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Chapter 10
Sui took a deep breath, and her chest rose noticeably.
The dizzying sight made Beomjin freeze for a moment.
Ahn Sui had always been enough to set his blood boiling, but today was on an entirely different level.
Sui, who had been staring straight into his eyes, bit her lip.
It was a habit she had whenever she was deep in thought.
What kind of absurd ideas was she stuffing into that little head of hers this time?
She could just leave everything to him.
Then, as if she had finally sorted out her thoughts, Sui opened her mouth with a determined expression.
“This is mostly your fault too.”
“My fault?”
“Your face.”
“My face?”
“…Because you’re handsome.”
Caught completely off guard, Beomjin hesitated.
Sui smiled, her eyes curving into crescents.
“Wow, Dokgo Beomjin gets surprised too? Ah, you made that face before when I said something weird.”
The day they first drank alcohol after turning twenty.
Drunk, Sui had cupped Beomjin’s face with both hands and said,
“We won’t be able to hang out together much longer.”
“Why?”
“You think girls are just going to leave Dokgo Beomjin alone?”
“You leave me alone.”
“Am I a girl? And besides… just looking at you makes me happy.”
At those words, Beomjin had frozen.
And just like now, Ahn Sui had smiled brightly and beautifully.
Just like this.
“Because of you, every other guy looks like a squid.”
Beomjin swallowed hard.
“…Really?”
“Yeah, idiot. If you’re going to look like that, at least be short. If you’re tall, at least don’t have broad shoulders. If you’re tall and broad-shouldered, at least have short legs.”
As compliment after compliment poured from Sui’s lips, the back of Beomjin’s neck gradually turned red.
In this world, the only person who could make him nervous and turn him into a fool was Ahn Sui.
“What is it, Dokgo? Why are you making that face?”
Because you’re beautiful.
Because you’re adorable.
Because you’re so lovable that I can’t take my eyes off you.
Because I want to leave my mark on you right now.
“Because I want you. Right now.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
Sui wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer.
“Say it again.”
Seriously…
Today, Ahn Sui seemed determined to kill him.
He was already going crazy just sitting still, but now she was pushing him completely over the edge.
“Because you’re unbelievably beautiful.”
Unable to hold back any longer, Beomjin pressed his lips to hers.
His large hands wandered across her shoulders, her slender arms, and her waist before slowly sliding lower.
“Mmm…”
Sui shivered at the touch, and all the blood in his body rushed to one place.
It felt like something inside him was about to explode.
“This is your last chance.”
Her flushed, dreamy face looked up at him as she asked through uneven breaths,
“Last chance for what?”
Click. Click.
Beomjin undid the buttons of her blouse one by one and inhaled deeply at the sight of the skin revealed beneath.
“A chance to keep the line you drew.”
Despite her neat appearance in a black suit, the white lace beneath created a striking contrast.
Cute.
Then again, had Ahn Sui ever not been cute?
Smack.
Beomjin gave her a light kiss.
“So? What’ll it be?”
Ahn Sui was terrible at refusing people.
And Beomjin, who had spent years watching only her, knew exactly when she wanted to say no and when she didn’t.
The blush spreading across her cheeks.
The slight tremble in her expectant eyes.
Even the habit of nibbling on her lips whenever she liked something but couldn’t express it.
“Take me.”
“…Take what?”
Even the way she tried to act calm was adorable.
“Me.”
Pressing a kiss into her palm, Beomjin murmured,
“You said being handsome is nice.”
“I-I never said that.”
Whenever she got flustered, she stuttered.
Ahn Sui—slow, clueless, and lovable in every possible way.
“Then let’s say you’re going to like it.”
Sui frowned slightly, as if ticklish beneath the sunlight.
Chuckling, Beomjin kissed the inside of her arm and slowly moved upward.
Sui was so small that she fit entirely in his embrace.
Beomjin had never once gotten drunk from alcohol, but the faint scent rising from her pale skin made him feel intoxicated.
Enough to make his vision blur.
“Ahn Sui. Time’s running out.”
At his low murmur, Sui bit her lip again.
Cute.
He smirked.
Only for his reason to snap completely at her next action.
Sui pulled him closer and kissed him first.
Finally.
His smile lasted only a moment.
The desire he had suppressed for so long burst free as he showered her with kisses, leaving traces of himself all over her.
As the distance between them disappeared, the line separating friendship and something more finally crumbled away.
Sui trembled in his arms.
Beomjin held her tightly, as though he never intended to let go again.
“Ahn Sui.”
His voice was low and earnest.
“Don’t look at anyone else anymore. Just look at me.”
He kissed her forehead gently.
“And don’t let go of me either.”
His lips brushed her temple.
“Not now. Not ever.”
As he held her close, every movement, every trembling breath, every tear shining in the corner of her eyes seemed precious to him.
Everything about her was beautiful.
Everything.
Even as he gazed at her without blinking, he couldn’t stand even the smallest distance between them, pulling her back into another kiss and wrapping his arms around her once more.
“Beomjin, w-wait, this feels strange…”
“Silly Ahn Sui.”
You can’t even tell the difference between something strange and something good.
Then again, that was cute too.
She was cute in every way.
Even the tiny mole on her inner thigh.
Even now, with her clinging to him.
Even now, with her looking only at him.
“Whether I have to walk away from the group or take control of it, I’ll do whatever you want.”
“Beomjin…”
“Anything. I’ll do anything you want.”
To him, Sui was law.
She was order.
She was his entire world and the reason he existed.
If she hadn’t reached out her hand to him, he wouldn’t have survived to become who he was today.
Kind, gentle Ahn Sui probably had no idea.
No idea what kind of beast she had taken into her arms.
“So stay by my side, Ahn Sui.”
Even after death…
“I’ll stay by yours.”
