Chapter 116: Kang Da-In

By the time I arrived; he only had eyes for her again and no one else, just like all of the other times, but it was worse. The first time I saw it in his father's mansion it was...infatuation. But this time it was...possessiveness? He had her against the wall with a grip on her so hard it was almost impossible not to leave any bruises on her fair skin. But she didn't even blink or wince...Seon-Ho who was once a perfect ideal man for any noble woman had now turned into some sort of...obsessive slave to a low-born of all women! He looked lost without her and angry when she wasn't with him. She always had to be in front of him no matter what and he was always...touching her or making her touch him. She had the whole gibing's attention for goodness sake and she had his.

I made my way to my room, still in shock that the bitch slapped me to the ground and that he did absolutely nothing about it! I made my way back to my room with all the candles lit, the rose petals on my bed, the lit incense sticks and his favourite snacks his father used to make him eat all the time...and it was all for nothing. I should have known that with her around he wouldn't look at anyone, never mind myself. I undressed myself and I went to bed alone as usual; with no one to wait for me, to watch me as he watches her, to talk to or just be with. I closed my eyes and I tried to fall asleep, but the way he was with er just kept replaying in my mind over and over again. Women and men weren't supposed to touch each other in public or be too near to each other, but they both ignored that rule and many others. They couldn't keep their hands and eyes off of each other, he even kissed her whenever he could. I...I never saw him as a man who...craved affection but with Yeon, he...he not only demanded it, but he did everything he could to make it happen, as the next few days made me realise.

He came again. And again. And again with his whole office, and even some other people that worked in the palace. We was a rising star in the palace and everyone wanted a piece of him. He didn't talk to me though at all but he brought in his friend's woman, that Hui-Jee girl to introduce his colleagues to the right girls and soon enough there was a married minister who was so completely infatuated with all of the women here and he took over all the whole place! He was a lot older than Seon-Ho, at least twice his age but he was clearly very inexperienced with women and it clearly showed when he was with him every time. He was overly grateful to both him and Hui-Jee when they came by and tried to buy them food all the time. But it turns out that they had only 1 simple request from him, I found that out when all the women were suddenly called upon into the main room. There were about 25-30 women here in total, all lined up in their best outfits and makeup in front of a man who could make us all very rich, and another young handsome single man in his prime who every woman wanted to pursue and marry. When the minister brought that up, Seon-Ho only laughed in return when he told him that he would make it happen. When he said that, pretty much every women including myself started whispering excitedly and sorting out their outfits. He then proclaimed loudly that there was not one, but two women who would be lucky enough to have their fortune changed by him. Even the stupid minister looked excited when he proclaimed this...that dopey bitch Yeon on the other hand had tears running down her face. He had been coming in for a week straight but Yeon wouldn't even look at him. He started to drink and get agitated but he still kept her by his side. He made her serve him food, wash his clothes and look after him. At first she refused but then he resorted to more...demanding methods, she even made him resort to hurting himself in front of her.

But now we had a chance...I had a chance to be by his side as his woman, and I made sure that I would do everything I could to win him over. We all waited for the first woman he would choose...and he chose to introduce Hui-Jee as his sister-in-law...and Yeon as his finance.

You could have heard a pin drop, that's how silent a room surly filled with screaming, whining girls got. Yeon looked up at him in shock when he took her firmly by the arm and made her greet him. She still wasn't talking to anyone and she still kept to herself, but I heard him whisper something into her ear that made her give in and bow to him respectfully. He looked a little upset about this but Hui-Jee confirmed their engagement. I almost collapsed to my knees when I heard that the formalities were already completed behind the scenes and that they just had to get married now. I looked over to her and that cow and she didn't even look grateful at all. She looked completely stunned but she was trying to hide it from him. Hui-Jee then kissed her on the forehead and left while Seon-Ho dragged Yeon to sit down for a meal. One of the new girls who couldn't stop staring at him since his first appearance had the nerve to address him informally and ask him about the second woman who's life he would change.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what happened next; I swore that if I blinked at the next moment then I would have missed it but I...I'm pretty sure that he just invited all the women to drink and eat with them and he actually...flirted with them after just announcing his marriage to that low-born girl. They all ran to him and tried to push her out of the way but he...he actually grabbed her again and placed her on her lap and placed his arm around her lap to keep her there while she was forced to watch. And that's when she finally had some sort of reaction after about a month of being here. He was getting drunker and friendlier with the women while he complained about not getting any attention for a long time after the girls tried touching him. He was flirting with everyone...but he only had eyes for Yeon still...only for her...that was until she pushed his hand away and tried to run away. We were all shocked by this as she literally ran past everyone in the establishment, even I was stunned into silence. He waited until she was out of sight to push the drunk kisengs away from him as he made his way to her calmly while ordering the guards to close the gates. I was frozen to the spot the moment he made his intentions clear, but this drama couldn't miss at all. Everyone was getting drunk and stupid whilst I was the only one in my senses. I ran outside to see what he would do, hopefully he would get over her at long last. But of course, he stop living up to my expectations long ago. He pulled her away from the closed gate and he actually threw her over his shoulders while she kicked and screamed to her heart's content before storming to her room and closing the doors behind them...but not before he saw me...and gave he me his old smile tat kissed so much. I felt a huge sigh of relief and my heart soar up into the sky. I knew it! I knew that he would eventually see me again...maybe I was the one he always wanted to be with and he just to be nice to her because she was his friend's sister. And with that I went back to the main room and started plotting against the other kisengs who wanted to take him away from me...starting with the one who asked him the question of the other woman. I wasn't getting any younger, not like she was. As for Yeon? Well I would work on her last...if all she was good for was his psychical needs then he could use her all he wanted to. And when he finally saw me for the woman I really was; the only one from his world and the only one worthy to be his wife.