Chapter 11
A KakaoTalk message from Ha-young after days of silence.
I checked the content with trembling hands.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: Did you see it all? lol
My girlfriend hadn't gone to school for four days, and all she sent was "Did you see it all? lol."
The moment I saw that message, my mind went blank.
I couldn't breathe properly. It felt like a stone was pressing down on my chest.
"H-heh... heh..."
I clutched my phone and took a moment to steady my breathing.
I repeated deep breaths and wiped away the streaming tears with my forearm.
What should I reply?
...For a split second, a powerful impulse overtook me.
Without thinking, I grabbed my phone and quickly typed out some words, sending them to Ha-young.
Me: You fucking bitch.
"Heh... khuhuhu... heuk..."
Sending it brought a brief sense of relief, but soon my chest tightened again.
I hugged my knees and sobbed uncontrollably.
-KakaoTalk.
A reply came in that instant.
I stopped crying and hurriedly checked the message.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
"Ha... haha... ha... ha... ha......... heu..."
A hollow laugh burst out of me. Then, suddenly, I couldn't breathe.
My vision blurred white, pressure built up blocking my nose, my ears rang with tinnitus.
I clutched my chest, desperately trying to force out a breath.
"Kkeuuh... kkeuheuk..."
I loved her.
I really loved her.
I loved her so much, but now she wasn't the girl I knew.
She'd been perfectly remolded by that bastard into something worse than an animal—a fallen piece of trash, pure evil incarnate.
"Euuk... euuk......"
Losing her shattered everything for me.
She was the one who made it possible for a nobody like me to dream of becoming a chef.
She was so incredibly special to an ordinary guy like me.
She was the precious one I wanted to spend my whole life with.
It took a full week of dating before she finally mustered the courage to hold my hand.
"Kkeuuk... kkuuk..."
My vision was fading to black.
Beyond mental agony, physical pain like my body was burning overwhelmed me.
Just like this, losing the girl who was my everything, I was dying.
-KakaoTalk.
That was when it happened.
Another KakaoTalk notification rang out.
I painfully lifted my head to look at the phone screen.
Even in my dying moments, I wanted to check her message.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: Sorry. I've changed like this. But I really loved you too. Even though I've ended up this way.
"....."
The moment I read her message, my breathing miraculously returned to normal.
It felt like the eons-old burden crushing my chest vanished all at once.
Clutching a sliver of hope, I read the message again.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: Sorry. I've changed like this. But I really loved you too. Even though I've ended up this way.
I soaked in those words with both eyes.
I read it again, and again, and again.
A message clearly sent by Ha-young.
Panting heavily, I sent a reply.
Me: Then what was that earlier? Why send something like that all of a sudden?
-KakaoTalk
My Wife Ha-young ♥: Master was watching earlier. Sorry.
"Ha, ha, Ha-young... my Ha-young... my Ha-young."
Hope surged within me.
There was still a chance to bring her back.
But.
"...You idiot."
A wave of self-loathing crashed over me in an instant.
Getting my hopes up over a single message like that.
I knew exactly what she'd become.
Why hold onto hope for a slut like her?
"........."
But I couldn't control these feelings.
I loved her too much... I just wanted to hold on somehow.
Somehow...
Me: So what's your situation now? Can we meet?
I ended up sending the message.
The whole world might call me a pathetic loser, but I didn't care.
As long as I could get her back.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: Not now. I have to step out of KakaoTalk. If Master sees this, he'll get suspicious. So play along from now on—the messages I'm about to send aren't sincere.
"Ha, haha! Ha-young! Haha, yeah! Yeah!! It's okay!"
I nodded frantically, shouting out loud.
Soon, Ha-young's fake messages arrived.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
The same as before.
I played along with her act and replied.
Me: Does it feel good? Fucking hell, does it feel good under that bastard?
