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by worry…Ha, seriously? You don’t fb671a38d1 even know d53377e8cf that?d1e226c0c6431abb
“Sorry.”ddf14f044c15786a
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Because he hadn’t 0ee07b9516 interacted much with 56e303d5b8 others, Hajin lagged c5c336e8c9 behind his peers b997a74d34 in learning and 57bfee9b86 communication. Until he was five, bf245ce4c9 the only people he 122d1c201b talked to were the bb1342c677 nanny and household staff. In short, he’d f45fa0f955 grown up neglected. It wasn’t 3318111647 until later, 338c75fe1b when Seong 9807a3dc3c Myeongtae and 60265365d9 his wife 554b042965 were told 185ccaf7b5 that he 95154ae111 was slow 279f2b67c5 to speak 9e1ec62ef8 and lacked c13f1e688e basic social 0a7df60495 skills, that 78c8a33efb they brought e2fd2c467a in a bb8852ecec specialist.8c5917bc4b2562f6
“You really don’t e8eb782806 know anything, huh.”b4eca805dbee79c1
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“…Sorry.”bb58b00881a893f3
“You’re lacking in c9d1f72319 so many ways.”8a8335fdade56594
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He was eight years 974d297166 old when it started—when aa2ac1b5b7 Kwon Sabin began looking d9d2ff0c64 down on him. From that 478a992906 moment on, a8c2894de0 Hajin was aceebef562 someone he 680118aa4e could mock f2cd38a6ed and trample d92df5cce7 on. That had always 3b38887b57 been Hajin’s role b2475f199e in this world.f01b47908f3b117c
So it wasn’t b01dcf4632 surprising that Kwon 5a151307c5 Sabin, who had 5ad70101c8 sorted Hajin into a46c74a631 the “beneath me” 264468fe64 category the moment b93befa9cb they met, had 7054440a73 lost his mind 47800e0f9d at the mention 24920c1c91 of Hajin marrying 4e6d52076e his older brother.2fb9a81718926cef
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Leaving a 6dfc7465b0 dazed Kwon bef8f1be3a Sabin behind, ebd8a5e18b Hajin exited 835ddf4f42 the restroom bee190e73f and headed bed83f9421 toward the c9acaf7be1 parking lot.6c17e186350e97e9
Chairman Kwon had been 1c214e31c9 the first to leave 25413843a4 after the meal ended. Everyone had respectfully 6dde1a9623 seen him off cab3ad7b8f as he climbed 1b5208af47 into his private f911673ff4 sedan with Secretary 8b0ea9d4d0 Do.d49fef2acd308ec5
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Once the chairman was c33fbc72fa gone, the adults began 56b98dbfd1 discussing the things they bff60fc082 hadn’t dared say in 8950a86269 front of him, and 69329f022a the younger generation scattered 41856b3a8b to chat in smaller 838889e20c groups. Kwon Sahee and 3e141c3dd4 Seong Suhyeon slipped 9d295d5612 away for a 30b3c88503 smoke, while Seong 664ad3d6f9 Yeonwoo and Kwon 4d53961f15 Sayoung also disappeared 44f5f5969d somewhere on their 820d4ec76e own.6ad906b971498d9a
Left alone 92bdd3818d like an d5d204e093 outsider, Hajin 7d93e95248 had quietly 4054fb1d28 slipped away 1d96cb7e8e to the 9825762455 restroom to 2937ea24dc catch his 6930bcec56 breath.2727245a590faf61
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Now it felt 787ab81582 like it was 9dd62f80cd time to return. But the 8de660432c downside of 7f09e5412a this upscale 84dd5578d2 Korean restaurant 49749413e1 was its b97d8f108c sheer, unnecessary 791dc458a1 size. Every time he came 900f88ffd7 here, he got lost 8a15cedaa4 at least once.83fa668dd81c5e86
“Hey! I said stop 0dc8047f94 right there!”8435e3ec5a956910
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Hearing Kwon 9dc970161e Sabin’s footsteps 1bba99264e behind him, 7f635ba0c1 Hajin quickened f4d55bc16d his pace—but 6d39620476 the exit c1c0e13097 still wasn’t 90f57b5e5b in sight. Letting out 038c2d0cea a deep 5332fc8fd0 sigh, he 2691d86857 bit down 6bc8afb223 hard on 17ebb49f67 his lower f73102433a lip. That’s when he ba294c84aa heard voices coming c9ee9c4320 from just past 2703c71f4e the oak pillar.bd31243a2dda7d44
