4.1 The Three Things That Make Him Who He Is

Room 608 of the Grand Hotel.

Located in the center of Mugwang City, the hotel wasn’t particularly large in scale, but it radiated an unmistakably luxurious atmosphere. It was the first time in my life I had stayed somewhere this nice. However, I didn’t feel good at all. If I had come here simply to rest, I would have enjoyed everything in the room to my heart’s content, but since my purpose for coming here was clear, I couldn’t possibly do that with a light heart.

Following the instruction to wash up and go to sleep, I scrubbed my body the moment I arrived. I spent two or three times more effort scrubbing my anus in particular. Though, out of sheer embarrassment, I couldn’t bring myself to insert a finger.

Fearing that we might actually kiss—I closed my eyes tight, imagining our tongues intertwining—I brushed my teeth, but the toothpaste was so strong that the wounded area stung like crazy. Still, I brushed all the way back to my uvula, as if I were scrubbing a pair of filthy shoes.

Throughout the process, I kept giggling to myself. I thought to myself, I’ve finally become a whore. Then I let out a sigh and muttered curses. Min-jo, you crazy bastard. Chu Gi-oh, you perverted son of a bitch.

The feeling of swallowing a dry sweet potato without water continued to linger afterward.

I even considered sneaking out to a PC cafe to look up how to “do that thing.” More than the method itself, I was curious if anyone had ever died from doing it through the back hole. If my cock were as large as his, I would have worried less, but since mine was only half the size of the Joseon peninsula, I naturally looked like a dead man.

The room was so silent that it was hard to believe there was a noisy room salon in the basement. Not a single sound could be heard. In that stillness, I lay in the innermost bedroom. I had been lying there in a robe, but fearing I’d be told I looked like a novice, I changed back into my original clothes. I smelled of cigarettes, but not enough to make someone wrinkle their nose. Thus, the only things I had taken off since arriving were my two socks. So far.

Time flowed on, and eventually, it passed midnight. One, two, three. The man who said he’d be back soon showed no sign of returning even as the dawn deepened. Please, just don’t come back until morning. I prayed anxiously in the pitch-black darkness, and before I knew it, I drifted into a light sleep.

I don’t know how long I slept, but I snapped my eyes open at the sound of a faint voice.

“Get some sleep, Hyung.”

Jang-bae’s voice, which I could now recognize instantly, drifted in from outside the bedroom door, followed by CEO Chu’s voice.

“Good work. You go in and sleep too.”

His pronunciation was unclear. His voice was heavily slurred. I realized immediately that Chu Gi-oh was drunk.

The pressure of having to deal with a drunk man rather than a sober one made my heart begin to thud. Alcohol made people violent. It was a fact I had learned painfully through my father. There was no guarantee that this terrifying man wouldn’t be the same.

The door swung open. Immediately, a “Fuck…” escaped his lips. Then came the sound of heavy footsteps. My hands gripped the sheets tightly. I was fucking terrified.

“Crazy bitch…”

Chu Gi-oh muttered as he strode toward me. “Going back… where the fuck is this place…”

Soon, the sound of his heavy breathing dropped onto my back as I lay on my side. He had reached the bedside. Seeing as he navigated the pitch-black darkness without bumping into anything, it seemed he had visited this place often. Perhaps Room 608 was Chu Gi-oh’s private room. Being a corporate CEO and a gang leader, he was naturally someone who entertained guests frequently. He might have spent many nights coming up to the hotel to sleep instead of going home after partying at the basement room salon. Alone, or with a woman. Somehow, his scent seemed to permeate every corner of the room. Especially the bedding I was lying on.

Click. The light came on. It wasn’t the ceiling fluorescent, but the bedside lamp. Fortunately, the brightness was visit our sitevery dim. I thought that at this level, it would be unauthorized copyokay to pretend to be asleep. If the opponent were sober, I would have jumped up, but since he unauthorized copywas drunk, I figured it was better not to engage in conversation if possible.

Then, I heard a rustling sound. My ears were more sensitive than ever. Even the smallest sound made the fine hairs on my ears twitch. From the rustling of fabric, I knew he was taking off his clothes.

