“What should I do? Solving this will probably keep me busy. Hahyun will also be busy as CEO in my place… Our Juwon will get bored.”
“Is that the issue right now? Stop talking nonsense and think about how to resolve this. Do you have a plan?”
“Well… surely I won’t die, will I?”
His unconvincing answer made me feel like crying. It was worse because I knew all of this had happened because of me.
“It’s not your fault. The bad ones are Chairman Seo and Secretary Kim.”
“…”
My nose tingled at his words that it wasn’t my fault. Throughout my short life, I’d always been told that any problems at home were all my fault.
“If I hadn’t given birth to you, I wouldn’t have married such a person…”
“Do you know how much money has been spent raising you all these years? How dare you talk like that? Even my business failing is all your fault.”
My parents always said they had sacrificed their lives for me, even though they never once properly supported me.
But this man, who shares not a drop of blood with me, says it’s not my fault.
Unable to understand this situation, I asked him:
“When I lost my memory, wasn’t it my fault that I made a contract with Chairman Seo?”
Hajin answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“No, it’s the fault of Chairman Seo who played with children.”
“And it’s not my fault that I seduced Hahyun because I was blinded by power?”
“Of course not, that’s the fault of Chairman Seo who made Hahyun’s heart weak.”
“…”
“Don’t cry.”
I didn’t even know I was crying. It felt like I was being compensated for all the past memories where I had to take blame for things I hadn’t done. A large, warm hand brushed across my cheek. At that moment, his red lips caught my eye. Without thinking, I kissed his lips. The spot that had always been moist was now dry. I stroked his lips with my fingertips.
Hajin looked at me with intense eyes. His gaze had deepened.
“It’s not your responsibility.”
Hajin repeated the same words. As I took a deep breath, he suddenly grabbed my wrist and bit my neck. My body, which had been stiff with tension, became soft.
“Mmm…”
A moan escaped involuntarily from the pleasure. Hajin touched my chest while sliding his lips. His lips moved gradually down from my neck, and before I could suggest going to the bedroom, my clothes were already being removed.
“Ahh…”
My head felt like it would melt from his lips exploring my neck. His moist lips had become dry. I grabbed Hajin’s face and kissed him. Simultaneously, my body fell backward. He firmly gripped my thighs.
“Ah, ngh…”
With his slow movements, I felt the hair on my body standing on end. Unable to endure the ticklish sensation, I held his forearm and pleaded:
“Fa-faster.”
“Ha, this is worth the police interrogation. The person who always pushed me away now knows how to beg.”
Hajin tensed his body and held me tight. I felt my breath being cut off, and my body stiffened.
“Ah, ahh!”
My whole body trembled as I felt it. With each of his movements, my feet straightened out. The sound of his excited breathing penetrated my ears, and his movements began to speed up. It was too fast to keep up with.
As all sensations rushed toward one point, my body moved on its own. I became afraid that some part would break.
“Juwon, Yoon Juwon…”
I couldn’t even respond as my body shook. I tried to escape from his body pressed against mine. But the more I tried, the stronger our connection became.
“Slow… no, wait a moment…”
“First you say faster, then you say slower, what exactly do you want?”
I had nothing to say to Hajin’s question as he paused his movements. The scenery outside the living room window was turning blue. Then I suddenly realized.
We’re on the sofa. What if Hahyun suddenly comes out? It would be a disaster if we’re caught…
Hajin started moving his body again. Heat bloomed wherever his lips and hands touched.
“For two days while working, I thought only of you. What about you?”
I kept my mouth shut, annoyed that he hadn’t contacted me once despite claiming he’d only thought of me. He laid me flat and placed his hand beside my face. I caught sight of his flawless, firm chest muscles. Instinctively, I put my lips on his chest and then removed them.
“Is that your answer?”
When I nodded, he firmly held my thighs and began moving again. The red mark I’d left swayed dizzily before my eyes. It looked so erotic that I tightly closed my eyes.
“Don’t close them. I told you I missed you.”
When I opened my eyes, blue eyes tinged with passion were staring at me. Avoiding his devouring gaze, he raised his body. This time, he grabbed my pelvis. I looked at him with round eyes.
“Not here, let’s go to the room… hngh.”
“You need to let me go first.”
When I came to my senses, my legs were wrapped around his waist. Giving up on escaping, I grabbed his neck and clung to him. Swaying mindlessly, I whispered lowly in his ear.
