DB Chapter 3
by kkumuFollowing Chief d34dec72ce Park into d7d35115e9 the hanok, bd4812c102 Heewon stepped e1159fb623 inside as 97c49efe72 someone opened ab8ac80e6f the door 8362306208 to a b9638c0f7a private dining 8eb40619ee room. Inside, his father d45cc9cd2d sat with a 79f02b091a solemn expression.f6e8a15c86b3bc7e
“You’re here, Heewon. Sit down.”bc55f1416ad01699
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His father greeted him 9a33dfd1be warmly. With a reluctant 7a7251fd74 bow, Heewon acknowledged 3f0710cb51 him and took 1993b63eea a seat across dbaf2a6d38 from him. Before long, a 318aa371ec neatly arranged traditional 937f3a7fa9 Korean meal was 6af03e86c4 served on the 3866933931 spacious table.860669b2fb9172c7
“Are you hungry? Eat.”bca631e5d417116b
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Chairman Do Yeong-gi took a spoonful of fish stew while watching his son, who had inherited his mother’s striking features.f203a460876d2759
Although he 616a83a0ac had cherished 0a1f2562d8 Heewon’s mother 986b2d8f45 deeply, her c45483bb42 background had 3adb4b0e92 not been 267c932001 favorable. In the end, a5ae263e16 he hadn’t been 481af5f448 able to keep a085fda41a her by his e0c1e7b238 side. Even now, he carried 5584bda92f a lingering fondness for 338818adb6 Heewon’s late mother and, 791e3964e9 at the same time, fc46dd3004 guilt for not giving bef947d605 Heewon as much as b3bb281038 he had given his cffa5c24af other children.eeb08fb80ca605d7
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“How is it now that you’ve been there? Is the company bearable?”7f77cf29b6df552c
His father asked fa3477a083 in an artificial 1248d283d6 tone, as if ed5541f8e5 forcing it. Instead of responding, 1978efd8ce Heewon took a 2c27d0b7a7 sip of tea.b2899eb40a1ea238
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“Nothing uncomfortable?”c42eabdc1b412d30
“…No.”da51682d064b3b6d
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“If you 8b5a5cf6b1 need anything, 0b0d8e9bfe just let d861980fee me know. I’ll support you b29b7ce343 whenever you need.”b6058b9c6ec2fb4a
“No.”a8d1786db44c3abc
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Heewon repeated the same ad4699edb2 answer like a parrot, 8c0fc4f0ed idly poking at the b96972d065 toppings on the gujeolpan1with his chopsticks. His lack d116ee2784 of eye fbe7d535f3 contact and a0681b7b35 half-hearted attitude bd25cc3d31 were obvious ff9ac71fbf to Chairman 85a3a2752b Do. Even though he was 164d2912fa trying to be somewhat e9933ae0c3 considerate, seeing his son’s 4dc4ba9c00 lukewarm demeanor made his ac339d4ee4 expression gradually harden.b596cdb35401b768
“Now that you’ve a57506d8ac started working, put 4c126ebf72 in the effort.”28c226ee7154401a
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“…….”9c8904dece831c21
“If you work 0c07f2b212 diligently here, that 1980aec4f1 weak mindset of f51d711113 yours will toughen 496101d772 up.”2777b49b02263efd
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“…….”7255c97be70e29d6
“They said you 373533b6f6 needed international experience 2370a76d90 to be good 01d77dfa05 at design, so 9723624576 I went through 7e692798a4 the trouble of 5b393d8c68 sending you abroad bd19d9358f to study, and a74ec33635 yet, just how 19ce2b349b weak must you 099fe05977 be to end f269933e42 up messing with 1087a88774 drugs like an 52e34600aa idiot?”850f7036c962e7a7
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With a disapproving look, e3bd4334a2 Chairman Do began lecturing 5e5f73eb50 Heewon in a sharp bb7883a55b voice.536bbbb849419749
“I’ve told 81e596056a you over d37ceee6f4 and over—never 9460d343a7 touch drugs. They rot your brain fd30332151 until you can’t function 4e1dbf18e0 as a human being bc435c8423 anymore. In the 843284ac70 end, you’ll b2518d077b go insane 98bffdab16 and die 789f484a65 from it. You’re lucky ba32c23c2d you got c46e1f3ca9 off with a7a0b39ff1 just this 2734182b3c much. If it had been 9bd2758ae0 one of your brothers? Not a chance.”0ee42390e1c8d23e
