47 - Chapter 45: Realization
'...Tsk.'
When the conversation didn't go the way she wanted, Seo Jae-eun clicked her tongue inwardly.
Still, she kept a beaming smile plastered on her face as she spoke again.
"I don't know what happened when you two first met, but just because she's been nice to you since doesn't make what she did go away, does it?"
Han Su-hyeon nodded. It wasn't just his head, though—his entire upper body swayed back and forth like a metronome.
"That's not... wrong... but... even so... the times she helped me... they don't just disappear either, do they...?"
After saying that, Han Su-hyeon stopped swaying, as if suddenly hit by a wave of dizziness. He paused, trying to gather his scattered thoughts.
"In the end... she's a person in the gray area... But if we can't accept that and have to divide everything into black and white... then after all... I have no choice but to call her white... Even if she's gray... she's a lighter shade of gray..."
With Han Su-hyeon taking that stance, Seo Jae-eun couldn't find any other angle to criticize Natalia and drive a wedge between them.
After that, the conversation fizzled out.
Han Su-hyeon, completely wasted, barely touched his food, so the rest of the meat on the grill ended up in Seo Jae-eun's mouth.
'Should I just give up on driving a wedge and take this wasted guy to a motel?'
Usually, playing with someone's emotions was where the real fun was.
Chewing on the last piece of meat, Seo Jae-eun smacked her lips in disappointment.
Having devoured all the meat, Seo Jae-eun stood up, having no further reason to stay.
"Ah... should we get going now...?"
Han Su-hyeon stumbled along behind her.
After paying at the counter and stepping out of the restaurant, the first thing Seo Jae-eun saw was Natalia, who was staring right at her from a distance.
"Ha."
A sudden chill ran through Seo Jae-eun's entire body, and cold sweat broke out across her back.
"..."
Natalia silently gestured for her to follow.
Like prey cornered by a predator, Seo Jae-eun realized that any resistance would be utterly futile.
"...Let's split up here. I had fun today."
"Yeees... yes..."
Leaving Han Su-hyeon in front of the restaurant, Seo Jae-eun walked toward Natalia like livestock being led to the slaughter.
"Hehe... haha... oh, um... you see, this is..."
She knew it was pointless, but she still tried to make an excuse. Naturally, Natalia didn't even bother listening and grabbed Seo Jae-eun by the hair.
"Aaah! Ah! Wait!"
Natalia dragged the weakly flailing Seo Jae-eun into a back alley, then slammed her face into the wall over and over again.
With every sickening thud, blood splattered, her nose bone shattered, and white teeth clattered onto the pavement.
Only after completely destroying Seo Jae-eun's face did Natalia finally let go.
"Consider yourself lucky I'm in a good mood today. Oh, and I hope we never have to see each other again."
"O-Of course! Thank you so much for your mercy!"
Her nose was shattered so badly she would need extensive reconstructive surgery just to look normal again.
Yet, filled with nothing but sheer relief that she had survived, Seo Jae-eun bowed repeatedly.
"Uaaah..."
Meanwhile, left to his own devices, Han Su-hyeon began to stumble away.
"Cadet Han Su-hyeon?"
But before he could take more than a few steps, Natalia's secretary caught up to him.
"Uh... hello... you haven't gone home yet...?"
"Haha, it just turned out that way. Here, would you like this?"
"Thank you..."
The secretary handed Han Su-hyeon an ice cream bar. Han Su-hyeon stopped in his tracks and began to eat it.
While the secretary kept him occupied with the ice cream, Natalia returned, having finished her business.
"You can head home now."
"Yes, ma'am. I'll see you tomorrow, then."
With the secretary dismissed, only the two of them remained. Natalia guided Han Su-hyeon to her car.
After driving back to her place, she carelessly tossed the limp Han Su-hyeon onto the bed.
"Haa..."
Natalia sat down beside him with a sigh. After staring down at Han Su-hyeon, who lay completely out of it, she slowly pulled up his shirt.
"..."
