* * *
“Hajin-ssi, what time are you leaving today?”
“I cleared my entire schedule.”
It was amusing how Hajin remained tight-lipped when asked what was going on, but promptly answered when asked when he was leaving, as if he had been waiting for the question. I impulsively grabbed his hand and led him to my room where there were no cameras.
Hajin seemed surprised by my sudden action but followed without protest.
“Go sit on the bed.”
“…Huh?”
He looked at me quizzically. The old Yoon Juwon’s image had long been erased anyway. Being nice to someone because they’re pretty, pitiful, or somewhat appreciated only works a few times; if you’re too lenient, people start taking you for granted. So I decided to act more according to my own personality. I hardened my expression and nodded toward the bed.
“Just do as I say. I’m so curious I’m going crazy, so listen to me.”
Hajin’s brow furrowed. He stared at me with scrutinizing eyes.
“Oh jeez, you really don’t listen, do you?”
Hajin opened his eyes wide in surprise. Without hesitation, I charged toward him. Caught off guard, he lost his balance and stumbled onto the bed.
I climbed on top of him and looked down. His eyes, filled with shock, were wavering unsteadily.
“Tell me clearly what’s going on. I already have an idea, so don’t think about lying.”
“And if I don’t tell you?”
I grinned and pulled out the handcuffs Hahyun had secretly hidden under my bed. Hahyun, obsessed with the delusion that I might run away with Hajin, had been collecting various restraints and placing them under the bed. I never imagined they would be used like this, but it’s a good thing after all.
I dangled the handcuffs in front of Hajin’s eyes.
“I’m going to torture you.”
“Go ahead if you can.”
“Of course, I can’t overpower you. You could easily break these toys, but…”
I let my words trail off as I leaned down to whisper in his ear.
“You won’t do that, will you?”
Then I began unbuttoning my shirt one by one in front of him. He opened his eyes wide, unable to take his gaze off my neck.
“So, tell me properly before you suffer being tied up.”
He looked dumbfounded before letting out a snicker. I frowned, thinking he was taking me lightly again, and got even more annoyed when Hajin smiled and said:
“Well… who’s going to be tied up here?”
My desire to conquer began to stir. He clearly thought I couldn’t restrain him. I grabbed his shirt collar firmly and captured his lips before pulling away.
“Don’t you like this? Was I the only one who enjoyed it? Just compromise with me. Why hide things from me? You deliberately looked at me earlier when you were talking to Hahyun-ssi, didn’t you? That means you had something you wanted to say, right?”
One carrot, one whip—the eternal truth that heat followed by cold moves people seemed to be correct. Hajin’s resolute attitude softened a bit.
“…Well, that could be the case.”
“Did you just want comfort without telling me the reason?”
Judging by his lack of response, it seemed that was the case.
“Wake up. There’s nothing for you until you talk. And starting tonight, I’m only going to be with Hahyun-ssi… ack!”
Suddenly, Hajin painfully gripped the nape of my neck.
Just being held by the neck made me unable to move at all. Did I go too far? If I had known this would happen, I should have handcuffed him first and then argued!
I bowed my head, intimidated by his energy. Something unwanted made itself known below my stomach, so I raised my head again to see Hajin looking at me with intensity in his eyes.
“You’ve made a habit of playing games, going back and forth between us.”
“So you’re going to use force? How embarrassing.”
I gritted my teeth in frustration that he still wouldn’t talk even after I’d gone this far.
“Right back at you. I’m already holding back, so why did you do that?”
“Because I’m curious. And worried too. You’ve been acting strange for the past few days.”
I placed my hand on his chest. Through the thin shirt, I could feel his firm chest muscles. He flinched and then sighed, as if giving in reluctantly.
“I was planning to liquidate that entire area to gather as many shares as possible…”
He seemed to be talking about Area A, the one I told him not to sell. I had anticipated that there would be difficulties for someone fighting a stock war with Secretary Kim if they couldn’t secure enough money to hold shares, but it seemed more serious than I thought.
“What happens when two people with vast funds competitively buy up a company’s shares? The stock price naturally goes up. Investors might laugh, but what about the small shareholders who buy just by looking at the graph? It’s obvious they’ll lose money when the bubble bursts… I couldn’t just stand by and watch.”