There was the metallic sound of a belt being undone, and shortly after, the mattress lurched violently. At the same time, the blanket was ripped away. I involuntarily flinched and curled my toes. “What’s this?” he said fiercely.

“I came here to get fucked, but you’re all tucked in and sleeping. What, you think this is a guesthouse?”

He clicked his tongue in annoyance and spoke quickly. “Just wait, I’ll strip you.”

Uh, no. Please don’t do that, please.

The moment I swallowed hard, the mattress began to heave. A moment later, my body, which had been on its side, was rolled onto my back, and a heavy weight settled onto my thighs. I didn’t even need to open my eyes to know. CEO Chu had climbed on top of me.

The smell of liquor was overpowering. It was as if he hadn’t just drunk it but had poured it over his head; his entire body reeked of alcohol. I felt like I might get drunk just by inhaling the breath he exhaled.

I thought he would strip me immediately without giving me time to flinch, but CEO Chu remained still, only breathing heavily. I felt a sensation like insects crawling across the surface of my face. It was likely because of his gaze.

“This girl… is so fucking pretty. Who’s trying to kill me?”

CEO Chu muttered to himself, treating me completely like a [visit our site]woman. Meanwhile, the smell [Read on Read BL Novels]of [visit our site]alcohol became as oppressive as the weight of him pinning down my lower body.

Suddenly, he laughed.

“Liu Bei’s effort was worth it. Three visits to the thatched cottage. I’ll admit it.”

My body shook along with the heavy vibration of his laughter. Even if the pool of candidates is this small, even if you visit a hundred times instead of three, you’re innocent. Innocent.

Though the content of his drunken rambling might not have been so, it sounded incredibly menacing to me. It felt that way because of his slurred, crushed pronunciation.

“But you, don’t you ever kneel your knees again. I was really pissed earlier, but I held back because I saw your face. You got that?”

I almost opened my eyes and answered “Yes.” For a moment, my heart sank, thinking I’d been caught pretending to sleep. However, he seemed to be talking to himself in his drunken state, as another vibration of laughter followed. Ha, this fucking bitch…

It seemed his drinking habit was to ramble incessantly regardless of whether the other person was asleep. I thought it didn’t suit his appearance, but I was glad he wasn’t violent like my father. But it was too early to be relieved. The characteristic of those bastards was to suddenly turn volatile if something went wrong.

After a while, a rough hand brushed across my cheek. His entire palm was covered in calluses. It was so rough I would have believed it was sandpaper. The past he had walked through was all contained within that palm. I realized I definitely shouldn’t open my eyes. I worried he might suddenly turn fierce, but he only stroked my eyes, nose, and mouth. He was simply touching my face.

While caressing me roughly with those coarse hands, Chu Gi-oh chuckled softly to himself, as if something was particularly pleasing. Then, he touched the corners of my mouth and clicked his tongue.

“How can it be like this? It’s not like it’s a new mouth.”

I wanted to scream that it’s exactly like this even if it’s not a new mouth. To think he ignored the fact that he’d pounded me relentlessly with a cock like a fire club and instead blamed the size of my mouth. If he wanted to blame something, it would be right to blame his own organ, which was half the size of the Joseon peninsula.

Meanwhile, unable to withstand his weight, my legs were becoming numb. If this continued, I was about to get a cramp. If a cramping leg twitched, pretending to sleep would be impossible.

Just as I was debating whether to open my eyes, he praised himself, saying, “Then of course it’s gotta be huge. When I say it’s up, fuck, it’s the highest peak of the Himalayas; how could it not be huge?” and began to strip me.

The fingers gripping the hem of my shirt scratched my abdomen as he pulled the garment over my head. As my sensitive skin was touched, my body reacted with flinches no matter how hard I tried to resist. Fortunately, CEO Chu was so intoxicated that he didn’t notice I was awake.

Just like that, my top was removed. His sandpaper-like palm rubbed my chest in circles. The hard calluses scratched my nipples stingingly.

“This bitch is even prettier stripped.”

