#10.

For Han Su-jin, patrolling had become a daily routine. Every other day, wearing that shameful device in Lee Han’s office had also become an unavoidable duty. She had to grit her teeth, hike up her skirt, pull down her underwear, insert the device with trembling hands, and then turn on the switch. 

Taking a deep breath, she started circling the building. The vibration from the device enveloped her entire body. Fortunately, there was no one on her patrol route. Han Su-jin didn’t know it, but this was the result of Lee Han intentionally guiding her through the surveillance cameras.

At first, this humiliating patrol was unbearable, but it gradually became familiar. ‘Maybe I can endure this much…’ The thought suddenly flashed through Han Su-jin’s mind. She didn’t even realize it, but a feeling of resignation had begun to dominate her.

After finishing the patrol, Han Su-jin returned to Lee Han’s office and nonchalantly hiked up her skirt. She reached between her flushed thighs and removed the device. She was now used to Lee Han watching her intently. She felt his gaze sweeping over her sensitive areas, but Han Su-jin didn’t even blink.

“Ugh…”

As the device came out, she felt a dampness between her thighs. A groan escaped her lips involuntarily, but Han Su-jin remained calm. Lee Han supported her and moved her to the bed. When his hand wrapped around her thigh, she felt the dampness, but Han Su-jin didn’t feel much resistance. It even felt comfortable.

Lee Han carefully laid her on the bed. He began to meticulously wipe her reddened crotch with a wet wipe. Her sensitive skin flinched at his touch, but Han Su-jin simply accepted it. She even spread her legs to make it easier for him to wipe. Shame had long since disappeared.

This whole situation felt so natural. Han Su-jin herself had begun to feel Lee Han’s touch and gaze as a matter of course. Exposing her hidden places to him, not her husband, wasn’t shameful. It felt like it had become a daily routine.

But looking at it coldly, this was clearly wrong. Even as she was being toyed with and manipulated by Lee Han, Han Su-jin didn’t even realize it. She was just resigned and compliant. Her self-esteem had hit rock bottom, and her personality was slowly collapsing.

Nevertheless, she felt scared of herself for living each day as if nothing was wrong. Was this really right? But every time, she was followed by the desperation to protect her relationship with her husband. As if enduring this humiliation was the entirety of her life.

Han Su-jin let out a heavy sigh and got up from her seat. It was time to finish the now-familiar routine and return to her family.

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In Lee Han’s office, he was carefully watching the surveillance camera screen displayed on the monitor. In the distance, two women were seen entering the apartment complex. Lee Han smiled, seemingly intrigued. “Those two…” he muttered, and began to concoct a new plan.

“Su-jin-ssi, are you ready?” 

At Lee Han’s question, Han Su-jin nodded briefly. With practiced movements, she put on the special device and neatly straightened her clothes.

 “Yes, let’s go.” 

Contrary to her calm tone, a corner of her heart felt bitter. 

The two began to walk side by side. Even as the regular vibrations enveloped her body, Han Su-jin didn’t care and moved her feet. At that moment, a sharp voice pierced her ear.

“Oh my, Su-jin-ah. What is all this?” 

Park Tae-young’s mother, Mrs. Park, scanned Han Su-jin with a sharp gaze. Right next to her, Park Tae-young’s younger sister, Park Min-jung, stood with her arms crossed.

“What are you doing right now? While oppa is working hard…” 

Park Min-jung’s eyes swept over Lee Han next to Han Su-jin, showing a suspicious look.

“Mother, Min-jung-ah. Don’t misunderstand. I’m just doing some neighborhood association work…”

Han Su-jin desperately made excuses. But her voice was trembling. The device attached to her lower abdomen was stimulating her sensitive area.

‘Please, don’t let them find out…’

Han Su-jin bit her lip and barely held on to her sanity.

“Neighborhood association? Is it right to neglect your housework and wander around outside like that?”

Han Su-jin’s knees trembled at Mrs. Park’s sharp rebuke. It felt like the strength was draining from her legs. The vibration coming from her vulva enveloped her entire body, binding her.

“Oh my, who’s that? Why is he sticking to my unni?”

Park Min-jung gestured towards Lee Han with her chin and asked coldly. Mrs. Park’s eyes also quickly scanned the close proximity between Lee Han and Han Su-jin. Her gaze contained blatant suspicion and wariness.

