Epilogue (Part 2)

The two, who had met at the Okcheon house during the day, arrived in Seoul in the middle of the night.

“Should we go to the hospital?”

In response to Do-jin’s regretful voice, Seo-hye replied indifferently.

“Today… we can go to Hannam-dong.”

The dry eyes that were watching the road ahead suddenly lit up with life.

“Before we left Okcheon, I texted the caregiver… saying I might not be able to visit the hospital today.”

Do-jin glanced at her and whispered softly.

“What a nice thing you’ve done.”

Seo-hye hesitated to answer, touching near her neck as if it itched.

When she saw Do-jin, whom she hadn’t expected to pick her up as she stepped out of the Okcheon house gate with the landscape painting earlier, she had certain thoughts.

Recalling her feelings at that moment, she slowly opened her lips.

“Do-jin, I always thought about it. When my mom passes away, where should I go after leaving the Cheongun-dong house? But… no matter how much I think about it, I don’t know. The only place I know is my mom’s house in Okcheon.”

Do-jin listened to her seriously, without any playful retort.

“Actually, it was the same today. Even though I’ve been staying at the hospital these days to take care of my mom. It’s just that mom is there, not a place where I can be at ease.”

Do-jin softly encouraged her to continue.

“Is the landscape painting heavy? Thinking about carrying it, taking the city bus to the station, then taking the train to Seoul, and being tired at the hospital made me feel needlessly sad. Wondering if I really have nowhere to go.”

“……”

“Because I’m most afraid of the hospital. It’s a bit scary to think about living in a world without my mom, which I thought I’ll have to face soon.”

Seo-hye paused for a moment and slowly reached out to hold Do-jin’s hand on the console box.

“But Do-jin, you came. Seeing you made me feel at ease, as if by magic.”

“……”

“I started thinking, ‘Oh, I have a place to go.’ And no matter where it is, being next to you makes me feel so much more at ease.”

“……”

“I realized, ‘Oh, I really like you a lot.'”

As the red light stopped them, Do-jin, who had been pressing the brake, looked at Seo-hye.

“So I told the caregiver. I’m thinking of staying out overnight today.”

Without a word, Do-jin turned his head forward and scanned the road ahead.

Seo-hye looked at him with a puzzled expression and cautiously asked.

“……What are you doing?”

“Seeing if there’s a hotel nearby. I don’t think I can drive all the way home.”

“Suddenly? Are you feeling unwell?”

“Suddenly hearing a confession, I feel like my heart might stop.”

While Seo-hye was at a loss for words, Do-jin indeed drove to the nearest hotel.

The two quickly got out of the car, checked in, and headed to the assigned room.

As soon as they entered, he took Seo-hye’s hand and headed for the bedroom.

Midway, Seo-hye planted her feet firmly and stopped.

Do-jin turned to look at her as if to ask what was wrong.

“I confessed my feelings, but why are you responding with a physical conversation, huh!”

In an instant, he bit down on her lips, starting to wet the inside of her mouth.

Just as Seo-hye’s legs were about to give way, he pulled away from her lips and followed with a delayed answer.

“Whether it’s just a conversation or a conversation with the body, as long as we both enjoy it, it’s fine.”

“…….”

“Hmm?”

When Seo-hye didn’t respond, he immediately lifted her skirt and grasped her b*ttocks.

With the sudden touch, her soft b*ttocks tensed up. Do-jin’s gaze also sharpened as her skin tightened.

“At this level of pressure, it seems like putting it in might be fatal.”

One of Do-jin’s fingers slipped between her underwear. Seo-hye flinched and shifted her pelvis to the side, but it caused his hand to slide down close to her entrance.

“Uh!”

At Seo-hye’s moan, a deep wrinkle formed on Do-jin’s forehead.

He asked, with eyes turned fierce,

“Is it okay to be this wet, even if you only intend to have a conversation with your body?”

With a creaking sound, Do-jin’s hand dug in a little deeper.

Seo-hye tightly squeezed her thighs and grabbed his forearm. Despite their frequent encounters, she never quite got used to his touch and his core.

