Unscented Trajectory - Chapter 36 - 36

Joohyuk, who released Yihyeon’s chin, grabbed his arm and dragged him to his bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he pushed Yihyeon inside and spit out another forceful word.

“When I come back, you will always be in this room. If you walk out of this room again, I will shackle you.”

As he uttered those words, Lee Sihoon’s words came to mind.

“It’s your specialty. Hiding the things you love.”

“Kwon Yihyeon is a person, so shouldn’t it be appropriate to say that it is confinement rather than hiding it?”

Joohyuk’s eyes captured Yihyeon’s expressionless face.

He had to admit that it was true. As his old habit had grown, he was trying to hide Yihyeon as Lee Sihoon said. Not only that, but he wanted to tie him up deep in his room so he wouldn’t go anywhere.

‘What’s wrong with that?’

It was better to hide him well than to lose him because someone else stole him.

He didn’t want to lose even the shell of his mate he had just found.

Joohyuk, who was convinced of his apparent possessiveness and obsession with Yihyeon, was well aware that he was selfish.

After all, everyone is selfish. He pretended to care for others, but always put his own purpose and well-being first, and self-satisfaction was the top priority. At least, everyone in the environment where Joohyuk grew up was like that.

There was only one person, his partner, who was out of the frame.

And he died because he was out of the frame. If he was like the people in the frame, he wouldn’t have died. It was a thought he had made into a habit right after he confirmed his mate’s death.

When he thinks of the day when he cried while grabbing his mate’s bloody clothes, he felt like he was being thrown into that deep, dark place.

“All right.”

One word of Yihyeon’s obedient answer cooled his mind at once. That feeling brought an indescribable satisfaction.

Seeing that the corners of Joohyuk’s lips rose slightly, Yihyeon could not understand him. He didn’t know why he started obsessing over him, but the inside of his mouth was bitter. Because it was none other than him who gave him the narrowest and darkest room in the penthouse.

Joohyuk’s hand, which was facing his numb eyes, passed through the scar on the back of his neck as if to rub.

Yihyeon hated it so much.

Every time Joohyuk touched the scar, he was reminded of it. The old scars that represented his life were just scars good to stimulate for him.

* * *

That night, Joohyuk was working with his laptop on the table in the bedroom. It was to check the construction proposal provided, but the structure was not to his liking, so he was filling in the proposals one by one in detail.

Joohyuk, who was staring at the laptop with a slight frown, unconsciously reached out to the cigarette case on the table. The moment his fingertips touched the surface of the case, Joohyuk raised his eyes and looked at the other side.

There was Yiheyon who had been semi forced to sit on the chair. He, who was still asleep with his eyes closed and expressionless, caught Joohyuk’s gaze.

The hand that had touched the cigarette case was resting on Joohyuk’s chin. As if the thought of smoking had completely disappeared, he was staring at Yihyeon’s sleeping face for a long time.

The expressionless face was still there when he fell asleep, but strangely, it felt as if the wall had disappeared. Was it because he was not nervous unlike when he was awake?

Suddenly, a red mark that he had engraved caught his eye through Yihyeon’s open shirt . Significantly paler than when it was first engraved, it seemed likely to disappear within a few days.

When he thought of that, his eyes twitched.

As soon as he thought that the marks, which he had never engraved on anyone else, disappeared from Yihyeon’s body, he felt a strange compulsion. Joohyuk was irked by the harshness that seemed to scratch his insides saying that his traces should not be erased.

Suddenly, Joohyuk was standing next to Yihyeon. He reached out and grabbed the collar of his white shirt and opened it slightly. Immediately after that, Yihyeon instinctively opened his eyes and grabbed the wrist that held the shirt collar. Although he reacted according to the habit he had built into his body due to long training, he was noticeably nervous when Joohyuk was standing in front of him.

“… What’s going on?”

He released Joohyuk’s wrist and asked, but he only tilted his head slightly and didn’t answer. Instead, without saying a word, he rubbed the red mark under his collarbone that was exposed between his shirt as he pressed his thumb firmly.

Joohyuk grabbed the armrests of both sides of the chair where Yihyeon was sitting and turned it towards him. Then, he brought his lips closer to the marks in front of him. Although Yihyeon felt nervous with his eyes trembling, Joohyuk eventually buried his lips over the marks.

The red marks on the skin were deeply absorbed. The thin, thin flesh entered his mouth slightly, and while biting it, he lightly tapped it with the tip of his tongue. Even that was not enough, he felt his body startled as he bit it with his teeth.

When he lifted his lips, he saw a bright red mark in front of him. He felt a sense of stability more than when he smoked, and the feeling of his stuffy head was being washed away at once.

Joohyuk rubbed the red marks he had engraved with his thumb a few times, then straightened himself up. He pointed towards the bed with his head to Yihyeon, who looked nervous.

“Go and take off your clothes and lie down.”

Yihyeon’s eyes shook greatly. Joohyuk licked his lips colorfully with his tongue.

For some reason, it was unacceptable for those marks to disappear.

