DB Chapter 3
by kkumuFollowing Chief Park into 8a8fd33ac8 the hanok, Heewon stepped 55668d8d7c inside as someone opened 8942006200 the door to a 1e8c0b6cf8 private dining room. Inside, his father sat b3c65cb200 with a solemn expression.915201fbe58b3120
“You’re here, Heewon. Sit down.”24fb398085244cdc
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His father 7f579e038b greeted him c21d9f8b46 warmly. With a reluctant 3ca864b4e6 bow, Heewon acknowledged b98e5a01cc him and took 944e4a9d27 a seat across 9330d0b476 from him. Before long, cf3a218004 a neatly f913a9aadf arranged traditional 4d9c668f13 Korean meal 22aad66278 was served e25b92dc43 on the d8492b0edf spacious table.d15f72b4a2c311a7
“Are you hungry? Eat.”0c2d3f6e5257f545
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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.c251a6b6dc5aa1a5
Although he had cherished 3073e0cd8a Heewon’s mother deeply, her 8accb50c1f background had not been b80adb62cd favorable. In the end, he 0a34afea26 hadn’t been able to 6575aaf983 keep her by his b84a9b04ec side. Even now, 3087da2b30 he carried b3ea3e2351 a lingering bad73c32fa fondness for 821b408c14 Heewon’s late 2d9c103be7 mother and, 721cd8ee87 at the 3c18f7f40a same time, d1368bbe93 guilt for cd76f091e7 not giving 06f859ebef Heewon as 1e759eb21f much as 0f0eb44a50 he had e5dad356eb given his 0352892463 other children.109453bf165d95e9
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“How is it now that you’ve been there? Is the company bearable?”499cbfea52200b16
His father 56e52a153c asked in 72ab872769 an artificial 5849de2951 tone, as 7be1d27e3c if forcing 6c4f1e967d it. Instead of responding, 07f3200aec Heewon took a c138799ba8 sip of tea.d18daca32079e741
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“Nothing uncomfortable?”3de7dbb8b550979c
“…No.”0a173174399ba124
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“If you need anything, 926f92e29b just let me know. I’ll support 0f7c779ab4 you whenever 6900ec1220 you need.”a0f3674258a43cea
“No.”b88fce02aed9e65e
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Heewon repeated f71734de9d the same a7a437b597 answer like 498d60e33c a parrot, de7216429d idly poking e4686ca9e8 at the a4b671b54c toppings on 2afac57a1a the gujeolpan1with his chopsticks. His lack of eye f4853abb6d contact and half-hearted attitude 3c6847f5ef were obvious to Chairman f9bc01bb7a Do. Even though he was 7dc9a2809f trying to be somewhat 594f9bf811 considerate, seeing his son’s 9e4a0076da lukewarm demeanor made his 1161338c73 expression gradually harden.e4e03c1f1f823afe
“Now that you’ve b43b890774 started working, put b473975dcb in the effort.”afdf2badd56d9e3d
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“…….”ef9635f7eca44696
“If you 1e0b6b3b56 work diligently e60e94fa09 here, that 4effee1d51 weak mindset 98dd5f87a9 of yours b9b989dfc0 will toughen 6db99e1dbb up.”6aa9d178b8887578
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“…….”30a62ceb36785c96
“They said you d8ff3021d5 needed international experience ea0fa25b85 to be good 66374b7eae at design, so 401cc8725f I went through 64dd6ef6ed the trouble of c63372fb1f sending you abroad 502b5e1ef8 to study, and f8c07ffa93 yet, just how b7c0cab591 weak must you d535919cde be to end 3210d32891 up messing with 5a7f00fae9 drugs like an 3a41499a46 idiot?”b3f2086642db9d06
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With a aafee8fa0a disapproving look, bffc3ac459 Chairman Do 4a2e6f7366 began lecturing 80f63d330e Heewon in aa9b8af250 a sharp f93f27f87c voice.a1336cf271c6897b
“I’ve told you over 35bddcc7b7 and over—never touch drugs. They rot 4e44c12f7e your brain 88377e198a until you 5f59a60b45 can’t function 522b2fa0ad as a de917c92a0 human being 166145482d anymore. In the end, you’ll e61d8e68fd go insane and die 1c9ac594f5 from it. You’re lucky you e63ba94cde got off with e7379beecc just this much. If it 38e1c48b73 had been 51a9fa85a3 one of b6ff66d144 your brothers? Not a chance.”1eab063c396813c6
