“Switzerland, Zurich.”
Dowon turned around to look at Yeohwi. His silhouette backlit was dazzling.
“The substance of the inheritance your grandfather left is there. Bearer bonds and physical stock certificates stored in a secret vault.”
“Yes.”
“To liquidate that and establish a paper fund, you as the nominal holder must go there in person. A proxy is impossible.”
“Switzerland? Me?”
Yeohwi’s light brown pupils dilated greatly.
“Yeah. I’ll have a private jet prepared tomorrow night. The legal team and security team’s elite will accompany you. You just need to go and come back secretly with them.”
Wait a minute. An overseas business trip?
The war he’d jumped into without knowing was now trying to cross borders.
“Uncle will have his eyes on this side, which I’ll divert. We need to finish quickly and covertly before he notices anything suspicious.”
“W-wait a moment.”
Yeohwi shook his head. His soft brown hair fluttered in the air.
“Still, wouldn’t it be dangerous? He’ll know right away when the private jet takes off.”
“I’ll pull some strings on my end, so don’t worry.”
“No.”
Yeohwi firmly blocked him.
“No matter how secretly we move, you don’t know where information might leak from. Me suddenly going to Switzerland dragging the legal team…… If we’re caught, it’s over. There’s no guarantee those bastards won’t be planted at the airport either.”
“That’s why I said I’d attach a security team.”
“Even so.”
Yeohwi took a step closer. Dowon’s thick eyebrows twitched.
“Then, what are you going to do? We can’t send a proxy either.”
Then Yeohwi’s clear eyes flashed brilliantly and turned audacious.
“Rather than that, what if you come along too, Dowon-ssi?”
“What?”
“You know the Trojan Horse, right? If we’re going to deceive the enemy, we need to catch them off guard with a completely different method no one would think of.”
Dowon’s expression hardened coldly. His eyes looked as if asking what nonsense he was spouting.
But Yeohwi didn’t back down obediently.
“Honeymoon.”
Yeohwi’s eyes sparkled strangely. Like a beast luring prey into a trap, dangerous and enchanting.
“It’s been over two months since we got married. We’re going on the honeymoon we postponed because we were busy. Wouldn’t it look very plausible to others?”
“Ha, you’ve lost your mind. Rejected.”
He was refused in one stroke.
“Why? If we go with that justification, we won’t arouse suspicion.”
“The moment I leave my position, Do Jingyu will track my movements. Honeymoon? You think that kind of excuse will work?”
“It will work.”
Yeohwi spoke with a confident voice.
“Because the location is Switzerland.”
“……”
“A picture of a thoughtless young groom who wants to spend romantic time viewing the snowy Alps, and a busy husband who pretends to be unable to refuse and gets dragged along. If I say I nagged him every day, who would suspect?”
Dowon was silent. He seemed to be rapidly calculating.
It was definitely a high-risk proposal. But at the same time, it was also a bold camouflage technique that could catch Do Jingyu off guard. Dowon being swayed by a young groom? It was the scenario Do Jingyu would cheer for most and let his guard down.
At least compared to mobilizing the legal team and security team…….
Dowon fell into deep contemplation with his arms crossed.
Only the sound of the study’s clock hands filled the silence. Yeohwi held his breath and waited for Dowon’s lips to open.
After a while, Dowon slowly raised his head.
“……Fine.”
He muttered lowly in a husky voice mixed with a metallic sound.
“I’ll accept that proposal.”
Just as joy was about to spread across Yeohwi’s face, Dowon raised his index finger to stop him.
“Instead, if we’re doing it, we have to do it right.”
Dowon approached Yeohwi. A pitch-black shadow engulfed Yeohwi.
His gaze slowly swept over Yeohwi’s reddened cheeks, faintly trembling eyelashes, and tightly pressed red lips.
“We need to make them think you’re not going to retrieve money, but that you’re dying to go play and roll around with your husband.”
Yeohwi gulped. His heart pounded as if broken. When he was with Dowon, his pulse would jump as if having a seizure at any time, driving him crazy.
“Of course.”
Yeohwi answered while looking straight into Dowon’s eyes.
“No, we should show it to the extent that rumors spread on a large scale.”
That was exactly what Seong Yeohwi wanted.
