Outside the hatch, Captain Marcus and the crew stood in a line.
“The crew will guide you,” Kyle said to Sehee, and immediately, female crew members approached her.
Sehee, confused by Kyle’s cold tone, which contrasted with his earlier demeanor, looked at him perplexedly.
But Kyle simply nodded politely at Sehee and then turned away.
After Sehee went to her cabin, Kyle’s stern gaze turned to Captain Marcus.
When Kyle spoke to Sehee, female crew members immediately approached her. Sehee, confused by the cold voice that was so different from when they were trapped together, looked at Kyle with a puzzled expression. However, Kyle simply nodded politely to Sehee and turned away.
As Sehee headed back to her cabin, Kyle’s piercing gaze was fixed on Captain Marcus.
“Was stopping the ship in the middle of the journey an arbitrary decision?” Kyle asked.
Marcus couldn’t respond immediately.
“If only the regular patrol time had been adhered to, I could have returned much sooner. I am considering holding someone accountable for this incident,” Kyle said, his tone icy as he walked past Marcus. Marcus followed, his face dark, heaving a deep sigh.
Returning to her cabin, Sehee was overwhelmed with fatigue from the tension. As she thought about changing into comfortable clothes and resting, she remembered that she was wearing Kyle’s clothes.
“Oh. This is his clothing,” Sehee said, looking at his suit jacket awkwardly.
“I should return it later.”
Hanging his jacket on a hanger, a refreshing scent wafted through the air. “It smells really good,” she thought, closing the wardrobe.
Sehee showered and lay in bed, but sleep eluded her. Her body was tired like a waterlogged cotton ball, but her mind was surprisingly clear.
“Is he okay?”
“How should I return this jacket?”
“He had surprisingly warm hands.”
As her mind filled with thoughts of him, she gradually drifted to sleep.
Time had passed well into the afternoon, and the sunset was slowly coloring her bed through the balcony.
“Uh-huh…”
Sehee awoke feeling uneasy and saw the sunset sky.
“Oh no, today was the Santorini stop. Ahhh, I missed it.”
She jumped up from her bed and rushed out of the cabin. The ship, anchored in the distant sea of Santorini, was set against the sunset.
“Ah… I’m upset. It seems I’m really not meant to visit Santorini.”
Sehee looked longingly at the distant blue roofs.
With a heavy sigh, she turned back after a while.
At that moment, Kyle, having just returned from a business meeting at the Santorini stop, spotted Sehee’s drooping figure. He remembered how she hadn’t spared any praises for Santorini, the first stop, while they were trapped together. Her shoulders drooped in what looked like pajamas, seeming to have missed the excursion.
He could have just walked past.
But Sehee’s drooping shoulders kept nagging at him.
Kyle checked his wristwatch. There were about two hours before the ship’s departure.
“Dave.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Prepare a boat.”
“What? Yes, I understand.”
After Dave left for the boat, Kyle quickly followed Sehee.
Noticing his approach, Sehee turned around.
“Mr. Graham?”
Sehee looked at Kyle in surprise.
“Missed the shore excursion?”
“Ah… well…”
Sehee showed a disappointed face.
“Give me ten minutes. Time to get ready.”
“What?”
Sehee was puzzled, not understanding Kyle’s intention.
“We should have about two hours to explore Santorini.”
“Santorini?”
“Meet at boat front, section S.”
“Are you saying… you’re taking me to Santorini? Now? Me?”
Sehee, finally grasping Kyle’s intention, stuttered in surprise.
“Only nine minutes left.”
Kyle checked his wristwatch again.
“Okay, okay. Just a moment. Wait.”
Sehee hurried back into her cabin, her eyebrows almost flying with speed.
Having prepared, Sehee and Kyle set off on his private boat to the port of Santorini.
“Thank you so much. I thought I had no connection with Santorini.”
“We don’t have much time, so we can only briefly visit the village of Oia.”
“Oia? That’s enough for me.”
Sehee smiled brightly at Kyle, and a natural smile spread across his face in response.
As the boat reached the dock, an excited Sehee began to disembark.
“Watch your step.”
Sehee stared intently at Kyle, who was carefully helping her off the boat. Kyle’s eyebrow quirked up as if asking why.
“For many things, thank you.”
Feeling overwhelmed by Sehee’s intense gaze, Kyle coughed awkwardly.
Sehee took Kyle’s large hand and safely stepped off the boat. She immediately took out her phone and got busy taking pictures.
Thanks to docking near Oia village, they didn’t miss the Mediterranean sunset, already beginning to turn red.
The crowd gathered to witness this world-renowned spectacle was so dense there was hardly room to stand, and here and there, the atmosphere was charged with couples sharing passionate kisses.
“It seems this place became famous for kisses because of a legend, right?”
Feeling self-conscious in the strange atmosphere, Sehee spoke awkwardly.
“A legend?”
“The legend that kissing while watching the sunset over the Aegean Sea will lead to everlasting love. That’s why there are so many people, right? You travel a lot on cruises, don’t you know?”
Sehee teased.
“I don’t believe in such superstitions.”
Kyle spoke dryly.
“Superstitions… Hmm. It’s a beautiful legend, though. Well, I don’t believe in everlasting love either.”
Kyle turned to look down at Sehee upon hearing this.
“Do you believe in everlasting love, Mr. Graham?”
Kyle hesitated to answer Sehee’s question.
Suddenly, Sehee felt a mischievous urge.
“…Should we test if it’s real or not?”
Sehee’s eyes sparkled unusually.
“What?”
“Testing whether I don’t believe in everlasting love, and you don’t believe in superstitions and legends. To see if they come true or not.”
Intentionally, Sehee closed the distance between them.
“No, I’m not curious at all?”
Kyle stepped back with a look of discomfort.
“Really? I’m terribly, very, extremely curious.”
Sehee leaned in close with a mischievous look on her face.
“I said I’m not curi……”
Before Kyle could finish his sentence, Sehee’s lips brushed lightly against his.
It was an unexpected accident.
Sehee, her cheeks flushed red, hurriedly pulled away.
“That, I didn’t think it would actually… really…”
It was an awkward situation.
She had only intended to pretend to kiss as a joke.
Sehee was left dumbfounded.
That fleeting moment also turned Kyle’s mind blank.
Kyle, barely containing his emotions, felt his heart explode.
As he gazed down at Sehee, his look became suggestive.
“…That’s a dangerously tempting provocation.”
As Sehee attempted to back away, Kyle’s arms firmly encircled her waist.
His voice, lazily drifting into her ear, was incredibly decadent.
“Think you can handle it?”
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