Chapter 10

Jae-hee took the birth control pill as if it were a routine, swallowing it with some water. As the pill went down, she felt its volume moving down her throat and drifted into thought. She had started taking the pill about three months ago.

It wasn’t for contraception. In fact, aside from the night she spent with Kang-joo, there was nothing to worry about when it came to pregnancy.

She had gone to the gynecologist because of irregular periods, and the doctor had prescribed the pill. Thanks to that, she didn’t worry even when Kang-joo ejaculated inside her during that night. If it was fate, she could just chalk it up to that.

Once she had swallowed the pill, Jae-hee turned away and began to pack up again with a despondent look on her face. Two large bags were sitting in her tiny semi-basement room. She stuffed her hairdryer, clothes, and other items into them while whispering as if she were about to cry.

“I’m sad.”

“Sad? What do you mean? You should be happy now that you’re saying goodbye to the mold, unnie.”

Jae-hee sighed deeply while packing up Hyo-jeong’s things.

Hyo-jeong had passed the entrance exam for a regional university and, as a result, had to move into the dormitory. Now left alone, Jae-hee decided to clean up the place and move to another home, especially since there was no need for a two-room place without Hyo-jeong.

“Find a place that’s bright. Got it? No alleys.”

“Yeah, I got it.”

“It should be somewhere with a lot of police presence and well-lit streets. Make sure it’s like that, okay?”

“Okay.”

Every time she passed the alley where she had the incident with Mincheol, her body would flinch in fear. So, she decided to move as a way to feel safer. It was certainly a happy thing that her little sister, Hyo-jeong, had grown up well enough to enter university, but it made Jae-hee sad to have to part with her and send her off to the dorms. Her eyes became misty with unshed tears.

She felt too upset to bear it.

“Do you want me to go with you to look for a place?”

“It’s okay, unnie. You’re busy, I’ll go alone.”

“Get a one-room place. I don’t need a room anymore. Just get a better place even if it’s smaller.”

“Got it.”

“Cheer up, unnie.”

“Yeah.”

Now grown, Hyo-jeong gently caressed Jae-hee’s cheek in an attempt to comfort her. Jae-hee made an effort to look up and smile back. It felt as if the little bird in her arms was flying away, and she was overwhelmed with sorrow.

Still, fly high, Hyo-jeong. Spread your wings wide and soar.

Ah, this is uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable.

Jae-hee glanced at Kang-joo. He was standing with his arms crossed, silently surveying the studio apartment. The real estate agent standing next to them started talking by himself.

“You can see the big window, right? The natural light is really good. You were worried about mold, right? There’s no need to worry about mold here. If you open the window wide and live like that, mold won’t grow, and it’s also great for ventilation.”

The agent flapped his thick lips as he opened the window. It was his way of reassuring them not to worry about mold. When Jae-hee entered the real estate office, she had insisted, “No mold!”

Her previous semi-basement room was a nightmare whenever it rained, with rainwater streaming through the cracks in the window. If she let her guard down for even a moment, mold would bloom on the walls like flowers, and cleaning it had been such a hassle. Now, she was utterly fed up with mold.

Jae-hee began to look around the room. There wasn’t much to see. There was just a kitchen connected to the entrance and a combined living room and bedroom. But she did like the large window.

‘Should I take this one?’

She was touring several studio apartments now. Since Hyo-jeong had moved into the dorm, Jae-hee had started seriously looking for a new place. But there was one problem that had cropped up during this process: Kang-joo. He kept tagging along and nitpicking at everything.

“Isn’t it noisy since the road is right in front?”

The real estate agent smiled broadly and quickly shut the window.

“Oh, if you just close the window, you won’t hear any road noise. It’s not a problem at all! These days, young people all live with their windows shut.”

Once the window was closed, the room fell silent. Kang-joo looked down at the space beneath the window and lazily said,

“Living with the window open means no mold, but the road is noisy, so we should close the window. What on earth does that mean?”

“......”

The real estate agent’s cheek twitched. He had been wanting to kick Kang-joo out ever since he started interfering with everything. It seemed like the young woman liked the apartment, but the man, who appeared to be her boyfriend, was constantly getting in the way, which made things awkward.

The first apartment they saw was in a busy area, but Kang-joo objected, saying it would be noisy due to drunk people. The second place was in an alleyway, and he said it would be dangerous at night. Honestly, all of his objections were valid, but usually, such drawbacks would be somewhat downplayed while highlighting the positives to make the apartment more appealing.

The agent, if he had his way, would have given Kang-joo a piece of his mind. What right does he have to keep causing trouble? But the man was so handsome and had such an air of sophistication that the agent found himself unconsciously feeling a little intimidated.

