Chapter 55 (2/2)

”Why?”

They had reached a point where Heart would no longer move just because she told him to. He pressed up against her with his whole body. Like a still hungry predator, he stared down at the only prey in front of him.

Her lips were blocked off, and so was her resistance. She couldn't think to stop him. Her breath was swept away as Heart told SoYoon, ”Kiss me.”

The space between them was a mere centimeter. Simply turning her head would have closed that gap.

He didn't budge and lifted her chin. Her wet lips soon locked with his, and the electricity she had felt in her hand previously spread from her lips to the rest of her body. She knew what this feeling entailed.

Intertwined and breathing hard, their bodies embraced as they melted into each other. Heart pressed her deep into quicksand, using all sorts of methods. Quicksand: that's what it felt like to SoYoon. If she made one wrong step, there would be no way out. It was a heavy and unyielding feeling.

”Concentrate,” Heart growled as he pushed her down into the bottom of this quicksand. No, they were both drowning in it.

Only after the day had ended did Heart let her go with a content expression. He responded, ”Go ahead,” to her statement that she would like to wash up and pointed to the bathroom.

When she got off the bed, SoYoon could understand why his eyes glimmered in that victorious way. All strength drained from her legs, and she flopped onto the floor. Heart laughed as he saw this.

”I know how much stamina you have, but this is something different, isn't it? Oh, yes. If you don't get up quickly, you will leave a mark on the carpet.

”Not that I care,” he added as he watched her get up and lean against the edge of the bed. Luckily she didn't leave a mark, but the liquid that trickled down her thigh did not feel that great.

”Should I help you?” Heart asked as he swept across her back with his finger.

She pushed his finger away, and he laughed heartily. He pulled out the dirty sheets and wrapped her body with them. He then lifted her like a child and headed to the bathroom.

Unlike the office bathroom, which had only a shower, the bathroom attached to the bedroom had a huge bathtub in it. He turned on the water and filled the tub. Still carrying SoYoon, he went to the other side into the shower. He placed SoYoon down next to it and made her lean on him as he removed the sheets.

Warm water came down from the showerhead. When he put body cleanser on a shower ball and created suds, the entire bathroom filled with the scent of vetiver. She reached out for the shower ball, but Heart moved it far from her reach.

”If you don't stay still, it will only prolong the time to wash up...If that's all right, should we keep going?” Heart said, smiling with his eyes. She put her hand down, knowing what the extension in time would entail.

He washed SoYoon and himself, then lifted her and headed to the tub. He didn't pay attention to her insistence that there was no need since she had already showered.

When her body sank into the warm bath, she felt relaxed and drowsy.

”You can sleep,” Heart whispered from behind her back as he poked at the area around her patch.

She woke up, realizing she had nodded off to sleep. When she got up, Heart grabbed her arm and returned her to her previous position. He kissed her head and got up from the tub.

Drowsily, she said without much thought, ”You look accustomed to this.”

”This is only my second time. Should I take it as a compliment?”

”Second time?”

”Who do you think washed and dressed you, then brought you into this room last time?”

Heart's hand slid down her cheeks, then down to her neck, shoulders, and arms. Every place he touched felt hot and tickled and tingled throughout her body. He stopped momentarily at her elbow, sighed as if disappointed, then hugged her waist.

When the two of them came out of the bathroom, the sheets and blankets on the bed were changed. There were no women workers at Heart's house. She wondered if it was a good or bad thing to realize that she still had some humanity left in her to be embarrassed by this kind of thing.

He wrapped SoYoon tightly in a shower gown and dried her hair. On the other hand, he dried himself off hastily and lay down on the bed. Seeing the water dripping onto the sheets, SoYoon grabbed the towel from his hand and roughly dried his hair.

”It hurts, Whitey.”

”Shut up.”

Heart laughed from under the towel.

”Why are you laughing?” she asked, pressing hard on his head. He flung the towel away from her, hugged her waist, and fell onto the bed.

”I told you before. You are acting too cute.”

”...Are you a fool?”

SoYoon turned away from him. As she did, Heart wrapped her in the blanket and clung tightly to her back. His arms wrapped gently around her body and squeezed warmly.

It had been more comfortable when he treated her like a toy because she could enjoy the warmth without feeling any sense of obligation.

”It might be too late now,” someone inside her whispered.