MO - 9

Seo-eun, seen through the glass window, looked happy. She was touching flowers and chatting cheerfully with someone over the table, filling her day. Your world looks happy, Tae-han thought. He was smiling while watching her brightly laughing, but his eyes filled with dissatisfaction when the man sitting next to her gently stroked her head.

Ji Seung-won.

That bastard gets on my nerves every time I see him.

Tae-han abruptly opened the shop door and entered. Seo-eun, surprised by his sudden appearance, soon greeted him warmly.

“You came without calling?”

“Did I ever call before I came?”

Tae-han strode toward her, his eyes wary as he looked at Seung-won. Seung-won, who had bowed his head to greet Tae-han, soon got up from his seat.

“I’ll call you later.”

They had been talking so amiably until Tae-han’s arrival, and now he was leaving so coincidentally. For some reason, Tae-han felt like an intruder in their space. Seeing Seung-won disappear without a word made something surge up inside him.

“Why does he come so often?”

“He always drops by. Today, he came to give me some lemon preserves.”

A small glass jar on the table was filled with yellow, round slices of lemon.

“Do you want some lemon tea?”

“No, thanks.”

The joys that came from small, simple things. In contrast, the unpleasant moment at the lavish engagement party came to mind, and Tae-han unconsciously became stiff. Tae-han’s expression was not good as he sat down. Seo-eun rested her chin on her hand and sat across from him, looking at him quietly.

“How was the engagement party?”

“Tiring.”

“Then why didn’t you go straight home? Why did you come here?”

Because I wanted to see you, Joo Seo-eun.

He had rushed there on an impulse, but now he felt like an uninvited guest, and he was not at ease.

“Did I interrupt you?”

“Interrupt? We’re not like that.”

“But he keeps getting on my nerves.”

Tae-han stared at Seo-eun with eyes that had become a little fierce. It was an unexpectedly sharp gaze. This made Seo-eun’s heart ache. Not because she had done anything that could be misunderstood with Seung-won, but because of the man’s distorted jealousy, which made him think that way. However, with a slightly awkward expression, Seo-eun spoke nonchalantly.

“Seung-won is just a friend. Someone I’ve been close with since childhood...”

“You can’t be sure of that.”

The angry retort made the atmosphere cool down. After a moment of silence, Seo-eun sighed lightly and tried to soothe him.

“It’s true.”

“You shouldn’t trust men so easily.”

But Tae-han didn’t change his expression, as if he had a serious misunderstanding. He seemed upset. What was there to misunderstand between Seung-won and her? She could understand his wariness, given Seung-won’s unusual behavior that day, but she couldn’t understand this kind of blind misunderstanding.

With a blank expression, Seo-eun said gently, “It’s stranger to have such impure suspicions about a friendship.”

“That’s just what you think, Seo-eun. Aren’t you being too relaxed?”

“Why do you keep suspecting my relationship with Seung-won like that?”

It wasn’t suspicion; it was jealousy. Jealousy that he was too busy to occupy all of Seo-eun’s time. He was resentful that Seung-won, a building owner with free time, could visit Seo-eun whenever he had time, wanted to see her, or even when he had no work, whereas he had to be buried in work and barely make time just to see her.

He felt ridiculous for being so upset about something like that, but he was about to go on a business trip to Taiwan, and he was angry to see her like this, as if he didn’t even know how he was working just to see her face for a little while.

It was unlike him to take his anger out on Seo-eun, who had done nothing wrong. But still, he was angry.

Was it because of the insults from those people who talked about her “level”? Or was it because of the affectionate and special feeling in the way Ji Seung-won treated Seo-eun? He thought about it and realized he was simply angry that he couldn’t have her all to himself.

In the midst of all this, it was true that he felt hurt seeing Seo-eun defending Seung-won.

“You don’t know anything, Seo-eun. You don’t know anything at all.”

“Then I guess I shouldn’t trust you either, Ryu Tae-han.”

“Are those the same?”

Seo-eun sharply retorted to his hurt words. As Tae-han’s voice turned cold, Seo-eun stared at him with a face that was clearly angry. It was the first time she had made such an expression. Seeing her usually kind face filled with emotion made his heart feel even more confused. Was she doing all this for Ji Seung-won? It was devastating to feel that he had been demoted in her priorities.

“What’s the difference? You come here at night, sleep over, and then leave in the morning. Is that a good relationship?”

Tae-han was stunned, as if he had been hit in the back of the head, and stared at Seo-eun. A good relationship? The time he spent with her, even for a moment, embracing her and sleeping, was the time he most looked forward to all day. Was that how she saw it? His head felt hot.

“You’re criticizing my friend, but if this is what dating is, I don’t think I can do it anymore.”