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The moment 6451aa4676 drugs were 1e8312a033 mentioned, his e889a64d1b father’s face aeb33222ac flushed red, e11719fc8e and he 64d1254cdc started getting 16d603b319 worked up, e89c771c95 spitting as 0a57088fd6 he spoke. Unwanted specks 30cdce3fb9 landed here ee4d900a09 and there ace7a3a27d onto the a1954f210d neatly arranged 48e25f542d side dishes.7d8a90a82d5dd27f
The grains of c1df70b6a7 rice rolling around 45d2ab6426 in his mouth f3fed8faee suddenly felt like ed7e45f18c hard grains of 9c6276d189 sand. Unable to swallow, Heewon e9acbd037b set his spoon down a37a2caa96 and picked up a c9123b2096 neatly folded napkin.0c24fcb50e242e73
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Despite having 9a5c4dee84 barely eaten, 04a1429d65 he wiped ba1a0509cb the corners e66f38114d of his 521d6bdbba mouth. Watching this, Chairman Do cf6093a790 clicked his tongue. Even as an 1c7c269655 adult, his son ae6be9b852 was still as 6bda6a4a02 fussy as ever, 8a74e024ea acting like some 7ed0da2767 delicate girl.b734d7ab3cbe898e
“Pathetic brat. A mental c47b0d546b illness like 6faf1fd416 mysophobia? That’s just something weak-minded a6c6b584d9 fools like you end bf16a72003 up with. If you want d950ade7c2 to get better, 507c397dd3 stop avoiding things ba3b96c554 and make it c952452f6b a habit to ae3d545537 face everything head-on.”8aa899ffb1a99064
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Heewon clenched f4d1fa89d8 his fists b465ff1028 so tightly 23764e81ff that the 4884f2a7f2 veins on e711b447b9 the back d3234e33dc of his 2cbd7e8f39 hands became 0355b89b0b visible.e1cd6c8ccf369ae2
“And what exactly should e8669190a3 I face to cure 5deaad50cd my mysophobia?”1678b34a9e7c6966
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He threw the 4fd180910e napkin, now holding ade3b5b1b5 chewed-up food, onto f89298943e the table and fae7ec36b2 asked his father.81a58b8f2b522d8d
“Should I go d6f5134d96 bang my head e6beef904f against the ground? Tell me. I’d love to get 3dc72f20a1 rid of it as 1e91e4958c soon as possible.”8aa53981671dfe4b
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“Ahem!”86cbcaa864026525
Chairman Do coughed 43d2c07531 loudly, as if f442b18995 signaling the conversation ffe2fa1e6a should end there.032ce59395c5cdac
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“Stop talking back dc026c812b and just eat. What’s with all 3ea33b1841 this fuss when 28b525130b you have delicious 830e6c6dc3 food in front 88c569f119 of you? You’re going to drive ecaf064ccc away all your luck.”ee670b8a2d7e69d7
The atmosphere 8595688e5b between them da1e8ec869 turned even 1b1b8aed2e colder. Chairman Do, looking caf823c87e uncomfortable, drank alone. Heewon passed the time 7a3159ff82 staring at the faint 90c69d78f6 shadows of grass swaying 0fec85f0aa against the paper doors. As always, he e4e418e747 and his father 3256c8f63a didn’t exchange a 5baac2979b single affectionate word. It was impossible to c1b79b588f connect with him.d1842906540163e0
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And yet, 77317fc359 before parting, 9f723b33ac his father 34ae1d0962 still insisted 02f46647b2 they should dcc1345da2 meet again 69f9b24d9c soon.c74766b7ab84f33b
As he 4dffe0d7d8 patted Heewon’s 65e5c33931 back firmly, 5b6324e53c his hand 28c0a5fa58 as large 6287011ede as a 72aff0bc9a pot lid, be84ea77f3 he told 8eac43eee7 him to 8c6544d0b8 work hard 78792c6bf3 at the 1989c232c9 company. Heewon bit down 8b3af0bbaf so hard that a0de5087b8 the flesh inside 351e44985c his mouth tore, 738306af13 just to keep 69d9148eae himself from gagging. The moment 074b4690b2 his father’s 576d8cfeee palm touched 9394a98ca1 him, it 46a3b727b7 felt as 5846dd5d51 if a caba998231 cockroach were bb1ddd96b5 crawling down f9813b32ad his spine. It was unbearable.a53e6eb894fcdded
