Chapter 89: Seo Yeon

I woke up in an empty bed early next morning with my breakfast being served to me by a maid who hadn't appeared to have noticed I was awake and seemed to me acing rather suspiciously, looking around at his things. I called out to her and I got the shock of my life when I recognised her; what the hell was Chun-Ae doing here all dolled up, exceeding her maid outfit? Last time I checked Seon-Ho left her behind a long time ago. I just rolled my eyes, knowing where this was going but I didn't let her know how surprised I was and I started ordering her around as I got out of bed completely naked for her to see. Her face was a real sight; her jaw dropped to the floor and here eyes flared up but before she could say say anything I asked her where my fiancé was, only calling him that for the first time to anger her as I had nothing else to do since I was kidnapped. The way she held her anger told me all I needed to know; she was hired by someone on the ship to spy on me and my man. And if that was her goal then I had nothing to hide...in fact I thought I should go back to playing one of my games and have this bitch expose herself so I didn't have to see her again. Before she left she turned around to look at me with the same shocked expression on her face "what...what are those marks on your body?" I actually felt a little bad at how...sad she sounded; but she was also living in a delusion that could only end in disaster, and if no one was going to put an end do it then I had no choice but to end it for her; I truly hated going against my own sex for petty reasons like a man...but I wasn't going to let anyone els have what was mine...at least for now. "Seon-Ho likes to mark what belongs to him" I shrugged "he doesn't do it to his other women though" I replied as I started getting dressed in the clothes that he bought for me and she knew it. "His other women?" She repeated angrily "other women?" I turned around to look at her "you know, the other 2 women that came aboard with us. A woman knows when her man has other women and they are not even trying to hide their flirtations. You told me yourself that he's on the lower deck right now where those women are right now? When I'm stuck here and he doesn't allow me to go anywhere in case I run into them. They must have their private meetings after the work ones" the truth was that I did not trust those 2 other women I had seen on board with a man Seon-Ho had to work with that never got along with him. To actually see him on board made me suspect that he was playing nice with him right now and actually used those women as spies themselves the he would send to him later on as concubines. So in a way I was going to end up killing 2 birds with 1 stone as well as entertain myself as much as I possibly could.

I had calmed down a lot when he returned to our room, only making him suspicious but he didn't say anything; he was always quiet when he worked anyways. He stopped locking the door so I could explore a little as I had never been on a ship before. I wandered around a little until I ended up running into Sung-Rok with the usual sour look on his face whenever he saw me "wow, you must really dislike me if you never change your facial expressions when you see me" I teased. He just glared at me before coming up with a smart remark about how it was difficult for him since my brother scarred him. I couldn't help but snicker at this before he started complaining about why the hell I was even on the mission with them, and I couldn't help but glare at him "how on earth should I know? I was drugged remember? Actually, you should ask the person who helped him obtain the substance he used, may be he should know" at least he had the decency to look a little guilty. "Look I don't know what it is you have against my brother but do not make the mistake of taking out your grudge against him onto me, unless you want me to match the scar he left on your other cheek" I warned him before walking away when I could smell a familiar scent lurking behind us. And on que, who else but Chun-Ae arrived to meet her new master.

I hid myself so I could hear them converse with each other "well? What did you find out?" "Forgive me, that bitch woke up as soon as entered the room so I could not find out anything. One of them is always in there so we will have to wait a little longer" she replied tearfully. "Well you need to hurry up he hasn't been the same since he took in that epileptic bitch. I can't keep serving him if he's going to be like this" "you mean focused on something other than you and his work?" She replied sarcastically this time "but you are right. Everything I remember he doesn't; all those years I was serving him in his home, all the efforts I made for him to rise in my own station for him actually came to naught. Of all the noblewomen from reputable families and outstanding talents he could have by his side he actually goes for someone much lower than I in background! Even an epileptic orphan! I could bear my heart breaking if he chose someone who suited him! I knew that day would come if he never acknowledged me as I thought I wold always be serving him in his father's mansion even if he had his own family. But this pairing is the biggest joke in the world!" I could tell by the tone of his voice that Sung-Rok was getting amused by this but was trying to restrain himself "you're right. It looks like he might give-up on his position any time if it harms that tramp in his room in any way. Imagine that!" He finished his job as he walked away, leaving Chun-Ae besides herself as I made my way back to the room where Seon-Ho was waiting for me to eat.

I couldn't help but look at him as I thought about how I was going to expose this; Sung-Rok was a loyal man to Seon-Ho, until recently that is. Anyone he let into his life, which was not a lot of people he had deep places for them in his heart. We all knew he was the only one he had when he and my brother were frenemies for a while so this was not going to be easy. I instead thought of ways to expose the women...and whatever came to light about him I would let Seon-Ho deal with it on his own.