Tae-han, who had been listening silently, frowned.

“It will be difficult if you don’t respect my life.”

“Are you saying you want to end this?”

At his sharp question, Seo-eun pressed her lips together instead of answering.

“Is that what you mean, Seo-eun?”

His stubborn cheek twitched as if he didn’t like it. His frown, which crumpled whenever he felt pain or hardship, was terribly distorted. Without meeting his eyes, Seo-eun replied coldly.

“If that’s what you think, there’s nothing I can do.”

Was her friendship with Seung-won that important?

And I’m just a shameless guy who only knows how to crawl into her bed at night.

Since she wouldn’t look at him, he couldn’t confirm if his twisted heart’s feeling was right.

He hoped it wasn’t true, he knew it wasn’t true, but Seo-eun’s attitude was resolute.

Even though he knew how much she valued her friends, all his understanding became useless in the face of his momentary pride.

His patience was shattered. By a single word she had thrown out like a shield. By a single word, thorny and sharp, to protect herself.

“Understood.”

Tae-han stared at Seo-eun’s turned-away cheek for a long time before getting up and leaving.

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It had been three days since Tae-han left on a business trip to prepare for the bidding for the Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 duty-free shop business rights and a downtown duty-free shop, as well as the Taoyuan International Airport duty-free shop in Taiwan. Tae-han’s will to secure aggressive routes both domestically and internationally burned brighter than ever.

The Taiwan international airport duty-free business rights recorded sales of nearly 400 billion won annually, but they had long entrusted the exclusive operation to a domestic company. Haeshin Duty-Free had already secured most of the duty-free business rights in Asia, including Macau, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Japan. However, his will to expand his foundation even further led him to knock on the door of the exclusive market.

“Last year, Haeshin Duty-Free’s overseas sales amounted to 750 billion won. We’ve already secured the Asian hub airports, but if we can also secure this, it will make our leap not only in the Asian duty-free business but also globally, much easier. Our annual overseas sales target is 1 trillion won...”

As Director Park’s report continued, Tae-han’s mind drifted to a past thought.

“Wouldn’t it be better if she was at least on your level? Even if you’re just playing with her for a short time.”

Hearing those words from people who didn’t even know Seo-eun, all he could think about was making her his as soon as possible, keeping her by his side, and protecting her from the world.

“You come here at night, sleep over, and then leave in the morning. Is that a good relationship?”

“If this is what dating is, I don’t think I can do it anymore.”

Even though he knew it wasn’t what Seo-eun really meant, and that it was just her saying things because her thorny pride was acting up, he had done it anyway because he was jealous of the affectionate two people in that space and the time they had known each other for longer than him.

The way he stroked her head, and the way she received it, they both looked so familiar and comfortable with each other.

The thought of Seo-eun smiling warmly at Seung-won again made his heart ache indescribably.

“As the director knows, MOT marketing...”

He wondered if this was what people’s worries about him meeting someone chosen by his family were about, but he also thought that this was just a natural lovers’ quarrel. He wondered if the gap that Seo-eun was afraid of came from things like this, but the moment he realized it was all because of his own rash emotions, Tae-han was frustrated.

If he could turn back time, he wouldn’t have said those things that day. The thought that he had hurt Seo-eun with his own petty jealousy made his teeth clench.

If he had to have a duty and a sense of responsibility, he wanted that person to be only Joo Seo-eun.

So he had been thinking about what would be the best way to be with Seo-eun, and how to get her to come around.

It was unbearable to think that he, who had been excited about starting a family with Seo-eun so soon after they met, and had been smiling at the thought of proposing to her, secretly preparing for it, had been the one to turn his back on her first, unable to overcome such a petty emotion.

I’ll lose her this way. For Seo-eun, who was already passive in love, this would just make Ryu Tae-han another mediocre person who had given her a meaningless love.

If that were to happen, would I be okay?

No, he would not be okay at all.

It was childish to say that he was blinded by jealousy, but he was so consumed by that childish emotion that he had lost his reason and was in love with Seo-eun. The truth was, he wasn’t angry with Seo-eun; his heart had been on edge even before he went to see her.

In the few days they had been apart, there hadn’t been a single moment when he hadn’t thought of Seo-eun.

Tae-han, who had been frowning and watching the time go by, opened his mouth for the first time.

“Director, let’s move up the schedule a bit.”

“Pardon?”

Director Park, who had been explaining the business plan until his throat was dry, looked at Tae-han with a puzzled expression.

“Please.”

Director Park, who had been worried all along about whether something was wrong, didn’t ask any questions and said he would adjust the schedule. They had completed the inspections and major schedules, so the director would take care of the rest.

“Let’s call it a day. I’ll check the rest of the documents while I rest.”

