Chapter 159 - JoKenPo

"I'm still trying to understand why you didn't use the opportunity to reveal everything, Jung. I think your friend needs to know the truth right away," commented the Hunter.

Eun Ha grabbed her hair in anguish, "I was nervous. I was afraid! I was in a panic, actually!"

"After what happened, you need to find a way to do this soon, Jung. She is an intelligent woman and, if she finds out for herself and in the wrong way, she can think terrible things," he added, although Eun Ha could think of it alone. She knew she had just missed an excellent opportunity to tell things. In the end, all she did was make Ye Rim hurt!

"It's not easy, Professor Shin! She was always so skeptical, because of what the townspeople talked about in our mothers' case! Mrs. Nam Joo became known in the city as a madwoman, and she couldn't bear the burden! So when I found out that I had inherited magic, I couldn't muster the courage to tell her."

"I understood that this would change the whole dynamic between you. Maybe she hated it, or maybe she told it to everyone. But before you were teenagers. Today, you are a.d.u.l.ts. And given the things she said ... That is still your decision, but your protégé apparently has been living very important things that she has not said to you either ... Maybe she is also afraid. "

"Ye Rim is strong. She is never afraid," Eun Ha knew this because she had lived with her for much of his life. 

"Everyone is afraid. But you have to make a decision soon, Jung. Think about it.!

The young fairy knew her teacher was right, but the fear of Ye Rim's reaction had paralyzed her until now. How to do this?

"Should I go after her?"

He shrugged, showing he didn't know. Eun Ha understood that he didn't want to decide for her how to deal with her protégé.

"The worst thing is that I'm sure that she is with Dr. Flamingo right now!"

The nickname drew an unusual laugh from the Hunter,

"Hey! Don't laugh! Really! I still need to monitor events, even though I try not to interfere at this stage. He can still be a hidden sociopath!" she exclaimed, offended.

"Honestly, Jung, I don't think Dr. Kim is a sociopath or anything. He looks like a good human, actually," said Shin.

"Ah! I have my doubts! Because I had the prophecy! Please, Professor Shin, help me find this out once and for all!"

"I?" he pointed at his chest, pretending to be surprised.

"Yes! Please, please! I owe you a favor! A huge favor! Investigate Dr. Kim! Find out if he is not a closeted sociopath! I have my reasons for thinking like that!" she pleaded vehemently.

"Reasons? What are the reasons, besides being very interested in Ye Rim-ssi, something perfectly understandable, by the way?"

Eun Ha just waited a moment to voice his suspicions, 

"Look: Ye Rim told me that his sister died tragically. In fact, it looks like there was an "accident", "and around the word 'accident' Eun Ha made the double-quote gesture, "a fire that didn't kill her, but only she was in the house at the time. She was saved by Lee Dae Won at the last moment! Years later she "committed suicide", "once again Eun Ha used double-quotes to emphasize her suspicions. "And look at this: with her death, Kim Jun Hyeon becomes the sole heir to the empire of conveniences his mother built!"

"Hmmm," Shin was thoughtful, but his eyes betrayed a little bit of humor at his student's theory.

"Professor! I am serious! Help me find out if he can hurt my protégé!"

"Okay. I couldn't judge him so hastily having met him just once. "

"Ah, I also have something to ask. Couldn't a bandit or sociopath be identified by being surrounded by wraiths? Maybe I can see for myself with the monocle."

"If a person is consumed by regret and sadness, he will attract a wraith or more than one. But not all bad people who commit crimes have wraiths. Because not all are depressed or consumed by guilt. People who cannot feel guilt, or have what human scientists call 'psychopathy', are unlikely to be attractive to wraiths. But their victims would be. "

Eun Ha was thoughtful, but then asked,

"Ye Rim said he could see wraiths, and even the werewolf. Why do we need a monocle?"

"It is not common for a human to be able to see them. Some shamans and people touched by magic very early in life are the rare exceptions. "

"And why can't Ye Rim know that I'm a fairy?"

"Why are these our real forms. We don't morph into different things unless we are sick and out of control of our spells. But essentially, there is nothing in our bodies that different," he explained.