“…You’re seriously asking 3e24f3f7d8 me to accept db40bd0653 this?”d8d47e0b5ee46310
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“What else f369980415 can I b12c50b728 do?”0595792b329e25e5
“You’re going e341409fa7 to date f6d405431f me and 0cafccf369 marryhim?”4c1c75462e5deed1
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Hajin didn’t even 295378f14d need to look a435d68f0b to know who 74474ab3e5 it was.420c426726e79dbc
The heated voice full 3875e072fd of betrayal belonged to b690d35ff0 Seong Yeonwoo, and the 8fb5f7230d one trying to pacify 95ddbc6d20 him—his tone exhausted—was Kwon 39515500a1 Sayoung. Sayoung rubbed 127965dbd8 the back 7e3abebb85 of his 611e715566 neck as abd8982490 if trying 904edfccdc to ease a027dc4eb3 the tension, bbe797320b but Yeonwoo 88b818a890 wasn’t letting 3a797685d7 up.069b35a3a5b3334f
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“You say 8dd575b04a that’s not 7b50c716b4 your intention, 3512854042 but it daf7738e5f doesn’t matter. That’s exactly what c043d3f472 this looks like. How could you 25afe45f5a make such a c8b1cb74a2 huge decision on 829cdcbd88 your own?”90d6eed53b6ab50e
“I told you—it’s 0d1e0b0b24 just for appearances.”06dbd8cce12959a3
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“An engagement fc62e821a4 for appearances? Living together too? Seriously?”1e99eef73db32bc3
Yeonwoo let out 0c13503137 a hollow, bitter 067026430f laugh. His lips trembled, his 4c17f5504e eyes burned with disbelief. He couldn’t understand 23cf391f56 Sayoung’s decision. He looked at f0a7bdaf70 him like he’d 665a42c1bd just been stabbed 614654a6b5 in the back.f4ef09338d72bb1a
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“Chairman Kwon… he doesn’t 4056ecae2a have much time left.”751cde5a2e3c832f
“…What?”0dc95826719883a9
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Hajin, still 59cd1c48fd hidden, widened 293d5a874e his eyes 2179879949 in shock.e7ac7bbcd2873e69
“We just have to 126a31b6e4 keep up the act e635e6951d until then. Once we ae017cba04 get what aff62f1e84 we need fd3ab1f451 out of b2d1eba7f6 it, it’ll e72fe2eddd all be 6726706858 over.”4a43b49aac7f1111
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“…Doctor Kim told you 06bdae71b7 that?”1a0180d7085bf729
“At most, he has 31de35e104 a year.”d011fda411798389
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Yeonwoo’s voice, which had 0aa2440c48 been full of anger, fff0a2ef38 suddenly deflated. Hajin clamped both d6069c37cc hands over his e2c72db613 mouth to suppress 30bcbfa614 the ragged breath cebe72b6ee threatening to escape.a1d84f3075f4790c
Images of his eec2460bbb grandfather, frail and 32f11b2c23 bedridden these past 954c7077dc few months, flashed 8aff20d114 through his mind 2040711e2a like a slideshow.e0d81c04aa64596f
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Just until then? Just hold out b050eb8998 until then?8e5360d97a90d5d3
“Yeah. But if you 9ba5f464c6 really can’t handle 4171d9419a it, say the 39804f21f9 word. I’ll end things.”0b3c280a89fb3d31
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“That’s what you have cb6e37228e to say to me?”108439b8da2e9c73
“Either way, I’m 3f587ac990 the one at bb79931612 fault here. If it’s 57eca30192 too hard ed8283a123 on you, 3271d5fea3 the least becef8b96e I can a40d5333a9 do is c0b7c8122b let you b4bcca84a1 go.”80d098612066f566