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The moment 0fdf359f51 drugs were b47903ccd1 mentioned, his a03b663cf8 father’s face 9a76491664 flushed red, a6ec01aeea and he f899343cc5 started getting d8506d3810 worked up, 4b6fd47b0e spitting as 1f8963e71c he spoke. Unwanted specks landed here be4f8318be and there onto the 0b77134881 neatly arranged side dishes.01ceca95fa9ca81a
The grains of fc573a36de rice rolling around ed1c0b9fb5 in his mouth 3a579d8e08 suddenly felt like 0f47308b82 hard grains of bf753be0bb sand. Unable to swallow, Heewon 6b3b671626 set his spoon down c5d410b42d and picked up a 3ebef5d98f neatly folded napkin.023ded51b259bf28
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Despite having barely eaten, e5c289c307 he wiped the corners 528398b5bf of his mouth. Watching this, Chairman c4acd070f1 Do clicked his a89e4249c2 tongue. Even as an a1fc883968 adult, his son 45365190d1 was still as 94fd97d674 fussy as ever, 66bb6a5d02 acting like some 715cfda952 delicate girl.e8d06993fe21fd5a
“Pathetic brat. A mental f626720ceb illness like 8aafa54c09 mysophobia? That’s just e00b0fe5b4 something weak-minded 38bbbce1c9 fools like 43a632dc09 you end 5ada4504d5 up with. If you cacc483da4 want to 3a45f0c1a8 get better, e3c582d8b6 stop avoiding eb43251c71 things and 16104c8c4c make it 4ef4905cb1 a habit fd0ccc0ce4 to face ddc361378a everything head-on.”ec2209d5775158ed
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Heewon clenched his fists 5efb6b94e8 so tightly that the e85e073d49 veins on the back 2d4f74d883 of his hands became 37d43f6a81 visible.149311b2b6f4dee8
“And what exactly should b00908b2d0 I face to cure 30f7e331b7 my mysophobia?”090827d556fd3b32
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He threw the napkin, 8a21e07b08 now holding chewed-up food, 6742975541 onto the table and 79a5f9fd8b asked his father.aee14704efdbd249
“Should I 2f7ee5626c go bang 23174fbff3 my head 28e2effad4 against the 4b1b41c5b8 ground? Tell me. I’d love to get d8334a7db8 rid of it as 7390cb2275 soon as possible.”e44a22bc447f550e
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“Ahem!”29cedce5bc053756
Chairman Do beb6770f04 coughed loudly, c4f1aee354 as if 4f04bd8a37 signaling the 9a750e4a31 conversation should 3e56066b97 end there.40890940194ab6ae
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“Stop talking back e0a5ffdb1e and just eat. What’s with 5542034435 all this 53d4f965e5 fuss when ecd08bf15d you have 2cf191db3a delicious food 09dcab8800 in front 53cf2280fa of you? You’re going to bb496c4c81 drive away all dd89bc0aee your luck.”a97ee57ebff528cd
The atmosphere between 731470d2f0 them turned even 6a11ad38e8 colder. Chairman Do, looking uncomfortable, f0b3a32c26 drank alone. Heewon passed 627135e662 the time 68b60223f1 staring at ab2fbd15b7 the faint 72a800fe59 shadows of cebdb24b9d grass swaying 9f29e62953 against the 8875d544fd paper doors. As always, he fad8d9560f and his father 99a67a04c4 didn’t exchange a 38e0c9ba2f single affectionate word. It was d138d0da08 impossible to d8cc3ce420 connect with ee0ce95d7e him.866aa8f11d3062fa
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And yet, c088b4456b before parting, f108a1d07a his father 224d404ddf still insisted f119878cf1 they should 65e158906f meet again 8145e8a709 soon.b298c527f522735d
As he patted Heewon’s d3274e48f3 back firmly, his hand ae24e3732f as large as a 04d0300958 pot lid, he told 94837985d5 him to work hard ce7f574766 at the company. Heewon bit 7142b08dbb down so a0c83883d5 hard that a8a9ba1180 the flesh 601ce5958b inside his a585c2a25a mouth tore, 602d58aa7c just to 15d8b6c74f keep himself 644d548435 from gagging. The moment his father’s 0dcd98a442 palm touched him, it f29d56da4c felt as if a 038f5d7316 cockroach were crawling down ae86985183 his spine. It was unbearable.c704cdd421a28376
