I’m sorry for being lacking, Arin.
I apologize for making you suffer with my weak heart.
‘Don’t escape with the cowardly excuse of “next time,” Ban Jaehyuk. If you can’t keep it now, it’s useless.’
Jaehyuk clenched his fist so tightly that the veins popped on the back of his hand.
‘Even if I become a bad guy to others, even if I get cursed for devouring my parents, it doesn’t matter.’
‘You just need to be a good person to you. You just need not to hurt you anymore. I don’t want to hurt you anymore.’
Jaehyuk swallowed the words that rose in his throat.
[What’s wrong?]Amidst the worried voice, he wondered if he was being too selfish for being happy.
He bit his lower lip tightly due to the overwhelming emotions surging up.
“Just for a moment… I miss you.”
So, please trust me one more time.
Don’t push me away.
After hanging up with Jaehyuk, Arin felt a strange emotion.
‘Maybe it’s because of him. Meeting Sani made the unpleasant and fearful feelings towards Madam a lot softer.’
She didn’t plan to tell Jaehyuk. She asked him to protect her from his mother, but she couldn’t be with him 24/7. If his mother intended to come, she could deceive him and come to her anytime.
She asked him to protect her, but she didn’t plan to blame him.
Why aren’t you protecting me? She didn’t think about blaming him.
“Your voice sounds strange.”
Looking down at the disconnected phone, she sighed.
“Did she find out that Madam came to see me?”
She didn’t think he was watching her, but for some reason, Arin felt like Jaehyuk had found out about it. He might pretend not to care, but she couldn’t escape his radar.
In his shaky voice, his anxiety and guilt were felt.
“Actually, it’s not because of oppa….”
While waiting for Jaehyuk, Arin fell into deep contemplation.
She chose what to say when he comes.
She didn’t realize.
That my heart had already leaned towards him.
As soon as she opened the front door, Arin felt puzzled in the arms that confined her.
“Mr. Ban Jaehyuk?”
Although a call had come a while ago, she didn’t know he would be at home.
“Isn’t it working hours?”
“…I wanted to see you.”
The spacious embrace that confined her, his trembling arms, and his scent lingering around her nose.
For some reason, the uneasy feeling she had before disappeared in an instant.
“I’m sorry.”
He said.
“…For what?”
“Mother’s work.”
“…You didn’t intentionally do that, Mr. Ban Jaehyuk.”
“…Still.”
She seemed to know what he was thinking.
‘Oppa feels guilty because of his mother’s work, and moreover, he’s afraid that I might leave him because of that.’
His feelings were conveyed completely. Somehow, today he seemed pitiful.
“It’s okay.”
That was all she could say to him.
“I will definitely protect you from now on.”
His words reached her, making her heart cry.
Little by little, very slowly, her feelings for him were changing. Without her realizing it……
A few days later.
Hayeon, after much contemplation, dialed Arin’s phone number. The ringing sound was followed by a voice.
[Hello, Director.]It was the first contact with Arin since the Economic Night. The atmosphere felt awkward through the speaker.
“Can we talk now?”
[Just a moment.]It could have been an excuse.
If pestering Hyun like this hurt her pride to the extent that she wouldn’t have started in the first place.
“Arin, I’m sorry for that day. Because of me.”
Coming out of the restroom that day, Hayeon saw Jaehyuk and Arin from afar.
Although she couldn’t accurately grasp the situation, she sensed something in his expression when he embraced her. And she thought it might have something to do with her.
[What? No, Director. You don’t need to apologize.]Hearing Arin’s words that she didn’t need, Hayeon felt relieved. Even if it was a formal statement, she didn’t want to maintain an awkward relationship with her.
[What’s the matter?]“I wanted to mention that, since the pop-up store sales were good last time, there’s a suggestion to do it again this time. Not immediately, but to coincide with Christmas.”
[Ah…….]“So, the thing is, this time too……”
[Wait a moment, Director. Before that, I have something to tell you.]“Tell me, Arin.”
[Well, I’m not going to Memorya anymore.]“What? What does that mean?”
Surprised Hayeon asked.
“Why? Why all of a sudden……”
[Um, I can’t explain in detail because it’s personal reasons. Anyway, I think it would be better for you to talk to Hyun Oppa directly about what you just said.]As soon as Hyun’s name came up, Hayeon’s heart began to beat rapidly.
“……To Hyun?”
[Yes. Now, Hyun Oppa is the CEO of Memorya.]Thump, her heart pounded uncontrollably.
‘I shouldn’t be happy…….’
Her lips kept rising.
Hayeon had bitten her lower lip. Knowing vaguely that he kissed her because of Arin, she accepted that night when he held her even though he thought of another woman.
[So, from now on, please talk to Hyun Oppa.]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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