Bomi tensed and stiffened as if on edge. The man who casually walked between the desks stood in front of Hyunmin, the development engineer. Moving the mouse to activate the screen in sleep mode, he clicked something. After plugging in a USB and manipulating it, the man, who turned off the monitor, smoothly walked away. The faces of the two people under the desk were not clearly visible.
Feeling a ominous premonition, Bomi twisted her body in Jaekyung’s arms as soon as the man left the office.
“Not yet…”
Jaekyung grabbed Bomi, who was trying to escape, as he hadn’t heard the sound of the man entering the elevator.
“Han Bomi…”
Bomi, trying to crawl out, slipped. Jaekyung embraced her, and they both ended up on the floor.
Jaekyung’s chest touched Bomi’s cheek. Bomi’s cheeks turned red, and her heart started beating rapidly at the somewhat embarrassing sight of being on top of Jaekyung.
“There’s something I need to check.”
Bomi managed to gather her wits and muttered softly.
“… Just for a moment.”
The large hand wrapped around Bomi’s struggling back exerted pressure.
“Let go… Please.”
Bomi pleaded in a voice as she crawled, but Jaekyung, as if not hearing, focused on the sound of footsteps echoing on the floor. In Bomi’s ears, only the loud sound of Jaekyung’s heartbeat resonated. Gradually, she felt reassured, as if being embraced by paradise.
This shouldn’t be happening…
Thud, thud. The sound of the man’s footsteps approached again. Bomi tensed, exerting strength on her shoulders as if she were nervous. Her heart felt like it might crumble.
As the footsteps of the person wandering around the office grew distant, the sound of the elevator door opening echoed through the corridor.
“Ha…”
Bomi took a long breath. She felt the man’s chest against her cheek twitch.
“Now, can we get up?”
“Ah… Yes.”
Bomi, realizing who was on top of her, looked flustered and stood up.
“That arm…”
Jaekyung’s arm was still on Bomi’s back.
“Oh, sorry.”
Jaekyung apologized, removing his hand. A strange feeling lingered in the warmth of Jaekyung’s hand on Bomi’s back.
Avoiding eye contact, the two awkwardly adjusted their disheveled clothes.
The city lights pouring in through the dark office’s glass window illuminated Jaekyung’s seemingly indifferent face.
“This is… an unavoidable accident.”
“Ah… Yes, I know.”
“Let’s not make things inconvenient for each other.”
“…That’s what I hoped for.”
Jaekyung’s cold attitude made her feel unreasonably upset. Even though it wasn’t paradise, she kept mistaking it for paradise… That’s why she felt excited. The heartbeat beneath her palm still echoed like a drum.
This excitement seemed to belong to Bomi alone.
Jaekyung, not being paradise, yet, even knowing that, she couldn’t help but keep looking at him.
With the same face as paradise, those black eyes pierced Bomi’s heart, making it flutter.
This shouldn’t be happening… Bomi pressed her upper lip against her lower lip, lowering her head.
Even if Do Jaekyung were Paradise, he was a person to whom Han Bomi shouldn’t even give a glance.
When Do Jaekyung’s father, Do Wonil, died, the woman who was by his side was none other than his mother, Han Ga-eul. She was the scandalous figure veiled behind everyone’s hush-hush during Do Wonil’s funeral.
“I heard the rumor that the executioner and Do Won Group’s high-ranking person were found together… It must be a complicated relationship, right?”
“It seems like my sister died with Do Wonil, but Hwang Minjun Director’s side is trying to downplay it and hide something. Even though I’m her younger sister, is it reasonable for them to hide it from me?”
Bomi remembered the whispers of her aunt and uncle at the funeral home.
So, Bomi would rather Jaekyung not be Paradise. And when she found out he was someone else, she felt relieved instead.
“Is there something to check?”
“Ah… That person did something to Hyunmin’s desktop earlier.”
Bomi shifted her gaze to Hyunmin’s seat. Jaekyung took out his phone and called Secretary Kim.
“Contact security now and block the entrance entirely. Secure CCTV footage, and lock all security keys.”
Considering the speed of the elevator, it should have reached the first floor by now.
“When security is secured, report to me immediately.”
Jaekyung calmly gave instructions. To pass through the first floor, a security key was needed. Entering the office after 10 p.m. was difficult for security reasons at Do Won Group headquarters.
Although Jaekyung’s security key allowed access, for regular employees, except for cases like Bomi staying inside the company and not leaving, entering the company after 10 p.m. was not allowed.
So, he speculated that it was either a late-staying employee or an outsider who had stolen a security key and was hiding.
Initially, Jaekyung suspected that someone had come to target him on behalf of Haeyoung or Minjun, and if they had a weapon, rather than confronting them, he hid. Securing them was a task for the bodyguards, ensuring neither Jaekyung nor Bomi got hurt.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
