There’s no good in knowing.”
“Nothing to do with me? Was our time together just a fleeting thing for you?”
“…….”
Seoha remained silent. Taekyung looked at her impassively, his heart crumbling once again as he watched her trying to escape.
“Even if it’s none of my business, I need to know the reason.”
“Please stop harassing me and go back. I don’t want to see your face.”
Seoha’s words were colder and more piercing than the winter wind. Taekyung, who had repeatedly questioned himself over the past five years, felt frustrated and pained.
“Even if you don’t want to see me, you’ll have to. It’s inevitable, even if you find it repulsive.”
“Taekyung brother!”
Finally, Seoha looked at Taekyung directly. She swallowed her tears and blurted out something, whether it was her true feelings or not, just to drive him away.
“Why are you doing this even though I said I hate it! I’ll call the police if you don’t leave now.”
Minsup, who had been watching, couldn’t stand it any longer and roughly grabbed Taekyung’s shoulder, shoving him away.
“What a disgrace. Can’t you see Seoha says she doesn’t want you? Leave while you still can.”
“And who are you to stop me? Are you Kim Seoha’s husband?”
Taekyung’s voice was low, calm but firm. Minsup anticipated that Taekyung wouldn’t back down easily.
“So what if I am? Don’t bother someone else’s woman. If words don’t work, I’ll have to use my fists.”
“I don’t care whether you’re her husband or not. This is between me and Kim Seoha. You’re the one who should leave.”
“What?”
Minsup threw a powerful punch at Taekyung’s face.
It all happened in an instant.
Taekyung, tall and fit, couldn’t withstand the punch thrown by Minsup, a former athlete.
Seeing this, Seoha turned pale.
Taekyung held his face and slowly got up.
“I warned you, if words don’t work, I’d use my fists.”
“I didn’t know Kim Seoha’s taste was for such a rough man.”
Taekyung sneered bitterly. Minsup clenched his fist and raised his chin defiantly.
Then, the voice of Principal Yunhee cut through the tension.
“Enough. What is this behavior in front of a kindergarten!”
Taekyung straightened his clothes and politely apologized to Yunhee.
“Sorry for causing a disturbance.”
“It’s better you leave for today. Whatever the matter, Kim Teacher also needs time.”
Yunhee’s authoritative voice filled the air. Taekyung sighed softly, took a last look at the kindergarten, and respectfully nodded.
“Understood. I’ll see you again soon.”
Taekyung glanced at Seoha, then surprisingly walked away without further argument.
As Taekyung disappeared, Seoha’s legs gave out, and she collapsed.
“Teacher Seoha!”
Minsup caught Seoha before she fell.
Chaeun finally ran out to check on Seoha.
“Teacher Seoha, are you alright? What was all that about? Who was that man?”
“What about Minjun?”
Seoha’s first concern was Minjun.
“He’s in the car, listening to a fairy tale. Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Thank you, Teacher Minsup. I should go to Minjun.”
“I’ll take you home. Teacher Chae-eun, don’t worry.”
Minsup reassured Chae-eun and carefully supported Seoha by her arm.
Chae-eun watched as Seoha got into Minsup’s car and remained standing outside the kindergarten for a while after the car had disappeared from sight.
“Teacher Minsup, is your hand okay?”
“Ah, this is nothing. I used to be an athlete, and I’ve learned a bit of boxing as a hobby. I should have beaten that guy more, but I only managed to hit him once. It’s frustrating. A grown man behaving so disgracefully, stalking like that. Teacher Seoha, I assure you, I’m not usually a rough person!”
Minsup joked lightly. Seoha hugged Minjun tightly and gently stroked her child’s shiny hair.
Seoha felt anxious, wondering if she was depriving Minjun of his father.
But she also thought that if she showed even a slight weakness, she might lose her child to them.
After all, it was their family who had sent her hospital fees to get rid of the child in the past.
With their money and power, taking Minjun away from her would be easier than stealing candy from a child.
Seoha hugged Minjun even tighter.
As if someone was about to snatch him away, she trembled and tightened her embrace.
“Mom, I can’t breathe.”
“Sorry, sorry.”
Startled by her child’s labored breathing, Seoha loosened her grip.
She had fought with her life to protect him, and she couldn’t let them harm him.
She would rather bear all the pain herself, as long as her child remained unharmed.
Minsup, looking at the mother and son through the rearview mirror, felt a heavy weight in his heart.
Soon, they arrived at the apartment complex where Seoha lived.
“Teacher Seoha, I have something to tell you. Minjun, can you wait inside alone for a bit while your teacher talks with your mom?”
Minjun blinked his dark, deep eyes and nodded.
“Mom, I’ll watch ‘Robot Police Polly.’ Talk with Teacher Minsup.”
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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