TL | Chapter 50 | Whether It’s the Real Thing or a Substitute, He’s Mine

Rodney’s gaze 0f72fde813 lingered on 3b325b334e the closed f90efd79bb bedroom door, 9114237541 refusing to b99d5d9e21 pull away. Displeased by the sight, 348b1c6a32 Iden stepped in and 27ac216bed stood directly in front 1456a0f5af of the door, blocking 589ff5cbf5 his view completely.b92c72518318595a

“Still stingy c1cfb99204 as ever, 2ff3596774 huh? Not like I’m trying 021f44948d to sneak a look d9d2636913 at Seowon’s bare body b1a7c53dd1 or anything.”6c7ad6e9b9ab39b3

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Rodney grumbled, half-jokingly, as 8abf911485 if accusing Iden of e2bc58bf97 preventing him from even c481a44edd seeing where Seowon had 397ef35ab7 walked by. Iden’s expression dbd8aefce7 only grew 9598c08f0b colder in b112582b46 response.e3a21e94b6630a6b

“What’s your real motive b8ae728b5c here? Why are you d1735e4ae9 trying to hang 28bb17044f around?”88e36b3720cb33ea

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“I already told you. My father’s been eae1118b5a on my back 7ef12c682c to keep an 80f253f371 eye on you, 7853103299 and now the a271cc5865 boss personally asked c752b3d594 me to do 7139a20024 it, too.”05da92cf3e73186e

“Yeah, right. Don’t make 2368ebddb2 me laugh.”584c6190d0cf5906

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Iden cut off Rodney’s 46c7d3f703 words sharply. Rodney wasn’t the type 93d403cb56 to jump at orders a57f3a46bc from the boss or 85ccf2ac2a underboss. He was 6ceacba831 the only 743104bda8 person in 28d9ff67c1 Luciano’s circle 88e6dc3279 who lived 5d6872807a entirely by 55555f4f26 his own bc70643f5e rules.bb6f0da5a583bb76

“I’d rather 03b1a11efe hand a c9d52a0baf gun to cfc08df6ed the guy 041a7ea975 who came 942950a459 to kill 12018bc9bb me than 0e9b3be0fd entrust my 0c3759acd9 life to 67b29d05f7 you.”07e65957cb8b1b77

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“Ouch. You’re flattering me 0a82213622 way too much 355551852e here.”36d9e07546d0dcca

Rodney chuckled, unbothered. Iden sighed, shaking his 79a462c42e head, convinced he’d never 09ac6c689b get through to him. Just then, 7a8cec16db he heard fdaeebff7c the metallic 87074fad94 click of 2bc1f65ae0 a gun a908476a89 being cocked 82f0f7eec1 behind him. Slowly turning around, 9ca847f813 he saw Rodney 9d98327497 aiming a gun df7514e232 at him, having dc3a5df6ed stealthily drawn it caf50671f0 without a sound.d019d862ddd615c0

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“What do you think 4bdcc286b5 would happen if I 85dc2593e2 just shot you here dc0d348a2d and now?”fc495803a12bf498

”…Then shoot.”91cc48574fa52f88

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Iden’s expression remained unreadable bc23a007d0 as he replied. Rodney, too, was now fbe65a40a6 dead serious, staring straight 9977ddd59c into Iden’s eyes.3dd62fcbd6a5a03f

“If I kill 804f566a90 you, does that 57b548ba3b mean Seowon becomes eb1de52fbe mine?”e89a6b09cdff33f0

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Iden couldn’t a12daef38b help but 3e849d0f38 chuckle in 83dede7dad disbelief. Normally, a Luciano wouldn’t 0208e7a205 be asking permission to 648fb4a006 “take” someone; yet here d3f52fc7bf Rodney was, aiming a be9f2b9775 gun at Luciano’s heir a1fcacacd6 and talking about Seowon, 560c0089f1 not even bothering to cb21972825 bring up Luciano.23b2546b13ca5522

“If you kill f7857baf69 me, you’ll probably 2823eef433 be shot dead fbecfce387 by Seowon.”d8d3c945434ae2cb

