Vol 2 Ch 86.2

“What?”

<I’m asking if you’d be more comfortable in an apartment or a villa.>

“I’m not sure I understand what you mean.”

Inseop thought it might be some idiom he didn’t recognize, so he answered carefully.

<The apartment Lee Wooyeon used to live in, and the villa he bought and sold without using it. Which one do you think is better for you to live in?

Are you thinking of investing in real estate?

Inseop thought for a moment before answering.

“I think the latter is better for privacy, but in terms of investment value, wouldn’t the former be better?”

<Okay.>

Without further explanation, CEO Kim hung up the phone. Inseop was a little confused, but he understood that CEO Kim was busy and let it go.

But the next call came three days later.

<What’s more comfortable to drive, a sedan or an SUV?

“What? Oh, I don’t know.”

This didn’t seem like a very idiomatic way to put it, so Inseop thought for a moment and replied, “I think I prefer the SUV.”

<Benz? BMW?>

“…I think the Benz was a little more comfortable when I drove it.”

<Okay. I see.>

CEO Kim was about to hang up the phone when Inseop called out, “CEO Kim, hold on!”

<Yes?>

“Is something wrong?”

CEO Kim called Wooyeon periodically. Sometimes he was soothing, sometimes he was angry, sometimes he was cursing. He would ask him why he had left such a large sum of money in Korea if he wasn’t coming back, and he would get into drunken rants about how he should have kept the money from the sale of the villa. He ended the call by asking him when he was coming to Korea.

<No, nothing is wrong, why?>

CEO Kim’s voice was overly cheerful as he asked.

“No. How are you all doing?”

<Great. Very well, hahaha. See you later.>

CEO Kim smiled cheerfully and hung up the phone. That was strange. Inseop thought about it for a while, and later that evening, when Lee Wooyeon returned from his errands, he told him about CEO Kim.

“CEO Kim called me.”

“Really?”

Lee Wooyeon replied with a disinterested tone as he took off his jacket.

“He asked me a bunch of questions, and I answered them, but… are you going to go to Korea?”

After some thought, Inseop concluded. Lee Wooyeon pulled the corners of his mouth in surprise as he loosened his tie.

“You don’t want me to?”

“No. I thought you should go back one day, of course. Of course, I just….”

“Just?”

“…Because I won’t get to see you often enough.”

Lee Wooyeon’s expression crumpled into a grimace. He looked like he didn’t know whose b**lshit he was listening to.

“Still, I’ll go as often as I can. I’ll save my money and visit as often as I can….”

“S**t, what kind of b**lshit is that?”

Lee Wooyeon lifted Inseop’s chin.

“You know I’d go crazy without you, right?”

“…….”

“Do you want to be away from me?”

“No, not at all. Of course not…, because if I stay with you in Korea, you’ll probably have a lot of things to worry about.”

Lee Wooyeon gave Inseop a quick hug. He walked over to the bed and laid him down.

“If you don’t like it, Inseop, I’m not going anywhere.”

When Inseop said he wanted to translate his work, Wooyeon agreed to go to Korea.

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Inseop swallowed a groan as he looked at the Mercedes G63 parked in the parking lot. When CEO Kim asked him to choose a car, he naturally thought he was asking for someone else, so he chose the Benz. However, he heard from Lee Wooyeon that the car was for Inseop.

He jumped and said he would never receive it, but CEO Kim had already completed the contract and paid for the car in full.

‘It’s your car, so take responsibility and drive it until it breaks down.’

As he handed over the car keys, CEO Kim’s eyes were full of determination to tie Inseop’s ankles to the Mercedes and make sure he could never escape.

“…How do I ride this?”

It was not just an SUV, but a top-of-the-line Jeep-like AMG model. Inseop’s eyes were filled with depth as he looked at the car, which was so shiny that it was burdensome just to look at it.