“Yes.”

“Oh, and that thing I asked you to do the other day. Can I get it a little sooner?”

“I’ll check and prepare it. Please rest well.”

As Director Park turned to leave, Tae-han loosened his tie and settled onto the sofa. His phone hadn’t rung even once since he arrived here.

As he looked through his phone, his eyes kept going back to Seo-eun’s past messages, which had stopped even with a simple message after that day.

“I miss you.”

She had whispered that with a smile once.

She always greeted him with a smile.

She had shyly laughed and replied when he asked if she missed him today.

Even in the text, he could hear Joo Seo-eun’s voice, see her expression and her smile.

Tae-han closed and opened his eyes. In every moment and everywhere, Seo-eun appeared before his eyes. That’s how desperate he was for her.

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I didn’t know how long it had been since I last heard from Tae-han. For a day or two after he had turned his back on me and left with hurt feelings, he had called, but I had ignored his calls a few times, still upset about the pointless misunderstanding, and since then, no more calls had come.

Whatever.

“Are you saying you want to end this?”

“Is that what you mean, Seo-eun?”

I flinched at his emotional voice and shook my head.

I regretted the words that had burst out of me and wished I had just held it in, but I couldn’t tolerate him slandering my relationship with Seung-won, our friendship, like that.

Is this how it ends?

A fear-like anguish washed over me, but I decided I wouldn’t cling to him, even if it did.

It takes courage to start anything, but it also takes courage to finish it. Or rather, I now realized that ending something requires even more effort and sincerity.

Living with a persistent uneasy feeling, and swirling in the emotions I replayed in my mind, I would eventually find myself back at the starting point.

So why did I say those things?

I wanted it to be a simple lovers’ quarrel. But he wasn’t a simple lover, was he? I knew what I was getting into.

Just as I couldn’t refuse him when he approached.

Just as I couldn’t stop the wind from blowing at my back even if I turned away.

Just as I couldn’t avoid the waves that wet my ankles even if I ran away.

I was drawn by instinct and was just there, in the place where he blew in.

I naturally accepted the emotion that slowly spread like the waves that wet my toes and covered the tops of my feet.

I hoped it would be okay just this once, hoping that it wouldn’t be a foolish choice in the future.

So I decided not to think about anything else.

There was no need to look too far into the future anyway. Worrying about not finding the flowers I wanted at the flower market tomorrow morning was a more realistic concern.

Was I too harsh with my words?

I knew that wasn’t what he meant. I knew he wasn’t approaching me just out of simple curiosity. I knew that he was a man who came to see me every day with his firm steps, even when his body was tired, just to see me for a moment.

Because it was love.

Because it was love, I could feel it.

So from the moment I started to get greedy, I wanted Tae-han, who had seeped into my life, to stay for a long time.

I thought it was ridiculous that we would fall apart over such a trivial matter, and while I worried about why we had to be so childish, I couldn’t escape his presence.

Today was a time when just making a memory that felt like it had to be today wasn’t enough, and it was ridiculous to see myself acting like this just to keep my pride intact.

When the music stopped, I also stopped. I only realized how I felt after being drenched in sweat. If I saw him again, I decided to tell him that my feelings were the same as his.

“You’re so good at this, Seo-eun.”

Kim, the director of the studio, who had been dancing with me and guiding me through the steps, patted my shoulder as I stretched. It was important to warm up before dancing, but the ending was the most important part of any endeavor. I was stretching, with my two legs stretched out on the floor and my upper body bent forward.

“The phone’s ringing, darling. Do you want me to get it for you?”

He quickly handed me my phone, which I was not answering.

“Hah... Yes.”

• What’s wrong with your voice?

“Ah, right now. Hah, euh. It hurts. Ahh.”

I had been fully engrossed for an hour to clear my thoughts, and after a rich tango session, my breathing was rough. As I panted and gasped for breath, a moment of silence passed over the phone.

Just then, Director Kim pushed my shoulder from behind and pushed my upper body forward.

“Ah, wait a moment. I told you I don’t like you doing it from behind.”

“This is how the bodies can overlap more smoothly,” he said.

“Ah, hff, I’ll take the call later.”

Saying that what doesn’t happen today won’t happen tomorrow either, Director Kim’s excessive kindness of pushing my back relentlessly made me let out a moaning sound I couldn’t help.

From the other end of the phone, where he had been listening in a subdued silence, a fierce voice suddenly erupted.

• Joo Seo-eun. Where are you right now?

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A large shoulder loomed in front of the door. A large shadow with large heels that extended as far as his large physique. Seo-eun, who had rushed home right after her tango lesson, gasped for breath when she saw Tae-han standing in front of the door. Tae-han, who looked up at the sound of her hurried footsteps, had a very fierce and complex expression on his face.

