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Third Person's POV

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"I don't feel sleepy anymore" She said, as she was rolling around on the bed. Hyungwon was eyeing her from his reflection in the mirror.

"Then, what do you want to do?"

"I don't know. What do you usually do?"

"Sleep" He answered, making her chuckle.

"I like to sleep too. But what do you do when you don't sleep?"

"I like to read books. Watch movies" Hyungwon replied.

"Books? Can I read some of yours?" She asked. He nodded, before he gestured her to follow him. She followed him from the back and she watched him entering his closet. As they passed all his clothes, she noticed that there was another door somewhat hidden at the back. She never knew his closet was so big, as he opened the back door and entered, she followed. She was amazed when she saw a study, which had two book shelves and a working desk in it.

"Wow" She was amazed, as she look around. She noticed that most of the books look antique.

"May I?" She asked, as she wanted to grab one book. He nodded and she slowly slip the book out, she noticed it was an old romance storybook. She glanced to see the year published of the book.

"1890's?!" She was seriously amazed.

"Please handle with care. I can't find any other copy of that book" Hyungwon said, before he went to take a seat at his desk. She nodded and took a seat in front of him. She look at what he was doing and saw him going through papers.

"What is that?" She asked, looking at the papers.

"My work" He simply said.

"Hmm" She didn't question him further and started reading the book. Hyungwon watched her as she was so focused on reading the book, oblivious to him staring. Hyungwon broke out of his trance after he realized how long he was staring. He cleared his throat, grabbing her attention.

"Why don't you read out loud? Entertain me" She look at him, questioningly.

"Really?" She asked, which he nodded to.

"Don't laugh at me if my pronunciation isn't right"

"I won't" He said. She flipped through the first page and started reading aloud. As she was nervous to read to him, she stammered and stuttered once in a while. But he acted indifferent, focusing on his work while she reads. He find her voice soothing and soon her reading became more clearer and she stopped stuttering.

"After the banquet ended, and the guests slowly faded, it seems like Lord Lefebvre was the only guest left. With Lady Paquét's warm company, leaving an embedded desire in Lord Lefebvre's mind was permanent. Like her family name Paquét, gatherer of firewood, she surely left the fire of passion and love in him burning still, after so long it seems. Lord Lefebvre was truly enchanted by her and her, him. It would be a false impression to say that he would not want to make her his" She cleared her throat for a while, before she flipped to the next page. Hyungwon can't help but feel nostalgic, seeing Valarie's face shifting to another, and he felt a tug at his heart, remembering the face of the one he longed for.

"With a kiss on the top of her knuckles, he left for the night. Longing filled their hearts and she was crestfallen of hoping for something more. Though she knows it was inappropriate, but for him, inappropriateness seems to be trivial. But greedy she wouldn't be. Like her mother always told her, don't show too much interest, patience and faith will guide you to a man's heart. And with that, she will wait, with faith, for the one named Lord Lefebvre. He made a promise that night, right before he give in to his slumber. He promised to himself, to become greater in the political and business area to attain her heart, without knowing in his mind, her heart was already attained by him" She slowly close the book and look up at him. She felt her breathing was hitched, seeing his eyes that were glued on her. The way he looked at her, for a moment there, it seems like he truly loved her.

"Mr. Chae..." She softly said, absentmindedly.

"Why are you still calling me that?" He asked, he looked at her, never once blinking.

"Huh? Oh... I'm sorry, it slipped out" She stated, before she went to slowly get up to place the book back.

"Hmm? What should I read next?" She wondered to herself, going through the books.

"Is that the only romance novel you own?" She asked, as she couldn't find any other book of her interest.

"I don't exactly own it" He replied.

"Oh?" She turned to look at him.

"It belongs to... nae sarang" He said.

"Who's Nae Sarang?" She asked, pronouncing it weirdly.

"Nae sarang" He corrected her.

"Yeah. Nae Sarang" Oblivious to her, she thought it was a person's name, not knowing the Korean language.

"It's just a friend of mine" Hyungwon replied, she look at his nonchalant expression. She can't help but see that he had a longing, pensive look on his face somewhat. She quickly shrug the thought off.

"Oh" She then went to go back to him.

"Well, then. I'll go ahead and sleep first" She leans down and gave him a peck on the cheek.

