Da Jung was surprised and flailed her arms, but her pushing force was insignificant.
“You were scared. So, just stay like this for a bit.”
While softly whispering to console her and gently stroking her trembling back, the stiffness in her body gradually faded away.
How much time had passed? Da Jung’s calm shoulders began to quiver.
Suppressing her cries, fearing Shi Woo might hear, Da Jung sobbed miserably. An unknown sense of relief flooded over her and before she knew it, tears were pouring down her face.
Holding her tighter in his arms, Jung Hyuk slowly closed his eyes.
The new stepbrother revealed his ugly side right after their parents’ remarriage. It was around the same time that Da Jung, who was still in middle school, faced an unspeakable problem.
Seo Nam Sik, who insisted on being overly friendly on the pretext of being her brother, made her uncomfortable, and every moment she had to share a space with him because he was ‘family’ was horrifying.
The reason why Da Jung had to rely on her aunt and attend school from a different location when she entered high school was because of him. It was a desperate attempt by a young student to escape the chronic pain.
But even then, Seo Nam Sik was persistent.
It was the day of Da Jung’s high school graduation. After sending their mother home first, Seo Nam Sik lured Da Jung, who was against it, into a karaoke room under the pretense of celebrating her graduation.
What should have been a graduation filled with dreams about flying high in the world, ended up as a horrific memory she wanted to erase.
The investigation focused more on the physical assault that took place. It was that severe.
How brutal the violence inflicted on the young female student was, is fully captured in the evidence photos that were kept on record.
Though the case was settled due to various circumstances, it must have been impossible to completely erase the nightmarelike memories.
She could boast that she could become Iron Man or Hulk, but in reality, she was just a small, frail girl.
The moment she faced that man, Jung Hyuk could not even fathom how much fear and terror she must have felt.
“When will this continue?”
There was a bit of a tantrum once she had calmed down somewhat.
“Until you stop shaking.”
“I’m fine now.”
With the force pushing against his chest, Jung Hyuk was easily pushed away. He stroked her head a few times as if comforting a child and asked.
“Where is Yoo Si Woo’s room?”
“Over there……”
Upon hearing her answer, Jung Hyuk turned on his heels. He opened the door that led to Si Woo’s room.
“Yoo Si Woo.”
Upon hearing his name, Si Woo, who had been reading a storybook, hopped off the bed.
“Sir!”
As Si Woo rushed towards him, Jung Hyuk easily lifted him into his arms. Si Woo’s mouth fell open as if he couldn’t believe what had just occurred.
Holding Si Woo, he returned and pushed Da Jung’s waist.
“Go.”
“Huh? Where to……”
“Go to my place. Stay there for a while.”
“No, I’m okay now.”
His eyes, which had been fixed on the refusing Da Jung, swept widely across the wrecked house.
The shards of the shattered light bulb, the rolling soju bottle, and the discarded clothes of the intruder.
“It looks like a haunted house.”
“I can clean up……”
Jung Hyuk sighed lightly. Then, he gently grabbed Da Jung’s wrist.
“You’re hurt.”
There was a dark bruise spreading over both of Da Jung’s wrists. By tomorrow, it would have probably turned into a purple bruise.
“Here too.”
When he twisted her arm slightly to show her, she could see blood on her elbow. She felt a stinging sensation, but she was so disoriented that she didn’t even notice she was bleeding.
“Just applying some ointment will help.”
When she insisted, Jung Hyuk did not say anything more.
“Do as you wish. In any case, I can’t let Yoo Si Woo sleep here.”
As he turned away with Si Woo in his arms as if he was kidnapping him, Da Jung’s heart jumped.
“Cha Jung Hyuk! Stop right there! I said, give Si Woo back!”
Not knowing what to do, the flustered Da Jung rushed after the man who was taking her son away.
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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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