"So Ye Rim was touched by magic?"

"Very likely. Listen, Jung. The story of what happened on the day of their births becomes more and more intriguing. I'm beginning to understand better what may have happened, but I need confirmation. Help me talk to Ye Rim's mom. And I will do what you asked me to do. "

"Are you going to find out if Dr. Flamingo is a sociopath who wants to hurt Ye Rim?"

"Yes, let's clear that doubt once and for all."

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"JoKenPo!"

Both said, at the same time, making their moves to know who would start the game. Ye Rim's decision, that the loser would be the other's perfect husband or spouse for one night, doing just about anything that would please the other, had fit the bill for Jun Hyeon's plans. At the beginning of the night, he didn't imagine being so close to finally seducing her.

Ye Rim was a little obvious and put on scissors, so his stone won, but he did not splurge. 'YES!' he celebrated in his thoughts, she wouldn't even have a chance.

"It's your turn," she said, seeming to have all the control in the world.

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Nothing that she expected was happening when she came running to Jun Hyeon. She thought she would sit on his couch and probably say strange things, but now she was n.a.k.e.d in his bathtub, her heart pounding with excitement over a silly e.r.o.t.i.c game. 

She shouldn't have agreed with that in the first place, but if he thought she would open up like a flower to any cheap technique ... 'I really hope he doesn't want to do a striptease or something ... What can go through his head of a man when it comes to seduction? They are not very creative. Some try it with gifts, romantic dinners and walks in beautiful places ... Then they tell me that I am beautiful, and ... '

Jun Hyeon came a little closer, and leaned towards her.

'What he is doing?'

With his eyes fixed on his mouth, he slowly rolled up his shirt sleeve and then the other. Ye Rim immediately became aware of his lips. The fact that he was looking directly at her face, or rather her mouth, seemed to have a magnetic power. Her lips parted as if of their own accord. But her gaze shifted discreetly to his exposed forearms as he carefully rolled one sleeve and another. That was s.e.xy, but did he know that? That even the veins in his arms, when he flexed them, made him more manly?

Ye Rim shouldn't have been thinking about it, if she wanted to win the game, but the scene pleased her. But it wouldn't be enough for ...!

'Oops!' she was taken by surprise when he grabbed her hand that was out of the water with his right hand, while his left hand dived into the water quickly. The thought of what he could achieve made her move instinctively, but his hand went to the least expected place, the middle of her back. Jun Hyeon spread his big hand out, pushing it slightly forward towards himself, and holding it, while he linked the fingers of the other hand with his. 

The small fright made her very aware of the small strip of water and foam that covered her n.a.k.e.d body from his eyes and his touch. No doubt her heart was pounding, but she still couldn't say it was from desire.

"Think of it as our tango," he said, looking up briefly at hers, and slowly approaching his face. Only to deflect it onto his neck when Ye Rim already felt his lips waiting for theirs. 

The pressure of his hands on his bare back while his own hand was entwined in his was a little stronger than normal, a little stronger than it would be in a dance. There was possession. He inhaled the scent from her neck, and she felt his breath being the only thing that touched her skin. She shivered immediately, every hair on her body stood on end, while she felt his breath once, twice, three times, meeting the curve of her neck.

'OK! that's nice! But I won't say it's all that, 'she didn't have to admit that it had disappointed her not to receive the kiss, and that her skin wanted his lips on her urgently.

But Jun Hyeon seemed to know that, the devilish seducer. Turning his face slightly on his side, he lowed his face, leaving his mouth first in front of her collarbone, and lower and lower, until his chin touched the foam. At that point, Ye Rim felt her betraying b.r.e.a.s.ts aching and crying out for attention, her n.i.p.p.l.es erect in anticipation of a touch that didn't come. And of course, it wasn't just that. She found herself sliding slightly forward, and he looked up at her,

"Can I?" he asked, adjusting his hand on her back again, showing that he knew she had moved. 

'Damn it!' she thought, but she also thought she was wasting enormous time leaving that idle, unused mouth.

Using her free hand, she held Jun Hyeon's chin, and bent down to kiss him.