Love Contract / Mark Lee

Chapter 41

Mark and Areum lay in bed, legs tangled in the blankets. Mark was staring at her sleepy face as he drew small figure eights on her bare skin. A smile grew on his face as her eyes started to open softly.

"Good Morning" Mark whispered. Areum sighed.

"Hey." She mumbled. She looked down at the covers to see that she had no clothes on. She widened her eyes, remembering the events of the previous night. She blushed, hiding her face in his bare chest. He smiled.

"I almost forgot about that." She mumbled. He chuckled.

"I'm not tired." He said.

"Ok." She mumbled. He sighed loudly.

"I'm not tired at all." He repeated. She raised an eyebrow.

"Good for you, babe." She mumbled. He pouted.

"What do you want, Mark?" She asked. He pulled her closer.

"I think you know what I want." He said. She giggled, hiding her face again.

"Mark... we did it already." She said. He shrugged.

"So?" He mumbled.

"Not once. We did it twice. If we do it a third time, I'm gonna pass out. My legs are in pain." She mumbled. He smiled.

"Third time's a charm though. And you won't have to do anything. I can do all the work" He said. She sighed. He slowly lowered a hand down her body.

"Mark..." he was about to continue teasing her when they heard the doorbell ring. He furrowed his eyebrows.

"It's ten in the morning, who would that be?" Areum said. She threw on Mark's t-shirt, and nothing else, before limping to the stairs.

"Damn did I do that to you?" He said, referring to the way she was walking. She rolled her eyes while she walked to the front door.

She opened the door without looking through the peephole.

"Areum!" A small voice squeaked, rushing to hug her legs. Areum's flower girl and her mother stood outside the apartment.

"Aurora is that you?" Areum gasped, bending down.

"Areum! It's me! I got taller and I can write my name now!" She said, wrapping her arms around Areum. She looked up at her mother who was holding an infant.

"T-that's great, sweetie." She mumbled.

"Uh Mark promised that he would take care of them for the weekend and I'd pick them up Sunday night.. Me and my husband are going on a trip." She said. Areum widened her eyes.

"Hey while I'm here, can I walk around in just a shirt, too? Like Areum." She said. Areum felt a blush on her cheeks.

"Areum who's at the- hey." Mark said, to his cousin. Areum stood up, picking Aurora up. She looked over at her husband, who was only wearing his sweatpants.

"Uncle Mark walks around with no shirt too!" Aurora yelped. Mark smiled.

"Um. You uh, you ready to take care of them?" She said, handing him the clothes and a bag along with the crying infant. Mark widened his eyes. He coddled the baby.

"That was today?" He said. His cousin rolled her eyes.

"You forgot. Classic Mark Lee." She said. He smiled sheepishly.

"Well it's too late. He's waiting in the car downstairs, and I have to go. Bye bye baby!" She cooed, kissing both of her daughters.

"Hey don't come back pregnant! I can't do this again next year with three kids." Mark mumbled.