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"We can’t go back now, can we?" the Prince asked, his voice barely a whisper.

Dan-Bi stared at him, feeling the magnetic pull between them, the unspeakable truth that had been buried deep inside both of them for so long. The unspoken bond.

He didn’t reply immediately. There was nothing to say. He just stepped closer, and in that moment, all the walls they had built came crashing down.

Without thinking, the Prince reached out, his hand brushing against Dan-Bi’s. It was subtle—an accidental touch—but it was enough to spark something neither could ignore.

Dan-Bi’s breath caught, and for a brief moment, he wanted to pull away, to push the Prince out of his life before it went any further. But he couldn't.

Instead, he leaned in, his lips brushing against the Prince’s in a kiss that was soft at first. But then, the kiss deepened, and everything that had been left unsaid, everything that had been buried under the surface for so long, came to life in that one moment.

It wasn’t just a kiss; it was a declaration. Of something neither of them had been ready to admit, but something they both knew was inevitable.

UNHIDDEN BLOSSOM

He stood abruptly, the force of his movement rattling the teacups between them.

That only made Jin-Seok more irritated.

"You dare toy with me?" his voice was dangerously low, his hand slamming down on the table. "You speak in riddles, you dance around the truth—do you take me for a fool, Dan-Bi?"

Dan-Bi met his gaze, still maddeningly composed.

"Of course not, Your Highness." His voice was calm—too calm. "A fool would not have noticed anything in the first place."

He could feel it—the truth dangling just beyond his grasp, so close he could almost taste it.

He knew how much Jin-Seok hated being denied.

With deliberate steps, Jin-Seok rounded the table, closing the space between them until he was mere inches away.

Still, that unreadable expression remained.

Faster than Dan-Bi could react, Jin-Seok grabbed his collar, yanking him forward just enough to break that infuriating composure.

Jin-Seok smirked at the first sign of surprise.

"Is this what you wanted?" Jin-Seok murmured, voice low and heated. "To test my patience? To see how far I would go?"

Dan-Bi's fingers twitched against his sides, but he didn't fight back.

And Jin-Seok hated how much that irritated him.

"Your Highness," Dan-Bi said smoothly, ignoring the way their breaths mingled, "if I wanted to test you—" he leaned just slightly closer, just enough to challenge—"I wouldn't make it this easy."

A strange heat curled at the base of his spine.

Something he should not be feeling.

His grip tightened, his fingers pressing into the fabric of Dan-Bi's robes.

The silence between them stretched, tense and charged—

Jin-Seok's head snapped toward the approaching sound.

Dan-Bi took that moment to pull away, adjusting his collar as if nothing had happened.

Chapter Thirty-Four: A Dangerous Truth