Chapter 95: If I Go tonight, Then Surely…!

Chapter 95: 95: If I Go tonight, Then Surely...!

"Haa..."

The company rooftop.

People in suits and employee badges clustered around the benches, smoking in small groups.

Managing Director Choi had a cigarette between his lips as he stood with several other directors.

He had barely touched tobacco since remarrying, but today he wanted one for the first time in a long while.

The directors smoking beside him each offered an opinion.

"After seeing the CEO today, there’s definitely something between them, right?"

"I’m telling you, there is. The rumor has already spread through the employees."

"Good grief... Since when?"

"How would I know?"

The others snorted at the youngest director’s answer.

They would have liked to criticize him, but the truth was that none of them had noticed the change in the CEO either.

"You all know this is the first time the CEO has ever behaved that way. And it isn’t something we can affect by arguing about it up here."

"That’s true. It isn’t exactly rare for a CEO at a small company to put the moves on an employee."

"First time I’ve seen a female CEO go after a male employee, though."

"Hahaha!"

The directors laughed loudly enough to make nearby smokers turn their heads.

Choi Doha stood a step away, silently watching them.

"What was the man’s name again?"

"Ed?"

"Right. Ed. How old is he?"

"He isn’t even thirty yet. Let’s see... Twenty-five."

"Twenty-five?"

The youngest director checked the employee information he had saved on his phone.

Now that Ed had caught the CEO’s attention, he had decided it would be prudent to know who the man was.

"That’s young. Ah, youth really is the best. What kind of talent does he have to make the CEO act like that? I can’t imagine."

"He didn’t seem especially handsome. The man who got fired today—what was his name? Barry. I think that one had the better face."

"He seemed like a decent fellow. Shame what happened. Picking a fight with the CEO’s boy toy, of all people. Good grief."

"You could see his true colors at the end. Shouting at the CEO without a shred of respect."

The others nodded at the thick-haired director’s remark.

They were middle-aged men who could forgive almost anything except a lack of manners.

"What is Ed actually like? Does anyone here know him?"

The directors looked around at one another.

"You’d have to see him first. He’s worked here for nearly two years, but I think today was the first time I noticed him."

"I’ve seen him a few times in passing. He was hauling boxes on a cart."

"Physical work, then? Maybe that’s what the CEO likes."

"Who knows? The quiet types can be surprisingly good in bed."

"In bed... Youth wins every time. Me? It can take an hour before I even get hard. I want to die of embarrassment whenever we go out entertaining clients."

"That’s why you need to stop drinking and take care of yourself. Look at that fatass gut. Good lord."

"In bed..."

As the directors exchanged crude jokes, Choi Doha took a drag from his cigarette.

He said nothing, but he remembered the moans played during the meeting.

The voice of the woman who had supposedly committed adultery with Ed, crying out in ecstasy.

"..."

At the memory, his cock rose cautiously.

If his own wife had an affair, would she make sounds like that?

The thought alone was nearly unbearable.

"Haa..."

He smoked while glancing at the phone in his other hand.

╭─ [TwiXter — Direct Messages]

│ MonsterCam Guy.

│ Would you perhaps be willing to meet my wife?

╰─

The message had been sent with a photograph.

***

"Thank you for the meal, CEO Celeste."

As we left the restaurant, Manager Selena addressed Celeste with perfect courtesy. She apparently still considered this an extension of work.

Celeste acknowledged her greeting, then looked at me.

"It was nothing. Did you enjoy the meal, Ed?"

"It was incredible."

"I’m glad you liked it."

Celeste had asked us to stay for dinner and treated everyone. It had been premium wagyu beef, the kind of expensive place that charged hundreds of dollar per hundred grams.

In the past, I would never have entered a restaurant like this with my own money.

I had more room in my finances now, but my old sense of money remained. It still looked outrageously expensive.

"Th-thank you for the meal, CEO Celeste."

"I hope you’re feeling a little better now, Hana. You’ll be working as my secretary starting tomorrow."

