Chapter 76 - 75. A Night To Forget
When Hajin first heard it, he thought the girl was jesting. Perhaps it was a prank to get back at him for all the wins he pulled back in the arcade.
He would have laughed if it weren’t for the little tremble behind the quiet voice.
Hajin turned around instantly, as if facing a fever dream. And what a dream it was when he laid his eyes on the blossoming spread on those fair cheeks, and the nervous flutter of the black eyelashes. She was biting her lips, not from distress but from embarrassment.
Five seconds he spent staring blankly; and another ten seconds questioning everything in his mind. No further than that, however, because he was afraid the invitation would evaporate soon.
As if being chased by the ghost of doubt and regret, Hajin pulled the reddened girl to their hotel room right away. Before she could change her mind; before the unexpected chance slipped by. He sealed the invitation with a kiss before the beeping sound of their room’s door even stopped, holding her waist tight as if he was afraid she would fly away like the jade butterfly he saw that first day.
Still, he ended up asking, whispering on her wet lips as their body flushed against each other and the wall of the foyer. "Really?" he held her waist, pressing their hips together to make sure she knew what she was asking him--asking herself--to do. "Are you sure?"
Sarah took a stuttered breath, but her clutch on the man’s shirt did not loosen. "I..." she parted her lips, feeling her throat hot and her heart beating fast. "Just for tonight, I want to forget everything."
She pressed her head on the broad shoulder, biting her lower lip from guilt. Because...wasn’t that just using Hajin as a tool? She knew he told her to use him as an outlet for her desire, but--
Her train of thought stopped as one of the hands holding her wrist traveled up and held her chin. Their eyes, both filled with doubt but also need, met each other.
There, as she looked at the turbulent lake, Sarah whispered her plea. "Just for tonight, I want to forget the girl named Sarah. I want to forget about my revenge."
And she wanted to forget what she said about not giving her heart.