V1C3

Translated by Lilac Edited by Lilac

Muyoon stared at Secretary Yeo for a moment, not knowing what to say in the face of a completely unexpected situation. He just shook his head a little, wondering if he had something to say.

“CEO Seo, you stabbed me in the back of my head pretty hard, right?”

During the meeting, an urgent call came from the secretary’s office. There was a sudden visitor, so he got a call asking what to do. Secretary Yeo told him to wait, but the visitor was quite hot-tempered and insisted on bringing Seo Muyoon to him right away before storming into the conference room, which finally reached Muyoon’s ear. And as soon as Muyoon heard the visitor’s name, he could no longer sit in the conference room. It would be a little funny to say that he got his ass numb just by his name, but he really did.

“Mr. Yu-Irim.”

“I told you, didn’t I? I feel most disgusted when I feel like I’m being played by someone.”

Standing in the middle of Muyoon’s secretary’s office, Yu-Irim’s voice was full of annoyance. Wearing sunglasses, a scarf a little earlier than the season, and wearing a casual outfit that fit well on his body, he was standing crookedly looking at Muyoon. Muyoon liked that Yu-Irim’s appearance for the first time in a while seemed to shine more than his own memory.

“Let’s go in and talk.”

“No need. I’ll get out of here quickly.”

A bundle of papers was thrown in front of Muyoon. Muyoon saw a thick pile of papers that had fallen at his feet, and secretary Yeo, who was by his side, picked them up instead and held them out in front of Muyoon. Muyoon didn’t accept it, and just skimmed through what was written before it.

“It looks like a contract.”

“Yes, this is the movie that CEO Seo kindly said that the lead actor should be me.”

“Yes, I did. Are you short of a guarantee?”

“No, not at all. Rather, it’s ridiculously high compared to my ransom, so it’s not usually a fuss at my agency to somehow make me do this.”

“Can’t you just do it?”

“Are you kidding me?”

Yu-Irim took off his sunglasses, and irritatedly narrowed his forehead. Muyoon assumed he would make this kind of a face, but he never thought he would come and show him.

After thinking for a while, Muyoon took a step closer to Yu-Irim and grabbed his arm. And then he looked back at the others. They quickly left the secretary’s office, and finally secretary Yeo closed the door tightly. Only after Muyoon confirmed it, he grabbed Yu-Irim by the arm and pulled him toward his office.

“CEO Seo.”

“You are a famous celebrity, and I’m the head of this group. Should I explain to you what you need to care about?”

“I’ve never cared about other people’s attention from the beginning anyway.”

“Well, you’ll have to do it from now. Because that is your profession.”

Muyoon brought Yu-Irim inside, and Yu-Irim shook off Muyoon’s hand and went over to the sofa in the middle of the office and sat down. After that, he immediately rummaged through his pockets and took out a cigarette.

He held a white, thin cigarette between his lips and searched for a lighter in his pocket. Then, as if he remembered what happened at the hotel last time, he glanced at Muyoon before lighting the fire. Muyoon said nothing, and he lit a cigarette.

“Didn’t you say that you wouldn’t see me again.”

“That was the end of the commercial shoot.”

“So, did you stab a person in their back to the point that it stings?”

“Let’s consider it as starting a new business, rather than stabbing in the back”

In fact, Muyoon did not intend to see Yu-Irim again. The night he entered the hotel room with him. Muyoon thought it was a little dangerous. Yu-Irim was, of course, an attractive alpha and a beautiful person, but he was a celebrity.

Muyoon was also a person in a position of high attention, but the level of attention he got was not comparable to that of celebrities. Even if Yu-Irim was a rookie and didn’t have much activities, he was a rising rookie, and he was also the person who often graced the main page of the portal site with just paparazzi shots alone.

That’s why Secretary Yeo was also worried about Mu-yoon, who kept showing interest in Yu-Irim, and he thought that Muyoon might be in danger anymore. Every time Muyoon met Yu-Irim, he felt like Yu-Irim was sucking Muyoon in, and if things went on like this, he felt like Muyoon was really going to cling to that kind of relationship with Yu-Irim.

We’d better end it here. Muyoon thought so too.

“If you hadn’t come, I wouldn’t have visited the set or tried to see you again.”

It was sincere. He invested in the movie and nominated the actor as Yu-Irim….,just because he wanted to see Yu-Irim’s face more often through the screen. In fact, he had no interest in the entertainment business at all. This investment was prepared purely for Yu-Irim and Yu-Irim only. And he had no intention of visiting him or getting involved with him like he did back then.