When Lee Wooyeon returned to Korea, the person who was most happy was CEO Kim. He tapped his calculator hard, thinking that stock prices would rise sharply again.

CEO Kim personally researched and selected a house for the two people to live in. The house built near Pangyo was an independent house with guaranteed privacy. CEO Kim remodeled a mansion with a building area of 150 pyeong*  on the land that his grandfather was said to have owned, and gave it to Lee Wooyeon. After seeing this, Manager Cha sarcastically said that it was the love of the century, but CEO Kim countered that it was a big investment for the future.

CEO Kim would have been happy all day if Lee Wooyeon hadn’t looked around the house with a smile and made an outrageous comment, saying, “It’s smaller than it looks.”

Manager Cha looked at CEO Kim’s astonished face and burst into laughter, holding his stomach. Until he heard Lee Wooyeon ask him to leave because it was noisy.

“Ha….”

When Inseop saw the car parked in the parking lot, he sighed deeply again, recognized his fingerprints at the gate, and went inside. As he passed through the garden and opened the front door, he came face to face with Lee Wooyeon, who had just finished showering.

“Have you been there?”

Lee Wooyeon, who had a towel wrapped around his waist, asked.

“Yes.”

Inseop turned his head to the side, not knowing where to focus his eyes, and placed the coffee filter he had bought at the supermarket down on the table.

“I said we’d go together.”

“It was time for you to exercise, so I just went alone.”

When Lee Wooyeon woke up, he spent about two hours in the fitness room in the basement.

“Write down everything you need. Let’s go grocery shopping.”

“Today?”

“Why? Do you have plans?”

Lee Wooyeon’s eyes narrowed. Inseop quickly shook his head.

“I’ll change and come back, so let’s go out together.”

“…All right.”

Lee Wooyeon went into the room to change his clothes. Inseop let out a small sigh. His biggest worry these days was Lee Wooyeon.

He knew he would be very different from before. Inseop was also determined. But even though he has changed, he has changed too much.

After coming to Korea, Lee Wooyeon spent almost a month at home without doing anything. At first he thought he was suffering from jet lag. After a week like that, he believed that it was time to get used to it. However, as Lee Wooyeon stayed at home without any activity for two, three, and a month, his nervousness was maximized.

What if no one really really comes looking for him? He wondered if anyone was criticizing or pointing fingers at Lee Wooyeon. … Should he even bother commenting on internet articles now? He was so scared that he purposely didn’t look at the internet or turn on the TV… .

“Mr. Inseop.”

Lee Wooyeon called Inseop.

“Yes?”

“Shall we go check out some things tomorrow?”

Has there finally been an appointment?

Inseop was about to answer that he would, but Lee Wooyeon came out holding a book.

“Have you read this?”

It was a new work by his favorite French author that he ordered a while ago. When Inseop shook his head, Lee Wooyeon smiled and pointed to the sofa.

“Shall we read it together?”

“…All right.”

Inseop trudged over to the sofa, feeling a little downcast.

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“It’s not fun?”

Lee Wooyeon, who was turning the pages of a book while hugging Inseop from behind, asked. Inseop was startled and answered, “No no.” After Lee Wooyeon folded the corners of his book pages, he placed them on the table.

He said, “If you can’t concentrate, I might do something dirty.”

With a casual back-and-forth, Lee Wooyeon parted Inseop’s lips with a finger. He put his finger into his warm, feverish mouth and rubbed it, looking down at Inseop.

“What were you thinking?”

“…huh?”

“You couldn’t concentrate on the book.”

Lee Wooyeon bit the back of Inseop’s neck with his sharp teeth. Then he whispered in a low voice.

“If you’re thinking about someone other than me, you’d better stop thinking about it right now.”

“…….”

Inseop shook his head. Only then did Lee Wooyeon remove his finger from Inseop’s mouth.

“Then what were you thinking?”

“…I’ve been thinking a bit. About future plans….”