“I’m sorry. Did you wait long? I came as fast as I could.”

The crimson dress with a deep V-neck and a thigh-high diagonal slit showed off her smooth legs through the opening. Tae-han’s eyes strained as he took in her appearance.

“Why are you dressed like that?”

“I had a tango lesson today. I came in such a hurry that I didn’t have time to change. Come in.”

The house was silent after she opened the door and entered. It was a calm and cozy space. The place he hadn’t visited in days was filled with Seo-eun’s scent. Just as he thought he was starting to calm down and stepped inside, Tae-han took off his thin cardigan, but his mood was immediately soured again by the daring design of her dress, which exposed her back.

“Do you dance in that?”

“Yes,” Seo-eun replied, turning around. Tae-han’s face, frozen in an expression of disbelief, was a sight to behold.

“It was fun, and a good way to relieve stress since it had been a while.”

“So you were wearing that.”

“Do you know how to dance, Tae-han?”

Unlike Tae-han, who seemed to be at a loss for words, Seo-eun changed the subject. When their eyes met, various emotions surged between them.

“I don’t use my body in that way,” Tae-han said with a frown. For him, using his body meant exercising to the point of pushing past his limits. Waking up in the morning and swimming, sparring in judo, hapkido, and mixed martial arts several times a week, and on top of that, strengthening his muscles with a personal trainer every evening. It was one of the daily routines he always followed even before coming to see her.

The only time he had learned to dance was when Seo-jeong-ju had hired a male ballet dancer for his sons to learn for their refinement when they were young. Even then, all three brothers had quit after only the basics.

“You’re still angry, aren’t you?”

Seo-eun, who was subtly observing Tae-han, who still hadn’t fully calmed down, quirked her lips into a smile and gently took his hand.

“I’ll teach you.”

With a mysterious smile, Seo-eun took Tae-han’s hand and took a step toward him.

Even if all the past feelings were in the past, his mind was again complicated by the fact that she had been dancing in such a sexy outfit. Tae-han, without resisting her touch that was toying with his big fingers, said bluntly, “Aren’t you angry?”

“I am. That’s why I went dancing. So I could forget about it when I move my body a lot.”

Seo-eun played music on her phone, which was on the dining table. The melancholic guitar melody and bandoneon music began.

He pretended to be reluctant and took her hand, as she wouldn’t let go, and she began to move slowly and gracefully to the music.

Her movements, which were simple yet connected in an organic line, brushed past him like the wind. Dancing by herself, she looked at Tae-han, and her hands, which traced his body, made his stiff body react strongly.

As their eyes met, her gaze, which moved to the music, still held emotion. Just as Seo-eun had said that she was dancing because she was angry, not because she was happy, the moment her gaze, which had burned with intense and hot emotion, touched him, it felt alluring.

Seo-eun pushed her long leg between Tae-han’s legs. The moment her upper body went down below his waist and came up again, her leg, which had been entangled between his, slid back. When their eyes met, she would coyly look away, and when Tae-han’s expression became stern, she would touch his chest.

Her hands, which were teasing and provocative, wrapped around his body and slowly moved down, touching his firm body. At her touch, his heart pounded, slow and fierce.

Seo-eun twirled, lifting her toes and elegantly spinning around. The red skirt swirled and disappeared before his eyes.

Neither of them said anything, and they stared at each other as if they were wary. Seo-eun twirled around him once, and when she was pulled back to him by his hand and their bodies met, Tae-han suddenly thought it might be okay to move a little faster.

“Hah.”

Seo-eun, whose body was pressed against his, let out the breath she had been stubbornly holding in. At that moment, Tae-han’s eyes flared up. He lifted her into his arms. Her legs wrapped around his waist. He bit her lips as if to tear them apart.

The space between their hot lips was sweet. In the midst of the sorrowful music, the two of them began to wildly explore each other. His tongue, which had entered between their locked lips, poked her everywhere. Seo-eun wrapped her arms around his neck and sucked his entwined tongue even deeper.

Thump.

She felt the wall against her back. Tae-han lifted her skirt and pressed his hips against her. His firmly erect cock crushed against her underwear as if it would dig into the heat-filled space between her legs.

“Ah.”

The sensation below made a wave of heat spread throughout her body. The excitement of his swollen cock was fully felt.

“Hah.”

“I’m sorry about what I said.”

Tae-han, who had been sucking her lips until they were swollen, whispered as he panted. Without actually entering her, he just pressed into the space between her legs. Their touching parts rubbed together suggestively.

Every time she felt the stimulation, she wrapped her legs around his waist even tighter. He jabbed into her from below, strongly thrusting his hips upward. At that moment, the music stopped.