Pronouncing ‘bitch’ as ‘yeon,’ CEO Chu added in a slightly panting tone, “Two nipples are enough, what the fuck do you need tits for?” He seemed quite satisfied with the body he saw.

Next, naturally, was the bottom. I wondered if he was going to rip my jeans, but his touch wasn’t that forceful. It was just the loose touch of a drunk person. Just as I wondered how he would strip me while sitting on my body, CEO Chu slid down to sit beside me. The mattress heaved again, and my legs became incredibly comfortable. I felt as if my body had become a feather from the sudden lightness. But before I could feel the relief, my pants were yanked off.

I heard the sound of the pants flying far away and hitting the floor. All that remained was a pair of underwear. Please, please, I muttered inwardly, but the waistband of my underwear was gripped. I grit my teeth in case a strange sound escaped. But to my surprise, his hand paused, and after a few seconds, he let go of the underwear entirely. I almost opened my eyes to see what he was doing.

“This one.” Having let go of the underwear, unauthorized copyhe tapped the top of my cock twice unauthorized copywith his palm and spoke.

“I’m sober enough to know. What’s the point if you won’t even remember? I should just protect the beauty.”

Hearing those words, I felt relieved, and the tension drained from my entire body. I can’t describe how worried I was that I’d be forcibly ravished. How anxious I was that he’d uncover my cock and shake it as he pleased. I started to think he was a more gentle man than I expected, and he began to look slightly different. To unwrap a rice cake he could swallow in one bite and then put it back—it was a surprising event worthy of a segment on ‘Moment Capture: Things Like This in the World.’

As if showing his total intoxication, CEO Chu collapsed and lay down beside me. The mattress, which hadn’t budged when I lay down, shook so much it made my stomach churn. Well, with a body the size of a raft, it would be strange if it didn’t.

A heavy arm crossed over my chest.

“Come here, come here. I’ll hold you.”

CEO Chu spoke as he pulled me into his chest. While I had been showing my back before, we were now in a face-to-face position. His rake-like hands and chain-like legs entangled like a net, and our bare skin met without a gap. The touching body was so hot that a small moan almost escaped. I felt like I was trapped in a blazing furnace.

The thick thigh wrapped around my waist pulled me closer to him. “Killing me…” CEO Chu whispered low with a mixed groan, hugging me tightly. My body, wearing only underwear, touched his erect cock. What was poking stiffly into my belly was a bare cock.

‘I sleep with my cock out.’

Those words were true. I could feel the heartbeat from the cock positioned between us. He was this hard, yet he hadn’t made a single thrust. Was it because it was bearable? Was he not leaking pre-cum? I was curious.

“…Min-jo, you’re fucking hot.”

His body was so large that I truly felt like I had become a pillow. If I were pinned under his body in my sleep, I might not be able to escape and could easily die.

CEO Chu pulled my face toward his chest so forcefully that I felt suffocated. He rested his chin on top of my head. Perhaps because the alcohol was rushing through him, not only his cock but the heart in his chest was beating violently.

“I don’t know if I can endure the heat…”

Muttering, he let out a strong exhale. I felt my hair sway, and then came a sound of curiosity, a soft hiss.

“How are you really like a girl… so small, can you even take mine? With that new mouth, and if you’ve got a sparrow-pussy, this is a total murder.”

My face grew hot with embarrassment at the term ‘sparrow-pussy.’ A sparrow-pussy. I desperately wished he would just fall asleep.

However, CEO Chu’s lewdness showed no sign of stopping. He continued to spout filthy words while groping my spine. His hand traveled down my spine toward my buttocks. The hand that entered my underwear grabbed one cheek firmly. Before long, my body was lifted as if he were mounting me, and both cheeks were seized.

“Here are the tits.”

A satisfied laugh was heard. “Fucking bitch. You ran away so hard, wondering if I wouldn’t suck them again.”

“Now I just need to check the Read on Read BL Novelspussy. The [Read on Read BL Novels]moment I open it and see it’s a sparrow, you’re dead to me, girl.”