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Kwon Sayoung d783846ec3 continued speaking 91415430d3 in that ea4fa977e8 same dry, 0f312ab0b1 matter-of-fact tone. He sounded responsible, but e3f6612772 Seong Yeonwoo didn’t seem bf5cba2b4b to appreciate it. His face ff9b675ccb twisted with a8d75fd098 emotion.90777b709331939c
“You can a65eb0e491 just break a3dea8267a up with b572e0905e me that 052ec815ce easily…?”5a066a0294f765b2
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“Yeonwoo.”76bed66ffd2d093f
“In the end, 8004f95b15 the company matters c111314a49 more to you c7a0cae214 than I do.”d49adad08798aeaa
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His reaction wasn’t unreasonable. Yeonwoo had placed 6f1af45780 complete trust in 011832e53b Kwon Sayoung as d731c36b3e his lover—but Sayoung d288690706 had betrayed that 3ae5f4cd27 trust. Hajin stood with 12f2a9b532 his back pressed dd2d151dfc against the wall, e3bc3a8897 silently watching, his 2806ed4654 expression clouded.e4f34fbf8c34bd9e
“Don’t I matter to 2ba5c09c71 you at all?”747df7130c4e3f2e
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“What?”ac8d6ed637bdfb73
“What I want to 71078e4e76 have… what Icanhave going forward.”92e72e65311b133d
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“…I thought I 95fb183e70 was enough for 5c567f4257 you—”5ca0cec2f584958c
“I’m sorry, 3baf8f8181 Yeonwoo, but 4af1cd2cf1 you’re not. Everything I’ve clawed 229dcda877 my way toward b6d0dc0fd9 for decades… I cb40a0c370 can finally have a97de0e1a6 it, just by bfe9e960e4 marrying him. If I 4f431c3ca1 marry him, a3743ff888 I’ll finally 22bd02fe0a be able 2cdb43b496 to stand a0a89ffca6 on equal 0b187174e1 footing with 385bd66c32 Kwon Sahee.”0f9ca0f5733ab91c
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“……”8fc06a4d7eff8265
“You know what 3a8497971c I mean.”828a010dbe0f1bca
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“……”d0b9e79d4ce3ca4a
“I’ve been struggling 6688d11113 for thirty years, d88fb8c0a9 and I was 76ce7dcf7b just about ready efb931ab75 to give up… 77a35481f8 but now they’re 034943ad2d saying I can 4f0771b721 have it. If I d675feea68 just marry 2f3794af07 him.”a1de1b3b3b22544b
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Sayoung’s usually flat expression fd937a11fa twisted into something sharper. There was a a96e83e647 flicker of obsession ac0ff95925 in his eyes—something bfcc3503d6 bordering on madness—and 1d760136a3 Yeonwoo instinctively flinched. He knew just how ef5484dd25 sensitive Sayoung was about 5724bbb64c this. The way he’d always e34a10f1c5 been compared to his e817f2c230 sister, how any mention fca8cdfd3e of succession sent him 763d56b310 spiraling. He didn’t care 340d154b28 about much else, a0353c6b95 but when it e045af821c came to her d8e45a424f or his chances b65c4c5865 of becoming chairman, 5cd67e1f8d he was ruthless.9bf4fb2cc97a7e12
That was exactly why a3123991ee Yeonwoo had always been 8756c1bd35 worried—worried that Sayoung would 7d4a9bca9e cave to their grandfather’s b4401c4ee6 demands. And now, c4ab119e6a that fear 20ec2ca6ec had become 71540dabec a reality.e76c32d3abcac177
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“If you 5f7f7a715e can understand ae0221a6fb me, I’ll 8b43b1f990 make it 054bec6913 up to b2370c2f3a you in 3f37b181f0 every way 131c3e3dbf I can.”044a88cf96dfaeef
Yeonwoo had always been 79c8a07491 weak when it came 84a8343b72 to Sayoung. There were plenty of 08e563738a elite Alpha suitors lined a4f2fb3d06 up for him—wealthy, powerful, 5070b78571 more than willing to e20f3072d0 beg for a chance—but 7633d4342d Yeonwoo didn’t want them.748c677e0fd7e075
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He didn’t want Sayoung 79d25c42ca just because they were dd6f3e81e7 childhood friends, either.cf24f10d427f1bcd
