Chapter 17

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Translator: True Detective

Chapter: 16

Chapter Title: Motel Verification

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- Click

Passing through the dark hallway, the two of them opened the door and entered the motel room. Wallpaper stained here and there, bedsheets closer to gray than white. In any other circumstance, Eun Seol would be seriously considering breaking up with a boyfriend she brought here—the room condition was that bad.

'Well, I just need to show him and be done with it.'

How had she ended up alone in a motel room with Yi Hyunwoo? She hated herself for getting swept up in him like this.

- Thud

Hyunwoo hesitated before sitting on the grayish bedsheet. Eun Seol, wary of the unhygienic bed cover, stood awkwardly by the bedside, staring at him.

"Um... uh... let's just check quickly and get out."

Eun Seol urged him on, desperate to leave this musty motel room as soon as possible. At her words, Hyunwoo looked up at her standing right in front of him.

Her long legs looked even slimmer thanks to the high wedge heels. Slender ankles and delicate calves. Firm thighs toned from Pilates, leading up to a short tennis skirt that hinted at her panties, then smooth abs with defined eleven-pack lines. A tight crop top that accentuated her waistline. And crowning it all, voluptuous hips.

'That line really is a work of art.'

It was Hyunwoo's honest assessment as he admired Eun Seol up close. She was slender, but her chest wasn't small either. Hard to tell without seeing it bare, but probably around a B-cup?

"You need to come closer for me to check, Deputy Manager Eun."

At his words, Eun Seol stepped closer to Hyunwoo on the bed, one hesitant step at a time. When she was right in front of him, their knees brushed lightly. She glared at him with sharp eyes, but up close, he could feel the faint tremors in her body.

'Heh, cute.'

He reached out, placing his hands on her smooth abdomen. Warm, soft skin filled both palms.

"Eek..."

"I can see that part fine without touching it."

- Slide

At Eun Seol's protest, Hyunwoo immediately slid his hands downward from her abs. Past her narrow waist to the curve of her full hips. Thanks to the short skirt, his hands quickly reached the bare skin of her thighs.

"Now it's... Kyaa! What the hell are you doing?!"

Taking advantage of her pause, Hyunwoo's hand gripped her ass firmly. If Seo Jin-ah's skin was soft like fluffy tofu, Eun Seol's hips were taut and springy, bouncing his hand away like a stress ball.

'She said she works out hard, and it shows—nice and toned.'

"Heh... like you said, Deputy Manager Eun, it could be padded butt. Just checking."

Eun Seol, who had dismissed Seo Jin-ah's figure as padded, now had her ass toyed with because of it. He kneaded both cheeks like dough, causing flesh-colored panties to peek out from under her short tennis skirt.

'Flesh-colored? More modest underwear than I expected.'

Just as Eun Seol was about to yell at him to stop, Hyunwoo's hand perfectly timed its release from her ass.

"Eek... ugh."

Eun Seol's face flushed with humiliation and anger.

"There, happy now? I've never worn padded underwear in my life. You're really bruising my pride..."

Relieved that it was over, she reverted to her haughty demeanor. But then—

"Haven't checked the top yet."

"..."

His words made her blush again and lower her head. Hyunwoo stood up from the bed, looking down at her. Now his hands moved from her smooth, tucked-in abs toward her chest.

"Eek."

Hyunwoo grabbed the prominent swell of her breasts over the crop top with both hands.

"Hmm... hard to tell with the bra in the way."

"W-what... what did you say?"

"Facts are facts. You could stuff all sorts of padding inside."

It was getting worse. Eun Seol barely suppressed the urge to kick his shin and storm out. But after letting him grope her all over, failing to fully dispel his doubts would be a huge loss.

In her right mind, no way. But her thoughts were trapped by the work system amplifying her [Aspiration] to look good to him.

- Pop

"Hic!"

Taking her silence as consent, Hyunwoo slipped his hand under her crop top and deftly unhooked her bra. Then his rough hands charged toward her breasts. Seeing the outline of his fingers kneading her bare chest through the crop top, she trembled with shame.

"Ah... aaah..."

Not comparable to Seo Jin-ah's D-cups, but the springy handfuls offered a different kind of pleasure.

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'Mm... no foreign feel inside, nice and firm. Real deal, real deal.'

He pressed his fingertips, feeling every inch inside her breasts.

"Heek!"

After toying with her breasts thoroughly under the crop top, his hands finally tapped the nipple at the center before withdrawing.

"Haa... haa..."

Eun Seol tried to keep a straight face, but her ragged breaths from the ass and breast play were hard to suppress. Her flushed cheeks and the matching flesh-colored bra peeking halfway out under the crop top teased his eyes. On top of that, her heavy breathing.