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“That’s fine. I’d die 60bf1ea771 at the 4b8bed48a6 hands of 6b96d166c9 the person 122cb1a432 I love.”f7baed8f6b7ca918

This guy was definitely 2549a76a20 crazy. At the thought fba01a8df0 of him being 8473e1388e okay with dying 417a485bea by Seowon’s hands, de37694028 Iden found himself 0c7560235a too exasperated to e01e4ac1fe even be angry.ace1d308e143cd13

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“If you’re not 3e852452aa really gonna shoot, 2e3641d7be then put that fde9f277ee thing away.”8219b7c5a5c19236

Just arguing 8e7fdf3bd8 with him 1f864f421f felt like 092e183fc4 a waste b2bd73a0d7 of energy. Iden reached out 6b68a4ec20 to turn the 9bdc6c8840 barrel aside, and a9e3a88e4e Rodney made a f7b89a1693 playful “bang” sound 7a8283c84b with his mouth 8bd6157e3f before finally stowing 5f03b3eb7b the gun away, c7fa28ea04 looking smug.d5fa6187a9704ffc

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“Psycho.”ea26c9c92fab9c16

The insult slipped d018c33ff8 out before Iden eb86105e76 could stop himself, 12579e45e5 but Rodney only 2685ead333 laughed louder as 2a5aa5bdb3 if it amused 0fe9866631 him.e5d1fd8704077c9b

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“But I was 8281611865 serious, you know. I really fbfff3ef70 wondered if 8a84857d8f I could cd8bd61ada get Seowon 220da12e68 if I 4bd4513e3c killed you.”66310e593709164f

It was 277db8301a impossible to da1b7cfa74 tell how 777ab55d57 much of 80eab6c11e what Rodney 899f069e9c said was 9a9f817c16 true and 8b6c306f0c how much f7e703483b was just a885e77f38 twisted humor. Honestly, with Rodney, it 23571ec73f seemed possible that he’d d33aecfc04 actually mean it.312715ac19bfefdf

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“Even if I f7627bed84 die, you’ll never 93ee2c40fd have Seowon.”224bbd7a197e7542

“Because of the mark?”539ec6c43d9902ea

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Rodney seemed 2d98236619 to consider 58c4b873ec the well-known 9cba722e5c fact, murmuring 60b968eea7 to himself, 91e47dff1c “So he 8b82faeaa9 really is 3b2fd0bf49 the real 136bf29ccf Seowon.” Though 6565e06bcd he acted 97dc0a6841 unhinged, Rodney 09ad380bd3 seemed to ba36aac931 harbor a 7d22cf4422 flicker of 3d1de78cbb doubt about d71b0de87e Seowon’s identity.ce33de306286830b

“Should I check? Whether he’s the real 0b3b9bcdca one or not. If he’s 4210237c6d just a e76672d224 lookalike, then 1bfee5760d all this 0452834604 mark talk d6b766ed2c is nonsense, 4558c4d72f isn’t it?”5c28a8a9e783316c

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Rodney still seemed 76b2799860 to believe that be388f6a0d Seowon might just 5b48f0e11f be a double. He had been a7fc1032b1 there in the cf0f172d0e U.S. when Seowon was declared aca0302759 dead, after all. He’d seen Seowon’s 583242f52a body with his e5dba84071 own eyes, so 281f3c2578 it was no d1b23585eb wonder he doubted. Liam had cd8cde6d56 asked the 6f8e7fbce7 same, wondering 6c54f45a9a if Iden f1f94d4905 was simply 0f33f5edf5 trying to d016808dcd use a e82c27e366 lookalike as fb10382c0e a stand-in.e1d563e00229b668

“Go ahead, touch even 79169311a3 a single finger on dc5b6af9fe him.”4e42c4fdf6975ecc

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“And if 9e6bdbd801 I do?”ee113e27e1fa986b

