Do Jun seemed equally unprepared for this situation, quite flustered.
Usually stoic, Do Jun’s eyes widened noticeably.
Tae Yeon managed to push herself up off the ground with both hands. Do Jun quickly followed suit.
The spots where their bodies had just been touching were notably warm.
Tae Yeon sharply turned her head to avoid Do Jun’s gaze.
Already, before coming to the beach, she had been uneasy due to Do Jun’s minor touch.
This recent incident felt like pouring oil on a fire.
Do Jun also cleared his throat, brushing off the sand stuck to his body as if nothing had happened.
He then extended his hand towards Tae Yeon, who was still sitting in the sand.
“Are you hurt?”
“No.”
Even after Tae Yeon got up, Do Jun did not let go of her hand. He took out a handkerchief and first brushed the sand off Tae Yeon’s hand.
“I can do it.”
“Some say so.”
“…..”
“Marriage is a system where someone can do what you can do yourself.”
“Huh?”
Once Do Jun saw that Tae Yeon’s hand was clean, he smiled as if satisfied.
He also noticed that the sand, which had splashed when she fell, was stuck on Tae Yeon’s slender legs.
Without hesitation, Do Jun bent down and brushed off the sand from Tae Yeon’s legs with the handkerchief.
“I can do it myself….”
She tried to refuse, but Do Jun just stubbornly continued to brush off the sand, seemingly ignoring her words.
Watching him, she kept recalling what he had said earlier.
That marriage was when someone else does something you could do yourself.
It was a statement that seemed to fit a couple in love who had married. She would have never expected to hear it from Do Jun.
Once Do Jun finished brushing the sand off Tae Yeon’s legs, he slowly straightened up.
There were a few grains of sand on his chiseled face.
Yes. They were a married couple, after all.
Do Jun did something he could do himself, and she wanted to do the same for him.
Since she had already received a favor from Do Jun.
Tae Yeon hesitated for a moment, then extended her hand to Do Jun.
“Give it to me.”
“This?”
“Yes, your handkerchief, Do Jun.”
Tae Yeon took his handkerchief and reached towards Do Jun’s mouth.
Do Jun simply watched what Tae Yeon was doing.
Tae Yeon was grateful that Do Jun had brushed the sand off her hands and legs.
She tapped off the sand from his face.
“Stay still.”
A grain of sand was precariously stuck near Do Jun’s lips.
Afraid that if Do Jun opened his mouth the sand might fall in, Tae Yeon warned him in advance.
“It’s not falling off….”
As she tried to wipe it off with the handkerchief, it seemed like more sand got stuck to Do Jun’s face.
Tae Yeon extended her finger and gently rubbed around Do Jun’s lips.
Do Jun’s eyebrows twitched, but Tae Yeon didn’t notice.
“Huh? It’s coming off.”
Even while touching Do Jun’s lips, all of Tae Yeon’s attention was focused on the sand.
Once she had mostly brushed off the sand near his lips, Tae Yeon shut her eyes and laughed.
“Hehe. Almost done. You can speak now.”
Do Jun abruptly grabbed Tae Yeon’s wrist as she moved away. She looked at him quizzically, raising her eyelids and met his intensely heated gaze.
“Did it fall off properly?”
“Yes….”
“I would appreciate it if you could confirm properly. The sand on this beach seems particularly fine.”
She could have taken out a mirror and let Do Jun check his face.
Still, Tae Yeon chose to move closer to check herself, his words echoing in her ears.
Tae Yeon moved a little closer, narrowing the distance.
Tae Yeon’s gaze landed on Do Jun’s lips. As he said, some fine sand was still stuck near his lips.
Hu Tae Yeon blew a shallow breath onto Do Jun’s lips.
“Wait a moment.”
So focused on getting rid of the remaining sand, Tae Yeon suddenly realized the distance between her lips and Do Jun’s was barely 3 cm.
From a distance, it might have looked as if they were about to kiss.
‘Crazy. In a place with so many people.’
Realizing her situation belatedly, Tae Yeon stepped back with an awkward smile.
Do Jun watched Tae Yeon for a moment, then closed the distance between them again.
“Why are you running away?”
“When did I? I just moved to brush the sand off your face, Do Jun.”
Do Jun’s persistent gaze landed sequentially on Tae Yeon’s eyes, nose, and mouth. He grabbed Tae Yeon’s arm and leaned in.
And at that moment, Tae Yeon closed her eyes tightly. Because Do Jun’s breath had touched her lips.
A strange sensation prickled all over her body.
It was dizzying. His scent tickled her nose and his soft breath spread over Tae Yeon’s soft lips.
Do Jun smiled, silently pulling up his lips.
‘Her face looks as if she’s expecting something.’
This nervous look was very cute.
‘And I want to live up to that expectation.’
Looking at Tae Yeon with her eyes tightly closed and slightly tense, for a moment he wanted to make her feel awkward.
However, Do Jun once again held onto his senses and spoke in a soft voice.
“There’s still some sand left on Miss Jin Tae Yeon.”
Still keeping her eyes shut, Tae Yeon spoke to Do Jun.
“I’ll wash it off at the lodging later. So, can you step back a little?”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
