"You never call me into your bed, you never spend time with me, I want you all to myself and stop keeping secrets…" what on earth did he mean by that all? He made it clear from the start that he was just exploiting me from the start when I helped him gain the maids favour under his father's roof, that was what made it so easy for me to walk away from him when he was clearly in love with someone else at the time, but what else? He was a man that liked men, so how could he ever bare to love me and show me the affection that he did? Wasn't that all fake? Just to reign me in with my brother so that he could use us to help propel his career? So why did he sleep with me as much as he did and make this baby with me? Just to walk away in the end? He was just so…aggressive and angry and forceful towards the end, could he really blame me for trying is distance myself a little so that I could breathe again? I had been a complete wreck ever since I woke up next to the corpse of The Lady Min. I couldn't believe that I had been so careless and I didn't even know that I was….that I was about to become a mother after all of my man's efforts to replenish my body. I felt like I was already beginning to let him down with my plans of revenge for my own family. I loved that man to death and I still do, but it wasn't nearly as easy as being with him as it looked…in fact, I saw his father in him, which I never thought that I would see ever again in my life. That version of him didn't understand boundaries, that version of him didn't respect my privacy at all, he didn't like it when I was out of his sight and I just…I felt like something had happened between us that I missed, something that was changing him, something that I needed to help him with on top of everything else that I was doing.
"Are you going to eat something today?" "I do not feel like it." "You have to eat something." "How can I eat whilst my unborn babe lies cold in the ground, just like my parents." "You cannot think like that, we both have a lot to do and be there for our loved ones." "My loved one isn't here, he is far away from me because he hates me now." "Girl, you have no idea…" "What was that?" "Nothing, just eat and watch over my son as I visit that family again…" "good luck and don't forget to be careful." "I will, don't you worry about that."
I had barely left my bed at all since I was found, since it held the most memories of the man that I missed with every single fibre of my being, whilst my brother had left with his wife from the moment she was able to travel after delivering my nephew Chul, who looked more than my father than even my own brother did. He was so small, so delicate and so fair that I couldn't help myself but to weep a little in sorrow every time I saw him. How would my father react if he was still alive? Would she cry? Would he laugh? Would he throw a celebration for days on end? Would he refuse to put the baby down as I did so that my sister-in-law could feed him in peace? And what about mine? Would my father have loved my baby equally? Would he welcome Seon-Ho with open arms? Would he…"husband, please let me get some sleep tonight…" "Don't even think about it wife, not when you are dressed like that." "Are you saying the clothes that you send me are pretty much a trap for you to take them off in your own way?" "Well, well, it is good to see that your intelligence doesn't go to waste…" "Husband!" "What? I'm pretty sure that your father still expect grandchildren from you." "You despicable, low-down, egotistical…" "and you love me for it, so come here." I really thought that everything would be forgotten when he left, but I can still feel his hands, his lips and his hair all over me. I could still feel his legs crashing into mine at night, his arm around my waist as he would pull me into himself and his cheek resting upon mine as we slept in each others embraces. There really was no world, no land, or even heaven or earth outside of 2 bodies trembling in the act of love….
"Yeon! Oh my goodness, it is all kicking off in that home!" "Why? What has happened? What did I miss?" "The bride! It is the bride that is in trouble!" "But why?" "She is currently being arrested for murder…" "Excuse me? What did you just say? Calm down and tell me everything?" "Ok ok, so apparently the bride is currently pregnant and she has been trying to hide it by seducing the groom-to-be, so he is furious as well. But because The Third Prince has fallen ill, there is no judge to this case and they can only wait for him to get better."
"What happens exactly? With the crime?" "The bride sent her ex-lover a dish of food and then minutes later, he was heard screaming and chasing her maid out of the room. His own servant found him dead soon after that and nobody else entered that room for an entire day, so who else could have killed him?" "Servant can be bought off by anyone , so it doesn't exactly prove that it was her…" "You viscous woman! Did your fiancé know all about this? About your secret meeting with your ex-fiance? Will? Did he! R was he the one who ordered my son's death!" "Madame! He has nothing to do with this! I always observe my conduct with old fiends and I didn't do this at all! I haven't betrayed anyone!" "This mater concerns all of our reputations! But only by killing you would the hatred in my heart be appeased!" We could hear the commotion outside of the brothel since these families lived close by, and I guess that they were brining her over here to shame us all.
"I am going to beat you to death in front of these whores to avenge my son! A life for a life!" Lucky for me, I still had my own servant and anther servant that Seon-Ho abandoned, so I ordered them to protect the bride as soon as I saw what was happening before I made my way over there. "Have you all completely lost your mind! How can you beat a pregnant woman!" "You get out of here! Leave us be and let me beat this slut until they both die!" "There has been no investigation yet and you already want to kill her! What are you trying to hide!" "Who are you! Why are you meddling in my affairs!" "I am Seo Yeon, a person connected to the office of General Inspectors via The Third Prince!" "Our family is a century-old noble family, even His Majesty himself has to give us some face! This bitch killed my son, she practically owned up to it! Unless The Third Prince wants to protect his man by covering up this scandal! Is that why he sent you here! To stop us! How is his man more important that my own son! This is not fair! No-one can stop me from getting revenge for my son! Or I shall let the entire world know about this!" "This case should be haded over to the high court as an official case!" "So it is the Imperial Offices that are bullying my family now! Look everyone! Look at who is bullying my illustrious family! You are all joining hands to obstruct my family from receiving justice! The High Court cannot medley in family affairs!" "Madame! You are the one who wants to punish her illegally! We are bring someone over now to discuss your so-called family affairs with you!" "Have you all lost your minds! Why would I want this sandal known and discussed in the palace! How my mighty son died in the hands of this vicious woman! This is simply too much!"
"What does His Highness The Third Prince think that he is doing! Why use his power this way right after his wife's death! I shall bring this matter to the right people if he keeps this up! Like his father!" "Enough! This matter ends here until the officials come here and…" "Are you really going to help assist in the cover up of my son's death? And what about you, Mistress Nam?" "Madame, I believe in your son's ex-finance's character, and we need the right people to bring out all of the truth! Please listen to Seo Yeon, because she is right! Or are you dying to rid of her when her dowries for her previous were taken back from your family? Because that is all you can do if this is true, right? And who can know what happens in the compound of a wealthy family?" "Please save me! I have done nothing wrong at all! I didn't commit murder! I observed the poorer conduct when breaking off this engagement! I shouldn't be made to pay for this life lost, we have nothing to do with each other for a long time now!"
"These woman are right mother, we need this matter handled by officials, because you are the one who is making this matter most suspicious." "Shut up you bastard! Do not get involved in the matters of your elders, no matter how old you are!" "Is that so, mother? Then I guess that we do not need to highlight how you yourself climb up the ranks from maid to concubine?" "You ungrateful bastard! I knew that you were not pleased with me for all of these years, but you are only my late husband's adopted son! You only become a governor! And now you disregard my son's life for this piece of rubbish! I shall report you to the head of the clan and have you expelled from it!" "Very well, because the head of our clan, my father's eldest daughter who is not of your blood has just arrived to our home and is waiting for us to speak on the clan's behalf and co-operate with the office of General Inspectors to try this case at our residence on our behalf." "Why is she here! Who determined her to be the head of the clan! I am clearly the oldest member here, so I should…" "She is our late father's eldest child, she is the head of our family clan and you know it!" "But I was his legal wife! How dare you treat me with such disrespect!" "Yeon?" "It looks like someone has already talk care of this matter, we only need to watch and see if it goes our way or not with very little interference, then we can leave this place once and for all."