Unbeknownst to Me, I’m Secretly Dating the Emperor — Chapter 38

I'M SO SORRY.

IT WAS ALL MY FAULT.

IF YOU HATED IT THAT MUCH, I'LL NEVER AGAIN....

NO!

...IT'S NOT THAT I HATED IT.

BUT HOW...

HOW SHOULD I EXPLAIN THIS?

THAT DAY, I WAS JUST...

...ACTING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE FLUSTERED.

AND I DIDN'T REACH OUT MUCH BECAUSE I WAS BUSY WITH WORK....

BUT MISS DIAZ.

IF YOU TRULY DIDN'T HATE IT...

WHY ARE YOU MAKING THAT FACE?

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BACK THEN.

"IF SOMETHING BOTHERS YOU FROM NOW ON,"

"MAKE SURE TO TELL ME."

"BECAUSE NOW, WE ARE..."

"CLOSE ENOUGH TO SHARE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS."

IS WHAT WE SAID....

...I DEFINITELY SAID THAT BACK THEN.

...BUT WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE,

...TO EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW?

I LIKE SIR ROJAS' SMILE.

I LIKE IT WHEN HE'S SHY,

AND EVEN WHEN HE GETS FLUSTERED AND ANGRY.

EVEN SO, THE REASON I COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO READ SIR ROJAS' LETTERS

OR THINK ABOUT REPLYING TO THEM,

WAS BECAUSE I WAS SCARED OF MY FEELINGS...

...THAT JUST KEPT GROWING.

I DIDN'T HATE IT.

I MEAN IT.

FAR FROM HATING IT,

ACTUALLY...

!!

M-

MISS DIAZ...?

...WHAT A RELIEF.

I KNEW IT.

I CAN TELL JUST BY LISTENING TO SIR ROJAS' HEARTBEAT.

THAT EVEN NOW,

WE STILL FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY...

M-MY AIM FOR HIS CHEEK WAS OFF...

TH-THIS IS THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIP I THINK WE HAVE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SIR ROJAS-

EEK?!

S-SIR ROJAS...?!

WH-WHAT THE.

SIR ROJAS'S BODY IS INCREDIBLY HOT...

AND, HE'S SO FIRM...

THAT I CAN'T ESCAPE AT ALL...

S-

SIR ROJAS...?!

...!

MY HEART...

WH-WHAT SHOULD I DO...?

FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STOP...

UHH...?!

W-WAIT A MINUTE...!

GOING THAT FAR IS-

I'M STILL,

NOT MENTALLY PREPARED...!!!

PHEW,

I MANAGED TO DEFEND IT...

—!!

...IT'S A SHAME, BUT FOR TODAY,

I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO STOP AT THIS LEVEL...

...SHALL WE GET GOING THEN, MISS DIAZ?

"STOP AT THIS LEVEL FOR TODAY"... HE SAYS.

THEN, JUST HOW FAR...

ARE WE GOING TO GO NEXT TIME...?!

Aren't we going to cross the line at this rate?!

D-DID HE CATCH ME HAVING WEIRD THOUGHTS?

MISS DIAZ.

I REALLY LIKE YOU.

I LIKE YOU TOO.

...I REALLY,

Really like you too!