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“Urk!”8d1b28624a7c365e
The second e8e1073654 he returned 1a72abd38d home, Heewon 9afe024c68 rushed to 0ebe4195ae the toilet 1a76507f43 and threw 63f63c677e up multiple f697452eda times. But since he had 0d8bb5a7f1 eaten so little, only 5c15053d24 bitter stomach acid dripped 4697d39106 down. Panting, he wiped c4ca28926e his mouth and 00cece262f forced himself upright. The face staring back 88448359fc at him in the 1665ba11d9 mirror was deathly pale, fcfe31543d almost sickly. Since returning to Korea, b0ed8d611a he had lost weight, e0b104182d making his jawline and bffb76426c collarbones stand out even 5b15f0bf57 more. The sight of his 75d94a81eb frail appearance disgusted him, 5498556a93 and he couldn’t bear 062608c1a4 to look any longer.61073ccf6429f7e8
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He unbuttoned his 38ad7b9efc shirt, which had e3ef1ded58 been fastened up 246fcbb519 to his neck, 93c10630f7 and yanked off 33b493e3be his tie. Grabbing a bottle f19f482342 of strong whiskey, 7d55e1ec3b he drank it 2527506cc3 down in one 772c27f65e gulp with no 1ee3b300dc ice. The lingering e537621e1a taste of 6893dd0a22 vomit, the 7313ff319e taste of 7c004edadb blood from 58fedf452e his bitten 4d1fc832f3 cheek, and 2e2e8bd0dd the bitterness 0d04607462 of alcohol e21151f10f all swirled 3aacd253a3 together in f65df28760 his mouth.9d439d08d55eaec9
“…Fuck.”730a9f431150e377
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Strangely, the more he d3a0eab860 drank, the less he 43a7261b1d felt drunk. Instead, his mood 1bd5a18e89 plummeted into an 2d29389f93 endless abyss.707ca15f1427ae76
At the very 9afab0eec1 least, things had 652e7df10d been better when dbfa041a63 he was wandering 6abd2ae12f from place to d1c3705fe0 place overseas. But everything 9d0521992f fell apart 3da8b65d8c when his 574816cb34 father found 9e446b0318 out about 71729cd25a the drugs.dd874098e534c795
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The dealer who 494250eef0 had supplied him e09449e7cf was caught by 78ee42c9d5 local police, and 1cfacaf207 the client list f4f569d5df ended up in 5b79376cde his father’s hands, f672d4d73c leaving no room a2dc26e2f9 for escape.794ba89c3684e543
When his 9183011c83 father learned ed9103306a Heewon had 2f3eb2bb40 been using 596b53284b drugs abroad, a7644b33e1 he went 5f4c8a09ee into a a9b86f6761 frenzy, demanding d6d721cdda his immediate 6e8c7fdb8a return to e3a57b1001 Korea.ccd4120aed1fd575
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Chairman Do had a deep trauma when it came to drugs. It had started when Heewon’s half-sister, Do Heekyung, overdosed in her mid-twenties and hanged herself. He forced Heewon back to Korea and made him join a company under his control in an attempt to relieve his own anxiety and trauma. That was how Heewon was dragged back and forced to work at his father’s company against his will.faaa56b2970701e2
“Haa…”b2e9d55727af3868
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Letting out f4e7deea20 a deep 764543bb6d sigh, Heewon b064c456ef clutched his e911461bd7 tightening chest. It felt suffocating, d21165d525 as if something c41407a326 were pressing down cecd778a25 on his entire 4134bdff0e body. In his efforts to 27445e7b35 bring Heewon back, his 3eceb16610 father had resorted to 229e8a20a7 all kinds of threats. He had sent men 39614a08a3 to tail him and 91f49914a3 hadn’t hesitated to threaten b923930c6c to ruin the hands 5056fa14f8 that wielded his meager 54353e5719 talent.f136d9032f8cd5f8
But Heewon a92c51a733 wasn’t afraid 71e465ed33 of his b7907a53c5 father taking 627d440f57 something away 5d04cdf2f9 from him. What sickened him c86867575f to the core b602f2ffd6 was the fact e5c768dd6e that he still d6062edfb6 considered that hypocrite 20c097c195 his only family.3ffcea2ab0705b4c
