Goryeo's Princess || Exo Chanyeol

Chapter 13

Chanyeol's POV

"That woman is my mother"I said and I swear to God I could feel the princess's shaking breaths.

I looked at the woman,Madam Ji. How could I not have recognized by the name? Ji Park was what she used to be called before my father found out about her love affair with a rich merchant from Goryeo.
"I will always love you,Chan. " I remember her face as she left my bedroom the night she and her lover eloped from Silla.
" That woman had a son with that merchant.That son was her first born" I remember hearing my father say to his sister, crying.
He was talking about Junmyeon.
And I realized why my father never liked to send me to Goryeo.

I gulped looking at the mother-son, smiling.
The princess was quick to recover. She made me stand up straight and cleared her throat.
" My greetings, Madam Ji. Junmyeon,you have a wonderful house."she said.
"My greetings, Madam Ji and sir Junmyeon. Thank you for having me over" I said,my voice shaking.
The mother and son seem to take no notice of my distress and relieved,I sigh.

They both sit opposite to us and the woman looks at me , suspiciously.
I gulped.
"And who would you be of the royal family?" She asked.
I was about to reply when the princess cut me off.
"He's one of my friends. His name is Jisung"she said.
I frowned at the unsual introduction.
"Jinsung? That is not what you had said, princess" Junmyeon said and I clenched my fists.
I hated him. I hated the woman beside him. I hated them both from the bottom of my heart.
"Well,the previous name that I told you was a lie." The princess said , boldly.
I was surprised.
"Anyway,the meal is already setup for you so please enjoy" madam ji said and smiled.

I barely was able to have a few grains of rice throughout the whole afternoon. The princess, Junmyeon and madam ji talked . I didn't even say a word if I wasn't asked to.

"Oh by the way, princess,have you thought about the Marriage proposal yet? " Junmyeon said and I jerk my head towards the princess.
Marriage?
"Yeah..."she replied, nervously."see ,with due respect, Junmyeon, I adore you but I cannot marry you. I'm so sorry"
Madam Ji looked furious but said nothing.
Junmyeon looked sad.
" But why is that ?"Junmyeon asked.
"I'm not ready. That's it"she said.
Madam Ji laughed.

"A woman is ready for marriage since birth!"she said.
What did she just say? Ready? For marriage? Was that a joke?!
"I AM not ready, Madam Ji. I'm sorry. I respect you both for asking for my hand in marriage but I do not want to get married"Eun Rim said.

"What about your aunt? She'll be disappointed."Jumyeon aas now using some aunt to marry the princess. What a jerk.

"I'm sure she'll understand that I am not ready for marriage"Eun Rim replied.
"She's lying. A princess should never be not ready for marriage. You are the mother of this country and if you don't get married,what use will you be of?"Madam Ji was insistent. And I hated to admit it but it was something I had inherited from her too.

"Mind your tongue, Ma'am. Know that you're speaking to the daughter of this nation and I could award you with death penalty if I wanted to. And as for the real reason that I don't wanna get married to this son of yours,is because I like your other son"

And I felt my head spinning.
What in the world did she just say?
I couldn't even utter a single word.

"What? Who are you talking about?" Madam Ji said, apparently angry.

"I'm sorry, Junmyeon. I find you very nice and handsome and helpful but I don't think it's you that I'm romantically attracted to.I like Jisung.or actually....Chanyeol." Eun Rim said.

Junmyeon sighed, frowning and his mother looked like she had seen a ghost.

What was happening? First my re encounter with my mother and now this sudden confession?
I don't even know if the princess was speaking genuinely or was just making an excuse to not get married. I became angry and frustrated every passing minute.

Madam Ji got up too and looked at me," I respect what you chose, princess" she said,not even looking at the princess. I knew she was coming to me but I backed up. Looked away from her.
A part of me was glad that I could hurt both the mother and son but another part of me felt bad for them.

She left.
Then the princess took my hand and we made our way out of the house.
As soon as we reached outside,I pushed away her hand.
I was angry.
"What was all that? Firstly,you don't tell me you were going to get married. Secondly,you use my name falsely to NOT get married and lastly, because of you I had to meet that awful woman again! It's all your fault!" I was shouting now."How dare you reveal them my identity?!"

I didn't care if the some guards took me and put me in jail. I was angry and I wasn't going to be quiet.

The princess's eyes were filling up with tears.
"I'm so sorry, Chanyeol. I shouldn't have brought you into my business. I didn't know Junmyeon was your half brother. I was -" "how dare you?"I growled.
She looked up at me as tears streamed down her face.
"What?"she asked.
"How dare you call him my half brother?" I yell.
She pursed her lips and sniffed.
"What I'm trying to say is,I didn't want to hurt you in anyway. It's my fault and it won't happen again. I swear"she said.
I laughed bitterly." You're so selfish, princess. You really are. What makes you think that I will ever even want to help you after today?"

"I'm sorry, Chanyeol." She sounded like she was not going to argue anymore. "I wouldn't bother you anymore"

She rubbed off her tears and turned away from me, walking.
"And by the way,"she turned back one last time. " I agree to everything that you accuse me of,but I didn't use your name falsely. I rejected Junmyeon because I like you,for real."

And my heart skipped a beat.

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