Perhaps because of the alcohol, curses like ‘fuck’ and ‘fucking bitch’ were heard incessantly. He had said he didn’t want to curse at me, but my foot—it was pouring out like a floodgate had been opened.

Chu Gi-oh went wild, kneading, stretching, and shaking my two butt cheeks. Occasionally, his fingers touched the hole. Every time that happened, the hole tightened instinctively. I wondered if he knew I wasn’t asleep and was tormenting me on purpose. I didn’t know if that was actually the case, but…

After playing with my buttocks for a while as if kneading flour dough, he suddenly chuckled to himself and said something horrifying.

“If I put a bra on this, it’d be a fucking sight to see. If I dress you up and fuck you hard, it’d be a river of pussy-juice, fuck…”

Pussy-juice… For a moment, I almost gagged. Now I saw that he wasn’t just a slightly crazy man. He was undoubtedly a pervert beyond imagination. Since words and actions come as a set, if the words coming out of his mouth were all like this, wouldn’t his actions be the same?

I shook my head violently inside. I grit my teeth and made a resolution. Even if I had to take a cock below, I would not tolerate his perversions to that extent. However, looking at myself—having already sucked a cock and eventually ended up in the same bed—it seemed like a meaningless thought.

“I’m dying to do it, Min-jo…”

Whispering as if he were desperate, he pulled my gripped buttocks tight against his cock. “Haa, fuck.” As that sound echoed, the wet glans slid and poked into my abdomen. “Can I… hng, just cum without putting it in?”

Soon, my own began to rub against his hard cock. Hng. I couldn’t help but let out a sound. My vision blurred behind my closed eyes. Not because it felt good, but because it was too much to handle. In a word, it was disgusting.

“Hng, you fucking bitch…”

Perhaps because he was focused on his own actions, CEO Chu didn’t seem to hear my moan. He only continued the perverted act of thrusting upward violently. Meanwhile, he didn’t leave his mouth and tongue alone for a second.

“You were born to seduce me, right? Huh? Seduce me and make me yours.”

If that were the case, I wouldn’t feel so wronged…!

“Why did such a fucking bitch come and make my whole body wet? What are you, a washing machine? Do you spin a bit?”

I had no way of knowing if he thought about such things before saying them, or if they just came out of habit. I only felt the agony of my brain melting from the filth. This went beyond obscenity; these were words that should never be uttered in this world. No human had ever spoken to me this lewdly. Naturally, no one had ever fed me a cock or rubbed against me like this.

Thankfully, the act didn’t last long and stopped. CEO Chu hugged me so tight I felt like I’d burst, and whispering into my ear with heavy breaths, he said, “I’m sorry.” His pronunciation was heavily slurred, the alcohol having risen further.

“I drank too much today.”

He’s really turning into a dog. That son of a bitch.

The large hand slid out from my underwear and hugged my back tightly. The chin that had been on my crown descended to my shoulder. I was now in a position where I was completely on top of his body.

The hot breath blowing from his nose began to stain my shoulder. CEO [Read on Read BL Novels]Chu buried his face [visit our site]in my shoulder and sucked my skin like a vacuum cleaner. The short stubble that had grown over the day scratched my visit our siteskin ticklishly. It was as stimulating as when our cocks rubbed.

“Even if I don’t say it… I thought about it a lot while drinking. Wondering what I’m doing with a kid. I’ve eaten up forty years, and you’re only a bit over twenty… I’m not your father or anything.”

“…”

“But, the weird thing is… no matter how much I drink, th-th-this answer doesn’t change. Fuck, why think so hard? My head hurt, so I just reached a conclusion. Father or whatever, I’m definitely keeping you by my side. Do you know what I mean?”

His tone was almost like a confession. As sleep began to take him, his words started to trail off toward the end.

“Age isn’t that important. I mean, fuck, if two people like each other and live together… the more so, the better we can stick together and live well. Right?”

You’re fucked now, Min-jo. Nailed as mine… you can’t run away anywhere. You know?

If you run, it’s betrayal. Betrayal.

Betrayal is… the thing I hate most.

Don’t ever make me run. The moment I run, you’re finished, finished. You got that?

