Contract Marriage with a Male Friend - Chapter 41

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#41

Yet no one could move Beom Jin, who stood guard at the entrance to the Women’s Restroom where Sui had gone in.
“I, if you’d just step aside for a moment—”
“It’s in use.”
“What? You mean the entire restroom……?”
As he looked down at her without speaking, the women’s faces flushed crimson and they hurried away.
Park Sung Jin, watching this unfold, had gone pale instead.
‘What am I supposed to do with Beom Jin? How am I even supposed to move him……!’
He’d dragged himself to this point, doing Kim Se Na a favor despite their childhood closeness—reluctant as he was.
“…….”
Standing there like a stone gate with both hands shoved into his pockets, Beom Jin’s frostbite gaze made Park Sung Jin swallow hard.
A man who ignored not only his mother but even his grandfather Dok Go Hyung Jun, the chairman himself—there was no chance he’d listen to someone he’d only met in passing at gatherings.
‘But…… if I pull this off, Kim Se Na promised to back me.’
If he could secure the shares held by the Hae Jeon Group—Kim Se Na’s family company—stepping up as the next successor ahead of his talented cousins wouldn’t be a dream.
All he had to do was move Beom Jin, who stood at the women’s restroom entrance.
For just this one simple task, Park Sung Jin would gain a massive backer in the form of the Hae Jeon Group. It was a golden opportunity.
Park Sung Jin took a deep breath, forcing his stiff legs to move as he approached Beom Jin.
“Hey? B, Beom Jin, it’s been a while. But why are you standing here?”
Beom Jin’s cool gaze fixed itself on Park Sung Jin, who smiled awkwardly.
“Do I need to report every little thing to you?”
“Oh, no. I didn’t mean it like that…….”
“Get lost.”
Without causing a scene.
At the cold warning emanating from his clamped lips and piercing eyes, Park Sung Jin swallowed nervously.
Then Beom Jin withdrew his gaze, suddenly indifferent.
It was as good as a warning not to speak to him again.
If he annoyed him any further, there was no telling what might happen right here and now.
And yet…….
‘Just focus on securing the Hae Jeon Group’s shares and backing.’
If he pulled this off, his position and reputation would rise above anyone else in the family.
Park Sung Jin forced out a word with a servile smile.
“G, Gi Tae Seok from Gi Jeon Group apparently came. I heard you two were discussing a collaboration project, and I thought it might help you, so I mentioned it.”
But the more he spoke, the deeper Beom Jin’s eyes grew.
Overwhelmed by that cold aura, Park Sung Jin’s voice grew increasingly faint.
“Is there some family secret I don’t know about?”
“What? What are you talking about…….”
“You came all the way to stand in front of this women’s restroom and wasted my time trying to help me out, so I’m wondering if maybe you’re some hidden relation of mine.”
He tilted his head slightly, meeting Park Sung Jin’s gaze directly.
“I’m curious what we are to each other. My actual blood relatives are doing their best to push me away, and yet you’re considerate enough to help me like this.”
“No, I’m……!”
Just then, a sound came from inside the restroom.
Sui was coming out.
“Whether you’re my blood or not, I don’t care. Disappear.”
Bowing his head, Beom Jin whispered so only Park Sung Jin could hear.
“And tell Kim Se Na—if she’s thinking of pulling any more of this dogshit on my wife, she’d better drop it now.”
“……!”
“Stand in the right line. You need to stand in the right line if you want to compete with your ambitious cousins. Don’t act like a fool.”
Turning from the ashen-faced Park Sung Jin, Beom Jin smiled as he watched Sui walk toward him slowly.
“I missed you, honey.”
“Anyone looking at us would think we’d been apart for a month.”
“One minute felt like a month. Since we were apart for about ten minutes, that makes ten months…… or was it twenty?”
“It, it really didn’t take that long, did it?”
