Chapter 22 – Karma (3)

“···”

It’s difficult.

Jiyeon Lee was looking around her room with her eyes wide open, as if assessing the situation.
Looking at Jiyeon Lee’s hair and makeup neater than usual, it seemed like she had just finished her schedule.

After she finished her schedule, she called, but the fact that she didn’t answer is a big bad news, and the fact that she came to the house means that there was something that she didn’t like.

In the end, she broke into the house and found that she was drinking and even eating with Hyeon Hayeon, not alone.

It’s three out.

I don’t know how Lee Ji-yeon will come out, but I think it would be dangerous for her to make excuses.
We need to get over this situation as naturally as possible…

“What are you doing?”

“···”

As if she had already roughly figured out the situation, she attacked.
It’s a pattern of asking what she’s doing. Jiyeon Lee bet me Easy Choice.

If I tell her what she’s really doing, her anger can be directed at me.
However, if she makes excuses hastily, she may get angry in return.

If she doesn’t answer quickly, she might go into timeout.
Sweat broke out on her back due to her nervousness.

“···Did you call me? I’m sorry I didn’t hear you because I was drinking…”

“···”

She naturally proved my alibi and at the same time handed over the first apology.
I thought she gave a pretty good answer.

Jiyeon Lee quietly took off her shoes and came into her house.

“···”

“···You worked hard today too, I’ll clean it up soon”

She turned to Hyeon Hayeon and quietly looked at Hyeon Hayeon, who was lying still, and the alcohol table that had not yet been cleared.
Of course, she didn’t do anything harsh with Hyeon Hayeon, so there wasn’t anything she shouldn’t have seen.

However, feeling uneasy, she looked at her and cleaned up the liquor bottles that were lying around.
If Hyeon Hayeon woke up, she would prove my innocence, so she made a loud noise on purpose, but Hyeon Hayeon, who was drunk, did not wake up.

Until she finished organizing everything, Jiyeon Lee just stood there looking at Hayeon Hyeon.
If he had said anything, he would have taken it in stride, but since he was standing there silently, it was difficult to even talk to him first.

“Hey… Was it hard today? Oh, shall we have a drink after a long time?”

“···”

She spoke with feigned composure, but ended up stuttering.

She broke into a cold sweat.

She snorted softly and sat down in silence.

Now that Jiyeon Lee is sitting down, she has to quickly prepare something, whether she drinks or not.
She doesn’t know what kind of attack she might face if she sits down next to her.

She quickly set the table for drinks, but unfortunately the only alcohol left was soju.
The only snacks were snacks, so it felt a little simple.

She placed the drinks she had prepared on the table and sat down opposite her.

“···Sorry, there are no snacks…”

“Sit here”

Jiyeon Lee patted the seat next to her and poured her drink into her own glass.

If you sit next to her, you never know what might happen to her.
She was even sleeping, but Hyun Ha-yeon was sleeping next to her.
If Hyeon Ha-yeon wakes up and sees us sitting side by side…

‘Tap!’

A strong sound echoed throughout the room.

It felt like it meant to sit down quickly.

She glanced at Hyeon Hayeon to see if she would wake up, but she was still in a deep sleep.
Finally, she sat down next to her and reached for her bottle, holding her glass of soju.
Jiyeon Lee took out her liquor bottle as if it were nothing, and poured her liquor into her water cup and set it down in front of me.

“···”

“···What did you do today?”

Her words seemed to mean that I should brief myself.

If I were to hesitate here, I would say he was a subordinate, but Kim Cho-in in front of Lee Ji-yeon was still a subordinate.

“···Today, Hyeon Ha-yeon said she wanted to rest for some reason, so I took her with me…”

As she listened to me talking hesitantly, she lifted her glass and took a swig.

“···Did you go on a date?”

I was so shocked by her words that I denied what she said.

“Uh? What is a date! Just… Eup!”

“Chung…”

She grabbed the back of her neck and pressed her lips against hers.
Her long tongue came in and violently explored the inside of her mouth, as if checking every corner.
I could feel the bitter taste of alcohol.

“Oop, paha… Haa…”

“… You didn’t kiss?”

She gasped, her breath blocked by the sudden kiss.
The air was sweet.

“Oh…”

Jiyeon Lee wrapped her arms around her neck and grabbed her chin, forcing her mouth open.
She tried to pull her hand away, but because she was drunk, it wasn’t enough for her to pull her away.

She grabbed me while I was struggling and pulled me into her arms. She lifted my glass and poured me some.

The cold soju began to fill my mouth.

“Kuheu… That, that…”

“···”

Her expression showed no expression as she looked at me desperately struggling, as if she was very angry.

Perhaps it was an illusion, but her eyes seemed a little red.

When she saw my mouth full of alcohol, she immediately covered her mouth and nose.
Her instinct to breathe forced her to swallow little by little.
The sound of gurgling filled the room.

Only after the gulping stopped did she release her hands.

“It’s so dark… Wow…”

Her nose and mouth were filled with the disgusting scent of alcohol.
I took a deep breath, trying desperately not to notice the alcohol.

“Wow!”

It’s not over yet.

She grabbed me again and brought her lips close, but I desperately closed my mouth and resisted.
Jiyeon Lee bit her lip and felt the tingling pain clearly.

“Open your mouth”

I turned my head to see her whispering soothingly in her sweet voice.
Perhaps he was enraged by my fierce resistance, so I grabbed her chin and gave her strength.
Due to her strong power, I ended up opening her mouth.

“Wow… Churrup… Chul…”

I had no choice but to be helpless as she crashed her lips into me with the intention of eating me.