Lee Wooyeon wiped the saliva from the corner of Inseop’s mouth and urged him to talk about it.

“I don’t know if it’s possible because it’s the middle of the semester, but I’ll make money by doing something like tutoring. It’ll be possible to take conversation classes somehow, so I’ll make money that way for now.”

“…….”

Lee Wooyeon stared with an interested expression at Inseop, who was eagerly presenting his future plans.

“So, Mr. Wooyeon, you don’t have to join a project you don’t like. If you wait, the opportunity will definitely come.”

“I see.”

“Never, ever take on strange roles or projects.”

Inseop tightened his eyes as if he was reaffirming his promise.

Ah, maybe like this… .

“I won’t take it. But what if I don’t get the role I like?”

In response to Lee Wooyeon’s question, Inseop slightly bit his lower lip and then let it go, showing a stern expression like no other in the world.

“I will make money somehow, so don’t worry. Lee Wooyeon is a great actor, so there is absolutely no need to lower your value.”

… Is it possible to make a person go crazy with just one word?

Lee Wooyeon said, “I will,” and placed his forehead on Inseop’s shoulder. His e**ction was throbbing from earlier.

“Mr. Inseop.”

Lee Wooyeon called his name in a flirty voice.

“Yes.”

“I want to s**k Mr. Inseop’s d**k. Is that okay?”

When the topic suddenly turned, Inseop’s eyes wavered, quite embarrassed.

“You don’t like me because I’m an unselling actor?”

“No, absolutely not.”

Inseop held up both hands and pulled down the buckle of his pants, as if to prove that what he meant was sincere.

Lee Wooyeon smiled wide. He truly loved Inseop. He pushed Inseop’s shoulder to make him sit on the sofa and whispered in an extremely soft voice.

“Then, pull down your panties and spread your legs so I can see your hole.”

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“Shall I take you there?”

On the day when Lee Wooyeon finally put on his suit because his casting appointment had been made, Inseop was so excited that he asked that question without realizing it.

“I’ll be back soon, okay?”

“But wouldn’t it be better to have a manager?”

Inseop was very worried that if there was no one by his side, someone would criticize him for going out of style. A smile flashed through Lee Wooyeon’s good eyes.

“Manager Cha decided to come, so don’t worry too much.”

Inseop nodded his head.

“Are you nervous?”

Lee Wooyeon asked, picking out his tie.

“No, I’m not nervous. …Hey, that tie next to you looks better with this suit.”

Inseop cautiously suggested another tie. Lee Wooyeon picked up the tie Inseop had chosen and tied it around his neck.

“Can you take a look at its shape?”

Inseop shaped the tie and adjusted Lee Wooyeon’s clothes. A faint smile remained in Lee Wooyeon’s eyes as he looked at Inseop, who was very nervous.

“Then I’ll go and come back.”

In front of the front door, Lee Wooyeon said goodbye to Inseop.

“Mr. Wooyeon.”

Inseop called him and stopped him. He then hugged him as hard as he could and said what he had been thinking about.

“It’s going to be okay, so don’t be nervous and do your best.”

“Yes.”

Lee Wooyeon answered, like an obedient child.

“Please say hello to the producer and writer.”

He spoke as if he was the representative of a one-man agency that sends out new actors.

“I’ll try to look good. Thank you.”

Lee Wooyeon kissed Inseop’s cheek and left the front door.

Inseop looked down at his hands, which were shaking from tension, and slapped his cheek a couple of times.

“It will go well. Lee Wooyeon will definitely be casted.”

… What if it doesn’t work out?

Inseop shook his head. He should not have negative thoughts like this before he even goes to the casting meeting.

Inseop started cleaning. When he was having random thoughts, the best thing to do was to move his body. After cleaning up and petting John, Inseop thought about what he could do for Lee Wooyeon.

“That’s right!”

When Inseop suddenly stood up, John was so startled that he jumped to the floor.