'Whoa. I just want to pin her down right now.'

His cock was already rock-hard and straining. But Hyunwoo barely controlled his urges.

'Not yet... not yet.'

Today's limit. This much was perfect.

"You're right. Can't deny it. Your figure, Deputy Manager Eun."

"O-of course. As if I'd wear padded crap. Bruising my pride like that. Now take it back—that thing about Seo Jin-ah being better."

"Taking it back. My words were utter nonsense. Perfectly so."

"Hmph. Compare apples to apples next time."

As if nothing happened, Eun Seol met his eyes with her confident gaze instead of embarrassment. Her lips twitched upward at his admission of her figure, but she forced a blank expression, muscles faintly trembling.

'Easier to read than I thought.'

Groped relentlessly by a guy who wasn't even her boyfriend in a motel room, yet thrilled despite herself. Hyunwoo wanted to bow to the work system's creator.

"Business done. Wanna grab something to eat?"

"Hmph, I don't eat just anything. Especially high-calorie junk like burgers."

"I'm heading to Burger Queen. See ya then."

"Kuh... Fine, I'll just have an Americano since I'm not hungry. W-what? Lead the way already."

'That damn pride. Impressive.'

Not quite ready to part from Hyunwoo, she brazenly went along.

They left the rundown motel, grabbed burgers, watched a movie at the theater, and only split up late that evening. Of course, the movie was an action flick Hyunwoo had wanted to see. Eun Seol trashed it as all noise and no substance but stayed till the end.

Despite the embarrassing touches, she thought it wasn't a bad day.

After that, whenever bored, Hyunwoo called Eun Seol to hang out. At first, to test how far the system's amplified [Aspiration] to impress Yi Hyunwoo went.

"A PC bang? What are you, a kid? No... I mean, why so sudden? I guess... experiencing one once or twice isn't bad."

"Is it fun? Everyone just stares at monitors and curses. Why bother?"

Eun Seol showed curiosity, asking about everything in the unfamiliar PC bang. But once Hyunwoo focused on gaming, she got bored, sitting next to him scrolling her smartphone. Her decent follower count meant constant app notifications.

"Deputy Manager Lee! Mmph... what... what are you looking at here?!"

Glancing at his monitor by chance, she barely stifled a scream. He was, of course, searching outfits for his [Private Meeting] with Seo Jin-ah.

Panties that barely covered vital areas, sheer mesh slips that showed everything—event outfits no normal shop would sell, filling the screen with erotic flair.

"What... just stuff I'd want if I had a girlfriend someday? I'm an adult—can't I browse adult stuff?"

"Worst... you're really the worst, Deputy Manager Lee. Can't imagine how you live day-to-day."

Frowning deeply at his brazenness, Eun Seol muttered. But despite her words, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠she stayed glued to the seat till he finished gaming and left the PC bang.

Next summon was at a comic bang.

"Sigh... comics? Your tastes are so lowbrow."

PC bang, now comic bang. Not a trendy 'comic cafe' date spot, but a dingy underground one. Worn sofas with peeling leather, dusty shelves, mostly adult comics swarming with middle-aged guys.

"Ugh..."

Eun Seol, eye-catching even on the street, drew all eyes now that she'd dolled up thinking it a date.

'What is this place...'

Middle-aged men's leering gazes crawled over her skin like snakes. Among them, a familiar face—the motel owner from before, eyeing her lewdly at the counter. His stare was as persistent as ever, ignoring her glares.

"W-why'd you bring me to a dump like this?"

Pushing past the creepy looks, she sighed in relief finding Hyunwoo among the men reading adult comics.

"What, come to a comic bang to read comics. What else?"

"..."

His obvious answer left her speechless. The comic he read wasn't exactly wholesome. Unwilling to leave due to the system, pride sparking defiance, she forced composure.

Not wanting to lose to his deliberate sleazy choices, she grabbed random books from the shelf, sat next to him on the sofa. The cheap faux leather stuck to her legs disgustingly, but she hid it.

"Ah... whoa..."

But her poker face crumbled at the first flip. Graphic sex scenes everywhere. She hurriedly turned pages—same everywhere.

Eun Seol had glimpsed porn over shoulders in puberty, but adult comics were new. Her face burned against her will.

"Oh? Didn't know you were into that, Deputy Manager Eun?"

Hyunwoo, watching her, smirked. Furious at the tease, she slammed the book down, huffing. Whether shame or anger, her face stayed ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠red for a while.

Of course, she waited till he left the comic bang first.

Dragging her to PC bangs, comic bangs, and such for fun—perhaps that's why.

Her [Aspiration] to impress Hyunwoo had evolved into [Favorability] toward him. Though she'd never admit it.