The rough stream of water subsided.

Chae Won picked up a soft towel and slowly wiped away the moisture on her body.

Standing in front of the mirror, it was so fogged up that nothing could be seen.

Looking around, Chae Won took a spare towel and wiped one side of the mirror.

“I knew this would happen.”

In the mirror, the places where Yoo Gun’s lips had touched earlier were visibly red on her body.

Her particularly pale skin was so sensitive that even small friction easily made it turn red.

But he had kissed every visible part of her skin so much, of course it couldn’t be unaffected.

‘I’ll shower first.’

‘Okay.’

‘No, not together…’

‘Okay.’

A moment ago, when considerable skinship had occurred, Yoo Gun said he understood but didn’t leave Chae Won for a long time.

Pushing and pulling, pulling and pulling repeatedly, with eyes still unsatisfied with thirst, Yoo Gun kissed her deeply one more time before finally letting Chae Won go as if he had made up his mind.

But thinking about it again, it was clear that if he hadn’t let go in the end, Chae Won wouldn’t have been able to push him away either.

“Phew.”

Wearing a robe, Chae Won took a deep breath before grabbing the doorknob.

What should I look at when I go out?

What should I say, and how should I be?

She had never not been composed in every moment, but after experiencing his completely different gaze and her uncontrollable body just now, it was difficult to open the door readily.

After pondering for a while, Chae Won soon turned the handle.

“Come to think of it, we haven’t taken pictures yet…?”

She came out trying to look nonchalant, but he wasn’t in the place where he was supposed to be.

Chae Won left the bedroom and only when she went to the living room could she see Yoo Gun’s broad back standing at the entrance of the suite.

“What are you doing there?”

While looking at him with a puzzled expression, a cheerful voice burst out from the entrance.

“Unnie!”

Nurse Oh waved her hand with a bright smile through the half-open door.

Judging by his dry expression, she seemed to be an unwelcome guest to Yoo Gun, but Chae Won, feeling somewhat relieved, was rather glad to see her.

“I was just worried about Eun Ji. You two suddenly disappeared earlier.”

“Heh, we must have missed each other while going back and forth swimming. Oh, it’s nothing, but your phone was in my waterproof bag, unnie!”

Right. I put it in there.

Chae Won made an “Ah” sound and took the phone Nurse Oh was holding out.

“Thank you. I forgot about that.”

“No need to thank me. Unnie! I’m going to drink wine with Oh Gun now. Do you want to drink together as couples in our room? We’ve ordered some delicious desserts too!”

When she mentioned she had brought board games too, Chae Won thought that sounded fun and approached with a brightened expression.

“That’s a great idea!”

“Let’s do it next time. I’m feeling a bit under the weather, so I think I’ll have to go to bed early.”

Yoo Gun’s voice was gentle, but Chae Won’s hand, which was smilingly reaching towards Nurse Oh, was sharply caught by Yoo Gun.

“I see. Oh my, how did you catch a cold… Ah! I brought some cold medicine as a precaution, should I bring it to you?”

“I have some, so it’s fine.”

“I see, take your medicine and get some good rest. Oh! Then, Chae Won unnie will be bored alone? Unnie, at least you could have a drink with us!”

“Honey…”

Oh Gun, who had been watching from the side, suddenly pulled on Nurse Oh’s shoulder.

“We agreed to just give her the phone and go, let’s not disturb them and enjoy ourselves.”

“Oh, am I disturbing you?”

Chae Won, who was walking away with a smile saying it wasn’t like that, was caught by Yoo Gun once again.

“Haha, hyungnim. Then rest well!”

Nurse Oh, with her eyes wide open, kept muttering about whether she had been tactless, but soon her voice faded as she was led away by Oh Gun.

Thinking that he was indeed a decent guy with some tact, except for his tasteless jokes, Yoo Gun closed the door.

Turning around, Chae Won, who looked as if she had some lingering attachment to Nurse Oh, straightened her head.

“Are you really sick?”

You’re saying that now?

“Why don’t you properly diagnose whether I’m healthy or not right now, doctor?”

