Chapter 23: The Offer

…What do I have to eat for it to subside?

I felt like I’d heard something strange and asked him to repeat it. The answer that came back sounded like it was from another planet.

According to Min Seonwoo, among the countless drugs in the world, there exists an aphrodisiac that only subsides after swallowing semen. He said he only found out about that fact yesterday himself.

After pressing his mischievous cousins for answers, a flustered Min Seonwoo had turned to explain things to me—but I was already so aroused I was about to start a strip show, so instead of explaining, he had to restrain me first. He held my wrists down—and then I started rubbing myself against his hands, begging to cum.

Seeing that, Min Seonwoo said he’d thought it would be better to feed me his semen than to swallow someone else’s. The positioning worked out too—I was sitting, and he was standing slightly bent over, so my mouth was close to his groin. Normally he would have just fed me a little after ejaculating—but by that point, he was at his limit too, so he rushed to the conclusion of just going direct. And that’s the memory I have now.

Min Seonwoo’s serious expression as he spoke, and the situations he described—they all actually happened, so I couldn’t really find fault. No, f*ck—what is this scenario that feels forced yet I can’t definitively call forced? Am I just ignorant? Do drugs like that really exist? I’m completely clueless about this stuff, so I have nothing to say.

So the reason my excitement subsided over time wasn’t because I’d released a lot, but because I’d swallowed Min Seonwoo’s semen? I’d just thought I felt better because I came a lot. I can’t argue back since I don’t know anything—my head is such a mess.

“Regardless of the reason, I imagine you’re quite flustered. So you can just leave work as is today.”

As if yesterday’s Min Seonwoo was a lie, the bastard in front of me was overflowing with consideration as usual. He was still holding the medicine in one hand that he hadn’t had a chance to apply while talking.

I hesitated at his suggestion to go home—then suddenly remembered that yesterday was payday. Right! I also had a plan to get officially hired here! Since they said it was just while the regular person was taking leave, I could be let go anytime—time was of the essence, and I’d completely forgotten.

Fellatio or whatever, the important thing first was survival. When I’m dying from financial pressure, I’m not some chastity-before-marriage advocate—this isn’t the time to dwell on such things. At least my ass is safe, and it was unavoidable anyway.

It still felt unpleasant and like I’d been tricked somehow, but I forced myself to ignore it and put on a fake smile. I couldn’t go home today and come back tomorrow to find out I’d been fired. From Min Seonwoo’s side, he could just cut me loose.

Ugh, that’s why I should have stayed home longer. If I still had Choi Taehyuk’s living expenses, I’d have just gone back to day labor instead of sucking up like this. My resentment drifted to the wrong place.

Right, I also had the goal of getting closer to him. We’ve already touched each other’s junk, so we’re probably close enough—but given the special circumstances, it’s probably best not to count this incident toward intimacy. As I was consoling myself and about to leave the room, Min Seonwoo called me back from behind.

“Oh, right. I was so flustered I forgot to mention—yesterday afternoon, I got word that the person currently on leave has decided to quit after all. So, if you’re interested, how would you feel about officially being employed at this estate?”

He said that with a very fresh smile. Is it strange that he’s acting like yesterday was just a minor incident? Or is it strange that I find him strange? For a moment I was speechless—but then I thought it through.

Day labor is exactly that—day to day, with no guaranteed future. Even if I wanted to get hired at a company, remembering before the regression, I know well how difficult that is. Aside from the fact that the employer making this offer gives me a slightly uneasy feeling, this job has far better treatment and pay than most companies.

I organized my thoughts and recalled my fixed expenses one last time. Right, I’ve made up my mind!

“I’ll do it!”

So what if the employer’s a bit strange? Employers always have their strange and annoying quirks. If it really doesn’t work out, I can build up my credentials here and switch jobs later. For now—whoo! Thank you, Employer Min Seonwoo!

My phone was going crazy. With all the incoming notifications, it looked like it was about to die the moment I turned it on. I quickly switched it to silent—the vibrations stopped, but the number of messages and missed calls was staggering.

That bastard Choi Taehyuk must have stayed up all night just pressing the call button—the timestamps were no more than 5 minutes apart. Reading the messages made me even more alarmed. At first it was stuff like “Are you done?” or “Is it running late today?”—but from the fourth message on, it was just “Where are you” over and over. As I was checking the messages, an incoming call screen appeared. It was Choi Taehyuk.

