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chapter 11
“I didn’t think we were on good enough terms to greet each other so pleasantly.”
Despite her cold attitude, Gyeongjin maintained a sly smile.
“What’s this? Do you still have feelings for me?”
“They say if a delusion goes too far, it becomes an illness. What I’m saying is, before my party arrives, stop bothering me and get lost.”
Yeonha sharply retorted, as if chewing him out, utterly incredulous at Son Gyeongjin’s delusion. However, Gyeongjin continued speaking with a completely unfazed expression.
“I’m getting married soon.”
“So what?”
“If I’d known I was meeting you today, I would’ve brought an invitation. Instead, I’ll send you a mobile invite. Come, eat, and then you can leave.”
At Gyeongjin’s words, which seemed to mock her, her fists trembled with rage. She felt like punching that brazen face right then and there to feel better, but causing a scene here would only leave her at a disadvantage, so Yeonha suppressed the urge and held back.
“I have prior plans that day.”
“I haven’t even told you when the wedding is?”
When she bit her lip and didn’t respond, Gyeongjin, who was watching her, smirked and added.
“But are you still single? Women over thirty aren’t popular with men. You should get married quickly before you’re called outdated.”
Gyeongjin glanced at her bare finger and sneered.
She couldn’t take it anymore. The very moment Yeonha was about to rise from her seat to tear that bastard’s mouth shut, a low, quiet voice came from behind her.
“That’s nothing you need to worry about.”
When she turned her head in surprise, Nam Dohyun was standing there, though she didn’t know when he had arrived.
Annoyed by the voice that suddenly interrupted, Gyeongjin looked up and paused for a brief moment upon seeing Dohyun’s face. Then, he immediately scanned him with a displeased look.
“Who are you to butt in?”
“Does this… answer your question?”
He naturally moved closer and put his arm around her waist. The moment his hand wrapped around her waist, Yeonha stiffened as if electrocuted. As if telling her not to be nervous, he subtly stroked her with his thumb.
“Don’t tell me you two are dating?”
“Why? Don’t you believe it?”
When Gyeongjin asked back with a skeptical look, Dohyun retorted with a challenging glint in his eyes.
“He looks quite a bit younger than Yeonha at a glance.”
What? Quite a bit?
Just as Yeonha was about to flare up, he gently tightened his grip on her waist, as if telling her to calm down. It was a silent signal to stay calm. At that touch, Yeonha gulped dryly.
“Is age important when getting married?”
“Even if age isn’t important, ability is. You look like just an ordinary office worker. Can you satisfy Yeonha with your current salary?”
Even at Gyeongjin’s sarcasm, Dohyun didn’t bat an eye.
“My salary might be less than yours, but what I have is probably more.”
Gyeongjin’s face gradually turned red.
It didn’t even seem like a bluff. One could tell just by looking at the suit Dohyun was wearing. It wasn’t just simple luxury brand. It was priced far beyond what a regular office worker could ever dream of affording.
The thought that she was dating a younger, capable man hurt his pride, and his stomach churned with jealousy.
“Do you even know what kind of woman she is before dating her?”
“What kind of woman is she?”
Perhaps Dohyun’s relaxed attitude angered him further; Gyeongjin began spouting nonsense as if he had lost his reason.
“She has nothing but pride, a rotten personality that always has to dominate men, and she’s so picky about food that it’s exhausting just to have one meal with her. And at night? She’s stiff like a log; there’s no fun to be had.”
At Gyeongjin’s malicious words, trying to belittle her no matter what, Dohyun silently looked at him for a while before letting out a soft laugh.
At the unexpected reaction, Gyeongjin stared at him with a flabbergasted expression—and in that moment.
Dohyun pointedly bowed his head to the nape of her neck.
Yeonha’s back stiffened at the sudden physical contact.
But Dohyun didn’t panic; he slowly moved his hand along her spine as if to say it was okay.
Her body, which had been shrinking back, gradually relaxed under his soft touch, urging her to release her tension.
And then he spoke in a low, languid voice.
“Is that so? Well, I… find her utterly intoxicating.”
The deliberately nonchalant breath that tinged his words tickled her ear and the nape of her neck.
At that one remark, a hot heat surged from Yeonha’s stomach, and her face flushed uncontrollably.
Seeing her expression, flushed with what seemed like shyness, Gyeongjin’s face turned red and mottled with anger.
It was a reaction she had never once shown when she was with him.
Whenever he tried to initiate skin-ship, her expression would always stiffen first.
Gyeongjin, who had always blamed her, seemed to realize only then that perhaps the real problem was himself, and he turned his head away.
“Don’t blame me later for not stopping you.”
Leaving behind that absurd warning, he stormed off in a huff.
Dohyun’s lips, which seemed like they would pull away immediately, didn’t move. No, they rather dug deeper into Yeonha’s nape.
As the moist tip of his lips brushed against her skin, an electric, thrilling sensation spread through her.
“Um… could you take your lips off me?”
She managed to say, struggling to compose her flushed, heated face.
“Ah, my apologies.”
Only then did his searing hot lips detach.
The spot they had touched tingled warmly, and she felt her mouth go dry for no reason.
As a thirst washed over her, she swiftly raised her hand.
“Auntie! One bottle of soju here, please.”
“Didn’t you say you don’t drink because you’re tired?”
“I need to drink today.”
She needed alcohol to cool her confused emotions and the burning heat.
She desperately needed it.
Yeonha woke up feeling a burning thirst. The harsh, shining sunlight was blinding, so she raised her arm to cover her eyes. Blaming herself for not closing the blackout curtains before sleeping, she tried to get out of bed, but the lower half of her body felt exposed outside the sheets.
When she hurriedly looked down, Yeonha thought she would faint from shock. Her clothes, which should have been there, were gone, and she was naked.
I’m crazy! Wh-what is this? Why are my clothes…?
At that moment, fragments of last night’s events came back to her.
The sudden contact with him had caused a desire she never knew she had to boil over. Not knowing how to suppress it, Yeonha had ordered alcohol to forget and quickly became drunk.
Soon, her body was swaying limply like an octopus, and Dohyun supported her as they left the restaurant.
She didn’t know how they got to her apartment, but when she opened her eyes again, he was looking down at her on her own bed. And with a fiercely burning gaze.
Her mouth was parched, and she wet her lips with her tongue. As if that was the signal, he swooped down and swallowed her lips. His smooth tongue slipped through the gap between her teeth. In an instant, he took control of her mouth, stealing her gasping breath before greedily tangling his tongue with hers.
As their mixed saliva overflowed and dripped down her chin, he slid his tongue out long, licking it up deliciously as if he didn’t want to miss a single drop. Yeonha thought her body had turned into candy.
His lips, moving down her chin, passed over her nape and stopped at her collarbone. He buried his tongue deep there, then grabbed the breast that swelled over her shirt.
“Hngkt.”
“I like hearing your moans.”
A moan escaped her without a chance to hold it back. As if that sound had pressed his excitement button, his touch became rougher. Her breast, filled by his large hand, bulged out between his fingers.
As if thirsty at the sight, he swiftly pulled her t-shirt over her head. His eyes darkened at the sight of her breasts encased in a pure white lace bra, and he undid the hook, separating it from her chest.
As the soft skin swayed, Yeonha instinctively covered her breasts with both arms.
“They’re pretty, why hide them?”
Perhaps she was pleased by his compliment.
Following his pulling hands, Yeonha’s arms went down.
He, who hadn’t taken his eyes off her as if feasting on the sight, bit down greedily, and Yeonha gasped urgently.