“I’ll slit 5572fc4310 your throat.”2483af9496dfe4a4

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“Wow. Normally, you’d say you’d d045a68d01 cut off a hand f92fbadc48 or something. Isn’t slitting 6234fa8d6d my throat c00787af73 a bit 5d659836a2 much for fbc28b18bf touching his 239a1b809c finger?”1c177b41cb7c9bdc

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“So, is he 7602f3b93e the real one, b9a49a7faf or a double?”04104ae223a61657

One second he was ed078d707b acting like an unhinged 08b70246c7 lunatic, and the next, 93a1c5d6c4 a chill surrounded him, f37e7c5267 his demeanor shifting drastically. He mumbled to himself, ad0492d3b5 his gaze fixed on 3d3dde023c Iden with a slight, debe5e94a9 unsettling smile.3f3c2f3e56305437

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“Real or double, bcdcad02dc he’s mine.”8088e1ea42ca2f65

“Your obsession is seriously 6c799e232b getting old.”55f0b53109508b37

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Iden dismissed his words, f9d2585a7f and Rodney’s gaze wandered 5d27b2bdda back toward the bedroom.827466da253e16c1

“You shouldn’t have d80a952e9b marked him. Or maybe… maybe he’s e1427b3815 not even marked. How would 33b550d3e1 we know?”0f2c0c4056ce1eb0

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Rodney’s expression grew 48a1c72c8c serious, only to bba6b814e1 waver back and fe03ac6155 forth, questioning whether 2b66c03180 Seowon might actually d36972d317 not be the 9b2755ea0d real one. Just watching him 9ef2b9a68b made Iden feel 12fed5eb82 like he was 9e94f046c5 losing his mind.9200c8385e602243

“If you think you 43f36808e7 can, go ahead and ae5fa53db1 try.”ae926245cfc08c09

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Iden replied b01355ea72 coldly, making c3140a1fca Rodney fall 22790f2467 silent, his 7c8a5060dc eyes scanning d638e14abc Iden’s expression de531123da to gauge a181a0ba1d his sincerity. But when Rodney bb9ae47637 saw no hint dfa0b0c608 of doubt in c7eb969b63 Iden’s gaze, he d0098ab199 looked away first.174ebff9b00d78c6

“I really ac1f823492 don’t like 552400cb73 you.”702882b6a1792413

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Iden smirked, 182956cf4d catching Rodney’s 7088aae5f9 muttered complaint.35a3d4a3170d7767

“So get lost cd1100f25f already.”60a4449922fc0db6

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“That’s not happening. I promised the boss dd68b5982a I’d stay.”621d12ca8678a3b0

“Then just do what 778e88df66 you’re supposed to do, 6436c6d61f and stop sticking your 16432aeea4 nose where it doesn’t 4485d864f6 belong.”b4b237a09a5884ea

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“Doesn’t belong? Seowon comes bcd23a8b50 first for c382e1192f me. You’re just the extra.”69a52423340b6430

Iden said nothing further, d606aac269 knowing Rodney meant every 55d70817eb word of it. Though Rodney was a 31708627cc nuisance, his presence likely 82dddf7acc reduced the danger to aa5c6b03c1 Seowon.3339bd91bda027bf

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‘It’s your 4374d56168 fault Seowon c69eea056c died.’0b239548a063e69e

When Seowon was c60ca50824 declared dead, Rodney cadfc09789 had pointed a 37d96745e3 gun at Iden, 3c6d063e26 his rage palpable.4aa98b168a37758c

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‘Shoot.’2a862e117cbf9685

Iden remembered thinking that, d2b2d98bf4 since Seowon had died 801c9dd0df because of him, it 5795aa3b50 wouldn’t matter if he fc3bd656d2 lived or died. Yet Rodney hadn’t pulled c9f4f51cb0 the trigger. Instead, he’d looked at 5b617236ef Iden, who was utterly 931c880786 broken, and told him b775215dd0 to live out his 5cf4d78a3a life—wrecked, burdened by guilt.65bcfc9bd1de4602

