Monthly Archives: June 2021

Later that afternoon, Lady Bit Na convinced her daughter to take a turn in the gardens behind their house.  “You need some sunshine.  You have been cooped up in this…

The problem was…it wasn’t that easy to wipe Soo Yeon from his mind.  Every time that Ban Ryu closed his eyes, he saw her sweet face gazing up at him…

“Soo Yeon,” her father’s voice sounded behind her.  She was in the middle of giving Ban Ryu a bite of porridge. Ban Ryu reached out and pulled the spoon from…

Soo Yeon went in search of her father.  To face head on the consequences of her actions.  Of her refusal to marry an excellent man. She found her father in…

Ban Ryu had refused her.  Her father was pressuring her to accept Lee Beom Sook.  What was she to do?  Would either man ever give in to her?She was despairing. …

Her face was tearstained when she returned to his room.  And her eyes were puffy.  And red-rimmed.Ban Ryu perused her countenance for a few silent moments.  Then he tilted his…

Ban Ryu slept fitfully through the night.  And awoke the next morning quite hungry.  He opened his eyes to the faint light of day and glanced at the chair next…

Soo Yeon returned to Ban Ryu’s room to find him sleeping still.  She allowed her mother to talk her into resting.  Truthfully, she was exhausted.  Speaking to Lee Beom Sook…

“Soo Yeon?” her mother came to relieve her at sunset.  “You have a caller.  He’s waiting for you in the front sitting room.  Jung Sook is entertaining him right now. …

Ban Ryu had slept throughout the remainder of yesterday.  And her mother had returned at sunset to relieve her.  As promised.  Still, Soo Yeon insisted on sleeping on the yo…