Emergency Instinct - Chapter 15

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Early dawn.

Tae-jun woke from a very noisy dream where Ji-an was seducing him and himself, his chest heaving roughly as he opened his eyes.

He quickly looked around.

In his wavering pupils, he saw the familiar bed and his sweat-soaked self.

It was the bedroom of his new home that he had moved into two days ago after ending his hotel life.

Perhaps because he had met her again, his dreams had become more vivid.

She had turned his subconscious into even more of a mess.

Roughly running his hands through his hair, he headed to the bathroom with uncomfortable heat.

He surrendered his body to the cold water.

“Ha.”

The heavy desire didn’t die easily even in the cold.

Only after spilling his hot desire onto the bathroom floor with a curse did it finally calm down.

Ha, what kind of behavior is this.

Overwhelmed by self-loathing, Tae-jun wiped the dripping water and walked out of the bathroom. He drove away the remaining thirst with bottled water and picked up his phone.

4 AM.

He had woken up a whole hour earlier than yesterday.

Fatigue felt like it was accumulating as poison. When was the last time he had slept properly?

Swallowing a sigh, he went into the dressing room to find and put on running clothes.

As he was about to leave the room, he saw an annoying women’s bag.

A brand new luxury bag that didn’t suit Hong Ji-an at all was placed on the shelf.

Like a trophy from that night’s one-night stand.

Tae-jun felt irritation rising again.

He had gone through trouble to return her bag, but she had left it in the hotel room again and disappeared.

When he opened the bag, there was a rental certificate inside, not personal belongings.

He knew it was a bag that didn’t suit her, but he never imagined it was borrowed.

He had hoped she might contact him first to retrieve it. But there had been no reaction until now.

Now he had no intention of returning it obediently.

Recalling her trying to return the envelope with a cold gaze, Tae-jun put on his earphones and left the front door.

As he stepped outside, December’s fierce cold air rushed at him.

After lightly warming up, he ran through the dawn without hesitation.

There was one reason he chose this house. There was a running course along the road so he could run anytime.

Running helped calm his complicated mind, which was nice.

For a while, he ran leisurely. But when Ji-an naturally began to come to mind in his bursting breath, he became impatient.

He forcibly swallowed his desire and increased his speed.

To everyone, he was an object of admiration, and he lived a life where receiving attention was natural.

Women who approached him were overflowing, and they would rush to him with just a glance.

Until now, there had never been a woman who rejected his favor first.

He was more interested in work than women, and only kept his distance because it was bothersome.

His beginning with the woman named Hong Ji-an seemed to be pure curiosity.

It was a fresh attraction that spread into unexpected desire.

It was an impulsive start unlike himself.

He seemed to have felt a strange attraction from her departing figure as if she had no lingering feelings.

He was both happy thinking about reuniting with her, and flustered by the unfamiliar heat that visited like the night sea.

But he had never once doubted. He was confident that Hong Ji-an would eventually take the hand he extended.

However, it was arrogance.

Far from being pleased with his interest, she put up even more walls. She even saw him as shameless enough to try to silence her with money.

At her reaction that wasn’t natural and went against his expectations, he unconsciously acted stubborn.

Remembering himself acting childishly, talking about dreams and asking what she would do, his feet moved faster and faster.

Finally losing his pace, Tae-jun stopped, clutching his chest that felt like it would burst.

“Haah. Ha…”

Intense breaths burst out like vomit.

Tae-jun stretched his muscular calves and wiped the flowing sweat drops.

Looking at the red sky opening the dawn, he naturally recalled her nape that would redden whenever their gazes intertwined.

“Ah, this is annoying.”

If she looked pretty even when she said no, should he go to psychiatry as she said?

The moment he swept up his wet hair, the image of Ji-an in a white wedding dress instead of a doctor’s coat suddenly appeared.

…Marriage?

A word he had never seriously brought up before suddenly filled his mind completely.

Was he really going crazy?

Thinking about it, neither his body nor mind had been normal since meeting her.

