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"I'm confident that i had fall for you.." He confessed.
"I'm confident... that I like you, Yoon Mi-yeon.."
Mi-yeon widened her eyes even more. She can't believe what she just heard.
"Your highness,, I...I'm sorry..." Mi-yeon spoke out. Chul-soo's smile faded right away.
"I can't accept it." She said pulling herself away from him.
"What?? B..but why??" Chul-soo asked.
"I just don't have any feelings towards you.. you're a prince and I... huh.. and beside, You're going to marry someone else soon..." Mi-yeon replied.
"No... I won't marry her.. we don't have any feelings towards each other. I'm going to talk about it later.." Chul-soo said.
"You don't understand... I just can't.. I need to go now.." Mi-yeon bowed excusing herself.
"Wait!! Can't you at least think about it first??" Chul-soo begged.

"I'm sorry..." She said almost whispering and then left him alone.
Chul-soo just stood silently and stared her walking away.
While Mi-yeon just kept walking without looking back. At the corner of her way, she turned right and stopped while just looking on the ground. Someone was leaning on the wall and already waiting for her there with a smirk on the face.
"You did a good job keeping him chasing over you.." The person said while grinning.
Mi-yeon didn't say anything nor even look at the person.
Then she just walk away from there.
Chul-soo still stood up on the small bridge staring at himself from the reflection on the water quietly.
"If i didn't tell her the truth... that I'm a prince... would she have accepted my feeling??" Chul-soo asked himself.

"No.. if I'm not a prince..." Chul-soo touched his face.
"She would accept my feeling,right?" He muttered.
He sighed heavily still staring at his reflection.
"So, you like her..." Princess Sekyung suddenly come with a smile.
"S..sekyung..." Chul-soo was startled by her appearance.
"No wonder you look quite worry when she saw us." Sekyung chuckled.
"She's pretty though... You're lucky.." Sekyung said.
"No.. I'm not..." Chul-soo said almost whispering.
Sekyung only looked at him confusedly.
"She can't accept my feeling." He said while looking down.
Princess Sekyung patted his back.
"Don't give up. I'm sure she just need some time.." Sekyung comforted him.
"I hope so..."

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It is getting dark now. Mi-yeon still hasn't seen In-hye or Sang-chul yet after that scene.
Mi-yeon walked alone to the kitchen while just looking down. She can't stop thinking about what just happened.
At least, when she's working, she would forget about that problem.
Why must this happen now, when she already had so much matters to think about.
She kept walking straight and did not even care about her surroundings. Until she accidentally bumped someone.
"Sorry, I didn't realised you.." She quickly apologised.
Then, she looked up and became surprised as she saw Tae-woo in front of her.
Why did she always bump into random people. This things kept happening.

"Follow me." Tae-woo said shortly and pulled her right away.
Seriously, she was just being dragged by Chul-soo earlier and now Tae-woo? Who else later?
"Where are you taking me to? I had lot of works to do now." Mi-yeon asked.
When Tae-woo didn't answer, she doesn't bothered herself to ask again cause she knew it still will be the same.
She just followed him lazily. She is just tired right now. Tired of all this matters.
'Now what? Is it Tae-woo this time? Is he going to confess too? Oh, please don't...' She kept thinking and not even realising that they already reached a place. Far away from other peoples.

It was an idle storeroom full of bushes and circular root at the back of the palace.
Tae-woo pulled her inside that storeroom. It was dark so Mi-yeon barely see his face.
"Why are you taking me here?" Mi-yeon asked as soon as Tae-woo let her go.
"Shh..." Tae-woo put his index finger on his lips signalling her to keep quiet.
Then he pointed outside. Mi-yeon looked out from the small door gap at the way he pointed out.
She saw two guards were wandering outside their place looking around.
"Are they following us?" Mi-yeon whispered.
Tae-woo just nodded slightly.
As soon as those guards left, they both sighed in relief.
"But why??" Mi-yeon asked.
"Someone must had ordered them to follow you." Tae-woo replied.