The More You Run Away

“Trying to run away is useless, so don’t waste your energy.”

A mother who tries to sell her daughter. A stepbrother, Ihan, who is obsessed with her.

Soo-ah attempts to escape from them, but she ends up getting caught by Seo Mun-hwon, the executive director of the Kangju Corporation, acting under Ihan’s orders.

“Shall we make a bet? If you, Miss Moon Soo-ah can hide from my sight for more than 24 hours, you win.”

“What if I lose? What happens then?”

“Then I get to do whatever I want.”

He exhaled a long stream of smoke and smiled.

So elegantly and loftily that it was almost mesmerizing. So beautifully that it completely erased the image of the violent, rough man from just moments ago.

***

“What happened? Are you upset because you lost the bet?”

He approached Soo-ah, who remained silent, standing before him with a bottle of alcohol in hand.

“I’ll keep my promise.”

“You made the right choice. Playing hard to get with me won’t get you anything.”

With his thick, long thumb, he slowly stroked just below her lips. As a strange sensation made her body tense, he tilted his head and moved closer. Even though she was terrified, Soo-ah forced herself to look up at him as if nothing was wrong.

Seo Mun-hwon smiled like a victor. At that moment, his sultry gaze sent her heart racing.

“Seems like you were expecting kindness. Don’t. I’m not a nice guy, so I don’t know anything about that.”

She had agreed to the deal, but neither her heart nor her body was prepared for this. The moment she tried to push him away out of fear, his lips pressed against hers.