Secret Cohabitation Love - Chapter 34

“Hah…..”

A tearful sigh scattered like resignation between trembling lips.

One second feels like an eternity.

“I, Kwon Tae Ha, you……”

“……”

“Ha, no, I don’t know. No, even if I knew, I wouldn’t say.”

“You don’t need to know. I know.”

The last words were roughly swallowed along with hot lips.

She melted. Somewhere inside her body, walls crumbled and everything collapsed.

The suddenly pulled nape was excessively hot, and between the opened gaps, breaths densely filled and dizzily entwined.

Hotly tangled breaths heat up each other’s lungs like lava, thoroughly soak, and messily tangle.

Before the thrilling tension rising from the tips of her toes up her spine could fully release, the ten fingers that had cupped her cheeks gradually loosened.

When Eun Seo gently opened her eyes, she caught the languidly lowered gaze between them. The shaking pupils were still like an active volcano.

It’s so hot that she closes her eyes again.

The man’s fingers firmly press her lower lip and part the narrow gap. The approaching shadow, closing the distance, was overwhelmingly huge.

Tae Ha dazedly buried his cheek in the soft nape and planted volcanic desire.

Then he lifted Eun Seo into his arms just like that. As he took a step, Eun Seo’s two legs wrapped tightly around Tae Ha’s waist to maintain balance.

Carrying Eun Seo like that, he strides towards the bedroom of the main house. Soon, a faint voice is heard from the firm chest.

“Excuse me.”

“I’m listening.”

“My clothes are wet, so can I just walk by myself?”

“I’m already naked though.”

“What?”

Tae Ha grinned, seemingly satisfied that Eun Seo was surprised.

“Just kidding.”

“Can’t you just put me down?”

“I don’t think so. Since I’ve finally caught you.”

Her waist was grasped again and pulled up even higher with strong force. The tightly pressed bodies were very hot.

“No, wait.”

At those words, Tae Ha met Eun Seo’s eyes and raised one eyebrow. In the end, Eun Seo gave up on the thought of escaping from his arms.

A while later, Tae Ha finally put Eun Seo down in front of the bathroom.

“Go wash up. I haven’t drained the bathtub water yet, so the flowers I floated are still there. I won’t do anything without permission, so feel at ease…”

However, before he could finish speaking, he regretted it.

He had forgotten what state she was in. The thin t-shirt clung to her skin, wet, subtly revealing her white skin, and the apricot-colored underwear showed through.

Perhaps that gaze was precarious, as Eun Seo turned around hastily with a flushed face. Then she spoke hurriedly.

“I don’t have my luggage here, so I don’t have underwear or pajamas. I’ll just go to the guesthouse.”

It took a while before an answer came from his mouth.

“For now, wash up and come out. Wearing a robe.”

* * *

When Eun Seo came out to the bedroom much later, Tae Ha was standing by the window, somehow already washed and dried, in a neat appearance.

It was his usual impeccable self.

Rather, only Eun Seo, who hadn’t dried her hair yet, indicates that what happened earlier was real.

Tae Ha picked up the cup he had placed on the table and approached Eun Seo.

“Drink it while it’s warm”

Suddenly, Eun Seo recalled the first day she came to Tae Ha’s house. Offering cinnamon tea with lemon, Tae Ha had said exactly like now to drink it while it’s warm.

As Eun Seo sat in the chair, Tae Ha also pulled out a chair and sat down.

Then he waited patiently until Eun Seo put down her teacup before speaking.

“You must know that I like you.”

Eun Seo nodded obediently while biting her lower lip.

“You like me too.”

“……”

“I’m going to withdraw the lawsuit.”

“……”

“Why aren’t you answering?”

Eun Seo just fiddled with the mug handle without readily answering.

“……”

“Don’t you like me?”

“……”

“Have you decided not to speak?”

“Kwon Tae Ha. Let’s stop here. Just up to here. Only as far as we can pull back.”

The lips that had been wearing a gentle smile until just now turned down coldly.

“Even now, I’ve barely taken a step. Really with great difficulty.”

“You’ll be my secretary, and kiss like a lover, but won’t be my wife……”

Tae Ha let out a hollow laugh in disbelief as he pushed back his chair and stood up. Then he ran his fingers through his hair irritably and put his hands in his pockets as he walked out of the bedroom.

Eun Seo looked at his cold back, then bowed slightly before taking steps towards the guesthouse. Under the dim lights, the man’s gaze falls hotly, igniting flames wherever she goes.

Tae Ha swept up all the traces Eun Seo had left on his lips with his fingers, trapping them in his mouth as he self-deprecated.

Damn, looks like I’m in for a very difficult relationship.

* * *

It was Eun Seo’s fault that he couldn’t sleep deeply.

In the early dawn, before the night air had fully dissipated, Tae Ha washed away yesterday’s conversation with sweat as he ran along the beach.