The next day, standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom, Yihyeon was staring at the red marks scattered all over his body.

He raised his hand and pressed the red mark on his collarbone. There was a slight sensitivity, but nothing painful or irritating. But why was it so hot and numb where Joohyuk buried his lips?

He thought of last night’s incident, scorning himself with a distinctly different sense.

He made him undress and lay him on the bed, but Joohyuk did not force him to have sex. He buried his lips one by one in each of the faded marks to make them clear again, leaving traces in places that Yihyeon did not know before.

He contorted his face as if he was holding back his sexual desire and sometimes mumbled vulgar swear words, but Joohyuk finally put up with his desires. Yihyeon remembered that he was constantly paying attention to his shoulder, and he expected it to be because of that.

He felt confused by Joohyuk’s actions. The thought that he was not only obsessed with him, but was also kind to him, made him anxious again and again. Because he didn’t know what Joohyuk wanted from him, and he was so stupid and lamentable that he tried to give meaning to such actions.

Yihyeon, who slightly distorted his face, turned the shower head toward cold water. A chill passed as the strong stream of water poured over his body. The water was like ice, but he didn’t mind it to the extent that his body became stiff by itself and even his left shoulder, which had not touched the water, became numb. He hoped this would erase all the heat left behind by Joohyuk.

After taking a cold shower that made him shudder, he wiped away the moisture from his numb body and put his gaze on his left shoulder.

Unlike the stomach cramps that got worse, the wound on the shoulder improved quickly. Even if it was a gunshot wound, the bones were not damaged, and he was also gaining weight fast because he was stable without excessive exercise.

His eyes sank at the thought that the bandages would be removed sooner or later. If that happened, he felt miserable at the thought that he would have to take Joohyuk again. His eyes trembled as he remembered the last rough sex he had and the words that insulted him at the time.

He didn’t like the feeling of being swayed here and there by Joohyuk’s every word and every action, and he didn’t like the instinct that made him look at his partner.

He wanted to get out of this stuffy space before he sat down to the point where he couldn’t get up again.

‘I want to leave quickly…’

He kept his lips shut, unable to utter the words he had repeated several times.

After leaving the bathroom, Yihyeon looked at Joohyuk’s bedroom where no one was there, and then headed back to his room. The bodyguard who had just caught up with him called out from behind.

“You must go back to your bedroom.”

He stopped walking and looked over his shoulder to the bodyguard. As Joohyuk’s person, he seemed to have already received orders.

‘Go back?’

He was about to laugh. It was known that his room was probably the narrowest and most shabby room in the penthouse, but on the contrary, he had to go back to the large and luxurious bedroom. In another person’s room that couldn’t be called his own.

“… I will go before the manager arrives.”

Saying that, he opened the door to the narrow room. It seemed that the stuffy air was already rushing in, but this was better. It was like being trapped in a room with no owner of a scent binded him.

Yihyeon, who entered his own space and closed the door, exhaled deeply as if vomiting the breath he had been holding back.

He opened the drawer, feeling the stomach cramps that would come if he had forgotten. A few days ago, the white antispasmodic medicine box that Joohyuk threw away caught his eye. He thought he had to eat it before it got worse, so he took out a pill the size of a little nail and popped it into his mouth. The tingling subsided within a few minutes of swallowing without water.

Because he was using a strong drug for a quick recovery from his shoulder injury, he couldn’t do any special treatment for stomach cramps. As a temporary measure, he only used antispasmodics for temporary pain relief.

The nervous stomach cramps, which were clearly the cause of Joohyuk, when willite be possible to completely get rid of it? The pain that came without missing a day gradually ate Yihyeon’s mind. No matter where he was,he didn’t think he had ever felt as much pain as this. Except for the pain that day when he was decapitated.

A hand that moved randomly touched the nape of his neck. He couldn’t see it, but there must have been a red mark on the scar. Unlike other places, he did not bite and the redness would disappear within a few days. Perhaps Joohyuk will bury his lips there tonight as well to paint over the marks.

He leaned over, scraping the scar on the back of his neck with his fingertips. He pulled out the phone under the drawer without looking at it. Yihyeon approached the window with it and pressed a familiar number with the window wide open as usual. After only two rings, and the other person answered the call.

-Are you okay?

He asked before even saying hello. Again, he seemed to have caused concern.

“I’m fine. Don’t worry, I’m resting because of the shoulder injury.”

All of his people were moving as Joohyuk’s external bodyguards. The penthouse guards weren’t his, so the only way his people could make sure he was safe was through the recently hired housekeeper.

However, when Joohyuk left work, the housekeeper also had to leave the penthouse, so there was no way to know what went on after that. Because of that, he had no choice but to worry about Yihyeon, who did not appear outside due to Joohyuk’s authority.

Yihyeon was sorry for causing concern unintentionally, but said calmly.

“Executive director Lee Joohyuk will be in danger soon.”

With just one word from Yihyeon, tension was felt from the other side.

“Now that we’re apart, it’s time for Lee Sihoon to move.”

He put one hand on his forehead and let out a small sigh.

