Living with the Dangerous Beast-Chapter 96: Sleeping Apart

That night, her fears were confirmed as Dohwi pounced on her like a relentless shadow.

“Dohwi, we did this yesterday. All night long!”

“Your lower lips don’t seem to agree.”

After a night of torment that left her feeling half-dead, Sohwa made a drastic decision the next day.

Sohwa had been pacing awkwardly outside the servant quarters for quite some time.

“What brings you here, ma’am?”

The servants, busy spinning silk and weaving, had already noticed her hesitant footsteps.

“Hmm, I’m looking for the servant who helped me last time....”

“Oh, she’s gone to the market to buy some glue.”

One of them replied.

Since Sohwa always had Woongsik accompany her, she rarely interacted with the servants in the weaving house.

All she knew about them was that some of them were lynxes.

“Well then, I suppose I’ll have to speak with you. I’ll be staying here from today.”

“What? Here in the servant quarters? Oh no, ma’am, that won’t do!”

The sudden declaration was like a bolt of lightning on a clear day.

Alarmed, the women abandoned their looms and rushed out.

“Ma’am, what are you saying?”

“Why would you leave the warm inner quarters to sleep in this humble place?”

“I have my own reasons.”

Sohwa replied calmly.

“But the master will be furious with us!”

“It’s fine. I’ll handle him.”

“Well, that may be true....”

Indeed, even the smallest gesture from Sohwa could easily outmatch Dohwi.

On Mount Taeryong, no one dared challenge this tiny silver fox.

“Just until next year. After that, I’ll leave you all in peace.”

“Until next year? Ma’am, why would you sleep apart from the master?”

She looked flustered as Sohwa clicked her tongue in frustration.

“Tsk. No matter how I think about it, I must have raised that boy wrong. I spoiled him because he’s so pretty, and now look at him—what a temper!”

Just like the old saying, in marriage fights, there are no winners, and the same held true for Dohwi and Sohwa.

“I’ll take this chance to fix that brat’s attitude.”

Separating beds was the only solution she could think of to keep her husband in check.

“Oh dear, why would you do that? The master cherishes you so much that he won’t even touch you with dusty hands!”

“I cherish Dohwi too. But either way, I’ll be sleeping here from now on, so make sure to bring out an extra set of beddings.

The chief servant was at a loss, unsure of what to do.

It was clear that the lord would undoubtedly be furious if he found out.

‘This isn’t even a case of her being neglected—why would the lady choose to sleep in the servant quarters?’

And yet, somewhere in her heart, an odd sense of anticipation stirred.

‘Will our lady sleep in her fox form?’

Looking around, she noticed that all the other women seemed to be thinking the same thing, fiddling with soft cotton wads as sly smiles crept across their faces.

* * *

When Dohwi returned home, he was hit with a thunderbolt out of the blue.

“Sohwa is sleeping in the servants’ quarters? Why?”

“She said she’ll be sleeping apart from you until spring....”

“WHAT?”

Brushing past Woongsik, Dohwi strode straight to the main bedroom and threw the door open.

The golden bedding where Sohwa should have been peacefully sleeping was empty.

“Sleeping apart? Who decided that?”

Angry and seething, Dohwi’s frustration melted away the moment he found her.

Sohwa, who had been receiving endless care from the servants, was now sound asleep in the warmest spot of the servant quarters.

She even had her belly exposed, completely unresponsive despite Dohwi’s repeated calls to her.

In short, she was out like a light, completely lost in the warmth and comfort.

“My little fox—what happened to her? What nonsense have you all been up to?”

“M-my lord, it’s just that the lady liked the cushion so much....”

One of the servants began explaining.

“This is called the ‘fainting cushion.’ Even my son can’t stay awake on it, so I thought the lady might enjoy it too.”

“Nonsense. Sohwa doesn’t sleep in her fox form.”

Sohwa had always been delicate, avoiding sleeping in her fox form due to the fear that someone might snatch her away—soft and fluffy as she was, like a bundle of cotton.

“She said she’d lie down just to try it out, but before we knew it, she had fallen sound asleep.”

“It’s true, my lord.”

The maids chimed in, nodding vigorously.

Dohwi’s irritated gaze landed on the cushion.

It was round and plush but otherwise unimpressive.

And yet, she liked it more than sleeping by his side?

“Sohwa, I’m here.”

“....”

“Sohwa.”

“Snrk....”

Dohwi glared at the silver fox sprawled limply on the fainting cushion.

It was as if she were taunting him in her sleep, making a bold statement.

‘Don’t even dream of touching me, hmph!’

“Hah.”

A bitter chuckle escaped him.

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‘So this is how you want to play it.’