After Jae Oh scolded himself as a “crazy person” for losing control with just one kiss, he reached out towards Chae Yoon.

Feeling Jae Oh’s hand approaching, Chae Yoon flinched and hunched her shoulders.

Jae Oh noticed Chae Yoon’s reaction but didn’t stop his hand.

Approaching more slowly and cautiously, he gently turned Chae Yoon’s head toward him, holding her chin softly.
Chae Yoon didn’t resist and followed his touch. However, she couldn’t meet his gaze properly, so she kept her eyes down, and her thick voice trembled slightly.

“How was it?”

Without looking at Jae Oh and rolling her eyes around aimlessly, her pupils froze in place.

“W-what do you mean?”

“What we just did.”

Recalling the impulsive and bewildering act that was neither exactly a kiss nor not a kiss, Chae Yoon responded with a voice filled with embarrassment.
“Why are you asking such things…”

Jae Oh’s thumb touched Chae Yoon’s lips.

In that brief moment, it seemed like he had sucked hard, and her plump lips were slightly swollen.

Gently caressing them, he used his tongue to trace her lips, which still seemed to retain her warmth, and said, “I feel like I’ll lose my mind the moment I touch them.”

Chae Yoon’s eyes widened at this unexpected commentary.

How could this man say such things without even batting an eyelid?
Moreover, overcome with shyness, unlike me, who might not be able to look at Jae Oh’s face or even hear his voice for a while, he was speaking with such nonchalance.

In that moment, curious about whether his expression would be the same, Chae Yoon glanced up at him.

When their eyes met, his elongated eyes softened gently.

“Because I like it too much.”

As he added this observation, a slight tremor appeared in Chae Yoon’s eyes.

It was an expression that clearly conveyed her liking.
Her expression clearly conveyed her affection.

Seeing Jae Oh’s expression for the first time, Chae Yoon’s heart began to race as if it might burst.

She was on the verge of saying that she liked it too, enchanted by that smile, and almost embraced him, but she clenched her lips tightly.

Meanwhile, thinking she should hurriedly avert her gaze, Chae Yoon remained still. Jae Oh’s lips stretched even further.

With a slight force in the hand that held Chae Yoon’s chin, he lowered his head and gently kissed her lips.

“……. ”
Chae Yoon was puzzled by what was happening, her round eyes blinking in confusion. Then, Jae Oh brought his lips to hers once more.

There was a soft sound as they made contact, then he pulled back.

No, he got closer again.

Touch, touch, touch.

Their lips kept meeting and parting. Feeling a tingling sensation from their continuous contact, Chae Yoon tilted her head back slightly and asked, “What are you doing?”

Jae Oh continued, undeterred, moving in for another kiss.
“Practice reaching and pulling away quickly.”

If only our lips could touch, why is our bodies getting closer and closer?

Moreover, their lips were gradually melding together. The warm sensation that lightly brushed against her skin between their lips was so dizzying that Chae Yoon closed her eyes.

At this rate, she might end up under him again like earlier, so she should tell him to stop.

Why couldn’t she push him away?
Chae Yoon, with her body and mind in turmoil, seized the moment when his lips momentarily parted and said, “Oppa.”

“Uh. Don’t lie down.”

It was the moment she was about to tell him that he was getting too close, especially in this office.

His desk phone rang loudly.

“!”

It wasn’t the sound of a cellphone, but the office phone’s ringtone that snapped Chae Yoon’s attention back to reality.
Her hand, which had been stiff and unmoving, pushed against his solid chest in a swift motion.

But Jae Oh didn’t flinch.

“I said don’t lie down.”

Instead, as if to reassure her, he whispered softly, their lips meeting again. This momentarily caught Chae Yoon off guard, but she quickly regained her composure and said with determination, “That’s not the issue here. Answer the phone quickly.”

Despite her firm words, he remained unyielding.

“Quickly, the phone…”

“Alright.”

As Chae Yoon’s determination persisted, Jae Oh’s resistance was finally broken.
Seeing Jae Oh retreat, Chae Yoon realized that this was indeed an office, and her tense nerves began to relax.

However, despite his apparent understanding, he didn’t get up from his seat and instead approached her.

A shiver ran down Chae Yoon’s spine as he neared her.

Is this really happening?

“Stop and answer the phone,” she said.

At her words, Jae Oh’s eyes blinked in confusion.

He seemed to wonder why she was acting this way.

Seeing his puzzled expression, Chae Yoon felt that something was amiss, and her premonition was spot on.

“The phone is behind you.”
Hearing him point to his own back and speak, Chae Yoon couldn’t bring herself to look up.

Am I going crazy…?

With a tearful face, Chae Yoon lowered her head, and Jae Oh’s lips curled mischievously.

“Move aside a bit. I need to answer the phone.”

“…Don’t answer it here, go over there.”

“Why?”

“Ah, just go over there quickly.”

His cute display of frustration, mistakenly thinking that his ears were getting bigger, was endearing.

As Jae Oh began to laugh, instead of getting up, he lowered his head.
He wanted to see Chae Yoon’s red face. However, whether she had expected to be like this or not, Chae Yoon quickly grabbed a nearby cushion and covered her face with it.

“Why are you covering up?”

“……. ”

Seeing that there was no response, it seemed like she had decided not to answer.

Regrettable, but he thought that if he pushed further, Chae Yoon might run away. So, Jae Oh got up from his seat and headed towards his desk.

Watching him move away from behind the cushion, Chae Yoon quickly tidied her appearance and stood up.
Jae Oh’s gaze was fixed on the rapidly departing figure.

“Where are you going?”

He had stood up to prevent her from leaving.

“Song Chae Yoon.”

“……. ”

“I stood up to stop you from going, and if you go…”

Before he could finish his sentence, Chae Yoon left.

As Chae Yoon quickly disappeared from his sight, Jae Oh’s lips stretched long.

“Like a bullet, only at times like this.”

He shook his head in frustration and checked the caller’s identity.

The caller was Jung Woong.
Jae Oh looked at Jung Woong’s extension number and reached for his phone, which was on the desk, to answer the call.

“Yes.”

[Dash] Come up.

The voice on the other end, speaking in an imperative tone, sounded more subdued than usual.

However, Jae Oh responded as he usually did.

“I don’t have time to come up, so let’s talk on the phone.”

[Dash] Han Jae Oh. Do you not take my words seriously?

Even with Jung Woong’s chilling tone, Jae Oh calmly checked the top message in his message inbox from Woo Jong.

“It says, ‘Team Leader Kwon has arrived for the meeting.'”
After checking the message, Jae Oh leaned against his desk and said,

[Dash] Vice Chairman. It seems like something is bothering you.

Jung Woong’s lips tightened, bearing a cold expression.

He had called for a reason, and Jae Oh’s response caught him off guard.

Just as Jung Woong was about to speak, puzzled by Jae Oh’s reaction,

[Dash] What’s bothering you?

These words, showing concern for the other person, were not typical of Jae Oh.
Sensing something unusual, Jung Woong paused his intended response and waited for Jae Oh’s words.

Into Jung Woong’s ears came Jae Oh’s voice, which he had never heard before in his life.

[Dash] I’m feeling really good right now, so I’m willing to listen.

It had a teasing tone.

Jung Woong’s lips quivered, and he let out a breath he hadn’t intended to release.