“The music... stopped.”

But he didn’t put her down. Seo-eun urgently grabbed his shoulders as he headed for the bed.

“Let’s shower. Let’s shower. I’m sweaty and dirty.”

“Let’s shower together.”

Under the hot stream of water, he began to take off his clothes one by one, and then their bodies joined. He had missed her, wanted to touch her, and longed for her so much during his days away on the business trip that he didn’t know how he had endured those long nights. He was so thirsty for her. Tae-han, overwhelmed by emotions he couldn’t understand himself, grabbed Seo-eun’s breasts.

The hot water poured over Seo-eun’s slender waist as she leaned against the wall. Seo-eun’s body trembled as she accepted Tae-han while soaking wet. Tae-han pushed his lower body further between her pale buttocks.

His cock, which was so swollen it felt like it would burst, quickly pierced Seo-eun’s vaginal opening and plunged inside.

“Euh!”

Seo-eun couldn’t hold back her moan from the heavy fullness that felt like it would stab her belly. Today, the path to Seo-eun felt particularly narrow.

“Joo Seo-eun. I missed you so much.”

He kissed her wet neck and tirelessly thrust his hips. Thump, thump. The sound of their skin hitting and pulling apart echoed loudly in the bathroom. Seo-eun bit her lip to try and stifle her sounds, but the force of his thrusts eventually made her lose her senses and moan.

“Aah, Tae-han. Aah, just a moment. If you do that there...”

Her inner flesh, which had barely been able to stand up to the thick and firm cock that was accurately stimulating her, twitched and squeezed him. Her insides were a hot, euphoric mess. Tae-han didn’t stop and wildly stirred inside her. Stopping in this state would be impossible even if the sky were to fall.

The water from the shower head soaked Tae-han’s hair, flowed down his firm chest, and onto Seo-eun’s buttocks, which were pressed against his lower body.

Thump.

“Hah, ah... hff...”

“Khf, are you going to keep screaming like that?”

He whispered lowly in her ear, but his hips moved fluidly. Heat gathered stickily between their legs. Tae-han poked the same spot repeatedly and embraced Seo-eun as if to engulf her body. Her breasts bounced in his large hands.

“...Hff, Tae-han. Not here... Let’s go to the bed.”

“Hoo, that, euh, sounds good.”

Even as he replied, Tae-han continued to thrust between Seo-eun’s legs. As her cries of passion echoed, his thrusting movements seemed to get faster, and then he pulled out and ejaculated. Their rough breaths mingled, and their bodies joined once more. Tae-han wiped himself dry and carried Seo-eun to the bed.

Clang.

The tie connected to the metal bed frame was taut. The more Tae-han’s tongue slid down, the tighter the fancy patterned tie that bound Seo-eun’s hands became.

“Euh... it tickles.”

Tae-han’s lips, which had been sucking and stimulating her breasts, left red marks and scattered all over Seo-eun’s body. The number of red marks—one on her ribs, two on her flat stomach, and another deep one on the inside of her thigh—gradually increased.

“Hff... please.”

He pressed down on her small body as she struggled to resist and didn’t stop despite her pleas. With the pressure of his entire body on her, he stuck out his tongue and licked her skin. A sensation as hot as if she had been branded was left everywhere his lips touched and pulled away.

He licked her skin with the tip of his pointed tongue and then bit the inside of her thigh. Her skin was sucked into his hot mouth. A pleasure similar to being sucked on her breasts hit her head.

“Ah, wait. Just a moment... euh!”

Without a moment for her to resist, he easily spread her legs and buried his head deep. He bit her vulva, which was hot and sticky. His tongue squirmed and licked her thoroughly between her legs. Each time she twitched, her flushed insides quivered. Tae-han deliberately tickled her by more explicitly targeting the opening.

“Hff, euuh... ah... aah...”

The tip of his sharp tongue scraped her swollen clitoris, then his large tongue licked it as if to suck on it.

“Aah!”

Seo-eun’s small body trembled as she writhed in pleasure.

“Your body is so small, Seo-eun.”

His erotic voice and breath poured between her legs. Seo-eun’s body recoiled. His wheezing breaths moistened the space between her legs. The sticky lubrication and her body temperature, which was getting hotter. Tae-han pulled her spread thighs and put them on his shoulders, then took her genitals even deeper into his mouth.

His high nose brushed against her flesh.

“Euh, hff!”

Even the slightest touch was an immense stimulation. It felt like stars were falling in her head. Her vision flashed white. She couldn’t endure the pleasure and lifted her hips. His lips persistently followed her.

“Stop, hah! Stop!”

Even with her desperate pleas that were like a scream, he had no mercy.

Slurp, slurp.

The obscene sound of him sucking below filled the quiet space.

