48. No One’s Here

Having kept turning her head, Danjung’s neck hurt, so she changed her position and sat on his lap, looking at Minhyuk.

“Beautiful.”

Minhyuk looked at Danjung facing him, and his heart began to pound incredibly hard.

Feeling good at his words, Danjung raised the corners of her mouth and smiled brightly.

“Damn it.”

Danjung’s smile momentarily drove Minhyuk crazy.

He wanted to hold Danjung and make love all night long right now.

He felt like tearing up the marriage contract and everything else.

“I’m sorry.”

Seeing Minhyuk struggling, Danjung regretted saying unnecessary things.

He was clearly holding back because of the marriage contract.

Feeling apologetic, Danjung kissed his lips and caressed his body.

But that alone was not enough to calm his intensely aroused body.

Minhyuk reached out and pulled up the stopper that was blocking the water in the tub.

Swish. The water gradually drained away, and only a few bubbles covered their bodies.

Then, Minhyuk picked up the showerhead and rinsed the bubbles off Danjung’s body.

He couldn’t very well bite and suck her bubbly skin.

Danjung hadn’t realized that having someone else wash her body could be so embarrassing.

He gently washed every part of her neck, arms, chest, and legs.

Feeling like a baby, Danjung could only quietly watch what Minhyuk was doing.

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“Your aunt is probably having a hot night right now.”

Jinhee muttered with envy as she fed formula to Hayeon.

Contrary to Danjung’s words that he couldn’t feel emotions, it was obvious at a glance that Minhyuk truly loved Danjung.

‘I was happy back then too...’

Having gone to Danjung’s wedding, Jinhee recalled her own wedding two years ago.

She had also been a bride as beautiful and radiant as Danjung.

And she had never dreamed that her husband would cheat on her.

Even when he came home late, she thought he must be tired from working overtime, and when he went on an overseas business trip, which he had never done before, she cheered him on, thinking it was a good opportunity.

She thought her husband having an affair was something that only happened in dramas... but reality was more, not less, dramatic.

“No\~ Hayeon-ah, you have to eat. Mommy needs to earn money now.”

Jinhee was weaning Hayeon off breast milk because she would soon have to send her to daycare, but Hayeon fussed and wouldn’t eat well.

Tears unknowingly welled up in Jinhee’s eyes.

She sincerely congratulated her friend’s wedding, but she cried because her own situation felt so pathetic and miserable.

“Sob sob, sob sob sob. I shouldn’t cry on such a good day...”

As Jinhee’s tears fell onto Hayeon, Hayeon also teared up and began to cry with her mother.

Sob sob sob, waah\~ waah\~.

Perhaps their crying was too loud, the doorbell rang, ding-dong\~.

“Who is it?”

Jinhee wiped away her tears and picked up the intercom. A young man stood outside the screen.

‘It must be someone coming to complain about the noise late at night.’

Jinhee felt even more miserable because she couldn’t even cry freely, but since it was late, she knew she should be quiet.

“I’m your new neighbor next door.”

“I’m sorry. I’ll be quiet from now on.”

But contrary to Jinhee’s words, Hayeon, who was hungry, cried even louder.

“Excuse me... I have something to give you. Could you open the door for a moment?”

“Yes?”

“Ah, I’m not a bad person. Well, you might still be scared. I’ll just leave it in front of the door. Please take it inside later.”

“Yes?”

“It’s nothing much, just chocolate. Something sweet is the best when you’re feeling down.”

The neighbor man, Jiwook, couldn’t stand by after hearing the sorrowful crying from next door.

Her crying sounded like his own heart.

Originally a kind and gentle person, Jiwook had been struggling for months after his longtime pet cat crossed the rainbow bridge.

Hearing the sound of the next door opening and closing, Jinhee slightly opened her door.

A box of chocolates was placed in front of the door along with a note.

\<Hang in there.\>

Opening the note, Jinhee began to sob again.

The comfort she received from someone she didn’t even know touched her heart more than anything else.

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Danjung, who had come to the Maldives for her honeymoon, couldn’t help but admire the beautiful nature.

The blue sky and the endless emerald sea were so breathtaking that they brought tears to her eyes.

Moreover, a private villa with a pool...

Having only seen overseas travel in videos her whole life, Danjung felt like she was dreaming.

And if it was a dream, she never wanted to wake up.

‘I really did marry a chaebol.’

Danjung lay on the large bed, watching Minhyuk recover from the fatigue of the journey, and faced reality.

Sensing Danjung’s gaze, Minhyuk looked at her and tapped the empty space next to him with his hand.

It was because he wanted to hug Danjung, caress her skin, and rest fully.

Then, Danjung walked over with quick little steps like an obedient child and lay down next to Minhyuk.

And as a sign of her gratitude for bringing her to such a wonderful place, she gave him a quick peck on the lips.

Pleased with Danjung’s kiss, Minhyuk hugged her tightly so she couldn’t get away from him.

“One more time.”

Following his request, Danjung kissed Minhyuk’s lips again, and the corners of Minhyuk’s mouth naturally lifted, showing his satisfaction.

“Minhyuk-ssi, it looks like you’re completely recovered.”

“......?”

“There’s no way someone who can’t feel emotions could have such a warm smile.”

“Is that so?”

But Minhyuk couldn’t confidently answer Danjung’s question that he was completely recovered.

