Precautions of a Snakepit - Chapter 25

Won’s brow furrowed as she realized who it was. It wasn’t often that she encountered someone with a height difference of this magnitude. When she thought of the closest person she could think of, the answer came immediately.

“Why don’t you go and sprawl out on the couch as usual?”

“Sweetheart, I’m really curious. Are you doing this on purpose?”

“What?”

“Are you trying to seduce me?”

Won didn’t have the energy to respond when she heard something that outrageous.

Realizing something she didn’t particularly want to know, Won wordlessly stared at Top Dog with a dry look.

“If I’m going insane, then just say so.”

“No? So you’re saying that I, who was born with a face that suits your preferences, is somehow I’m seducing you?”

This was getting ugly.

“I never thought I’d meet my soulmate, pretty. Why don’t we see if we’re physically compatible?”

“Why bother? We’re already compatible.”

Top Dog’s eyes widened at the unexpected answer. Taking a sip of her chilled americano, Won continued.

“Your face and my first.”

Won thought it was the best match ever and she could punch him 10 times and never get tired of it.

Top Dog watched Won with a dumbfounded expression as she leisurely sipped her coffee, then he burst out laughing. Won was surprised because he looked like a boy.

The man most unlikely to be associated with the word “innocence” looked innocent.

‘What kind of black magic is this?’

Won was unable to take her eyes off of him.

‘Not good.’

Won felt a little… caught up in him. That’s why it was dangerous to be good-looking because no matter what it was like on the inside, it was easy to push people over the edge.

“Is this what you’re like? I let you give me a spanking. It’s better than a punch. I’m not going to hurt my sweetheart, so I’d rather be the one hit.”

Top Dog, back to his normal self, smirked. Won felt relieved.

‘I see. Keep doing what you’re doing, picking something I hate. Don’t barge into my life.’

“No thanks. I’m not a thug and how could I hit another person?”

Won gulped down the remnants of her coffee and turned to leave, but Top Dog stopped her.

“Did you just say that to piss me off?”

‘Of course, I did.’

Won stared at Top Dog with a look urging him to say what he wanted to say. It would be best if he said he was offended and left, not coming around for a while. It wouldn’t even be a bad idea if he turned hostile toward her.

‘I’d rather you curse me than say those pet names.’

Rubbing the rounded end of the empty paper cup against her lower lip, Won watched Top Dog closely to see what he would do. She didn’t want to get hit, so if she saw any sign of raising his hand, she would be ready.

Tension coursed down her spine and a strange sense of exaltation made her nerves tense.

Top Dog’s lips slowly parted.

“F*ck.”

He spat out an expletive and continued.

“You’re so f*cking cute I want to bite you.”

‘Is that an oxymoron? Does he mean he wants to eat me until I’m tattered?’

Won’s brain was going in circles, analyzing the meaning behind his words.

“Why is it that when other assholes provoke me, I want to beat them to death, but when you provoke me, I don’t even get angry. I just think you’re so f*cking cute, huh?”

Top Dog rambled, slightly mesmerized. Won involuntarily crumpled the paper cup in her hand like a piece of toilet paper.

‘Something in this assh*le’s brain must be broken. Something in his hypothalamus or posterior pituitary gland must be malfunctioning.’

“Assh*le.”

“It’s so weird, like why does cursing at me make me want to flirt with you instead of being angry? Do you want to curse at me more, pretty? I might get a kick out of it.”

Top Dog was making shameless demands without thinking twice like he lost his mind. Won swallowed back a surge of profanity. He asked her to do it, but she wasn’t going to comply. He then got a little impatient.

“You can say anything you want with those pretty lips. Do you want to call me an assh*le? No. How about a cocksucker? What about a m*therfucker?”

‘… Is he crazy?’

Won had never had a human ask her to swear at them in her entire life and she was scared.

“Stop… Go away.”

When she tried to get him to leave, he mellowed out, but he gave her a look filled with disappointment.

“Go ahead and swear at me, okay? If it makes you feel better, I might be able to give you some interesting information about our cute little girl.”

Won snorted.

‘Trying to get me to agree to ‘might be able to give’ instead of ‘give.’ I’m not a fool.’

“I don’t need it. Go away while I’m being nice.”