My Wife Ha-young ♥: lololol idiot lolol
Me: We're done. Don't ever show up in front of me again.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: You mosquito-dick loser lol I don't need you anyway. I'm servicing Master's ass right now so don't bother me with more messages ♥
..... Fucking hell.
Even knowing it was an act, it stabbed at my heart like a knife.
I turned off my phone and flopped back onto the bed.
Still, there was hope she could come back, so I needed to make a plan.
Should I report it to the police? Or contact Ha-young's parents?
No, first I need to separate her from that guy.
Take her somewhere far away and hide out for about a year, and she'll recover.
Yeah. We can start over.
..... Three hours passed like that.
-KakaoTalk.
It finally came.
The KakaoTalk I'd been waiting for from Ha-young.
I hurriedly checked my phone.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: I'm sorry. I've committed an unforgivable sin. I'm so, so sorry. Even saying sorry feels insufficient. Just... I'll do whatever you say.
Her apology.
That was enough.
All the sins she'd committed could be forgiven with just those three words.
At least for me... that one phrase was all it took.
Me: Where are you right now? Let's meet and talk. I'll come to you.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: I don't have the confidence to face you. Just forget about me.
Me: Let's meet first. Tell me what you want to say in person.
My Wife Ha-young ♥: I'll come to your place.
I jumped up and checked the mirror.
A bum stared back at me.
I rushed into the shower.
Washed my hair, brushed my teeth, scrubbed every inch of my body.
While drying my hair, I styled it and even used a straightener a bit.
Of course, I cleaned the entire room too.
Gathered up all the tissues stained with semen and flushed them down the toilet.
Self-disgust hit me every moment, cursing under my breath, but I wanted to see her first.
"Haa... haa..."
I was unnecessarily tense.
Waiting for her like this.
It was more nerve-wracking than our first date.
Was this excitement? Or anger?
The doorbell rang then.
-Ding-dong.
"....!"
I checked the intercom.
There she was, glancing around nervously, looking uneasy.
How much hell had that bastard put her through?
-Slam.
I opened the door, and Ha-young looked up at me with anxious eyes.
We stared at each other in silence for a moment.
"...Come in."
It was cold outside.
I let her inside first.
"....."
Ha-young entered my room without a word.
Just her presence made the atmosphere brighten.
"Want something to drink?"
I'd frantically bought coffee, water, and juice from the convenience store.
Good thing I'd run out earlier.
"What do you want? Water, coffee... juice too."
"Anything..."
I grabbed whatever was handy and handed it to her.
She held the juice with her head bowed like a criminal.
"What happened? What's going on right now?"
Ha-young stayed silent for a long time even after my question.
She kept scratching the juice wrapper with her nails, seeming lost in thought.
Her first words were shocking.
"I love Master."
That she loved that bastard.
My head spun.
"But I still love you too."
She loves me.
Ha-young still loves me.
But she loves Master too?
Fuck, how am I supposed to process this?
What the hell am I...
"But... I don't deserve to love you... I've already...!"
She started crying.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
Her shoulders shook as she bowed her head like a sinner.
She covered her face with both hands and sobbed.
"....."
I'm such a pathetic, gullible idiot.
Seeing her tears melted my heart.
-Swish.
I sat beside her silently.
Hesitating on what to do, I just took her hand.
I wanted to comfort her, but I couldn't bring myself to.
Even now, my mind was flipping back and forth—wanting to curse her out one second...
Thinking of how she bore her poor family's burdens alone choked me up.
She clung tightly to my hand and cried for a long time.
"You okay?"
Her crying had stopped before I knew it.
She nodded silently.
Then she looked up at my face.
Her dazed expression.
Her lips filled my vision.
Our faces drew slowly closer.
"Heup-!"
The kiss began.
Her hot breath warmed my brain.
The bruises on my heart melted away.
"Haa... haa..."
My fated love.
I wrapped my arms around Ha-young's shoulders.
Vowing never to let her go again, I held her tight and kissed her.