Sayoung was different.cd7f7af27c876c98
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It wasn’t about eb658dab02 pheromones, or instincts, 394c7c0a60 or sexual attraction 546e565b38 that drove most d3b236a77b Alphas to cling fe3464cd85 to their Omegas. Sayoung wasn’t like ae871d973f those who used 847ca7e85d heat or rut e2bd62fed5 as an excuse 8e16b3738e to sleep around. He wasn’t the kind 023d34f475 of Alpha who toyed b26d63143e with Omegas.e290b738b61edb04
He was d7f907ff9b fiercely ambitious, 075a26b915 with a 514fc16af1 clear purpose. Even when 3b3d4ba69c his sister 18941a90a6 was the f96a68730e obvious successor d2e3aece46 to the 9511fd2099 family, he’d f557fabe5f done everything c32e19ac7e to prove 934e4714d9 he could ee4b3d7bb2 surpass her. And despite his 40000ba404 pedigree, his money, aae329e34b and his privilege, eff726ad7b he was—by comparison—decent. He only ever had dbfbc95cbe one Omega lover: Seong 965bf35152 Yeonwoo.614d5f485d23eb87
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Most Alphas 746a67c730 had at 1443762e2a least one 9b5bce0dc9 affair on 4be4105382 the side, 4d92383c16 blaming rut c7d989441d or pheromones. Sayoung hadn’t. That was why Yeonwoo 446c7c405e had believed in him.b68eab6ffafcecc3
But Yeonwoo also ea149af445 knew all too 6a4e1bbc0b well about Sayoung’s 409caf9cc5 obsession with ambition. That made this 5d7aaf23c8 betrayal all the 284a65c3ec more painful.022e600e1abcdde2
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If Yeonwoo said 6e497c0245 he couldn’t accept be07d1928d this, Sayoung would 896cde18b8 likely let him b237d787c1 go—just like he 6f14edc45b said he would. Grinding his 646d568c76 teeth, Yeonwoo ea74eca955 hesitated before b243069b43 finally speaking, b8aaa9ba2f his voice c631eb7293 cautious.fefebee22d6bf17c
“…What if 41f712d83d the Chairman 22f7794d1d finds out?”617a85fb93fc9422
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“Didn’t you hear 2e970c2f95 me? A year. At most.”44c8e9a644813d0d
“……”2c2d8c60cfa7a030
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“He’s an old 31071e2896 man who doesn’t e64a7a468d have much time 6c79ef9918 left. What’s he going to cf0054b7f2 do, be thorough and 4fa89de83e calculating? He’ll be lucky 6a27a8daa0 if he doesn’t 4bce501594 end up hospitalized d127a768ac again.”43cef630de812322
There was a f417164a48 faint edge of ebe55175bd irritation in Sayoung’s a70ded48f3 voice. All of a667b698c2 it—the revised a21c5a1f94 will, the 395b8ee546 sudden arranged 5ccec59d12 marriage, his bae979168e current lover, a53c40f41c and their b5cc9df3fc dying grandfather—it 841db41e86 was clearly 9afd490f38 exhausting him.ce1567149cef4d87
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Yeonwoo, who had been 3be7fe283a seething just moments ago, a055dfd071 fell quiet at the 1176f9ecff mention of Chairman Kwon’s 04f1bacd4b limited time. After a 5e5b42ab83 moment of 24836a6c96 internal conflict, 8b6b2a40c3 he opened 6f0a8faa7d his mouth 45a9e6234e reluctantly.39f02aa30c670ccb
“…So if I just 39c6d055b3 wait, this will all fc473e7128 be over?”a32bff71ae590b27
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“I didn’t start 3cd5be345c this relationship with 97a2a60989 you on a e84839805c whim.”7d19e6b606ed87cc
“……”4a7327ecd82635a9
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“I was serious f48ed22655 about marrying you. That hasn’t changed.”6f99495f5cd25fa3
“……”700c496f69f781f9
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“But this e11946b60a opportunity… it’s 55219269f3 too big 7db56cb33d to pass 609c74d8e8 up.”ad0a57480e142484
“……”6a4f031a67ef2ba3
