Vows and Bullets
Chapter 80: Out of Control

Chapter 80: Out of Control

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[Agent Selene POV]

"Haah... Haah... Haah..."

With faces drawn so close to each other, we breathed heavily. Resting for a moment while our lips were still almost touching, the warmth from his mouth blew on mine.

I tried so many times to resist him, yet I still found myself enamored by the way his eyes locked on me, his hands caressed my body, and his lips devoured me. And because of that, for some reason, my body just... automatically drops its guard.

I felt my strength leave me.

Not only that.

My body... it burned as if it was craving for more.

His low grunts and suppressed moans didn’t help calm me down.

It only added to the fire.

"My dear wife," he whispered so seductively with his brows knitted, probably from trying to control himself.

He tried to laugh it off, but his eyes told me how conflicted he felt.

"You’re making me crazy."

Ha-ha. I should be the one saying that. If I’m not mistaken, I clearly told him we couldn’t possibly continue being involved privately like this. I should have been just an ass and backed off our deal. Or I shouldn’t have made a deal with him in the first place knowing how shrewd he was. Maybe then, I wouldn’t be tempted like this again.

Falling like this... I felt like I’m beyond redemption.

And his lips... ugh.

As much as I hate to admit it... it had become my weakness and my trigger—trigger to let loose and drop the ball. I mustn’t stay like this. Since it had come to this... I should avoid it at all costs. No more kissing!

"Eun-Woo’ya..." I called him, still panting. "Stop. Haah... that’s... haah... more than one kiss."

"We didn’t specify how long a kiss would be—it could be an hour-long session or more. And we’re still not done."

He tried to kiss me again, but I covered my lips with the back of my hand.

"I said no more!" I snapped at him. "Since you kissed so many times today, you’re not getting any more kisses in the next coming days. Better yet, let’s end this deal! I don’t want to do it anymore. Just punish me in another way you want but not like this."

His brows knitted more.

"How about a NO, my dear wife? A deal is a deal. Don’t go back on your words."

"I said I don’t want it anymore!"

"No!"

He then pulled my hands away, stretched them on top of my head, and pinned them on the bed! I tried to break free from his grasp, but he was too strong—it only took him one hand to stop both of mine. With the other hand, he caught my legs, which I then tried to use to break free from him. Spreading them apart, he moved closer, putting himself in between.

’What the—this position again! He’s truly a pervert! This is sexual harassment!’

"Ah! Stop that! Get away—"

Before I managed to shout any louder, he kissed me again. I tried to bite his lips, but he forced my mouth open to receive him.

Should I just let him do as he liked? It’s not like I hated it that much. I’m just... afraid. Maybe once he gets what he wants, he’ll lose interest? Then perhaps we could go back to the usual professionalism we should show when on a mission.

’Yeah. Maybe I should just...’

Feeling conflicted and confused about everything, plus the fact that he was forcing me, tears started to fall from my eyes.

"Sniff... sniff..."

He probably heard my faint sobs because he stopped and pulled back. His hands that held my wrists tightly started to loosen. And his expressions spelled shock all over.

With trembling hands, he wiped my tears away.

"I... I’m so sorry," he hurriedly apologized to me.

He then bit his lips and clenched his fist.

"D-Did I... scare you? I didn’t mean to—I just... Ughhh. I’m really sorry."

Despite his sincere-looking apology, I still felt pissed off, so I cried louder and harder.

"Waaahu-hu-hu-hu-hu... I hate you! I hate you!"

"I’m really sorry. P-Please don’t cry."

He fussed all over me, trying to calm me down and appease my anger. Truthfully, it was funny to look at—the mighty Top 1 Agent of Mythos, looking perplexed, not knowing what to do to pacify me. But still... I’m so angry!

He tried saying the very few comfort words he knew to calm me, but that wouldn’t work on me. I’m so upset, and I’m not even sure how to calm myself!

"I... I won’t do it again!" he said, raising his right hand as if taking an oath. "I won’t kiss you and hold you like that again... unless you want it. And I will never force myself on you again. I promise."

Hearing those words, my tears stopped.

"Really?" I asked, hesitant to trust just his mere words. "You promise?"

He nodded his head profusely.

"Yes, I promise. I’m really sorry."

"Then write it in a contract! I don’t trust your words! If you ever break it, I’m going to sue you. Or better yet, report you to Mythos for sexual harassment!"

"Okay. I will. I’m really... terribly sorry," he apologized again. I lost count of how many times he said it already.

He averted his eyes and caressed the back of his neck, looking so dejected. He did say earlier that he was going crazy. Was that normal for men? To be unable to stop themselves and just... be controlled by their lust?

It seemed like it. When reason came back to him, he quickly apologized. Still, it was no excuse! I got tempted, too, but I managed to control myself. He should learn more self-control! Uhhh, whatever. At least I’m free of my daily kissing duty.

Aside from that, I finally found out his weakness—tears! I remembered him going soft and gentle on me during the moments I cried before. Was that a part of his chivalrous self? That he couldn’t bear to see women cry? Hmm... Impossible. Because if that’s true, then there’s no way he could have aced an S-rank mission.

Encountering women in a mission was normal. If a mission entasked him to kill them, those women probably would have cried at one point or tried to act to receive mercy. And if he hesitated to kill them or showed mercy in such scenarios, then he would have gotten a demerit—just like what happened to me when I avoided seducing the informant to gain intel. I didn’t fail the mission, but I got a demerit. But Assistant Chief Athena said he didn’t get a demerit this year, so that couldn’t have been the case.’

Hmm... in that case, would that mean that he’s only feeling sorry because it was me crying? He did tell me before that he liked me. But it’s not THAT kind of like. It’s probably lust or something like that.

’Right. There was no way a lewd and perverted psycho beast like him would like someone romantically. He’s just like his perverted friend Agent Hades. Hmp!’

After that, Eun-Woo left me alone in the room. I didn’t know where he went, but wherever that was, how I hoped he would stay there until night. I want to go back to my research and finish finding that culprit as soon as possible.

Fixing my ruffled hair and dress, I walked back to the desk where my laptop was and continued where I left. Soon enough, I managed to lessen the people on my list and watched the CCTV records. While doing so, I also accessed the security room’s CCTV that day to see if anyone acted suspiciously. As Mythos agents, we were trained to multi-task, so doing something like this was a piece of cake for me.

As I watched the videos from the security cameras, I noticed Agent Hades going around the whole mansion, talking to almost everyone he met. I thought he was simply flirting with the maids earlier, but now... he looked more like an agent fishing for information.

Wanting to observe him more and hear what he was saying, I turned the volume on for the specific camera near where he was located at that time.

"Hi there, Ms. Beautiful!" he greeted the maid cleaning the hallway. "What a pretty necklace you got there. It highlights your beauty more!"

The maid blushed from his words.

"Oh please, Mr. Taehyung. Stop with your flirtatious remarks."

’Hm? She knows him? Then she must be an old servant here like the head maid.’

Curious to know who the maid was, I checked my files once again. She wasn’t on my short list of possible suspects, and yet, he chose to talk to her. Could he have figured something out while talking with the other servants earlier?

"I am simply telling the truth," Agent Hades shrugged. "But if you don’t mind me asking, where do you think I can buy something like that?"

WHAT? Why in the world was he asking that? Ugh. Seriously, this guy. What a headache.