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“Sorry, but I already used my ability earlier when investing in coins. I can't use it anymore today.”
I nonchalantly lifted her legs and set them down to the side.
I had thought about using the Mental Control ability to force myself on her, but my minimal moral conscience held me back. It might be different for another woman, but manipulating someone I trusted was crossing the line.
“Tsk, you’re no fun. Who knows? Maybe I would have allowed it until the end today?”
She whispered in my ear while clinging tightly to me.
She was drunk. She was drunk. She had a tendency to get naughty only when she drank.
“Just don't allow it.”
“Even like this?”
She reached her hand downward and grabbed it firmly.
“Ugh.”
What a wanton bitch!
After letting out a short groan, I removed her hand and said, “This is sexual harassment right now. I warned you. If you do this one more time, I’m really going to pounce on you. Childhood friend or not, none of that matters.”
“You’re unnecessarily serious…”
Jo Sang-nim retreated obediently only then.
She really was a bitch whose mental state I was curious about.
I watched her back as she left the room. Her slim ant-waist and firm buttocks stimulated a man’s instincts.
Right. Childhood friend or not, if she did this one more time, I should really just pounce on her.
Having no more business in the computer room, I followed her out to the living room.
“What about Do-hwa?”
“Undonghwa? Didn't he tell you? He went to the orphanage. With a bundle of cash. He’ll probably be back tomorrow?”
The orphanage director was the only person who consistently visited Woo Do-hwa even when he was in prison.
Woo Do-hwa had mentioned donating to the orphanage a long time ago, and it seemed today was that day.
The blunt bastard surprisingly had a lot of hidden affection.
“The director will be very happy.”
In her words, I recalled the orphanage director in Daejeon.
With a warm impression, a kind smile, affectionate and considerate, not discriminating against people, and having no greed for material things…
“Of course. She loves cash so much.”
That’s right. She had no greed for material things, but she loved money.
And cash at that, rather than online.
“Are you going to drink more?”
“Ah, I’m getting a bit of a buzz today.”
She started taking out another beer from the refrigerator and drinking it.
Was it already four cans? Five cans? If I stayed here, I might get into trouble. Let’s bolt.
“I’m going to sleep. Sleep well.”
“Ah, why~ already? Stay a bit longer before you go!”
“I’m tired.”
I said while heading straight up to the second floor. On the second floor, there were two small rooms and one bathroom. Do-hwa and I were each using one room.
I lay on the bed and fell into thought. I wondered if I would end up settling down here like this. I had to go home sometime soon…
Vrrr—
Just then, one of the two mobile phones on the desk vibrated.
Of course, it wasn't a phone in my name, but a burner phone. Making a burner phone was nothing to Jo Sang-nim. These days, there were quite a lot of ways to access them via the internet.
I quickly got up and checked the phone.
There was a text from an unknown number.
[Tomorrow at 6 PM. Soryudam in Apgujeong. If you are even a little late, I will just leave. I’ll make a reservation under the name on the business card.]
Aha. It came.
Seeing that she contacted me late at night not even a day later, it seemed she had been properly hooked.
To think she would contact me so easily after acting so haughty. You were quite impatient, weren't you?
Well, the Mental Control ability had truly played its part.
I sent a text saying I understood, then searched for Soryudam.
It was a traditional Korean-style restaurant with a small pond in the center in a 口 shape, and the atmosphere was quite calm and neat.
Overall, it was a place where one could feel warmth.
‘Surprisingly, she has refined tastes?’
An atmosphere quite different from her cold and haughty exterior.
I turned on recent blogs and maps about Soryudam, confirmed the location, and inputted the surrounding geography into my head. Then I lay back down and began to plan my meeting with her tomorrow.
Is there a need to drag it out? Let’s snatch her up quickly.
If I seduced her now, it would be easy to approach the affair partner later.
Since I met Kang Jin-ah first and the affair partner and my wife would meet a long time later, she would never think I approached her because of my wife.
Rumble—
Just then, the sound of thunder continued for a long time.
Awakening from my thoughts at that sound, I realized it had already become deep night. I was about to sleep when I heard the sound of the door opening.
It was obvious who it was.
“Are you sleeping?”
To her question, I intentionally pretended to be asleep. What was she trying to do by waking me up again?
Then, she, who I thought would leave again, sneaked in and slid onto the bed. She then burrowed into the blanket, stuck close to my side, and hugged me.
“It’s cold. And scary.”
She said as if whispering.
Whether her voice was trembling because it was cold or because she was scared…
‘Right. Let’s let this slide for now.’
I just stayed still.
In truth, Jo Sang-nim was the child who felt the most loneliness among the Eagle Five of the orphanage. The fact that she formed the Eagle Five in the first place probably had loneliness as a large factor.