We kissed for a long time, exchanging breaths, so much so that we had no choice but to avoid her touch.
Only when her tongue started to cramp did she finally release her lips, as if she was satisfied.
The sound of violent breathing filled the room.

Her gaze was shaken by the alcohol rising inside her, but she could clearly see what was in her hand.
In her hand was the lock necklace she had received from Hyeon Ha-yeon.

“···I’ll take care of this”

“Well, that is…”

“Why don’t you buy me a couple necklace even though it’s not a date?”

“···”

I was speechless at her sharp, penetrating words.

Somehow, she already knew the whereabouts of the necklace.

If she didn’t say anything, she would be admitting that she was dating.
But no suitable answer came to her dazed mind.
The cold voice that calmly addressed me stuck in her chest.

“Didn’t I say that if I get caught flirting, I’ll be followed?”

“···Oh, no, I just want to rest for a day…”

I continued to make lame excuses, but it only served to inflame her anger further.

“Where are you going? Room café? “You… You knew where it was, right?”

“Are you even going to go to places I often go to? With him?”

The wind…

I wanted to say that we weren’t dating, but I didn’t have the confidence to follow through.

I didn’t know what she would do when her eyes turned away from her anger.

Before I knew it, she put something in my wallet and handed it to me.

“If this disappears, you will die, and I will die.”

When I opened it, it turned out to be strawberry flavored vitamins.

“You think I won’t notice if I don’t wear it? “Try it once, and then you’ll kill them all.”

The madness in her eyes meant she was serious.
At that moment, the women I saw in records of the past came to mind.

They also showed eyes filled with this kind of madness, and I could see them in Lee Ji-yeon.

Jiyeon Lee bit her lip slightly, causing a faint pain.

“Ah, okay… It won’t happen again…”

It reminded me of the past when I was dying in pain or crying in vain.

Due to her unreasonable fear, I decided to curl her tail and eventually suit her.

She jumped up and dragged me into the living room.

`Cheolkeok`

“Why, why are you locking the door?”

“Then leave it open? “Am I okay?”

“No! I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

Without knowing what I was sorry about, I just blurted out something in my drunken daze.

It’s not that I didn’t know her intention for dragging me into the room, but Hyeon Hayeon was sleeping across from her.
In order to satisfy her anger at the situation that may arise at any time, she will let me go only after her sun rises.

As she was unbuttoning her top, she looked at me and said,

“Let me wear it?”

In the end, she had no choice but to follow her words and just prayed that Hyeon Hayeon would not wake up.

*

“···Are you awake?”

“···Hi! “Oppa, did I sleep?!”

I was sipping my coffee while watching her yawn.
Hyeon Hayeon was shocked and apologized repeatedly, saying she didn’t even know she was asleep.

“… It’s okay, but shouldn’t I call home soon?”

“We’re in big trouble!!”

As she screamed and hurriedly reached for her phone, I reassured her not to worry as she had contacted me in advance the night before.

“Oppa… I’m really sorry…”

“No, take a good rest and have lessons in the afternoon, so make sure to come out.”

“Yes! See you in the afternoon. “Oppa!”

As she left, smiling brightly, I heard the door to her bedroom open behind her.

“Ha, brother?”

“···”

It seems that Lee Ji-yeon, who she thought was asleep, was listening to Hyeon Hayeon’s conversation.
She snorted and went into her room, beckoning her to come back in.

She let out a deep sigh.
Was this how the soldiers felt when they had to go into the middle of the battlefield even though they knew they would lose?

I got a cup of cool water, drank it down, and trudged into my room.

*

I went to work after fighting with Lee Ji-yeon.

Since she had no schedule, she went to bed and said she would rest.
Since I couldn’t force her to wake me up, I had no choice but to leave her alone and go to work.

“Mr. Choin, Ga-eun was looking for you?”

“···Is that so?”

An office worker stopped me as I was passing by and told me the news about Baek Ga-eun.

When she checked her phone, she didn’t see any communication, so she thought it was unimportant news.

As for Baek Ga-eun, it was time for her to take acting lessons.
Since she couldn’t be bothered, she set her alarm and focused on her work.

Until recently, I rarely had to do office work, but because of work related to Hyeon Ha-yeon and Baek Ga-eun, I ended up sitting in front of the computer often.

‘♫~♪~♫~♪’

After writing a report about them for a while, the notification I had set went off.

It was soon time for Baek Ga-eun’s acting lesson to end, so she headed to her practice room.

I saw the trainer and Baek Ga-eun talking through the window.

I knocked lightly on the door, and the trainer opened the door and welcomed me warmly.

“Have you finished your lesson?”

“I just finished~ Is there anything to do?”

“Oh, it’s not that important.”

“Okay, let’s talk. “I will go”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

After sending off the trainer who exchanged greetings with Ga-eun Baek, Ga-eun Baek spoke to me.

“It’s been a while since I saw you?”

“···It’s only been two days.”

She was proud that her trainer gave her a big compliment.

“If he approves it, I think it would be okay to start filming right away.”

“Ah… But, what is that?”

She said, pointing to her own neck.

“Here, it’s red…”

The location she pointed to was the location where Lee Ji-yeon left her traces.

“I guess I was bitten by a mosquito.”

“···It’s still June?”

“···The temperature in my house is high…”

“···”

She was perplexed and started telling another story to divert her fire from those who looked at her vaguely.

“I heard you were looking for me earlier.”

“That’s right. “I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“···My grandfather asked to see me”

“···Yes?”

It is said that Baekil Group Chairman Baekman-sik asked to see me.

···Why on earth?