Kang-joo clicked his tongue, apparently not satisfied with the room. Jae-hee, shaking her head, awkwardly said to the agent,

“I think this is enough for today. Thank you for showing me the apartment. I’ll go home and think it over carefully.”

“Yes, good apartments don’t last long, so it’s best to call as soon as you get home.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Jae-hee gave an awkward smile.

It seemed like today was a bust. All because Kang-joo had come along and kept causing trouble.

While twirling her pasta, Jae-hee asked Kang-joo,

“Are you not busy?”

Kang-joo answered curtly,

“I’m not busy.”

“......”

I wish he were busy.

Jae-hee wanted to ask him. Why did he come with me just to interfere? She needed to find a new place and move out quickly.

The reason she ended up looking at new apartments wasn’t her idea. One Saturday, like usual, she was filling Kang-joo’s fridge with side dishes when she ended up on the phone with a real estate agent.

While setting up a schedule to visit some studio apartments, Kang-joo, who had been listening to the conversation, suddenly asked,

“Are you moving?”

When she answered that she was going to look at apartments today, he suddenly started getting dressed, saying he would go with her.

She told him no, that it was fine, but he calmly added,

“If a young person goes alone, they won’t be able to find a proper place.”

He said that’s how things are. Once you’re looked down upon or seen as easy, the deal is over. He quietly tried to persuade her. Jae-hee looked so innocent that she was especially vulnerable to being underestimated.

It was a convincing argument. Because of this, Jae-hee ended up nodding in agreement, swept along by his relentless attitude, without even realizing he was interfering in every little thing.

At first, when they visited the first apartment, he seemed a little surprised by the studio that was smaller than his own bathroom, but he quickly regained his composure.

But Jae-hee saw it. The look in his eyes that seemed to ask, You’re going to live in a place like this? And the interruptions continued. And so, they were where they were now—sitting, having eaten, but without any progress.

“Thanks for looking with me today.”

To be honest, she wasn’t all that grateful, but she said the polite thing anyway. She didn’t know why he had suddenly shown this kindness, but for now, she accepted it.

Kang-joo silently stared at Jae-hee.

“But why are you suddenly moving? Is it because of what happened with Jeong Mincheol?”

“...No, it’s just...”

Jae-hee hesitated, trying to decide how to respond, before eventually shaking her head. The real reason for her move was Hyo-jeong’s entrance into university, but Mincheol’s incident had also influenced her decision. However, there was no need to reveal that. Kang-joo had already gone through so much to help her, and she didn’t want to burden him.

But, of course, Kang-joo easily saw through her.

“Are you scared every time you pass that street?”

“Ah, well... a little bit, yeah.”

Jae-hee answered, fiddling with the end of her hair. Seeing her nervous gesture, Kang-joo’s gaze softened.

“I mean...”

“Yes?”

“Am I not scary anymore?”

“......”

Jae-hee blinked, unsure of the intent behind his words.

That he was scary? If she was grateful, it was because he had helped her, not because he had ever been frightening. She had never feared him—neither back then nor now. What truly frightened her and caused her anxiety was the harm he had endured because of her.

She hesitated as she tried to convey her thoughts, but before she could speak, Kang-joo set down his glass of water and spoke first.

“Come to my place.”

He said it casually, as if inviting her to dinner.

Jae-hee struggled to understand his intentions. It was always difficult to figure out what Kang-joo was thinking. Why did he say certain things? Why did he act the way he did? Everything about him was vague and secretive.

It had always been this way. Like mist slipping through your fingers, he was elusive. He had always been like a mirage, vanishing like smoke.

Jae-hee, who had been twirling her pasta, finally asked belatedly.

“Why?”

Kang-joo answered easily, in a calm voice.

“Because I’m lonely.”

His voice was clean, without a trace of hesitation or doubt.

Ah, Jae-hee thought she understood now. He was lonely in his body. The nights spent alone in that large space were lonely. That’s why.

Hadn’t he always said it? That he liked her body.

She had known from the beginning. That the man in front of her was no longer the Kang-joo she had known as a child. She had felt it painfully during the night they had spent together—the rough way he had pushed her away.

Even so, he still felt unfamiliar to her, and Jae-hee fell deep into thought.

Many thoughts crossed her mind. It had been an impulsive suggestion, but honestly, she was drawn to it.

Cha Kang-joo. He had always been someone she admired. If she rejected him now, she might regret it for the rest of her life. She might regret missing the chance to be with him, even for a moment.

But if he pushes me away again...

An uneasy chill crept over her.

The reason she had lost him before was because she had tried to get too close. After they kissed, he pushed her away. After giving him a gift, he cast her aside. When she expressed her sadness over their breakup, a huge wall had been built between them.