[Kwon Tae Ha. Let’s stop here. Just up to here. Only as far as we can pull back.]

Pull back, my foot.

He intended to bite down hard and not let go.

Who decides.

If she draws a line, he’ll erase it, and if she builds a wall, he plans to climb over it.

It won’t be me who gets tired, but you.

It was a first. This kind of emotion.

A woman’s lips touching his, sharing moist breaths, nakedly revealing dangerous instincts – it was all a first.

It was his first with a woman, and everything was a first.

There wasn’t a single rain in the morning.

Tae Ha met once more at the request of the Club Bring In general manager.

After roughly outlining the business trip schedule with the hotel development team, Tae Ha ordered satay, an Indonesian skewer dish, and headed to his lodgings.

Seeing the well-cooked skewers made him think of Eun Seo.

Would she like skewers?

Come to think of it, he didn’t know anything about Eun Seo. Where she’s from, which school she graduated from, these things he could know just by looking at documents, but Eun Seo’s habits, Eun Seo’s thoughts – these things.

As Tae Ha passed the driveway and entered, Eun Seo was sitting on a sun lounger, pen in mouth, scribbling something.

Her face became serious for a while, then she glanced at the sea once, and as if something came to mind, she hurriedly jotted down a memo.

He could almost hear the scratching sound of the sharp pen passing over the memo pad.

A sound that tickles the skin. A pleasant tension climbing up the spine.

“The wind is nice.”

As Tae Ha approached, Eun Seo rolled her round eyes, watching his mood, and seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood for some reason, she smiled brightly.

“Did the meeting go well, Director?”

“More or less. But I see dimples often these days. Cute.”

At that, Eun Seo cupped her cheeks and smiled even more brightly.

Tae Ha liked that her smiles seemed to have increased. More than hotel guests increasing.

He sat down on the sun lounger next to Eun Seo. Then he casually glanced at the notepad in Eun Seo’s hand, slightly larger than a palm, and asked.

“What are you doing?”

“Um… I’ll let you know later.”

Eun Seo hid the notepad behind her back.

“I’m really curious.”

“Later.”

Eun Seo tightly closed her lips, put the notepad aside, and stood up.

“Would you like some coffee? I haven’t been doing anything since I came here, so I’d like to at least do that.”

Seeing that innocent and pure appearance, foolishly, all of yesterday’s anger and disappointment dissipated.

“Okay, then.”

After Eun Seo disappeared, Tae Ha leaned back, tapping the sun lounger with his fingers, and looked around here and there.

Meanwhile, the notebook Eun Seo had left on the sun lounger fell to the floor with a thud. As a result, the memo paper peeked out halfway. Normally, he wouldn’t have paid attention to such things, but the moment he saw the word ‘wolf’, his fingers moved.

As his curiosity was no less than others, Tae Ha put down the Indonesian skewers he had brought and picked up the memo paper.

Tae Ha’s expression hardened. It felt like Eun Seo was preparing to leave.

* * *

Clunk.

On a Sunday afternoon, a bus stopped at the stop in front of Solnae Supermarket. Dust had already settled on the hiking boots of the woman who had just gotten off the bus.

“Nothing’s changed. This is why I hate the countryside.”

Housekeeper Jang dusted off her pants, carefully looked around the bus stop, and then headed towards Solnae Supermarket.

The scenery at the entrance of the village had hardly changed from what she had seen a few years ago.

“Anyone here?”

When the quiet store door opened, the residents sitting on the wooden platform playing Go-Stop all looked at Housekeeper Jang at once.

Hiking clothes, hiking boots, backpack. Housekeeper Jang looked no different from an ordinary hiker.

No one recognized her. Housekeeper Jang had completely cut off her visits to this place a few years ago.

Even when she came to the village, she didn’t talk much with the residents and only met Bok Soon briefly, afraid of being caught by anyone.

So while Housekeeper Jang knew Eun Seo’s face from when she was young, she had only seen photos of her adult face and couldn’t recognize Eun Seo even if she saw her somewhere.

That’s what she hoped for.

There was no reason to deliberately show her face to Song Eun Seo either.

“Are you looking for something?”

With a groan, the store owner, who was the head of the women’s association, got up from the wooden platform, holding her waist.

However, Housekeeper Jang couldn’t readily state her purpose for coming here. There were quite a few people in the store, which she had thought would be empty except for the owner.

“One honey water, please.”

“Honey water? Let’s see. Hot or cold?”

“Either is fine, no, give me a cold one.”

Housekeeper Jang took the honey water and went outside. However, she had no intention of drinking it, so she put the drink bottle in her backpack and stood in front of the bus stop.

Where should I ask?

There will be many people at the community center too. I can’t just go to the old lady’s house in case Eun Seo might be there. What should I do…

As she was pondering, pacing around the tree next to the bus stop, she saw a skinny woman who looked a bit older than her walking quickly towards her.