“From the moment we enter the airport, we need to be the most harmonious couple in the world who love each other to death. We need to be stuck together 24 hours even when we get to Switzerland, and naturally we should use the same hotel room too.”
Yeohwi took another step closer. Now the distance between the two was only a sheet of paper apart.
“If rumors even spread that Dowon-ssi is infatuated with a kid and can’t get his head straight, we can create an opening to stab Do Jingyu even more surely.”
“……”
“Anyway, I’ve already stepped in deep here. And now I have determination, plans, and resolve…… It’s done.”
Finally.
His fair, clear cheeks reddened and his nostrils trembled. A heavy, sticky tension filled the space between them.
This moment felt like a miraculous opportunity to fulfill his lifelong wish. Just imagining it felt like the blood in his veins was flowing backwards. Yeohwi’s eyes shone provocatively.
“At least it’s worth trying. Don’t you think so, honey?”
Dowon let out a scoff.
This kid was now trying to play with him. But the recklessness that charged forward without knowing the end and the will that wouldn’t break no matter how trampled on didn’t bother him strangely like before. Had he gotten used to it? Rather, it made Dowon’s blood boil.
“……Your tongue certainly works.”
Dowon smirked and pushed Yeohwi’s forehead with his finger.
“You look thrilled that I caved to your wishes. No matter what, the reality is a business trip.”
“Still, on the surface it’s a honeymoon.”
“Think about acting properly. Last time’s trophy husband act, this time you have to do it in Europe.”
“You’re the one, Dowon-ssi. Can you properly play the role of a husband who’s whipped by a young man? If it’s hard, I can be your practice partner starting now.”
His heart pounded violently as if it would break through his ribs and burst out. He was scared Dowon might hear it.
Dowon turned his body toward the desk.
“Go pack your bags. We leave in 3 days.”
“Yes!”
Yeohwi nodded vigorously. His swaying hair struck his cheeks. Uncontrollable joy spread across his face.
Yeohwi rushed out of the study with his surging chest. His footsteps running down the corridor were as light as walking on clouds.
‘Honeymoon……! Honeymoon……!’
It didn’t matter even if this was a disguise to move huge funds. The agreement was done. All that remained was to become the perfect ‘newlywed couple’ and depart for the Alps.
Just imagining the nights he would spend alone with Dowon under the eternal snow of the Alps, Yeohwi’s heart was already soaring through the sky.
***
Three days later, the morning of departure day. A calm before the storm flowed through the mansion’s dressing room.
Two people standing face to face.
Surprisingly, Dowon was personally inspecting Yeohwi’s attire.
“This should be enough.”
Instead of the loose hoodie Yeohwi usually enjoyed wearing, a soft cream-colored cashmere knit and beige long coat that reached his ankles wrapped around his body. It was date attire that anyone could see showed he was full of anticipation.
Dowon also loosened his suffocating tie and draped a long trench coat over his shirt, creating an atmosphere more relaxed and languid than usual.
“Get ready.”
Dowon’s long fingers adjusted Yeohwi’s coat collar.
That touch was more obsessive than affectionate. He looked like a programmer modifying the last details of code he’d written.
“From the moment we leave the entrance, the eyes Do Jingyu planted will be aiming at us like landmines laid on the ground. Those bastards will try to sniff out whether we’re really going to play or going to do something else.”
“Yes, I know. I’m ready.”
Yeohwi looked at the two figures reflected in the full-length mirror. Dowon and Seong Yeohwi standing side by side in the mirror. Since they were dressed together in casual clothes completely different from their usual appearance, it really felt real that he was going on a trip with him. Even if this was a disguise wearing the shell of newlyweds.
Yeohwi, who had been stealing glances at the hem of the trench coat Dowon wore, licked his dry lips and said.
“But, Dowon-ssi…… Will you really be okay?”
“With what.”
“Well, from now on with me…… No, it’s nothing.”
“Seong Yeohwi, don’t mess around again.”
“I’m sorry.”
Dowon, who had finally arranged his bangs nicely, turned away leaving Yeohwi behind.
“Let’s go. Follow me.”
At those words thrown out indifferently, Yeohwi smiled brightly while caressing the ends of his hair that Dowon’s touch had reached. Finally, it was the real beginning.