So I shouldn’t be greedy.

Cha Kang-joo. He was a complicated man, hard to understand. But she also couldn’t understand herself—how, after everything, she still wanted to throw herself entirely at him, the one who had said he liked her body.

But by now, she had already fallen into that trap. The more she struggled to escape, the deeper she sank into it.

So, she decided to fall all the way in. She decided to ignore the pain that would inevitably come after the sweet poison. She just wanted to think about the reality and seize the opportunity.

Jae-hee hesitated, fiddling with her fork, before asking.

“...What if... Hyo-jeong comes up during her vacation... can she stay there with us?”

“Of course, there are plenty of rooms.”

Kang-joo’s answer was straightforward. Jae-hee tried hard to ignore the pounding of her heart. Now that she had brought up practical concerns, she realized how close she was to stepping into his house.

She smiled, trying to seem casual, and spoke again.

“I’d like a room with a view of the Han River. The biggest one next to the living room.”

Kang-joo nodded immediately.

“Sure, whatever you want. But you probably won’t be sleeping in that room.”

“Why?”

Kang-joo, resting his chin in his hand, tilted his head and smiled warmly.

“I’m only going to roll around with you in my bed, and after that, I’ll be holding you while we sleep.”

“...”

“It means we’re going to have sex every day. I’m going to bury myself in you every day. So, you won’t be sleeping in that room.”

His words, laced with raw sexual intent, were spoken with such cleanliness and composure that it left Jae-hee speechless. She simply nodded, lost in thought, muttering a foolish “yes” as if in a daze.

“Excuse me.” It was easy to enter his house. All he had to do was come in with a big bag. Jae-hee gripped the bag strap tightly with both hands. Should she put it down? She had come to put side dishes in the refrigerator, but this was her first time coming like this. Of course, she had also come on rainy nights, but didn’t she have a clear purpose that day? 

Kang-joo, who had come closer, grabbed the bag from Jae-hee’s hand. “Unpack your things.” Then he roughly threw the bag into the room next to the living room. “This is Jae-hee’s room. You won’t be sleeping here very often, but for now, that’s it.” He slammed the door shut. 

Before she could unpack her things, her room was sealed. Jae-hee felt uneasy and wandered around the house. Near his bed, where she would be sleeping in the future. She also ran her hand over the marble countertop of the kitchen, which she had seen countless times, and idly peeked at Kang-joo’s potted plants. 

Kang-joo stood quietly beside Jae-hee. Jae-hee turned her head slightly towards him while fiddling with the blue leaves embedded in the pottery. “Um, you’re not going to charge me rent, are you?” 

He chuckled. “Would you pay if I did?” Jae-hee pretended to think seriously about his question. How much should she pay to enjoy the luxury of living with him in a house like this? Even if she emptied her entire salary, it wouldn’t be enough. She might even go into debt. 

‘How did things end up like this?’ Just a while ago, she had been so distant from ‘Executive Director Kang Joo’ that she couldn’t even exchange a proper word with him, but now she was naturally facing him as if she had met him as high school student Kang Joo oppa. It’s like going back in time. 

‘But it’s different from before. Kang Joo oppa didn’t say dirty things or do dirty things. He never had any ulterior motives towards me.’ Jae-hee shook her head and got out of her thoughts. “So, you mean you don’t need a deposit or rent, right?” “That’s right. In fact, I’d rather give you something.” Give her something? Jae-hee lowered her hand that had been fiddling with the flowers. 

Kang-joo pulled her towards him and traced her lower abdomen with his fingertips. Startled, she shrugged, and his hand slipped under her clothes to gently caress her skin. “What can I do to get it in for free?” He asked, kissing her ear. “...Huh?” For a moment, she couldn’t understand what he was saying and asked stupidly. 

He lightly stroked her skin with his fingertips, then slowly stroked it with his palm. “I don’t plan on using a condom.” Kang-joo pulled her waist towards him and pressed against him. Like grafted stems, their bodies fit together seamlessly. Kang-joo grabbed her buttocks and pressed her against him. His swollen penis rubbed against her heavily. He teased her ear, and when Jae-hee felt a shiver run down her spine, he licked it with his tongue. 

A low voice came with the wet sensation. “I’ll always put it in bare, and I’ll cum right inside. That’s my dirty little habit.” Ah, Jae-hee gulped. She was getting used to his vulgar language, but she was still embarrassed every time she heard it. She tried to wriggle to escape, but she was held even tighter. She gulped. 