“No, that’s not it…”

Just as Han Su-jin was about to stammer out an explanation, her legs gave way and she staggered. She tried desperately to regain her balance, but Han Su-jin’s legs seemed to have already lost their function. She stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Just then, Lee Han quickly supported her body. Leaning on his arm, Han Su-jin gasped for breath. This whole situation was so terrible and shameful. But the vibration of the device didn’t stop.

Mrs. Park and Min-jung’s eyes widened at the sight. 

“Oh my, what’s that look? Why is she leaning on that man?”

Mrs. Park raised her voice. Then Lee Han stepped forward and said calmly. 

“Please don’t misunderstand. Han Su-jin-ssi is receiving work instructions from me as the head of the apartment’s neighborhood association. I’m managing this complex under the chairman of Aryong Group, and Han Su-jin-ssi is also working here under the chairman’s instructions.”

“Aryong Group?”

Min-jung frowned.

“Don’t lie. How could my unni be working for such a large company?”

Lee Han chuckled casually and took out a business card from his pocket.

“It seems like you don’t trust my words. Here’s my contact information. Please check it yourself.”

Mrs. Park and Min-jung accepted the business card with suspicious eyes. But their gaze towards Han Su-jin was still harsh and fierce.

“Working in such a place? What’s going on?”

Mrs. Park asked in a stiff tone.

“It seems like oppa doesn’t even know about this, explain it.”

Min-jung’s eyes were still just as cold.

Han Su-jin felt anger rising as she saw their changed attitude.

‘They’re in awe of the name of a large company, but they don’t even try to understand how much I’m being humiliated in this position…’

But she soon regained her composure and straightened her body. Biting her lip and regaining her balance, Han Su-jin said in a calm and firm voice.

“Mother, I’m sorry, but I have a busy schedule as the head of the neighborhood association right now.  Please go back for today, and I will contact you separately.”

Although their faces were still dissatisfied, Mrs. Park and Min-jung couldn’t find any more fault. They felt blocked by the wall created by Lee Han. Turning around, they couldn’t hide their regretful expressions as they had no choice but to move their feet. But their sharp gazes towards Han Su-jin remained unchanged.

After they disappeared, Han Su-jin let out a deep sigh. After Mrs. Park and Min-jung left, Han Su-jin finally broke free from Lee Han’s arm.

“Thank you for helping me.”

As she whispered softly, Lee Han smiled playfully.

“Well, it’s not like I lied, right?”

Han Su-jin also let out a small laugh, but soon hardened her expression.

“Let’s finish this quickly.”

But just as she was about to move her feet, a strange sensation bloomed in her lower abdomen. Perhaps it was due to the sudden tension, unlike usual, her body was reacting. She could feel her underwear becoming more soaked than before. In a hurry, Han Su-jin urged Lee Han.

“Please, let’s go quickly…”

Han Su-jin desperately tried to hold on to her reason. She tensed her thighs, bit her lip, and tried to suppress the climax. But the sensation rising from her lower abdomen was uncontrollably intense.

Eventually, her legs gave way and she fell straight into Lee Han’s arms. Just as she was barely managing to support her staggering body, an orgasm rushed in like a typhoon. The sensations of her entire body concentrated downwards, and then an intense wave swept through her entire body.

“Ahht…”

At the pleasure of the climax, Han Su-jin unknowingly groaned. Still in Lee Han’s arms, she was caught in an unavoidable vortex of climax. A storm of intense sensations, so powerful that it was difficult to even breathe, pierced her entire body.

In a fleeting moment when her mind flashed white, Han Su-jin became dazed as if she had lost consciousness. She clenched her legs, trembled, and barely endured the climax. But her lower abdomen still throbbed as if convulsing, and a sob leaked from her panting mouth.

Buried helplessly in Lee Han’s arms, Han Su-jin gasped for breath. Her reason was blurred, and it was difficult to regain her senses. Relying on the arm supporting her and the sound of a heartbeat in her ear, she barely tried to return to reality.

For a long time, Han Su-jin remained in Lee Han’s arms, struggling to escape the aftermath of the climax. But her entire body was still trembling, and the feeling of alienation coming from her wet skin made it hard to breathe.

“Haa… Uht…”

Barely gasping for breath between her lips, Han Su-jin barely managed to focus her blurred vision. But as soon as her mind returned, she felt such self-loathing that she felt like she couldn’t breathe. To reach a climax in the arms of a man who wasn’t her husband, and that too, outdoors in broad daylight. She wanted to somehow escape this embarrassing and shameful situation, but she didn’t even have the strength left.

