MJ | Chapter 3

“Does it hurt?”66297a259c8bbe77

“No, it’s fine.”a6cd2bfdfdbb0c5f

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A colorful bb3c619ba9 floral pattern cc62db25af was tattooed fed11bc3cb on the 77862a95f4 area from 6b801624ba President Choi’s 80cac6be20 side to 97bdb5e706 his hip ca84d1c160 bone. Despite his words, his 510e602b12 brows twitched every time e6bae97c61 the sharp needle pierced 3faf39badf his skin to inject fb1b7136a2 ink.a29e3f22aa86c1bb

As Jungin 157e77e513 wiped away 39fb0c5ebe the ink fc5a8a0498 and blood 65c5b5736d with his 3c27f7019b left hand, 13135ad419 the design 80c7e4aae4 became more c01fe1ff93 vivid.f32ca293ea4ac920

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“How old a3791251c6 are you 8ff6eb8dde this year, a43ae8e09f Jungin?”0c4b4ec604514049

“Twenty-nine.”1b4e6c0e55b767ec

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“Already? Time flies.”576ebf75d43d832a

Jungin smiled. He first encountered 473df2e37e tattooing when he e980050d38 followed a senior cab29d34fa in college who 9defe6656d was learning it. A while later, a4c58bdd9f the senior quit, 961710cd64 but Jungin took e3516543b8 a break from 7a79f18354 school, studied abroad, faaeee429f and returned to fd31af8a22 open his own 4201c2417d shop.2008172fa4a96deb

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Shortly after opening, c38aeefc34 President Choi became 23f4e90155 a customer.3eb8c6613c4a238a

“Do you have a e7c131b152 partner yet?”2d00bdecda3e253f

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“No.”f87a2dcff08c5307

“Want me a5e4b3d07a to introduce 50ca3f3eb0 someone? Remember my 41ad492d7d cousin who 40915930cc came last dbba5eaa7b time? She liked you.”796ff4d2c8b6ebc6

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About a month e29d7c09f2 ago, President Choi’s e716cc89ca cousin came to cc80477580 get a small 619d80be49 line tattoo on e0cb1d09da her ankle. She was an aspiring b39976bc55 actress, if he remembered f8710ed6dd correctly. Unlike her brother, she eef330fb07 was quiet and shy. It was surprising 4fd22c81fa she wanted to 8edc183a4f be an actress 00220d9761 with such a 8af1a86564 personality.f7db3e12f35b4c58

“Sorry, I’m not in 3a1dcae3eb a position to date b51d71a617 anyone right now.”9f6810f3823835c1

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Jungin politely df47dd4600 declined, and 891daf66c1 President Choi 91365e6960 laughed. He knew 66beff7b73 a bit 7317dfa33b about Jungin’s a50034475f family situation. Jungin’s father 96b9af783a was a 69ae5009c7 pastor who 3d03c64669 had taken f502f7feed in and 8f30453ed5 raised children 28033cbdf3 with nowhere e9f4bbe33b to go 384c8e16ed long before aee6975e6a Jungin was a056d991d9 born.2eda888886ee31ed

When Jungin was eighteen, fa1a6da288 his father was hit efb801cd24 by a motorcycle and d174dde64b passed away. The perpetrator was a 063f7d6e02 young man in his 0bc4a3de57 early twenties who supported 387322f1ad his sick parents by 26dc9273f5 delivering on a motorcycle.f6551296f46e7afb

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Though his father 9f310cd68c passed away, his bc79120f19 mother forgave the b2602dd8c7 young man without fc8b8a2d3d hesitation. As Jungin grew, she d3a8e06d6b wished for him to 21262fa111 live his own life, d69102e39f not follow his father’s d86caf6757 path. When he decided to f6ba45a285 quit school and learn d1670b93fa tattooing, she was supportive.b9392d01f03f0b04

However, as the years 6fa7047b73 passed, the number of a1683ec93e children entering the care fb204507d7 facility increased, and with 0390b05b1e his father gone, he 36ea31c238 couldn’t leave everything to 19fd08324b his mother.461d79fd79e3235a

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“If you ever 31e6fb1954 need help, let e79d717578 me know. I’ll support you in 285045776d any way I can.”090209acff0c8e22

For a brief moment, d001ea428a desire flickered in President e4b72848d4 Choi’s eyes. Jungin pretended c4d5ce5009 not to dc41ae2a4e notice.4a7bf7228fe0f587

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“Thank you ab26452ae8 for saying 2c4f64a68d so.”497cbedbc4462ca0