“…No, it’s okay.”

Chae Won, who had been looking at him, slowly blinked once and then slowly went inside as if escaping.

*

Ro Na was on edge with her phone pressed to her ear.

“Are you really alone with your friend right now?”

“Yes.”

She had seen him come in arm in arm with some woman, but after seeing the face of the man who disappeared into the elevator, she became suspicious.

Staying at the same hotel on the same day as that man who disappeared together on a rainy day.

Thinking that the relationship between the two seemed suspicious and that they might be using a room together, Ro Na immediately called the private detective agency’s president.

− I’m watching right now, and he’s with some woman, just the two of them.

How could that be?

After disappearing like that saying they were close friends, they’re separately enjoying themselves at this hotel without knowing the other is here?

But according to the detective agency president who says he’s following and watching right now, her guess was wrong, but her intuition clearly tells her there’s something between the two, yet there’s no evidence.

While deep in thought, Ro Na quickly turned her head upon hearing the sound of the room door opening.

“I’ll call you back soon!”

Ending the call, Ro Na greeted Jae Min, who was entering, with a small smile.

“Did you bring all the luggage?”

“Yeah, I just need to bring this and we can leave right away.”

Ro Na looked around the tidy interior of the room and said,

“I packed so much thinking we’d spend a vacation here with Kongal today, it’s a shame we can’t even unpack properly.”

“Actually, I was a bit uneasy about you walking around in a swimsuit in such a crowded place. The music was so loud too, I was worried it might have startled our Kongal. Let’s just go home and rest, and come back after the wedding.”

This gentle tone. He’s completely returned to the man who loved her.

Ro Na smiled with a more relaxed expression.

“It’s a promise then. We’ll definitely come back after our wedding?”

“Of course, what’s so difficult about that.”

Ro Na chuckled as she fell into his arms.

“Okay. Let’s go home, Jae Min.”

“Oh, but.”

Jae Min slowly detached Ro Na from his embrace.

“I’ll go down first, so you come down slowly. Don’t forget to wear your mask.”

“What?”

“You saw Hee Joo earlier, right? It’s over if we get caught. I’ll wait in the parking lot, so you come down slowly and carefully, make sure you don’t get caught. Okay?”

“Jae Min!”

Jae Min hurriedly pulled up his mask and went outside.

Ro Na, who had been standing still with a blank expression, soon pressed her lips tightly.

Even though her heart was trying to warm up, Kim Hee Joo’s name coming from Jae Min’s mouth was unwelcome.

She didn’t like how Jae Min acted as if they were committing a crime together when they had just loved each other.

“Kim Hee Joo, Kim Hee Joo! That damned Kim Hee Joo!”

Ro Na, who had been clenching her fist while trembling, called the detective agency president again.

“I’m leaving the hotel now. Don’t leave her side at all and keep watching. Kim Hee Joo definitely has a man with her.”

− Don’t worry. I’m sticking close and watching right now.

As Ro Na was about to end the call, she suddenly thought that the voice of the detective agency president she was talking to sounded too clear.

If he was still at the pool party venue, it should be very noisy with music, but it sounded like someone at home with no background noise at all.

Ro Na, finding this strange, soon asked in a careful voice.

“Kim Hee Joo is wearing a green bikini today. You’re not following the wrong person, are you?”

− Yes, yes. She’s still wearing the green bikini. Don’t worry, I’m following her closely!

It’s a lie.

He’s leaking false information.

Ro Na’s brow slowly furrowed as she realized this.

*

While Yoo Gun went to shower, Chae Won sat awkwardly and opened her bag.

Just waiting blankly felt strange, so it seemed better to move around doing something.

Since it was just a one-night stay, there wasn’t much luggage, but she took out the neatly folded clothes and hung them on hangers, and arranged her cosmetics on the dressing table.

As she finished up and her hands started to feel idle, she noticed the luxurious menu placed next to the bed.

Chae Won picked it up and browsed through the various menu items.

