Episode 18
Hyun felt his heart plummet to the floor.
“After going through something dangerous, I realized how precious it is to have someone by your side. What scared me most that day was the thought of not being able to tell you I love you, or that even if I did, you wouldn’t believe me. Losing you… that terrified me so much.”
Harin confessed her feelings to Hyun with a trembling voice.
“I’m never leaving you. How long have I been waiting for this moment, the day I would hear you say ‘I love you’?”
Harin, silhouetted against the setting sun, shone brighter than any jewel. Her eyes, nose, and lips…
Hyun leaned towards Harin, who was still holding her seatbelt and looking at him, gently cupped her face, and softly kissed her.
Harin, as if she had been waiting, willingly accepted his kiss.
Hyun’s warm breath flowed into Harin’s parted lips, feeling as if it was warming her heart.
As the kiss deepened, Harin’s heart pounded faster, threatening to burst.
How much time had passed?
After exploring Harin for a long time, Hyun finally pulled back his lips and gently wiped her mouth with his thumb.
Then, lightly holding Harin’s cheeks, he gently kissed her forehead, the tip of her nose, her cheeks, and then her lips again.
Harin, sitting before him, was so lovely he felt like he was going crazy.
Her lips that said “I love you,” her eyes that didn’t know what to do out of shyness, and her cheeks, rosy either from the sunset or embarrassment—everything about her was incredibly adorable.
He couldn’t understand how that crazy guy, Kang Do-young, could have let such a lovely woman slip away and turn his eyes to another.
Hyun’s mind was so filled with Harin just by looking at her that he had no room for other thoughts. Harin was surely a dangerous and important presence, enough to change Hyun’s world.
Before meeting Harin, his mind had never been so complex and chaotic. It had never been entirely consumed by just one person.
He had never been so utterly undone by someone’s gaze, touch, or a single word. Only Harin could do this.
When Hyun pulled back his lips and looked at her, Harin, seemingly embarrassed, quickly adjusted her posture and looked straight ahead.
Her tone, softer and more relaxed than usual, and every subtle change in Harin’s actions and speech held great meaning for Hyun.
It proved that he had gotten a little closer to her, and that she had opened her heart to him a little more.
Hyun quickly drove the car again, heading towards their home. Upon arriving home, they had dinner together as usual and were preparing for bed in their respective rooms.
Harin had made a decision on the car ride home. And she decided to act on it.
After finishing her shower, Harin put on the bathrobe provided in the room.
The gown was a man’s size, so it was quite large and loose on Harin.
She worried if she would look too forward, but when she looked in the mirror, she looked like a child who had secretly put on her father’s clothes, which was amusing enough to ease her worries.
Harin calmed her trembling body, opened her door, and stood right in front of Hyun’s door next to hers.
‘Whew, it’s not easy trying to do something I’ve never done in my life.’
It felt incredibly awkward to do something for Hyun that she had never done before.
What if Hyun refused again?
The thought that she might be rejected because her body wasn’t attractive enough filled her mind, but she remembered the promise Hyun had made the day she moved in.
“It’s not too late to do it when Joo Harin falls in love with me.”
Today, Harin had confessed her love to Hyun. It wasn’t something she had prepared to say or debated when to say.
It just popped out of her mouth impulsively. It seemed her overwhelming feelings had pushed the words that had only lingered in her mind out into the open.
And that single word was like a dam breaking in Harin’s heart; her emotions surged like a tsunami, uncontrollable.
She wanted to hold his hand, to kiss him first, to embrace him first.
Harin took a breath again and then knocked on Hyun’s door.
Knock, knock.
The door opened, and Hyun, seeing Harin standing in front of his door, froze.
She looked like she had just showered, her hair damp, wearing a gown much too big for her body, and smelling of body wash. Seeing her standing there, his mind went blank.
“What… what is it… why are you… in that outfit in front of my room…”
Hyun tried to act unfazed but stammered involuntarily.
Then Harin said,
“You have to keep the promise you made on the first day, don’t you?”
Promise…? No way?
