Sitting on a chair in front of the hospital room, Eunseo, who was shaking like a bamboo in the wind, was comforted by Secretary Choi.
“Don’t cry. Thanks to the prompt emergency treatment, the condition is stable now. That’s why you’ve been moved from the emergency room to a regular ward.”
Eunseo mumbled as if her soul had left her.
“In the past, he said he used to eat well. I remember it distinctly…”
“I heard he developed allergies during college. So, he avoided shellfish thoroughly.”
He had instructed his secretary to prepare epinephrine and wait in the parking lot through a message. It meant he knew in advance what would happen. The allergic reaction came up faster than expected, causing difficulty breathing, and he collapsed without being able to go down.
“Last year, he had a similar incident because he unknowingly had broth made from shellfish. Since then, the personal secretary always had epinephrine on standby. The CEO knew about it too. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have eaten it.”
However, it was no consolation for Eunseo. Earlier, she had panicked so much that, like a fool, she even called the secretary instead of 119.
“Secretary Choi, what should I do? The CEO suddenly!”
In conclusion, the secretary had the emergency medicine, so that was the right answer. However, if it hadn’t been that way, the report might have been delayed, and then…
Eunseo blamed herself. She should have noticed in advance!
He had clearly hesitated for a moment when he saw the pasta. However, she only thought about it, wondering if he remembered his late mother or something.
Fortunately, the secretary promptly administered epinephrine, and thanks to being immediately transferred to the hospital, they avoided a dangerous situation. However, the shock of witnessing the man collapsing, unable to breathe, was tremendous.
“The patient has regained consciousness.”
A nurse came out and said. Eunseo got up as if startled and entered the hospital room.
The man who had just nearly died greeted Eunseo with a perfectly normal face, as if to say, “When did that happen?”
“I’m here.”
His calm tone turned Eunseo’s stomach upside down.
“How can someone as knowledgeable as you do something so ignorant?”
Eunseo glared at him with reddened eyes.
“Just honestly say you can’t eat it because of allergies! Why force yourself to eat it? It could have been a big problem!”
She understood that he couldn’t express his thoughts well. Even so, not being able to say he had allergies was too much.
Although her insides were hurting and she felt like her chest would burst, the person involved remained calm.
“I didn’t eat it forcefully. I really wanted to eat it.”
He hesitated for a moment and added.
“…Because you made it for me.”
For some reason, at that moment, those words sounded like a confession to Eunseo.
This person did his best in his own way, as if confessing his feelings.
So, what I couldn’t say during the dinner naturally flowed out of my mouth.
“Do you like me by any chance?”
He answered without surprise.
“I’ve never not liked you.”
“Since when, though?”
After a little thought, he muttered.
“Probably, since the first time I saw you at the Yeonsa-dong house.”
Seungju’s words came to mind.
“I must have liked you even before I lost my memory. Can’t you tell by the fact that I saved you instead of my sister when the car hit? I’m not sure.”
It was indeed true. Even though she thought it couldn’t be like that…
Still in the outfit he wore when he returned from work, the man slowly sat up.
“I know what you’re thinking when you look at me.”
His penetrating gaze focused on Eunseo.
“Seungju would probably say I look pretty in new clothes. Seungju would ask me to eat even if I said I wasn’t hungry. If it were Seungju, if it were.”
Eunseo felt like her heart stopped. It was true. She didn’t realize he felt all of that every time.
“But I’m not the Seungju you liked. I can’t act like a child anymore, and I don’t want to.”
“…”
“I love you, but I can’t keep meeting you while you’re still looking for that guy in me.”
He spoke with his chest held high.
“I want you to see me for who I am, not as a shadow of the past I’ve passed by.”
Eunseo didn’t know what to say.
“I don’t know. I mean, I understand what you’re saying, but…”
What she liked was clearly that boy. Thinking of his bright smile made her heart ache as if it would explode. She cried at the thought that she would never see him again.
Compared to that, the emotions she harbored for this man were just a small, unripened seed. It was impressive and exciting, but…
She couldn’t say what she would do. Whether she could erase the traces of the boy deep in her heart, whether she would come to like this man, or not. She couldn’t predict where the river would flow.
“I’m not telling you to do something right now.”
The man smiled a little, as if he had seen into Eunseo’s heart.
“Just stay still. I’ll do my best so that you can forget him.”
Splash!
The sensation of cold water jolted Eunseo awake.
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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