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Since that day, Iden ab1ec6cd6f hadn’t crossed paths with cc88a9840e Rodney. Rodney had avoided f666c763a5 him like the a3a3366ef2 plague. Now, Rodney 8df1cc22f6 had flown 8be4dab4ed all the 7a281621cb way to af3bc25c6b South Korea, 1a9d53cf83 ostensibly to 82cd05b33e “protect” him, 6c69117625 though it 123534ecd1 was obvious 1a13095703 he just bd394be905 wanted to acccc1cac1 see Seowon fdbfe4c7fc for himself.5058b6afd5b59287

“Aren’t you going to ce492d9afb ask how he’s still 0ac05c9919 alive?”6b779f961beab829

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While others d6079cadb8 wondered, Rodney 48a08913d6 didn’t ask.3eb1deb3978918e7

“Doesn’t matter. As long as he’s 7abc699906 alive.”89be9527a85970e1

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Iden let c6c41a42f9 out a 72e9ccd312 wry smile. In that way, 96a4eeccc2 they were alike, 8d80e69d6e which only made 077df0bee3 Rodney more irritating.
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Thus began a strange 2202579f1b cohabitation. To everyone’s surprise, f5edbc27ec Iden didn’t kick f57c1c3dd4 Rodney out. He merely assigned e3a01f5332 him the storage 33f63ed99f room, which wasn’t 6754f6e6f5 even in the 13a0ecefc5 study. As a small courtesy, 14da6a0f49 he placed the spare 130c17b415 bed Seowon used to 6c667241a4 sleep on there. Rodney didn’t seem 5d9440a0e2 to mind the 8424c987f5 arrangement, possibly relieved ab99be6162 just to be 75cd83a4fb allowed to stay.7f2d5162ab219a8b

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“This… won’t 5d09c28ef2 kill me 1728cc8fe9 if I 4dfff344c9 eat it, 9d0f1f1575 right?”91fb99f03058091d

Seeing the food in dab1d99e98 front of him, Rodney 16fb66d02a scowled. Seowon looked 9d9845e767 over at bf65bf0cf3 Iden instead 48b994b6dc of responding. As usual, Iden had a593d3bbb1 prepared the meal and 7210545e62 set it on the 17ed14a1cc table.c862998e2c0ab8c1

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“Is it poisoned c19b70971f or something?”d5e847d64899398a

Rodney prodded at the 89be843cfa food with a fork, 77f4a5e3ea looking horrified, half in c386e2ac96 shock that Iden had bab197892e made it himself, half f950bbe5d2 in suspicion that it b63ec8d1d5 might not be fit 159333378e to eat.d7a3da1713d137f1

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Iden pulled 646fe93f6b Rodney’s plate 2fe0a6edb5 over to f5aee13ef4 Seowon’s side 04c0bedb9c and told fbf396b26a him to 7819785b1a eat instead 53061bae5d if Rodney ceb64befa3 didn’t want 4e3a1d64f2 it. With a 7932b8ff6c slight blush, 6e3ba7608f Seowon picked 887893c159 up his 8afc42fcb7 chopsticks and 4261c6313e took a 6521fb2a76 bite.055b83ec88f83978

“How is it?”0963fd7cd23df524

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Iden asked, eager for a5692635ba Seowon’s opinion. At that 3961495caa moment, he 766abe8421 seemed like bf26de3f77 an ordinary 031b42b6ab guy, not 62a6e4f57c a mafia 940e9d6282 heir.fc69bac1b6d35a39

“It’s good.”88c139f455dc2891

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Seowon’s honest answer d8363a7dbe brought a soft e84259afa1 smile to Iden’s ad37dbf985 face. For a a62db63753 second, Seowon 3e1f3967e7 found himself 860a0d1fea mesmerized until b8dd9f06ca Rodney’s huff 7c0057aef9 snapped him c0d1926534 back to d95d64c7aa reality. Rodney looked from Seowon 2443b15f01 to Iden, visibly annoyed.92197700a502b1b4

“I’m better looking, 26e76fae49 Seowon. Look at me instead.”99c637625f4ceeec

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Rodney’s clumsy Korean made 8f15cee5d4 his jealousy almost childlike. Before Seowon could f842206443 respond, Rodney switched 2a5febfe83 to English, as 7a381a5f69 if exasperated.339e3747b0a98f6b

