Villain Eaten By The Hero - Chapter 28
CHAPTER 28
“One more round.”
That guy over there, playing poker with an emotionless face, deliberately let himself lose.
This was Seo’s silent protest.
Seo was deliberately losing hand after hand, as if he wouldn’t give up fifteen minutes of his life to talk to Belze.
It was a cold refusal, a way of saying that whatever he had felt before, whatever desires he had harbored, once he regained his senses, he was determined not to get involved with her again.
It seemed like he accepted the proposal to reject it in the first place. Pretending to be interested and took the bait, he willingly spent 20 million won worth of chips. In order to make his refusal clear, he took a chance on defeat and loss.
That bastard. An infuriating man who couldn’t fold once.
Belze cursed under her breath, glaring at him with all her might. Even though she had won 20 million won sitting there, she felt no joy whatsoever.
“You’ve run out of chips, would you like to continue?”
Millions won worth of chips were stacked in front of Belze, and she hadn’t lost a single chip. Not a single won, not even her 15 minutes.
“Let’s call it quits.”
The onlookers’ murmurs faded into the background as Seo rose from his seat with an expressionless face. People quietly admired his calm and collected exit.
While Seok was feeling embarrassed, ironically, the angriest person in the room was Belze.
She felt a stab of betrayal tugging at the back of her head, the urge to pull the rug from under her feet.
Did he think he could buy me with this amount of money?
She wanted to throw the chips at him, turn around and walk away. However, reality was quite the opposite.
The reality Belze faced was harsh. Seo was saying, ‘”Even with this much money, I won’t sell myself to you!’.
He lost 8 million won. It might have been a small amount compared to the millions of asset losses the two of them inflicted on each other, but it was too much to spend on the single sentence, “I’m not going to sleep with you.”
But Seo did it.
She couldn’t help but feel a simmering sense of betrayal, even though there was no trust involved. Seo seemed to be reinforcing his decision as he met Belze’s angry eyes.
He remained expressionless from the moment he sat at the poker table until he folded the cards. Not a hint of the usual smirk.
“Alright, I’m done here. Thanks for the game.”
That’s how it ends, huh?
He doesn’t like it because he’s paying for it.
She was angry. More than hearing that someone only cared about her body, she found it more humiliating to hear that someone didn’t want to have s*x with her.
It was tempting to snap at him, to tell him he was the only one who didn’t want to do it, but Belze had another idea. If he was going to play petty revenge, she’d return it in kind.
Raising her hand, Belze looked towards Hugo. Hugo understood her implication and politely extended his hand to escort her.
“I’ve been playing poker for a while, and I’m tired. Can you take me to my room?”
“Of course.”
“I’d appreciate it if you could help me in my room a bit more, I’m sure Hye-na won’t be home until late. Right?”
“…Of course. It’s my mission and my life to serve you ladies.”
Quick to realize the implications of her words, Hugo quickly kissed Belze’s hand and pulled her waist towards him. Speaking about intimate suggestions in front of others was not Belze’s style.
Hugo, who had been rejected in all four of their previous meetings, visibly accepted Belze’s proposal. Hye-na was also surprised, flashing her eyes as she looked for someone to fill her night hours.
Before leaving the casino, Belze turned her face towards where Seo was. She sported a look, showing that she can like someone else, and chuckled, finding Seo’s irritated expression amusing.
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As they exchanged the chips for money and made their way back to the room, Hugo didn’t rush through any process. He was polite and didn’t hurry, not pushed by any immediate desire.
It was quite different from Seo, who would seize any opportunity and rush relentlessly.
…Hmm, what does Seo have to do with this?
Kim Seo has a strange personality. Belze shook her head and decided to focus on Hugo.
It was a sudden decision, but it didn’t seem like a bad choice. After a month of being haunted by pill-induced dreams, it was time to cut them out of her head. Clearly, Seo’s memories were too vivid, but Belze believed she could cover them up by sleeping with someone else.
Belze had to slowly shake off Seo’s shadow that had been hanging over her daily life for a month. Otherwise, she would end up be bothered about Seo’s actions and intentions again.
She had already discarded the dream, which allowed her to meet the person she desired. Aside from the difficult negotiation process, the pill-induced dream provided little relief from her desire.
The experiences in the dream had lingered in her conscience like a drug and had disrupted her daily life. It seemed that, although it partly fulfilled fantasies, it also fueled desires.
Since she had decided to discard it, she had to satisfy her remaining urges with a real person. In that regard, Hugo was perfect for a one-night stand, just as Hye-na had suggested.
After all, it was annoying to keep thinking about Seo indefinitely.
Once they were safely in the room, Hugo held up his hand to show her the small ring on his pinky finger, which Belze hadn’t noticed before, but the design of the ring was similar to the one Seo was wearing.
“I also use this for contraception, just like the heroes and Hye-na. So, even if we do it raw, it’s safe, but if you prefer to use a condom, we can do that.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah. We have about 18 different kinds to satisfy different preferences.”
“That’s nice, but that’s a bit much.”
The fact that he carried around 18 types of contraceptive killed the mood.
“So, Ms. Belze, do you like the kind of passionate play where you just walk into a room and go at it without asking consent?”