He traced circles in the narrow, damp alley, gradually expanding the space.

The viscosity of her fluids clinging to his hand thickened, creating sticky noises that filled the air like a loud song.

“How is it that even the sounds you make here are so sensual, Seo-hye?”

Seeing Seo-hye biting her lip to avoid moaning, he quickened his movements.

Seo-hye clenched her eyes shut, gripping his wrist.

He opened his lips again, his expression so calm that it belied the messy way he was tormenting her below.

“We really almost had an accident back there in the middle of the road.”

“…….”

“When you said you’d stay by my side, I got so excited. To the point where I couldn’t even press the accelerator properly.”

He pulled out his thoroughly wet hand.

Then, without missing a beat, he lifted one of her legs to rest on his waist, as he continued his words naturally.

Pushing aside her underwear, he inserted his hardened tip directly.

Even though she had loosened significantly from the intense f*replay, Seo-hye struggled with his size, barely able to breathe as she clung tightly to his neck.

With a satisfied expression, he lifted her entirely, supporting her other thigh as well.

“Ah…! Why so suddenly…!”

He exhaled a heated breath and asked,

“Why, does it hurt?”

At his whispered, provocative question, her whole body trembled as if cramping.

“It doesn’t hurt, does it? Thankfully, you were all wet already.”

“Ah, stop saying things like that, uh!”

“I told you I was in a hurry, and here, it’s, ha. Accommodating me so nicely. Beautifully.”

With the overwhelming pleasure that seemed to melt her lower body, Seo-hye closed her eyes tightly and buried her face in his neck.

Holding her gently, he moved toward the bedroom.

With each step he took, the point of contact between them ground intensely.

The strange but delightful sensation made her head tilt back repeatedly.

At some point, her back touched the bed, and he withdrew his lower body, positioning himself below her.

When Seo-hye moved her feet as if to protest what he was doing, he immediately grabbed her ankle.

“…Ah…!”

As his hot, moist tongue invaded her entrance, a nearly unbearable pleasure swept over her entire body once again.

“Why… why are you suddenly going… there…!”

Her thighs trembled with excitement against her will, and she pushed his head away with tense legs.

“I’m cherishing you. Right now. Because you confessed your feelings to me so beautifully.”

She wanted to ask why he was cherishing that particular place after her confession, but her lips sealed as a moan escaped them.

He treated her as if handling a precious gem, softly massaging and wetting her for a long time.

Long enough to wonder if it was all right to let him have her like this, for such a long time.

***

The next day.

Since it was Saturday and Do-jin didn’t need to go to work, the two of them slept in quite late.

It was around ten o’clock.

When the hotel bell rang, Do-jin got up immediately and left the bedroom.

Seo-hye quickly put on a robe and saw Do-jin returning as she was about to leave the bedroom.

He was already holding two shopping bags that someone had handed him.

“Who came by?”

“Secretary Yoo.”

Do-jin handed the shopping bags to Seo-hye.

“They’re clothes and shoes. The sizes should all be correct.”

Seo-hye accepted the shopping bag with a puzzled look and took out the new clothes and shoes inside.

The dress was a neat, luxurious beige one-piece that reached the knees, paired with clean black stiletto heels.

It was the perfect style for a formal meeting.

Seo-hye glanced at the clothes and then at Do-jin.

Only then did Do-jin bring up the reason for the gift.

“Someone has been begging to meet you. Please do me this favor. Dress up and come out.”

“What? Wait a minute. Who wants to see me?”

“Yes. They asked to have lunch together.”

“Today? Lunch today? Who on earth?”

Seo-hye’s face filled with confusion.

Even as she washed up and wore the clothes Do-jin had given her, Seo-hye hesitated multiple times.

Recalling Seonghan’s Chairman and Do-jin’s grandfather, Eung-soo, whom she first met in Cheongun-dong, naturally made her tense.

The scene of Eung-soo leaving abruptly after Do-jin suddenly announced he would marry the second granddaughter instead of the first was vivid in her mind.