MBFT 10

Chapter 10

As Haesom’s eyes reddened, Jaehyun stared down at her.

Feeling his gaze, Haesom tried to compose herself, telling herself not to cry.

Even so, once her heart had been touched, it did not immediately become firm again.

Just when she was flustered because she felt like she might start crying again, a warm sensation touched Haesom’s hand.

Startled, she raised her gaze, and Jaehyun said with a faint smile,

“Let’s go quickly. We’ll spend the whole night standing in front of the shoe cabinet.”

He had made the joke so that she would not feel embarrassed, and Haesom finally swallowed her tears completely before following him into the living room.

He placed the workbook he had brought on the low table in front of the sofa.

“Come, sit down. Let’s try a ten-minute lesson.”

As he opened the workbook, he continued explaining in a gentle voice.

His voice brushing against her ears felt like soft, floating down, making her ears tickle.

Haesom absentmindedly admired his face.

Even my brothers are quite handsome. What kind of family does he come from for him to be this handsome…?

“You should be able to solve the problems just by reading the theory at the beginning of each chapter. You don’t really need me to teach you the elementary school stuff.”

Haesom did not see the part he pointed to with his long, firm fingers after opening the workbook.

Her lowered gaze had been caught by Jaehyun’s lips as he explained things to her.

No. How can a man’s lips be so pretty and plump? They look just like cherries molded into the shape of lips….

I wonder if they would be soft if I touched them. They must smell like sweet fruit juice.

“Hey, you mutt! Get ready to serve your husband!”

Compared to Sanghyeok’s brown lips, which foamed at the corners whenever he saw her, her heart began pounding excessively.

Then it happened.

The lips she had been staring at so intently slowly parted.

At the same moment, Haesom’s lips parted too.

“Who told you to look at me like that during class?”

The deep voice that sank into her ears gripped her heart tightly.

She gathered her trembling gaze and barely managed to look up. Her heart almost stopped at the sight of her hot teacher’s eyes fixed on her.

“Ah… I shouldn’t?”

“No, you shouldn’t. If you keep acting like this, starting from the next lesson, I’ll grade your work, and for every mistake you make, you’ll get one smack on the butt.”

“I-I like that.”

“What?”

Jaehyun slightly furrowed his brows as he looked at her.

“You’re really asking for trouble.”

His deep, rich voice flowed into her ears once again.

Perhaps not only she but even the air had become intoxicated by his captivating voice, because the air around them began to grow hot.

What did I just say? Did I say I liked getting smacked on the butt?

When she remained silent because she was too nervous to answer, he tapped the table with his index finger.

“Hey, kid.”

Only then did Haesom look at him, trembling and flinching as though she had awakened from hypnosis.

“Y-Yes?”

“If someone saw you, they might think your act of living innocently on an island was all fake. Why do you keep saying things like that and looking at me so improperly?”

His voice caught her completely off guard, and Haesom bit her lower lip.

She did not know what kind of look she had been giving him, but she was sure it had been extremely improper, just as he said.

Because she had actually thought that she wanted his lips to really be cherries.

She wanted to take just one bite.

“N-No, I didn’t…!”

But she could not admit it.

“Why are you making me sound like a weird person, oppa?!”

It was like the one who had farted getting angry about it.

Haesom placed her hand firmly on the open workbook and shamelessly turned the blame on him.

Perhaps he found her behavior ridiculous, because Jaehyun let out a small laugh.

From the outside, it was simply a charming smile, but the meaning behind that laugh was somewhat cold.

So she vaguely realized it.

Oppa doesn’t like people lying to him.

“Our Haesom.”

“…….”

“I have a very good memory. I can describe in great detail what kind of face you made, what kind of look you gave me, and how you breathed when you looked at me.”

Haesom’s palms began to sweat.

“If your brothers hear that you weren’t paying attention during class and were looking at me so improperly… what do you think they’ll think?”

Haesom almost screamed.

That absolutely could not happen.

If her brothers heard that she had come out of the island and immediately given an unrelated man a suggestive look, she would die of embarrassment.

Even though she did not want to, she was so wronged that her lips naturally stuck out in a pout.

“I’m… innocent. I just… thought your lips looked like cherries, so I wanted to eat them.”

Silence fell.

Haesom found the silence strange and raised her lowered gaze.

When their eyes met, he suddenly cleared his throat and looked away.

Haesom continued speaking to the side of his head without looking at her.

“The pizza I ate earlier already digested, so I guess I was hungry. I’m sorry for thinking that I wanted to eat your lips.”

He cleared his throat once again.

She wondered if she had said something wrong, but she still wanted to tell him her honest feelings and clear up the misunderstanding somehow.

Her brothers had gone to the trouble of finding her a private tutor because they cared about her. She did not want them to hear that she had not even been paying attention during her lessons.

Then it happened.

