The Love They Never Had: The Chase

Chapter 203: A Surprise Reunion (Kkamjjag Jaehoe)

Imagine my joy when i woke up to my husband, Seo Hwi sitting right next to my bed and stroking my hair with a subtle scent of the fresh fruit that he had managed to buy for me after this weeks-long investigation of the brothel that we have been thrown into with his sister for the Third Prince. I had missed him dearly, and I wasn't the only one. But he was skinnier now, he had lost so much weight with fear and worry for his precious sister and he had started growing visible grey hairs when he had just entered this 30's. His hands were rough with blisters and scars and desperately needed to bathe. But I was just so happy to see him that I couldn't help myself but to throw myself at him from the moment I saw him there besides me and I jus buried myself into him for a while before he had to push me away so that he could breathe again. I had been taken in by the gracious Hwa-Wol and her husband as well as their precious daughter whom I couldn't take my eyes off of. In a world where males dominated and females were seen as nothing more than burdens, nobody talked about the beauty of watching a little girl grow up into an elegant woman with the potential to change a man's world...
"Did you miss me that much, wife?" "You have no idea husband, especially when you left me with your rather reckless best friend. I am glad that you have older fiends like Chief Park and Moon-Bok." "He is a little crazy, isn't he?" "Husband, I really do have so much to tell you...but let us have you bathe first. And what do you want to eat? What shall i make for you?" "I bought us some beef. I would like to take you our for a meal, but I need to catch up on some sleep. You can get a bath ready for me later. Did Seon-Ho treat you well? he wasn't an asshole to you, right?" "He was as pleasant as he could be, he told me that I reminded him a lot of your sister, so we was...tamed, at least." "Tell me all about it once I wake up." I managed to get a kiss or 2 out f him before I took off his shoes and outer robes and he fell asleep within seconds. My poor hard-working husband must have been exhausted, especially now that he was 2 women in his life to care for and worry over. I wanted to be more involved in his friend's household after everything that they have done for me, and since I had a surprise for my husband, i could only go to Hwa-Wol and ask her to invite more of my husband's friends and a small group his father's followers so I could finally host my banquet and announce this news to everyone who is expecting the Seo clan to grow.

I had just started with all of the preparations alongside Hwa-Wol and Chief Park's woman when the memories of the Young Master Nam kept drifting in and out of my mind. He was a very handsome man indeed, but he was deeply disturbed and reckless, just as his lover had become in his absence. He was a lone wolf who had been so isolated that it was easy for him to twist ideas in his mind and misconstrue signals that he was given. I had told him everything about what Yeon had been through in the brothel for my sake - expect for the beatings and torture that she endured, simply because, well...I was a little afraid of him, to be honest. He already looked like he was restraining himself in front of me with what i had already told him, and i knew he was more upset that it was coming from myself rather than her. And with what my sister-in-law told me about his past, it was very easy for him to build up grudges, but not in the way that everyone else thought of. His rage, his love, his hope, his future, his desires, his passions...he had built them all against a single woman who had her own grudges, her own pain and her own path to walk on that didn't necessarily stray from his as much as he thought that it would. But it was no wonder why Yeon couldn't indulge her secrets to him, and it was no wonder why her pain had turned to anger in the brothel. She was so adamant on not being touched by anyone that it frightened her deeply, and when day turned into night and she was alone in bed...he had marked her with her touch and she had made such an imprint on him that he couldn't see anyone in his world apart from her...but it could all go wrong if they kept secret from each other, no matter how painful it could be to hear them all...
"Young Mistress? Your husband is calling for you to fill up his bath for him." "Very well, please keep an eye on the meat for me." Hwa-Wol and Moon-Bok lived in a moderate sized yangban with plenty of servant, unlike myself and my husband, especially after the experience that we just had with ours. So I couldn't help but to run to my man in case one of the servant girls tried to serve him before I could get to him, only for him to pull me by the arm and drag me right against his chest from the moment that we were alone.