I’m Obsessed With the Suspect - Chapter 36

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36

 

According to Rachel, upstairs was her bedroom. And on the 1st Floor, there were several guest rooms.

 

Yushin went around a few rooms and laid Cheong-a down in the one with the best condition.

 

The soft bedding in the well-heated room. Cheong-a seemed to like it as she curled up her body and buried her face deep into the bedding.

 

“Mmm.”

 

Her wriggling movements and lively voice.

 

Yushin, who had never seen another living person lying on a bed like this, couldn’t take his eyes off her the entire time.

 

The cold, stiff sensation of human bodies lying on metal beds.

 

To Yushin, ‘sleeping’ people were such memories.

 

In contrast, Cheong-a’s body was warm and soft. The warm breath that tickled his fingertips was mysterious.

 

‘It really is a strange feeling.’

 

It was only after quite some time had passed that he came to his senses and was about to pull the blanket up to cover her.

 

Bzzzzt.

 

Bzzzzt.

 

A loud vibration rang from Cheong-a’s pants pocket.

 

“Hm?”

 

It was a bit, no, much too loud for a phone vibration.

 

Instantly, Yushin recalled a few days ago.

 

Cheong-a supporting the drug user who was causing a disturbance at the restaurant. The vibration that rang from her pocket at that time.

 

‘It seems to be the same intensity as back then.’

 

When he fumbled around the vibrating pants pocket, Cheong-a’s phone came into his hand.

 

The phone screen was flashing red.

 

It was completely different from a normal incoming call.

 

「Emergency – Park Inkyu」

 

There was no call connection button on the screen. The call connected immediately just by touching the screen with his finger.

 

[Hey!]

 

A loud voice poured out from the receiver without warning.

 

Yushin was startled and dropped the phone onto the bed. Even though it wasn’t on speaker mode, the other person’s voice echoed very loudly throughout the bedroom.

 

[Are you crazy? Are you insane? Why aren’t you answering your phone?]

 

“…”

 

[Where are you right now? I was really about to start location tracking if you didn’t answer this too. You’re alive, right? Huh?]

 

“Ah…”

 

Yushin’s short sigh.

 

Was it because a man’s breathing was suddenly heard? The voice on the other end of the receiver stopped for a moment.

 

[Who, who is it? What, you.]

 

Yushin knew very precisely who Park Inkyu was, the one calling right now.

 

The moment he first met Cheong-a in the Boksandae elevator, he saw his name on her phone once.

 

And through the phone call about the assault incident in front of the PC Bang store, twice.

 

Lastly, when he came to surveillance him wearing ridiculously unfunny clothes, three times.

 

Having had contact points several times like this, he now felt quite an internal sense of familiarity.

 

[What the hell. What are you doing, you bastard. Where did our Cheong… no, where did our kid go?]

 

It was obvious that he was about to mention her real name “our Cheong-a” but hastily changed his words.

 

Yushin couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

 

“Ah, our kid. Are you family?”

 

At Yushin’s cheeky response, a growling voice filled with anger flowed from the other end of the receiver.

 

[Put the phone owner on.]

 

“…She’s sleeping.”

 

[What?!]

 

“She must have been tired. Ah, she’s snoring. How cute.”

 

[Hey! You, you. You bastard, where are you right now!]

 

“Here? A villa. On the bed.”

 

[What?! You, don’t move from there. If you touch even one finger, I really won’t let it slide!]

 

As the loud voice poured out as if the phone would explode, Cheong-a’s face wrinkled up.

 

“Ah, so noisy… It’s hot…”

 

Cheong-a curled up her body and turned to lie facing away from where the phone was. While doing so, she wriggled her body and threw off her jumper.

 

[Hey! You… crazy bastard! Won’t you wake up right now?]

 

Park Inkyu shouted loudly after hearing Cheong-a’s mumbling. However, Cheong-a only buried her head a bit deeper into the pillow and shook her arms a few times to take off her jumper.

 

Yushin picked up the phone and whispered in a quiet voice.

 

“I’m a bit busy. The kid is saying she’s hot and taking off her clothes. She might catch a cold, so I should keep her warm. Right? I’m hanging up.”

 

[What? Hey!]

 

Yushin hung up the phone. Then he rummaged through his pocket.

 

What came into his hand was a thin film. It was the hacking device that Chamkkae had given him before.

 

Yushin attached it to the back of Cheong-a’s phone.

 

‘Location tracking would be troublesome.’

 

This was originally a hacking device through NFC, but while it was attached, the phone’s GPS wouldn’t be detected.