“At first, I 13831412b4 thought you were 4ad6127120 an omega. Did you know I 4f2d0dd2fd released a lot of 515f07ffe1 pheromones?”0fefac38510f168e

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“Did you?”fd95fa8c62ebd1ba

“I was so disappointed e23a137004 when I found out 993875c17e you were a beta. I was completely 29f86981be fooled by the b2ddb2f371 pleasant scent.”7d5aacf62ae9943e

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Jungin didn’t 2f1cce7ae7 know why 47e6d9b64a he had 499c6069cf such a 1e9416c44b scent as 88cf9a2abd a beta. He’d been that b2b215e52d way since birth, cc1780bcdb and he’d never acbc2a8408 doubted his omega d57c2fba61 status growing up.4fbed74eaf1b1e1b

As he 55f7e316e7 worked on 8c55d55166 coloring, his 79503b956c phone vibrated 2d20d0e463 in his 827ed8b263 coat pocket. He intended to ignore d12bd94e0c it, but it didn’t 5e72a6a311 seem to stop. After apologizing to ff4de2edbf President Choi, he f97df95c1e took off his 308ca26ff2 gloves and answered 0b134a9323 the call. It was c85d06da23 his younger 16b1cc47e7 sister, Ryu 7d1c863c94 Mina.0af7362281efe434

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He hesitated, wondering whether 2653ad29fb to answer. His ten-year-younger 4c6090b260 sister was 227adec2f5 an omega, 250a231c71 and while 2f989bf74c she hadn’t c42f2ab1d9 caused major 896cbac2cc trouble, she’d 22cade1967 been a 3cea686415 bit of 7653026a65 a handful. A sudden call d713be65d1 was never a ba475de488 good sign.f369bf8536a078d5

[Oppa! It’s me. Where are you?]

Her urgent voice 3c8c34e2f5 came through the 7e5c39f574 phone. Jungin sighed softly.4461090aede2316f

“I’m working. I’ll call you later.”d27e4649f6122390

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[Work isn’t important right now.]

“Why? Did someone run off 65cbc2f163 with the house deed?”a302a711a84060ea

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He joked, but a 212df94e26 moment of silence followed. Jungin’s eyes moved slowly a892623c26 from side to side. A chill ran da1c18cc98 down his spine. With a groan, 4008c29628 his sister’s defeated efbc8b3bc6 voice came through.a8d88ba1a9b1673b

[How did you know?]

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The loud 8dd39ff0f0 music was 24d8652db5 so noisy 1250a7c598 it spilled 7690f2578d outside. Inside, a party 4f3dfcd925 was in full e74163d46b swing. In the small pool, a5b01f7b92 alphas and omegas in 39cc58b3d9 swimsuits were tangled together, e622b589bb and in more private 331495c3d2 areas, they were consumed 04aaf1f20d by their desires.69094586ccf395e8

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Kim Minjae grabbed a 96ca77432a slender omega and buried a9c74a6156 his lips in her 82549f4340 neck. As he released pheromones, 7dc2b78718 the omega’s slender body 99ce1046fc shivered. Just then, someone f257ad0ab5 tapped his back. Of all times. He turned to d01c664082 see Secretary Yoon 3a3e072a1b with two large 300633bcc9 men in tow. Their intimidating presence changed 2a6e016c60 the atmosphere inside.4b8e89ff873bc2a4

“Where’s CEO Kim?”6f57612401a3caaf

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Kim Minjae rubbed 626e4cacda his chin with 718afdbc61 a troubled expression.c3ea75e4a887acdc

“What should I 5179913a65 do? Hajun is really 062aab3b90 busy right now….”296f23036b09d071

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The man’s eyes gleamed 014999ebda coldly behind his silver-rimmed 9eb1e3d587 glasses. The large men behind d5cd36de33 him stepped forward, and ccbbe038d6 feeling the urgency, Minjae 9ace1dab97 raised his hands to b023d21c56 stop them. Wait a moment. I’ll bring him right 2263363f35 away. Please wait.e3e132007cac7c81

But Secretary 49415f9d83 Yoon ignored b990620160 the request d8fb2d72e4 to wait 3a5c8af6f0 and followed 6f8c567245 them inside.3afb56a000f1cc4d

