Deal Breaker - Chapter 28
Though it was Hyeji who couldn’t bear the awkward atmosphere and spoke first, it was Kanghyeon who found the words.
“Sorry. That was my mistake.”
He wiped the nape of her neck, where he had just bitten her, with his hand and wiped away the saliva.
“It’s okay.”
“I’ll finish quickly.”
Kanghyeon muttered, his voice a little rough. He sounded uncharacteristically anxious for someone always so confident.
The hand that had pulled away now gripped Hyeji’s waist again, this time holding her lower and pulling her upward. He began to move his hips again, and the two of them, without a word, focused solely on the sensations in their bodies.
The wet, lewd sounds grew distant. The more he thrust, the less her body cooled down. If anything, it only grew hotter.
Her lower abdomen burned. She felt like if she looked back, she would see white steam rising from where they were joined. The heat bubbling in Hyeji’s lower abdomen raced through her veins to her heart, her head, her extremities, until finally it consumed her whole body. It was as if her entire self had become a single ball of fire.
They had entered a state of overheating, the final stage before guiding reached its peak.
“Are you… ready?”
“Yes.”
She answered in a breathless, urgent voice, and as if he’d been waiting, his thrusts sped up.
“Ah, ahh, hnngh…”
The bed rocked roughly with a steady rhythm. Hyeji closed her eyes. On the waves of the bed, she surrendered herself to another wave crashing inside her belly. It felt as if her heart had been swallowed up by her own s*x, and the manhood buried deep inside her throbbed in that moment.
Thump. Thump.
“Hah!”
At the familiar but never dull vibration, Hyeji’s eyes flew open. Kanghyeon, sensing the same thing, let out a choked groan.
Her heart pounded, reverberating in her chest, in her ears, between her tangled legs, throughout her whole body, like the sound of footsteps.
It’s coming. It’s coming. That moment is coming.
Her head jerked back, her spine arching deeply. The thighs supporting her body trembled in spasms, and her toes curled against the sheet. Stiff as a cat stretching, Hyeji was overwhelmed.
She heard Kanghyeon saying something, but it didn’t reach her ears. She, too, was muttering something, but no one could hear.
Everything in the world faded away. All her senses grew distant.
It came. Something indescribable swallowed them both whole. Inside the belly of that invisible monster, their bodies and minds melted together, blending into one sticky mass where it was impossible to tell where Noh Hyeji ended and Han Kanghyeon began. It felt like becoming a single, primordial cell, pulsing together.
Thump. Thump.
For these two, who had forgotten time, sensation, and the world, only the resonance of each other remained.
“Haa…”
As the climax that had reached its peak slowly began to subside, sensation returned. Hyeji let out a shaky breath and let her upper body collapse onto the sheets. The feeling of the sheet against her cheek was cozy. It felt like floating on a fluffy cloud, or maybe like a baby drifting in the warmth of its mother’s womb.
A soft, contented moan escaped Hyeji’s gently parted lips. Ultimate relaxation following extreme pleasure. This was the happiest moment of all.
She remembered that during the first guiding, when she signed the contract for the apartment, she said it was just as blissful as this, and Kanghyeon had teased her, saying, ‘If having s*x with me is really on that level, I’m honored.’
She wondered what he would compare this feeling to now.
The blank white field of her vision gradually darkened, and the only light was the city nightscape beyond the hotel window. With drowsy eyes, Hyeji looked at Kanghyeon.
The two of them were still joined. Kanghyeon, holding Hyeji’s lower body with both hands, had his head thrown back. His softly closed eyelids looked peaceful.
A drop of sweat slid down his gently rising and falling chest. His adam’s apple rose and fell as he swallowed. His tightly closed lips parted a little, and he slowly drew in and exhaled a breath.
The corners of his lips were curled up. It was a serene smile, as if he had set down every burden. In all the years she’d watched him up close, this was the only moment he ever smiled so beautifully. She thought, perhaps, it was a smile only she would ever see.
He really must feel good. They say men’s orgasms are different, and even more so for Espers.
He looked so relaxed and blissful, she felt like if she asked him to co-sign a loan for her, he’d say yes. That’s why she’d once brought it up as a joke, but was turned down flat.
“Noh Hyeji-ssi, do you want to get cut off?”
Even as he spoke of cutting ties in the gentlest way possible, it had been chilling.
Remembering that day, Hyeji laughed without realizing it. Kanghyeon, who had had his eyes closed, opened them. Embarrassed to be caught looking at him, like he was a senior watching over a junior, she bit her lip and looked away.
“Haa…”
He lowered her raised hips onto the bed, so she thought he was pulling out, but he wasn’t. Kanghyeon, still joined with her, propped himself up on his forearm next to Hyeji and pulled her close.
He’s the kind of man who usually separates cleanly, almost coldly, as soon as guiding is over. Why wasn’t he pulling out now?
Puzzled, she turned her head, but her vision was blocked. Kanghyeon swept the hair that had fallen over her eyes behind her ear and leaned his head down.
