Absolute Advantage Chapter 81.2

It was not Chairman Seo's coercion. Hae-won herself chose Adam. It was entirely her decision.

“I'm afraid I'll put this painting away.”  Then Adam's voice was heard behind her back.

“Sorry, did you wait long?” Adam approached Haewon and asked.

Haewon shook her head silently. Adam looked at Haewon and shifted his gaze to the picture.

“I am an atheist. Religion always makes people sinners.”

“The part that stimulates a person's guilt and brings out faith is very nasty.”

“………I've never thought about that.”

From what Adam said, it seemed so. Looking at this painting or the conversation she had with Chairman Seo, one side of her heart always hurts. But does that matter?

“In order to win the hearts of others, I learned from seeing the painting,” Adam muttered to himself.

“What did you just say?” When Hae-won, who didn't understand, asked, Adam replied with a question.

“The more you dig into a person's weak mind, the worse it is?” Haewon still couldn't understand Adam's words. Exactly what he meant to say.

Adam shrugged his shoulders as if he had no intention of making her understand. Then he changed the subject.

Though the subject was still the same.

“Looking at this, I think religion is the closest thing to evil.”

“Is it your appreciation of painting? Or is it a personal value?”

“Both?”

Adam turned round and round toward Haewon. He asked, looking down at Haewon. “Haewon, do you have a religion you believe in?”

“No, I don't… But I understand how you feel about religion. You need an absolute existence that you can lean on. Because people can't live alone.”

“Then Hae-won must be a religion to me.” Adam gently grabbed Haewon's wrist. Hae-won stared blankly at his hand, which slowly rose upward. “I can't live without Haewon now.”

Adam, who finished speaking, kissed Hae-won on the back of her hand. The soft crushed lips slowly opened and she felt a hot breath. Soon, a hard tooth dug into the skin.

Adam bit Hae-won's hand painlessly like biting a fruit of good and evil – and laughed.

With a dense smile that caught her eyes, she was possessed like a devil.

Why? It's the man who is seduced in the painting, but the reality is the opposite.

“……Oh, Adam.”

Hae-won belatedly came to her senses and tried to pull out his hand. The more he did, the more he put strength into his hand holding his wrist.

His tongue licked up the back of her hand.

Her flesh ached as if she had been scorched by fire. Hae-won held back her groan by biting her teeth.

When Adam lowered his eyes and was distracted by the back of her hand, Hae-won took out her wrist without missing the gap.

There were faint marks on the wrists and hands. Hae-won said, rubbing her wrists.

“We will be in trouble if we do this outside.”

“Who cares? We don't have eyes. I turned off all the CCTVs.” Adam, who gave a sly answer, calmly changed the subject

“So, what did you talk about today?”

“……Well.”

Hae-won calmly explained what happened today. Except for the most important part. When Hae-won finished speaking, Adam looked very relieved.

“I'm glad the engagement hasn't been broken.”

“Yes, so you don't have to worry anymore.” Hae-won smiled. It wasn't long before she added with a very sorry face.

“And… we won't be able to meet for a while because of my business.”

“In the end, did you decide to get a position as a trade director?”

Hae-won stopped talking for a moment and looked at Adam's face. This man will never know what kind of back-door deal she made with the chairman behind his back.

Her heart ached, maybe it's her conscience.

“……Yes. In fact, it was a position I couldn't refuse from the beginning.”

“Our Chairman Seo's words are absolute.” Adam nodded as if he understood.

Hae-won intentionally acted with a bright expression because she didn't want to worry Adam.

“I don't think it's as bad as I thought. If I sit on the board of directors of JS, I'll be able to meet you more often at work…….”

“If we get married, you'll see me at home every day”

“Oh, that's right…”

When Hae-won was depressed, Adam burst out laughing. Then, he raised his arm and put his hand on Hae-won's cheek.

“It's like a dream to think that's going to happen,” Adam muttered in a dreamy voice. On the contrary, Hae-won realized the weight of reality.

“I'll try.”

“What?”

Hae-won grabbed Adam by the wrist, “So that I can take responsibility for Adam. I'll try.”

Adam's face, staring blankly at Haewon, smiled. The dazzling smile seemed to compensate for all the pain that she had experienced so far.

Chapter end