“He—, hello?”

– You. Where are you.

Is this the voice of someone being dragged up from hell? I didn’t know a human voice could be this murderous. Faced with Choi Taehyuk, who was chewing out every single word, I couldn’t bring myself to say anything. Whatever I said, it didn’t seem like it would end with just a nagging bombardment this time—so feeling cold sweat run down my back, I just swallowed nervously. I could hear teeth grinding through the receiver.

– Answer.

Hearing that, I stammered and started spitting out the excuses I’d prepared in advance.

“No, hyung, it’s like this. I was so busy yesterday I didn’t even realize my phone had died while I was working. When I tried to call you, it wouldn’t turn on—so I planned to call you after charging it at home, but I remember sitting on the sofa when I got home, and after that I don’t remember anything…. When I opened my eyes, it was morning.”

– So you tried to call after work, but the phone was dead. You had no choice but to go home to do it, but when you got there, you were too tired and just fell asleep?

“Yes… yes! That’s right!”

– Hmm—. Is that so?

I felt a slight shift in his tone. His voice had returned somewhat to normal—my efforts to build an alibi just in case before turning on the phone had paid off. Logically, I still don’t understand why I have to be this scared about being out of contact—but if I were in his position, I’d also feel a bit hurt and worried if daily contact suddenly stopped without warning, so I just kept up my humble posture.

Anyway, good. It seems I fooled him. I let out a silent sigh of relief as I opened the front door and stepped inside. As I was taking off my shoes, I opened my mouth to ask if he’d been very worried—but I froze mid-motion. I saw someone’s silhouette in the living room, where no one should have been.

“But why are you just coming in now?”

“AAAAAAAHHH!”

f*ck! Why is Choi Taehyuk here?!

“Explain.”

I knelt in front of Choi Taehyuk. His voice felt like it could freeze me solid—my shoulders were trembling.

Thinking I’d somehow fooled Choi Taehyuk over the phone was a huge miscalculation.

He looked so angry he might explode at the slightest touch—so I knelt down, but I felt a bit wronged. From a very logical perspective, I was the one who should be demanding answers.

Choi Taehyuk had supposedly gone back to his own place—and I had no memory of giving him a key when he left. And in our call just now—yesterday, today, or even a moment ago—he hadn’t said a single word about coming to my house, wanting to come, or being here. Naturally, I’d never invited him either. So this was clearly trespassing, by anyone’s standards.

Then why am I, the homeowner, kneeling while Choi Taehyuk sits on the sofa looking down at me? I don’t understand a single bit of this!

“Where were you last night?”

“Th—… at the house of the person I work for.”

I know. I know you have to speak up for the other person to hear you. But when the other person is this terrifying, if I can’t help feeling frustrated, cursing internally is the best way. Sometimes I can’t control my expression when I’m cursing intensely—so keeping my head down is key. A brilliant coping method I’ve honed over a long period.

Still, given the seriousness of the matter, I’ll definitely have to ask later, when his anger has cooled down a bit. How he got into my house.

As I was having those cowardly thoughts and fidgeting with my fingers resting on my knees, Choi Taehyuk—who had only asked where I was before falling silent again—finally opened his mouth.

“You. Don’t you know what kind of situation you’re in?”

“Huh? Situation? What do you mean…?”

I’d expected to be scolded for suddenly being unreachable and causing worry—so I didn’t understand what he was talking about. I lifted my head to look up at him. Meeting my eyes, Choi Taehyuk ground his teeth once and spoke through gritted teeth.

“You saved a man who was stabbed and collapsed. You helped someone someone was targeting.”

At those words, I went blank.

“……”

“Do you really not know why I told you to contact me every time—so you act like this? Huh?”

It wasn’t that I didn’t know—I’d gotten careless. I’m the type to quickly forget bad memories, so as a day or two passed after Choi Taehyuk left, those worries gradually faded.

The messages and calls were just because of a promise, and because I was scared of dark streets at night—but Choi Taehyuk was doing it because he was worried I might be in danger. I had nothing to say. He’d been looking out for me more than I was looking out for myself, while I was desperately trying to befriend people I never would have crossed paths with just to survive.

“It was past your ending time, and when you were late I called—no answer. By dawn, even that was turned off. I thought ‘it’s probably dead battery, and since there’s no contact from anywhere else, nothing must have happened.’ I couldn’t let go of this f*cking thing the whole time, thinking shit like that!”

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