“Let go of my hand…!”
Unable to bear the warmth, Yeoreum finally used all her strength to shake off his hand. His hand was absurdly warm.
It was a dizzying temperature that could shatter everything in an instant. Yeoreum, her face flushed to the tips of her ears, yelled out anything that came to mind.
“What are you doing! It’s unpleasant and absurd!”
She was agitated by the fact that she felt a pleasant tremor. Unwanted thoughts about how soft his hands were, how the firmness of his fingers brought her an indescribable joy, kept surfacing.
The blissful times of the past sprang up, scratching at Yeoreum’s heart.
“Entering like this so recklessly! It’s very upsetting and uncomfortable!”
Yeoreum stepped back, creating a distance between them.
“If you called me to write the script, then let me write it. Constantly interfering and tormenting, how can someone be so cruel?”
Yeoreum shouted, her eyes wide open, but he just stood there, silently observing.
Yeoreum found his gaze too burdensome. What kind of torment was this? Finally, with a flustered expression, she pushed back her bangs and bit her lower lip.
Tae-seok’s gaze seemed to leisurely and stickily land on her lips.
“Done? Done talking?”
He spoke in a dry voice. Yeoreum was still breathing heavily, her voice trembling, but he was as calm as if nothing had happened. Even that response made Yeoreum feel uncomfortable.
“If you’re done, come out. To the living room.”
He turned his broad shoulders and left the room first. Yeoreum, feeling completely drained, leaned on the desk for support. It seemed Tae-seok had calculated all of this. That’s why he could be so unshakably fine.
As she crumbled and trembled, did he find it amusing?
Yeoreum bit her inner lip. The fact that she became his plaything was infuriating and unjust.
If it weren’t for the sudden holding of hands, she would never have wavered. She resolved to defend herself even more from now on. She would never show him the reaction he wanted.
After taking a deep breath, she opened the door and went to the living room.
Tae-seok swallowed dryly as he glanced at Yeoreum walking out with quiet footsteps.
Had Yeoreum not shaken off his hand with all her might just moments ago, he might have pulled her in for a kiss. His mind had blanked out in an instant, dark instincts writhing deep within him.
Were those eyes, wide with fear, just an act?
If she was still acting to provoke him, then she truly deserved an award at Cannes for such an outstanding performance. When her white skin flushed red to the tips of her ears, he truly couldn’t think of anything else. Could all that be, indeed, just an act?
He was still casually flipping through the script.
Red lips, a slender neck, a pronounced collarbone, and slightly tre
Tae-seok pointed out a scene that had been subtly bothering him. Yeoreum glanced at the part he indicated and tilted her head slightly, not understanding why it was problematic.
In the drama, the female lead, Lee Seol, flirts with two male leads and ultimately chooses one of them in the latter half. Naturally, Yeoreum connected Lee Seol with Hyun-jun Lee. Why? Because Hyun-jun Lee was Tae-seok.
But why?
“I’m going for a happy ending with Lee Seol and Hyun-jun.”
“Why?”
Tae-seok asked again with a frown.
Yeoreum looked at his furrowed brow, carefully organizing her thoughts. Why, and what part of it did he not like?
“Well.”
She calmly conveyed her opinion.
“If the female lead doesn’t have a happy ending, Tae-seok will be treated as a secondary male lead. If Tae-seok becomes a secondary male lead, I’ll probably be beaten by the director and fans.”
Tae-seok’s expression did not lighten up, apparently not the answer he wanted to hear.
“The director’s position. The fans’ position.”
“Yes.”
“And what about my position?”
Yeoreum was momentarily speechless but quickly responded, not getting dragged into his mood.
“Wouldn’t it be better for Tae-seok to have a happy ending too?”
Is this another kind of torment? Yeoreum kept her guard up and answered as matter-of-factly as possible.
“So, you’re telling me to kiss Yeong?”
Tae-seok asked obliquely.
Yeoreum didn’t immediately understand the intent of the question. The kiss scene between the male and female leads was an essential element, wasn’t it? This drama was a romance. It wasn’t something she could avoid just because the partner was Yeong.
“When an actor acts, they should exclude personal emotions…”
“So you’re saying. You want me to kiss Yeong, Choi Yeoreum.”
Anger laced his voice. Yeoreum looked at him for a moment, puzzled by where exactly his anger stemmed from.
“Excluding personal emotions is bullshit.”
“…”
Yeoreum, unable to form a response, chose to remain silent. Saying anything wrong seemed far riskier than silence. Eventually, Tae-seok broke the silence.
“I can’t do it. Kissing the best friend of the woman I loved.”
He spoke decisively and tossed the script.
“Let’s go with Lee Seol ending up with Kim Min-jun, and Hyun-jun Lee leaving the country at the end.”
“…”
“Make it incredibly cool.”
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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