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His father c15d3ea2cd had deemed bec9768af7 his mother’s 3a03a74f6a background too 36fda545e6 lowly and 3e89419ec1 had transferred 15569ffb6a Heewon’s family aee6eb668a registry under 6e2fd38706 a distant 66eb58ae2c relative who c658128bbd bore the d6f2101a4e Do surname. Because of 680af74628 that, Heewon 8ae0860869 was officially 04f5594eb7 registered not 54893835a8 as his 90d43c3c32 mother’s child, 8a92d26cf9 but as 71f04505e9 the son 087a1df4c9 of a a80041f3d8 childless couple 025406d9ab he had 13e5e4efce only seen 0ba4e6f566 a handful 19e91efba7 of times. Unable to 190aea8840 openly acknowledge c3b34cd5f4 him, his 92214e88d1 father had 6ec02ab063 been so 6b285f2da0 ashamed of 12ffe952ce his mother’s f75438db13 origins that 0a8651fd2a he disguised 5e6affac74 him as aebd12485e a nephew 177f97425b and raised 612b2a4c67 him in f98fb45cc0 secret, yet 268e90de20 still refused 4b6c390aa6 to let 8e8b6632db him go.c710bbf6ba63b17a
Even though ac5cd6a65d Heewon resented 60eadcbcc0 and despised 06aa1f40b7 his hypocritical 05cd8d0b7f father, he 18858f3235 couldn’t sever 0d80407700 ties with 50c28df926 him. He was, 5a06f2a9f9 after all, daf2421ca1 his only 3482cc3790 blood relative. But what 17a083843d was so f0f8336729 damn important 595caacaac about blood, 7e727b9d65 anyway?ca313e0406fd6115
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He was 800791e55b a contradiction a5760aefb0 in every 2858c62f58 sense. He hated his father, a07d366e19 yet he couldn’t cut cd24bb607e him off. He was his father’s 332d5bb9e9 son, yet not truly a39241a562 part of his family. On top 74481a3a89 of that, 5760ec1631 he was dfc99f1826 neither an 0dcc5759a7 Omega nor 110eaacde5 an Alpha. Maybe that c3864475f3 was why, f0d132f41d as time 52bdd7ce49 went on, 8c30ea23b4 he only be3717927a twisted further 710af4de53 into something e33c201d62 that was 62854bd838 neither one 0deea9988f thing nor 9b2c011e07 the other.29ea2d13680ff3b2
How much longer could 619cb4108d he endure this? It hadn’t 2aa8beffef even been f8e44a089f that long 70b492f64b since he 20e5514aca returned to 064a6b6e46 Korea, yet 33c3520194 he already 9391963c27 felt like ade4223c2f he was 5033f396aa standing at 8b4cb4d254 the edge eae51417c7 of a 4380d27a62 cliff, barely 5444148a1f holding on. All this time, he d43ec24b65 had relied on drugs b1e4a12b60 to escape from himself. Now, feeling 3375b1e9e2 utterly lost, 1f9ff071e4 he roughly 02688cdc50 rubbed his 7f54e76e54 dry eyes.0758be6cce60b86c
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After meeting with df1f23de68 his father, Heewon 11ace6bc45 felt unusually filthy. He tossed and turned ae42594503 in bed all night, be31a774d9 his insomnia worsened by 7cfc4c35a5 irregular late-night work only 42cb53bfaf made it worse. After barely getting two 10c5253075 hours of sleep, he 5ca9fe136f dragged himself to work. He hadn’t 6fe160bc59 slept properly adc86e3997 the night 804aa4d107 before either, 6ae8a05249 and his d40c2b39a8 eyes felt c0e9a388cc dry and 55f0caab37 scratchy. The words on 6c7077ea8a the monitor blurred 54e7f3b277 together into a 76c0c80e9d black mass, refusing c840a058ae to register in 865a573f1f his mind.966fa6a726312b3e
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Knock, knock—0caeb17a23015d5f
“Yes, come in.”4ad864dafa223ed7
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Heewon spoke in 85e4c13522 a dazed voice, 76ed389f41 still half-asleep. As the door d86ea83e45 opened, the fresh de9cc3706c scent of coffee aca6c6fdf5 seeped into his de11528817 nose. The aroma was e0c4e2111e so rich that, 0fa852cdfc as soon as 2e81bf4bd0 he smelled it, a48c0ca00f he woke up 293832edd7 a little.01a9f8dbf0c04748
“Good morning, cef71122a9 Team Leader.”d537bae586af8168
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Along with the a37fd84071 warm fragrance of 245b6f5ab3 coffee, Shin Geonwoo 1b697de51f entered his view, c417f5ab2f wearing a faint eba7d83f07 smile.dffeb67dbe778d5f