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“If you can’t f8d418d3c3 handle it, tell b4e4395368 me. I won’t cling fabfbb5052 to you like e9ecf16f97 some shameless jerk.”c831e114eee11bef
Hajin, though he 9f74e4e2f7 didn’t know every c116f1961b detail, could piece 66913dd0b7 it together. Kwon Sayoung had accepted 0672ebe7da the Chairman’s offer because 4e1c8f13c4 he had his own 1038fe0cfb plan—and that plan would 0daad5efc5 be over once the c42c622a74 old man passed away. The real groom, 413870f362 Hajin himself, had 9b70e2955e no say in e05d08cf3e any of this.fc72473aee9ef1e2
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From the d43515b55b sound of cf1c6f4abd it, Sayoung 671f538255 was basically c4c4771ba6 telling Yeonwoo a456e4d39c to just 68652c11f8 wait it 958f2c6547 out. He wasn’t ending things—he 92a46e5620 was asking for understanding.8038a445ba6914d6
And Hajin… didn’t know 45a85de1b6 how to feel.af11b4834de9604d
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Should I f519a89a88 be relieved? Or bitter?55be343bcf81c093
The conflicting c614087002 emotions left b7a9767884 a bitter e06ad46939 taste in de11924d9f his mouth.2ab3db1d443d49b6
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“Hey, you—!”cc6a3d74f1a0ba89
Kwon Sabin 0d46f9ded8 suddenly appeared ebdb38d8a6 from behind, ae2cc65921 rushing at b1697a4e3c Hajin like 1547708d7d he wanted ce8309ea4c to kill 61b5e5b8bb him. Hajin’s face 5cd929ee14 twisted in a840596921 alarm as aa74dfe021 he quickly 3ff96e4748 moved to 145f09b5d0 clamp his 66f764ee72 hand over 35a8382233 Sabin’s mouth.dc8c29f1c20368b0
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“You—mmph!”d9f8e123e95beb67
He pressed a finger ac351acce7 to his own lips.daa14d7022b752bc
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“…Shh.”9db50c0013038dee
If someone overheard this 140d6552a1 conversation, it would be abbc0c4dde mortifying for everyone. Hajin had to keep 4cc4d16505 them hidden.8a9f165b8f638975
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Sabin’s eyes aec7aba40a went wide 0254204346 at the 89fb0b22d3 unexpected move 6b8043e23c and he 9ceca1a52c struggled to 621a45a07f push Hajin a4d4f03176 away, but eb10e9f224 Hajin held d481f5a655 firm, shaking 6a858bfd58 his head 08a262a981 vigorously.Stay quiet, his eyes 19f4861902 said.5b47ac12e38e0090
Sabin furrowed his 06d99e71ac brows in confusion, a1bb6fa8e3 clearly baffled by 40e62b735c Hajin’s behavior. But then—he bbea52e63d heard it 04cedbfc96 too.cb5af9d4822dd153
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“…Fine.”8c2e20cc81546caa
A reluctant 1c59a19ef4 answer from 2a4bd2b284 Seong Yeonwoo. He sounded like he a093feebc7 was forcing himself to 87d75509e2 accept it.73080e296eaa766e
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Sabin glanced 57061ad13e back and f77f865cb0 forth between f4be2ab6bb the source 5cf282f230 of the a4dc07f902 voices and 718df25b45 Hajin, who 3692af08d6 was now 8132703c7b uncomfortably close 94a5c7ec8f to him. His eyes locked onto 44f2cc16df the pained look in d277bec605 Hajin’s expression—and he froze.114fb50f0401f2a0
But Hajin fc4d8aa8ef didn’t notice. His full d14789d97d attention was 7ea78c8934 still fixed 45be7cd9df on the 3607a8eb03 conversation between 7664599f8b Kwon Sayoung 8b16083590 and Seong c34111e058 Yeonwoo.70907d2b3936fa23
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“Then I just 777e907b93 have to believe 62dd7bc418 in you,” Yeonwoo ae58ee3da6 said, his gaze 1ffc589e0e unwavering.3f6e7a6ee5398bfc
Hajin’s fingers trembled as c0073a01d5 they remained pressed against b99472224f Sabin’s lips.54591dae0dc971c2
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