I Don’t Want This Reincarnation

My heart pounded irregularly at the mans cold gaze and my mouth was dry.

He stared at me without saying a word for a brief moment that felt like aeons and then he broke the silence by tapping the armrest of the chair with his finger.

“I was mistaken.”

The tapping sound intervened in the middle between the relaxed and languid voices.

“I thought you would learn something by looking at the bugs crawling on the floor here, Se-hyun-ah.”

“……”

“Rather than learning, there are rumours that you were rolling around with a male prostitute. Really, I cant believe it…”

The man rarely even let out a fake laugh. I lowered my eyes, not even thinking of speaking back.

“Yeah… Hyehyangchon (혜향촌) seems to be a little early. When you give it to a child who is still only 27 years old, you can hear all kinds of noise.”

Even if I said I hated it so much, you forced me to do it and now you regret it. It was just as ridiculous. I suppressed the sneering inside.

The man, who had been thinking for a moment while touching his lips, asked the attendant who was standing next to him.

“What kind of store is Park Seok-jae in charge of?”

“There is a bar located in Gangnam.”

“Not bad. Do you want that?”

“I am…”

As I was about to shake my head, the man glanced at the person who had fallen behind me. The words of refusal that reached the end of my throat were blocked.

“What do you say, Se-hyun-ah?”

I, who was hesitant and unable to answer, looked at the man and smiled slightly at the tip of my mouth. (머뭇거리며 답을 하지 못하는 나를 보던 남자가 입꼬리 끝을 살짝 올려 웃었다, not really sure)

“…yes.”

I sighed and accepted his offer. Unlike Hyehyangchon, he was quite satisfied with my attitude of quietly retreating and the man, who smiled properly for the first time after entering the room, got up and walked over to me.

“Yeah, you made a good choice. Its better to sell alcohol than rumours about you rolling around with a dirty male prostitute.”

After patting my cheek a couple of times as if dealing with a docile dog that listened well, he commanded the attendant.

“Take that, take out the contents and throw it away. Theres about 300 million left in debt, so… its broken like that and its hard to sell again. Theres nothing we can do.”

“I understand.”

Those words shook my eyes for a moment. The man, who was standing close enough to feel his breath, noticed it and added slowly.

“My Se-hyun is so obedient for some reason, should I use some kindness? Give it some anaesthesia before taking it out.”

“Yes.”