The Love They Never Had: The Nam Mansion

Chapter 36: Sijag (Beginning)

I honestly could not remember laughing so hard in my life when I teased Seon-Ho and I led him into the kitchen where I manage to make him an early breakfast amidst all of the chaos that I had to deal with. "You are doing a better job than I expected with the job that I gave you. Do you have any worries? Do you need my help with anything?" "Wow, I cannot believe it took you months to praise me." "Do not worry, I will not let anyone look down on you if your identity is exposed." "You sound like you are counting on it. Seon-Ho?" "My father hates our previous relationship, so he threatens to kill anyone who knows that someone as powerful as him is keeping someone as lowly as you. But he cannot kill the noble people who you will be exposed to sooner or later." "So that is your plan?" "You are smart enough to realise what I mean. We have to be careful though, and I will always protect you as much as I can." I had just served him a full meal when the neighbours had gathered outside and had tried to gain entry in a panic. And I still wanted to solve the issue as much as possible before pulling Nam-Jeon into this ordeal. "Since they have come, we might as well make them comfortable." "Let your servant speak for you, it might not be a good idea for you to be exposed just yet. You have already given me enough dignity to let me handle this on my own for now." "You want to resist external aggression, pacify internal conflicts and ultimately clean up your home, just so you can even stand a chance of making it on your own. It is a good plan, young master...." "Ive told you 100 times not to call me that. Only you should never call me that, I am not your Master." "Then what are you to me?" "Your equal, I am still a half-breed after all." It was one thing for him to make me feel the way that he did when he said those words to me that made me feel warm inside, but it was another thing entirely when he looked at me and talked to me in that possessive way that he did when he said these kinds of things to me. I could only turn away and hide my face that had started blushing out of nowhere. But then he just had to pull me back by grabbing my arms so hard that I almost fell on top of him but he caught me by the waist and would not let me go until he said what he just had to tell me in that moment. "Thank you for breakfast, but do not disobey me ever again, do you understand me? You come to me if I call for you."

He knew, he had to know the effect that he was having on me, and that was why he was torturing me like this on purpose. He even dug his fingertips into my waist just to make me blush even more that I already was. He even bushed my hair to the side and got right into my ear and said that, he even had the nerve to smirk at me whilst I tried to tactfully prise himself off of me. And it was only when I ran back to my quarters in a panic that I was able to gather my thoughts and breathe again. Seon-Ho was a tease and a dangerous one at that for me to just freeze on the spot every time he came too close to me, which was just so unlike me.

Barely a few moments had gone by before everyone came out of their quarters to see the concubine being dragged away by Seon-Ho in an almost cruel manner to answer the family who had sent her there, including their Young Master who could never stop staring at her whenever they were in the same room together. So despite Seon-Ho's warnings, I still couldn't help but to hide in a corner once again as I saw the entire drama play out in front of me that only fell into Seon-Ho's plans.
"The eldest nanny is gravely injured, I only sent her here because she herself cannot stand being idle and now she has to recuperate for weeks on end." "And that is why she will be transferred to out farmsteads outside of the city." "These senior maids were all well-behaved and respectable people when they worked for us. So how comes upon entering the most respected Nam household, these senior women have now become the laughing stock of the entire village?" "It is clear that they lack your discipline and respect, otherwise they would not have fallen into such disgrace. It is also very obvious that you have not given this maid any training at all, otherwise she would not have been this useless in managing a few servants. These senior maids that you have sent over here are cunning enough to take advantage of her young age and lack of experience." "We..." "it is very clear that this maid is just not meant to be a concubine at all. She has already caused us so much embarrassment, it only makes sense for you to taker back into your family, otherwise my father will sell her off into the market. He can no longer put up with her antics, and I cannot defend her and go against filial piety." Finally, we will be able to attain some peace in this household for once.