“Thank you… for not blaming me.”
Maybe it was because I had suffered so much mentally waiting for Hajin? That’s why these complex emotions were rushing in—painful but good, pleasant yet unpleasant, incomprehensible feelings. The reason I’m crying now isn’t because I’m embracing Hajin, but because I worried alone. I rationalized these swirling emotions as I clung to him.
Perhaps mistaking my tears for pain, Hajin suddenly stopped moving and kissed my eyes.
“Should I stop?”
“Hic…”
“Why do you keep crying?”
“…Because I’m sorry.”
Though I had just concluded it was from mental suffering, the words that left my mouth were completely different. Hajin spoke in a tight voice.
“Yoon Juwon is too cute. I can’t handle it. I was going to tease you a bit more.”
“Wh-what… hngh!”
After dropping these meaningful words, Hajin suddenly began moving his body rapidly, not giving me a chance to ask. I couldn’t endure anymore and dug my nails into his back.
“Haah…”
He exhaled heavily and tensed his body. My body tensed too. I arched my back and pushed against the leather sofa with my toes.
“A little… more, more.”
As if responding to my words, he breathed heavily and stimulated my sensitive spot. Just as I was about to fall into the abyss of pleasure, suddenly there was a crash, the sound of something breaking. Startled, I turned my head toward the sound and saw Hahyun. In front of him on the floor, a glass cup was rolling, shattered into pieces. Hahyun’s face twisted fiercely.
“What are you doing? In the living room?”
I froze, not even thinking of getting up. Hajin also stiffened, just looking at Hahyun. Thump, thump. The sound of Hahyun’s footsteps approaching seemed to grow louder.
“Am I not fully awake yet? This is clearly the living room… Or is it the bedroom and I’m mistaken?”
Finally coming to my senses, I pushed Hajin away with all my might. Hajin swore as he pulled away from me.
“Hyung said he doesn’t do it in the living room. After saying you don’t do it here, what is this…”
Hahyun looked back and forth between me and Hajin before collapsing on the spot. Then he began to sob as if the world had ended.
“I knew this would happen. I shouldn’t have let my guard down… fuck.”
“Why are you overreacting…”
Words that should have stayed in my head escaped my mouth. This is not the time for me to say such things…
Hahyun glared at me with a cold expression. He was biting his lips with tears filling his eyes.
“Overreacting? Did you just say overreacting? Ha…”
I had nothing to say, even with ten mouths. I poked Hajin’s thigh repeatedly, trying to get him to defuse the situation somehow, but he seemed to have no solution either as he shook his head while buttoning his shirt.
“Fuck. Wait right here.”
Hahyun jumped up and quickly went upstairs.
“Whew…”
Only after confirming he was gone did I exhale the breath I’d been holding and get up. I was so shocked that my waist didn’t even hurt. As I picked up and put on my clothes haphazardly, I said to Hajin:
“What should we do?”
“About what? We all know what’s going on between us, don’t we?”
“That’s true, but… to be honest. I told Hahyun that we absolutely wouldn’t do it in the living room… that if we kept doing it in the living room, I would never do it again.”
“Haha…”
Hajin laughed with a smug expression at my words. I thought it was childish to laugh at a time like this. Who knows how Hahyun will react later…
“What am I going to do?”
“What are you worried about? Hahyun will be completely busy starting tomorrow.”
“Ah!”
I had momentarily forgotten this fact due to the shock. Since Hajin and Hahyun’s roles had been switched, Hahyun would be leaving early in the morning and returning late at night for a while. As I was calming myself down, Hajin smacked his lips regretfully.
“That kid, if only he had come out five minutes later. It was just getting good…”
“That’s not what’s important right now. We don’t know how he’s going to react.”
That’s when we heard Hahyun coming down from the second floor. I hid behind Hajin, peeking out only with my head. I knew this would make Hahyun more angry, but survival came first.
But in Hahyun’s approaching hands was a large rope. It was one of the various restraints kept under my bed.
I should have thrown all those things away a long time ago…
Hahyun started collecting restraints whenever he thought I might run away with Hajin. I tried to stop him, saying there was no need since I had no intention of running away, but Hahyun said it was a hobby to calm his anxiety, so I shouldn’t stop him. Fooled by those words, I let it be, and now his panic button had been pressed.
