Chapter 54
“She knows that Hajin hyung is gay. And since he’s a model, he’s bound to be sensitive to scandals…”
Now I understood why Hahyun had been so compliant with that girl earlier. Learning the whole situation, I began to feel embarrassed for getting unnecessarily angry.
However, Hahyun collapsed on top of me with what seemed like a delighted expression.
“W-wait. Hahyun?”
The crazy guy buried his lips in my neck, panting, and began sucking on it.
“Hyuung, I’m so happy right now. You even got jealous for me… I was upset about Eunji, but it seems like it turned out well. Haah…”
I panicked at his sudden advance and hit his back, but Hahyun didn’t stop.
“I said stop!”
“Huh? What am I doing? I’m not doing anything, just hugging you.”
“Take your mouth off my neck… Hnngh!”
I resisted by pulling at his hair and kicking my feet, but the more I struggled, the more intensely Hahyun moved his mouth. My head filled with anxious thoughts.
I spoke with as serious an expression as possible.
“Seo Hahyun, I said let go. This isn’t a joke.”
“I’m not joking either.”
“Fuck, it’s disgusting!”
“Eek!”
Hahyun’s face turned to shock.
“D-disgusting… What?”
He asked several times as if doubting his ears. I felt guilty, but there was no helping it now.
“You just kissed another woman.”
“K-kiss? No. That’s absolutely not what happened.”
“Anyway, didn’t her lips touch yours?”
Hahyun stared at me blankly. I seized the opportunity to push him away and escape from the bed.
“Hyuung…”
“How can you put your mouth on my body after kissing another woman? It’s disgusting.”
“…Sniff.”
Hahyun started crying again.
I couldn’t even meet Hahyun’s eyes, feeling so guilty.
“H-hyung, you also yesterday with Hajin hyung…”
“Is that the same as this? If it’s disgusting, you shouldn’t do it either.”
“No! Who said that?”
“Then what?”
“Haah, that’s too cruel. So you’re saying you won’t do it with me anymore?”
Though I desperately wanted to agree, I held back, fearing he might snap.
“That’s not it. I’m just saying I don’t want to right now.”
Hahyun inhaled, wiping his tears with his sleeve.
“Then should I go wash up?”
“Don’t bother. I need time to calm my mind, so don’t even talk to me for a while.”
“What?”
“It’s exactly what I said. Let’s take some time.”
“There’s no such thing…”
I glared fiercely at Hahyun and said:
“What, are you planning to have an affair with me or something? I have no intention of getting involved with an engaged man.”
“A-affair…?”
Hahyun seemed to be severely shocked, his body trembling. I pretended not to see him like that and stormed out the door. I heard Hahyun’s wailing scream but ignored it completely.
***
I returned to my room and locked the door. I wasn’t confident I could handle it if Hahyun, like last time, pulled at the doorknob as if to break it in his out-of-control state.
I hurriedly placed a table against the door to block it, and still not feeling reassured, I held the doorknob tightly, hoping Hahyun wouldn’t go berserk.
Bang!
I heard the sound of a door being broken across the hall. Since Hahyun had come out of his room, he’d naturally come here next. Thump, thump. Loud footsteps echoed. My heart started pounding violently in sync with those sounds.
But the footsteps didn’t come closer; they kept getting further away. After 10 minutes with nothing happening, I carefully opened the door and tiptoed to Hajin’s room. Hahyun wasn’t there. When I checked Hahyun’s room, he wasn’t there either.
“Oh… That’s surprising.”
While I was secretly impressed, I couldn’t believe he was actually leaving me alone. I thought about going downstairs, but afraid of running into Hahyun, I returned to my room.
“If he’s going to sulk, he’s the only one who loses. Whatever.”
I did feel a bit sorry remembering how he trembled with shock at my words. But I also needed time to myself, and I still hadn’t fully recovered from the shock of my first experience…
***
“Increase the surveillance personnel and conduct recruitment covertly. They won’t dare to convene a board meeting recklessly. They probably don’t have anything in hand yet.”
“Yes, I understand.”
After dismissing his secretary, Hajin sank deep into his chair. Despite not having slept much, his body felt light.
