Chapter 157: This body was too beautiful for that

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Chapter 157: This body was too beautiful for that Okay, welcome to my little classroom where I will explain some different kinds of burns. Hm, no, let’s not do that. I don’t think any of that is important right now. Let me just go straight to the point. The kind of burn I suffered as a result of gradual exposure. Since I started with hot water, my skin was already family with the sensation of the water... Is that the right word? Let’s just go with that. And since my skin was already familiar with it, it didn’t pick up the increasing hotness on time, and so before I realized how much hotter the water was, I had already been scalded a great deal on my back, not just my neck. And the reason I thought it was just my neck was because that was where the water hit most and that part was more severe than the rest of my back. At present, I had my entire back swelling with a thick dark red shade that made it seem like I had been going under physical abuse for a very long time. The sight... Was sickening. "I... I didn’t know it was this bad." I said, turning my face away. I couldn’t bear to look at it. It was too much. If I knew it was this bad, I would’ve asked for help sooner. But it seemed like my prolonged stubbornness to keep it hidden just because I wanted to have baths on my own in the future had caught up to me. This is why stubbornness never yields good results. "I’m sorry." I apologized. "I didn’t know it would be like this. I guess I’m worrying you more now that things have become like this." "Don’t say that. It wasn’t your fault. As you said, it was an accident. And if we have someone to blame, I’d say it was my negligence," "Stop, please stop." Not this again. Taking the blame for my own mistake. I didn’t like it. "It was my own negligence, not yours, master. This..." I slowly lowered my head, my face wrung with guilt. "This is exactly why I didn’t want to disclose I had been burnt when I thought it was something small. You’d take the brunt. You... You’re not at fault, master. You shouldn’t blame yourself. It only makes me feel worse." "But..." He still wanted to be stubborn but I turned my face away, pouting angrily. I had brought this upon myself. With this, I could understand why they would worry more and refuse to let me take baths on my own in the future. They would definitely want to prevent something like this from happening a second time. "I understand," Jin-Yeok said and walked towards me. "I won’t blame myself but I can’t bring myself to blame you either." Good, let’s just blame the essence of bad luck instead. "We have to get you to the hospital. If you delay getting treatment, it might get worse." He said and I nodded. I couldn’t even think of getting a massage with a back like that. I would only be putting myself through torture. It looked like my back would peel too. Though it looked swollen and dark, I felt underneath that dark skin, there would be pus since it had become inflamed thanks to my stubbornness. If I wasn’t careful, I could end up having a scar on my back. I... I didn’t want that. This body was just too beautiful for that. Would I be able to hide this incident from the other masters? Probably not. They were too sharp. I was gradually and slowly putting my shirt back on, as I had become conscious of my back when the door behind us, the door that led to where Min-Cheol and Seo-Jun were supposedly getting a massage, opened. Since I was facing the mirror, I could see the person who walked in. It was Min-Cheol and he had the same horrified expression on his face as he laid his eyes on my back. Oh no. I quickly turned around. "Little Min," I called. And it wasn’t just him. Seo-Jun was there as well. Weren’t they supposed to be busy getting massages? Why... Why were they here? It was as if they hadn’t even begun. Were they waiting for me all along? I could see the disgust that appeared on Seo-Jun’s face as soon as he saw my back from the reflection of the mirror. "What the hell?!" That was his reaction. I guess someone like him, who was into flogging his partner with a horsewhip and a belt, couldn’t take in the sight of something this bad. This thus confirmed he wasn’t that much of a sick bastard. Good to know. "Hyung?" Min-Cheol called, taking a step at a time, but he couldn’t take any more steps after a while. He was confused and angry. "What happened to your back?" Well, you see, this and that happened but it’s all good now. I just need to get to the hospital then it’ll all be fine. As if. I lowered my head, feeling guilty as I confessed. "I got burned in the shower but I didn’t think it was this bad." I said and heard Seo-Jun scoff, his face disgruntled as he looked at me like I had annoyed him. "I knew I saw something like that, but you were just too stubborn to admit it." He said. Yes, Sherlock Holmes. You were right all along, now be quiet. I’m trying to drown in guilt here. "I... I don’t have any excuse." Extra*** Ki-hoon had been waiting for a while; he even had some work done on his brand-new third laptop since he left work early. He was trying to buy time to see if they would return early but they didn’t. He even texted on the group chat but there was no response. He waited for a while but they still hadn’t read his message. So, he decided to swallow his pride and call, but he called, and there was still no answer. They were ignoring him, weren’t they? ’They must be having fun without me.’ He thought, putting his hands together with his elbows on the table. He pressed his chin on his hands, thinking deeply. But no matter how he thought about it, it just wasn’t fair that they all went out to have fun without him. ’Am I the least favorite?’ He thought, a single tear drop at the corner of his right eye. His assistant stared in shock. He was practically frozen. Just what was up with his boss? He couldn’t understand.

Chapter 157: This body was too beautiful for that

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