It actually seemed better to loosen up the tension a bit. Above all, it was something he could accept when she drank in his presence.
“Do you have a drinking habit?”
Line laughed softly. There was a bit of it. His expression became uneasy at her response.
“What? Drinking habit.”
“I get a bit cold.”
Song Kang became curious about what kind of drinking habit that was due to her answer.
“But, well… I might get drunk once every ten years.”
Song Kang stared at her with faintly opened eyes.
“When was the most recent time you got drunk then?”
“After the end of the prosecutor’s exam…?”
With that, Song Kang’s drunkenness suddenly disappeared at the thought that Prosecutor Choi Joo-hyuk might have seen that drinking habit.
In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t anything significant, just feeling the cold, so he thought she probably hadn’t made any fatal mistakes. Nevertheless, he couldn’t help but be curious about her drinking habit.
“Even if I tell you to stop, you’ll keep drinking, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then continue drinking.”
He couldn’t leave Line alone to get drunk, so he drank as much as she did. Song Kang slowly started to feel the effects of the alcohol.
Even before he arrived, the number of beer cans Line had consumed was considerable, but she showed no signs of getting drunk.
“Do prosecutors normally drink like this?”
“Prosecutors have their own ways. Please stop, Director.”
As Line said that, she made a gesture, and her fingertips touched the back of his hand, which was holding a can.
“Why is your hand so cold?”
Song Kang grabbed Line’s hand. It was as cold as ice. He didn’t think she was joking.
He examined her complexion, and looking at her lips, which had turned blue, he couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. The saying that drinking makes you feel cold didn’t seem to be just a saying.
“Uh… I’m cold.”
Ignoring the hand he held, Line huddled down, pulling her knees up.
“Cold?”
“Uh… It’s too cold.”
She repeated the words ‘it’s cold’ countless times, trembling. He covered her shoulders with his coat.
“Let’s go somewhere.”
Song Kang held Line’s hand. She pulled his hand, snuggling into his arms.
Then, as if asking to share body heat, she widened the area of physical contact. When the coat covering her shoulders fell off, Song Kang’s reasoning also tried to break free.
“Ha… It’s too cold.”
Line buried her face in his neck. He, struggling to maintain his composure, got up while still holding her.
No matter how tightly he held Line, she seemed like she wouldn’t fall even if he didn’t support her hips with one hand.
With one arm supporting her hips and the other sweeping her back, he comforted himself.
“Hu…”
Song Kang took a deep breath. Line was still clinging to him, unwilling to let go. On their way to the bed, he didn’t forget to increase the boiler temperature.
He tried to lay Line down on the bed, but she made a strong effort not to let go, so he had to bend his upper body and support her with his arms.
“Prosecutor Jin Line, just for a moment, let me get the blanket…”
“Ha… It’s too cold…”
As she once again buried her face in his neck, her lips grazed Song Kang’s neck and cheek as he tried to move away.
“Hu…”
Song Kang turned his head, taking deep breaths. She kept saying she was cold, but he couldn’t understand why it kept getting warmer. Without getting drunk, if he could just hold her like this, how nice would it be, he thought, enduring the time he spent held by her.
Whether it was due to his body temperature being transmitted or for some other reason, her complaints about the cold subsided, and her grip on his hand began to loosen.
Whether due to his body temperature being conveyed or for some other reason, the sound of her complaining about the cold subsided from her lips, and the strength in her hands began to loosen.
Song Kang looked closely at Line’s face. Seeing the red glow returning to her petal-like lips, he felt relieved. He gently kissed her warm lips.
She was the one who had shattered all his intentions to let her stay still once she sobered up.
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Geum Moran silently observed the atmosphere surrounding Song Kang’s trial. However, a more significant issue was Na Song-rim’s recent incident.
Although it ended with attempted murder, thinking it was fortunate among misfortunes, it was still not entirely fortunate. It was a story that couldn’t be shared even at home, so Geum Moran called Na Song-rim to the art gallery.
“Mom, I really didn’t tell her to stab. I just told her to scare him! Am I stupid? If there’s a murder case, it’s natural for it to get noisy! Just scared, really just scared…!”
At Na Song-rim’s words, Geum Moran widened her eyes. Then, even though there was no one in the office, she looked around nervously.
“Be careful with your words! Please be careful! I never told you to just scare him.”
“Mom, that Jin Line, or whatever, looks like she’s back to being a prosecutor. If that woman goes back to the prosecution, she might try to catch me again. She’s probably sharpening her knife for this incident. We need to make sure she can’t go back!”
She wasn’t staying silent because she didn’t know about that. It was because she couldn’t easily dismiss the fact that Song Kang was firmly supporting her from behind.
“Don’t scratch the itch, just leave it be. What can an ordinary prosecutor like her do? You just need to be careful with your mouth.”
“Mom, what is the Legal Affairs Director doing? How much money did she take and she can’t use her power?”
Geum Moran closed her eyes, letting out a deep sigh. Things seemed to be going well, but somehow, they got twisted like this.
Since Song Kang tightly held the reins of the Legal Affairs Director, there was nothing she could do. She had to be thankful that he hadn’t thrown away the position of Legal Affairs Director.
Nevertheless, what made it a big trap was that Geum Moran had no one else to trust except the Legal Affairs Director. In times like this, she had to be cautious with every step, like walking on thin ice.
“If my brother is acquitted this time, what will happen to this case? If that Jin Line or whatever returns to being a prosecutor and targets me and Song Woon, what will happen? She might be sharpening her knife for this incident. We need to make sure she can’t go back!”
Na Song-rim’s whining gave Geum Moran a headache. She pressed her hand adorned with a thick diamond ring to her forehead, making a groaning sound.
“Why is Song Woon’s name coming up again? Your mom told you to be careful with your mouth.”
“Mom! You shouldn’t say that. Isn’t Song Woon having a harder time getting into college than me?”
“Enough, enough! Let’s stop talking. Son, please don’t do anything that will catch my brother’s attention. Just sleep quietly for a while.”
Talking more with her son, who couldn’t distinguish between a place to lie down and a place to stretch out, seemed like it would make her blood pressure skyrocket.
“If you say that, Mom, I’ll live my own way!”
Na Song-rim, who didn’t get the comfort she wanted from Geum Moran, began to roll a troubled head.
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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