Villain Eaten By The Hero - Chapter 89

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Belze pursed her lips. She swallowed the accumulated tension in her mouth. Her right hand was on Seo’s neck, and her left hand rested on his crumpled cheek.

If Seo was sincere, Belze couldn’t respond lightly. He’d already said something similar a few times, and it couldn’t be casually overlooked like a joke. Belze lifted her upper body and briefly stole a kiss from Seo’s lips.

“I enjoy living with you, too. It’s not just because I have nowhere else to go but because I really like it. I like it to the point where I want to create many Kim Seo.”

“But.”

“But it’s not possible. It’s not that you shouldn’t run away because they’re chasing you, but you should run away because they’re chasing you. If I get caught, who do you think will be the first one to lose their neck?”

Even now, with just one phrase broadcasted live, he was in danger of facing disciplinary action. If they were to be discovered together, Belze wondered how Seo would be treated.

“Do you know what kind of insults they’re throwing at you in the media? You’ve seen how politicians are talking about the need to enact new laws just by mentioning your name, right?”

If it weren’t for the fact that the object in her hand wasn’t Seo’s cheek, she would have squeezed it hard enough to distort it. Seo had a personality that divided opinions, but she didn’t like the sight of even the people who he had been quietly protecting, raised their voices.

The people who live thanks to Kim Seo… What’s wrong with them?

As if to suppress Belze, who was about to say more, Seo kissed her on the lips, brushing against the hair that he had just combed down. 

“Those bastards shouldn’t speak recklessly anymore.”

“They probably can’t now. They must have tasted bitterness since I went one by one to destroy them.”

And well, destroying them one by one hasn’t exactly helped in reducing the grudges.

“What? I told you to stay quiet, so what did you do?”

“Why tolerate those idiots who don’t know how to do anything but curse you? If they’re adults, they should know how to take responsibility for their own words. I can endure the law, but I won’t endure it personally.”

“Did you really… destroy all the evidence?”

Seo, who had been frowning, slightly softened his gaze. It was more of a tone expressing trust rather than concern, and it seemed to imply that if anything went wrong, he would step up.

“Don’t worry. I had a lot of free time. Anyway, I can’t live quietly. That’s just not me.”

Belze, lying down, continued to scratch Seo gently with her fingertips. It was secretly satisfying every time Seo flinched when touched.

Then she brought her right hand up and lightly and playfully slapped Seo’s cheek. Although it looked like she had hit his cheek just by the shape of her hand, in reality, it felt more like a cute gesture.

“And seriously, can’t we follow the proper order? We haven’t even had a proper date, and now you’re talking about living together. Living together and marriage are issues for people like us, especially when we are not of the same profession, that requires serious consideration.”

Then she pulled the leash off and rolled out from under Seo. Seo was silent for a long moment as Belze got up from his body and quickly cleaned up the mess.

“…But there might still be a chance, right?”

Belze smiled at the question that only came later.

“Yeah. I failed another job interview. Even villains have a hard time finding work these days. Problem, problem.”

They may not be able to live together forever, but for now, they can enjoy the good times. Just like the fake honeymooners on TV.

This life wasn’t all bad for Belze.

*

Seo, who came to the gym to change his mood, touched various pieces of equipment randomly. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t get rid of the nervousness he’d been feeling for the past two days.

It’s no wonder he’s so impatient, even with Belze by his side, thinking about him. The repeated rejections to live together were the reason.

Realizing the fact that he would eventually lose this happiness, the more he cherished it, the more anxious he became. Even if he decided to cherish the moment in front of him, knowing that nothing lasts forever, his heart wavered in just ten minutes.

There was no way he could look at Belze and not feel nervous, so he tried hard to warm up, but it didn’t work. Then, as usual, the trainer appeared by his side.

“Every time I see you, your love life fluctuates like waves. Did your girlfriend tell you that marriage is a real thing and she wants to think about it carefully?”

“Are you really a shaman? Isn’t the couple matching manager just a scam?”

Seo gave the trainer a suspicious look. His intuition was too good for a normal human to be able to do that it made people naturally doubt.

But the trainer laughed off Seo’s words like a joke.

“Oh, no. I don’t believe in superstitions. I even graduated from the Department of Natural Sciences.”

“Then why did you quit being a couple matching manager? If you had that kind of skill, you could make a living at it.”

Seo looked at the former couple matching manager, now a PT trainer, with puzzlement. His life seemed to be just as full of twists and turns as Seo’s own.

The trainer smirked, moving the towel around his neck.

“I quit because my accuracy was too high. Being a couple-matching manager may seem fresh and nice, but in reality, you see all sorts of situations. Especially with my good instincts, I could tell things like ‘Oh, this person is marrying for money’, ‘Oh, this person is actually cheating’, and it got awkward because I could see everything.”

Indeed, if that was his skill, it would be burdensome. Seo nodded in agreement.

Saying that having too good instincts is a problem, Seo, who nodded, scrutinized him again. His mouth was tight, and his gaze was piercing. It seemed like he could seek advice from this man. Perhaps, it might be better than an old-fashioned matchmaker when it came to dating a woman.

“…So, what do you think I should do?”

“Uh, relationship talk? Seriously? Are you consulting me about your love life?”

“If you don’t want to, forget it.”

“Tell me! I’ve got a solid grasp of women’s psychology.”

His eyes were teasing, and when Seo tried to walk away, the trainer grabbed Seo by the shoulders. He sat Seo down on an exercise machine and patted his chest as if to prove a point. His sparkling face showed genuine interest.

Seo tried the machine a few more times before he spoke.

“We didn’t talk about marriage, but I mentioned something similar. I suggested living together, but she’s been hesitant, saying it’s difficult realistically. She even mentioned getting a separate place, but I want to live together.”

There was no need to go into detailed circumstances, such as how they ended up living together, given what happened with Seo’s scandal, and the like. The trainer had already noticed that Seo was living with his lover and received some explanation from Seo.

Although the trainer knew only as much as “a pitiful secret lover who had to stay at Seo’s place after being chased away by angry family due to Seo’s scandal,” it was enough for communication.

“What do you think is the real problem, in your opinion? If it’s not money… Maybe living habits or related to the job?”

“My job and the scandal.”

“Do you think it can be resolved?”

“Huh?”

Seo, who didn’t immediately understand what he was talking about, looked up with a puzzled expression. The trainer, who took the scandal issue in context as ‘the scandal with Belze is a hindrance to a future together’, narrowed his brow.

“There are suspicions that you slept with Belze and are in a situation where you might face disciplinary action. If you ask me to move in with you without resolving anything, 9 times out of 10, I’m going to think you’re being unrealistic and that you’re saying it because you want to run away from reality.”

“And the other one?”

“That you think you’re going to be this person’s rock but is instead ruining her life.”