PO 20

Woojeong was trapped in Han Jaegang’s arms. He was so startled that he forgot to close his lips, a breath slipped in without hesitation. He bit Woojeong’s lower lip, and with the tip of his tongue he swept between Woojeong’s lips. Even when he gave a signal to open his mouth quickly, Woojeong kept it tightly closed, so he grabbed Woojeong’s cheeks with both hands.

He didn’t miss the moment Woojeong opened his mouth and gasped for air, and he pushed his hot tongue inside. His tongue dug in as it brushed along Woojeong’s lower teeth and the roof of his mouth, and it tangled with Woojeong’s tongue.

Woojeong’s feeble resistance soon lost strength. Han Jaegang sucked on Woojeong’s lips as if he had found the only hole to breathe in a space where air had disappeared. The rough kiss shook Woojeong. It felt as if he would even suck in the tip of his tongue.

The feeling of their saliva mixing and both breaths filling his mouth was unfamiliar, Woojeong closed his eyes.

“Ah……!”

He felt Han Jaegang hand on his waist and his body floated. He sat Woojeong on his thigh, and he pulled him in by holding the back of his head. Woojeong grabbed his shoulder urgently.

The posture didn’t let his body move freely. But the reason Woojeong was helplessly swayed by Han Jaegang was not only because of that.

Pheromones. His pheromones were shaking Woojeong. That was why even when he slipped his hand inside his upper garment and caressed his back, and even when he held his pelvis tightly enough to hurt and pulled him in, Woojeong couldn’t push him away.

His kiss was so intense that Woojeong couldn’t handle it, and his mind went blank. When Woojeong barely tilted his head back, Han Jaegang followed right away, and he bit his lips. The pain spread in a tingling way that made Woojeong let out a small moan.

“……It hurts.”

“It hurts?”

He heard the words that Woojeong let slip without realizing it, and Han Jaegang asked in a low tone.

Han Jaegang’s hand that groped Woojeong’s bare back was hot enough to burn. Every time that heat and thick pheromones brushed against his skin, Woojeong’s body flinched. Woojeong was inexperienced in sexual matters, but he couldn’t fail to understand what this atmosphere meant.

Right now, Han Jaegang was too different from usual. It felt strange that he showed his sexual desire without hiding it.

“My heart feels like it will explode.”

Han Jaegang murmured softly, and like earlier he pulled Woojeong’s hand and placed it on his own chest. The heartbeat that pounded strongly was felt in his palm without missing a beat.

But Woojeong had no time to pay attention to such a thing. On the inside of Han Jaegang’s thigh that Woojeong straddled, he felt a hard shape. Every time Han Jaegang held his pelvis and made him move, that part rubbed against his lower body.

It was a feeling that was too unfamiliar. The strange sensation continued stimulating his sensitive part, and Woojeong couldn’t endure it and buried his face in Han Jaegang’s shoulder. Han Jaegang wrapped his arms around Woojeong’s back as if he had been waiting, and he changed their posture.

Han Jaegang laid Woojeong on the floor, and he pressed down over him as if he was mounting him. When Woojeong turned his head away because he couldn’t bring himself to meet his eyes, Han Jaegang pressed his lips without hesitation on the white neck that was revealed.

He kissed as he pleased on that pale skin, and he even sucked hard enough to cause pain. The hot and sticky stimulation made Woojeong twist his body.

“Ha, don’t…….”

Han Jaegang kept his lips on Woojeong’s nape, and he moved his hand down to grope his waist. His hot hand forced its way inside Woojeong’s tracksuit without hesitation. Woojeong, who was crushed under his weight, barely pulled out his arm and struck and pushed Han Jaegang’s shoulder.

“Stop, ah, haah.”

But Han Jaegang didn’t care and moved his hand. Along with the feeling of his hot hand touching his buttocks, their lower bodies pressed together. The man pressed heavily against Woojeong’s private part and rubbed to stimulate him.

Woojeong’s face turned pale, and under his trembling eyelashes, tears gathered. The unfamiliar and strange feeling made fear suddenly took over.

He thought that he had to stop Han Jaegang no matter what, Woojeong grabbed his cheek. When his trembling hand touched his face, the man half opened his eyes and looked at Woojeong.

“Please….., Executive Director, stop now…….”

“I need you.”

Right when Han Jaegang answered with a cracked voice, they heard a strange voice as someone urgently knocked on the door.

“Executive Director. This is Kim Taeho. I came after Secretary Joo contacted me. May I come in for a moment?”

Han Jaegang raised his upper body and looked back toward the door. Woojeong didn’t miss the chance when his attention was diverted, and he pushed him away with all his strength. Escaping from Han Jaegang’s arms, Woojeong jumped up and ran straight toward the entrance. When he threw the door wide open, the people standing outside flinched in surprise and stepped back.

Woojeong pushed through the people and got into the elevator that had stopped on the third floor. While he pressed the button for the first floor repeatedly, the elevator finally began to move, and he collapsed on the spot. With his trembling hand, he covered his eyes. His body shook, and his mind was in complete disarray at what had just happened.

•••

Woojeong ran out of the Snow Reflection Residence without even his outer garment. His mind was frantic, and he ran as if he would run all the way home, while a black vehicle followed slowly behind him.

At a suitable spot, someone got out from the driver’s seat and caught up to Woojeong to hold him. When Woojeong tried to shake off his hand, the driver quickly called out to him to make him look.

“It’s me, it’s me. Please calm down. I was told to take you to your house. Please get in first.”

The driver supported Woojeong, whose body was trembling, and put him in the car. Woojeong’s outer garment and cellphone that he had brought with him were placed on one side of the back seat.