He leaned down and kissed her Adam’s apple, gently biting and sucking on her soft skin. A kind and gentle voice, as if comforting a child, continued. “I don’t really know what Jae-hee is thinking by coming to my house and accepting my offer. But since things are like this, I plan to take everything I want.” The tickling breath was unbearable. Jae-hee trembled and put her weight on her legs. Kang-joo inserted his thigh between her trembling legs to support her, and then he grabbed her bra. Instead of putting his hand in, he gently circled it over the fabric, soothing her. Jae-hee gasped and looked up at him.

“...So... you’re saying that instead of using a condom, you’ll compensate me? Is the rent the compensation?” She asked, trembling in his arms. It was strange. She was making shameful remarks, but she didn’t feel ashamed. She was used to crumbling and falling apart in front of him now. Kissing Jae-hee’s neck, Kang-joo chuckled softly. 

“Compensation? If I were going to compensate you, I would be forcing myself on Jae-hee right now.” Soft lips brushed against Jae-hee’s collarbone. His breath on her neck was noticeably heated. Lifting her up and laying her on the rug, Kang-joo continued. “I want to strip you naked and just take you right now, but I’m being a gentleman and holding back. Just licking you like a dog in heat. How is that compensation?” “Ah, then this is, uhm...” 

“Just think of it as a mutual exchange where we give and receive what we want. I’ll give Jae-hee anything she wants. Because there’s only one thing I want. To come inside you.” Kang-joo smiled, pressing down on Jae-hee’s lower abdomen. His eyes, sparkling under the sunlight, were unusually dark. Only a deep gaze shone dangerously through his falling hair. 

Looking at his beautifully shaped lips, Jae-hee asked with difficulty. “But if something were to happen, you would be in trouble, wouldn’t you?” What if she were to get pregnant? It was certain that it would be more detrimental to him than to her. From the start, she was taking birth control pills, so the possibility of pregnancy was slim... She didn’t know he had such a dangerous preference. He always seemed to live such a planned and neat life. But then again, this wasn’t the only thing she couldn’t understand about him. 

The reason he brought her here in the first place was secretive, wasn’t it? Kang-joo’s fingertips slowly traced her stomach. They rubbed her lower abdomen and then slowly moved upwards. “Jae-hee doesn’t need to worry about that.” Every time his hot touch passed, goosebumps rose on her skin. Kang-joo lowered his face over Jae-hee, who was lost in thought. He forcefully pulled down her shirt and rubbed his lips against her slightly exposed cleavage. His heated breath carried a deep excitement. His lips trembled and tickled Jae-hee’s skin. “Jae-hee, don’t think too deeply.” 

“Uh, how can I not think deeply, ah...!” Rubbing his face against her chest, Kang-joo skillfully spread her legs. Jae-hee was startled and stopped speaking. After firmly pressing her thighs, Kang-joo positioned himself between her legs. And then he pulled off his pants and threw them behind him. The sound of his pants falling echoed in the thick air. That was the signal. Kang-joo’s hand began to rub over her underwear, stimulating her excitement. Her white thighs trembled at the soft stimulation. A sticky moisture began to gather between her contracted legs.

Rubbing and parting her twitching vulva through the fabric, Kang-joo whispered. “Tell me what you want. I can give Jae-hee anything she wants.” Under his touch, her clitoris swelled sensually. “Ugh, ahn...” Jae-hee twisted her body, denying her excitement. His words were crushed like a devil’s whisper. He said he could give her anything she wanted. There was always only one thing she wanted. 

Cha Kang-joo, you. 

Can you give me that too?

Rubbing and chafing her plump, protruding clitoris, Kang-joo prodded inside. “Jae-hee just needs to enjoy herself without thinking.” His finger, blocked by her panties, faintly rubbed the outside. 

“Haa…” Panting breaths began to leak from Jae-hee’s lips. Every time he tantalizingly touched her, dizzying sensations scattered throughout her body. It was always difficult for her to keep her wits about her when she was under him. Kang-joo slipped his hand inside her panties. He peeled away the fabric, soaked with fluids and clinging to her vulva, and groped the slippery crevice. 

“Ah, ahn.” He gently parted the soft, baby-like skin. Her excited clitoris revealed its small form. He tapped it lightly, as if soothing it, and Jae-hee’s back arched. Jae-hee closed her eyes, ashamed of her reaction. She was embarrassed by the sight of her legs spread open in the bright light. She wanted to push him away, her fingertips curling and her breath quickening, but she couldn’t muster the courage to push him. Her body, having tasted pleasure, wanted him so honestly. 

It yielded a path for Kang-joo’s touch and moistened her inside. Kang-joo nibbled on her earlobe and groped her pubic hair. He touched the thin, fine hairs like newly sprouted grass, then moved down again, rubbing his slippery fingers up and down her vulva. His hand moved lewdly under her panties. 