“Euh, hff... ugh... ah, just... a moment... euh!”

Her moans, which sounded like a wail, made his lips, which were sucking the opening, become even more insistent.

“...Ugh, Tae-han, euuh, hff... Tae-han!”

Finally, with a clatter, Seo-eun, with her hands tied, called out his name as her body trembled. Nevertheless, he kept biting her flesh with his teeth and rolling his tongue.

“Euh, euuh!”

“If you look at yourself, Seo-eun, you have a habit of holding back. Do you know that?”

“N-no. Don’t... do it. Don’t... euh!”

The more she resisted, the slower and more persistent Tae-han’s kisses became. It was a close call when the tip of his tongue, which was licking the opening in a circular motion, entered the flushed gap. The fluids that had been pooled inside trickled out. Tae-han put his lips on her, rubbed and licked the gap, then pushed his hot tongue in again and stirred inside Seo-eun.

“...Ugh, euh... hff!”

With a strong vibration, Seo-eun’s body trembled. Even after she had climaxed once, the convulsions that swept over her body didn’t subside. With a flushed face, Seo-eun panted and glared at Tae-han resentfully.

“Ryu Tae-han... hah... are you a pervert?”

“I guess so.”

He casually wiped his lip with the back of his hand and laughed. And then he stood up as if stretching. His broad body boasted a perfect proportion and balance even in the dark. He’s a perfect subject no matter how you look at him, Seo-eun thought, swallowing her dry saliva as her blurry gaze moved down his body.

Tae-han looked down at Seo-eun, who had finally calmed down, with a languid gaze and whispered maliciously.

“My head was about to explode thinking about you, Seo-eun.”

The sticky fluid was stirred where he had put his hand on her.

“Euh...”

“Thinking about being entangled with you in this small room.”

“Ah... hff... I don’t know... hff... I don’t know.”

He fixed his shadowy gaze on Seo-eun. His still relaxed and confident gaze looked down on her in a sinister way.

“I like you, Joo Seo-eun.”

As his finger moved into her opening, Seo-eun’s mouth fell open.

“Not because the sex we had was good. It’s more than that. Just... you.”

He stirred below.

Of course, I won’t be able to forget the fantastic and combative sex we had.

The tips of his fingers got hotter and wetter with the temperature inside her.

“I like you.”

Seo-eun looked at Tae-han with a dazed and disheveled face. Her flushed face was filled with longing.

Her sobbing-like breaths were irregular. Her body was honest. She could feel how good this moment was through his fingertips, his gaze, and his body heat.

With the sticky, wet sounds echoing, Tae-han finally realized that his thirst for Seo-eun was slowly being quenched. His mind was calming down. The more he saw Seo-eun only reacting to him, the more satisfied he felt.

Seo-eun, who had forgotten her shame and surrendered her body to Tae-han, felt the same way. It was unbelievable that she could be so aroused by someone’s hands, someone’s lips, someone’s gaze, and yet she wanted to stay in this dream-like moment forever.

“...Tae-han. ...Come inside.”

Tae-han, who had been looking down at her leisurely, raised his cock, which had been frighteningly erect all along, with his hand.

“That sounds good. Say it more.”

He prepared himself, letting out a low voice. Her heart pounded with an unknown emotion at the sight of his large cock, which was frightening enough just by its shadowy form.

“...Hurry up.”

Her begging voice was hoarse. The man’s face, whispering lowly and smiling lewdly, was erotic. The veins on the back of his hand, which was moving slowly, stood out, and several veins popped out on his abdomen, which was full of strength. It was a body with a strong sense of endurance, even though his limit was obvious.

“Hold me.”

When she begged him once more, he pushed his hips between her legs. As their lower bodies got closer, the round tip of his glans brushed against her wet vulva. A thrill ran through her entire body. Even though it was just a brush, fluid began to trickle out in anticipation.

“Hurry... hff, hurry.”

Tae-han, who smiled lightly at Seo-eun’s urging, was still relaxed. He slowly positioned his cock, rubbed her sticky vulva, and stimulated her.

“This place is already a mess.”

He playfully pulled his hips away, and her hips instinctively lifted to follow him.

“Do you want me to put it in?”

“Please... euh... please.”

As he rubbed her below, her fluttering opening tried to swallow his glans, as if it would devour him at any moment.

“Aah, you can’t be this demanding.”

He laughed leisurely and pulled his hips back again. Clang, her tied hands pulled the tie taut.

“Tae-han.”

“We’re not breaking up.”

“Hff... right now...”

“Answer me first.”

“Please... untie this.”

“If you answer.”

He leaned his upper body down, met her eyes, and asked. His hot cock, which was dripping pre-ejaculate onto her chest above her belly button, poked her skin everywhere.