"Paha... haa..."
We pulled apart briefly and looked into each other's eyes.
The spark of love still burned in hers.
Her feelings for me hadn't died.
"Sorry..."
Tears welled up in her eyes again.
I shook my head.
I didn't answer.
I just pressed my lips to hers.
That was answer enough for me—
"Haa... haa..."
The mood heated up.
We stripped each other's clothes off.
Ha-young's beautiful body was revealed.
I devoured her.
"....."
But my dick wouldn't get hard.
Strangely, it didn't even twitch.
In this crucial moment, why? Why the hell not?
'Damn. Damn. Damn!'
Ha-young's lovely slit was right there.
Glistening with her juices, waiting demurely for me.
But my dick hung limp.
"...It's okay. It's all my fault."
Ha-young said that and sat up.
She came to my despairing side and hugged me tight.
I felt her breasts press against my chest.
Ha-young whispered to me.
"It's because you've been hurt so much. Because I said such awful things. Such horrible things..."
Those insulting remarks.
The vicious words that gutted my heart.
She patted my back and said,
"Turn around for a sec."
Her comforting words filled my chest.
I obediently turned around and sat.
Ha-young hugged me from behind and whispered in my ear.
"I'd do anything for you."
Then she sucked on my earlobe.
Licked my nape, trailed down my back, then told me to get on my stomach.
I did as she said.
A fleeting sense of shame and humiliation hit me, but overwhelming lust swallowed it.
"Ha-eup-!"
She started rimming my ass.
Something hot and soft delved into my hole.
Surprisingly, my cock stiffened right up.
"Heung♥ So cute♥"
She reached around from behind, grabbed my dick, and stroked it.
She licked and probed my ass every which way, tongue-fucking me while jerking me off fast.
"Kuhk! Heuk...! H-Ha-young!"
I came just like that.
My pathetic dick twitched and spurted weak streams a few times.
Once I finished, Ha-young flipped me onto my back and gazed lovingly at my cock.
"Wait♥ I'll clean it up♥"
Trained by that bastard, she was going to clean my dick like it was habit.
But it didn't matter.
Even if it was a habit he instilled, as long as it was love directed purely at me.
Ha-young sucked up even the leftover Cowper's fluid inside me.
"Chuep! Pa-ha!"
She looked at my dick so lovingly.
All the wounds she'd inflicted washed away.
Finally, we lay side by side, gazing at each other.
"I love you..."
She shyly whispered her love to me.
I looked into her clear eyes and replied.
"I love you too. More than anything in this world..."
We embraced each other.
And talked for a while.
About what to do from now on.
"I've already changed. I can't go back to how I was... I really do love Master."
Corrupted by that bastard.
An irreversible fact.
My chest burned like molten iron, but I rationalized it away.
Yeah, Ha-young got caught up in some weird conditioning or something.
It's not that she loves him—her mind's just temporarily messed up.
What matters now is that she still loves me.
Yeah, that's the important part.
"I'll find a way. There has to be some way."
I decided we'd find a way to be together.
But first, something I needed to confirm.
"I have to ask about Hui-yeon and your parents. Was that all real?"
Ha-young's shocking declarations.
Abandoning her own father,
Showing videos to her little sister.
Betraying her best friend.
Denying her humanity.
Those words lingered in my mind.
Ha-young answered.
"Half real, half not. When I'm with Master, I really think that way. Lost in pleasure, I blurt it out without realizing."
She caught her breath, then continued.
"But when I get home, it's not like that. I hate myself for saying those things... You don't know how much I cried..."
Tears welled in her eyes.
I hugged Ha-young tight.
"It's okay. It's not too late. It's okay, Ha-young..."
Ha-young trembled in my arms.
Soon she looked up at me.
Her lovely face filled my eyes.
"Thank you. And sorry. Again. I love you."
We kissed again.
We held each other, feeling each other's warmth, and fell asleep.