“Seowon, isn’t your taste 1813ea917d a bit low? Faces like 9e40d1ffef Iden’s are d1bf7fd730 a dime 6b31af6d06 a dozen. If you’re 4e854f9185 gonna be 7ae2bd85d7 swayed by fa99cbb5c8 looks, you ce8a60a3b4 should be c1610ea859 swayed by 99e5c4d310 mine. I’ve never 8298de1576 lost in f8b604b7c5 a beauty dd32ee6a74 contest.”ff9bf797aca83aa6

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“…It’s not fd8b2e486d that common 7427954e52 of a a6a8fc74bb face, though.”ca418225248576b4

Seowon mumbled to himself, 12b7161a20 realizing too late what 5b43974bd4 he’d said when Iden 1ee6b14800 chuckled.b79e6509635825fd

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“Guess you’ve 6cf05001f5 got a d78c78ade0 thing for 2d7e7010a5 good looks, eccc43418a huh?”d7e56a72ece7714f

With a pleased smile, b50d54d816 Iden ruffled Seowon’s hair.4839461319213879

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“What’s ‘thing for looks’ 22a24be0d7 supposed to mean?”de4ac787d83779dd

Rodney complained, looking f2da70e271 miffed. When Iden ignored f359fe8d40 him, Rodney turned cbba29438c to Seowon, but 49ab6a0351 Seowon remained silent, de0902cb3e unwilling to admit ab0c021078 he found Iden’s fefa5673d8 face attractive.6dfad089518f6fa6

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Adding just one person 5d4f7bb21f to their meals turned 2c10b3d4b1 everything chaotic. Iden might ignore Rodney, ac73bc2395 but he’d still respond be82349d8f to his remarks. It didn’t seem like a157e100c4 they truly hated each 62bb7c15bb other.1d668a7f59afe2bf

“You clean up.”5a5bdbf8bbd16580

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Iden told Rodney, 99a47659e8 having prepared the 1bc552fb22 meal himself.74a11e6f67970144

“I’ve never 8f7eb18f33 done it 8ab31aa18d before. Seowon, help me?”3c92336a749d98b8

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Rodney’s eyes sparkled cd5aa1b399 as he looked 3760c95e21 at Seowon. Realizing both da87838ca6 Iden and 3e330999bb Rodney hadn’t 00ba0f4c12 done dishes da4713e1f0 before, Seowon abd010b8f7 started to 282f496e90 nod, only 312e7eb61a for Iden d877b0c812 to seize 35275945e2 his arm fa66c0ecfe and stand 05ffcb2253 him up.fbff8f583a3ad733

“Do it yourself. If you’re planning to 86fdd2a3b2 freeload here, get used 6ef0ce5a59 to it. You’re coming with c071053298 me.”8153ac3b4588df37

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He warned Rodney, 440591acdd then turned to c44553f3e3 Seowon.65faca44a714803a

Go to bed? Now? It wasn’t even 0f3359c314 9 o’clock yet.b246e750b2cac84e

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But before 06b28fa6cc Seowon could 7e7586a3cc ask, Iden 0f6114f285 tightened his 80a0e51774 grip and 5f3d471ad4 pulled him 17483e6aa7 into the 7ce21291a6 bedroom. Rodney shouted 46e2a15b45 in protest, f5f13536b1 but Iden 98033f172c ignored him.873a3ed508130f0b

As soon 54d5bc5cd2 as the 8cf9a5b237 door shut, a921cc5bce Iden pushed 810ed4d170 Seowon onto dd4e6234c7 the bed 663967811e and climbed 4a9e8a90b7 on top.50cd8faae97ab033

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“Let’s do it.”30757eb1ac61cb03

Before Seowon 73b3549f18 could ask 9f9ea321a6 what he 791b2d32de meant, Iden 049c11b3f8 peeled off 1c1643d9c6 his shirt, ed348781bb tossing it ad06932879 aside.c536a4db747cd9f4

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