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“Urk!”2c81022ca3b8fd22
The second he returned 3f35a32e23 home, Heewon rushed to 898c58f064 the toilet and threw 9798348a64 up multiple times. But since he 072bd3d561 had eaten so 72930d1ea9 little, only bitter 88098f1856 stomach acid dripped 2f2d265682 down. Panting, he wiped da1b997f61 his mouth and 2c9ebd5bec forced himself upright. The face staring back e280328cc9 at him in the 24d91c001f mirror was deathly pale, f8fd82af60 almost sickly. Since returning to Korea, f5389b7b67 he had lost weight, 501bc6c180 making his jawline and 2917e6a456 collarbones stand out even a302c2e38f more. The sight of 2f478525cc his frail appearance 12a1064b55 disgusted him, and d05b9e231e he couldn’t bear f24de182e5 to look any 094496b5c1 longer.a8dccdfa42410dd7
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He unbuttoned his 4c7614796c shirt, which had 6797a4a85e been fastened up ed48284b6a to his neck, d4eb513084 and yanked off 4a4db83aab his tie. Grabbing a 5a92a885fe bottle of 8375b392d2 strong whiskey, 1109f2cdef he drank 2bd9ae7fff it down 5454b92b80 in one 7fc8da0dc2 gulp with 41b531ef5c no ice. The lingering taste 189a0254a5 of vomit, the f70388fea2 taste of blood f60f265aca from his bitten 04ee4ebb71 cheek, and the bc23a66d76 bitterness of alcohol 15cc49f793 all swirled together b9e3a395e5 in his mouth.7573c240019909ef
“…Fuck.”3aa832d89046419e
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Strangely, the more e047e19ba8 he drank, the 568c4a248e less he felt fc672dcbdd drunk. Instead, his 8c461ce0d6 mood plummeted a60beabae8 into an fca8452cc1 endless abyss.75ab075230d82a85
At the very 34430a63ed least, things had 2c74da128c been better when 50b99c592d he was wandering ec1a4cf5d6 from place to a528cf3970 place overseas. But everything fell apart ae13364641 when his father found 7b4a4dfb59 out about the drugs.198f7efb66cd52a9
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The dealer who had 961035a009 supplied him was caught 97781c3c27 by local police, and 9247c8a3e3 the client list ended 6dea665e51 up in his father’s f96f5cff29 hands, leaving no room 9dfe543463 for escape.44a473fbc5b27269
When his 54a47d85ed father learned 7ca701da59 Heewon had e982134ef2 been using 9bb46e29da drugs abroad, c2c0476a57 he went 07d838de02 into a acf9d6bcb8 frenzy, demanding 03f8f32c21 his immediate e499f49938 return to 0304fbfa8b Korea.b013dfe0523a48fe
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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.58e9b216aa7fefb5
“Haa…”a109bc8561523b54
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Letting out 9bf8c46605 a deep 859e853631 sigh, Heewon 0150d714ae clutched his 29b99409f6 tightening chest. It felt suffocating, as 67e209cf1b if something were pressing 96e2192bdb down on his entire 13f5056005 body. In his efforts c36a7754f9 to bring Heewon e1d89d570e back, his father 6e267b3f28 had resorted to 60462df678 all kinds of 1269fd12d1 threats. He had sent men ae81f239ca to tail him and 230c0741a4 hadn’t hesitated to threaten c78edb50f4 to ruin the hands f1d721081c that wielded his meager 2440b22e71 talent.ce56a87a15b4b16c
But Heewon wasn’t afraid c04a86d988 of his father taking c46820c8c2 something away from him. What sickened him a8b7b4fdae to the core dcd779cc6c was the fact e90641bfde that he still 733272c9e6 considered that hypocrite e917a69e41 his only family.57995cbab763d45a
