Chapter 9
Translator - Zofu
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"Mmm...haah!"
I stopped kissing her and pulled away the hand that had been groping Park Ah-young's ass.
*flinch*
At that moment, Ah-young's body shuddered violently. A string of saliva stretched between our parted lips. Her face was flushed, her eyes slightly dazed—probably from the kiss.
I hugged the dazed Ah-young and looked around. The guys who'd been beaten down were glaring this way with jealous, envious eyes. Smirking at them, I groped Ah-young's chest while she was still out of it. I spotted Choi Seong-joon avoiding eye contact while sneering at the others.
"Seong-joon, get over here."
"T-Tae-yang, I'm so sorry."
"Why are you trembling, Seong-joon? Hmm? You were so full of yourself earlier."
"I-I was wrong..."
Watching Choi Seong-joon grovel killed what little interest I had in him. But that didn't mean I'd forgive him.
"Seong-joon, bang your head."
Seeing him quickly smash his head against the dirty floor at my command, I turned to the second-year punks watching from behind.
"You bastards too, bang your heads."
The third-years looked like they were wondering if they'd have to do it too. I didn't have any particular grudge against them, so I wasn't planning on making them do it.
"You just keep an eye on these bastards and make sure they keep banging their heads for an hour. You can handle that, right?"
The third-years nodded and said they understood.
"Y-yeah, just trust us."
The tattooed guy—Sang-chan or whatever—just avoided eye contact out of pride, not saying a word.
Since I was done here, I decided to take Ah-young and leave. I called out to Ah-young, who still had a dazed expression.
"Ah-young, snap out of it. Let's go."
"Huh? Oh..."
I took the now-alert Ah-young and left the abandoned building. A familiar man was standing on the road in front of the abandoned building.
"Are you finished with your business, Chairman?"
"Yeah, thanks for waiting."
"Not at all. It's only natural."
"If you say so. Anyway, I'm starving, so take us somewhere decent."
"Understood."
The subordinate answered and opened the back door. The car set off with Ah-young and me in the back seat.
As the car started moving, Ah-young next to me spoke up in a quiet voice.
"Tae-yang? Are you, like, some kind of company president?"
"In a way, I guess that's true?"
At my vague answer, Ah-young raised her voice slightly.
"What kind of answer is that?! And why have you been speaking casually this whole time? I'm a year older than you! We're both adults!"
"You were older than me? And I'm an adult too."
"Tch! Just call me noona!"
"No way, bitch. But you repeated a year?"
"No... When I was in Germany, my parents died in an accident, so I came to live with my grandmother in Korea. It was so hard that I couldn't even start school and just spent a year at home."
Hearing Ah-young's sensitive past in that gloomy voice made me wince, and I pulled her into a hug.
"Sorry for bringing up bad memories. My parents died early too, so I understand how you feel."
"Heung. Tae-yang must have been so sad too."
At my words, Ah-young choked up and hugged me tighter.
In reality, my feelings toward my parents were contempt. That's why I can't understand the sadness of losing family like Ah-young does. My parents were complete trash to begin with. My father lived buried in gambling and alcohol until he croaked from alcoholism, and my mother got caught scamming people and went to prison. Then after she got out, she disappeared without a trace.
"But if your parents died early, what's with this expensive car and that 'Chairman' title that guy mentioned?"
Ah-young, still in my arms, had calmed down a bit and asked a similar question as before. Looking into her blue eyes, I whispered.
"It's dangerous if you know. Do you really want to know?"
"Is it... something criminal?"
"Yeah. Disappointed?"
"No... I hang out with trashy people myself, so there's nothing to be disappointed about. I just think it's amazing. I mean, you're doing bad things, but at your age, you're commanding people and driving a car like this."
"Thanks for seeing it that way."
Looking at Ah-young, I realized she was a better woman than I'd thought.
Before I knew it, the car driven by my subordinate had arrived at our destination.
"Chairman, we've arrived. I made a reservation under your name, so you can go right in."
"Good work. Ah-young, let's go."
