If You Claim the Fallen Heiress - Chapter 36

Clang clang. The heavy sound of bells announcing bedtime rang out.

“It’s time to go.”

Already….

Yuseol had pondered for half a day before requesting a meeting with him. The time she had spent preparing and waiting after requesting the meeting with him through Myoyeon was about three hours. She had used most of her waking hours today for this moment.

But for the meeting to be this short….

She felt like she was being mocked again. No, this degree felt like contempt and scorn.

Bewildered and not knowing what to do, she stood up from her seat.

He followed and stood up. Though she hadn’t felt it while sitting, Yuseol somehow felt intimidated.

Looking straight ahead, she could only see his broad chest, and even when she raised her head, all she could see was his sharply protruding Adam’s apple.

They were that close. She could see the blue veins pulsing at the man’s nape.

She didn’t know why such a sight made her chest tingle. When she swallowed to calm herself, the symptoms only got worse.

Now she really wanted to leave. No… she wanted to finish pleading about her sister, which was today’s purpose, and then go. Actually, she didn’t know what she wanted to do. As her confusion intensified and she felt dizzy, his shadow on the folding screen began approaching.

Yuseol hoped he wouldn’t come closer. Until now she had thought he wasn’t an evil person, but that might have been just wishful thinking.

Honestly, she wasn’t sure anymore. She thought he was someone who couldn’t be defined in just one way. Because all the actions and words he had shown so far had caused confusion.

She no longer wanted to meet with him alone again. Her lips, which had become urgent, moved without knowing what they were saying.

“Do you happen to know that Lord Jiwoon read my letter?”

At those words, he who had stopped at arm’s length answered as if it wasn’t something to hide.

“Yes.”

Perhaps because it had gotten dark, his voice struck her particularly low. The inside of her ears tickled.

She tilted her ear slightly toward her shoulder as if defending herself. Her lips, which had sensed another sharp silence, began moving on their own.

“Actually, there was something I wanted to plead with you about regarding that matter.”

If it were up to her heart, she didn’t want to ask this man for any favors. But she had nowhere else to rely on. Because her sister’s life was at stake, she was in a hurry.

“If it wouldn’t be too presumptuous, could you bring my sister here?”

Soon Yuseol placed the item she had been preciously holding in her palm and showed it to Mu-yeong.

“I can give you this much for now. When circumstances improve, I intend to gradually repay you more.”

Gold rings were visible through the gaps in the coarse cloth. Looking at it without interest, he spoke as if irritated.

“Did you bring candy?”

“Candy… No, these are accessories I had.”

Though she hadn’t married yet, she was also a proper adult. To treat her like a child and humiliate her like this….

She answered quietly, not knowing what to do with her reddened ears.

“If this doesn’t satisfy you and you want something else, I can prepare it as much as possible.”

“Really? What are you thinking of preparing?”

He who had been looking down at Yuseol’s thin wrist raised only his gaze to her eyes while keeping his head lowered. At the sharp gaze she properly met for the first time today, she couldn’t move.

“I asked what you’re going to prepare.”

He who spoke quietly began closing the distance little by little. It was the moment when Yuseol tensed her whole body, feeling like she was being devoured by a large, fierce beast.

When he approached right up to her and stopped, her fine hair swayed slightly.

“That, that is….”

Her cheek tickled so much she felt like she’d go crazy. No, she felt like scratching somewhere inside her body that kept becoming sensitive.

She tried to let out the breath she had been holding all at once and step back.

At that moment, her heel struck the chest behind her with a thud. The antique swayed creaking and let out a strange sound.

“If Lord Mu-yeong tells me what you want, I’ll also consider it.”

Because of the sound entering her ears, she couldn’t tell if she was speaking or letting out strange sounds.

He tilted his head sideways and looked straight down into Yuseol’s eyes.

“Well, what might I want?”

His index finger brushed against her clothing ties as if telling her the answer. The silk that had been stirred by the unfamiliar touch began touching her bare skin.

Feeling goosebumps rise on her nape for a moment, she let out a breath she could no longer endure.

“Hah….”

Soon his hand with thick joints touched the knot as if trying to untie her clothing ties. Feeling dizzy, she grabbed the back of his hand as if blocking him.

Hot body temperature began seeping into Yuseol’s palm, starting to confuse her mind. Her lips trembled. Because she didn’t know if it was fear or ecstasy, she felt like she’d go even more crazy.

Then he smiled unpleasantly and spoke as if scolding.

“Then give up that dog.”

He really was a man whose next move was unpredictable.