“Really? Then please step back. I’m not interested in movies.”

“Should we turn it into a drama?”

“I’m no longer interested in that.”

“Then why did you choose this job?”

“My parents told me that if I didn’t do anything, I’d be taken out of the family register.”

Yu-Irim shrugged his shoulders and puffed out a long exhale of cigarette smoke. Then he looked around as if looking for something. Muyoon also looked around with him, but there was nothing special.

“Where’s the contract?”

“Oh, my secretary must have it.”

“The secretary who was wearing those glasses earlier?”

“Yes, him.”

Yu-Irim nodded and took another sip of his cigarette. Muyoon went to his desk and brought him an ashtray from his desk drawer that had never been used.

Yu-Irim’s pale hands shook the cigarette ash off the ashtray several times. Muyoon watched the pale hand move. His lightly moving fingers reminded him of the moment when Yu-Irim tapped his tie that day, and Muyoon urgently raised his gaze.

Cigarettes burned out pretty quickly. Soon it was shortened, and Yu-Irim pressed it down on the ashtray to extinguish it.

“Anyway, I’m not doing that movie.”

“You will.”

“What are you really going to do?”

Yu-Irim looked at Muyoon in annyonce. He leaned against the sofa with his long legs crossed and toes twitching in dissatisfaction. His fingers across his arms were tapping his shoulder. Muyoon thought they’d never see each other again, but it wasn’t bad to see him like this.

Muyoon laughed at the uncomfortable look on his face, and Yu-Irim’s face crumpled more.

“Are you going to have sex?”

“I told you I don’t need it.”

“Mr. Seo Muyoon.”

“You finally call me by my name, Mr. Yu-rim.”

“You can forcefully kidnap me and film it. I won’t do it.”

“Do you think I can’t do that if you say that?”

Yu-Irim looked at Muyoon and cursed softly, “Damn it.” Muyoon laughed because he was somehow amused, and he wondered how long it had been since he laughed out loud like this.

“Of course I don’t mean to. But please do it if you can.”

“If you say so, I won’t mind.”

Yu-Irim rose from his seat. He didn’t look very pleased. Muyoon was still smiling lightly, and Yu-Irim didn’t like that look on his face.

Maybe that’s why. He may have wanted to embarrass Muyoon and take that smile off his face.’

Yu-Irim came straight to Muyoon, and grabbed the nape of his neck and pulled him. Muyoon lowered his head slightly in bewilderment, and Yu-Irim’s lips touched his lips.

A moist, slightly sticky sound came to his ears first. Then he felt Yu-Irim’s hot tongue on his lips.

Muyoon agonized for a moment. And, as if to erase his worry, Yu-Irim very slowly and clumsily brushed Muyoon’s lips with his tongue. In an instant, Muyoon instantly squeezed his hands which were damp with sweat. He then hugged Yu-Irim’s waist, and Yu-Irim also wrapped his arms around Muyoon’s neck.

Muyoon opened his lips and accepted Yu-Irim’s tongue. Yu-Irim’s tongue went straight into Muyoon’s mouth and licked his tongue up. A little more strength went into Muyoon’s arm, which held Yu-Irim’s waist, and Yu-Irim’s body came closer.

His scent went deep into his nose. When Muyoon slightly opened his eyes to look at him, Yu-Irim was still looking at Muyoon with eyes full of annoyance and anger. Muyoon looked at Yu-Irim’s dark eyes and rubbed his own tongue against his. When it brushed against his teeth, it pricked up the top of the head, and when it touched the roof of the mouth, his legs lost strength. Everytime the tongue wrapped around the tip of his tongue, the salivary gland inside his mouth tickled and the back of his throat seemed to vibrate.

Lips were rubbed against each other. Yu-Irim’s lips were softer and more pleasant than when he was just looking at them. Muyoon tightened his arm around Yu-Irim’s waist and clasped his hand tightly. Otherwise, he felt like he was going to push Yu-Irim over the sofa.

After a dizzying kiss that wanted to continue, Yu-Irim lightly sucked Muyoon’s lower lip one last time and pulled away

“Let’s call it a day, yes?”

Yu-Irim said in a friendly voice, as if whispering “I love you.” Instead of answering, Muyoon untied his arm around Yu-Irim’s waist, and Yu-Irim also released his arm around Muyoon’s neck and took a step away.

Muyoon’s legs were shaking, but he let out a long sigh and strengthened his legs.

“Without Yu-Irim, there will be no investment in the movie.”