…

…

…At some point, the talking stopped. The chest pressed firmly against my face rose and fell heavily, letting out rough breaths. Before long, the strength left the hand that was hugging my back tightly. He had finally fallen asleep.

Perhaps being betrayed and stabbed in the back countless times was his norm, for he kept rambling about not betraying him until the moment he drifted off. He must have read a few books in his time; surprisingly, the words that came out of him were quite eloquent. I especially wanted to remember the last sentence in my head: ‘Don’t you ever let me run. The moment I run, you’re finished. Finished.’ Even to me, that sounded more beautiful than a simple threat of being hunted down if I fled.

I stayed in his embrace for several dozen minutes after he fell asleep before pulling away. Or rather, it would be more accurate to say I slid down.

Looking down at my body, which had been rubbing against his, I saw it was damp. His erect member, pressed against my navel, was even more drenched than my own body. A clear fluid clung to the tip of his cock.

I scanned Chu Gi-oh from head to toe. The bed, which felt spacious to me, seemed far too small for him. If he slid down just a bit more, his toes would hang off the edge. His body was so large and well-built that my own body beside him looked like a piece of straw or a toothpick. With that face, that height, that body, and that dick, he could probably conquer every woman on earth, yet I found it more incomprehensible by the minute why he was so intent on eating up a scrawny guy like me. Well, that very point was an indicator of Chu Gi-oh’s extraordinary mental state.

Whether he was dreaming, his dick began to twitch. I felt as if I were hallucinating water spurting from the glans. No, it wasn’t a hallucination; fluid was actually leaking out. “Ugh….” Frowning, I instinctively crawled backward. It was truly terrifying.

It had only been one night—and we hadn’t even slept together—yet I felt as though all my energy had been drained. My entire body trembled. Trying my best not to disturb Chu Gi-oh, I pulled up the blanket lying at the foot of the bed. The mattress was tilted heavily toward his side.

I lay as close to the edge of the bed as possible to avoid touching him. Lying on my side with only my face exposed, I covered only my own body with the blanket. Since he was a naturally hot-blooded person, he wouldn’t catch a cold just from being exposed to the air conditioner. I could share a mattress, but I refused to share a blanket. Given what I’d been through, I felt I was entitled to this much selfishness.

I couldn’t believe the first night had passed safely, and I found myself [stolen content]laughing. I couldn’t believe CEO Chu’s drinking [Read on Read BL Novels]habits were relatively tame, either. However, as the next thought followed, my expression hardened as quickly as I had laughed.

I’m screwed. I’m in deep trouble. I’ve been caught by a wild animal like that.

Listening to the rough sound of his breathing coming from behind me, I eventually fell asleep. My body must have been exhausted from the continuous tension, as I lost consciousness without even dreaming.

Then, at some point, I felt a tickle on my cheek. When I opened my eyes, a giant was staring down at me, leaving a gap no wider than a perilla leaf. “Waaaaagh!” A scream erupted from me like a fountain. I shouted in a fit of panic, then realized it was Chu Gi-oh and quickly covered my own mouth.

After a brief frown, Chu Gi-oh looked at me, panting in surprise, and grinned. “Done? If you’re done, get up and eat.”

As he spoke, he tapped my cheek with a look of admiration. “Girl, you can really sing. What is this, a serenade?”

I removed the hand covering my mouth and whispered, “…I’m sorry.” I couldn’t believe the reality that I had screamed loud enough to burst the eardrums of the one and only Chu Gi-oh first thing in the morning. I felt a tiny bit sorry, as if I had treated him like a thief, but clearly, it was Chu Gi-oh who was in the wrong. Anyone would be terrified to wake up and see those fierce eyes and the scar beside them.

The massive body looming over me straightened up. He scratched my chin with his finger and gave a short laugh.

“Sing me a lullaby next time. Today’s was too strong.”

I didn’t know when he had woken up, showered, and groomed himself, but CEO Chu was fully prepared. With his hair neatly swept back and wearing a black suit that looked brand new, a pleasant fragrance—not the smell of alcohol—surrounded him.