In fact, if he continued to stick with Joohyuk like before, his risk will drop significantly. It was not because he blindly trusted his own abilities, but because the person partnering with Lee Sihoon was none other than his sister Sehyeon.

Soon after the incident, Sehyeon would have noticed his injury. From the day his pheromone gland was damaged, she was extremely sensitive to the safety of his body. If she had known about the gunshot wound to his shoulder, she would have gone to see Lee Sihoon and the road would have run wild. Because of that, Lee Sihoon may not be able to act hastily.

But if he stays alone in this penthouse like now, Lee Sihoon will move soon. It was because the annoying elements that he had to be careful not to hurt were not there.

He didn’t like it, but he’d thought it would be better. The quicker Lee Sihoon moved, the faster he could get away from Joohyuk’s side.

He touched his forehead with his slightly clenched hand.

“I’m going to have to revise my plans a bit. Let’s turn all the personnel deployed around the penthouse to Executive Director Lee Joohyuk.”

-But then, the Penthouse security rate when Executive Director Lee Joohyuk is not present will be significantly lowered. Existing bodyguards only…

The voice of the man he was talking to was muffled.

Yihyeon knew what he was trying to say. There were only two guards inside the penthouse because of Joohyuk’s reluctance to let others into his house. In another room on the same floor, about ten bodyguards were always staying and monitoring the outside, but outside, Yihyeon’s people were always hiding just in case.

But there was really nothing for them to move. So far, Lee Sihoon has only moved to the level of expressing his existence or raising Joohyuk’s temper. So, he did not openly point a knife at Joohyuk as if he was raiding Joohyuk’s house.

But now it was different. He was seriously trying to kill Joohyuk and get rid of him. It was dangerous for a person who unexpectedly gained strong power to run without looking back and forth like this.

In other words, they never know when the penthouse would become a target. At such a point, they can only be worried about the fact that all of Yihyeon’s people who were guarding around him would all be assigned to Joohyuk.

“I have something in mind. And don’t forget that the top priority is always Lee Joohyuk.”

Yihyeon again reminded him of their purpose. As a man, it can be frustrating. It was true that he and his bodyguards were there to protect Joohyuk, but their boss was Yihyeon. If he were to weigh two people, even if it was a hundred people, Yihyeon was his top priority, but he couldn’t say it. That was why Yihyeon’s command was absolute.

-… Okay.

An unfamiliar voice was heard.

Yihyeon knew that his affection and loyalty were exceptional as the man had been supporting him from the old days. So he felt sorry for it, but he tried his best to pretend it was nothing.

“Have you secured the testimony?”

A few days ago, he remembered the note the housekeeper had sent him. It was brief, but the point was clear. The man who they had been threatening to arrest had finally changed his mind. If that was the case, thye would have been able to secure the testimony by now.

– Yes, of course. He even had a recording of the verbal transaction.

The man impersonating Kim Seokwoon was quite cautious. It seems that Lee Sihoon made a transaction without writing anything that would remain on paper just in case, and he even recorded the process. Perhaps he would have tried to blackmail Lee Sihoon using the recording as an excuse if things went well. Lee Sihoon wouldn’t sit still and leave it alone.

Anyway, if there was even a recording. That would be clear evidence, and it will become a snare that strangles Lee Sihoon.

– What will the man do? Giving money and sending him abroad is another way…

“No, overseas is not considered safe either. If Lee Sihoon, who thinks it strange, uses his power, it would be much easier to deal with him overseas. So we’ll protect him until it’s over.”

No matter how much the enemy tried to kill Joohyuk, he couldn’t let him die.

The man replied in a bitter voice that he knows. It would be frustrating to have to protect the man who shot him in the shoulder in a situation where there was not enough manpower to attach to Yihyeon.

“I am always grateful. Just a little more help.”

At Yihyeon’s words, the man didn’t even make a sound as if he was speechless for an instant. Soon, the man let out a soft voice, not the hard one he had ever heard.

– Don’t say those words and do whatever you want. I will do anything.

At the man’s loyal words, Yihyeon’s eyes quickly softened. A bitter smile crept across his lips.

“… You shouldn’t say things like that.”

It reminded him of the past him who said the same thing to Joohyuk.

* * *

Yihyeon’ prediction was correct.

A few days passed, and Joohyuk was on his way to a local construction site with his bodyguards. The driver, a bodyguard, and the vehicle with Joohyuk were ahead, followed closely by two security vehicles.

After some time passed, Joohyuk suddenly looked out the window and looked into the side mirror and noticed something strange.

He didn’t know when they started following him. It was around the time when he suddenly realized that several cars behind him were of the same type. As soon as he realized that the car driving right in front of him was of the same car model, his spine cooled.

Only then did he realize that the car of the bodyguards who should have followed them was hidden from view.

By the time Joohyuk realized, the driver and bodyguard were also aware of the situation. Just as he was thinking about getting out, two of the cars behind him started to line up side by side. Joohyuk’s car, which had been cornered by four cars, front and rear, left and right, was been half-dragged between them.