“Are you going to tighten my neck all the way?”

“You’re a professional, aren’t you? Try to appear on the show. It’s not a bad idea if the first show is this big.”

“I don’t want to be famous right now, I just want to retire right away.”

“Just thinking means maybe you are not going to do it right. It doesn’t matter whether you are not capable of it. Please think positively.”

Saying that, Muyoon approached the door of his office and opened it. Yu-Irim looked at Muyoon and the open door alternately, then he approached Muyoon, tiptoed slightly, and kissed his lips lightly. He lightly bit his lower lip as if he was biting it with lips and pulled it slightly. The ticklish kiss almost made Muyoon collapse.

“The offer to have sex is still valid, so if you want, come and see me.”

“I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

“Then stop doing this.”

“Think of it as mutual help.”

“What a funny man.”

Yi Rim laughed dumbfounded, then tapped Muyoon’s cheek with his fingertips, and went out the door. Muyoon knew that the scent of Yu-Irim was left on his cheeks. He touched his cheek and felt his skin getting a little hot as if it was responding to the scent.

Muyoon looked at his fingertips, which were slightly warm. His fingertips were red, and the smell of Yu-Irim lingered thickly on them. Muyoon gently brought that finger over his lips, grabbed the wall and collapsed.

Yu-Irim seemed to know exactly how to seduce him to be an effective opponent, but he was breaking down Muyoon little by little.

* * *

Instead of waiting for Muyoon’s call, Yu-Irim’s agency contacted him several times, asking him to wait a little longer. Both the production company and the director contacted him several times saying that it was not easy to cast Yu-Irim, but Muyoon did not change the conditions because he had no intention of continuing this investment unless it was Yu-Irim.

Casting Yu-Irim on the show was not easy and it took a long time. To be honest, that wasn’t bad for Muyoon. Rather, it was quite enjoyable. Whether Muyoon wanted it or not, information about Yu-Irim was regularly reported to him, so just waiting for it made time pass well.

The reasons for Yu-Irim’s refusal, which changed every time, whether it was difficult to sign a contract right away because he was far away, or that he was sick were reported to Muyoon from time to time.

The director even came to see him once, as if he was worried that his movie would fall due to the lack of investment, but Muyoon didn’t think he needed to meet him, so he just sent him away.

“I’m a rookie director and I’ve never done a big shoot like this before, so I guess I’m a bit nervous.”

“If only Yu-Irim is recruited, don’t interfere with anything else. If we take in more for no reason, we’ll have more things to worry about. The production company also told me not to put too much pressure on the director.”

He’s not an expert anyway, so if he increased what he want, the direction would only get weird for no reason. Muyoon chose the rookie director after taking consideration and recommendations from various experts and production companies. If it was Yu-Irim’s first work, the result had to be as perfect as possible. Since he liked the first screenplay he received for the first time, Muyoon hoped that the movie would be produced as the director intended.

The only problem was that Yu-Irim didn’t even look at the contract. It was even told to Muyoon that it would be useless to hold it and recite it.

For Muyoon, this whole thing was only enjoyable. He knew that with Yu-Irim’s last reaction that day, he would eventually sign on contract. It was only a matter of time, and Yu-Irim would sign it one day. But others didn’t know it.

From what he heard from secretary Yeo, the agency is not usually impatient. He was probably annoying Irim in midst of it, but as far as Muyoon was concerned, Yu-Irim has never been easy to persuade and wouldn’t sign it. He would rather try not to do it. If they have experienced Yu-Irim, they would know, but maybe it’s money that makes them move without waiting.

The days when he felt like he was watching Yu-Irim without meeting him went on for almost half a year. During that six months, Muyoon was reported where Yu-Irim travelled, when he rested, and when he was not feeling well. Moreover, he also received a report on his rut period.

And one day, on a day that was no different from usual, Muyoon, who was being briefed on a new brand launch plan, heard a special report from secretary Yeo.

“Mr. Yu-Irim said he would sign the contract…”

Secretary Yeo came close to Muyoon and whispered softly, and those who were reporting the plan lowered their hands for a moment and looked at the two. Muyoon nodded slightly to secretary Yeo and waved his hands indicating to continue the report, but secretary Yeo stopped them from continuing the report. Muyoon looked up at the secretary curiously.

“Mr. Yu-Irim wants to sign it in front of the CEO…”

Mu-yoon’s eyebrows went up, and secretary Yeo also looked a little troubled. Muyoon looked back at those who were waiting to continue the report and told them to continue. But the content of the report didn’t really catch his ears.

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