Chapter 7

“No,” he said, but he recalled that after he had carried her back to the rental apartment when he wanted to put her on the bed, she had clung to him.

When he went to lay her down, she pulled him onto the bed and rolled until she was on top of him.

A man of rigorous control and training, how had he let his guard down like that? Before he could get up, she touched his face with her hands.

”Your eyes are so beautiful… I really… like them…” she murmured.

“Like?” The word was not strange to him. After all, there were always women who said that they liked him and liked his eyes.

In the past, when he was young, his father would always look into his eyes and become lost in thought. His father would mutter to him, “The kind of eyes you have are deceptive. They look like they’re very emotional, but in reality, they’re the most heartless. I don’t know if you will be emotional or heartless in the future.”

“They’re clean…” She ran her fingertips across his brow. “Clear.”

He sneered. She was drunk. Of course, his eyes were clean or clear or whatever. He’d showered this morning.

“It’s like… They have never been tainted by any sin… They’re clean…” She was so drunk that she didn’t seem to notice that her face was almost touching his. “Jay, don’t be afraid… I will… protect you…”

After saying that, she lay on his chest and fell asleep.

Protect him? This woman can’t even protect herself, but she wants to protect him? What a joke.

as she stared

didn’t do anything. You just

let out a sigh

on the red, swollen part of her cheek. “Does your face

fine.” This was the truth. After

hurt

she said lightly. She didn’t

Even though he had been wandering on the streets, he was still pure like the horrors of this world had yet to touch him. If possible, she hoped that

I had arrived earlier. In that case,

matter earlier. This was just a game that added a bit of fun to his boring life. He had even expected that something

really saw what had happened, he found that

said and pulled at his hand.

nothing to him either. But the bruise on her face offended him and when she smiled as she did now, looking at him like he was the greatest man in the world…it

***

gone to look for her friend that

at most try to get

“Jay?”

now. Think of him as my younger brother. I got him to call me ‘sister’,”

brother? How old is he?” Lina

years old, a few months younger than

her own saliva. She couldn’t believe that her friend

ever thought that you might be putting yourself in danger? You

worried about, but, Lina, with someone living with me,

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