Unlike someone who had been drinking the night before, CEO Chu’s face looked perfectly fine. After drinking stolen contentthat much, he should have been suffering from a hangover, yet he didn’t seem the least bit uncomfortable. [stolen content]Perhaps his organs were as large as his body, allowing him to detoxify efficiently. That must be how he overcame his sexual urges as well.

The blanket that had wrapped around me like a kimbap roll was swept away with a single movement of his hand. As I reflexively curled up, CEO Chu spoke.

“Get up and come on. I’ll be waiting.”

I thought he was leaving, but CEO Chu stopped in his tracks, turned around, and scanned my body from top to bottom. A strange smile played on his lips, and he let out an “Hmm.” Then, suddenly, his gaze turned fierce. In an instant, the smile vanished, and a stern face glared at me.

“If you get caught dropping your panties anywhere. You know, right?”

At the chilling expression and tone, I slowly lowered my hand and gripped the waistband of my underwear. I clamped my thighs shut as if they were locked. It wasn’t a conscious thought; my body just moved on its own.

“It won’t be you, but the bastards hanging around you who’ll be dying. Got it?”

“…I, I absolutely will.”

Whether my terrified appearance was a sight to behold, or whether the intimidation was merely a joke—though that was unlikely—CEO Chu relaxed his expression and chuckled. He started to reach out to me but stopped, shoved his hand in his pocket, and left the room after leaving one last comment.

“By the way, you’ve got a boner. You know that?”

At those words, I hurriedly looked down to find my member standing tall, as if it were about to burst through. Seeing the perfect triangular tent pitched there, blood rushed to my face. I was embarrassed. He was probably twice or three times [visit our site]as erect as I was, so did he really unauthorized copyhave to point it out? Whether drunk or sober, his perverted streak remained the same.

Once the overly large human disappeared from the room, the space felt twice as wide. Consequently, I could finally breathe. It had been a continuous string of tension for several days since we first met. The back of my neck felt tight. I wondered if I might actually collapse.

In an instant, a thought occurred to me, and I bolted upright. I lifted my panties and checked every corner of my body. I suspected he might have touched me while I was asleep. However, there were no signs of anything terrible happening. Aside from a small red mark near my shoulder from being sucked briefly in the early hours, everything was fine.

Looking at the red mark made me feel strange, so I needlessly scratched the spot with my fingernails. Not that it would disappear or be hidden by doing so.

Thinking that I shouldn’t keep him waiting too long, I hurriedly picked up the clothes scattered on the floor and put them on. My pants had flown quite far. After dressing, I urinated in the bathroom connected to the bedroom, washed my hands and face with soap, and tidied my appearance. I rinsed my mouth once or twice. Since he had shown me courtesy yesterday, I intended to do the basics.

When I went out to the living room, I saw CEO Chu sitting at the long dining table next to the sofa. As I approached, his smile deepened, and the smell of bean sprout soup entered my nostrils. Since my mouth had become a mess, I didn’t remember eating properly, and my stomach churned with hunger.

“Come here, quickly.”

CEO Chu pointed to the seat opposite him with his chin. I bowed, pulled out the chair, and sat down. Looking down at the table, I saw a personal tray with various side dishes, including a clear bean sprout soup. The rice was white. Hot steam was billowing from the soup as if it had just been boiled, and only mine was served in a stone pot.

“Eat a lot.”

“…Yes. You… please eat a lot too, CEO.”

“Yeah.”

As I picked up my utensils, I stole a glance at his soup. The soup in the ceramic bowl was the same bean sprout soup, but unlike mine, there was no steam at all. It seemed what he had told the directors at the cafe was true. ‘I can’t eat hot things. Just like my father, I eat my soup cold.’

Feeling his gaze fixed on me, I took a spoonful of soup and put it in my mouth. The inside of my mouth, where the skin had been peeled, screamed because it was so hot. It didn’t hurt, but I flinched at the heat. Watching this, CEO Chu immediately asked.

“Does it still hurt?”

“No, it’s just hot….”

