In the process, she soon realized that she had made a big mistake.

Reaching up to retrieve the files placed in the top compartment, a suddenly appearing large hand grabbed the file first. Sensing a faint citrus scent, Yulli’s eyes widened.

He had followed her into the document room. It seemed like he misunderstood that she signaled for him to come to the document room. It wasn’t the case; she had come here to avoid him…

Unintentionally, she found herself in a foxhole as if a rabbit had wandered into a fox’s den. Jeho gently placed the file on the nearby table and, coming from behind, embraced Yulli, bowing his head.

“Sorry about earlier. Are you still angry?”
As a whispered murmur reached her ears, Yulli’s entire body shivered with goosebumps. Suppressing a moan that threatened to escape, Yulli tightly closed her two eyes. This was undoubtedly the aftermath of an intense kiss.

When she remained silent, the hand resting on her waist began to slip down as if gliding. He was repeating the same actions she had experienced from him that morning.

Though the car was an enclosed space, the current location was an open area with only temporary walls, lacking even a door.

As most people were out for lunch or on business trips, there were only Seonyoung and one or two other employees in the office.

Their seats were close to the entrance and quite far from the document room. Nevertheless, it couldn’t be helped that they were on her mind.

However, instead of pushing away his hand, Yulli bit her lip, drawing herself closer. No matter how out of his mind he might be, he wouldn’t cross any lines within the office. She could accept a kiss.

“Heup.”

Instantly, with laughter, she turned her body around. Jeho’s bright smiling face filled Yulli’s vision. Following that, they shared a brief but deep kiss.

“If your intention is to torment me, you’re doing it well.”

Regretfully detaching his lips, he whispered lowly.

“I’m at the point where I can’t even breathe, trying to endure it forcibly.”

While gently stroking Yulli’s head with his large hand, he turned his head in a different direction and once again captured her lips. More deeply and intensely than before, without making a sound, persistently until she gasped for breath.

Even after his lips separated, Yulli couldn’t open her eyes. Clinging quietly to his shoulder, she chose his coarse breathing.

Was it because of unrelieved and accumulated desires? The slightly precarious situation, where she might be caught anytime, excited her more than usual.

When he tried to join his lips again, Yulli quickly turned her head.

“Now, stop. I’m exhausted.”

“Exhausted?”

Instead of answering, Yulli nodded, and Jeho opened his arms to embrace her warmly.

“Sorry. It’s not like I’m fully recovered… I’ll restrain myself from now on.”

While comforted by the assurance that he would refrain, she felt uneasy at the same time. Would he want to break up with her now that she seemed useless after this incident?

“But don’t restrain yourself too much.”

“Heup.”

His laughter at her words was short.

“Tell me. What do you want?”

“…Well, what should I want?”

Leaning her head back, Yulli gazed up at Jeho.

If I want something, I wish you would feel as hurt as I do.

But she couldn’t spit it out.

At that moment, beyond the temporary wall, Seonyoung’s voice was heard.

“Ms. Yulli, are you in the document room?”
In a sudden surprise, as Yulli separated from Jeho’s embrace, Seonyoung walked into the document room. Yulli, like a child caught doing something wrong, quickly hid her body behind the open cabinet door.

When Jeho turned around slowly to face Seonyoung, she raised her eyebrows in confusion.

“Oh? It’s not here either?”

Yulli covered her mouth with her hand, holding her breath, and stood close to the cabinet, trying not to be noticed by Seonyoung.

Lacking the courage to face Seonyoung with a composed expression, Yulli knew her lips were swollen, and her face was probably flushed. Jeho, unlike her, was calm with not a single strand of hair out of place.

“What’s going on?”

Jeho nonchalantly stood in front of the cabinet door, possibly shielding Yulli in case she was visible.

“Quick service for Ms. Yulli has arrived.”

“Ms. Yulli went to buy coffee.”

“Oh, then I’ll sign for it and place it on the desk.”

As Seonyoung left the document room, Yulli cautiously walked out from behind the cabinet door.

“I’ll go out the back door and buy coffee.”

Fortunately, there was a back door right next to the document room, allowing her to sneak out unnoticed. However, before taking a few steps, Jeho grabbed her shoulder.

When Yulli looked at him with a questioning gaze, he silently gathered the front of her blouse and buttoned the open buttons. He also tidied up her disheveled hair.

Once the process was over, Yulli quickly moved her steps again. But this time, before taking a few steps, she was caught by him again. This time, she shot him a glare of annoyance.

Looking at Yulli with an irritated expression, Jeho lifted the corners of his lips.

“Do you want to have a trauma?”

“Oh, right.”

She had forgotten her phone and wallet, both left in place…

“Please.”

Jeho took out his wallet and handed a black card to Yulli.

Then, with one hand holding a file, he signaled for her to follow him. It seemed like he wanted to shield her as she left through the back door, just in case.

Having safely left the office with Jeho’s help, Yulli bought not only the iced Americano he asked for but also extra coffee and drinks for other employees.

Luckily, no one seemed to notice what happened in the document room. Yulli breathed a sigh of relief and gulped down the iced coffee.

On the desk was the Quick Service box that Seonyoung had signed for on behalf of Yulli. It was a package sent by Congressman Chae.

Why would he urgently send it through Quick Service?

Unable to resist her curiosity, Yulli couldn’t wait until the end of the workday. She quickly opened the box. Inside was a book. Without much thought, she glanced at the book cover, and her eyes widened.

She put the book down and immediately called Congressman Chae. However, he didn’t answer. Just as she hung up, her phone rang. It was a call from Assistant Kim.
[There’s a social gathering tonight among key figures from both parties.]

“Tonight? I haven’t heard anything about it.”

[It was a suddenly decided gathering, so we urgently informed you. We apologize for the haste.]

“Even so…”

As Yulli was about to decline, Assistant Kim asked a question first.

[Did you receive the Quick Service package well?]

“Yes. I was actually trying to contact you because of that. Why did you send it?”

[I thought reading that might be helpful for you to attend the gathering, Yulli. It’s probably best if you participate.]

Yulli frowned and picked up the book. The cover featured a picture of a man with a gentle smile. The man had eyes that radiated warmth just by looking at them.

Did Mom fall in love because of these eyes?

Yulli gazed at the man in the photo with a thoughtful expression. The book in her hand turned out to be the newly published autobiography of Congressman Jeong Tae-hyeok.

[Whether to attend is entirely your decision, Yulli. The congressman said it’s not an order but a request. Today’s gathering is for celebrating Congressman Jeong Tae-hyeok’s autobiography release.]

Listening to Assistant Kim’s words, Yulli cautiously opened the book.