A short while later, I heard her breathing steadily, and I gently lifted her head and gave her my arm as a pillow.
Thus, another day was passing.
I met Kang Jin-ah in my dream.
Seeing that I knew this was a dream, it seemed like a phenomenon similar to a lucid dream. Since I had thought a lot about her yesterday, it seemed it naturally led to a dream.
In the dream, Kang Jin-ah was diligently riding on top of me and sweating. The dream was so vivid that I could feel pleasure every time she moved.
Hmm? I can feel it?
I opened my eyes wide.
Yellow morning sunlight was slowly expanding its territory from the window. It was already morning.
I naturally lifted the blanket and looked down. Jo Sang-nim was still stuck to my side sleeping, and she had one hand inside my pants and was fondling my ‘there.’
‘This crazy bitch.’
She showed instinctive movements in her sleep, but it was a scene that could easily be misunderstood.
I carefully removed her hand so she wouldn't wake up and got off the bed. Then I quietly left the room and closed the door.
And I sang the first verse of the national anthem to myself.
After going down to the first floor, taking a shower, and eating a banana, I immediately put on a tracksuit and headed outside. The dawn air was quite refreshing.
I cleared my mind by jogging briefly.
Today, I must focus only on targeting Kang Jin-ah.
After exercising, I started some groundwork before meeting her.
I just needed to lay out devices layer by layer to make sure she definitely falls for me and then wait for her to walk in on her own feet.
Jo Sang-nim woke up late in the afternoon.
She looked the same as usual. I don't know if she even remembers what she did.
Was it like the feeling of sleeping while touching grandmother’s breast when I was young? Ah, since Jo Sang-nim said she had never seen her grandmother, that didn't seem to be it.
The fact that Jo Sang-nim said she had never seen her grandmother was a bit strange, but…
“What are you staring at? Is this your first time seeing someone oversleep?”
She asked while glaring at me after gulping down bottled water.
I must have been staring at her unconsciously.
“But why am I sleeping in your bed? Did you kidnap me?”
Then she asked while grinning.
Crazy bitch.
“When Do-hwa comes today, we will eat dinner together. Since I think I’ll be eating outside.”
I neatly ignored her question and prepared to leave.
“What? When? Where? With whom?”
Jo Sang-nim approached and fired questions at me.
I pushed away her alcohol-smelling mouth with my hand.
“That’s nothing you need to know. You’ll find out later.”
“Hmm… I guess you’re starting slowly?”
As she spoke with a devious smile, I shrugged my shoulders with an awkward expression.
“I guess you could say that.”
Having left the house, I met with the people I had contacted in the morning for a while and then headed straight to Apgujeong.
There was still plenty of time left, but going around in person was the best way to get to know the nearby geography.
That was how all preparations to meet her were coming to an end.
Arriving at Soryudam 30 minutes early, I entered the room I had reserved under the pseudonym ‘Jo In-seok.’ After quickly scanning the room, I sat in a seat facing the entrance.
Behind me was a floor-to-ceiling glass window, and beyond it, a small, clear pond was visible at a glance.
Lastly, I checked my attire. Although I had dressed up in luxury goods as Jo Sang-nim had instructed, the awkwardness remained.
I tried my best to adapt and finished preparing to welcome her.
And exactly 20 minutes later.
10 minutes before the promised time, she appeared.
However, her appearance was unexpected.
Having only ever seen her in form-fitting suits, seeing her in a neat suit dress felt like I was looking at a different person.
Usually, it was sexiness, but now should I say it felt like maturity?
Her makeup wasn't that heavy either, but she looked much prettier than usual.
I stood up from my seat and welcomed her.
“Welcome.”
“Yes. Hello.”
She smiled brightly and bowed her head lightly.
“Please, have a seat. I truly never thought you would contact me so quickly. I couldn't even sleep and was anxious, so I’m really relieved.”
“I’m the type not to postpone things once I decide to do them. That doesn't mean I have a hasty personality, though.”
She spoke bluntly, but impatience could be felt in the trembling of her pupils, the shape of her moving lips, and her subtly awkward body movements.
Crafty bitch. Her intentions are plainly visible.
She’ll probably try to connect me with her boss if she judges me as useful after weighing me up. While inducing investment.
Of course, I intended to use that against her, pretending to be deceived while dominating her mind.
Mental Control ability can be used only twice a day.
I will definitely make this bitch fall within that time.
I intend to make her feel the same pain and disgrace that I suffered.
Then, I intended to turn Kang Jin-ah into a puppet and extract as much evidence as possible regarding the affair between the affair partner and my wife that would occur in the future. Adding revenge on top of that.
If my wife ever demands a divorce from me, I will proudly show the evidence and threaten her before maintaining the marriage.
Until she meets all 10 affair partners.
It will likely be an ant-lion pit for her.
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