Chapter 86 (2/2)

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He checed the petition files and didn’t look at her.

Surprised, she stepped back. The sound of her urgent movement echoed through the quiet office.

She said, with a blush, “Well, I would like to ask…”

He stopped working but didn’t look back. She felt he was listening to her now. So, she got confident enough to ask, “I don’t know why you can’t…”

At that moment she couldn’t think of proper words to express her feelings. Although she felt that she was “confined” in the room, she couldn’t use that expression. She had been pondering over that expression since she moved to the East Palace. She regretted that she had not prepared the proper words in a situation like this.

“I mean, why don’t you let me out of this palace? As you are working in the office here…”

“I told the court people that I was taking care of the injured Crown Princess. They are supposed to think that you sprained your ankle during your recent hike in the mountain.”

“Ah…..”

When he mentioned her hiking in the mountains, she had nothing to say, but she found out belatedly that he confined her to the East Palace on the pretext of him nursing her.

Although she felt ashamed, she asked again, “Did you say you were caring for me?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

Bipaan was speechless for a moment. There was silence again in his office, which was very much breathless and uncomfortable to her.

He suddenly stood up. Looking straight at her, he approached her. She was at a loss of what to do.

Lowering his head, he caught her gaze and looked right at her. He lowered his head a little more. Taking a deep breath, she stuck her head out. He slowly opened his mouth. She looked so nervous while she was looking at his thin lips.

“Because I’m punishing you now,” he answered curtly.

She was embarrassed, “What?”

But he turned his head casually and clarified, “You’re now being punished for having put me in a difficult situation.”

“Did I make you…?” she couldn’t finish her words.

He went back to his desk. She had no choice but to stand and look at him blankly.

She felt frustrated and upset.

Though she was choked with tears, she tried to subdue her troubled mind.

She kept repeating, “I have no other choice but to take it.”

She had to endure it because she couldn’t accept him while she loved another prince.

Ruhae was the first man that she loved since she was born.

She couldn’t openly love him and had to hide her affectionate feelings toward him.

And finally she was caught with Ruhae in the shack during their recent outing.

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For these reasons, she felt a sense of guilt toward Bipaan.

“I’m so sorry.”

She murmured in a feeble voice, which he could hardly hear. Without showing any reaction, he went back to his desk and resumed work as usual.

She also came back to the bed inside the blind and sat down. Tears came down from her eyes quietly.

‘Yeah, he has punished me for my actions that could have stood in his way.’

When she was found with Ruhae in the shack, she could avoid the embarrassing situation when Ruhae and Bipaan put out their wits. She knew why Bipaan acted like that, so she decided to accept his punishment without any resistance.

She had to endure the cruel punishment, which meant that she had to confine herself to the room all day long without doing anything or talking all day long.

Kyosul was able to leave the East Palace eleven days after she was confined there.

On her way back to her residence in the Dongbi Palace, she was accompanied by Bipaan. It was the first time they walked together since they were married.

As she left the room and took in the fresh air outside, she felt like she could breathe easy again. She had to live like a guilty woman while she was staying inside the room, but she went back to her normal lifestyle like before. She grew vibrant again.