Leaning down, Natalia began to suck on one of Han Su-hyeon's nipples while teasing the other with her fingertips.
"Ohhh..."
She sent a faint electrical current through her tongue as she licked him. Even in his unconscious state, Han Su-hyeon writhed and let out an involuntary groan.
After teasing him a few more times, she pulled off his pants. It was a bit of a struggle because his cock was already rock-hard, functioning perfectly despite him being completely wasted and unconscious.
"Haa... haa..."
Natalia's breathing grew heavy. She pulled up her skirt and slid the narrow strap of her thong to the side, exposing the glistening crevice between her thighs.
"Mnh... ah..."
Straddling Han Su-hyeon, she guided him inside her. Maintaining her posture, she began to move her hips up and down in a slow, squatting motion.
"Ah... ah... Ahhh..."
Soon, Natalia's expression melted with drug-like pleasure. She leaned forward, draping her upper body over Han Su-hyeon.
"Mmh... chup... haaa..."
Her ecstatic moans subsided, replaced by the wet, squelching sound of their tongues tangling together.
She milked him repeatedly, drawing his semen deep into her womb until his cock finally went soft.
"Haa... ha..."
With his soft, shriveled cock still resting inside her, she thought:
'Should I stop here for today?'
But every time the thought crossed her mind, she remembered the conversation she had overheard at the restaurant.
"Hehe... haha..."
Natalia let out a crazed, unseemly laugh.
Every time she recalled his words, her lower abdomen—already filled with his semen—tingled with excitement.
'Just one more time. This is the last.'
It was a hollow vow she had already made several times tonight.
Natalia sat up straight again, reaching her hand behind her back.
Her hand slid down like a spider, cupping his balls and gently teasing them.
'He can still do it...'
Deciding he had more in him, her hand slid further down, her fingertips brushing over his perineum on their way to his anus.
Reaching her target, Natalia stiffened her middle finger and pushed it inside him.
She stimulated his prostate—which she didn't even have to search for anymore—while her vaginal walls clamped down around him. At the same time, she sent subtle jolts of electricity through her finger.
"Ugh... ah..."
Assailed by an intense, almost violent stimulation from both ends, Han Su-hyeon's body was forced to erect once more, completely against his will.
"Uh..."
With barely any semen left to ejaculate, his body shuddered as he experienced a dry orgasm.
Even after that, Natalia forced him to get hard several more times.
The next morning, Natalia woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside the window.
Unlike Han Su-hyeon, Natalia hadn't touched a drop of alcohol, so she woke up much earlier.
'Come to think of it, makgeolli hangovers are absolute hell.'
That thought crossed her mind as she remembered how much Han Su-hyeon had drunk.
'Let's see...'
With that in mind, Natalia found herself searching her phone for hangover cures.
'Cold noodles, ramen, chocolate milk, dried pollack soup, honey water, pizza, tomato juice, rice noodles, coconut water, bean sprout soup...'
A wide variety of foods popped up, but there was really only one choice for her.
'Bean sprout soup is probably best.'
It was the only dish that seemed simple enough for someone like her, who had never cooked a proper meal in her life.
She knew buying takeout would be much easier, but for some reason, she wanted to make it herself.
She slipped out to a nearby grocery store, bought the ingredients, and returned.
She brewed a broth using anchovies and kelp, then tossed in the bean sprouts, garlic, green onions, soup soy sauce, and a pinch of red pepper powder.
'Simple enough. I just have to let it boil.'
With that thought, Natalia covered the pot and waited around.
'Should be enough by now, right?'
After a while, she took off the lid and took a sip of the broth.
'Hmm... should I boil it a bit longer?'
Since the bean sprouts were still a bit tough and the broth lacked that clean, refreshing taste, she decided to let it simmer a bit longer, leaving the lid off.
Watching the bubbling pot, Natalia pictured Han Su-hyeon eating the soup to cure his hangover.
'Making an effort to cook for someone else... feels surprisingly good.'
Natalia didn't even realize she was smiling.
Her smile remained until a fishy smell began to waft up from the pot.