It was because he still had difficulty accurately recognizing all his emotions.

“One thing is certain though.”

“What is it?”

“Making you feel sensual makes me feel happy.”

Just as he said, Minhyuk accurately recognized the endorphins released when he indulged his instincts as happiness.

And wanting to feel the happiness that people talked about, Minhyuk laid Danjung down beneath him and stole a kiss from her lips.

Minhyuk knew that he had to put in a lot of effort to make Danjung feel sensual.

And he also knew where she liked to be touched.

“Just a moment... what if someone sees us?”

No matter how private the villa was, Danjung was too embarrassed to do anything sensual with the windows wide open.

“No one’s here.”

Minhyuk had no intention of stopping his actions. And there was no lie in his words that no one was around.

“But... still, it’s embarrassing!”

Danjung pushed against Minhyuk’s chest, 벗어나 his embrace, and got out of bed.

It was clear that otherwise, it would be difficult to escape his grasp.

Besides, they had just flown for over ten hours, and she couldn’t just stay in bed unfairly.

“I’ll close the window if you want.”

Minhyuk got up and walked to the window to close it himself.

‘That guy, really!’

Danjung had been growing increasingly dissatisfied with Minhyuk, who had been constantly trying to do sensual things lately.

Certainly, since that day, he seemed to be acting like a wild colt, doing all sorts of sensual things to her.

Of course, the most important thing hadn’t happened, but she was starting to worry about what would happen after the hundred days.

“Let’s go swimming!”

Danjung shouted at Minhyuk, who was about to close the window, and pointed to the small pool on one side of the villa.

The reason for the hundred-day sex ban in the first place was to foster love through normal dating... but at this rate, it was meaningless.

Moreover, Danjung felt that she was also becoming increasingly lewd because of him, and she felt the need for improvement.

“......”

Minhyuk, who had been about to close the window, turned his head and looked at Danjung.

His brow was already furrowed with several wrinkles, expressing his displeasure.

“We can’t just come all the way here and only do sensual things! I want to swim while hugging, go for walks on the beach together, and watch the sunset while drinking cocktails.”

Having had her own fantasies about the Maldives trip, Danjung wanted to experience all these things with Minhyuk.

But since he was trying to do only sensual things again today, Danjung was thoroughly sulking.

“And what else? What else do you want to do?”

Minhyuk gave up on closing the window and leaned against the wall, intently watching Danjung.

Having become somewhat accustomed to reading Danjung’s facial expressions, Minhyuk was certain that she was upset.

So he was willing to grant her whatever she wanted.

“And... I also want to go snorkeling!”

“Alright! Then let’s eat first and then go swimming!”

As Minhyuk, who had been leaning against the wall, gave up on sensual things and stood up, Danjung’s face instantly brightened.

She was happy that he had listened to her, and she was excited at the thought of realizing her romantic ideals.

“Wow~ It’s really emerald green. How can the sea be so green? I thought the sea was blue... it was all just stereotypes. Minhyuk-ssi, let’s go for a walk there later.”

Danjung, looking at the sea from a bar on the white sandy beach, couldn’t stop smiling throughout lunch.

And she kept chattering endlessly about whatever was making her so happy.

“Is it that good?”

Minhyuk thought he had done well to bring Danjung here and feed her.

As expected, she seemed to calm down her temper when her stomach was full.

“Yes, it’s great. So, so great.”

When Danjung smiled brightly with an innocent face at Minhyuk’s question, Minhyuk’s heart fluttered and began to beat softly.

Then, Minhyuk suddenly remembered what Kanghyun had said.

[That’s what you call excitement.]

‘Am I feeling excited now?’

Minhyuk looked at the brightly smiling Danjung and felt his chest flutter.

And he wondered if he might be happy at this very moment.

“Minhyuk-ssi, take a picture of me. It looks like any picture taken here would be like a pictorial.”

After lunch, while strolling along the beach, Danjung held out her phone to Minhyuk and ran into the sea.

Then, in a pose she had seen somewhere, she stood facing the sea and only turned her head to look at Minhyuk.

But Minhyuk didn’t think about taking a picture and just kept looking at Danjung, who was smiling prettily.

He couldn’t take his eyes off her, as if he were trying to capture every single detail of her in his heart.

“What are you doing? Hurry up and take the picture.”

As Danjung, whose neck was starting to hurt, urged him, Minhyuk snapped a picture as she requested.

Then, he strode over and stood next to Danjung.

“Let’s take one together too.”

“Yes?”

Danjung seemed flustered by Minhyuk’s completely unexpected behavior.

But Minhyuk, completely unconcerned, pressed his face against Danjung’s and took a selfie with a slight smile.

“I like it.”

Minhyuk looked at the picture, taken with a childlike innocent expression, and seemed satisfied.

“Cute.”

Those were the words that unknowingly popped out of Danjung’s mouth as she looked at such Minhyuk.

At Danjung’s words, Minhyuk turned his head and looked at her.

‘Cute? What is?’

Minhyuk looked around to see if there was anything cute, but only Danjung and himself were around.

“You’re not talking about me, are you?”

Minhyuk pointed at himself and reconfirmed Danjung’s words.

It was a word he had never heard before in his life, so he was a bit taken aback.

“Yes, I am. I’m talking about Minhyuk-ssi.”

Danjung smiled bashfully and linked her arm with Minhyuk’s.