Harin, seemingly embarrassed, couldn’t even meet Hyun’s eyes properly. Even that sight excited Hyun.
“Joo Harin, you’re surprising me so many times today. I really don’t know what to do.”
Hyun fanned himself, as if hot, and turned his gaze away from Harin.
Then Harin slowly took a step into Hyun’s room.
At the closer distance than before, Hyun was surprised and involuntarily took a step back.
“Stop, Joo Harin. If you cross that line, you can’t turn back now. My patience is wearing thin. Don’t do something you’ll regret.” Hearing that, Harin, as if to show him, moved her remaining foot into Hyun’s room, pushed Hyun with her body, and closed the door.
And leaning her body against the closed door, she said,
“I won’t regret it. Not on the first day, and not now. I don’t think I’ll regret anything with you, Hyun. This is my true, honest feeling right now.”
Harin, speaking to him with wide eyes, was adorable.
Countless women had tried to seduce him by pretending to be drunk or almost naked, embracing him at parties or anywhere else.
Each time, he felt uncomfortable and disgusted. After that, Hyun stopped attending social gatherings.
But why was this woman, who walked into his room in a gown much too big for her, saying she wanted to sleep with him, so lovely and beautiful?
He couldn’t hold back anymore.
“I warned you clearly. I’m not holding back anymore. You crossed the line first, Joo Harin. There’s no use regretting it now. You can’t leave now.”
“Yes. That’s what I want too.”
Before Harin’s words could even finish, Hyun instantly pushed Harin against the wall and devoured her lips.
It wasn’t the gentle kiss from before, but a desperate, rough kiss, filled with all the pent-up desire he had held back.
As he rained down kisses, he used one hand to untie the cumbersome bathrobe string that enveloped Harin’s body.
When he untied the string and threw it to the floor, the gown fell powerlessly to Harin’s feet.
Her slender naked body was revealed.
Hyun pulled her closer, leaving no space between them, and resumed kissing Harin’s lips more insistently.
As Harin stood on tiptoes and wrapped her arms around Hyun’s neck, Hyun picked her up effortlessly and walked towards the bed.
He then carefully laid her on his bed. She was the first woman to lie on his bed.
Harin, naked on the bed, was the most beautiful woman Hyun had ever seen.
Her prominent collarbones, delicate shoulder line, and a waist that seemed to be just a line, contrasted with appropriate curves where needed.
For Harin, who shyly tried to cover herself, Hyun also began shedding his own clothes one by one.
Then, draping his body over Harin’s, he kissed her lips again.
When Hyun lightly bit her earlobe and trailed down her neck, Harin’s breath tickled his ear.
Her pale, soft skin was enough to excite Hyun.
He tightly grasped one of her breasts, slowly kneading it, marking her entire body with his touch.
To avoid startling Harin, who was experiencing this for the first time, he was more careful and gentle. His lips, which had lingered on her collarbone and full breasts, traveled down her midsection, reaching her slender waist.
Hyun slid his lips further down, following her graceful curves.
“Haah.”
Everywhere Hyun’s lips touched felt hot, as if a fever bloom. It was a sensation she had never experienced before.
Her heart pounded as if it would burst, and no matter how hard she tried not to make a sound, uncontrollable moans escaped whenever Hyun’s lips touched her body.
His lips moved past her pelvis, lingered on her thighs, and then delved between them. Harin’s lower abdomen tightened. A thrilling sensation spread throughout her body.
Just as her mind was starting to go blank, Hyun bit Harin’s lips again, and something else full and solid filled the space between Harin’s thighs where his lips had been.
“Hmm, ugh.”
“Haah haah~”
As Harin let out weak moans and twisted her hips in excitement, her pale breasts swelled even more. Hyun lightly kissed the center of her rising chest.
“Ugh, haah~”
Then Harin’s back arched even further and twisted. As Harin squirmed in his embrace, Hyun moved his body more vigorously.
Hyun had no intention of letting this lovely woman, who had fearlessly walked into his arms, go gently tonight.
