Chapter 437 – Can’t Live Without Song Jihyeok #2

[Oppa, can I see your face for a second?]
[Brother.]
[Brother.]
[Brother.]
[Brother.]

Stella sends a tok bomb with almost no time difference.
Late at night, after abducting the target, I, who was out of demonic energy near the laboratory, sent a reply with a short delay.
Even at the moment of the term, Stella was sending me a text message.
It’s good to see that the obsession has been properly watered.

[Do you want to come to the lab? Or should I go?]

Even though Stella read the message, there was no answer.
Are you even washing your face to come quickly? Just as I was thinking, I got a call from Stella.

“Hello.”

– I’m in the lab, so why don’t you have a brother?

“…. What?”

-I don’t have a brother in the lab.

Opening my mouth wide in absurdity, I intuitively felt that Stella had arrived via a portal.

“I’m out to get some fresh air. Are you… No. Let’s meet and talk I’ll be going soon.”

-Yes.

After hanging up the phone, I quickly walked towards the lab.
After biometric authentication at the entrance at the end of a fairly long passage, the door opened with a heavy sound.

Stella is seen biting her nails in the middle of the lab.
As soon as she found me, she ran all over and jumped up and hugged her.
After patting her on the back with my arm resting on her hips, I moved to her lounge and sat her down.
After that, the gap between the eyebrows narrowed slightly.

“Did you come through the portal? Didn’t Alex catch you?”

“He’s playing games in his room, so it’s okay.”

“That’s fortunate, but the device energy shouldn’t be used for private things like this. You never know what might happen.”

“I didn’t even use 1% anyway, and they always fill it up with 100%…”

“That’s true, but if you go through the portal, you’ll come to the lab. What will the doctor say if he sees it?”

“… You’ll say it’s okay. The doctor doesn’t have a conservative mindset like my brother.”

He secretly likes me.
As soon as we met, I felt like I was scolded.
Feeling ashamed, I licked my lips again, and took out a piece of strawberry milk that Adele always stocked up in the fridge and held it out.

“Quench your throat.”

“Isn’t that Adaline senior? Can I drink as much as I want?”

“If you say you drink, they will like it.”

At those words, Stella’s face brightened and she accepted the strawberry milk.
I asked, sitting down beside her.

“Wasn’t she sleeping?”

“I lay down to sleep, but I couldn’t sleep…”

“Why couldn’t you sleep?”

“I’m lonely because I’m suddenly going to sleep alone… When will your work at headquarters be over?”

“I’m trying to finish it tomorrow night.”

“Okay…? Can’t you come with me today?”

“Where? At home?”

“Yes. I know it sounds immature… But it’s so hard without you… The manager doesn’t like it…”

I wrapped my arms around Stella’s and pulled her towards me.
It’s not enough that she comes along weakly, she just puts her head on my lap.
I said, bursting with laughter at the childish behavior.

“Why did you lie in the afternoon?”

“What…?”

“You lied to the CEO that the van was broken. Could it be that the temporary manager didn’t like riding there?”

“…. Yes. I really hate it. Only me and my brother can ride there.”

It’s good to see you pouring out your honest heart.

“If the representative entrusted repairs, they would be caught right away, right?”

“Are you taking it for repairs?”

“No. I said I would come back and do it.”

“That’s fine then… Oppa is also an accomplice… Oh, and I have something to argue with you.”

“What?”

“Didn’t my older brother, Boyoung, tell my sister that I drink quince tea every day? Why are you talking about it to someone else?”

I tilted my head as if I didn’t understand.

“Can’t we?”

“No…! That’s our secret…!”

“Did I say this because I was worried about the condition of your neck? And it wasn’t anyone else, but your teacher, Boyoung, did it to your sister…”

“But… Uh, anyway, no way… The temporary manager gave me quince tea today, and I hated it…”

Did you hate it so much that you even added the adverb “Extremely”?
It seems that the malice is growing rapidly.

“Did you still eat?”

“I said I wouldn’t eat it because I didn’t want to receive it.”

“The temporary manager will be disappointed.”

“I’m more saddened… No matter how much Boyoung says she’s the older sister…”

“But doesn’t Hee-joo noona know about quince tea?”

“I can’t compare myself to before I dated my brother…! Uh, anyway, don’t talk about it from now on…”

After saying that, Stella buried her face in my belly as if she didn’t want to talk anymore.
Today, I licked my tongue at Stella’s childish behavior, and I passed the time twisting her hair around her fingers.

After being quiet for a while, Stella turned her head slightly and she looked up at me.

“Brother…”

“Yes.”

“Can’t you sleep with me tonight…? Enter the portal with me… If you go inside the room, Alex won’t even notice…”

“You know what happens when I, a normal person, enter a portal. Are you going to throw up and get caught by Alex?”

“Then… I’ll put the door lock on silent, so sneak in… I can’t do without my real oppa… I’m only a few hours away, but I’m so lonely…”

“If that’s the case, how do you manage your schedule?”

At her bruising tone, Stella pouted her mouth.

“At that time, I know that my brother is in the waiting room, so I’m holding on…!”

“I can’t. We have a promise. Your relationship with Alex.”

“It’s okay if your brother doesn’t notice Alex…! Oh oppa… If we sleep together today, I won’t whine like this from now on…”

After teasing me with her coquettish voice, Stella threw back my T-shirt and started blowing hot air on her stomach.
It was like he was trying to excite me and make me come home.
Stunned, I pressed her cheek and lifted her up slightly.
I said, giving her an affectionate kiss on her lips gathered together like crucian carp.

“If we sleep together today, do you have the confidence to survive tomorrow?”

“Yes…! My brother said he would finish work by tomorrow. I can hold on.”