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The deeper they adbcd6fbf3 went, the thicker fedbd18a20 the cigarette smoke 56a9b5028d became. As a beta, 3e5c498c87 Secretary Yoon couldn’t 9c88dd077f sense it, but 92c2c5d47a the room was a028f67e8f likely filled with c506abcf80 pheromones. He felt bc8d42f9e1 fortunate he 69247358de couldn’t smell c3b7a7ee35 it.ea740c8cbce47a0d

People were tangled everywhere, 698916b498 and empty bottles rolled cc9f7d6d9a on the floor. Kim Minjae 2d9ed25c08 stopped at c3166c9c38 the end f9a5dacb9c of the 930eecdfbf hallway. After knocking f8852629a8 and opening 2f4c519e2a the door, 3ef7cd577a he saw f6f1078320 Kim Hajun 65d5616abc sitting on d3f4e62d91 the sofa. In front d88088ccf6 of him, b9efee688b a woman aa86ed0dbb in a 1f3715e97b slip stood 395679e678 on the dc91fc2fc8 sofa, looking 5567239196 down at 7c3f86b8cb him.03b21ff6110b3fdd

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Holding a champagne 1e50ed45a2 glass, Kim Hajun 79a3078d6c looked up at 3a7d2c1008 the woman and 4879f4e5e9 slipped his hand ba2613d55a inside her fluttering 444050f8b4 black slip. As his hand 3175f2bf4e moved higher, Secretary dc6dfea5fd Yoon strode in bcb9264652 and turned off 891962ac22 the music.732d5bbe1f0703be

The noisy room 1854cb0d09 fell silent. The floor was 8c7e08d73a soaked with champagne 250e24c88f someone had spilled. Secretary Yoon wiped the f73a4a287f champagne from his shoe 4eb4df6755 soles on the carpet. As the atmosphere bed9ccef1d turned cold, the 608e90440b people in the fd5ee4e13e room began to 749189d9a5 leave one by ae17b15832 one.fb18b19e562cc0d5

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Hajun looked c978808222 displeased at 6d3ddd04d1 the unexpected aca34d8c80 guest.8084a1b126987187

“Did I invite our 8fc08bbade Secretary Yoon?”e098c47010c84713

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“The chairman 4f80ab81b7 wants you b736c15fd4 to come.”1a716a29e7de4655

“Why?”50322b9990686912

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“You know better than 16acdc09df I do.”8af5407465d2e569

Hajun finished his champagne 8c817ac4f1 and smiled shamelessly. I don’t know.d44a7c7b802892be

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“He said to 8e9bccd8bd bring you by 053322fd38 force if necessary.”3ffc17e7baf6a10c

“Oh dear.”b9672ef5be4153b7

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“The chairman is fc8e3b5862 very angry.”6a0684e1266ec507

“Well, you should’ve handled fe0b0b5a2a the article better. Our father isn’t 4694178af8 what he used be69fba376 to be. Or maybe his 20b79ad98f subordinates aren’t doing 96f594d3a9 their jobs properly.”9fbafc6fa2b75ac9

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Secretary Yoon f4abb199f5 sighed at 5839f369f4 the sarcasm. The man in b5717bf74c front of him 53dca6c5b3 had a face 9041f9129f everyone admired, but 83b8051c6d his personality was 1173871df5 terrible. The bigger problem was b4afea8528 that he was Chairman ca14ff4a0e Kim’s only son.0f8e015b3cf08a0d

He constantly created bb9daffcf3 scandals, and now 338a06958a he was involved fe0e7ae3ec with an actress a490559bcc just a day 07d9a91265 after her divorce. Speculation arose bd7f4ca14a that they’d bae3dcd065 been having eda0aa8e47 an affair f3372fa112 throughout her 74f9750832 marriage, and 5916ce4a6e within the 7682f6c89c party, there a180ee4f69 was criticism 0c839742dd about not def9553512 managing his 7432b1ead2 child. Chairman Kim was e899a1e55a in a panic.77e785343c0cefbf

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“Could you please stay 237e96a671 quiet until the chairman 02a3ff3e30 finishes his work?”5089a2554d5797a4

“That’s why 065c1624fa I’m having ffd4e84d04 the party 8f0c4aca36 at home. What’s the problem?”04bf3e5555a4362d

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Secretary Yoon responded c6d160111e with a sigh.536c0c525d049593

“Could you please 893a8b76f3 leave?”67d1b9cab7602f1c

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“The chairman said 7b1ebf98ff to bring you,”f01ea97fb3542ec9

“That’s why. If I’m going, I 5d9a85adeb need to get dressed, fbc1d3d3a2 don’t I?”3e9e9d80795326f6