"Okay! Thank you, driver~"
I got out of the car, took Ah-young's hand, went up to the second floor, opened the door, and went in.
"Welcome. Do you have a reservation?"
"Yes. Under Geum Tae-yang."
"Confirmed. Please follow me to your room."
I followed the staff into the room. It was clean and had an upscale interior overall.
"Hehe. This is my first time at a place like this."
Ah-young, sitting down, looked around the room and said.
"Really? You'll be coming to places like this often from now on, so get used to it. And order whatever you want—don't hold back."
I handed her the menu as I said this.
"Okay!"
I watched Ah-young happily deciding what to eat, then looked at the menu myself and chose some food. We ordered a reasonable amount for two.
While waiting for our food, we talked, then ate when it arrived.
"The food here is really delicious. I can see why it's so expensive."
"I'm glad you like it."
"Hehe. Thanks! I'll buy you a meal later! Though I can't afford anything expensive..."
"Sure. Treat me to something tasty next time."
Eating with a beauty definitely made the food taste better. Just looking at Ah-young's face made the meal more delicious.
"By the way, do you live with your grandmother?"
"No... Grandmother passed away last year..."
I felt cold sweat run down my back—I'd stepped on another landmine. I rarely got this flustered even before regressing, but today, every question I asked Ah-young felt like stepping on a landmine. No matter how much of a piece of shit I am, I'm not cruel to someone I actually like.
"S-sorry."
"It's okay. It's already in the past, so you don't need to apologize."
I heard Ah-young's reply that it was okay.
"So. Do you live alone now?"
"Yeah!"
"No other relatives?"
"None! Grandmother said there weren't any other relatives."
"Then come to my place."
"Tae-yang's house? You mean live together?"
"Exactly. We're both living alone anyway. No one to answer to."
"Kyaa~ What are you planning to do to me if we live together! You pervert!"
Her playful reaction made me laugh.
"Just so you know, refusing isn't an option. Keep that in mind."
"Yeah... but we just met today, so living together is a bit..."
Ah-young said this in a playful voice. At that, I looked at her with a serious expression.
"I told you before. You're mine. Just quietly do as I say."
"Okay....."
Ah-young's face flushed as she agreed. Just then, we finished our meal and left together.
***
I arrived home with Ah-young. I brought Ah-young inside—she'd been quietly stealing glances at my face the whole way.
"Wow... Tae-yang's house is amazing. I can't believe I'm going to live in a place like this."
She looked around the house in awe. Then, while exploring, Ah-young found something and picked up a piece of fabric with her index finger and thumb.
"Tae-yang? What's this?"
I looked at the scrap of cloth she was holding and said.
"Women's underwear, obviously."
"What! Why is there another woman's underwear here?!"
My gaze was briefly drawn to Ah-young's shaking chest as she stamped her feet, then I answered bluntly.
"Because I've had sex with women."
Stunned by my answer, Ah-young's eyes went wide.
"Player! Scumbag! Trash!"
"Yeah. All true, so it doesn't really hurt."
"You bastard!!"
Furious at my tone, she charged at me with the underwear. Her slender arms hitting me was just cute. I scooped up Ah-young, who kept hitting me.
"Really disappointed?"
"I don't know... you bastard. I thought you were so cool and handsome, but you're just a bad player."
"Yeah, yeah. I'm a bad guy."
"Heeww... seriously... I was so excited until just now..."
"What can I do? I'm not a guy who can be satisfied with just one woman."
"This is annoying... I'm going home... Mmph—."
I kissed Ah-young as she tried to run away. But she struggled and resisted quite fiercely.
"D-don't, I'm not in the mood for that... Mmph!"
I kept forcing it, and before long, Ah-young gave up resisting and started kissing back. As we kissed, I moved my hands. My hand traveled down her waist to her ass, grabbing Ah-young's firm, soft butt. I could feel Ah-young cursing me with her eyes through the grip on her ass. Watching Ah-young curse me with her eyes before closing them again to focus on the kiss, I decided I'd make her my woman for good today. I lifted her up in a firm embrace and carried her to the bed.