Woojeong hugged them to his chest and tried to calm his shivering body. He felt the gaze of the driver who was watching him, but right now he had no strength to care about that. Woojeong looked around with worried eyes to check whether the vehicle was returning to the Snow Reflection Residence.

After driving for some time, the vehicle dropped Woojeong near his house as usual. The alley was desolate since it was late at night and no one was around.

Woojeong couldn’t go straight home and stood vacantly on the roadside. He rubbed his cold frozen cheek with his palm and headed toward the convenience store. He felt that he needed to drink some water at least to come to his senses.

When Woojeong went to the convenience store where he had worked for a long time, he saw someone coming out from inside, and he stepped back. The moment that person opened the door, Woojeong’s face that was flushed red from the cold wind instantly turned pale.

“…..”

The man who had been standing inside the door opened it and walked out leisurely.

“Where did you go?”

“……Hyung.”

“I asked you. Where did you go around at this late hour?”

Lee Doyoung stopped in front of Woojeong, and he raised the corner of his lips. At that moment Woojeong’s heart started to beat loudly.

Even though Woojeong knew it was wrong, tension was something that naturally faded as time passed. He quit the part-time job and wandered around as he pleased, while holding onto the hope that he could avoid getting caught.

Only after he was caught by Lee Doyoung did Woojeong realize how foolish the hope he had held onto was.

•••

The room without the lights on was dim. Woojeong, who had been sitting at the desk, approached the bed and lay down face-down. He rubbed his cheek against the soft bedding, and he blinked his drowsy eyes slowly.

When Kang Eonju learned that Woojeong had quit the convenience store job and wandered outside while hiding it, she exploded in anger. Lee Doyoung said Woojeong must have had a reason for suddenly doing such a thing, and he searched through his cellphone. But when he couldn’t find any particular trace, he threw it out the window in irritation.

The cellphone that fell somewhere in the garden must have been smashed. Since Woojeong had hardly anyone to contact anyway, he didn’t feel much inconvenience. He only thought it was fortunate that he had erased the records with the Snow Reflection Residence in advance.

Only after the two of them personally confirmed that Woojeong had bought and used a regular pass for the study cafe did they barely put aside their suspicion. Instead, they warned Woojeong not to even think about leaving the house, let alone studying.

After that Woojeong stayed in his room constantly. He had no energy, and his desire to do anything disappeared. If he met the other family members, they would only torment him, so he didn’t want to create chances to run into them at all.

Woojeong spent his time lying in bed in lethargy. At first his head was filled with all kinds of complicated thoughts, but as his time alone increased, he often just sat blankly.

The only person who worried about him living like that was Madam Kwak, who prepared his meals. Woojeong ate hastily when the family wasn’t around, and when he had no appetite he often just skipped meals.

Woojeong, who had kept his eyes shut the whole time, quietly raised his body and sat up. Voices could be heard outside the door. As the harsh voice drew closer and closer, Woojeong’s pupils shook.

Without even knocking, Lee Doyoung opened the door and walked into the room. He grabbed Woojeong’s chin without warning, and he turned his head this way and that as he examined the condition of his face.

“Do you have so little to do that you bother people like this?”

Lee Doyoung released Woojeong’s chin, and he panted roughly. Woojeong didn’t know why, so while he looked at him nervously, Kang Eonju who had followed him leaned against the doorway with her arms crossed.

“Did you ever contact Yoon Ijun separately?”

“Just a few texts…….”

“Ha. Since when were you close enough to say who should be called and who shouldn’t? Fuck, this is pissing me off.”

Lee Doyoung ruffled the back of his hair roughly, he couldn’t hold back his irritation. Kang Eonju tried to soothe him from the side.

“Do you think that gallery owner called him because he liked him? He must have called him because of you.”

“Why does he keep looking for him? It’s irritating.”

Kang Eonju stepped closer to the angry Lee Doyoung who was fuming. She curved her heavily made-up eyes as she smiled, and she embraced the shoulder of her beloved son and patted his back.

“Doyoung-ah. Didn’t I tell you not to worry?”

“How could I not worry right now?”

“Mom will soon meet Madam Yoo Aesoon. I already found out everything about what that old lady likes and what she is interested in. Originally marriage talks succeed only when the adults discuss them, and no matter what the kids chatter about, it is all useless. Mom will meet Executive Director Han’s grandmother and settle it properly, so you don’t worry. Don’t say anything unpleasant to Executive Director Han for nothing.”

“Really? But last time Father met Chairman Han, and it was useless.”

“Are Mom and your father the same? And there is a rumor that Executive Director Han is so affectionate toward his older sister. So you take that kid along and show how well you take care of him. You will look if you treat a kid who is not even your real sibling kindly.”

“Is that so?”

Lee Doyoung turned to look at Woojeong who sat vacantly on the bed. Woojeong couldn’t know exactly what the conversation they were having meant, but it seemed that he would probably have to follow Lee Doyoung again. Lee Doyoung, who once more looked carefully at Woojeong’s face, cleared his throat.

“Our Woojeong, your face used to be covered in bruises, but it healed. So why did you lie to your hyung and do that. When my younger brother sneaks around and does bad things, how can hyung pretend not to know. Hyung was really upset while scolding you. You know hyung’s heart, right?”

At his sudden change of attitude, Woojeong shrank back.

“You must have felt stifled since you stayed only at home. Go out with hyung after a long time and at least get some air. Hurry and wash up and get ready.”

Lee Doyoung, who stroked Woojeong’s head kindly, suddenly laughed. After laughing for a while, he wiped away the tears that had gathered at the corner of his eyes from laughing, and he asked Kang Eonju.

“This is what you meant, right Mom? Wow, this is giving me goosebumps.”

Lee Doyoung rubbed his arms, and he turned around with his expression changed completely. Kang Eonju asked about what he was doing not getting ready quickly, Woojeong began to move his heavy body.