“We’re not... breaking up. Not, euh... breaking up.”

Seo-eun nodded repeatedly as if she was bewitched.

He lowered his head and kissed her while entering her. As his tongue pushed into her mouth, his hips pushed into her as her legs spread apart. Her head felt distant from the heavy fullness filling her belly. She was breathless from the feeling of her body being so tightly filled. The fullness and the heat stirring inside her mouth were confusing. It felt so good that her mind was hazy. Underneath his large, strong body pressing down on her, he slowly began to move.

“Hff, euh...”

When he pushed his hips up, her small body shook as if it would break. An pain and ecstasy, as if her body was being split in two, tore through her.

Intense pain. A deep feeling of pleasure. Joy and bliss that went beyond that.

The movements of his slow thrusts were more cautious than before. But it was by no means easy. The mattress, which was said to have no vibrations even if an elephant stepped on it, bounced every time he thrust his hips. The room was soon filled with their breaths.

“Hah... ah, hah...”

“Hoo.”

Her body shook violently from the force of his hard thrusts from below. Tae-han, with his body pressed against hers, pushed his lower body even deeper inside. He pushed all the way to the end, past the opening. His swollen, bumpy cock pierced her body and stirred her insides everywhere. His bold movements, which poked the various pleasure points he had engraved on her body, made her exhale her tangled breaths.

“You’re excited again, Seo-eun.”

Her hot, moist skin gently wrapped around him. At the same time, she squeezed him wildly as if sucking on him.

“You’re so hot.”

His tongue, which was licking her earlobe and whispering, was also hot.

“Ah, Tae-han.”

He bit her earlobe and sucked on her neck. He was thrusting below, licking, and biting her all at once, and she was going out of her mind. Is it okay to feel this good? It was a feeling so good that it was frightening. An indescribable pleasure of heaven enveloped her from head to toe.

“Ah, I think I’m going to go crazy.”

“Hoo, don’t shake your hips.”

“...Aah. ...Tae-han.”

His large hand grabbed her hips, which were shaking with pleasure. He grabbed her hips and thrust deep inside, and her tied body went rigid. The opening, which was going in and out, was smeared with sticky fluid. Each time he deeply pierced and came out of her warm body, which was full of excitement, a pale fluid soaked his cock and flowed down his thigh.

“Euh, it’s too... too deep.”

He silently stabbed deep into her with a steady rhythm. His hips, which were thrusting, hit hard below, and even when they were pulling apart, her insides squeezed with a gush.

As Seo-eun writhed, the frame rattled, but he didn’t care and pushed her to the very end.

“Hah... hff... aah, ah... stop!”

Her entire body contracted hotly as if it was shriveling up. Even as she convulsed, letting out a sobbing moan, he twisted his hips and pressed into her. Flashes of white and yellow exploded in front of her eyes, then turned black. The pleasure was so intense it was enough to make her voice hoarse.

“Just a little more.”

After waiting for a moment for her trembling to subside, Tae-han began to move his hips again at his own pace.

Seo-eun, with her consciousness wavering, watched him, who was unrestrained on top of her shaking body, and thought to herself.

I’m not going to let you off the hook, Ryu Tae-han.

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The inside of the house was quiet. Tae-han sat on the sofa and looked around the calm house. The space he looked at after Seo-eun fell asleep was always neat. The plants lined up by the window, which let in warm sunlight, were also still cute.

Just like Joo Seo-eun.

He had held Seo-eun as much as he wanted the night before, and when he put a necklace he had brought as a gift of apology on the listless Seo-eun. With a tired face, as if it was too hard even to lift her eyelids, she leaned against him and mumbled.

“...I hate you. I’m not going to forgive you.”

“Do whatever you want. You don’t have to forgive me for the rest of your life, just don’t break up with me.”

But she seemed to like the necklace, as she kept toying with it with her fingertips and fell asleep.

It was around the time he thought that the neat and green plants, living stubbornly in their pots, resembled Seo-eun.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Without warning, the sound of the front door’s lock being disarmed and the door opening was heard. The woman who came in, carrying a lot of things in her hands, saw Tae-han standing half-naked by the window and her eyes widened.

“Are you crazy? Oh, I’m sorry.”

The woman who closed the door and ran away was Hae-in.

“...”

Tae-han just stared at the door that had closed with a thump. Before long, the sound of the door lock being disarmed rang out again.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Hae-in, who had just closed the door and left, rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand as if she couldn’t believe it.

“This is my sister’s house, isn’t it?”

The man, who was still standing by the window without moving and was just quietly staring, was even acting arrogant.

“Who are you?”

“Ah.”

