“Right now, with the rumors of you and Yuna being engaged, Seoha is caught in the middle. It’s a perfect position for gossipmongers to talk about her.”
Kyu-won spoke more seriously than usual. Taekyung found no words to contradict him.
Kyu-won was right.
The rumor that Yuna and Taekyung were engaged had widely spread, and people took it as a fact.
Taekyung thought that perhaps that’s why Seoha was avoiding him.
“Seoha is the one who ends up being criticized. I’m not worried about you, since you deserve any criticism you get, but Seoha and Minjun are the ones who get hurt. Be careful with your actions.”
“Uh-huh.”
“I must have sold a country in my past life to be blessed with such luck.”
As Taekyung was lost in thought, Kyu-won sighed and left the CEO’s office.
As soon as it was time to leave work, Taekyung headed to Yangpyeong. He turned off his phone when Yuna called.
The place he ended up going to was, predictably, Minjun’s hospital. He paced outside the room and then ran into Seoha.
“What are you doing here?”
Seoha had a cold expression.
Although they were not on friendly terms, Taekyung’s heart chilled at Seoha’s frosty demeanor.
“I have every right to be here.”
“Don’t come. You have no reason to.”
“I have something to ask.”
Normally confrontational, this time Taekyung stood calmly in front of Seoha.
“Is Minjun’s father allergic to watermelon? Is his blood type RH-negative?”
Seoha’s hands trembled involuntarily. Panic set in her heart at the thought of Taekyung finding out about Minjun.
But from Taekyung’s expression alone, she couldn’t tell if he knew.
“Curious. The same watermelon allergy, the same blood type as me. It’s too coincidental to be a coincidence…”
“He’s not your child!”
Seoha cried out in alarm. She couldn’t let her child be taken away.
If Taekyung found out about Minjun, Hyun-young would too. The thought drove Seoha to exclaim sharply, turning away.
“Leave! And don’t come back!”
Taekyung’s emotions surged, feeling his heart twist crookedly again.
He blocked Seoha’s path, his towering shadow enveloping her. Seoha felt frozen as Taekyung growled a warning.
“It doesn’t matter whose child it is. I’ll tie you to my side. You won’t escape a second time.”
His glittering black eyes ensnared Seoha. He would accept everything related to her, even if Minjun were another man’s child.
Seoha’s heart sank.
She thought she might have to run again. To protect Minjun, her life’s treasure.
“Really? I can do anything. I can give up everything except Minjun. Even if it’s my parents.”
Seoha’s words were firm and sharp.
She swallowed the words that even if it was Taekyung, whom she once loved, she would leave him for Minjun.
Taekyung clenched his teeth. Provoking Seoha seemed futile.
“No matter what you do, I won’t let you go. If you won’t be by my side, I’ll be by yours.”
“Then do so. If you can find me.”
Seoha smirked bitterly. Taekyung met her gaze with a numb look.
Seoha wanted to avoid this again. But now she couldn’t. For Minjun.
Women may be fragile, but mothers are strong. Seoha thought that now her life as a mother must come before her life as a woman. Taekyung turned away from her.
“If you can do anything, so can I.”
Only the sound of Taekyung’s footsteps echoed down the hospital corridor. Seoha’s persistent gaze clung to the back of Taekyung’s head, but he forced himself to walk on.
Taekyung couldn’t control his intense possessiveness towards Seoha, wanting to both ruin her and keep her by his side.
Exiting the hospital, he immediately called Kwon, the chief secretary of Hyun-young.
The deep voice of the middle-aged man answered after a few rings.
“Yes, Chairman Han. It’s Chief Secretary Kwon.”
“Chief Secretary Kwon, how have you been?”
“As always. And you, Chairman?”
“Thanks to you, I’m well. But, there’s something I’m curious about. Do you remember Kim Seoha?”
There was a brief pause from Kwon before he remembered Seoha.
“Kim Seoha… Yes, I remember. The woman you used to date, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. Do you know anything about what happened between Chairman Hyun and Seoha?”
Kwon’s voice became guarded, hesitant to speak.
“I don’t think I can discuss that.”
Taekyung felt Kwon knew something crucial. He had to find out.
“Please help me. I need to know.”
“Why the sudden interest?”
“There’s something bothering me. It feels like I’m missing something. Please, Chief Secretary.”
Kwon’s voice revealed his dilemma. Despite being the son of his boss, Hyun-young, Kwon couldn’t disclose details about her. Yet, he couldn’t ignore Taekyung’s request either.
“Chairman. It’s hard for me to say. I want to help, but… You know my situation, right? It’s better to ask someone else about that time.”
“Someone else?”
Taekyung’s eyebrow raised in suspicion. Someone knew the situation well.
‘Who could it be? When I was searching for Seoha, everyone said they didn’t know her. Were they lying to me?’
Kwon sighed, trailing off.
“Yes, like Kim Seoha’s mother… I can’t say more than that. Sorry, Chairman.”
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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