Episode 9

"LET GO OF ME!!!" Jang mi shouted. The way she loved him,none of that repeated in her head. The time she had spent with him was totally erased from her head. There were only the tears she could remember.

"I'm sorry, Jang mi" He said, his eyes wet. But he had to realise it was already too late.

"GET AWAY FROM ME !!!" Jang mi yelled as she pushed him away with all her strength. He moved back a little, gazing at her surprisingly yet sadly.

"Your highness!" The guards entered. They wanted to stop Minhyuk but they couldn't because he was a prince and soon was going to become the crown prince and they knew their place.

Ignoring the guard's existence,Minhyuk grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him.

"Don't be like this to me, Jang mi. Don't you know how much I Love You?" Trying to free her hand from his tight grip Jang mi spoke,

"Yes I know, how much you love me. You love me so much that you got married to my sister on the day my mother died and left me alone without caring what would happen to me!" Jang mi spat.

"That's how much you love me "

Pulling her more closer everytime she was going away from him he replied,

"I'm sorry for all that. I-i know, I did a mistake. I committed a sin, but Jang mi I had to do that. You know, I wanted the throne. I wanted you to be my queen." With that Jang mi scoffed in anger.

"Your Queen?" She chuckled in disappointment. "If that's how you'll treat your queen, then I'm thankful I didn't get married to you."

"Jang mi! I know you're angry with me and it's totally fair."His grip tightened on her wrist. She was now tired trying to free herself. She felt like he had lost her mind.

"But why did you marry Jae young? Did he force you? Or did you marry him out of anger?! You shouldn't have done that!"

"He didn't force me, Nor did I marry him out of anger." She said glaring into his eyes. "I married him because he was way better than you!" She didn't know why she said that or did she really feel the same or not.

"Better than me? You used to tell me that you hates cruel people and now you think he's better than me? Seriously?" That made him laugh.

"I don't think he's anywhere wrong! He's just not weak! He stands for himself. He doesn't takes anyone's bullshit, what's wrong in that? People just say anything like they used to say about me. I don't think, standing for yourself is being cruel?!"

With that he laughed again, this time astonishingly.

"Did he hypnotize you?"he asked looking deep into her eyes,moving closer to her."Jang mi, he is a monster! He kills people fun! Do you know that?" With that Jang mi flinched.

"That's a rumour. He is not like that!"

How could she believe Minhyuk? He had always hated Jae young. And the more she had known him , she was sure he wouldn't kill anyone just for fun. She had seen him crying because of a nightmare, She thought he was just numb because of the pain he had undergone. At that Minhyuk couldn't suppress his mocking laugh.

"You know nothing about him. How long have you known him for? Two months? I know him since, the day he was born! He said. "You know how scared I was for you when I got to know you got married to him?" Jang mi scoffed. Minhyuk was the last person, she would believe.

"Oh. You care a lot about me, right? That's why you killed my mother?!" She asked, sarcastically.

"Jang mi! I didn't kill your mother! How could you say that?"

"Because of you she died! You called off the marriage and she couldn't take the shock!" Jang mi raised her voice, tears welling up in her eyes.

"I swear, I didn't know that would happen! I-i wouldn't have done that if I had known!"

"You would have given up the throne?" she asked. He was staring at her in silence. She already knew the answer. Throne was his first priority.

"I..I would have planned something else-"

The frown disappeared from jang mi's face and she stopped trying to free herself. Minhyuk noticed that she was lost looking behind so he turned his head around and saw, Jae young. But he still didn't let go of her hand. There was no expression in his face.

When Jae young walked over and stood in front of you both gazing at your hand that Minhyuk had gripped on tightly. He slightly glared at Minhyuk in silence. Minhyuk shrugged, glaring back at him he tightened his grip on your wrist.

Jae young slowly gripped on Minhyuk's arm, looking at it Jang mi could guess, how tight his grip was when she saw his veins popped out on his hand. It made Minhyuk blink as he felt his arm was getting squeezed wrapped in iron chains? Then Jae young pushed back his hand and freed jang mi.

The skin in jang mi's wrist turned red. It has Minhyuk's footprint on it. She moved back, staring at Jae young when he stood between Jang mi and Minhyuk, facing jang mi.

"Go to your room" He said to her , his voice sounded forced warm as if he was pretending he was fine.

"J-jae young-"

"I said go" he cut her off.