There was no sudden acceleration like this sudden acceleration.

It was absurd, but he had already arbitrarily imagined a distant future that wasn’t in his plans.

His chest felt tight. His breath was stifling, and self-deprecating laughter kept bursting out.

Everything was bewildering yet unfamiliar, and therefore more dangerous, but he couldn’t stop.

His body’s instincts were already overflowing, and new trembling gradually surged from deep in his chest.

Curiosity into instinct.

Instinct changing into conviction was a matter of moments.

Hong Ji-an.

It seemed he would have to spend his lifetime with her.

Tae-jun, who had extraordinary drive, would absolutely push forward without looking back once he decided on anything.

Now that he was certain of his feelings, there was no reason to hesitate.

Tae-jun changed direction and began running like he was sprinting.

To make the hot imagination with this not-easy woman who surrounded him into reality.

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Ring! Ring ring!

The phone rang loudly in the darkness.

Ji-an reached out with animal instinct and turned off the alarm.

“…Ah.”

A heavily sunken voice flowed out huskily.

Her eyelids were heavy and wouldn’t open easily, but she forced herself to sit up.

Fatigue rushed in as if she hadn’t slept a wink.

Why wouldn’t it?

She had been tormented all night by nightmares of being chased and retaliated against by Seo Tae-jun.

How frighteningly he had rushed at her.

She ran endlessly on a road that sank like a swamp. She seemed to still be out of breath from how much she ran in the dream.

Shaking her head, Ji-an roughly washed and got dressed.

She set out on an early commute, planning to walk for a while to clear her head.

Buzz! Buzz!

Just as she was leaving the hospital dormitory, her phone vibrated.

What at this hour?

Wondering if it might be an emergency, she immediately pressed the call button.

“Hello?”

-Good morning.

A man’s low voice, heavy like a cave, was suddenly heard.

Ji-an stopped walking and checked the unfamiliar number again.

“…Director Seo Tae-jun?”

-You recognize my voice right away.

He whispered even lower with a pleased laugh.

Somehow her ears felt ticklish, so Ji-an bit her lips tightly.

She hadn’t expected to hear his voice again in less than 24 hours. But she pretended to be calm and asked.

“How did you get my number?”

-I checked the hospital personnel records.

His shameless answer flowed out without any intention of hiding it.

“Why?”

-Because I wanted to see you.

As if it were pre-recorded, his nonchalant answer flowed out again without even taking a breath.

What on earth is this man thinking?

Ji-an felt dizzy and trembled all over.

No matter how much she thought about it, there was only one conclusion Ji-an could reach.

Get a grip. This man is playing with me right now.

She wanted to respond coldly, but it wasn’t easy at all.

-Did you eat breakfast?

“I don’t eat breakfast.”

-Then, dinner?

“I’m busy.”

-Tomorrow?

“I think I’ll be busy tomorrow and the day after too.”

-You’ll regret it though?

Ji-an, who had been doing her best to respond coldly, finally couldn’t hold back and asked honestly.

“Why are you doing this to me?”

-You know.

“No. I have absolutely no idea.”

Ji-an gritted her teeth and spoke coldly.

Frustration surged up in her chest. How fortunate it was that this was a phone call. If he had seen her face, her flushed excitement would have been completely exposed.

-Liar. You must know?

His leisurely voice flowed out seductively.

Ji-an finally blurted out the words that had been circling in her mind.

“Don’t tell me you’re doing this because you want to sleep with me again?”

-Hmm, well, that’s not wrong either. I can’t say it’s not the case at all.

This shameless bastard!

-Dr. Hong Ji-an appeared in my dreams last night too.

Ji-an, who had been heated up, actually became calmer at his innocent answer. And she spat out what she thought was her last resort – a chilling threat.

“Would it be okay if I told the chairman’s marriage partner about this?”

-My marriage partner?

A slight crack appeared in his leisurely voice.

Ji-an didn’t back down and spoke more precisely.

“The Hanyeong Hospital resident you went on a blind date with.”

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