Yoo Gun opened his eyes to the vibration of two consecutive text messages.

The dim light of dawn through the slightly open window and the soft glow from a lamp in another room faintly illuminated the bed where the two people were lying.

Buzz buzz. Yoo Gun picked up Chae Won’s phone that lit up once more.

With eyes not fully awake, he saw a series of messages being left by the detective agency boss.

“At this hour.”

With a displeased expression, Yoo Gun was about to switch the phone to silent mode while skimming the content, but stopped his hand.

Perhaps there could be an urgent call for her elder sister.

After finishing that thought, Yoo Gun put Chae Won’s phone back in its original place and looked down at Chae Won sleeping in his arms.

Even though he had already seen everything, she had pulled the blanket all the way up, and ended up falling asleep clutching the edge of the blanket.

Yoo Gun stared for a long time at Chae Won’s shoulder exposed outside the blanket and her slightly parted red lips.

“…Kim Chae Won.”

Yoo Gun stroked Chae Won’s soft hair and softly called out the name of what was now his, which he kept wanting to say.

Knowing she wouldn’t wake easily since it hadn’t been long since she fell into a deep sleep.

The excitement that wouldn’t easily subside. Wanting to hold her again and again, and still wanting more.

He had pushed a bit too far, seeing her tired face.

Yet still like this… he craves her.

“Mmm.”

As he gently kissed her cheek, neck, and shoulder that he had been caressing, she made a small sound.

Though he didn’t intend to bother her, it was as if he was tasting something this soft for the first time in his life – once he took a bite, he couldn’t stop.

This time, he really meant to let her sleep.

“Mm.”

This way, he can’t let her sleep.

Chae Won’s eyes slowly opened as she made delicate sounds from the gentle continued seduction.

“You’re awake?”

The man asked with a nonchalant expression in front of the woman’s slightly surprised face.

“Go back to sleep.”

The man who said this after making it impossible for her to stay asleep.

“Ha.”

“You can sleep more, but you’re awake now?”

With a kiss, Yoo Gun removed the blanket.

Their skin that suddenly touched rubbed slowly like the current soft kiss.

A dreamy, hazy stimulation gradually spread.

As if morning would never come, Chae Won gently closed her eyes, lastly seeing the still darkened window.

*

The next day, the detective agency boss carefully set down a teacup while gauging Ro Na’s mood.

The atmosphere had been intense since she suddenly barged in, but he deliberately laughed as he tried to make conversation.

“Your belly has definitely gotten bigger than before. It must be about time to know the gender – is it a princess or a prince?”

Ro Na crossed her legs the other way and glared at the detective agency boss with folded arms.

“You don’t need to know that, sir.”

At her cold tone, the boss slowly lowered the corners of his mouth that had been smiling.

“So, what about the photos of Kim Hee Joo in the green bikini?”

“Ah, about that.”

The boss swallowed dryly and continued.

“I’m truly sorry. Our employee accidentally dropped the camera in the water.”

“Ah, so there are no photos of Kim Hee Joo playing with her friend in a green bikini?”

“Yes, I’m very sorry. That day, his hands happened to be slippery.”

“That day, Kim Hee Joo.”

At the cutting voice, the boss looked at Ro Na with a stiff expression.

“Was wearing a red bikini, not green.”

The frozen boss slowly rolled his eyes.

“Ah, I’m colorblind, you see.”

“It also doesn’t make sense that you were tailing her closely at that noisy pool party without hearing any of the loud music.”

“Well, I was in the bathroom…”

Ro Na asked with a crooked smile.

“How much did you get? From Kim Hee Joo?”

As the boss made a troubled expression, Ro Na leaned in further, as if to pressure him.

“Tell the truth while I’m giving you a chance. If you lie one more time, I won’t sit back legally.”

Licking his lower lip and rubbing his hands like a fly, the boss let out several labored breaths.

“Ha, really. I’m truly sorry. I’m not normally someone who does double contracts like this, but I happened to get caught tailing her that day.”

So it was like that after all.

There were more than a few strange things.

Ro Na, who had been staring at the boss with a cold expression, soon burst into a hollow laugh.

“Kim Hee Joo is something else.”

Knowing about the affair but pretending not to know.

Meeting face-to-face as if nothing was wrong and even eating together.

While subtly provoking, she was deliberately stalling for time by acting vulnerable to Jae Min, though I don’t know what her plan is.

“I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry.”

As the boss repeatedly stroked his thighs and apologized, Ro Na straightened her neck.

“I’ll give you double what Kim Hee Joo paid. Now help me.”

The boss, who had been apologizing with his head lowered, looked at Ro Na with wide eyes in disbelief.

“Pardon?”

She could just leave this place that had lost her trust and request another agency, but there’s a chance she could get caught again.

Rather, how would her expression be if she got backstabbed by this agency that she thoroughly believed was on her side?

She’d think it was in her hands, but what if she found out it was actually in Go Ro Na’s hands?

You can’t beat me. Because you’re Kim Hee Joo.

“From now on, the target is not me, but Kim Hee Joo. Bring me real, proper photos from now on – evidence of Kim Hee Joo’s affair, her real daily life that she’s hiding.”

It finally feels like the fog is lifting.

It’s only a matter of time now.

Ro Na smiled with satisfaction, lifting one corner of her mouth.

