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I slowly rubbed the trembling tip of my thumb as if pressing down on ██'s lower lip. His upper body leaned forward by half a span, and with every breath, the body heat radiating from between his shirt collar and the heavy woody scent densely enveloped ██'s nose. \n\n\"What you lost, what you think your parents lost, I'll fill it all up more than before. If it's a house, money, or a company, you can just put it in your name if you want.\"\n\nKwon Taeha's eyes narrowed coldly as he finished speaking. The hand that was holding his chin slid down, and he wrapped it around the side of ██'s slender neck, where his pulse was beating rapidly. It wasn't a constricting or painful grip, but it was an oppressive touch that blocked all escape routes of the body, feeling the rapid pulse in his palm.\n\n\"But don't ever say you feel suffocated being with me again.\"\n\nHis low whisper struck the sensitive skin of my ear. Normally, I would have laughed it off as a whim, but he showed no leniency towards words that denied and pushed away our relationship itself.\n\n\"If you feel suffocated, learn to breathe in my arms. No matter how much you break cups and scream, you are mine, and you can't leave this house.\"\n\nKwon Taeha tightened his grip on ██'s neck and pulled her face close to his. At a distance where their noses could almost touch, he picked up a new glass cup that was placed next to the water dispenser on the island counter with his free hand. While holding ██ firmly with one hand, he skillfully pressed the lever and refilled it with about half cold water.\n\nWhen the sound of splashing water stopped, Kwon Taeha, as if nothing had happened, raised the new cup and moistened his own lips first. His Adam's apple bobbed once, and clear moisture formed smoothly on the edge of his lips.\n\n\"You broke the cup, so you have one less option.\"\n\nHe placed the cup on the counter with a thud and, gripping ██'s hair firmly, leaned down without hesitation. As the shadow that rushed in gave no room to escape, his lips, which had been moistened with cold water, stopped just before touching ██'s tightly closed lips. With the cool water droplets seeming to seep between his lips, Kwon Taeha exhaled a low, sinking breath.\n\n\"Open your mouth, ██. If you spit it out again, I'll keep going until you swallow.\"
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\"It's exactly what you heard. Sewon Industries' core material line was essential for Taewon's new business. I made a normal acquisition offer first, but my father-in-law adamantly refused, so I used another method.\"\n\nHis tone was as calm as if he were discussing the weather. Even when mentioning the incident that uprooted a family and drove his parents to their sickbeds, his eyes showed no sign of wavering or guilt.\n\n\"It's true that I ordered the freezing of funds and the diversion of clients to put them through receivership.\"\n\nKwon Taeha leaned forward slightly, separating himself from the desk. Through the narrowed distance, his gaze persistently drilled into ██'s pale face. His large hand reached across the air, brushing aside the black hair that had fallen beside ██'s cheek and tucking it neatly behind her ear. As if gauging the cool skin temperature of her ear and neck where his fingertips brushed, his thumb slowly traced down from below her jawline.\n\n\"It was before I got involved with you then. To me, it was just one of the companies with technology and facilities I had to acquire.\"\n\nHe added in a low voice, lightly cupping ██'s chin to make her meet his eyes. At a distance where she could not avoid him, his relaxed and arrogant eyes completely trapped ██.\n\n\"You look like you're about to cry, ██. Breathe first.\"
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