The affair kept going.

Secret meetings. Late-night calls. Stolen hours whenever Hyunsik was gone. Tae had stopped counting the money a while ago. What started as a paid job had turned into something he couldn’t control. He wanted her. Not the ten thousand dollars. Not the challenge. Just Koo — her soft voice, her kind eyes, the way she still blushed even after everything they had done. He had fallen for her, and the realization sat heavy in his chest every time she smiled at him like he was something good.