“Huu… ugh.” She resented the fact that his fingers weren’t entering her. Jae-hee moaned desperately, her back trembling. She felt strange to be wetting herself according to his movements. Kang-joo’s hand and Jae-hee’s thighs glistened with the sticky fluid. His caresses slid smoothly over her skin. 

“Ah, ah, huung…” Her untouched vulva twitched in response. She was tormented by the caresses that had only tickled her since before, her insides tightening. 

“Think about it. Do you think you can meet another stud as strong and capable as this?” He, who had only been teasing her entrance, finally pulled off her underwear. The viscous fluid stretched tautly and then snapped. Kang-joo grasped the underside of Jae-hee’s thighs with both hands and lifted them, spreading them open. 

“Ah, don’t, do that—! Ugh!” Jae-hee struggled her legs. Her vulva, suddenly exposed before the man, gaped embarrassingly. She could feel the hot fluid gushing out each time it opened and closed. Kang-joo suppressed her movements and buried his face in her exposed flesh. 

“Ah! Director…! Ah!” Jae-hee urgently grabbed his hair. His lips devoured and greedily licked every inch of the twitching flesh. Jae-hee wanted to deny herself. She wanted to deny the urge to pull him closer and beg him, and she wanted to deny the sight of herself, legs spread lewdly open, revealing her secret place. The sunlight pouring over Kang-joo’s back was so dazzling that her vision became dizzy.

Trembling at the sensation of his lips, Jae-hee pleaded with half-crying eyes. “Ugh, it’s too bright here… huu, at least the curtains…” She felt his hot breath. A tingling pleasure erupted as he licked the crevice with his thick tongue. The excitement that had been building up flowed down. She wanted to run away, feeling like it would be clearly visible. 

“Are you embarrassed because it’s bright here?” Kang-joo asked, licking below. Jae-hee nodded her head vigorously, knowing he couldn’t see her. “Yes, I’m embarassed. Hut…” Was he perhaps going to stop? Hope and disappointment arose simultaneously. The hope of escaping this embarrassment, and the disappointment that this dangerous pleasure would be cut off. 

Incompatible emotions surged within her. Kang-joo, rather than stopping at her words of embarrassment, moved even closer. He forcefully spread the crevice he had been licking with his fingers and pushed them upwards. Her secret clitoris, never shown to anyone, was revealed before his gaze. 

“Ah…!” “How can you be embarrassed by this? We have so many more embarrassing and shameful things to do in the future.” The red flesh, spread open on both sides, twitched. Kang-joo pressed his tongue against her clitoris, as if crushing it. “Ah!” An overwhelming pleasure struck without warning. Jae-hee contracted her opened body and pulled her hips back. A rough hand pressed her down and then licked the fruit that had begun to ripen red, as if soothing it. 

“Ahhk… huu.” “Don’t be ashamed. Because you’re beautiful inside too.” He gently rubbed her clitoris with the tip of his tongue and then lightly sucked on it with his lips. Jae-hee thrashed her pale thighs. The inside of her thoroughly wet thighs glistened under the sunlight. 

“Ah… euung…” His tongue forced its way into her desperate crevice. It parted the hot and moist space and began to greedily rummage inside. “Ah! Ahhut!” Intermittent nasal sounds burst from Jae-hee. A tingling pleasure blazed. His tongue, firmly tensed, pushed deep inside, stirring and gently caressing the vaginal walls. The leaking fluids melted and flowed down. 

The wet sound of his tongue and her vulva rubbing against each other echoed across the rug. Jae-hee lay like a broken doll, only her hips moving up and down. Just as a wave-like climax was about to crash over her, Kang-joo slowed his pace and stopped, causing it to subside again. Then, when he began to lick her gaping vulva intensely again, a deep excitement surged back in waves. 

“Ah! Ah, uut…!” The thought that it was Kang-joo’s tongue that was dizzyingly stirring inside her made her want to flee in a strange shame. But she could only flutter helplessly like a bird with broken wings. Kang-joo toyed with her below for a long time with his tongue before finally pulling his lips away. The vulva, left alone, gaped lewdly and then gushed out fluids. 

“Ahheuek… heuk…” Her body, not having reached climax, twisted in desperate entreaty. Her body, already familiar with pleasure, ached to receive his hot, hardened member. Kang-joo sat up on his knees and pulled down his pants. His penis, pushing tautly against his briefs, sprang up and soared above his navel as soon as the fabric was pushed back. Like his fully erect penis, the throbbing veins were also starkly prominent. Looking at Jae-hee lying with her legs spread before him, he slowly rubbed his penis. 