Although he was making excuses for me, he was essentially saying that problems arose because that land wasn’t sold.
“Don’t make excuses. It’s because of me, isn’t it? Because I told you not to sell the land…”
If I had known that my opinion would cause Hajin difficulties, I wouldn’t have given him that information.
But… seeing Hajin talk about how he had no choice for the sake of small shareholders rather than blaming me, I felt both grateful and worried.
No matter how much he loves me, for a company CEO to do this… No, beyond that, could someone really go this far out of love? Having never received such love in my life, my head was spinning. As I rested my forehead against his shoulder, his large hand stroked my back.
“It’s okay. It’s not your fault. It’s my mistake. This time, it seems impossible to keep my position.”
“…Are you stupid?”
“It’s good. Thanks to this, I’ll have more time to spend with our Juwon and more leisure.”
“Do you think I’d like this? I’m an ambitious man. I like capable people. What’s attractive about someone who loses a fight!”
Despite saying this, I didn’t move away from his embrace. He laughed and said:
“That’s a shame. If I hadn’t talked until the end, I would have happily accepted our Juwon’s torture…”
“Lie down.”
* * *
I don’t know how it ended up like this. I was still leading when I kissed Hajin as he lay down, but at some point, the situation reversed.
As Hajin forcefully thrust from behind me, shallow breaths escaped my lips. I gripped the sheets tightly, trying to support my trembling body.
“…Nngh!”
Cold sweat poured down. The rough breaths I exhaled heated up my face. The movements that started again made me breathless. I clutched his arm supporting beside my face as if I would tear it.
“S-slow down…”
“Haah… I should torture you. I have one more… hnngh, secret? Don’t you want to know?”
He had already told me everything, so what more was he asking me to ask about… I was too far gone to think about torture or anything else. He grabbed my wrist and pulled it back. My chest pressed against the ground, and my cheek was pushed into the sheets.
Today, he moved several times more roughly and persistently than usual. Was it because I mentioned Hahyun earlier? My face contorted from the sensation of having my insides completely stirred up.
“Why are you doing this.”
“Because I like it.”
“If you like it, be gent– ah!”
He lowered his upper body and blew hot air into my ear. Goosebumps spread across my entire body.
“You’re acting prettier than I thought. Why are you provoking someone who’s trying to hold back?”
I should tell him it wasn’t me provoking him; he was the one who was never normal from the beginning. But every time I opened my mouth, only moans came out, so I gritted my teeth and endured. My arm being pulled back was painful, and with my face pressed down, I couldn’t even turn my head. He suddenly pulled back and thrust again.
“Hngh!”
My body shook violently from the unexpectedly quickened pace.
“Aah!”
“Juwon, Yoon Juwon.”
“Why, haah… keep… calling, my name…”
I felt like I was dying, but he kept calling my name and demanding a response, resulting in only more moans. There was no worse perversion than this.
“Is it hard?”
“You know it is!”
“Tell me you love me.”
With those words, he moved more forcefully. I shook my body wildly, trying to escape from the deeper connection, but it seemed to excite him even more.
His large hand traced down my spine. As the warm sensation spread, my tension eased, and as I lay flat on the floor, he collided with such force that it made a thudding sound.
“Ah!”
I couldn’t endure anymore.
“I, I love you.”
“Haah…”
“I’m, I’m serious. So please…”
“Yes, I’ll give you as much as you love me.”
“…!”
When I managed to twist my body and briefly separate, I desperately crawled toward the opposite side. But I was caught in an instant. I turned my body around and glared at him with all my might.
“Who looks at someone they love like that?”
Hajin covered my eyes with his hand and moved his body again. It felt like my head was spinning violently.
Ha… I should have seen through that bastard when he was pretending to be pitiful with that detestable face. It was my mistake to be completely fooled by that face and engage in such activities in broad daylight.
As I was regretting, he muttered as if talking to himself:
“It’s not wrong to want to be loved as much as I’ve given up.”
That quiet muttering resonated deeply with me. My heart, which had been cursing him as a bad bastard until just now, melted away with that one sentence.
When I thought about how he, who hates losing more than death and needs to control everyone to be satisfied, gave up his position as CEO because of one word from me, I could do this much for him.
Besides, it wasn’t like I completely disliked what was happening now…
