Jin-Yeok suddenly started laughing in a loud and hearty way, his calm and soothing voice resounding in my ear.
He held on to right and laughed for a while and I wondered if he had inhaled laughing gas out of nowhere.
"Jo-Pil, Hwang Jo-Pil," he called with that soothing voice of his but I gulped. This was not the ti to be responding, ’Yes, master.’ I felt I had landed myself in yet another predicant.
He laughed a bit more before squeezing a little more tightly, hugging as if I was all he had. He shoved his fingers through my hair as he pressed my head to his chest and his eyes held a longing gaze.
"I don’t know... How is it that I’m recently only eting soone like you for the first ti in my life?" He asked and chuckled.
Well, that would be because you would’ve never been able to find anyone like in this godforsaken novel, to begin with.
Be glad I possessed this body in my sleep and I’m giving you sothing to laugh about right now.
That’s right, treasure because I’m one of a kind.
"You accuse with sly words but always have such a fine way to cover it up." He said and I darted my eyes away. Does this an he did not believe when I said I was directing that greed accusation at ? "And despite knowing you’re playing with your words, I can’t get angry. I find it amusing and want to listen to you rather. I want to listen to your wrapped up harsh words that strangely remind of the reality I’m living,"
Well, it didn’t matter since he wasn’t mad about it.
"Is this why I’m so curious to see how far I can push you?" He asked, his tone low and sober.
He sounded like soone who had no choice. Soone who had been living a rather boring and painful life but had finally found a source of joy, only to be told to his face that the more he wanted to own that joy, the deeper into damnation he would fall.
And yet... He didn’t care. He felt he would be okay falling into that damnation if it ant he could keep that joy.
But he was sad at the fact that he wasn’t the only one who would fall into damnation and that was why he was hesitant to take that joy for himself.
I was just staring hypothetically and not that he was actually feeling that way. Only the author knows the kind of thoughts this man was having as he held an expression I could not gaze on because of how tight he hugged .
"Do you really think I will cross that line?" I heard him mutter but just as fast as he asked that question, he laughed and released his arms around . I felt he might’ve already gotten his answer, or he simply just shoved it aside, not wanting to worry about sothing that hadn’t happened yet.
He was probably now doubting himself because, with a closer look at his own actions, he could tell he was acting unlike himself, which was rather alarming.
"Shall we head for the restaurant now?" He asked and I nodded.
He patted my head and then leaned in to press his lips on my forehead.
What was this for this ti?
"Just bear with , okay? I’ll try not to cross the line."
So, he’s no longer promising not to cross the line but was saying he would try?
From what he said, I could tell he was really doubting himself. He didn’t know if he would cross that line and so he wished I wouldn’t hate him for it.
We finally headed for the restaurant, and after all that, I felt I would be able to finish an entire sheep.
I had been thoroughly drained just from having such a serious conversation with Jin-Yeok.
"I wish to order one of every dish on the nu," I said to the waiter and Jin-Yeok stared at , rather surprised.
He was back to having that innocent look on his face. He felt like a completely different person from the person I was speaking with just a few minutes ago.
"You keep staring. Aren’t you going to order?" I asked, hiding the blush on my cheek with the nu, leaving only my eyes visible to him.
I don’t know if I fancy this innocent version of his handsoness more or that cunning and continuously teasing handsoness.
I gave it a brief thought and tossed the cunning and continuously teasing handsoness through the window.
I liked his innocent yet handso appearance better.
Then, he chuckled and closed the nu, handing it back to the waiter.
"If you order that much, where do you expect to put my own serving?" He asked and I looked at the nu once more. There were quite a lot of dishes, and they were expensive too, but I wasn’t looking at the price at all.
After all, I had one of the richest n with so the costs were already covered.
"That’s okay," I said and handed the waiter the nu, acting as if I was clearing my throat. "You can have a bit of what I ordered."
"Then I’ll have to thank you for your generosity," he said, smiling delightedly. He was the one paying and yet he was acting like that.
I laughed. This was why I liked this innocent version of him better.
"What should we have for dessert?" I asked and he laughed. The sound of his laughter sounded like a baby’s lullaby.
"Why don’t we worry about that after we finish the food?" He asked and I laughed along.
"Of course, of course. No rush." I said. I thought things had finally settled down, only for a soft feminine voice to call out to Jin-Yeok in a rather intimate tone.
"Jin?"
I paused. A lady’s voice? And from the sound of it, it was soone incredibly close to him for her to call him by a nickna.
That person wasn’t normal because a normal person would adore the presence of Jin-Yeok, so... I gulped... I had a feeling it was soone I knew.
Soone I knew in the novel, that is. And because of that, my neck had stiffened, fearing to turn and see the very person I hoped to avoid.
"Su-Yeon," Jin-Yeok called and I shut my eyes. Great. It was her. The one and only, Su-Yeon. AKA, Jin-Yeok’s lover.
Christ, just what were the odds that I would bump into her on my first outing, and one with her boyfriend at that? I might’ve jinxed it when I confidently told myself I wouldn’t et her till the second part of the novel so it was fine to go out with Jin-Yeok.
I felt like I was a side chick who had just been caught eting up with her boyfriend.
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