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“Sorry. You were too agitated, so I wanted to calm you down.”
He smoothed Eun-chae’s disheveled hair.
Why was she so agitated? What had happened?
“Now that you’ve calmed down, tell me. One thing at a time. What’s this about me being sick? Who said that?”
“I went to see the Chairman.”
She seemed to have calmed down, but Eun-chae’s eyes instantly filled with tears again as she sobbed.
“Grandfather?”
“Yes. He said you were sick... Are you alright?”
Seok-kyung was momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.
Of course.
Because he didn’t hurt anywhere.
“I’m fine. Nothing hurts.”
“Really? You’re not lying to me?”
“Except for the nosebleed earlier...”
“Nosebleed?”
“Yeah. It was a bit much...”
Seok-kyung added apologetically, worried she might get angry if he said the bleeding had stopped quickly.
“I’m healthy, very.”
Seeing Eun-chae’s eyes welling up as if tears would fall any second, he had no choice but to confess that he was healthy.
She gently stroked Seok-kyung’s face with her hand, then lowered her head and moved slightly away from him.
“Eun-chae-ya.”
“I thought something would happen to you...”
“Huh?”
“...I thought something would happen to you... sob.”
Lifting her chin with his fingers, he saw her beautiful face stained with tears streaming down her cheeks.
It was the most beautiful sight in the world, more beautiful than anything else, and Seok-kyung’s heart swelled.
“Since I saw you’re alright, sob, I’ll go now.”
Eun-chae wiped her tears with the back of her hand, sniffled, and turned around.
There was no way he would let her go. She had come running into his arms of her own accord like this.
Seok-kyung pulled her hand and held her tightly in his embrace.
“Don’t go.”
His thin t-shirt soaked through with her tears.
“Don’t go, please.”
“Seok-kyung-ssi...”
She mumbled, but she didn’t push him away. Instead, she lightly clutched the hem of his t-shirt.
“Don’t go.”
“Is that an order...?”
“You idiot, it’s a plea.”
Seok-kyung opened the front door and walked into the house, still holding Eun-chae in his arms.
As the door closed behind them, Eun-chae’s legs seemed to give way as if her tension had released, and he quickly picked her up.
Her heart pounded like a runaway train as she wrapped her arms around his neck, as if trying to accept everything.
He laid her in the middle of the dark bedroom bed, and they gazed into each other’s eyes for a long moment.
The moonlight and starlight streaming through the window were reflected in her eyes, making them look like a small universe.
My universe that I love.
The kiss that devoured her lips was rough, but the lips of his universe were only sweet.
Slowly and meticulously, he explored her mouth with his tongue, wanting to remember each tooth and each gum.
She did the same.
Without either of them initiating, they undressed and left marks on each other’s skin.
“Hmm...”
“Ugh...”
A burning heat spread through their bodies as they caressed each other’s intimate areas with their hands and mouths.
Seok-kyung’s hand traveled down Eun-chae’s waist and navel, then cupped her breast.
His penis disappeared into her amidst the moans flowing from her lips.
Knowing that he would reach his climax right then if he went any further, Seok-kyung quickly pulled Eun-chae’s body to face him and sat her up.
The sight of her wiping her lips, glistening with their fluids, with the back of her hand was maddeningly sensual.
When he tasted those lips, they were sweeter than honey.
They hadn’t clearly said how much they loved each other yet, but they felt it in their hearts, and a tingling, strange sensation excited Seok-kyung.
He quickly laid her back down on the bed and buried his face in her delicate skin.
“Ah, haah...!”
Eun-chae’s whole body shivered at the feeling of his wet tongue digging into her inner flesh, his upper lip gently pressing against her sensitive spot, and the touch of his sharp nose.
Her body twitched, and her lost hands reached down to grasp Seok-kyung’s hand that held her legs apart.
“Yes, that voice. That face. It’s all mine.”
He licked his wet lips with his tongue, then raised himself and positioned his body between her legs.
He was overwhelmed with anticipation for the lovemaking that would follow.
How exquisitely would he hold her today?
As if to answer that anticipation, Seok-kyung plunged deeply into Eun-chae in an instant.
“Hmm...”
“I’m the only one who can have you like this, the only one who can thrust into you.”
Yes, you’re the only one.
Eun-chae agreed in her electrified mind.
As Seok-kyung moved his hips, his hands roamed over her lower body and fondled her breasts, and she could no longer think.
All her senses were focused on where he touched, where he rubbed, and she was on the verge of losing her mind.
She didn’t know anything anymore.
The thought that Seok-kyung might have a serious illness and that their time together was limited had made her knees weak.
In the taxi on the way here, she had prayed and prayed again.
Please, just save his life.
Give me time to tell him all the many things I haven’t been able to say yet, to tell him that I have loved and looked only at him from beginning to end, without anyone else.
Even just a month would be enough, she prayed, for the chance to turn back the time that had caused him pain.