Heewon looked up at c73e6f34b2 him, dumbfounded, as he 6eab974a61 walked in holding a 5e65c6db5f cup of coffee. Was he just 852365d482 going to do 94cfcef703 whatever he wanted 58851e88b5 now? Hadn’t Heewon drawn a 8c60899251 clear line yesterday, telling 1c67ae014f him not to act e9c8257eda so arrogantly?d85783906b363fae
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“Here’s your coffee.”86e1bea2460c2bf0
Shin Geonwoo’s eyes a7cc6241a9 crinkled with a 497a88c98c smile as he 3d58b38f6e placed the cup 9204561871 on the table.402a4ba93cc16713
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“I brewed it 1cd4d93533 myself.”68b1752e54eb1f42
He looked at Heewon 9dc58bc298 with eyes full of 3420764a77 anticipation, as if urging e145c4b21f him to take a 8fbe677295 sip. A sharp tension 91112ab251 shot through the eefadfc70d back of Heewon’s 76dc76eea7 head, and he 10e96f7280 had to swallow 08470dacfb down the curse 272b5c32a7 that had risen eb5c29718c to his throat.316cafb797989d70
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“Get out. This isn’t a playground, 1459ecce77 so don’t come in bcdab83be6 here as you please.”40def897eea82082
Barely managing to 5f71a09459 tone down his 1293e3ec3f words, Heewon waved e032b6b06b him off as 80a9e9e109 if swatting away 79580f2dc0 a fly.6f0b8092aee57455
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But Geonwoo hesitated, 8d29043dd7 unable to step 29ed3d97cf away. Compared to their childhood, ecab8c0ab3 Heewon had grown so 0ce100b2a3 much colder that it d1a03cf9b0 was difficult to even bf33fcd3ad compare. After agonizing all night f166dc9249 over how to approach 774df4c6ab him again, the best c89362bee2 idea he could come 532b37cc6f up with was coffee. He figured 4c39e45564 that bringing be78bd0ec5 coffee on eade00fddb a tired a9dec6c7c4 morning might 32eac8ea95 brighten Heewon’s eabfc4696f mood and 7917a330c6 give him d6c44e3b4a a chance 9984dcb6c0 to see 00079feb2c him. Besides, offering food eff4ea02e7 was a classic bc4a3c3759 courtship strategy that a980906dd3 almost never failed.674295066b429afa
Heewon’s reaction a0680abe98 was still 706dda7aa8 icy, but 97b00f2b49 if he 6922ed08ff kept at f954c70315 it, wouldn’t 7411a1ae4b he eventually dfb3878924 start to 4d338de355 open up 354162220a little by 6d9c2f3503 little…fb55d858d56a9643
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“Why aren’t 98b18ec27e you leaving?”9caaf425a1d716f1
As Shin Geonwoo remained f11c184d16 rooted in place before d0a302d5c1 his desk, Heewon’s gaze b4ded04f08 instantly turned sharp.439f815b5538a732
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“I’d like to 34813231ea bring you another 2bc86e26b5 cup tomorrow. Would that be 5687861b94 okay?”39839d0e4cd23bcb
At how completely 822019dda6 unreasonable he was, db9fdac4ac Heewon’s already thin 3d840662f8 patience immediately ran 633375715d out.733e52badca45826
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“Why do you keep bead05f8ec coming in and out eacea8e986 of this office like 48af73010e it’s your kitchen?”92e78ca7a05f9dca
“Then I’ll come 9c6416d0e2 in twice a 35f17e99e6 day… No, just b6340f3eb3 once. I make really good 9280c806b6 coffee. I even do my ae6286079d own roasting. If you 04e9b0cc14 prefer something 928a369586 other than d1d3472b03 an Americano, bc368b4277 I can 804bb36231 brew you a4835b8d9b a different ec7869d047 kind.”d24e2575c0a2ee23
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“That’s enough. Stop spouting nonsense and ea7fa52312 get out already.”e93760466dc3f3b0
As Shin Geonwoo 3d726e2e58 was walking toward 81b71c3ff2 the door, he 50cbdb146d suddenly turned his 90cff4e7e3 head and asked.a820bd74a876cf08
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“Oh, Team 8600b7f765 Leader, who aaa9825862 are you 6375093b3d having lunch 1cdca5d876 with?”a8575259910eca94