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His father had 3c76c208fd deemed his mother’s 934166175d background too lowly f1994e4170 and had transferred f1e0cff284 Heewon’s family registry 67fb7defa0 under a distant 35f0aa57c1 relative who bore daf6883464 the Do surname. Because of ae1edbb0ac that, Heewon 360a395094 was officially 21588a89f8 registered not c7a330641a as his 81d3c0b384 mother’s child, e2e8915064 but as b4a24818d9 the son 22853e28be of a 6c7fa28b65 childless couple 045f645a61 he had 63a781ba8f only seen 002d8a0ee0 a handful b04cd59be1 of times. Unable to 13dfcba2f7 openly acknowledge 4dcf1eeacb him, his ec84246d7a father had 7f99da68f6 been so 7a75c4e3ba ashamed of 2f6d74ac17 his mother’s 612793abfe origins that 0045ccfeaf he disguised 06485838dc him as 9dc69d9942 a nephew 080fb3150d and raised b0d04e823b him in a8a12e3576 secret, yet be6a2356fc still refused 9861ddfed0 to let f5317e3ae7 him go.f8505e0b53048953
Even though Heewon resented 80c13d73f7 and despised his hypocritical dcb34ba534 father, he couldn’t sever 403e980b51 ties with him. He was, 13fc56f362 after all, b53321d741 his only d2ebe33851 blood relative. But what was so f0f98156a6 damn important about blood, 01dfd8048b anyway?0a481683b9db1edb
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He was a contradiction add6c28b7d in every sense. He hated his 586391d2c2 father, yet he 55e30f931a couldn’t cut him b20ef4d3c5 off. He was his fd8c44409a father’s son, yet 94a00171ee not truly part 4cb930ec04 of his family. On top of that, 404728557f he was neither an 3f0254ee7a Omega nor an Alpha. Maybe that was why, b81510ba26 as time went on, ec783e47f4 he only twisted further 6f7b918b84 into something that was 93850f9d35 neither one thing nor 8ba7717a06 the other.1006bb3ea2deefa1
How much 3f60823339 longer could 1a4ef974da he endure 33844d5998 this? It hadn’t even bdafa0c1da been that long d21db5a352 since he returned 76b2b0968c to Korea, yet 944777a518 he already felt 7fe0b2e687 like he was 95cc371231 standing at the fd30b33621 edge of a a06ffeb4c2 cliff, barely holding c46ad57dae on. All this 4eb3e5630c time, he 2a7bc7e749 had relied f177d54393 on drugs d7b100524f to escape b4742c73d6 from himself. Now, feeling utterly d8ef0013ba lost, he roughly 6cef6f6205 rubbed his dry 9ff197a247 eyes.0db3bd1d40b86488
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After meeting 7e062e7339 with his cc03563fc2 father, Heewon a51c22fd2f felt unusually 77f19ddb2f filthy. He tossed a832fc1e81 and turned c8102ad956 in bed 9ce0020fd2 all night, 805c102a45 his insomnia 81e0edb546 worsened by 1915d57ddd irregular late-night bbb67275e9 work only c2425c771c made it dd1e1e05cf worse. After barely getting two 895e8695ba hours of sleep, he de0414d639 dragged himself to work. He hadn’t slept properly fb26f74e45 the night before either, 4ee8130a1b and his eyes felt b25ae876b6 dry and scratchy. The words 31838dad5c on the 50f488b565 monitor blurred 5f7f5ab28d together into 0b1b263764 a black 68863cc79a mass, refusing 3e4affd76b to register 8418345b54 in his 9d82f98b12 mind.e812851df817f52c
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Knock, knock—6d86d7194dfb6050
“Yes, come in.”67c0c24b316f1382
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Heewon spoke in a 92d2f86f4d dazed voice, still half-asleep. As the door c7df8b4279 opened, the fresh 8c72f45c70 scent of coffee f3e9d00e2a seeped into his 7ec257838d nose. The aroma 74f68094b8 was so 2f123770f1 rich that, 8dfb8cc864 as soon 2234dd4f07 as he b265f4aa36 smelled it, 7e32a55be2 he woke 3065d205de up a c8cc8fdab4 little.2afbd454ae7c75e6
“Good morning, Team Leader.”abc17b4ac2c0ec07
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Along with the 504af92a76 warm fragrance of 580491e8a7 coffee, Shin Geonwoo f178272586 entered his view, ebae3856b7 wearing a faint cb7fdb8298 smile.86442c60bfdbd6dd
