Yearly Archives: 2021

Mi Sook stared down at the colorful jars of powder on her easel tray.  She wanted to paint something.  For him.  But…she wanted it to be beautiful. Perhaps, she should practice…

He was true to his word.  Dan Se returned to her room a short while later with a tray laden with tempting foods.“What’s your favorite?” he queried as he set…

Dan Se stared in consternation at her chest of drawers.  His clothes were in her room.  Her new room.  His room.  At least, he had thought it was now his…

She lay for several long minutes, her eyes closed, recalling the tender touch of his fingertips on her bruised skin in the middle of the night.  She dredged up every…

She awoke to sunlight.  And an unfamiliar bed.  An empty bed.She had lain awake in this bed for what had felt like hours last night.  Waiting for him to return. …

A few moments later, Dan Se slipped into his room.  He didn’t bother to light a lamp.  He knew his way to the bed.  So he slipped out of his…

After Jung Sook left her, Mi Sook lay on her bed as the healing salve soaked into her skin and pondered all the things which her friend had told her. …

Mi Sook turned over onto her side and stared in astonishment at Jung Sook.“What on earth would make you say such a thing?”Jung Sook’s face melted in tenderness.  “He came…