A/N: Thank you silkyjacob, arinanajwa, and towersita for your reviews
I am really for the delay, things are getting busy as I am planning to graduate soon.
I hope you all like this chapter, a much-awaited chapter
Have fun reading
-AG
Chapter 17: Sharing the secret
Hae Soo
It's been a month since she got married. The managing household was an easy task; it was nothing compared to her daily job at Damiwon. She was excited about Myung Hee's pregnancy. She is visiting her regularly to check up on her. In this timeline, Prince Wook is protective of his wife. Seems like they confessed their feelings. They were a happy couple; she couldn't say the same thing about her marriage life.
She slept like a troll on her wedding night. After that, her husband was busy trying to find Crown Prince's assassins. Another night, she drank her arse off with Prince Baek Ah moaning over their love life. She started complaining to Prince Baek Ah about Prince So. That little 13th prince was too drunk to listen to her stories. The next day, her hangover was terrible. She found out from her maid it was Prince So who brought back to the chamber while Prince Baek Ah was banned from entering the household for getting her drunk. The maids mind their own business, never speak more than two words at a time, especially like their cold master. He was affectionate. He will take her for a walk where they will discuss their day. Sometimes, his brothers Prince Jung and Prince Eun would join them for dinner. Thank god, she didn't have host dinner for Prince Yo. In this lifetime, her husband's relationship with Prince Yo was better than last time. Though she was carrying her duties as Prince's wife, their romance life was such a lackluster. They never went past holding hands, which was Hae Soo, really frustrated. He didn't even kiss her, though she showed signs that she willing to take their relationship to the next step. These 10th-century guys are more dub than the 21st guys when it's coming to pick up signs. Her husband was late tonight as well; she was waiting for him in his chambers.
Wang So
Apparently, Prince Yo wasn't the only one who made an assassin attempt on the Crown Prince on the cleansing ritual. They are closing on the suspects will arrest them in a day or two, but they don't have any evidence against the suspect. When he reached home, he was surprised to see Hae Soo was waiting for him in his chamber. It strangely reminded him of the days when he was a new king of Goryeo. They were living blissfully; He was giving her space. He confessed that he liked her when he brought the marriage proposal. She never replied he feels that she married him because he was a safe option. If he hadn't married her, she would have married someone else and lived somewhere far away; it was enough to see her happy face every day.
As the day grows, she becoming more woman. He was acting like a teenage boy who couldn't control his hormones around her. He can't take his eyes off her whenever she is with him. He doesn't want her that she married a pervert. In the last timeline, he stole kisses from her, which irritated her. This time he is trying hard not to do that. That's why he started coming late so that he doesn't do anything that might hurt their relationship. He can't stop admiring her sleepy form, but He woke her up. She called to set a dinner table for both of them. They eat their dinner silently. In this timeline, they never shared a meal before. Whenever they take a walk, he was tempted to kiss her; he had to restrain himself. He occupied himself with other useless things so that he won't scare her. His thoughts were disturbed when he saw fidgeting.
"Is there something bothering you, my wife?"
She remained silent. Now, he was really concerned about finding out what is bothering her. Is she feeling sick? Different scenarios are running through his head.
Her question threw him off the loop. "Do you hate me, your highness?"
"What makes you think like that?"
"You don't kiss me, and we didn't consummate our marriage" He laughed out loud. No wife would ask their husband such questions. Leave it Hae Soo to ask such questions. His laughter gained her glare to him.
Hae Soo
That ignorant jerk. He laughs. She had to muster so much courage to ask him about his feelings for her. Here he was laughing at her. Tears were protesting to fall. She had to hold back. Suddenly she was pulled into an embrace.
"No, Soo I don't hate you. I wouldn't have married you if I hated you".
"But you never looked at me. You hold my hand only in public. You don't love me anymore, "she was crying, silently hugging him.
He broke their embrace to look into tear clad face. He slowly wiped her tears.
"The opposite of 'to love' isn't 'to hate" is to throw away. I never threw you away. In fact, he held I hold you close," he pulled her into a tighter embrace. When he was about to kiss her, she suddenly remembered that she wrote the exact words in a letter. Finally, he had read her letter. She gasped, "Your majesty.
A/N: Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Stay tuned to know what's going to happen next.
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-AG