Jang mi knew he was angry and she didn't want to add to his anger and she lowered her eyes and headed to her room.

Then Jae young turned around to face Minhyuk.

"What are you doing here? he asked.

"I came here to meet jang mi" he shrugged.

"This is my house and I don't allow you in. She is my wife and you have no business to meet her" He was speaking calmly,trying not to lose his temper.

"You married to her, forcefully!!She will come to me once I'll get the throne, I'll take her away. She loves me!! "He raised his voice making Jae Young's blood boil in anger.

"I don't care who she loves. She is my wife now and keep dreaming about taking her away that will only remain a dream." He said, his glare more deadly towards Minhyuk.

"You-"

"Get out" He commanded.

"How dare you talk to me like that?! I'm going to become the crown prince soon! You'll have to respect me!!!"

"What if I kill you right here and bury you right now? Who would know, what happened to you? Future crown prince, You shouldn't have come here without your guards." Jae young said, leaving him stunned and making him gulp.

"Y-you can't even touch me." He said , his voice thin.

"I will not even think before doing it, it isn't a big deal for me. You know me since I was born little brother, don't you?" He moved more closer to him making him move backwards.

" You will regret this." He stammered. He didn't want to take a risk specially when he was all alone.

"I'll be waiting"

Minhyuk turned around and rushed to the gate.Jae young was gazing at Minhyuk when his eyes lowered as he thought about what he said,

"She loves me." He believed that Jang mi hated Minhyuk after what happened with her mother but he was still bothered by it and it made him doubtful.

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Jang mi was in her shared bedroom walking anxiously, thinking what must be happening out there between Jae young and Minhyuk. She was hoping they wouldn't fight. They already didn't like each other much an they could use her as an excuse to fight. She bit her lower lip in stress and headed towards the door when the door opened and Jae young entered in the room, She stopped moving, looking at him.

She thought, she should speak first and ask him what the matter was, was he angry at her? and if yes, then why but before she could say anything he asked directly,

"Do you still love him?" She could feel the fieriness of his body as he was standing very close to her.

"What?!" She frowned in confusion.

"Do you?" He demanded.

"Of course not! I hate him!"

Grabbing her from the back of her neck ,he pulled her face closer to his,leaving her dazed and her eyes widened.

"Don't you dare cheat me!" His dark, furious eyes staring deep into hers, his breath was like the heat of the fire touching her face.

He lifted his other hand above and ran his fingers through her cheeks , her heart started beating rapidly by his touch that was soft yet hard at the same time when he grabbed her by her chin and raised her lips closer to his just leaving a few centimetres of distance .

"Always remember, you belong to me. Don't ever cheat me or try to go away".

He himself didn't realise what he was saying, it was the first time he wanted someone so badly. He was the person whose heart was filled with hatred,he didn't know how to love.

Even though, what he said sounded like a threat, it still made jang mi feel something different in a good way. He had helped her a lot and the least she could do for him was to not leave him.

"I'll never cheat you and I'll never leave you". Jang mi said in a assuring tone thinking if that could brighten his mood or make him feel better then you could say it again and again.

"You can trust me."

His eyes paced from her eyes to her lips. He questioned himself and slowly released her free as if those words calmed him but also made him thoughtful. Jang mi saying from her mouth was enough for him to believe her, for some reasons he couldn't doubt her but he doubted himself.

Maybe I can. He thought.

"What about you?" He asked. "Do you trust me?" he asked, keeping in mind he was not someone she could trust.

Jang mi didn't hesitate or think even once before saying,

"Yes, I do." For a moment,he struggled with what he heard untill the look in his eyes changed.

"Why?" he asked.

"What do you mean by why?" she sounded dimly confused.

"Don't you know what people say about me?" with that a deep silence fell.

Her gaze drifted from his face to his hand as she let her thin fingers touch his hand and then slip over his palm.

Feeling her hand in his, his throat closed but he didn't move his eyes. His gaze was settled on her when she gazed up to him, meeting his eyes.

"People used to say a lot about me too and maybe they still do. Nobody believed me but you did. Even though you didn't know me. Just like that, I believe you too,I know you're not what they say." She said, making his gaze stumble.

"What is she saying?" he thought, his throat tightened? She was just saying what she felt, she thought he had a good side,he just never showed it to anyone.

He began to feel uneasy just by listening to that,he glanced to his hand that she was holding softly then lifted his gaze back to her eyes.

This is all a lie. He knew but she didn't.