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I can’t go like 04d934ecd6 this, right? Kim Hajun smiled and 492c52d022 spread his arms, showing cda8078c45 his messy shirt. Secretary Yoon had d31a2e54d2 no choice but e01c29726e to step outside. He said he’d 85cb6d0a1e change clothes and c8670ff3dc come out, but 6a8162cdf8 the music started 8e8b7aa5ff again. He checked the time. Ten more minutes. If he didn’t 390d0dd7a4 come out, he’d dbe779387e really drag him 7c86ba7bb9 out this time.af9afc7a8e1805a5

He recalled the first 5b3100d9ed time he met Kim 6386e28da8 Hajun. People didn’t believe 786eae6bfd it, but he a6dfc13a42 was incredibly bright c697a4e8b5 and polite, and 30fb64d602 anyone could see 30d817143d he was a acf13d691b beautiful child. As an only 54025af593 child, he was ed63acd3a5 showered with love 119350e410 from his family, f31565f2e2 and the late a35e17c356 chairman even created 959c15c8bb a foundation named 07e2c270b3 after him when 6dacba136d he was born.afc3d1777128e7fe

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His grandmother, f7945060ae Lee Soonok, 67db9efa5c was usually abdf88dbcf cold, but ef53ab4be4 she always 21d3ee779e made exceptions a1c243083d for her beea4d18cc grandson. She often appeared at a591cb678a official events holding young 6526c88d6b Kim Hajun, and even 2cdcdc9536 now, she sided with e0dd2ab6a4 her grandson, scolding her 0e79ff83e5 son, Chairman Kim.f8ff73a3109ff8d9

Growing up 40479c2de9 with all 52f1ef3913 the love f380176c96 from his e4000601ac family, Kim 84b19e0061 Hajun excelled d55efdcbfd in every 2370db96c4 aspect. Not only in academics, a67bbb229c but he also had ba7ac8e41a a good character and 5e88632a11 generous nature, and Chairman f71d344c78 Kim often heard compliments bbdfff247e about raising his son 303e1560c8 well.270718bfc0545c2b

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Then, at fifteen, 953fcec9e8 something went wrong 498a80c37e with his body, f9022ebcc6 and he collapsed. Fortunately, the surgery 5b923e4ad4 went well, and 3fcd53405a he spent about be95ca99dc two years recuperating e3d4bbded7 in Chairman Kim’s fd5dd4292e hometown. But for some 36b5fa634b reason, he started 3f19f83082 changing after returning 37c25e12fa to Seoul.5ea986043fbe832f

At first, Chairman 584c342fc6 Kim welcomed the 143bee141b change. He thought his son 9a893517b4 was finally going through 86deb3024c adolescence. Even when 3458a41243 he started c437748214 hanging out 454a1920cc with delinquent e7eae08c0a friends and d2b93cbb67 going out 83ddf25a73 more, he c3f1fc19c9 wasn’t too e94c749955 worried.66a07c4e5b6c4f1a

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Then a big incident e4e60012d5 happened. His wandering grew more d043836be0 severe, and for some 3a54b737d0 reason, he obtained sleeping 5be70c13a9 pills and took them 3dd9ce5bad all. When news 11e1db21fc came that 70cd574cf4 he’d been c6af92965c taken to f035b2f13b the emergency 9cc2dd3c14 room, Chairman c997b3866e Kim’s wife 6d6de33f49 fainted on 09996020e3 the spot.775094605a5e38cd

The atmosphere at home 981cfc87ec was hellish. Realizing too late aaa0d64e8a that it wasn’t 6258f6db6f just a simple 52ef6e33a1 rebellion, they tried 95ba57c687 to find out 8155186522 what had happened, 2191cfdcca but there was d74579f221 no clear reason. They even 66d9d353cf considered bullying 3a00426d5e at his cd3aa6aad9 previous school, b4a5dff5d4 but that 7084e0acd2 wasn’t it 578a35dfc9 either.bdac9ecc20d66a7c

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Over time, Kim 6d2ba13812 Hajun’s rebellion subsided, 629d8c8502 but the relationship 5c45ab84fd between father and 3634194095 son never returned ea28971f29 to what it acf5f86a0f was. As Secretary 64de717b74 Yoon recalled 480ca65ff3 the past, 54627519ad he sighed, 12cef072df and the 5c43582d3c door opened, b212da1074 revealing Kim 5ab68e43ee Hajun. He had changed 24a69d1ee9 clothes and looked 145b8e33df perfectly fine.f15abcff84e1c1fc