When she actually saw Seok-kyung’s healthy face and heard him say he was fine, she should have been furious, but she only felt relieved.
Truly relieved.
Even though she was someone who couldn’t offer him any help, she would stay by his side until he got tired of her.
That’s what she decided.
“Focus on me.”
“S-Seok-kyung-ssi... too... too...”
Eun-chae gasped, startled by him growing even larger inside her.
“Don’t go anywhere anymore. Understand?”
“I won’t go. I-I won’t go. I’ll stay by your side... hng!”
“Yes, stay by my side. By my side.”
Her body shook with his increasingly faster movements.
As she began to lose her senses, Eun-chae reached out and hugged Seok-kyung’s neck.
Her whole body was filled with him.
The sensation wasn’t bad at all. Tears welled up in her eyes at the feeling of being loved so completely.
It was so simple. It was so easy.
“Eun-chae-ya, I can’t anymore...”
“Me too, me too.”
The two of them simultaneously tensed their entire bodies and stopped moving.
A moment later, Eun-chae lifted herself up and then let her body fall onto the bed, away from Seok-kyung’s abdomen.
But.
“Was it good?”
“Yes? Yes...”
She trailed off, her face flushed, avoiding his gaze as he looked down at her.
She had clearly thought they would reach their climax together, but his was still the same.
“Let’s do it a little more.”
“W-Wait a minute.”
As if he didn’t hear her, he turned her over and entered her again.
“Hng! B-But I just... went.”
“Yeah, I know. You’re trembling inside.”
Seok-kyung said in an excited voice.
Unlike his lower body moving lasciviously, he kissed her sweetly and softly.
It felt so good that Eun-chae’s heart melted.
She wished this night would never end, looking at their hands clasped tightly together.
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As if he intended to make up for all the times they couldn’t hold each other, Seok-kyung finally let Eun-chae fall asleep in his arms at dawn.
Because she had fallen asleep nestled tightly in his embrace, Eun-chae woke up late in the morning in Seok-kyung’s bare chest.
On the chest where red marks remained from her kissing and sucking.
Heat rushed to her face as she recalled the events of the night before. She squirmed, still feeling him inside her, embarrassed.
“Hmm, you’re awake?”
Seok-kyung opened his eyes with difficulty, looked at her, and smiled.
His figure, bathed in the sunlight, looked like an angel, no, just an angel himself, and Eun-chae felt tears welling up in her eyes with overwhelming emotion.
“Why? Does it hurt somewhere?”
“No.”
Eun-chae shook her head.
“You just left the health supplements I bought you at the apartment, didn’t you? I’ll buy you more. You’re too frail.”
Seok-kyung clicked his tongue.
Instead of saying yes or no, Eun-chae reached out and stroked Seok-kyung’s face.
The soft and warm touch, the faint scent of the forest. The events of the night before had definitely happened.
“Why?”
“I suddenly became afraid.”
“Hmm?”
“I was worried about what would happen if you lost everything because of me.”
Seok-kyung smiled deeply and kissed her forehead.
How could he tell her not to worry?
“Baedo Group has been my environment since I was born, but even if that environment changes a little, I can live well.”
“But.”
That’s not the issue.
Eun-chae frowned slightly. She felt like Seok-kyung didn’t understand what she was saying.
But.
“I know. I know what you’re worried about. But I have no intention of giving up Baedo Group either.”
“Yes?”
“If I lose Baedo Group, you’ll feel sorry for me and try to avoid seeing me, won’t you?”
That was true.
That was why she had been trying to give him up all along.
“I was going to take office as the CEO of Baedo Group and then come to you. I was going to formally confess to you again.”
Didn’t that mean she had come running to him without being able to wait?
Eun-chae’s face turned bright red with embarrassment.
“I think I know what Grandfather was thinking when he lied to you.”
“What were you thinking?”
“He was building a bridge for us. He understood my true feelings.”
So that was it.
Gratitude for Chairman Baek welled up in her again.
“Don’t meet Section Chief Kang.”
“Yes?”
Raising her head at the sudden mention of Hyun-woo, she met his gaze filled with jealousy.
“I know Section Chief Kang has feelings for you. I don’t want you to meet him.”
“I won’t.”
“Don’t lie. I know you met him.”
“Eek!”
Seok-kyung suddenly slapped Eun-chae’s butt under the blanket.
“That’s your punishment. From now on, if you lie, I’ll slap you once for each lie.”
Eun-chae swallowed hard.
His face was playful, but his eyes were serious, so she nodded involuntarily.
“I hate even the thought of you cheating, even if it’s a lie. So don’t meet Section Chief Kang.”
“Okay.”
“No other men either.”
“No other men... there aren’t any.”
Her heart pounded so loudly.
It was finally time to reveal the secret she had kept hidden from him for so long.
“Since when haven’t there been any?”
“From the beginning. There haven’t been any from the start.”
“I knew it.”
I knew it?
Raising her head, wondering what he meant, Eun-chae saw Seok-kyung give a bitter smile.