"Ah... Yes, ma’am!"

Hana had eaten well for the first time in a while, and the earlier sparks between the women had calmed somewhat.

Maybe women really did need to be fed something delicious.

"Now that dinner is over, we should probably get going..."

All three women looked at me.

"...You’re just leaving, Ed?"

"Hm? Well, yes. I need to go home."

"Mm..."

Wait.

Don’t tell me...

The moment I said I was going home, all three began hesitating as though they had something to say.

Even the normally confident Celeste lowered her eyes with demure embarrassment.

Manager Selena tugged lightly on my lapel.

"...I’ll take you home."

"What? To my place?"

"Yes."

Before she had even finished, Celeste took out her car keys and jingled them.

"Or would you like a ride? We just ate, so a drive might be pleasant."

"A drive?"

"See that building over there? There’s a nice wine bar. We could have a second round, just the two of us..."

"M-Master!"

Hana abruptly squeezed herself between Celeste and me.

"Ah, um... I mean... A w-walk! Would you like to take a walk with me?"

"Wow..."

Was the female battle still going? Each of them wanted me to choose her.

Part of me wanted to tell them to stop fighting.

But this was a new experience, and another part of me wanted to see how far they would take it.

I looked around at the three women. They all seemed to be waiting.

"Sorry, but I’ll pass tonight."

"...Why?"

"What do you mean, why? I want to go home."

"Ugh..."

Celeste and Hana clenched their fists.

"...I’ll still walk you home."

"It’s fine. Your house is in the opposite direction, Manager Selena. What will you do after you get there?"

"I don’t mind."

Her eyes said she intended to follow me home no matter what.

What should I do? I wanted to take her back and fuck her, but there was something else important tonight.

If I wanted to add a fourth female to this gathering, I needed to go home alone.

And giving them everything they asked for wasn’t good training.

"You can take me home next time. I’m leaving now."

"Ah..."

I left Manager Selena standing there in disappointment and headed home by myself.

The gazes boring into my back hurt.

***

After work.

"Haa..."

Rhea was so restless she could not even eat dinner.

Her body trembled enough that people passing by glanced at her.

"Do I go or not...?"

She checked the messenger on her phone. Ed had sent her his home address.

A party to celebrate Ed becoming a permanent employee.

...That was what he called it, but it hardly felt like a normal invitation.

They were not close enough to throw a party for his promotion, much less for her to visit his home.

She had never thought well of him either.

But...

Now that I know Ed is MonsterCam Guy...

Rhea stopped walking. Her hand drifted over her lower abdomen.

She remembered the cock that had been inside her a few days earlier.

"...Gulp."

Even now, the memory made her body tremble.

The way he had overpowered her and fucked her like an animal.

The relentless thrusting that had churned through her insides as though it might never end.

The thickness of the cock that had filled her all the way to the entrance of her womb...

"Haa..."

The corners of her trembling lips rose slightly.

If I go to Ed’s place tonight... he’ll surely do that again...

Rhea tightened her grip on the bag. The plastic rustled.

Inside were several boxes of condoms.

She had forced herself through the embarrassment of buying them at a convenience store near the office.

As she walked, she stopped in front of a café. A mirror covered one wall, allowing her to check her reflection.

She adjusted her hair and examined her face.

’Would Ed think I look...’

No. Stop.

What was she doing?

Fixing her hair so a man like him would find her attractive...

If she went, he would certainly mock her again. She had looked down on him so openly, and now she was visiting him of her own accord. How much would he tease her?

"..."

Even knowing she would be ridiculed—knowing Ed would laugh at her—she could not stop walking.

The closer she came to her destination, the faster her steps became.

I shouldn’t go. I won’t be able to take it back.

Her mind repeated the warning, but her body did not stop.

As naturally as though this were inevitable, she entered the corridor outside Ed’s studio.

She took a deep breath at the door and carefully pressed the bell.

"...I’m here, Ed."

"You came?"

There was no turning back now.