Chapter 37 (2/2)

Though he confessed suddenly, neither he nor she thought his confession was sudden. They already knew each other’s mind on that spring day, but his confession expressed carried weight and force of its own. What she knew secretly was different from what she heard from him in person.

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Unable to control his feelings, he shed tears before he knew, getting wet.

His voice was so slow and feeble that she couldn’t hear it clearly unless she listened carefully, but his voice was clear .

Oh my god! How can he open his mind and confess like this?

She was surprised and scared.

She wanted to turn to him right away, but she knew she should not. She knew too well that she couldn’t stop if she turned now.

When she moved, she felt like she would walk up to him. His wet eyes now fully looked at her. He could hardly see her because of his tears. His tears flowing down his cheeks made his eyes blurry. She didn’t leave yet. If he moved a bit closer to her, he could grab her.

Wiping tears from his eyes, he tried to approach her. She was trembling. He couldn’t bring himself to come near her and stopped, shedding more tears.

If he didn’t see her now as much as he could, he might not be able to see her again, but his uncontrollable tears stopped him from seeing her clearly.

He didn’t know why, but he felt attracted to her from the moment he noticed her smiling and crying when the door of her sedan chair was opened.

That little woman whose big teardrops soaked her silk dress came to his mind then.

When Ruhae smiled and hugged her, she opened her heart to him. She had no other choice on that spring day, but it was already summer when the sun was shining hot.

“I’m the official wife of the Crown Prince.”

In the end, she barely spoke to him. That’s all she could say.

Having said that, she could barely get out of that place.

Discouraged by her last words, he still didn’t leave.

What would have changed if it had been Bipaan, not Ruhae, who greeted Kyosul on the day when Kyosul arrived in the Mok Kingdom? Perhaps Ruhae would not have experienced this kind of heartbreaking relationship with her.

The lonely sun was distantly shining on Kyosul and Ruhae who bumped into each other sadly and parted reluctantly. They had a long confusing shadow behind them.

***

Kyosul barely arrived at the East Place without knowing how she got there. She unconsciously walked to her residence in the Dongbi Palace with a heavy heart. When she crossed the top gate, her nanny ran to her. In fact, she got here much earlier that Kyosul, and waited for her return nervously.

“Your Highness! You came back finally!”

Without finishing her words, she hugged Kyosul who collapsed in her arms.

Though she didn’t know what had happened to her, Kyosul’s body was hot as if the sun was inside her.

“Oh my goodness! How short-minded I am! Did anything happen to you? Did you happen to see him?”

“Nanny.”

She heard something, but she felt dizzy. Though her nanny said something to her, she couldn’t catch it. She felt like it was just a confusing echo.

Looking into her unfocused eyes, the nanny burst into tears. She couldn’t understand how things got complicated, though she did her best to help Kyosul and Ruhae.

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Today of all days, she led Kyosul to the North Palace, where she ran into Ruhae, and today of all days, Bipaan came to the East Palace to meet her in vain. Everything was a mess, as it turned out.

“Hey, what are you doing now? Just escort Her Highness into her room right now!”

As she was impatient, the nanny called her subordinates quickly. The court ladies came running to her. Helped by them, she barely walked to her room. In fact, she was almost dragged to her room.

She just gave herself to them without knowing where she was going.

While being dragged like that, her heart was beating strongly.

Left alone in the North Palace, Ruhae calmly recollected what had happened.

He was on his way to see Prince Binsung. Saying that he wanted to give his baby a name as his wife’s due date was around the corner, Binsung called Ruhae. Binsung knew his father Emperor Ohyulje would offer a new name for his baby, but he insisted he would like to name his baby by himself. In that respect, it was contradictory for him to call Ruhae.

“If you called me for that reason, isn’t it against your wishes that I name your baby?”

“Well, as you are smarter than me, I think you can give my baby a better name. Though I would love to name my baby, I would like to give my baby a better name than mine.”

“Got it.”