Watching his enraged penis swing heavily, Jae-hee closed her eyes. Kang-joo masturbated himself with one hand while stroking Jae-hee’s eyes with the other. “Open your eyes.” It was a gentle tone, but clearly an order. Jae-hee barely managed to open her eyes. She saw his firm chest muscles. Below his well-defined abs was his dark red penis, positioned like a weapon. 

A man who looked like a carefully drawn portrait of a nobleman had pulled out a monstrous weapon and was staring at her. Jae-hee’s nose tingled. She felt like she wanted to crawl away and escape this obscene situation. But her vulva, having tasted his member once, twitched and flowed with fluids as if desiring pleasure.

Kang-joo placed his hands under her knees and pulled her closer. With her back on the rug, Jae-hee lay with her legs spread, resting on Kang-joo’s thighs. Her wet vulva was clearly exposed before his stiffly erect member. Kang-joo stared at her glistening thighs and pubic area, grasping his shaft and moving it up and down. The head of his penis, dripping with pre-cum, tapped lightly against her clitoris. Jae-hee’s back trembled. A sensation of pleasure, rather than pain, welled up precariously. 

“Do you see?” Kang-joo asked, using the head of his penis to part her vulva. Jae-hee only nodded, her face on the verge of tears. It seemed he had put her in this embarrassing position to show her this sight. To make her see the part of her that would swallow that huge member. Kang-joo slid only the tip in slightly. Her vulva, touching his penis, twitched. Kang-joo pulled out the penis he had inserted slightly, as if tasting it. Her entrance, unable to overcome its longing, sucked at the retreating member. 

Jae-hee wanted to turn her head and look away from the scene. Seeing her vulva swallowing his, and their parts lewdly intertwined, made her feel dizzy, as if she were watching someone else’s sex. Kang-joo slightly raised his kneeling thighs. Jae-hee’s lower body was pulled up along with them. Jae-hee’s lower body was half-lifted, with only her shoulder blades touching the rug. She looked up at him with anxious eyes. Unable to contain his heightened heat, the area around his eyes was lewdly flushed. The sight was unfamiliar yet sexy, and a moan escaped her lips. He pressed the head of his penis tightly against her vulva. Very slowly and gently, he began to part Jae-hee’s vulva and penetrate her. 

“Ah…!” Jae-hee gasped at the pressure of him entering her body. Through her fluttering gaze, she saw Kang-joo thrusting his hips in. His pupils were also dyed black with heated excitement. Veins bulged in his arms, which tightly gripped Jae-hee’s thighs. Jae-hee trembled, staring at her vulva swallowing his penis. It was wide open, struggling to swallow him with great difficulty. 

The penis, slowly inserted while rubbing against her inner walls, pushed her all the way in as far as it could go, then stopped at the innermost point, pressing firmly against the protruding mound. “Ahhk!” Another moan burst from Jae-hee. The sensation reaching deep inside was still unfamiliar. Her face flushed, she only breathed heavily. Kang-joo also exhaled a long, heated breath. He pulled his hips back, taking out half of his penis, then moved his hips again and thrust it deep inside. 

Her soft inner walls contracted and tightly gripped his member. “Ah!” Enjoying the sensation felt by his shaft, he slowly began to move his hips. With slow, fire-starting, tantalizing movements, he delicately rummaged inside and heavily plowed her. “We’re going to have sex like this from now on.” “Ah. Euut, eun…!” He grabbed Jae-hee’s buttocks, pulled her towards him, and slowly thrust his hips. A creaking, explicit sound echoed. He pulled his hips back and then thrust all the way in, rubbing his lewdly wet penis against her soft flesh and pounding her as if kneading dough. Her snow-white thighs glistened messily. 

Kang-joo forcefully spread the flesh connecting her buttocks and thighs and crammed his member in haphazardly. “Ah, huu, eu.” “I’m going to put it inside Jae-hee like this and thrust as much as I want.” 

“Eu, euung…!” 

“Look closely.” With those words, his movements intensified. Jae-hee’s dangling body began to shake violently.

“Ah! Ah! Euut, ah-eung!” White foam sprayed between them each time he pressed his hips hard and thrust inside. Along with the explicit sounds, Jae-hee’s body also shook as if broken. As his penis was driven in from above, a heavy fire sparked within her lower abdomen. Kang-joo penetrated her strongly enough to make smacking sounds. He rotated the head of his penis, stimulating her inner walls, and thrust in hard. Each time he entered and exited, fluids splashed thickly. 

