Melting the chocolate slowly in her mouth, Yuli spoke with a dry voice.

“Even if Minwoo’s fiancée was someone other than me, you would have acted the same way. Huh, in the end, your kindness would have been shown to any woman. I foolishly felt excited…”

Just by speaking, her heart felt like it was crumbling, and the days she had relied on him seemed fragile and crumbling before her eyes.

“Even if I say this now, you probably won’t believe it.”

Facing each other, she, the one who had been wronged, and Jeho, gradually distorted his expression.
“Yuli, if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have approached anyone like that.”

“Do you expect me to believe that now?”

For a moment, Yuli wished she could be foolish enough to be deceived by his words again. Still not fully recovered, she vigorously shook her head.

“No, I can’t believe anything you say now.”

“I understand. It’s natural that you can’t trust me.”

His lonely gaze reached her.

Is this really the end?

Yuli glanced helplessly at the almost untouched table, except for the champagne they had each had a glass of. She wanted to finish things amicably, but everything had gone awry.

An awkward silence settled between the two.

“Still…”

After a while, Yuli was the first to speak. Brushing her bangs aside with one hand, she looked at Jeho.

“We should spend tonight and part ways. Originally, our relationship was meant to be casual, without thinking about the future.”

Jeho narrowed his eyes as if questioning the sincerity of her words. Faced with the possibility that a slap wouldn’t bring any relief, she looked at him and faintly smiled.

“I’ll leave tomorrow morning, so let me sleep here tonight.”

Although it unintentionally deviated from the plan, she couldn’t end it like this.

Since she decided to completely erase him from her heart and mind after today, she had to burn everything cleanly. Whether it was desire or hatred.

Or perhaps, even love…

It felt as if her insides were burning, but fortunately, her eyes didn’t turn red. No tears fell. She was only worried that even the slightest shock might burst out.

“I never said it was the last.”

“I decide that. Don’t I have the authority to think so?”

Yuli’s words were correct. She had no intention of letting him go, but it would be better to step back for a while if that’s what she truly desired. That way, she wouldn’t hurt anymore.

The overseas assignment given to Manager Kwon Minwoo and the dismissal of Executive Kwon Woosik, both used Yuli’s sacrifice as a stepping stone. The problem was that the main event had not yet begun.

Instead of answering, Jeho raised his hand and gently touched the cheek that had been slapped by Executive Kwon the day before.

“If today is really our last night, would you mind not looking into the matter?”

“That’s what I want to say. Since it’s the last, I…”

The rest of her words couldn’t come out suddenly because Jeho, who approached, covered her lips, swallowing them as if to warn her.

“Acting tough again. I warned you; you’ll regret it later. I won’t tolerate tears or clinging tonight, even if you cry and beg.”

Jeho leaned Yuli against the wall, placed his hand under her knee, lifting one leg. Then, he lowered his head and once again sealed her lips.

Was it because she thought it was the last?
With every touch of his lips, with every area his fingertips grazed, an extreme pleasure was felt. Even before truly sharing love, Yuli felt like her surroundings were turning white.

“…Let’s not do this here; let’s go to the bedroom.”

“I clearly said I wouldn’t consider circumstances.”

He firmly embraced her, refusing her advances in one go.

The overwhelming sensations spread rapidly throughout her body, so intense that her remaining reason was swiftly swallowed before they could properly share love. Her legs weakened, and she could no longer support herself.

“Jeho-ssi.”

“Is it hard to stand?”

As Yuli nodded her head, Jeho lifted her into his arms and headed towards the bedroom. Placing Yuli on the bed, he quickly removed his shirt and positioned himself above her.

“If you don’t want to now, tell me. I’ll stop.”

Was it because he had concluded that it was the last?

He seemed more desperate than usual, and his movements felt a bit rough, almost to the point of being painful. However, that made it even better.

Perhaps because he seemed as shaken as she was. Like he lost his reason. As if they were both suffering together.

Yuli gently responded to his question with a soft kiss, indicating that she was okay.

“Ha, Yuli, you…”

He tightly embraced her as if sighing, murmuring her name as if he might collapse.

Thus, the last night for the two gradually ignited.

Their sharp desires filled each other harshly, like scratching with sharp fingernails, and hatred and passion intertwined like bodies entangled.

Was the collision of sound their hearts, or the wretched bodies overtaken by desire?

They reached the end countless times, but it seemed like the more they approached each other physically, the farther their hearts drifted apart.

Nevertheless, their arms embracing each other tightened as despair delved deeper into their hearts.

As they sank into deeper despair, the pain became even more solid.

In the end, a small sob escaped from Yuli’s lips.

“Don’t end it first. I haven’t even started.”

However, he didn’t stop. There was no mercy, as warned.

Every time she tried to say, “I can’t do this anymore,” Yuli bit her lips. She couldn’t show weakness, and knowing that ending the fragile relationship would follow, she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Instead of pushing him away, she clung to him even more desperately. Her vision blurred, and she couldn’t move a finger, but she couldn’t let go first.

“Hu, Yuli.”

With a rough exhale, he whispered her name affectionately.

“Though it started off wrong, would you believe me if I say I’ve truly fallen in love with you now?”

Perhaps his words might be true. It might be that he has come to love her now, even if it didn’t start that way.

But what good would that do?

He deceived her, and she deceived him.
As she cannot trust him, he, too, will no longer be able to trust her. A relationship without trust cannot last.

“No. I don’t trust you.”

“How can I…”

Unable to continue the conversation, Yuli rose and kissed him. Jeho, parting his lips, murmured something, but Yuli raised her head, pushing her lips against his again.

After repeating the same movements several times, he eventually gave up, or perhaps desire was reignited. His hands grabbed her slender waist. Once again, a sorrowful act ensued.

After a while, whether from unbearable pleasure, mixed emotions, or intense passion, tears streamed down Yuli’s reddened eyes.

Jeho lowered his head and kissed the tears flowing down her cheeks.

It was bitter. Tears were bitter, and she was bitter.

It felt like drinking poison madly sweetened.

So sweet that it was sickeningly intense, making them not want to open their eyes again.

It was their intensely bittersweet last night.