“Who said that?! Hye-na?! Hye-na, really!”
“No. It’s just a guess I made because you seem to be a bit shy about being considerate, but is it true?”
“No.”
Belze turned his head sharply, because this wasn’t a story about how she thought it was because that was Seo’s style… or something.
“Don’t be too embarrassed. I, Hugo Big, will do my best to make sure you have a great night. Would you like to freshen up first?”
“Uh-huh.”
While this might have been a situation where Hye-na would have teased her relentlessly, Hugo didn’t. With his relaxed consideration, Belze awkwardly grabbed a robe and headed into the shower.
Oh, this is new.
She had never experienced this kind of well-mannered feeling with Seo. When they entered the room together, the atmosphere was different, and he never offered showers first.
The second day’s dream had been more affectionate, but it still didn’t involve a shower or a bath. As she was washing herself, she felt weird. She just thought that this was how it was normally done.
Feeling embarrassed to reveal her body, Belze put on a robe over her underwear and came out. Hugo smiled sweetly at her before stepping into the shower. Belze, shaking the water out of her hair, sat on the edge of the bed, waiting for Hugo. There was nothing else to do, and it felt awkward to do anything else.
As she sat on the bed in her robe and listened to the water running, the reality of her situation began to sink in.
“Wow… with Hugo? The guy who always has ‘Big’ in his name?”
Her face was starting to blush. In the past, she might have brushed off s*x talk and the male body with a laugh, but things were different now.
A lot had changed since she’d slept with Seo. Even light jokes and unintentional physical contact quickly made her feel embarrassed, and if anything more were to happen, she felt her eyes would roll back. She felt like she was getting a belated payback for years of treating relationships and s*x like a chore.
It was Hugo’s easygoing demeanor that was frustrating; he was not impatient like Seo, nor was he as blindly focused. His attitude was gentle, and he didn’t seem impatient with Belze. That subtle difference to Seo scratched at Belze’s heart.
No, Seo has been on my mind since earlier.
Belze pushed the thought away and focused on the man stepping out of the shower.
Hugo had taken care of his hair, and his robe hung loosely as he approached the bed. The closer he came, the more clearly she could see the pecs through the robe.
His chest, still slightly damp, was firm enough to slightly offset his intellectual and gentle image. The robe, loosely draped, flowed to the sides, revealing more of his bare skin.
His chest was visible, she could see his biceps, and his abs was visible…
“I will give you a satisfying night.”
His robe fell to the floor, revealing firm thighs and the g*nitals between his legs. The elongated shape that rose into the air was similar to Seo’s, except,
“But you’re not hard yet.”
“What?”
“No, I’m not blaming you, since you don’t like me. I can’t help it, but my underwear isn’t pretty today. Can I touch them? Is that okay?”
Hugo still wasn’t fully erect. It wasn’t possible to measure precisely, but his c*ck looked less impressive when compared to Seo’s.
Belze, of course, had very little experience with a man’s g*nitals. She had seen men in underwear or with their hands covering that area, but witnessing a completely n*ked man was a rare occurrence in her experience.
So naturally, Belze found herself comparing everything to Seo. While she knew that Seo’s g*nitals were notably large, it was an inevitable comparison. Another tragedy was that even a few centimeters of difference in g*nitals or fingers felt significantly different.
In short, Belze thought Hugo’s p*nis needed to be erect, but,
“It’s erect.”
…It was already erect.
For the first time since they met, Hugo had an embarrassed look on his face, and Belze’s gaze naturally fell to his c*ck. Seeing the size of it, she let out an involuntary gasp.
“Eh.”
There is a time and place for every word in the world. “Eh” was one of those words that should never be uttered in bed, especially In such intimate moment, and even someone as inexperienced as Belze knew that.
But the indiscreet word had already spoken, and the room became eerily silent and awkward, as if time had stopped. The faint pink currents that had been hovering at best were nowhere to be found.
“….”
“….”
“….Um.”
The conversation had taken an unexpected turn, leaving both of them unsure of what to say next.
“….Yes, sure.”
“….I’m sorry! I’m going to go, I’m so sorry!”
Unable to bear the awkward atmosphere and guilt, Belze fled like a startled squirrel, dressed only in a robe bunched tightly over her underwear.
It wasn’t until she crossed two corridors and ran into three passengers that she realized her mistake. She had left in such a rush due to the awkwardness of the situation that she hadn’t thought about where to go. She had run out of their own cabin, and now she had no destination.
Somehow, she managed to grab her shoes while leaving, but with her robe on and her legs exposed, it was obvious that she hadn’t put on any outerwear. There was no way she could go to an activity area or a restaurant in her state.
The only room she could go to was Hugo’s, but after running away from him, Belze couldn’t bring herself to go there.
Of course, she couldn’t go back to Hye-na and hers cabin either, and she had no way to contact Hye-na. She hadn’t brought her phone or any means of communication, and by now, Hye-na would probably be occupied with another guy she picked up.
It wasn’t until he crossed two corridors and ran into three passengers that he realized his mistake. The atmosphere was so awkward that she ran away, but the cabin she ran into was the one she was supposed to return to. She had nowhere to go.