“Are you confident that even Alex won’t find out?”

“Yes! Yes! I’m really good at acting…!”

When it seems like an opportunity is coming, Stella suddenly affirms.
Originally, I was going to amplify Stella’s longing for me, but I can’t help but listen to her saying this.
Anyway, Stella will be very annoyed when working with her temporary manager tomorrow, so let’s relieve stress for today.

“Then get back on the portal first. I’ll leave right away.”

At those words, Stella rushed at me, unable to hide her joy.
Seeing him riding on my lap and making fun of his mouth passionately, I think he will ask for a fight as soon as he gets back.
After barely coaxing Stella, I turned off the lights in her lab as soon as the transformed woman boarded her portal.
Afterwards, before going outside, I linked the camera in the warehouse where Marcella was to my cell phone.

Hehe… Yes, help me… Please… Help me… I’ll do anything…

I see a woman lying on a lab table, begging in a pitiful voice.
Looking at the information displayed on the monitor next to it, the brainwashing training had reached its third round.
Progress is going well.

She tried to watch the progress herself, but it’s a bit sad that Stella couldn’t.
But, well… Marcella will take care of it.
Human being, Marcella, my servant, personally bestows her salvation, and she is grateful and willing to accept it.

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I want to see you already.
However, I have already promised to hold on well, so I have to refrain from whining like yesterday.
Still, it was an advantage to be able to receive Jihyeok’s seed and spend the day on a full stomach.

“Does your stomach hurt?”

Stella, who was stroking her stomach and thinking about her affair with Ji-hyeok, woke up when she heard Alex’s voice next to her.

“Uh…? Ah… I guess I just ate too much breakfast.”

“Okay? Well… I ate more than usual today.”

Alex was currently moving to the schedule location with Stella and Lee Hyo-seop.
Yesterday, Jihyeok invited me to live together today for a positive brother-sister relationship and to soothe my loneliness.

And Stella, who decided that Ji-hyeok’s idea was good, suggested to Alex in the morning that we would like to go together today…
Alex readily accepted the offer.
The result was now this.

But… I’m a little hesitant now.
It was because I was worried about Alex’s accident.
You have to believe in your younger brother who wants to change, but if you do it like you did at the first fan signing event… It was terrible to even imagine what happened after that.

At that time, Jihyeok was there, so luckily it was resolved quickly, but now the unreliable Lee Hyo-seop is with me.
So I was anxious I was afraid that if something happened, it would be impossible to fix it.
In addition, now that Alex has a mental illness, it was not the only thing I was worried about.
Stella, struggling to make up her mind, glanced at Alex.

‘The color of the face is fine, but…’

He was also bright when he said hello to Lee Hyo-seop.
I seemed to like it because someone other than Jihyeok was the manager, and because the manager was an ugly person.
Seeing that he sometimes throws jokes at Lee Hyo-seop, it seems that he likes him.

‘I think I know why…’

Alex was worried that Ji-hyeok, who was handsome and talented, would take his sister away, but now Hyo-seop Lee doesn’t seem like such a person, so he is relieved.
To be honest, I can understand your brother’s position. Alex really cares about himself.
But it also felt a bit pathetic.

Accidents are all about accidents, and when I tried to say something, I cried out to respect the freedom of adults…
Why are you trying to protect yourself so much?
And if, just in case, that’s why Alex hates Jihyeok so much…?
Although she loves her sister, she seemed to honestly look like a nerd if that was the reason.

“Eww…”

Stella, involuntarily shuddering, laughed awkwardly as Alex searched for her with her strange eyes.

“What are you doing from earlier?”

“Yes? Oh no… I’m just tired…”

“Did you not sleep last night?”

“I slept, but… I woke up in the middle because of the sound of you playing games.”

In fact, I didn’t wake up in the middle, and I slept well holding Jihyeok’s hand.
Alex scratched his head in embarrassment and apologized.

“Oh really…? Say… I’m sorry.”

“No, it’s okay. I’m just glad you came home.”

She used to feel very guilty for lying to her brother.
But not now.
It’s not to the point of not having it at all, but it’s to the point where I don’t care.

While thinking about this and that in his head, Stella pinched her thigh without his sister’s knowledge.
Once thinking on the bad side, everything about her sister looks bad.
It shouldn’t be like this. Did Jihyeok do that?
To improve the relationship.
It’s a rare opportunity he got through sacrifice, but he should use it well.

“My agency decided to send me lunch boxes for lunch, so let’s not go out and eat with my sister. Understand?”

“Okay. But did I just look for it? I heard that fans send me sweets or chocolates during schedules, but does your sister receive a lot?”

“I’m not the type to get that much.”

At that, Hyo-seop Lee interrupted the conversation.

“Aren’t you too humble? You receive a lot more gifts than most celebrities… They are praised for sending back expensive gifts politely, even writing them in letters.”

“…. Thank you…”

Come to think of it, Lee Hyo-seop is quite disturbing.
If I had Alex drive the car, we could have a serious conversation without a third party…
Stella muttered inwardly, thinking about contacting Ji-hyeok, but stopped.

He’ll be taking care of what happened to headquarters right now, so he shouldn’t interfere.
I can see Alex’s notice too… Let’s restrain ourselves for now.
I’ll have to call you when I need to go to the bathroom.

‘But… I miss you already…’

As time passes, his love for Ji-hyeok deepens.
It was fortunate that I had a busy schedule today.
If he was free, he would have lost his mind thinking about Jihyeok.

Thinking about it like this, bringing Alex along seemed like a good thing.
Even though he may be anxious, he is the younger brother who believes in Jihyeok as the ‘next’ person, and if you have a comfortable conversation in the waiting room, you won’t be bored.