The Secretary's Power (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 80
It was already late afternoon, dusk stretching long across the sky. Hye Won trudged wearily until she reached her doorstep.
She still hadn’t managed to answer his call, and yet, unwilling to keep hopelessly checking her phone, she’d switched it off out of sheer exhaustion.
“You say you’re not a strong person, Hye Won, but to me, you’re stronger and more resilient than anyone else. Please don’t underestimate yourself so much.”
As she left the company, his father had added those final words.
“You’ve lived better than anyone else and you’re more beautiful than anyone else—so hold your head high. And please think well of our company.”
He’d even insisted on offering her the job again, forcing an unsigned contract with a blank space for desired salary into her hands and telling her to fill in whatever amount she wanted. Recalling that made her chuckle quietly.
“How could I possibly go there…?”
She took the contract out of her bag to glance at it once more, then briefly let her eyes drift to her phone, rolling around carelessly inside.
Should she turn it on? Had he called a few more times? Her heart fluttered anxiously as she stood there for a long while, then shook her head and tucked the contract back into her bag.
The world had erupted in chaos over Ji Seok’s arrest, but with her phone switched off, Hye Won hadn’t seen any news reports.
She simply walked with her usual heavy steps, dark-faced, quickening her pace again. She needed to hurry—only once safely inside her empty home would she finally allow herself to fully collapse in despair.
“Wow, you’re not even picking up my calls anymore.”
Hye Won froze at the sound of Tae Beom’s voice suddenly cutting through the air, blocking her path.
She’d been staring at the ground as she walked, unable to lift her eyes directly at him—only lowering and raising her eyelids briefly.
“You even turned your phone off. I thought you might’ve vanished into thin air—I nearly had a heart attack!”
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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