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Chapter 20
*Swooooosh.*
The sound of palm leaves rustling echoed in the stillness. Just like her wavering heart.
After hesitating for a moment, Bada carefully cupped his cheek with one hand. Then she gave a small nod.
“Yeah, let’s do that.”
Yes, maybe once in a lifetime, it wouldn’t be bad to be true to her feelings.
Bada let out a small sigh and thought to herself.
*’I’m in real trouble. I’m helplessly drawn to him, and it’s terrifying.’*
River’s eyes crinkled with joy in the transparent darkness.
Like a mischievous devil. As if he already knew her true feelings all along.
He brought her hand to his lips.
Meanwhile, countless thoughts flooded Bada’s mind like a tidal wave.
She couldn’t know right away whether the path she was stepping onto was a staircase to a temporary paradise or a cliff.
But, you know what?
A foolish thought crossed her mind—that even if it were a cliff, it wouldn’t really matter.
Bada didn’t believe in fate.
But at this moment, even if it were a childish notion, she wanted to believe in it.
* * *
An intensely dark night with no light source except for the faint moonlight.
After laying her on the king-size bed, River undressed her layer by layer with slow hands, like unwrapping a wrapped gift.
Her shoulder straps came loose, and her clothes and bra fell to the floor one after another.
Then, the sound of his belt buckle coming undone rang out clearly.
“Whoo….”
He climbed on top of her and paused for a moment like a beast checking the condition of its prey before devouring it.
Even in the darkness where only the candlelight flickered, she could fully sense the shape of her female body through touch alone.
Even while lying down, her full, prominent breasts and slender body line. Long legs descending along her elastic hip line. And the scent of her skin, reminiscent of a tropical paradise.
Everything was beyond imagination.
He moistened his lips with his tongue, inwardly giving thanks to a god he didn’t even believe in.
Like absorbing a stimulant, all his blood vessels expanded with excitement, and his mouth watered.
River pressed down on her with a heavy, hot body like a sun-baked rock.
Then Bada trembled like prey just before being eaten.
*You’re really nervous.*
Sensing this, he stroked her hair and whispered softly.
“Don’t worry. I’ll go at your pace.”
“….”
“If it hurts, tell me. I’ll stop right away.”
But Bada, still unable to shake her nervousness, swallowed hard.
In the darkness, as his massive body, seemingly beyond normal human proportions, loomed over her, she even felt a strange sense of fear.
It felt like encountering an unknown creature about to take her.
Moreover, with her vision blocked by the darkness, her sense of touch and hearing became heightened.
The feeling of him touching her and the scent of his body at the tip of her nose became even more vivid.
He gently captured her lips as she breathed shallow, ragged breaths.
River’s tongue softly swept through her mouth as if tasting it.
Moving like melting candy with the tip of his tongue, then sucking on her soft lips. The tender kisses made her feel like her body was melting.
He persistently intertwined their tongues while caressing her body with his large hands. His touch, stroking from her shoulders to her chest line and then to her slender waist, was careful. As if handling a fragile, precious glass artifact.
Eventually, his hand descended past her hip and traveled up the inside of her thigh. Feeling ticklish, Bada closed her legs, and he immediately stopped his movement and asked.
“Are you okay?”
“Uh, yeah.”
“Allow me?”
She didn’t dislike his touch. It was just embarrassment.
As Bada gave a small nod, he exhaled a low breath of relief and continued his movements.
*Squelch, squelch.* An embarrassing sound echoed in the bedroom.
He took his time, meticulously exploring her lower body. He didn’t forget to check her reaction, looking at her face from time to time.
“Haak!”
As Bada gasped at the sensation of skin-on-skin contact, he let out a strange laugh and said.
“So you like this place.”
More strength went into his fingers.
Amidst it all, he left dozens of kisses on her trembling shoulders and cheeks.
His persistent touch and tenderness made Bada’s mind grow hazy.
Only one thought occupied her mind: she wished he would keep touching her.
“Look at this mess you’ve made. Such a bad girl.”
“….”
“A bad girl deserves punishment. What should I do?”
River was completely captivated.
Seeing her respond faithfully under his touch, his excitement grew as well.
River let out a low moan and rubbed his face against hers, burying his nose in her skin. In that state, he murmured in a growling voice.
“Your scent drives me crazy.”
After inhaling her scent for a long while, he began to suck on her breast with dazed eyes.
At the tingling sensation, Bada let out a moan.
Looking down with hazy eyes, she saw him exploring her chest.
“Ha….”
Seeing such a large man cling to her, acting like a child craving candy, felt strange.
The movement of his tongue was explicit. Biting and sucking on the sensitive flesh. His expression, as if savoring something delicious, was too erotic for words.
At the same time, his hand exploring her lower body gradually grew more forceful.
As if the feeling of being about to burst was agonizing, he instinctively moved his hips back and forth. Rubbing his large body against her, looking helpless, even pitiable.
He buried his face in the nape of her neck and whispered.
“You don’t know how long I’ve waited for this moment.”
“….”
“You have no idea.”
“Haak.”
*How long has it been since we met for him to say something so meaningful?*
“I was trying to be as considerate as possible for the first time.”
“….”
“What should I do? I can’t hold back anymore.”
“Ahh…!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Bada’s thighs trembled violently.
The long night had only just begun.
* * *
Five times.
After that, River finally stopped only after reaching climax five times.
Until the third time, he had at least pretended to coax and soothe her. But by the fourth and fifth times, he rushed in like a man who had abandoned his conscience.
The lemongrass-scented candles illuminating the bedroom had long since burned down almost completely.
River pulled the exhausted Bada into his arms.
Her body was tired enough to pass out any moment, but strangely, her mind was clear.
River stroked her back with his hand and whispered various stories.
His gentle voice tickled her ear, and even trivial stories made them both burst into laughter.
Bada teased him by imitating his posh accent. Then he retorted by teasing her American pronunciation, which notably rolled her ‘R’ sounds.
“River, you know when you talk, you sound just like a 19th-century British aristocrat? Like you’re about to say, ‘Bernadette, bring me my morning tea and cookies.’”
Bursting into laughter, River gently bit her cute nose.
“You little rascal. And it wouldn’t be cookies, it would be biscuits.”
“Okay, fine. Can you pass me the water on the nightstand, Bernadette?”
“Bada, try that again. It’s not ‘water,’ it’s ‘waw-tuh.’ In front of me, please use proper English.”
At that, Bada rolled her eyes and spoke with an exaggerated American accent.
“Okay, dude!”
Then Damian[? River] made a face and shuddered.
“Please. Using expressions like that makes me feel like I’m dating a pretty-faced California surfer boy.”
As they bickered and laughed, their eyes met in the air.
Bada gazed at him quietly and then ran her fingertip along his eyelashes. His thick lashes slipped through her fingertips.
“You have really long and pretty eyelashes.”
“That’s not exactly a compliment for a guy.”
“Did you maybe put on mascara? Or get extensions?”
“Yeah. Got them done while getting a manicure. Satisfied?”
“Which salon? Do they give a discount if I go too?”
“Whatever.”
“And your eyebrows are handsome too.”
“You, on the other hand, are pretty all over.”
He kissed her forehead, the tip of her nose, and her cheeks, whispering.
“From head to toe. All of you is so pretty it drives me crazy.”
