Chapter 79 - What She Saw Through the Steam

Lee Yeong's fingers closed around Concubine Seo's wrist the instant her hand touched his shoulder, and whatever calm the hot spring had managed to give him disappeared so completely that the woman beside him immediately understood she had misjudged the situation. He did not squeeze hard enough to hurt her, but the strength in his grip prevented her from moving another inch closer while he turned his head and stared at her as though he could not quite believe she had dared to enter. "Who gave you permission to come into my bath?" His voice remained low, but there was nothing gentle in it, and when Concubine Seo opened her mouth without answering immediately, Lee Yeong pushed her hand away and moved farther across the pool. "Do not confuse the fact that I did not hear you enter with permission to stand beside me. Get out of the water, put your clothes back on and leave before I call the guards to remove you exactly as you are."