Tae-han finally crossed the living room and approached Hae-in. The man, who was as free as the loose gray cotton tracksuit he was wearing, was Ryu Tae-han of the Haeshin Group. Hae-in, who recognized him at once, let out a gasp not only at his perfect upper body, which was breathtaking, but also at the fact that he was wearing nothing.

I appreciate it, but...

Red and blue marks and sharp scratches were on his firmly toned body. Hae-in quickly scanned his huge body, which was blocking her view, and looked up at Tae-han, who was looking down at her.

“Could it be... you’re my brother-in-law?”

A halo appeared above Hae-in’s head. Her eyes, which were looking at Tae-han with a bewildered expression, were full of dreams and hope. Ryu Tae-han! It sounded like the sacred voice of the Libera Choir. It was a truly holy and desirable scene.

Seeing Hae-in grinning and unable to hide her joy as if she had won the lottery, Tae-han let out a small laugh.

“Where’s my sister?”

“She’s sleeping.”

As if telling her to lower her voice, Tae-han whispered carefully, and Hae-in nodded.

“I’ll just drop this off and go. I’ll keep it a secret from my sister.”

Without even taking off her shoes, Hae-in stood at the door and handed Tae-han the shopping bags she was carrying.

“Mom told me to drop off some side dishes. If I knew this would happen, I would have just rung the doorbell. Oh, well, I’ll get out of your way now. Have a good time.”

Hae-in winked and hurried out. The door closed, and the damp outdoor air briefly entered the house. Tae-han looked down at the shopping bags in his hands and smiled.

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“Oh. I’m going to die.”

My eyelids felt like they weighed a ton. My sleepiness went away when I woke up thirsty and saw the faint light of a message coming from my phone. I wondered what had happened to us last night. As I briefly replayed the wild and beastly night, I was shocked by the flood of messages.

Sister, I’m leaving now. Mom told me to drop off some side dishes. AM11:25 Almost there. PM12:05 OMG!! Why didn’t you tell me? My heart is pounding so much. You have to hold onto him tight, unnie. Wow, I finally have a brother-in-law. He’s so holy, so holy, so holy. I’ll keep it a secret from Mom and Dad. PM12:11 May your love never change. You can never break up. Go, unnie! ♡ PM12:12 Grin-grin. PM12:15

All the messages were from Hae-in. There were missed calls and messages, and even a close-up photo of her lips smiling mischievously.

That’s when I came to my senses. Tae-han was nowhere to be seen. Did he go home?

Please, I hope so. I opened the door, thinking that, and he, who had been sitting on the sofa and intently looking at his phone, raised his head.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yes, no. Um.”

“Your sister dropped by.”

“Huh?”

“She said your mom told her to drop off some side dishes.”

Huh? Huh??

I stared at the containers of side dishes on the table, which must have been made by Hee-sook, and froze.

“Your sister seemed to have a lot of energy.”

“You don’t mean... in that state...”

“Fortunately, I was wearing pants.”

Tae-han was wearing a pair of sweatpants, whether it was a misfortune or a blessing. My eyes shook wildly.

“That’s not what I mean.”

My mind was a mess. He saw Hae-in in that state?

Oh.

Aah.

Aaaaah.

I covered my face with my hands and groaned. Tae-han got up and strode toward me.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“No. I feel like I’m going to die.”

I had been groaning in my sleep all night long anyway. How warm and happy was it for him to stay by my side, unable to close his eyes properly because he was worried about me?

He was like an angel when I was toying with the necklace he had brought as a gift, jokingly saying that I liked it, and then fell asleep.

When he gently brushed my closed eyelids with his fingers, my small body would curl up in his arms. The feeling of our bare skin touching under the blanket was ticklish and unbelievable. When I tried to move, my body would burrow into him even more, and her body temperature was so warm and endearing that he would just hold me like that.

“Go back to sleep.”

“I’m wide awake.”

I was just in shock that my sister had come by. Tae-han lightly picked up me, who was sitting on the floor like a person who had lost her country, and walked over to the sofa and sat down.

“Was I not supposed to be caught by your sister?”

“You’re not supposed to be caught by anyone dressed like that.”

Why did he have to be wearing just pants? I had bought so many extra clothes for him to wear, and I had even washed them and neatly folded them. As I sighed at the thought of Tae-han’s extra clothes, he said, “It’s nice to wake up together in the morning after a long time.”

He seemed genuinely happy, his face a little excited. I stared blankly at his smiling lips and was speechless again as I remembered how I had panted and cried under him last night.

“Have breakfast and then go.”

“You know I can’t leave in good shape if I eat, and you still want to feed me?”

I gave him a narrow-eyed glare at his teasing words and then gave his shoulder a light slap before getting up.

“Get up quickly. I’m hungry.”