Although she wasn’t hungry, she thought it might be nice to order some light desserts through room service to pass the time when Yoo Gun came out.

“Ah, right. We need to take pictures?”

While looking around for a good background that would show where they were, Yoo Gun came out with a click of the door.

Yoo Gun, who came out wearing comfortable black pants but shirtless, was rubbing his wet hair with a towel.

Looking at Chae Won standing with the menu in her hands, Yoo Gun casually hung the towel around his neck and approached.

“What are you doing?”

Although Chae Won had never particularly been interested in the bodies of men who work out, seeing his photo-like body with tanned skin up close, she thought that with a body like this, people could indeed be captivated.

“Just, organizing luggage. Wasn’t there a robe inside?”

“There was, but it was too short.”

Chae Won made an “Ah” sound and suddenly looked up at the top of his head as if measuring his height.

Seeing him properly, it really did seem like the robe would be too short.

He was clearly over 180 cm, maybe around 190 cm?

Lowering her gaze a bit, she noticed his wet hair disheveled and messy.

Even though it was a mess from not being properly styled, it blended with his long, sharp eyes to create an even more attractive atmosphere.

Suddenly feeling that she had been looking at him for too long, Chae Won hurriedly opened her lips.

“Um, I think we can take pictures over there in the living room. That way it’ll be clear we’re in a hotel.”

“We’ll take pictures later.”

Chae Won blinked slowly and said “Ah” once more.

“Then, shall we order room service? Here in the menu…”

“That too, later.”

Chae Won, who was about to show the menu she was holding, hesitated.

The only list she had carefully thought of for what to do when Yoo Gun came out was completely deleted.

Chae Won, who had been thinking with her gaze half lowered, slowly raised her eyelids.

“Then, what now?”

“Now.”

Yoo Gun pulled Chae Won’s arm and wrapped it around her waist.

“Like this.”

Naturally tilting his chin, he captured Chae Won’s slightly parted lips.

With a soft sound, Yoo Gun’s lips slowly parted and he looked at Chae Won again.

“And like this.”

Tilting his head once more, Yoo Gun’s lips touched Chae Won’s snow-white neck.

At the cold and moist sensation, Chae Won closed her eyes slightly and then opened them.

Chae Won let out a soft breath as his lips lingered, savoring her once more without detaching.

As his breath touched her when he slowly pulled away, Chae Won unknowingly curled her fingertips.

“Next.”

Following Yoo Gun’s lead, Chae Won’s back touched the bed and Yoo Gun climbed on top.

“Next is like this.”

Yoo Gun, looking down, put his hand into Chae Won’s robe near her shoulder and pulled it away, soon revealing her shoulder.

After looking down at her body, Yoo Gun raised his eyelids again and met Chae Won’s eyes.

Her eyes, tinged with tension, moved as if she was someone who couldn’t make a decision, seemingly lost in thought.

Yoo Gun gently cupped Chae Won’s cheek.

“And now, you just need to look at me.”

As he took Chae Won’s limp wrist and placed it on his neck, Chae Won soon raised both arms to wrap around his neck.

At the end of their gazes towards each other, Yoo Gun lowered his lips and began to kiss her deeply, pressing his body against hers.

As her hesitant heart aligned with Yoo Gun’s, Chae Won also awkwardly joined his movements.

As his hands and lips relentlessly found their place on her sensitive skin, Chae Won’s quickened breath became even more rapid.

Due to his increasingly intense actions, her disheveled undergarments flowed off somewhere one by one.

Yoo Gun’s lips attached once again to her already reddened skin.

“Haa.”

At the intimate sensation she had never felt before, Chae Won’s waist instinctively arched, and her eyebrows tensed.

She alternated between wanting to escape from the unbearable feeling and yearning for more of the sweet sensation.

When Chae Won looked at him, not knowing what to do, Yoo Gun pulled her waist closer and kissed her.

Chae Won panted frantically, not understanding how such sensations and feelings could be experienced.

Facing Yoo Gun’s intense gaze and breath filled with desire, they became more deeply entangled, falling into a deep abyss.