“I’m sorry, John. I’m going out for a moment.”

He patted John’s back ten times, took his wallet and car keys, and hurried out. He drove downtown, bought a cake, flowers, and balloons, then returned home.

He carefully wrote letters on paper, attached them, put candles on a cake, and placed it on the table. Along with the packaged bouquet of flowers.

No matter what the outcome was, he wanted to congratulate him. Inseop sat on the sofa and anxiously waited for Lee Wooyeon. He was so anxious that his hands were covered in cold sweat as he played with John’s tail.

Not long after, footsteps were heard outside. Inseop put candles on the cake, held a bouquet of flowers, and waited for Lee Wooyeon.

The front door opened and Lee Wooyeon, who was entering, stopped in his tracks.

“This….”

Inseop handed over a bouquet of flowers. Lee Wooyeon said, “Hmm,” and smiled with his lips lifted up.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Inseop opened his arms and hugged Lee Wooyeon tightly. Lee Wooyeon lowered his head, buried his nose in the back of Inseop’s neck, and took a deep breath. When Lee Wooyeon didn’t say anything for a long time, Inseop swallowed his saliva.

“…It’s okay. Things will get better in the future.”

“Thank you. It really helps me.”

Lee Wooyeon responded in a voice that was extremely touched by his lover’s gentle consolation.

“Can I blow out the candle?”

In response to Lee Wooyeon’s question, Inseop said, “Wait a minute,” and brought out a confetti cannon.

“Hahaha. Are you going to set it off?”

“You have to do everything you get.”

Inseop pulled the string of the cannon he received while buying the cake, keeping it as far away from his body as possible. The moment there was a pop sound, small pieces of paper flew into the air.

“Nyaaa!”

The cat that was sitting quietly on the sofa jumped into the air in surprise. Inseop, who had not thought of John at all, looked back in surprise. It was at the same time that John’s front foot landed on the table and pressed the remote control.

<This afternoon, I am at the production presentation for KNY’s new drama ‘All You Can’t Stop Expecting’ being held at a studio in Nonhyeon-d**g. Initially, this work attracted a lot of attention because it was written by writer Jo Yoon-young, but as news spread that Lee Wooyeon, who made a comeback after two years, was cast as the male lead, public interest is exploding.>

An entertainment program reporter was talking excitedly while holding a microphone. Inseop looked at the television screen with a blank face.

How on earth did this happen?

<According to what was revealed recently, Lee Wooyeon went to a private childcare center under an anonymous name… .>

His hand reached behind him, picked up the remote control, and turned off the TV.

“I was lucky enough to be cast as the main character today.”

“…….”

“This is all thanks to Mr. Inseop.”

Lee Wooyeon blurted out nonsense.

“…When was it decided?”

“Well, before I came to Korea.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Because Mr. Inseop didn’t ask?”

“…….”

For fear of stressing Lee Wooyeon, Inseop did not mention work at all.

“Aren’t you going to congratulate me?”

Lee Wooyeon asked Inseop, who was standing still on the spot. Inseop said congratulations and put his arm around Lee Wooyeon’s back. Not long after, Inseop’s whimpering sound was heard. His tense mind was relieved all at once.

“Are you crying? You really don’t hate me, do you?”

“…That’s too much.”

“Then hit me as much as want. I will hit you right away.”

“Congratulations.”

Inseop raised his hand and really, very weakly tapped Lee Wooyeon on the back. Lee Wooyeon’s shoulders shook lightly with laughter. Then he raised his head and blew out the candle.

Inseop spoke again in a slightly tearful voice.

“It’s all thanks to Inseop. So today….”

Lee Wooyeon began to whisper something in Inseop’s ear. It wasn’t long before Inseop’s ears began to perk up.

The cat waved its paws in the air a few times to catch the smoke rising from the candle, but soon lost interest and yawned lazily.

Among the uneventful days, a somewhat special day passed by.