*

Standing in front of the mirror wearing a white doctor’s coat, Chae Won pulled up the t-shirt that had risen to her neck with her fingertips.

“There, perfect.”

With this, the traces of the passionate night were perfectly concealed.

This morning, due to the red marks visible no matter what she wore, she ended up unsealing the moving boxes she had kept closed and taking out long-sleeved clothes.

It was partly due to her sensitive skin, but Yoo Gun’s energy last night had been excessive.

Of course, melting into his obsession and tightly wrapping her arms around his neck was also a cause.

“It’s already hot…”

As she slightly peeled off the t-shirt clinging to her neck while looking for the air conditioner remote, the door suddenly burst open.

“Wow, I was dying to come to work.”

The ill-mannered friend who entered without knocking as if it were his own house appeared.

“Staying at home, I was tormented by my mom trying to set me up, and most of my friends are either married or abroad so there’s no one to meet, and even you became unreachable after get ting a boyfriend, wow, I really had nowhere to go?”

Chae Won let out a low breath and said while rummaging through drawers for the remote.

“Why, weren’t you hanging out with Seok Ju?”

“That guy got a girlfriend too. They went on a trip to Gapyeong.”

“Then why don’t you play those games you like?”

“How long has it been since I quit that? I quit cold turkey last weekend.”

Chae Won, who finally found the remote, adjusted the temperature and pulled out a chair.

“So you came to work at the empty hospital during vacation?”

“No, it’s because of Wang Se Kyung.”

“Wang Se Kyung?”

“Yeah, wow that troublemaker, she shamelessly called asking for a skin booster even though she knows the hospital is on vacation?”

It wasn’t unusual for celebrities who generally dislike drawing attention to use off-hours by special request, but the fact that she contacted via phone rather than through the hospital meant that Sung Min had given out the number…

“You exchanged numbers?”

“Huh?”

Chae Won, who had been looking at Sung Min’s surprised expression with doubt, soon narrowed her eyes.

“I mean, we didn’t exchange numbers, she just grabbed my phone and made a call to save the number, okay? I was suddenly robbed of my personal information and victimized like that, okay?”

“Anyway, you came out and did it for her. Because you have feelings?”

When asked with speculation, Sung Min reacted with wide eyes.

“What feelings, what nonsense. Hey, that day I just happened to have nowhere to go and nothing to do and was really bored when the call came, so I just went along with it, that’s all.”

Chae Won, who had been looking at him with suspicious eyes, soon lowered her gaze and nodded.

“Okay, fine. I’ll say that’s how it was.”

“No, it’s not that you’ll say that’s how it was, that’s really how it was.”

“Alright. I’ll say that’s how it was.”

“No, I’m telling you that’s not it, really.”

Listening to Sung Min’s strong denials, Chae Won turned on the computer.

“But Kim Chae Won, why are you wearing a turtleneck in midsummer?”

Having anticipated these kinds of questions several times, Chae Won turned her head with a deliberately nonchalant expression.

“You know how much I care about style.”

“I know, you’re the one who said if you happen to die first, make sure to put you in the latest Chanel dress before closing the coffin lid. You said if we put you in wrinkled clothes that ruin your style, you’d come back from the afterlife and wrinkle me too, Kim Chae Won.”

Satisfied with how he correctly remembered the will she had left 10 years ago, Chae Won crossed her legs with a pleased expression.

“People who are ahead of style normally wear spring clothes in winter, summer clothes in spring, and fall clothes in summer.”

Chae Won’s eyes scan Sung Min as she speaks in an arrogant pose, wiggling her foot.

“In that sense, Moon Sung Min, you are quite regressing.”

At Chae Won’s criticism, Sung Min wrinkled his upper lip in displeasure.

Sighing with disapproval, Sung Min soon asked with a careful expression.

“By the way, is there still no news from your twin elder sister?”

“No, not yet.”

Sung Min nodded with a heavy expression and asked one more thing he was curious about.

“What’s happening with that bastard and that mistress?”

Sung Min referred to Go Ro Na harshly with emotion in his voice.

“They’re getting married. This week.”

Sung Min’s eyes widened as he listened with a complicated feeling.

“What? Marriage?”

“Yeah.”

“What about the divorce? Don’t they have to divorce your elder sister first before getting married?”

“Usually, yes. But as expected, they made an unusual choice.”

“Huh, they’re crazy. Crazy. Wow, even though adultery is no longer a crime, adulterers these days are so brazen, huh?”

Sung Min, who had been dumbfounded, sat up properly as if to hear more details.

“So, what are you going to do?”

“What do you mean what am I going to do, I won’t just sit back.”

“What exactly are you going to do, huh? Is there anything I can help with?”

“You stay out of it now. I’ll handle it myself.”

“No no. So what exactly are you planning to do, just tell me. Huh?”

“It’s almost time for consultations to start. I should go make some coffee.”

Chae Won checked the time on her wrist and stood up.

“Well then, good work today too.”

“Where are you going? I’m not done talking. Kim Chae Won. Kim Chae Won!”

Chae Won left the room, leaving behind Sung Min’s desperate voice. Feeling a bit tired, she headed to the pantry intending to make coffee, when an employee called from behind.

“Deputy director.”

As Chae Won turned around, the employee took a step closer.

“Someone is here to see you.”

“Who?”

“Over there.”

Following the employee’s pointing finger, Chae Won turned her head and slightly parted her lips at the two people who appeared before her.