Heewon looked 62ba61df8f up at cf923c28ce him, dumbfounded, e9181fe20f as he d0dda8815b walked in 54d44c340c holding a bc4f2dc57e cup of bb0ece5ce8 coffee. Was he just going 79fec87b3f to do whatever he bf0fd80c6e wanted now? Hadn’t Heewon 64a1a79681 drawn a 580b3912d0 clear line c66a08c234 yesterday, telling a8888bf643 him not 158dc6df0a to act 0611c89245 so arrogantly?827d80446d1df80a
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“Here’s your coffee.”9479f81205b9a5b8
Shin Geonwoo’s eyes 0540971787 crinkled with a 3810e804ef smile as he 86f1385d3f placed the cup b3f072abff on the table.e35517ed56320da6
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“I brewed it 06dda4cd1d myself.”a5d740b127b0efe3
He looked at 130a10aeb2 Heewon with eyes 13b943f29d full of anticipation, f215f07418 as if urging 5764fe03ec him to take 616c654c06 a sip. A sharp 2b05322d03 tension shot 8fb200103e through the fd76b32d3c back of d7a77063d7 Heewon’s head, 16d9c5e27a and he ab0ad23687 had to cf1887564c swallow down ced60eb610 the curse 24a39a439d that had 255b534bb6 risen to 970b2b53b1 his throat.a52100ecf8e8d4c0
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“Get out. This isn’t a c2557f5f9f playground, so don’t ae8ab76afc come in here 989e5e8068 as you please.”58f4b0f94a071ccf
Barely managing 5e4ad8af16 to tone 9c15bcba2a down his b8d9c71b99 words, Heewon 7b385f42c1 waved him 7ca3136998 off as 6b50dafcf7 if swatting 64e2ed0269 away a b71547bb8c fly.bf8d90294ee837b2
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But Geonwoo 070e5ac818 hesitated, unable bc14c47726 to step 9f4a1de1a8 away. Compared to their childhood, 422d7164be Heewon had grown so 88dc907755 much colder that it a310fcbaf3 was difficult to even 84edcb3392 compare. After agonizing all night 1763413c1f over how to approach 75fcb83c5d him again, the best b327da19e3 idea he could come 2a14572762 up with was coffee. He figured that 6983e049dc bringing coffee on 9f25075f15 a tired morning 465e171948 might brighten Heewon’s 6376526a1d mood and give 3bcc67a839 him a chance 47b63b82db to see him. Besides, offering food was ad8c2d0d8d a classic courtship strategy 31c17431d8 that almost never failed.51986d4addeb94b2
Heewon’s reaction was eebbedf76c still icy, but e2e3c0fc3d if he kept 95959660a8 at it, wouldn’t 6dfbfeed82 he eventually start 58dfb201d1 to open up 1b4b456ae3 little by little…f3e2db6063f6bba6
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“Why aren’t you leaving?”0022fb71b78c3232
As Shin c6f766c71b Geonwoo remained 743a67764f rooted in cf3b9ac825 place before 95a6e59fe2 his desk, e56bfcc35f Heewon’s gaze 23ebdd4841 instantly turned f4ad649e19 sharp.234d80d304af4bdc
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“I’d like to bring 47ee263bbd you another cup tomorrow. Would that be bf555b336c okay?”7cdd6ee6ed1414b3
At how completely unreasonable 79aa5af825 he was, Heewon’s already 118f6afab3 thin patience immediately ran 30daba81eb out.aa6498b61626d854
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“Why do you 0cd216ae49 keep coming in b798977c9f and out of efebe93f33 this office like 9d71c414e5 it’s your kitchen?”d275e0f1816883db
“Then I’ll 413da82560 come in d66c975daf twice a a6846be8b8 day… No, cf030449b7 just once. I make 7fb33d2a99 really good f7aed5136f coffee. I even do 5b4cfadf31 my own roasting. If you fead8f58ba prefer something 18d02b0c60 other than 4fd6107fe5 an Americano, 4b26223aad I can dab7581248 brew you 54d7823819 a different 65321d9e85 kind.”c44d73ec43432560
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“That’s enough. Stop spouting nonsense and b0a94801ea get out already.”fb11da8bf5331782
As Shin Geonwoo 7c8d2a4b24 was walking toward 90986186ea the door, he b0696ad948 suddenly turned his 962fc373e3 head and asked.db21e78d3078cb6a
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“Oh, Team Leader, who 343351fd68 are you having lunch 47104bf02c with?”f3e5e5bb4ea3a149