“Ah! Ahhut! Ah! Aht!” Jae-hee’s high-pitched moans grew faster and faster. It felt like all the blood in her body was burning hot. Perhaps because she was half-lifted upside down, it was even harder to breathe. Her whole body twisted with the excitement that poured down on her like a downpour from above. Her shoulders, crushed in time with the thrusts, ached. But before she could even feel the pain, a huge wave of pleasure washed over her, making her utter only short moans. 

“Ah, ah! Uut! Aah-eung!” Kang-joo looked down at Jae-hee, who was filled with excitement, with dark eyes. His brow was furrowed as if struggling. Long eyelashes spread out under his tightly closed eyes. His chin was slightly lifted. A sigh-like groan escaped from between his teeth. He only stirred her trembling vulva and thrust his penis deep inside. 

“Ah! Euut, uut!” Jae-hee’s body heaved back and forth. Each time his hot penis made a path and pounded her like a hammer from above, she let out nasal moans of intense pleasure. 

“Aah-eung, uut… Ah! Ah! Uut…!” A sensation she had experienced once before. A still unfamiliar pleasure climbed up her body. Jae-hee curled her toes and tightly wrapped her thighs around him. As the large, hard pillar crushed her inner walls, a floating pleasure washed over her. Kang-joo thrust his hips in strongly. As the head of his penis strongly pierced her deep inside, “Aaaht!” Jae-hee trembled and shrieked. 

An unfamiliar pleasure rushed through her body like lightning. Her inner walls, narrowed tightly, gripped his penis as if squeezing it. Her inner walls, repeatedly contracting and relaxing, held his member and convulsed finely. Kang-joo spread open the crevice trembling with orgasm and endlessly stirred inside, driving in excitement. He shook his hips violently just before ejaculation. Then, he thrust in with all his might and began to ejaculate with gushing motions. 

“Aah-eung! Hut…!” 

“Huu…” He poured out his semen while grasping her pale thighs. And with slow back-and-forth movements, he rubbed her inner walls and grabbed Jae-hee’s chin. “Look at me.” Jae-hee barely opened her eyes at the force of his rough grip. His face, stained with excitement, was smiling like a beast. His eyes were filled with deep satisfaction. “Do you feel it? Me coming inside Jae-hee.” 

He pressed down hard on her lower abdomen and shook his hips, pouring out his semen several times. Watching Jae-hee receive all of his seed, he stirred her vulva deeply and ejaculated for a long time. Then, when he finished ejaculating, he slowly moved his penis back and forth. Feeling the soft texture tightening around him, he groped her lower abdomen. T

he place where she had received all of his member. Jae-hee’s fluctuating vaginal walls squeezed Kang-joo as if wringing him out. Each time he slowly pulled out and thrust back in, Jae-hee’s red inner flesh stuck to his shaft. The fluid, blurred white with semen and fluids, stuck to his shaft and slid with smacking sounds. Kang-joo exhaled a deep breath, as if satisfied. 

“We’ll keep doing this.” 

“Uut…” 

“Jae-hee, from now on, you only receive mine. No other bastard’s.” 

“Haa, haa…”

Jae-hee, overwhelmed by the orgasm that consumed her entire body, couldn’t even give a proper reply. She could only exhale weak breaths, soaked in pleasure. Only then did Kang-joo release her body. Moving away from her slowly lowering lower body, his ejaculated penis popped out. His lewdly wet penis was still half-erect, dripping thick fluid. 

Kang-joo lowered his gaze and stared at Jae-hee, who was sprawled on the floor. Fluids and semen were mixed and flowing stickily between her legs. His gaze twisted again. Lowering his head, he kissed her lips and again placed the tip at her entrance. “Now that you’re already wet, shall we do it one more time?” Jae-hee didn’t even have time to shake her head. 

Opening her lips to object, he wrapped his tongue around hers and sucked, while Kang-joo also thrust his penis deep inside. Their bodies were pressed together again. Jae-hee’s panting, heated breaths were completely consumed by him, and it was a hot afternoon where all of his semen was completely swallowed by her body.

Kang-joo usually took care of most of his meals outside. At home, he only had simple snacks, and the kitchen was always dry and spotless.

By this point, Jae-hee was puzzled. Why had this person eaten my side dishes all this time? The kitchen was so dusty it was on the verge of becoming a fossil, so why?

“Mr. Kang, do you usually eat out like this?”

They had just finished dinner near their office and were returning home. Kang-joo, having just showered, casually ran his hand through his damp hair and nodded.

“Mostly, yes. Do you prefer eating at home?”

“Yes, I’d like to eat comfortably at my place.”

Kang-joo stopped as he opened the refrigerator and then smiled faintly.

“It feels new hearing you call this your home.”

