Bound by a Ruthless Contract - Chapter 92
While she was still gathering her senses, Si-heon had helped her stand, fixed her blouse, and brought her a new skirt.
Ga-eun let out a small laugh.
Even in this situation, the skirt he’d chosen matched her blouse far better than the one she’d picked.
‘There really isn’t anything this man can’t do.’
The more time she spent with him, the more surreal it felt.
Kwon Si-heon was perfect, without a single flaw or margin of error.
The black sedan glided to a stop in front of the museum.
Si-heon had kept his word.
Ga-eun had just barely made it to work on time.
He was a man who could calculate time precisely even while driving her to the brink of insanity.
“I’ll pick you up for dinner. Come down on time.”
“Today? But you said you’d be working late.”
“I can still manage dinner with you.”
Si-heon looked at her.
“You look like you might collapse.”
“…I wonder whose fault that is.”
When Ga-eun shot him a delicate glare, he chuckled.
“That’s why I’m treating you to something nourishing.”
She rolled her lips inward.
It was infuriating how Kwon Si-heon could shake her so easily with just a faint smile or a single word.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Want to do it in the car too?”
“What…!”
Unlike her easily reddening face, Si-heon merely lifted the corner of his mouth slightly.
It seemed the degree of tension depended on the size of one’s heart.
“I’m going. I’ll call you when I’m done.”
“Wait.”
Si-heon reached out, cupping Ga-eun’s nape and slowly stroking a spot with his thumb.
“No. What if someone sees?”
Ga-eun pushed against his shoulder, but he didn’t budge.
Was he really going to do it in the car?
Even for Kwon Si-heon, who lived by his own rules…
In the morning, during work hours, briefly parked in front of the museum, surely he wouldn’t…
‘Never say never.’
This was Kwon Si-heon after all. A man impossible to predict.
“Absolutely not here.”
Just as Ga-eun spoke with determined eyes, he reached for the left b****t pocket of his jacket.
“What’s absolutely not?”
“What you’re trying to do…”
Si-heon pulled out the handkerchief from his jacket pocket and wrapped it around her neck, tying it in a knot.
“What are you doing?”
“The marks are showing.”
Ga-eun quickly covered her nape with her hand.
“Now they’re hidden.”
He tilted his head slightly, meeting her gaze.
“By the way, what did you think I was trying to do?”
“Ah…”
“I was only trying to cover this up.”
Tap. He lightly touched her cheek.
“Looking all innocent.”
Your mind is full of naughty thoughts.
His eyes clearly said as much.
“It’s your fault.”
Ga-eun said, sounding wronged.
“From the morning, you’ve been…”
“Been what?”
“Being so aggressive… You never used to do this in the mornings.”
He always took her at night.
When they woke up, as if the previous night’s passion had been a lie, they would focus on preparing for work with cold, emotionless eyes.
“So. Did you feel neglected?”
“That’s not what I meant…”
“Don’t worry. I’ll make an effort in the mornings from now on too.”
Better stop talking. She’d only get more entangled with this man.
Ga-eun shook her head repeatedly.
Si-heon touched his lips thoughtfully.
Strange.
Why did such a simple gesture from this woman make him want to smile?
Since making their contract, Ga-eun maintained a polite distance except when in his bed, acting like a mere business partner.
Yet whenever she acted like this, as if they’d grown somewhat closer…
It oddly made him want to smile.
His chest felt tight, as if butterflies were fluttering in the gap.
All because she gave him a delicate glare.
It felt both amusing and dangerous.
It was natural to be wary of unknown feelings or facts.
As soon as such thoughts arose, Ga-eun unconsciously distanced herself again.
She truly was a useful remedy.
“Ah. There’s something I wanted to ask.”
“What is it?”
“Perhaps… Does your mother know about our contract?”
Mother. There was only one person Ga-eun would call that.
Han Yu-ae. His mother who left his father and Jungshimwon.
The smile disappeared from Si-heon’s face.
“Why do you ask?”
“She asked me. About the child.”
The moment he heard the word ‘child.’
His eyes grew cold as he looked at Ga-eun.
