The man, who had been muttering under his breath, was about to scoop up the soup with an unhappy face, but, as if he still had something to say, he nervously put down his spoon.
Whether it was because she said she would easily give up, or because she called him ‘sir’, she couldn’t be sure. What she did know was that he seemed very upset.
“You should think so and proceed. That’s also part of the contract.”
“……”
In response to the woman’s silence, Sun Woo, who had barely stopped the corner of his mouth from rising, continued his words.
“Miss Ji Eun Jae, you should definitely get permission with that mindset.”
“I also have something at stake, so I’ll do my best. But I’m saying this under the assumption that it might not work out. No matter how hard I try, it might not work.”
Listening to the woman’s words in silence, he thought that he would like to see her doing her best.
Looking at the grumbling Eun Jae, Sun Woo raised the corners of his mouth and pushed the bowl filled with braised ribs towards her.
“Eat your meal.”
Because that wouldn’t happen.
When the meal was over, and the man got up, pressing the button on the dishwasher, he turned around and asked.
“Would you like a cup of tea? To share the story we couldn’t discuss yesterday.”
When Eun Jae nodded her head, a moment later, the man placed a white mug with a sweet smell in front of her. It was hot chocolate with marshmallows floating on top. And it came with a pink shopping bag.
“What’s this?”
“A bathrobe.”
The man’s lips moved subtly.
“You said it was big.”
When she remembered the day a few days ago when she had run into the man in front of the water purifier wearing a robe, Eun Jae’s cheeks, which had been as white as a rice cake, turned pink.
“Are you, are you going to introduce me to a parttime job?”
Seeing that she was stuttering and trying to change the subject while her cheeks were dyed like a peach, Sun Woo decided to let it go.
“It was Miss Ji Eun Jae’s decision not to meet.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Eun Jae didn’t deny it. Sun Woo, who took a sip of hot chocolate, put down his cup and spoke.
“You’re good at certain things, Miss Ji Eun Jae.”
“What are those?”
“Cleaning, laundry, washing dishes. Didn’t you say you were good at that?”
“Huh? No, that’s obviously—”
“Where is the obviousness? Even real married couples split these chores.”
At the mention of ‘married couple’, she felt a surge of heat. It was a word that she just couldn’t get used to, no matter how much she thought about it.
“There will be many days when I can’t help you. If you have spare time and you’re bored, you can study whatever you want, you can meet your friends. Ah, preferably female friends over male.”
“……”
“I don’t want to hear about my wife meeting other men.”
Following ‘married couple’, now it was ‘wife’. Flustered, Eun Jae swallowed her hot chocolate quickly instead of replying.
Ouch. She had scalded her tongue on the hot chocolate she had swallowed too hastily.
“It’s hot.”
The man, who was barely smiling, pulled out a tissue and handed it to Eun Jae.
“I told you before. I’ll make sure that at least during the contract period, you won’t regret your decision.”
A black card was softly placed in front of Eun Jae.
“While you’re with me, don’t worry and use it. This is also part of the contract.”
The same card that had been on her lunchbox a while ago.
“If there’s something you want to buy, buy it, if there’s something you want to do, do it.”
That card she had returned to him, saying she couldn’t use it.
“Just so you know, there’s no limit.”
A week had passed since then.
Every morning, she would have breakfast with the man and start her day with the task of running the washing machine.
The laundry was done by the washing machine, and the dishes were washed by the dishwasher. She would clean the house which had nothing to clear away before the man arrived.
While vacuuming, she passed by his room and recalled his words about taking care of his own laundry, his room, and his study.
It seemed like he was determined to maintain his own space, so she didn’t even touch the doorknob.
They ate dinner at home sometimes, but most days they ate out.
It was the same everyday life, as if caught in a time loop. It was incredibly boring.
Even if she compared the days when he had explicitly called it a parttime job and the days before, it was the same everyday life with no discernible difference.
As the man had said, the feeling that she needed to do something started to surge like a tide.
With a whirr—
As the noise of the vacuum cleaner that had filled the living room lessened, the room quickly became silent.
“……”
Eun Jae, standing in the middle of the living room, blankly blinked into the air.
What do I want to do?
Would there be such a thing? She had never thought about wanting to do something in her life. Honestly, she hadn’t had the chance to.
Eun Jae, who had put the vacuum cleaner back in its place and returned to her room, fiddled with her phone for no particular reason.
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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