Chapter 95. What Are We? (14)

Translator: Aura

‘Should I let her sleep for 10 more minutes?’

He leaned down and carefully brushed away the hair that had stuck to her cheek from her tears. Then he quietly climbed onto the bed and lay on his side to watch her.

Desire rose in him like small waves, and indefinable emotion shook his heart like a whirlwind. He didn’t know if it was anxiety, confusion, or merely arousal.

After a while, he caressed her cheek. As he brushed her still-wet eyelashes and wiped away the dried tear marks with his thumb, Minkyung woke up with a start. He instinctively opened his arms, but she shook her head and sat up.

“How long…”

As Minkyung looked around for a clock to check the time, Lee-Seob also sat up and said,

“It’s a little past eleven at night.”

“Ah…”

Minkyung frowned and tried to get up immediately, but her body betrayed her.

“Shouldn’t you sleep more?”

She looked at Lee-Seob as if his words were completely absurd. Whenever she made that face, Lee-Seob tended to become more stubborn. If he did it at work, even more so in bed.

“You were sleeping well. Why don’t you stay the night?”

“Why should I?”

Minkyung asked sharply with her eyes on Lee-Seob, who spoke in a low voice. While it still wasn’t exactly a rejection, it felt like a ‘flat-out no’ to him, worse than he had expected. He awkwardly responded,

“Because the bed is spacious and very comfortable.”

Minkyung hated illogical arguments, so she gave him a look that said,

‘What kind of nonsense is that?’

At this, Lee-Seob said the real reason with an intentionally mischievous attitude,

“Because we can do it one more time after we rest.”

“Ah…”

Minkyung nodded as if she finally understood. However, he took it to mean that she had accepted.

‘What? Was it enough to ask if she wanted to do it one more time?’

Lee-Seob ran his hand over the back of his neck as he felt his body heat up. Contrary to his wishes, she calmly declined,

“That’s not possible. Not only is it too much for me, but you also have a very busy schedule tomorrow. You need to rest well. By the way, you don’t have a cold, right? Just in case, I’ll leave the heater and the humidifier on.”

‘Kang Minkyung is awesome… She is truly a talent that our company cannot afford to lose.’

Lee-Seob’s eyes swept over Minkyung’s breasts, barely covered by the blanket. He thought in surprise,

‘How does her brain work so that she can have a conversation like this while still naked in bed with the man she just made passionate love to?’

Lee-Seob smiled awkwardly. He would have preferred a flat-out rejection instead, one like, ‘Why would I share a bed with you? What are we?’

His confused expression made her think that he had forgotten his schedule, so she continued,

“I sent you the documents, but you haven’t checked them yet, right? The report you were supposed to present at Songbaekjae on Wednesday was moved up to Monday. You must be there in the morning. I am a little concerned because there are important issues that will be addressed at the executive meeting on Tuesday and some details still need to be worked out.”

Her eyebrows furrowed slightly. If there really was no reason to worry, she wouldn’t act like this.

‘No, it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to talk to her about TK Fashion’s future or unpleasant executive meetings right now.’

He would have liked to express his displeasure, but he still had enough pride to throw a tantrum.

“It’s a little awkward, isn’t it? I can’t concentrate on what you’re saying about work while you’re naked.”

“Ah, I forgot. You’re, you’re right.”

Minkyung replied sheepishly, a slight blush on her cheeks.