Seeing Song Jehyun, who had come again, the cold feelings that had settled sank like a pillar of fire in an instant.
All men were despicable. Min Seontae, Song Jehyun, and even Kang Sajun.
They felt like people who had made her life difficult and painful.
It was the first time she experienced such extreme emotional fluctuations.
Taehee passed by Jehyun.
But unexpectedly, Jehyun suddenly spoke from behind.
“Sorry, Taehee. I was really wrong.”
Unconsciously, Taehee stopped. But she didn’t turn around.
It was Jehyun who, instead of apologizing for choosing money over her, asked for understanding.
But why now?
“I really didn’t know what your situation was back then. I thought Min Yeonseo, the daughter of the vice president of Songhyeon Electronics, was having a hard time because you matured early and had a strong sense of independence. I only wanted to become a man who suited you, with a desire to succeed quickly.”
“…”
“You must have had a harder time than me. If I had known that, I wouldn’t have left.”
Now he seemed to have come not for a trip down memory lane but for a regretful confession.
“Have you said everything? Then let’s go now.”
Without turning around and without looking back, Taehee started walking slowly again.
Beep beep, a ringing sound echoed in her ears as if reality itself had become dim under her feet.
Without seeing the protruding brick, she tripped and fell.
“Ouch!”
Whether it was scraped or broken, blood was flowing profusely from her knee.
Jehyun, who had rushed over in an instant, bent one knee and sat down to support Taehee.
“Are you okay, Taehee?”
Why did he have to witness this and show her in such a state?
Without even lifting her head, Taehee snapped at him.
“Go, please just go.”
“You’re bleeding a lot. You need to go to the hospital…”
“I don’t need help. Why are you doing this to me! Why can’t you just leave me alone!”
Shouting like she was possessed, Taehee rudely shook off Jehyun’s touch.
She was so forceful that, in recoil, Taehee sat down abruptly on the ground.
But Jehyun stubbornly reached out again and embraced Taehee, who had pushed him away.
“How can I leave you? I couldn’t forget a single day for seven years, so I came back like this, loving you so much. I love you, Taehee. So much that it feels like I’m going crazy.”
“I love you.” With that word, Taehee closed her eyes tightly. Tears, held back at the corners of her closed eyes, flowed down.
Why is it Song Jehyun? Why is it not Kang Sajun who tells me he loves me? I’m in so much pain, more painful than my broken knees. But where are you right now?
Exhaling a breath mixed with sorrow, Taehee said coldly, “Before you scream, take your hands off me.”
Reluctantly, Jehyun let go of Taehee from his embrace. But he only released the arms that were holding her; they were still at the same eye level, a close distance.
Seeing Taehee shedding tears with a numb gaze and expression, Jehyun couldn’t decide what to do, looking puzzled. Feeling embarrassed and ashamed, he turned his head away. His gaze looking at a strict place became blurry.
Why did I cry in front of Song Jehyun? The tears I had been holding back all day burst now. It was because it was Song Jehyun, the person who said the words “I love you” that I wanted to hear so much.
“I’m in so much pain…”
It was excruciating. More painful than the broken knees was the heart that was completely shattered.
“My knees… Ugh, it hurts too much.”
But even if she were to die, she didn’t want to say that her heart was hurting. She roughly wiped her eyes with the back of her hand, but the tears that had burst once didn’t stop easily.
In front of Song Jehyun, whom she found unpleasant even to look at, not Kang Sajun, and Jehyun said nothing, silently staying by Taehee’s side.
Whether Jehyun leaves or stays, she didn’t care anymore. She just wanted to cry a little more because she wanted to cry.
In the end, Taehee, covering her face with both hands, burst into tears loudly.
So she didn’t know.
She didn’t know that at the end of the street, Kang Sajun’s car was parked.
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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