With their father gone, he was nothing to Logan.
“Stop the car.”
Jeremy muttered in a low voice. Annoyingly, Logan stopped the car on the roadside without saying a word. Jeremy opened the car door.
“Raise Sample Z’s price to cost. And adjust the shipping date to match our schedule.”
Just before getting out of the car, he ground out his words irritably.
It was an unreasonable demand. The newly introduced Sample Z was entirely Sa Gong-hyun’s creation. He had personally deliberated on the mixture ratio, and when the work was nearing its final stages, he had even crossed over to America to finish the job.
“I’ll do that.”
However, Sa Gong-hyun didn’t mind this at all. Jeremy glared at him as if resentful.
The fact that such a calculating person was willing to accept losses at times like this.
Perhaps because he knew what that meant, he couldn’t suppress his anger.
“…Damn it.”
The curse that he had been holding back finally erupted. Jeremy got out of the car with a fierce expression. Bang. He closed the door so hard it might have fallen off and stepped away.
Sa Gong-hyun gazed blankly at Jeremy’s back. Before he even disappeared from sight, he moved his foot.
He pressed down hard on the accelerator. The car’s exhaust sound echoed through the valley.
The car, which had been speeding through the road, finally lowered its RPM. Sa Gong-hyun, who got out of the car without even turning off the engine, looked around.
He took out his phone and made a call. Soon, the connecting tone ended. An excited voice was heard from the other end.
— Hyun-ssi?
“Where are you?”
As soon as he heard the voice, he demanded his location. He seemed to be looking around as he briefly withheld his words.
— I’m near Belvedere Castle. Are you already done with work? You said today was the last schedule, right?
“Wait there quietly.”
Sa Gong-hyun, who had momentarily halted his steps, strode forward. When he encountered Jae-young waving his hand towards him near Belvedere Castle, he could somewhat relax.
In fact, it was a time when he could have afforded to be a bit more leisurely.
“Hyun-ssi!”
Seeing Jae-young running from a distance, he belatedly understood why he had been in such a hurry.
Do Jae-young was already as good as his weakness. From the moment he started to find interest in what was merely an act of revenge, from the moment he judged that even though his struggling was amusing, it might be good to watch a little more.
Perhaps Sa Gong-hyun had a premonition.
“Annoying. You look like a well-trained dog running over excitedly.”
“Did you just say I’m like a dog? I might just bite you.”
That having him in his sight was never a calculated action.
***
Sa Gong-hyun’s schedule ended earlier than expected. It was pleasing to know that he didn’t have to wake up early to see him off.
Jae-young, who woke up to the warm sunshine of a peaceful afternoon, shifted his body. When he stretched out his arm to stretch, his fingertips caught Sa Gong-hyun.
Curling his body inside the blanket, Jae-young half-raised his prone body. He climbed onto Sa Gong-hyun’s bare upper body and pressed his head against his chest.
“If you’re awake, you should change clothes first instead of climbing on top of me.”
“Ah.”
He had forgotten for a moment. That he was floating on water, not on land.
Somehow, the sunlight was particularly good today. Jae-young raised his upper body, bracing against the bed. When Sa Gong-hyun pulled his waist with one hand, his body sank back down.
Jae-young peeked his head out from under the blanket.
“What is it? Are you picking a fight from the morning?”
“A reward.”
“What reward?”
“A reward for waiting for Do Jae-young while the sun was high in the sky.”
His round eyes closed loosely. A laugh escaped without him realizing, lifting the corners of his mouth.
“I can’t stand it. Do you know that Hyun-ssi is also like a dog? You’re like Ver, wagging your tail and asking for treats whenever something happens.”
“That doesn’t seem like something to say with a smile.”
There was no change in his expression despite being told he was like a dog. That looked particularly annoying. Jae-young, who wrinkled his nose bridge, held his cheek and briefly pressed his lips against it before pulling away.
“Reward over.”
Then he raised his bound body once again. The arm around his waist showed no sign of loosening, so he slapped his forearm with his palm.
“Not enough?”
Without any particular response, he suddenly pushed his lips forward. He overlapped his lips with Sa Gong-hyun’s as if stamping a seal on his mouth, and gently shook his head.
He moved his lips, showering him with a bomb of kisses. Then Sa Gong-hyun’s head tilted slightly. A thick tongue entered between his lips, which were moving like a fish’s.
“…Mmm.”
He bit Jae-young’s lips hard, as if determined to swallow any escaping moans. Only after his deeply probing tongue thoroughly traced the inner mucous membrane did he pull away.
“Let’s go up quickly.”
It was a voice full of excitement, as if he was thrilled.
Jae-young hurriedly got up from his seat. As if urging him, he began to undress in front of him. Sa Gong-hyun stared at his behavior while drinking beer from early afternoon.
Since he wasn’t wearing bottoms to begin with, he could be seen pulling up the bottom of his top over his head. Jae-young, who had placed his hand on the waistband of his underwear, glanced behind him.
He was unnecessarily shy despite them having already seen everything of each other. His skinny body grabbed a swimsuit and scurried into the bathroom.
Sa Gong-hyun, who had been watching him with his arms crossed, burst into laughter. As he belatedly got up from his seat, Jae-young appeared.
The swimsuit that clung tightly to his lower body was cute. His elastic buttocks were plump. It seemed like if one were to bite one side of his buttocks while he was wearing the swimsuit, the teeth marks would remain just as they were.
“Oh, wait a moment. Don’t go out yet!”
Sa Gong-hyun hadn’t even made a gesture to leave, but the impatient Jae-young hurriedly shouted. Then he handed one of the robes he had brought in advance to Sa Gong-hyun.
It was the robe that he had cherished and worn on the first day. Sa Gong-hyun, who received this, put on the robe. Through the unfastened front, his taut upper body was revealed.
Sa Gong-hyun left the cabin holding a beer bottle. He came up to the deck and took in the Atlantic Ocean with one glance.
The yacht had been anchored in a good spot since last night. The weather was nice, allowing them to fully enjoy the tranquility of the sea.
Jae-young, slipping one arm into his robe, belatedly came up to the deck. The cool breeze tousled his hair.
Jae-young approached Sa Gong-hyun and slipped his hand between the front panels of his robe. The way he smiled while hugging Sa Gong-hyun’s waist looked almost like he was being affectionate.
Sa Gong-hyun’s fingers naturally ran through the back of Jae-young’s hair.
“America seems like a good place to live in its own way.”
“Yeah?”
“I’ve often thought about immigrating if I earned a lot of money, but America wasn’t even on that list.”
“Where did you want to go?”
“Hmm…”
Jae-young rested the tip of his chin on Sa Gong-hyun’s hollowed collarbone.
“Australia or New Zealand… Bali?”
“The reason you chose those.”
“Actually, I didn’t care as long as it wasn’t Korea. I wanted to buy a villa near the seaside and live affluently.”
Only then did Jae-young lift his chin from the collarbone and snatch the beer bottle from Sa Gong-hyun’s hand.
“By the way, is Jeremy really busy? I haven’t seen him since yesterday.”
At least he knows when to intrude and when not to. He put his lips to the bottle’s mouth and gulped down the beer.