 

Instead, only the information this device sent out would be transmitted.

 

Chamkkae had said the default coordinates he set were near the Incheon Central Police Station Area. This meant it would be impossible for Park Inkyu to find this place.

 

Yushin ignored the loudly ringing vibration and took Cheong-a’s jumper to hang it on a hanger and covered her with a blanket.

 

“Princess, you’ll catch a cold if you don’t cover yourself with the blanket.”

 

***

 

“Ugh…”

 

The moment she lifted her head, what rushed in was an extreme headache.

 

Cheong-a barely opened her eyes and looked around.

 

An unfamiliar ceiling.

 

Unfamiliar bedding.

 

And an unfamiliar… no, she could see Min Woo-jin’s back.

 

‘What is this. Why is Min Wujin here? Don’t tell me…?’

 

Cheong-a covered her mouth with both hands, almost screaming.

 

In her hastily lowered gaze, fortunately she could see her own body properly dressed.

 

Oh, dear God.

 

It was extremely fortunate.

 

It seemed like an accident where she drunkenly pounced on Min Wujin hadn’t occurred.

 

Cheong-a shook her head vigorously to focus her mind.

 

First, she needed to trace her memories a bit.

 

Alcohol.

 

Right, she drank alcohol.

 

Very thoroughly, without rest.

 

She had sent Rachel away with alcohol and tried to hear more of the story.

 

But the one who was sent away was me.

 

And then…?

 

She couldn’t remember what came next.

 

Really, as if someone had pressed a delete button in her head, nothing came to mind.

 

Cheong-a carefully got up so as not to wake Wujin and hurriedly found and picked up her phone.

 

After holding her breath and leaning against the corner of the bed, she tapped the screen.

 

‘Ah shit. The power’s off!’

 

But it was strange.

 

Yesterday evening, before coming to Ganghwa-do, she had sent a message to Inkyu asking him to find her if she lost contact.

 

Park Inkyu would never have been lazy about such things.

 

But why didn’t anything happen?

 

‘Why didn’t he come looking for me?’

 

During that time, a large shadow smoothly settled in front of Cheong-a.

 

When she tilted her head back to look up, her eyes met with Wujin who had just woken up.

 

“Hello. Did you sleep well, Bokseon?”

 

“Wh…oa.”

 

His face, smiling with disheveled hair in the sunlight, shone unrealistically.

 

Was a man’s face always this beautiful right after waking up?

 

Cheong-a, who had been staring blankly for a moment, suddenly snapped back to her senses. She wiped the corner of her mouth once and frantically smoothed down her messy hair.

 

“Th. Uh. Go, good morning. But where is this place…?”

 

“Here? The CEO’s villa.”

 

Cheong-a looked around.

 

“The CEO isn’t here…?”

 

“Ah.”

 

Wujin threw off the blanket, sat up in bed, stretched once, and answered.

 

“She said she had urgent business and left first.”

 

Cheong-a’s gaze, which had been slowly following Wujin, suddenly dropped down.

 

‘Oh, damn. Wait. What did I just see?’

 

Was it very cold last night?

 

It seemed like Min Woo-jin had rolled up something like a towel and put it in his pants while sleeping.

 

Right, that’s a towel.

 

It couldn’t be anything else.

 

Cheong-a hastily jumped up from her spot.

 

“I, I need to go home…”

 

“Why? You can sleep a bit more. We still have a long time before work.”

 

“I’m bu, busy.”

 

She ran straight out, opened the door, and came into the living room where a magnificent scene greeted Cheong-a.

 

Wide corridor. High ceiling. Glass windows overlooking the sea spread out like a painting.

 

The claim that this was Rachel’s villa seemed to be true.

 

The incredibly spacious living room had a luxurious feel befitting Rachel’s space.

 

“Wow, this is no joke…”

 

Cheong-a was looking around in admiration when suddenly.

 

“Huh?”

 

“Hmm?”

 

“But there seem to be… a lot of rooms.”

 

“Oh, right. I heard there are about five guest rooms just on the 1st floor.”

 

But then.

 

Why did they sleep in the same room?

 

At Cheong-a’s small murmur, Yushin slightly averted his gaze and brushed his bangs up.

 

In fact, Yushin had been waiting for Cheong-a’s phone, which kept ringing non-stop, to turn off so he could retrieve the hacking device. But then he accidentally fell asleep too…

 

He couldn’t tell Cheong-a the truth about this.

 

So the excuse he came up with was,

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