As the ecstasy faded, misery took its place. Han Su-jin felt so ashamed and disgusted by what she had done. Shuddering with guilt and shame, she sobbed as if screaming. Tears poured out uncontrollably.

Lee Han supported Han Su-jin, who was slumped as if she had lost consciousness, and headed towards her house. Leaning on Lee Han’s arm, Han Su-jin began to move her feet somewhere. She was so out of it that she didn’t even realize where she was going.

After walking for a while, a familiar door came into view. Only then did she realize that Lee Han was taking her home.

“Here…”

She muttered in a dazed voice, but Lee Han didn’t reply and led her into the house while supporting her. Before she knew it, the two were standing in the living room after passing through the front door.

Han Su-jin slumped on the sofa, gasping for breath. Her mind was in chaos. She couldn’t believe that she was alone with this man in her husband’s empty house, in this state.

But right now, she didn’t even have the energy to think back on the situation. 

Lee Han unhesitatingly took off her wet underwear and skirt. Han Su-jin didn’t even resist his all-too-familiar touch. As she saw their wedding photo hanging on the wall out of the corner of her blurred vision, she felt even more miserable. She covered her face and burst into tears.

Lee Han treated such Han Su-jin calmly. He meticulously wiped her private parts with a wet wipe, and then moved her limp body to the bed. Covering her with a blanket, he said.

“Get some rest. I’ll take care of things today.”

Nodding towards the sobbing Han Su-jin, Lee Han smiled and disappeared. With the sound of the door closing, silence fell. Only Han Su-jin’s sobs echoed emptily.

Han Su-jin woke up in bed. She stared blankly at the ceiling for a moment before regaining her senses. She slowly sat up. In her lower abdomen, the afterglow of the climax still remained faintly, throbbing.

‘What a mess…’

Tears welled up with a sigh. She tried to hold them back, but her eyes kept getting hot. She bit her lip and tried to swallow them. The moments when she had grabbed him and reached a climax outdoors flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.

She shuddered with self-loathing. Her face flushed with shame. But then, the images of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, whom she had met during the day, came to mind. Their attitude, which had changed in an instant at the word ‘Aryong Group’, came to mind.

The gazes that had looked down on her all along, the attitudes that had ignored her just because she had nothing, flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern. Her stomach churned. She felt a surge of contempt for their hypocritical behavior.

‘Maybe it’s right to continue this work…’

A strange thought crossed her mind. If she continued this work, maybe she could prevent her mother-in-law and sister-in-law from interfering with her and her husband’s relationship any further. It felt like a path would open up where she could live freely, avoiding their gazes.

Just as she was forming a strange resolve, she heard the sound of the front door opening. Park Tae-young had returned. She quickly wiped away her tears and got out of bed. She went to the living room and greeted her husband with a bright smile.

“Honey, welcome home.”

Park Tae-young strode towards such Han Su-jin. A warm embrace enveloped her.

“Honey, I talked to mother today… Did she suddenly visit the house during the day? Did she bother you?”

At the worried voice, Han Su-jin shook her head.

“It’s okay. She did come by for a bit, but she didn’t say anything special.”

At those words, Park Tae-young smiled brightly.

“Really? Whew, that’s a relief. Mother mentioned that you’re working as the head of the neighborhood association. So I told her that I had suggested it first from the company’s side, and it seems like her attitude has softened compared to before.”

Han Su-jin also showed a smile. She murmured in her heart.

‘Yes, all of this is for you. I can do anything if it’s to protect our love.’

The events with Lee Han flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern. The shameful memories, the moments of climax. But Han Su-jin tried hard to affirm them. She rationalized that everything was for her happiness with her husband, and that she could endure any humiliation for him.

‘The things with Lee Han-ssi, too, are all to protect our love… All of this is for us…’

With tears welling up in her eyes at the overwhelming emotion, Han Su-jin hugged Park Tae-young. She would continue to endure the current pain in the future as well. Only then could their small happiness be eternal. 

A twisted resolve was deeply engraved in her heart. Han Su-jin rationalized her own choices, using her love for her husband as a great shield. She couldn’t possibly escape this quagmire without enduring it like that. No, maybe this path was the right one, she whispered. As if brainwashing herself in the name of love.