Touring
I watched Min-hwa head up to the first floor, then stripped off my clothes. I peeled them away in a hurry and practically dove into the bathtub. Water at just the right temperature wrapped around my entire body, and the tension began to melt from every muscle. Whether it rose from the bathwater or the hinoki cypress of the tub itself, a wonderful fragrance enveloped me, dissolving every last scrap of stress and fatigue.
I was still smiling at that when the door opened and Min-hwa came in. She was completely naked, a wine bottle and two glasses in her hands. She smiled brightly as she stepped into the tub and poured me a glass. I found myself wondering why this woman loved wine so much. Or maybe people with money just had a particular fondness for it. Well… sitting in a luxury bathtub like this and drinking soju would feel a little off, I supposed.
Without meaning to, my eyes kept drifting to Min-hwa's breasts. It struck me again that this woman had a face and figure that absolutely did not match her age. Growing up without much worry or hardship had something to do with it, and she had clearly received expensive dermatology treatments. For all the care she'd poured into herself, her heart must have always been empty and lonely. Sensing my gaze, Min-hwa smiled and spoke.
"If you keep staring like that, I'll get embarrassed…"
I flustered a little, quickly looked away, and steered the conversation somewhere else.
"Hmm… this house is really nice. Do all the homes here use two floors each? First floor and basement, second and third?"
"Yes. It varies a little by building, but this wing is laid out that way. Our house, though, uses all three floors. We opened up the first and second into one space."
What…? I'd already thought this place was enormous, and now she was saying they'd combined two units? Good lord… I decided not to ask any more about these people's wealth or living situations. Whatever they told me would exceed anything I could imagine.
Min-hwa downed two glasses of wine in quick succession, set her glass outside the tub, and fixed me with a look. I was wondering if I'd done something wrong when she slowly rose from the water. Her gleaming naked body emerged, still wet — those firm breasts, the neatly groomed pubic hair. When my eyes landed there, Min-hwa said,
"Yoon-chae and Jeong-mi both waxed, I noticed. So I made a waxing appointment for a few days from now."
She walked over, wrapped her arms around me, and added,
"Even if it's a little messy, just put up with it for a few days."
She kissed me. There was a smell of alcohol on her breath, but not enough to be unpleasant. Today Min-hwa seemed like a woman with a plan. She'd never been particularly passive, but tonight she was on another level. After warming each other in the sauna, we stepped out. Water dripping from our bodies, we went up to the first floor. Even then, I found myself thinking about mopping the floor where the water had fallen.
We entered the room Min-hwa led me to. The whole space was filled with a wonderful fragrance, and lace was everywhere. She guided me to a bed covered in lace, shoved me down onto it, and positioned herself between my legs. She took my half-erect cock into her mouth with delicious enthusiasm, sucking and licking, then looked up at my face and said,
"Jisin-nim. Do you know why I invited you to this house today?"
I lifted my head to look at her. Min-hwa's expression was unfamiliar. She was always wearing that bright, sunny face — so much so that she sometimes seemed a little empty-headed, to be honest. But the face looking at me now was serious in a way I'd never seen from her. I couldn't help but be thrown off.
"The… meaning?"
She took my cock in one hand and stroked it slowly as she spoke.
"This is the master bedroom I shared with my husband. Of course, the memory of actually sleeping here with him is pretty hazy at this point. But from now on, the master of this room is you, Jisin-nim."
What the hell was she talking about? Min-hwa smiled thickly again and took me back into her mouth. Something about her strange atmosphere was actually making me lose my hardness. I pulled her up toward my face. Nestled in my arms, Min-hwa stared straight into my eyes.
"What do you mean by that?"
When I asked, she smiled and said,
"Exactly what I said. It means that from now on, you're my husband — my everything."
I spoke with a look of bewilderment.
"I'd love nothing more for that to be true, but… uh… there are practical… issues…"
She smiled, pressed a light kiss to my lips, and said,
"Is it because I'm older?"
I denied it immediately.
"Ah, no. Age… Min-hwa, you look younger than me right now…"
She beamed. Really, Min-hwa was truly beautiful when she smiled. She let me see that lovely smile for a moment, then tucked it away. Her face grew serious again.
"I know. The child issue, the husband issue. But the reason I called you here today is that I've come to feel those problems don't mean anything to me — that I can resolve them to some degree. And I've made some progress, so I brought you here."
I still couldn't make sense of what she was saying.
"What do you mean? Tell me in more detail."
"I'm planning to divorce my husband. Ah… well, legally we'll stay married. The child needs a father until she grows up. But my husband won't be coming back to this house. We've agreed to put all of our marital assets in my name, and he'll live separately outside. He won't interfere with my private life at all. He agreed to all of it."
What was this? From what I'd heard, that husband was a thoroughly vicious legal expert, wasn't he? There was no reason for him to so easily give up a massive fortune and all those interests. He wasn't the type to take that lying down. I listened in a daze, then forced my mouth open.
"Ah, the child…?"
What little smile remained on Min-hwa's face vanished completely.
"We agreed that he'd take full parental rights and responsibility. She's in America right now, and he'll handle the support too. He'll probably keep her there permanently, and she'll finish school there."
I stared at Min-hwa's face as she related this so calmly, then said,
"Don't you miss the child, Min-hwa?"
She was quiet for a moment. Then she looked at me and spoke.
"It would be a lie to say I don't feel anything. But I'm not as attached as other people would be. She's more like a fragment of a painful, stifling period of my life."
A smile rose on the face that had been studying me so intently. Then she wrapped her arms around my neck.
"Let's stop talking about this. Anyway, everything is yours now, Jisin-nim. All the property, and me…"
She pressed herself against me and kissed me deeply. Thinking I couldn't hold back any longer either, I held her. Min-hwa was more aggressive than usual, and we had our first round of sex on that enormous bed with its billowing lace. Her wild cries and excitement spurred me on, and I came without a shred of regret. The bedsheets were soaked not only with our fluids and my semen, but with the urine-like liquid Min-hwa had gushed in abundance.
Of course the night's sex wasn't going to end there. Min-hwa was so worked up I almost suspected drugs. Seeing the wet sheets, she led me out to the living room, took my cock in her mouth again, and forced it hard. She rode me with her eyes glazed over, climaxing two or three times before I even came.
As if giving me a tour of her own house, Min-hwa took me from place to place and had sex with me. The small room, the second-floor living room, the third-floor balcony… she led me everywhere. On the third-floor balcony I gripped her hips and came. Breathing hard, Min-hwa slowly turned and embraced me.
"Isn't the night air so refreshing?"
When I nodded, she took my hand and this time led me up to the rooftop. The roof was landscaped like a garden, with a rooftop structure in the center. But it wasn't the kind of rooftop shack you'd imagine — it was a glass-walled greenhouse of sorts.
"If we walk around naked like this, won't the other residents see us?"
Min-hwa looked back at me with a smile.
"You can't really see this place from elsewhere, but even if they did, I wouldn't care."
She took my hand and led me into the greenhouse. The temperature inside was quite high — hot and humid. There were a lot of plants here too, all tropical. In the middle of that dense vegetation sat two beach loungers. Min-hwa laid me down on one.
"This is where I sunbathe. The glass is special — you can't see inside from the outside."
She lay down on the other lounger as well. Looking up at the ceiling, she said,
"Ah… I feel like I've arrived in heaven. Like the heavy shackles on my heart have finally come off."