“He said he didn’t like it, but…”
The company matters were complicated, but thinking about Juwon from yesterday made him keep smiling. Just as he stood up to leave work early, Hajin’s phone rang loudly.
“Hello, Seo Hajin…”
- O-oppa… S-save me. Seo Hahyun has gone crazy.
“Huh? Choi Eunji?”
- Right now, that madman is causing a scene, demanding the divorce papers. I’ve hidden in my room for now, but…
As if to prove Eunji’s words, the sounds of banging and Hahyun’s hysterical voice came through the phone line.
“What on earth is going on?”
- Well… I visited your house today.
“You’re crazy.”
- Nothing happened then. He said we’d break up after sorting out the paperwork.
“And then?”
- He suddenly showed up and is going wild. What do I do? There’s no dealing with Seo Hahyun when he loses it.
He felt like he knew what happened without hearing the specific situation. Hahyun probably used this as an excuse after being rejected by Yoon Juwon. Otherwise, he wouldn’t act so crazy.
“Is Chairman Choi… Ah, he must be at the company.”
- Yes, ah, this is driving me crazy.
“Eunji, there’s no choice. For now, buy some time by saying you’ll call a lawyer, and try to calm him down. Even calling the police won’t help.”
- I don’t want to break up, you know?
Hajin sighed deeply. He belatedly realized that Choi Eunji was just as crazy as Seo Hahyun.
“Why do you like that crazy guy so much?”
- He’s handsome, isn’t he? And he’s cute. And oppa, do you know this? Despite acting like a complete madman, he never uses violence. Plus, he’s the second son of a chaebol family, so he has no succession rights, but he has plenty of money. Where could you find a more perfect husband candidate?
“…I see.”
He wondered if all young people were like this these days, but since her words weren’t wrong, he answered that way.
- Anyway, I have no intention of giving up, so oppa, please cooperate with me too.
Hajin was the one who supported the love between the two more than anyone. The reason he’d maintained a neutral attitude about Hahyun and Eunji’s relationship until now was because he judged that Juwon’s heart was more with him. However, his own position was now uncertain, so he had no energy to worry about such things.
“I support you, Eunji, if only for Chairman Choi’s sake. But for now, console Hahyun and call Chairman Choi. That’s the quickest way.”
- Okay.
After hanging up the phone, the corners of Hajin’s mouth were raised high. If Hahyun wasn’t at home, he had one more reason to leave work early.
***
I’d planned to lie down briefly and then write, but I fell asleep. It was natural after exerting myself so much yesterday.
“Ugh…”
I groaned involuntarily as I got up. My throat felt like it was burning, so I went downstairs to get water from the purifier. That’s when I heard the sound of someone pressing the keypad.
I went out feeling tense, thinking it might be Hahyun, but it was Hajin.
“You’re back?”
“Yeah.”
Hajin gave a short answer, glanced at me, and soon went up to the second floor.
What’s this? Is he busy?
I was confused because it was the first time Hajin had given me such a look after we’d met.
Is this what they call “hit it and quit it”? Like he’s seen all he wanted to see? Does he think I’d be hurt by something like that? That’s a complete misunderstanding.
Yet I couldn’t go upstairs and just stood there blankly, watching Hajin’s back as he climbed the stairs. He never looked back once.
“Like a gumiho…”
I felt strangely angry, but I soon came to my senses and went to my room.
I turned on the laptop and struggled to continue the screenplay I’d written before. However, what came to mind was Hajin’s passionately heated expression from last night, completely opposite to his face just now.
“Ah, really, why, what’s the problem?”
Was it less impressive than he’d thought after actually doing it? Or did his interest fade after the hunt?
At this point in my thoughts, I slapped my own cheeks repeatedly. This isn’t pretending to be gay to survive; these are thoughts of an actual gay person. What the…
“It’s because I’ve been starved for too long.”
I tried to do sit-ups and push-ups, but my body wouldn’t cooperate. So when I sat in front of the laptop again, I kept thinking about that intense heat from last night and couldn’t concentrate.
“He was definitely fine this morning, but after coming home from work, he suddenly changed.”
I started to worry that something might have happened at the company.