“I want to hear bad words from my pretty girl, though.”

Top Dog nibbles on the wrapper of a lollipop. It must have been a treat from the nurses’ station. Won looked at it, wondering what kind of flavor it was, but the yellow and green color suggested an apple flavor.

“Want some?”

Top Dog held out the candy and the soup apple flavor was apparent. When Won fell silent, he took the candy into his mouth, but there was something unique about it.

Normally, when someone eats a lollipop, they suck the candy into their mouth. He stuck his tongue out and licked the lollipop.

Won narrowed her eyes and tried to turn away, wondering why he was doing it, but then it dawned on her. He was using his tongue to tease her. The way he deftly wrapped his tongue around the candy, licked it up, and gave it a quick nibble… then he curled his tongue around and sucked it onto the back of his tongue…

“Sweetheart, could I lick it all day?”

Saliva stretched between the candy and his tongue. She could practically smell the melted coating and the tart apple.

He popped it back into his mouth, sucked it in, and pulled it out.

“I melt the good stuff gently. I don’t see why it’s so easy for me to do this, especially when everyone else’s tongue gets numb from going on and on. I could lick it until it all wears off.”

The red tongue swirled and played with the candy. Even though she thought it was crude and d*sgusting, Won couldn’t take her eyes off of him.

He sucked on the candy until it was dripping with saliva.

“It’s nice to have such sweet water when you suck on it.”

The bass of his mumbling was a little w*t.

Feeling the inside of her stomach clench, Won was confused by her body’s reaction.

Top Dog lazily licked the candy. It was careful and there was intention dripping with every act.

The sucking sound penetrated her ears with clarity. The repetition of the w*t friction made her head go fuzzy and her body heat up. Top Dog looked down to see Won staring at him in a daze as if she were occupied with something.

“Won.”

A clear voice broke the invisible bond.

Like a man who was under a spell, Won snapped back to reality. Target was looking at her, concern was written all over his innocent face.

“You don’t look well. Are you sick?”

Target’s palm touched her forehead. Won felt as if she had just been visited by a priest. She felt like she was about to have her soul stolen by Satan and was saved, and even a little thrilled.

“Thank you, Jin. I’m fine.”

“We were having fun. You’re freezing us to death, Jin.”

Top Dog sarcastically retorted. Target didn’t let it go unanswered.

“You’re a grown man, stop sticking your tongue out and eat your food. It isn’t polite nor pretty.”

“I didn’t mean for you to look.”

“It’s not good for anyone to see. It’s ugly.”

“Well, it’s what the pretty girl thinks that counts.”

“Pretty girl?”

“Yes. My pretty girl, behind you.”

Smirking, Top Dog curled his tongue around the candy and moved the wand back and forth.

Shluck, shluck, shluck. The obsc*ne noise sounded.

It was a blatant gesture.

Target wrinkled his eyebrows in disdain. Top Dog chuckled, popped the lollipop off his tongue, and whined.

“We’ve been having fun for a while, and you just barge in and start talking like an idiot. How else am I supposed to get satisfaction in real life, huh?”

“I don’t think that’s any of my business unless you’re interested in men.”

“F*ck, why would I be interested in a guy…”

“Do you want to go to the library and read a book, Won?”

Target suggested, blatantly ignoring Top Dog. Won was impressed. She felt it before, but he was smart for such a neat-looking dog.

Wanting to get away from Top Dog, Won agreed.

“Alright, let’s go.”

With a smirk, Jin led the way. Won was about to follow before a strong arm grabbed her around the waist. It was like a snake coiling around its prey and the heat of the body on her back, the strong presence, his breath on her neck that exposed through her parted hair…

Goosebumps prickled with the sense of urgency that came with being so close.

Top Dog whispered against her ear.

“I’m not like those assholes who only like you because they need you, pretty girl.”

The shock ran through her as if she were struck by lightning.

‘What does this man know? How far does he know?’

Just as she was about to elbow him in his side to break free, Top Dog released her. Won immediately increased the distance and warily eyed him.

“Won?”

Target’s voice sounded confused. Won glared at Top Dog then turned away. Her nerves were on edge, but this time she wasn’t attacked from behind.

“What happened?”

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