"Good night" She greeted him. He quickly grab her arm and she stopped in her tracks.

"You're not sleepy" He said, she can't tell if he was questioning her, or stating a fact.

"What?" She asked. He pulled her down to sit on his lap and she obeyed. He cupped her face, tracing her lips with his thumb.

"You're not sleepy" He said it once again.

"I'm not" She agreed with him.

"Then, don't sleep" He leans closer until their noses were touching. Their lips touched and she deepens the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck.

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Valarie moaned, feeling him kissing the back of her neck. She gripped his hands that was on her side, she panted and groaned, as he rocked his hips. She could feel his length rubbing her walls as they move. Their thrusts met and she felt herself getting closer to climaxing. She could feel his heavy breathing behind her neck, occasionally feeling him leaving kisses there. She mentally cursed, feeling the pressure wanting to release and she was about to hit her high.

"Aahh! Hyungwon!!" She screamed out, feeling the build up pressure being released and her thighs were shaking uncontrollably at the pleasure.

"Oh, god!!" Hyungwon released his load and he tense up for a moment, before he slumped on her. They were both a pile of hot mess, breathing hard and trying to stabilise their breathing. After they calmed down, Hyungwon rolled over and crashed at her side, looking at her whose face was flushed. She slowly went to turn herself around, so that she was laying flat on her back.

"Are you okay?" He asked, she slowly nod, before she went to pull the covers over herself.

"Here" He passed her a piece of clothing and saw that it was his shirt. She gladly put it on, while he slipped on his boxers. At the moment, she felt like she wanted to embrace him, but they were both still hot and sticky. After sitting in a comfortable silence, Valarie slowly sit up and Hyungwon's eyes darted towards her.

"I'm going to go and grab some water" She stated, which he nodded at. She got up from the bed, slipped on her panties and head out of the room. Hyungwon then proceed to remove the sheets they were sleeping on, clearly seeing some dirty stains. He went out to follow her, when he reached the kitchen, he watched as she was filling up the cup.

"Hey" Hyungwon said, taking a seat at the high chair. Valarie went to sit next to him and he took a sip of her water.

"What do you want to do for the third day?" He asked, putting an arm over her shoulders.

"I want to... go and have breakfast firstly" Valarie said.

"And then I'll come up with something" She said, taking a gulp of her water.

"Okay. I was thinking of that too" He said.

"Let's go get ready" He finished the leftover water in her cup, before grabbing her hand and dragging her away. As they reached the bathroom, he slipped off the boxers he was wearing. She chuckled as he went to pull the shirt off her, leaving her in her panties and she take off her panties. Their lips made contact and Hyungwon led her into the shower, without breaking the kiss.

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"I got drunk with Francis" Rae stated, as she was wearing shades, while they were eating breakfast.

"That mofo slept in my bathtub" Rae added. Jooheon look at her weirdly.

"Are you still drunk?"

"Yeah. Maybe" She sipped on her coffee.

"Ugh. When can I get that?" She looked towards Valarie and Hyungwon who was romantically feeding each other.

"I'm so glad I wasn't third wheeling" Jooheon said, taking another bite of his food.

"Why the hell do you look so pale?" Rae asked, as she grabbed his hand and compared their skin colour. Jooheon chuckled at seeing the difference. She had that olive tan skin, but she was definitely pretty.

"Can I use your face for my artwork? I have one artwork that is perfect with your face"

"What if I say no?" Jooheon asked.

"Sue me, then" Rae simply shrugged at that. Jooheon chuckled at that.

"You're picking a fight with the wrong person" Jooehon stated.

"You make it sound like I should be afraid"

"You should"

"But I'm not" Rae proceed to finish her coffee, before she went ahead to order another one.

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"S**t! Why do you suck at playing?!" Jooheon cursed at Rae.

"Excuse me?! I won the last round for us!" Rae growled back.

"But I suck at board games. I'm only good with cards"

"Fine! Tell us what you want!" Rae turned to Valarie and Hyungwon.

"So, what now?" Valarie whispered to Hyungwon.

"Ask them for anything you want" Hyungwon said.

"What do you want, princess?" Rae asked, as she went to help Jooheon clear the board game.

"I want..." All eyes were on her as she spoke her request.

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