Bzzzt—

Jaehyun’s phone on the table vibrated.

Jaehyun slowly stood up.

“I’m going outside the house for a moment, so at least get a feel for how the theory is presented. You’ll be able to concentrate better if you look at it now. If you’re alone, you might get lazy.”

When Haesom obediently answered, Jaehyun was about to stand up completely when he reached an arm toward her.

“Can you give me the jacket next to you for a moment?”

Haesom picked up the jacket she had worn all day and taken off a little while ago, then handed it to Jaehyun.

“You’re wearing a long-sleeved shirt, oppa… Are you going to put on another layer? Aren’t you hot?”

“Yeah. I suddenly feel a little cold.”

He stood up while cleverly covering the front of his pants with the jacket.

When Haesom’s gaze fell there, Jaehyun hurriedly turned around and left through the entrance.

The way he walked looked somewhat awkward.

“The air conditioner at the pizza place really was too strong. I hope he didn’t catch a cold already.”

Haesom worried for a moment, then figured that he was big and sturdy enough to be healthy and lowered her gaze back to the workbook.

After Jaehyun opened the front door and stepped outside, the moment he heard it close behind him, he moved the jacket aside.

As he slowly lowered his gaze, thinking, No way, the front of his pants was visibly bulging.

“You’re crazy, Cha Jaehyun.”

He was even more flustered because he had never gotten an erection outside before in his life.

He slowly ran his tongue over his dry lips and let out a sigh as he looked at the erection that showed no sign of going away.

He simply could not understand it.

No matter how many women approached him naked, he had never felt sexual desire. If anything, he had only frowned.

Yet could a single sentence about wanting to eat his lips really make him react like this?

“I’m… innocent. I just… thought your lips looked like cherries, so I wanted to eat them.”

Without realizing it, he remembered Haesom from a moment ago, her lower eyes reddened like a peach as she innocently said everything she was thinking.

His erection cheered at the thought of receiving another piece of prey.

“This is driving me crazy.”

Could it be that he was crazy about someone with Haesom’s fair skin and small, cute appearance?

Come to think of it, his mother had once said that even when he was young and went to the zoo, he liked animals with smooth skin, like dolphins and seals.

My taste is fucking perverted.

He rubbed around his eyes with his dry hand.

“……Director.”

At that moment, Secretary Kim’s voice came from outside the gate.

When he raised his gaze, he could vaguely see Secretary Kim’s figure through the bars of the gate.

Oh, right.

He had come out because he had heard that Secretary Kim was waiting in front of the house.

Come to think of it, Secretary Kim had actually saved him.

He took a deep breath and tied the jacket around his waist.

He tried to hide his erection, but fortunately, perhaps because he had thought of Secretary Kim, it was already going down on its own.

As expected. Is this only reacting to the soft and pliable Yoon Haesom, whom he had met for the first time today?

He forcibly pushed down his confused feelings and walked across the yard toward the gate.

Creak—

When he opened the gate, Secretary Kim greeted him happily.

“Director. I brought everything you asked for!”

There were five or six large shopping bags beside Secretary Kim.

“I only bought trendy clothes. I did some research on what women in their early twenties are wearing these days before buying them, so it took a little longer. But I’m sure the person receiving them will really like them.”

“Good work.”

As if the awkwardness he had shown in front of Haesom had never happened, Jaehyun had already regained his composure.

“Shall I carry them inside?”

“I’ll do it.”

Jaehyun divided the shopping bags between both hands. Seeing how heavy they were, he thought it must have been difficult for Secretary Kim to carry them alone.

“You worked hard today, so if there’s nothing you need to take care of at the company, go home immediately. I’ll tell Manager Hyun.”

“Oh, then I’ll gratefully head home. And, Director, I also brought the 2G phone you asked for. I had to get one in a hurry, so I couldn’t find a new phone. I brought the best-condition used phone I could find.”

Jaehyun said he understood and put the phone into his pocket.

Then he turned around and started walking back through the gate, but Secretary Kim called out to him.

“Um, Director.”

Jaehyun answered quietly.

“Go ahead.”

“……May I ask again what your relationship is with the person receiving the gift?”

“My best friend’s younger sister.”

“Do you really have feelings for her…?”

Jaehyun turned completely around and looked at Secretary Kim.

At his suddenly cold gaze, Secretary Kim flinched and lowered her eyes.

“Since when did Secretary Kim take such an interest in my private affairs?”

“I’m sorry, Director. I just… It’s the first time I’ve ever seen you act like this, so I asked out of personal curiosity. I crossed the line. I’m sorry.”

“Go.”

Jaehyun spoke coldly before entering through the gate.

Secretary Kim got into the car, started the engine, and opened the window.

When she heard the sound of the front door of the house her boss had entered opening and closing, she closed the window again and called someone.

“It’s me.”

—Are you sure she’s Cha Jaehyun’s girlfriend?