“He asked me to find out your weaknesses or flaws. He said that would help him get better terms in an important deal.”

“And the compensation?”

“He offered me compensation. But I said I didn’t need it.”

“What was the compensation?”

“To make me like Ji Soo. Give me a team leader position and let me wear luxury brands.”

“Unbelievable.”

Kyung Jun burst out laughing.

“Just for that? To seduce me and succeed in getting a good deal, the compensation is just a team leader position and luxury brands? Like Ji Soo? And you agreed to that, Seo Ha?”

“When did I say yes? I told you I didn’t take the compensation!”

“Do you know that people like you are the most dangerous?”

Kyung Jun suddenly leaned closer. She reflexively tried to move back, but there was a limit to how far she could go in the confined space.

The subtle scent of soap suddenly enveloped her like the fragrance of lilacs, making it hard to breathe.

“What, what is it?”

“I can’t tell what you’re thinking behind that innocent face. I was actually fooled. Your acting was so good, I really thought Seo Ha liked me.”

Her words were stuck.

It was an act. But could she say it was a perfect act?

Under the city’s night sky lit up by artificial satellites, with the soap scent carried by the gentle breeze, could anyone guarantee that her heart hadn’t fluttered even a little?

Seo Ha’s eyelashes slowly went down and up. In the few times she blinked, Kyung Jun had come a little closer.

His sharply elongated gaze, high and straight nose bridge, and slightly thin, nervous lips.

What would it be like to kiss this man?

Suddenly, an absurd thought crossed her mind.

Seo Ha’s eyelashes went down and up twice more. At the same slow pace, Kyung Jun came closer again.

“Let’s make a deal.”

Kyung Jun moistened his lips in a very low and monotonous voice. The cold body odor mixed with the soap scent and the smell of the sake they had drunk earlier.

“Tell me.”

“Keep acting. I’ll willingly pretend to be fooled.”

“Why?”

“Because it seems fun.”

The corner of Kyung Jun’s lips curled up.

“I really hate that stupid guy. I want to see his face when he gets hit in the back of the head after scheming and snickering behind the scenes. That guy must have hit others, but he’s never been hit himself, right?”

Lee Seung Oh had been at the scene where Kyung Jun had also hit someone in the back of the head.

She was grateful again for no reason. Who else would take Yoon Seo Ha’s side like this now?

“What’s the compensation?”

“None. If Seo Ha insists, I’ll grant her one wish no matter what it takes.”

“Alright.”

Seo Ha raised her hands, which had been defensively gathered in front of her, and placed them on Kyung Jun’s cheeks. She felt his flinching reaction through her fingertips, but he didn’t push her hand away or back off.

“Kiss me.”

As the whisperlike command flowed between Seo Ha’s slightly parted lips, Kyung Jun chuckled.

“Out of necessity?”

“For a successful deal.”

“Fine.”

Kyung Jun swallowed Seo Ha’s lips.

Her imagination of what it would be like to kiss this man was fulfilled so quickly. It was a kiss as cold as ice and yet so incredibly hot, like a flame burning within it.

With one hand, Kyung Jun pulled Seo Ha’s head closer while he searched for the window button with the other hand and pressed it. Seo Ha opened her eyes slightly and glanced at the side mirror.

Just arriving, the designated driver and Lee Seung Oh stopped talking and looked at the two of them.

She thought of the pink macaron she had just eaten.

Damn macaron.

Seo Ha bit Kyung Jun like biting into a macaron. At the sharp pain, Kyung Jun let out a small moan and slowly pulled away his lips.

“The window is open.”

It was unclear who was calling whom shameless. He calmly bowed his head to Lee Seung Oh and pressed the close button.

“Stupid guy.”

Kyung Jun, who muttered under his breath, was like a villain in a drama.

“Satisfied?”

“Not yet.”

From outside, there was a knock. It was the designated driver, wondering if it was okay to come in given the atmosphere. Kyung Jun lowered the window on the driver’s side a bit and nodded.

“Let’s do our best, double agent.”

Underneath the driver’s voice asking where to go, Kyung Jun’s laughter was quietly laid.

On the way to Seo Ha’s rooftop room, which was obviously very poor, Kyung Jun turned his head and only looked out the window.

Seo Ha didn’t feel like actively talking either, so his silence was rather comfortable.

“Please park over there, in front of the stairs.”

Kyung Jun pointed out a familiar parking spot. Seo Ha, who was about to get out of the car alone as if it was natural, saw Kyung Jun getting out with her and waved her hand.

“I’ll go up alone. You can go right away.”

“Don’t get the wrong idea; I’m going to see CEO Kang.”

Kyung Jun handed the designated driver thirty thousand won and took the lead up the stairs. Shadows stretched long behind the flickering orange streetlights, and in the night sky, artificial satellites shone brightly as always.

Seo Ha stepped on Kyung Jun’s shadow and moved her steps, suppressing her heart that wanted to run for no reason.

It was a sorry thing for Jo Seo Ha.

Her still hot lips felt strange, as if they belonged to someone else. To be precise, they did belong to someone else.

Seo Ha gently rubbed her lips with the back of her hand.

Still, let me use you a little longer, Jo Seo Ha. After I wake up, I have to find out how to wake you up, don’t I?

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