Frowning, CEO Chu bolted upright. He braced himself against the center of the table with one hand and leaned down to grab my chin.

“Say ‘ah’.”

He wanted to check the state of my mouth. As I slightly opened my mouth, his thick finger entered like a dental retractor, forcing my mouth open wider. My jaw tingled from the sudden force. An “ah” escaped me, and I frowned. Regardless, CEO Chu pushed his face in as if he were going to enter my mouth, turning my jaw this way and that to inspect the condition.

After finishing the check deep into my throat, he finally let go of my jaw and sat back down. With a considerably crumpled expression, he abruptly swapped his soup with mine. I blinked and looked at him. Could it be… consideration?

The man who claimed he couldn’t eat hot things took my hot soup and stirred it with a spoon. I thought he was going to take a sip, but he put the spoon back on the table and stared at me. He clicked his tongue and said, “I’ll apologize.”

“Pardon?”

“I’m sorry for making you like that. If I knew it would become such a mess, I would’ve poked you a bit less. I’m sorry. Forgive me.”

“Oh, no. It’s alright.”

I replied as if I had heard something shocking, putting down the spoon in my hand. Sorry? Forgive? I couldn’t help but think that if you kill someone and then apologize, everything is just fine.

CEO Chu didn’t smile and asked seriously again.

“Will you forgive me?”

“Y-yes. Of course….”

Halfway through my answer, I waved my hand and corrected myself.

“No, forgive? I was the one in the wrong to begin with….”

“Will you forgive me or not?”

“….”

“Yes or no. Just tell me clearly.”

“…I will. Of course I will.”

When I gave him the words he wanted in the face of an attitude that was practically a threat, CEO Chu finally seemed at ease, nodding and smiling. “Then you smile too. At me. A lot.”

He was a man for whom intimidation was a way of life. Having lived his whole life like that, he probably had no idea how malicious his behavior was.

In the end, Chu Gi-oh extorted both my forgiveness and my smile.

“Always smile like that. Don’t be stingy.”

“…Yes.”

“I’ll help you a lot. Got it?”

“Yes.”

It seemed it didn’t matter whether my smile was awkward or not; as long as I was smiling, it was enough. While I was forcing a [visit our site]smile with my lips trembling, [stolen content]he laughed comfortably, like someone who had just had a painful tooth pulled.

“Eat, quickly. You need to eat to get better fast.”

CEO Chu gestured for me to eat and then began to shovel food into his mouth like a farmhand.

There was nothing but forced extortion; there was no sincere apology anywhere. Looking at how easily the food went down, it was clear. If he were truly sorry, he wouldn’t be able to eat so well.

Chu Gi-oh picked up a piece of beef bulgogi with his chopsticks and chewed it. Not just the meat, but he demolished all the side dishes the same way. Meanwhile, his table manners were good; he never ate in a way that revealed the contents of his mouth. The words pouring out of his mouth were utterly vulgar, yet the things entering his mouth were handled with etiquette. While it felt contradictory, I also felt that I wouldn’t be chewed as politely as that food.

Every time he chewed, his jaw muscles bulged and receded. Watching him, I felt as if my own flesh were being chewed bit by bit. Because of that, my appetite vanished, and I couldn’t even take a proper spoonful. I wanted to get out of here quickly.

Perhaps dissatisfied with my picking at the food, Chu Gi-oh suddenly looked up and spoke in a slightly snapping tone.

“I’ll treat you well, I won’t make you cry. Then that’s all that matters, right?”

It’s not that you won’t make me cry, but that I won’t cry. Get your facts straight before you talk.

After that, we didn’t exchange words and just ate. Having finished his meal quickly without leaving a single grain of rice, Chu Gi-oh put down his utensils. He had emptied even the side dish bowls, but the soup—the one he had taken from me—remained. I wondered if he was intentionally not touching a single spoonful just to show me.

After gulping down cold water, [Read on Read BL Novels]he set the glass down firmly and unauthorized copychuckled at me. More accurately, he was looking at my lips.

“Why use a spoon when you can just dip your mouth-hole in and eat? Wouldn’t a new mouth-hole be more comfortable?”