Jae-hee was taken aback. My home? Had I referred to it like that? In reality, there was no space of her own here. Even the marble tiles she was standing on belonged to him.

Kang-joo, closing the refrigerator with a noticeable sound, leaned against the kitchen counter and spoke.

“I’ll ask the lady who comes occasionally to make side dishes. Let’s start eating at home more often.”

“Hmm, I can do it myself.”

“I didn’t call you here to cook.”

His blunt words made Jae-hee bite her lip lightly before letting go. He was right. She hadn’t come here to cook. The reason he had brought her here was very clear.

He didn’t want the meals she made. What he wanted was something else. Sex.

“You can just pay me. 1.7 million.”

Jae-hee laughed jokingly.

The 1 million for her service fee, the 700,000 for groceries. It was the usual price he gave for the side dishes she used to prepare. A little over the top, considering the price of the food she stocked for him every week.

“By the way, I didn’t even make side dishes this time, but the money still came through. If you give me your bank account number, I’ll transfer it back.”

It was a considerable amount of money to her, but for him, it was pocket change. Asking for his account number felt a bit awkward. Instead of answering, Kang-joo drank some water, set the cup down, and opened his arm toward Jae-hee.

“Come here.”

Jae-hee hesitated but then slowly walked toward him. As their bodies drew closer, Kang-joo pulled her into his embrace, wrapping his arms tightly around her.

As Jae-hee flinched in surprise, their bodies pressed closer together. The fresh scent of his body wash lingered from the man who had just stepped out of the shower.

His lazy voice whispered into her ear.

“You don’t have to return the money. Just hug me like this sometimes.”

Jae-hee’s body melted into the warmth of his, the heat between them almost tangible. The strange nature of their relationship hung in the air, as even this warmth felt like something that could be measured in terms of value. Despite knowing this, Jae-hee couldn’t help but want to dive deeper into his embrace, feeling the deep warmth of his arms.

“Shall we sleep then?”

“Huh?”

Was he really just saying they were going to sleep? Before she could fully process it, Jae-hee’s legs were suddenly lifted into the air. Kang-joo easily scooped her up, holding her like a baby, and walked toward the bed. He gently lowered her onto the bed, as if carefully setting down something delicate.

Jae-hee lay down, her eyes wandering, her heart racing at the thought of what would happen next. But contrary to her expectations, Kang-joo simply lay beside her. He wrapped his arms around her from behind, burying his nose into her neck, closing his eyes. The warm breath from his body spread over her neck.

He had said before:

“I mean we’ll have sex every day. I’ll bury myself in you every single day.”

But despite those words, Kang-joo was gentle. He didn’t force himself on her or push her open. Instead, he simply lay on top of her, content to hold her in his arms, as if to say that this was enough. Of course, there had been many passionate nights, but there had never been any coercion in their relationship.

Jae-hee felt awkward as she lay there, not used to his breath being so close. The feel of his hair on her skin sent a chill through her, and she instinctively shrank back.

For a long while, Kang-joo pressed his face against Jae-hee’s neck, breathing in her scent, before reaching out to turn off the lights. Darkness settled over their bodies. The only light came faintly through the curtains from the distant city night view.

Jae-hee turned around cautiously and asked, “Is it okay if we turn off all the lights like this?”

“It’s fine.”

“If it’s too dark... maybe...”

She swallowed the question before finishing it. What if he has a panic attack or something? It was a thought they both knew, but somehow, it felt hard to voice aloud.

Kang-joo, seeming to understand the question, smiled softly.

“It’s fine. Even an insane bastard with no answers can still tell what’s what in certain situations. It was always like that, wasn’t it? As long as you’re here, Jae-hee... even in the dark...”

He stopped mid-sentence and fell silent. Jae-hee shifted her body to face him fully. Resting her cheek against his chest where he had held her, she quietly embraced him. The faint, steady thrum of his heartbeat echoed in her ears.

As he mentioned the past, old memories suddenly resurfaced. The warehouse. The pale, terrified boy under the white moonlight. The hot tears tangled on his cheeks. Gently holding him, she remembered how he had exhaled with overwhelming emotion, like a wounded bird in her arms.

That boy, who had grown so large, was now holding her in his embrace. Jae-hee, lacking the courage to return his hug as she had before, merely grasped his collar, holding the fabric tightly. The rustling of the fabric filled her senses as she felt the warmth of his body.

It was strange. This man, with his broad shoulders, pressing her close with his solid chest... and yet, he felt so incredibly fragile.

Jae-hee closed her eyes silently. In the vast darkness, only their breaths scattered around them. As the tension eased, a drowsy, gentle wave of sleep began to wash over her like the tide. Cradled in his arms, she drifted off into a dreamlike slumber.