Hyunjun's breath shakes.
Just once.
Barely there.
He drags a hand through his hair, pacing one step back—only one—because he doesn't actually want distance. He wants the truth.
"Did you really think," he says, voice flat, "you could pull something like this without me noticing?"
She shrugs.
A tiny, infuriating shrug.
It hits him harder than a knife.
His nostrils flare.
His jaw flexes.
His eyes narrow.
"Don't fucking test me."
She gives him silence again.
And somehow, that's louder than screaming.
He steps back toward her, slow and deliberate, like he's moving through water.
Then he lowers his voice—
A slow, cold, razor-edged whisper:
"Whatever you think you've set in motion... I will find it."
He leans close enough that his forehead almost touches hers.
"And I swear to God, Yerin—"
His voice cracks, just barely.
"—if it puts you in danger, I'll burn the entire world down before I let it happen."
She doesn't move.
Doesn't step back.
Doesn't soften.
Instead, she tilts her head.
Just a little.
"You sound scared."
His pupils dilate.
His expression doesn't change.
But his voice does.
"I'm not scared of losing you," he says.
"I'm terrified of what I'll do if I do."
Silence buzzes between them—electric, dangerous.
Then—
A faint sound.
The front gate clicking outside.
A delivery?
A passerby?
A car?
It doesn't matter.
Hyunjun instantly turns his head toward the sound—instinctively, predator-fast.
Yerin watches him.
Sees the exact second his mind goes somewhere dark.
Somewhere paranoid.
Somewhere dangerous.
And when he turns back to her...
His expression has shifted completely.
Dead calm.
Dead certain.
Dead serious.
"...You're coming with me," he says softly.
She narrows her eyes. "Where?"
He doesn't give her the luxury of an answer.
He just steps closer again, takes her chin between his fingers—not gentle, not rough, just claiming—and forces her to look at him.
"You think you have a card?"
His thumb brushes her lower lip slowly.
"Fine."
He leans down.
His voice is a whisper against her mouth.
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No Strings Attached
Mystery / Thriller© all credits go to esmeulor BAEK YERIN (played by liu haocun) RYU HYUNJUN (played by hong jonghyun/moon dohyuk) HAN TAEKYUNG (played by hong mingi) Baek Yerin looks perfect. She's rich, brilliant, polite- Korea's favorite daughter. But she isn't re...
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