“Right, you’re always right.”
Sui, who had been glaring at Beom Jin, suddenly noticed the man hidden behind his large frame and jumped with surprise, her face flushing red.
‘What, what is this. We weren’t alone?’
The thought that this man had heard their entire embarrassing conversation made it impossible for her to lift her head.
“Um, let’s go quickly.”
As Sui hurried away, Beom Jin smiled as if charmed by her.
Before following her, Beom Jin turned his head halfway back to the frozen Park Sung Jin.
“Stop Kim Se Na.”
“……What?”
“Your job today. That’s my way of giving you a chance to switch sides.”
The moment he finished speaking, he strode away with long legs, quickly catching up to Sui and grasping her hand, their fingers intertwining.
“Really. You should tell me if someone’s around.”
“I didn’t know.”
“Liar.”
“Fine.”
As Sui glared at him prettily, Beom Jin laughed heartily, pulling her into his embrace and kissing the top of her head.
“Doesn’t matter anyway. We came here to show people, didn’t we?”
Beom Jin wrapped his arm around her waist.
“How affectionate we are.”
“Heh, it tickles…….”
“That we’re getting married madly in love.”
Yes, that was right.
That was why they’d come.
To play the role of an Engaged Couple who were utterly devoted to each other.
“Then stop pushing me away all the time and kiss me back.”
But the tender whisper in Beom Jin’s coaxing voice and the suggestive touch of his hand didn’t feel like acting at all.
“Hm? Sui.”
The way he spoke her name was far too sweet. Sweet enough to make her tongue ache.
“……I’m embarrassed.”
As Sui murmured with her cheeks flushed crimson and her eyes averted, Beom Jin buried his forehead against her shoulder.
“Ah. Why are you so cute, Sui?”
“……Stop teasing me.”
“Teasing?”
Then Beom Jin gently grasped her wrist and drew her hand to his chest.
“I mean it.”
Sui’s eyes widened.
Beneath his outward appearance of endless composure, almost arrogance, Beom Jin’s heart was racing violently enough to burst through her palm.
‘How can inside and outside be so different?’
Or rather—
‘Why is Beom Jin’s heart beating like this?’
As if he’d read her mind, Beom Jin opened his mouth.
“It’s always like this when I’m with you.”
“……Why?”
Lifting the small hand that had rested over his heart to cup his cheek, Beom Jin turned his head and kissed her.
“Heh…….”
Peck, brush, gentle kiss.
To the ticklish butterfly-wing kiss, Sui shrank back slightly with a small gasp.
“That answer is up to you.”
“What do you mean by that…….”
“Think whatever you want. However you want to interpret it.”
I’ll just follow your lead.
Then, bowing his head, Beom Jin gave her a brief kiss.
Peck.
After the light kiss faded, a heavy silence descended.
“I want to kiss you.”
They were standing in the middle of a long corridor connecting the Banquet Hall to the Women’s Restroom.
The lighting was dim and foot traffic sparse, a blind spot where people rarely ventured.
But that didn’t mean no one ever passed through.
“……What if someone walks by.”
“That’s fine. That’s the whole reason we came here.”
Beom Jin covered Sui’s small face with his large hand as she was about to object.
Pushed back by his strength, Sui began to stumble backward.
Thud—.
Soon her back met the wall.
But the cold wall didn’t touch her directly.
Just before impact, Beom Jin had gently cradled her back in his large hand.
“Hm? Sui.”
At the hot breath tickling her ear, Sui’s heart began to pound.
What if someone saw them?
If they didn’t get back to the banquet hall soon…….
“I’ll hide us from view. If that’s what you want, baby.”
Beom Jin brushed her lower lip with his thumb.
“Just open your mouth for me.”
In the black eyes looking down at her, she felt the heat simmering beneath the surface, and in the fingers slowly grazing her lips, she felt his desire laid bare.
The moment Sui gave a small nod.
“Heh……!”
Beom Jin pushed his tongue past their joined lips without hesitation.

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