As if waiting, the secretary respectfully bowed her head.
Soon, the elegant wooden door opened. In the office with a full glass front, Do Jun stood with a different look from yesterday.
“Welcome.”
Power was felt from his balanced suit attire.
It seemed as if his body fit the sharply angled lines. His solid muscles that could not be hidden by clothes dominated the view.
“What is the real you, Mr. Park Do Jun?”
“I’ve just been waiting.”
Just by standing in front of him, his presence was great.
She felt it yesterday, but she couldn’t hide the feeling of being drawn in the more she conversed with Do Jun.
She wondered if he was the same person.
I wondered whether the place made the person, or what Do Jun, who had been waiting for me in an old building yesterday, had in mind.
“Did you really arrange this…”
“You didn’t know me. So what’s the problem with waiting?”
In just a few days, a tremendous event happened without any chance to respond.
If everything was part of someone’s plot, it was hard to simply accept it.
Hae Joo couldn’t just let things happen. It wasn’t a bad idea to keep a close eye on Do Jun this time.
Hae Joo, who had erased all expression from her face, pulled out the issue she had been chewing over all the way here.
“I wish you would take responsibility for the marriage.”
The responsibility for the choice Hae Joo made three years ago lasted until Lee Jun, the eldest son of President Park, was alive.
There was no way to know why he had written his younger brother’s name on the marriage registration.
Hae Joo recalled the promise he made at the end yesterday.
Even though he had said that, the reality was an intention to join forces and try to rectify the situation.
“Are you listening to me?”
Do Jun’s low raised gaze ripped through Hae Joo.
He had a scary face, but oddly enough, it wasn’t scary.
It was an inscrutable expression.
His mouth, which had been closed, drew a crescent, then he lowered his face to Hae Joo’s ear.
When his tickling breath brushed by, the soft hair on her tender skin stood on end.
“Do you want a divorce? Or do you want to live with me?”
For a moment, Hae Joo was unable to move, as if she was bound by something.
The flames of Do Jun’s endless mischief surged up from her toes.
She was definitely caught in a trap. It was more poisonous than a swamp that sucks you in the more you struggle.
He couldn’t possibly not know Hae Joo’s demand. Despite knowing, he continued to do sinister things, pulling Hae Joo’s strings.
Even at this moment, Do Jun casually gestured to the security and secretary to leave.
At the same time, he whispered a secret word in Hae Joo’s ear.
“Relax your body.”
“Haah!”
Only then did Hae Joo’s chest heave and she caught her breath.
When she lost her balance and stumbled, Do Jun quickly supported her back. This made the distance between the two even closer.
Woken up by the clear citrus scent that tickled her nose, Hae Joo’s mind cleared.
“Get away from me!”
“There’s no need to be so guarded. I’m your husband, aren’t I?”
“Don’t say such disgusting things. I don’t know you at all.”
“Did you know my dead brother then?”
There was no way she could know.
Except that Lee Jun had written the name Park Do Jun on the marriage registration.
At that time, he had been so skinny that he wore a hat tightly.
Only the bridge of his nose that flashed briefly and his dry, rough lips remained in Hae Joo’s memory.
“Is it true that a man named Park Lee Jun registered for marriage under your name?”
“Yes.”
“What’s the reason for that?”
“How would I know what a dead person thought. I was in the military then.”
Asking for the reason now was futile.
However, Hae Joo wanted to somehow rewind the past three years.
Kyungae constantly subjected Hae Joo to consistent abuse and gaslighting. Accustomed to suffering, she became helpless and was unable to leave even after her twenties.
In the midst of all this, she had a major realization through President Park.
It was that the only person who could save her from this situation was none other than Hae Joo herself.
It took a full day to put the resolution into action.
Although she had a hard time after leaving the house, a new world opened up before Hae Joo.
There were already five commercial contracts and she was cast in the next movie. Before the rumors spread, Hae Joo received the title of a rising star in the film industry with her pure beauty and personality.
She thought that only happy days were ahead, but that was not the case.
This time, a concluded marriage got in the way.
It was a choice that the current Hae Joo would never make, but it was already too late.
What kind of sin did she commit in her past life that she had to endure this kind of ordeal? The word ‘It hurts’ rose to Hae Joo’s throat, though she did not express it.
“I’m in a lot of trouble because of that.”
“Is that so?”
The public was making a fuss asking Hae Joo for an explanation about the marriage. Currently, GN Entertainment only posted a notice that they would quickly organize their position.
There was no time to struggle as the issue was serious. She had to calm down and somehow compromise with Do Jun.
Whether he knew her feelings or not, Do Jun was indifferent to the point of being aloof.
“Coffee? Or a beverage?”
“I’m good. I’m not in the mood to drink anything.”
“Were you always this sensitive?”
“My life is on the line in this matter!”
Do Jun pointed to the sofa with his hand.
Turning around, Hae Joo finally got away from the strong citrus scent.
He took out a long glass from the refrigerator. After filling it with ice, he poured in the preprepared cold brew concentrate.
“Caffeine helps at times like this. Drink it.”
Upon seeing the glass filled with ice, Hae Joo felt thirsty.
She acted as if nothing was wrong, but unknowingly licked her lips.
Do Jun did not miss even that small action and keenly observed her.
“Aren’t you going to drink?”
“I’m actually more craving for a cigarette. Drink up quickly.”
“Do you smoke?”
“If you don’t like it, I’ll quit.”
Hae Joo glared at Do Jun and picked up the glass. The cool temperature touching her palm felt like her residual heat was being calmed.
The coffee she only intended to taste was half empty the moment she lifted it to her mouth. An acute headache shot through her head as the icy sensation slipped down her throat.
“Drink slowly.”
“I’ll get straight to the point.”
Feeling that the conversation was constantly going offtopic, Hae Joo suddenly brought up the issue.
She swallowed hard once and opened her plump lips.
“I can’t get a divorce right now.”
“Hmm.”
“But it doesn’t make sense to continue our marital relationship as it is.”
“Why not?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”
Do Jun sat comfortably on the sofa with his legs crossed. Unlike Hae Joo, who was tense, he wore a faint smile all along.
It seemed like he was saying, ‘Let’s see how far you can go.’
“As you know…”
“Pak Do Jun.”
“Yes?”
“My name is Pak Do Jun.”
He made his presence clear.
He engraved it into Hae Joo, etching it so she could never let go, filled with desire.
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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