The moment I heard those words, my eyes widened. Could he possibly remember everything from the early hours? The vulgar terms like the highest peak of the Himalayas, tits, new mouth-hole, sparrow pussy, washing machine, and the perverted acts. No way, did he even realize I was pretending to be asleep…?

A grin returned to his face as he saw my shock.

“Just consider it a miracle that both you and I survived.”

After the meal, coffee arrived via room service. According to Chu Gi-oh’s taste, two glasses of iced black coffee came along with bread and jam. Beside them were small tongs, teaspoons, syrup, and sugar cubes. Chu Gi-oh pointed at the sugar cubes and said.

“You stir in just one.”

Since the amount of coffee was significantly less than what they serve at the cafe, he seemed to only use one. I picked up a sugar cube with the tongs, dropped it into the coffee, and stirred gently with the teaspoon. I wondered if it would dissolve since it was cold, but it melted well. When I politely presented the coffee to Chu Gi-oh, including the saucer, the man, who had been looking at me askew, took it with a smile. “I’ll enjoy it.” He was a more frequent smiler than he looked.

While Chu Gi-oh was drinking his coffee, I put three sugar cubes into my glass and stirred quickly. I didn’t actually like coffee and didn’t want to drink it, but since I had already left food behind, I couldn’t leave the coffee too, so I forced myself to lift the glass. Even with all that sugar, the taste was bitter and unpleasant.

Unlike me, who drank in small sips just to wet my front teeth, Mr. Chu, who knew nothing of leisure, finished his in one go as usual and set the glass down. It seemed he didn’t drink for the taste, but to wake his mind with caffeine. Smacking his lips, he began to watch me drink. Then, he abruptly asked.

“Where do you sleep?”

“Sleep?”

At my startled question, he gave a short nod. I slowly set down my coffee, placed both hands neatly on my knees, and answered.

“I’m staying at the cafe.”

“I saw it the other day and it looked incredibly small. Is there even a proper place to lie down?”

“That’s in the storage room….”

At those words, CEO Chu’s expression immediately crumpled.

“Storage room?”

“…Yes.”

“What? Storage room? Are those fucking bitches crazy?”

“….”

It wasn’t that I hadn’t expected this. No, it would be more accurate to say I said it knowing full well. My intention was obvious from the moment I dropped the word “room” from “storage room,” which is how I usually referred to it.

“What are you, luggage? A cleaning tool? Are those fucking pieces of shit joking? They’re making my mood shitty first thing in the morning.”

Once his eyebrows furrowed, they didn’t straighten. I felt his fierce impression every time we met, but he looked exceptionally fierce now.

“Get out of there.”

“Pardon?”

“From today, just eat and sleep at my place. The room is big, so you can share it with me.”

“….”

Haha. I shouldn’t have mentioned it. I just said it hoping Kim Jeong-suk would be screwed over again, but to receive such an honor in return.

“Why. Do you not want to live with me?”

“Oh, no. It’s not that….”

“Then.”

“….”

“Then?”

My mind raced. It seemed he intended to stash me in his house and use me as a fuck-toy; there was no way I would willingly go there.

As my brain whirred like a motor searching for a way out, something suddenly clicked! Thinking this was it, I spoke without thinking twice.

“It’s just, I feel like it’s too fast.”

“What?”

One of Chu Gi-oh’s eyebrows shot up. His expression seemed to say, Let’s see what kind of bullshit you’ll use to reject me now. I wanted to start with, ‘Do you remember, Gi-oh, when you said I could start an elocution academy,’ but that would have caused a disaster, so I skipped it and went straight to the point.

“If we stay too close from the start… you might be, disappointed in me, and I might unintentionally show you a bad side of myself…. I feel like that could have a negative impact on both of us….”

Chu Gi-oh tilted his head. unauthorized copyunauthorized copySeeing his raised eyebrow slowly descend and his brow narrow, I finished the sentence.

“Because of my environment, I’ve unintentionally seen many couples living together. But not a single one of them lasted more than six months. There were plenty of couples who broke up in less than a week. Really.”

“….”