Absolute Threshold — Chapter 131. Present

Translator: Atlas

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She found pleasure in defying him.

“No, that’s a lie.”

When she considered Yoongyo’s standards, she had only strange thoughts.

It was too ridiculous to give him flowers. He was the kind of man who wouldn’t lay a flower on the grave of someone he accidentally killed with his own hands.

Kiss?

Kisses happened all the time. They had even kissed in the morning.

Every day seemed like an anniversary. That’s why no particular events came to her mind.

Surely he would like to have s#*x in a place with an ocean view.

Jumi suddenly stood up from her chair. She felt like she was losing her mind as bizarre thoughts kept surfacing. Everything led back to s*#x. Jumi exited the coffee shop, attempting to focus on the most typical gifts.

She browsed through multiple stores but couldn’t settle on what he might like. Ties, dress shirts, watch collections, none of it felt right.

When he called to arrange a meeting at the hotel bar for 7, she suggested meeting an hour later. Naturally, Yoongyo wasn’t pleased with this.

But she couldn’t be early. She was still uncertain. Considering asking Cheolju or Gwangmyeong crossed her mind, she doubted they had any better ideas than she did.

As she pulled out her mobile phone, she noticed a text message. Yoongyo was furious that she was an hour late. It was almost 8 o’clock.

Jumi fiddled with a bag. She assumed that her first present would be quite straightforward.

Upon arriving at the location, he immediately questioned her tardiness. She found it difficult to explain that her delay was due to indecision over the present, so she just looked away and took the wine the waiter offered.

“Do you have another man?”

“Huh?”

She laughed because she would have never imagined that question.

Yoongyo was feeling irritable.

“If you dare to focus on another guy, I’ll tear him apart when I find him.”

It was a chilling threat. But she knew Yoongyo could do it.

“I was in my coffee shop. I wouldn’t be able to concentrate on anyone else.”

“I’m sorry for that man. But you are a married woman.”

His furrowed brows indicated he had lost his patience. However, Jumi took his hand to soothe him. Without that gesture, everything might have fallen apart.

“I’m yours. You know that.”

“You know adultery is a crime, right?”

“Adultery is no longer considered a crime.”

“People only have one tongue. I can cut out his tongue.”

She hugged him to calm him down.

“What’s that ring?”

He had on a woman’s pinky ring she had never noticed before. It was odd that someone had gifted such a ring to a man like him. It seemed quite pricey.

“Is that for me?”

“I don’t know.”

A cruel smile appeared on his lips.

“Huh?”

“I’ll keep wearing it until I pass it on to the girl I fancy.”

Yoongyo rested his chin on his hand. The smile on Jumi’s face was wiped off. Her cheeks, which were as red as plums, suddenly filled with sadness.