If he were living alone, he would never do such a thing. For Arin, he was willing to endure a bit of discomfort if it meant easing her heart even a little.
The desire to feed her a breakfast he made himself.
“Oops.”
Neglecting the bread in the oven while focusing on the eggs, he sighed deeply at the ciabatta now as black as coal.
It was something he would never do if he lived alone. It was nothing to endure a bit of discomfort if Arin’s heart could be even slightly relieved.
He wanted to feed her a breakfast he made himself.
“Oops.”
Neglecting the bread in the oven while focusing on the eggs, he sighed deeply at the ciabatta now as black as coal.
“This wouldn’t burn so quickly normally.”
The egg, turned brown in an instant, emitted a burnt smell.
“This is driving me crazy.”
He ruffled his hair.
An hour passed since then.
“Well, this is the best I can do.”
Placing the plate on the marble table, he said.
It was confusing at first, but now he could tell it was eggs.
He gave up on making sunny-side-up eggs and changed to scrambled eggs. The bread was switched from ciabatta to white bread and toasted.
Staring at the plate with well-cooked scrambled eggs and toasted white bread, he contemplated for a while.
Finally, he took out Arin’s favorite fig jam and checked the clock.
“She said she’d be up by 6.”
Checking the time, Jaehyuk looked at the chaotic kitchen and quickly moved his body.
“I’d rather stay up for three nights straight. It probably won’t taste good, but if it’s not good, I should tell her not to eat it.”
Jaehyuk was disappointed with the results of his inadequate cooking skills. She probably wouldn’t be pleased. Still, he hoped she would be.
He resolved the stack of lies first.
He left the kitchen to change into clothes stained with egg mixture before going into the bathroom. Before entering his room, he looked into the study connected to the room.
Approaching the desk, he opened the bottom drawer with a key.
Tap.
In the drawer, there was a navy ring box.
When he opened the ring box, a ring with a sizable birthstone for Arin and a small diamond intricately set next to it were revealed.
It was something he had prepared for her birthday nine years ago.
“Ha.”
Even after a long time had passed, the ring still shimmered without losing its luster. Just like his feelings for Arin…
It was a gift he could never deliver in a lifetime. The ring that lost its owner had to be disposed of.
Even though he knew he had to tidy up the ring that wouldn’t be conveyed to Arin, he couldn’t do it.
Even though he knew he had to throw it away, he couldn’t.
It felt like throwing away his own heart…
After staring at the ring for a long time, Jaehyuk put it back into the drawer.
Just like he had to hide his feelings from Arin, the ring also had to be placed in a dark place where it wouldn’t catch her eye.
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Arin arrived at Memorya with a grim expression.
“Have I come too early?”
Arin, who opened the store’s door, walked to the counter and sat down.
‘Oh, he… preparing breakfast.’
Thinking of the breakfast Jaehyuk had prepared, she couldn’t help but smile.
In fact, she hadn’t slept well because of the fact that she was in the same house as him. Jaehyuk, who was clattering in the kitchen, kept her awake from 4 in the morning.
Before going to work, she entered the kitchen with the thought of having something to drink…
“Do you want to eat breakfast?”
Jaehyuk, who was sitting at the dining table, said.
“For breakfast?”
“Yeah.”
“Did Mom come?”
“No, I…”
Even though the appearance was not always familiar, he had never tried cooking with his own hands.
“Could it be Mr. Ban Jaehyuk who did this?”
He nodded.
Emotions surged at the thought of how much effort he must have put into making this simple toast.
Suppressing the surging emotions, she forced herself to respond.
“I’ll eat well.”
“I can’t guarantee the taste, but eat well. If it’s not good, don’t force yourself to eat it.”
She put something resembling scrambled eggs into her mouth. The first taste was extremely salty, as if the salt was lumped together. Some parts were too bland. The taste was extreme. The bread was the most delicious, but strangely, her hand kept going for the scrambled eggs. She ate up the scrambled eggs that occupied half of the plate.
“I enjoyed it…”
As she lifted her head to say thank you, her eyes met his, glittering as if in a crescent shape.
He said, “Thank you, Arin,” with a genuinely pleased look.
Thump, her heart raced as if arrhythmia had come.
“What the…”
Arin’s hand, which was touching her lips, stopped.
‘Was I smiling while thinking about Oppa?’
She was. She was not aware of it at all.
Arin became confused at the thought that she was smiling while thinking about Jaehyuk.
‘But what does Oppa want to talk about?’
Suddenly, she remembered what he had said last week.
“Do you remember I said I had something to tell you before?”
“Allow me four hours tomorrow. I have something to say to you…”
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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