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“I’m almost done changing.”

Thinking it was a staff member checking on the situation, Seoyoon raised his voice slightly towards the outside. Knock knock, the knocking sound came again.

Did they not hear? Seoyoon moved his feet while buttoning up.

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“I’ll be out soon…”

Seoyoon opened the door and couldn’t finish his sentence.

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Opposite him, a person stood tall like another door. The one looking down at Seoyoon with a quick glance was not an employee of this place.

“Director Kwon.”

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Kijung looked Seoyoon up and down, who was wearing a brownish cotton shirt, and nodded. Another person standing behind him handed a hanger to Kijung and soon moved away.

As Seoyoon, who hadn’t immediately grasped the situation, watched what they were doing, Kijung began to explain.

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“Change into this.”

“Pardon?”

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The clothes he held out were a white dress shirt. It was certainly more formal than the loose work top, but Seoyoon couldn’t help but be flustered. The size looked much too big for him. Kijung explained casually.

“It’s my shirt. The size will be big, but it seemed impolite to give a guest of the household clothes worn by employees while working, so wear this for now and I’ll prepare new clothes for you later.”

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It seemed oddly formal considering he was already said plenty of much ruder things. Did he mean his own rudeness was fine but an employee’s mistake was different? Seoyoon swallowed his thoughts and shook his head.

“Thank you, but it’s fine. I’ll only be here for a moment.”

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“Since my grandfather entrusted me with managing this, I can’t save face unless I handle it properly.”

His tone treating today’s matchmaking as strictly family business left Seoyoon speechless again. Reluctantly taking his shirt, Seoyoon hesitated before asking Kijung:

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“I’d appreciate if you could turn around for a moment.”

He opened his eyes wide as if he couldn’t understand, then soon smiled bitterly while furrowing his brow.

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“Just changing your top between two men… It’s a bit ticklish, isn’t it?”

“Still, this is a matchmaking meeting today…”

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Hmm. Kijung exhaled with a low hum, then stroked his chin with a slightly mischievous look in his eyes.

“I’m curious, so take it off.”

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“…”

“Aside from your face, I’m really curious if what’s under your clothes is truly different.”

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After finishing speaking, Kijung leaned back in a nearby single chair. The way he crossed his legs and placed his interlocked hands on his knee, like a spectator about to watch a strip show, seemed to indicate he intended to flaunt his rudeness to the fullest once again.

Did he deliberately bring the clothes himself for this? Noticing his mischief, Seoyoon gripped the hanger he was handed more tightly. But he couldn’t help but be more preoccupied with his own embarrassing situation than the other’s lax attitude, and Seoyoon gave an awkward reply.

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“It’s the same. No different from alpha or beta men.”

“Then there’s no need to hide it. Han Seoyoon is the one who aroused curiosity that wasn’t there before.”

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“…Actually, I fell recently and got injured. It looks unsightly so I’d rather not show you.”

“If it’s not just my imagination, Seoyoon seems more enthusiastic about today’s matchmaking than I am.”

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Kijung cut in, almost interrupting.

“Wouldn’t it be to your advantage to satisfy a small curiosity?”

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Seoyoon swallowed dryly.

As he had indirectly pointed out, Han Seoyoon, and Seoyoon’s family, were thoroughly in the weaker position in this matchmaking. So much so that they couldn’t even rebut a word despite enduring all sorts of rude words and actions in their first meeting.

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Of course, even if their position had been more advantageous, it’s uncertain if he could have properly rebutted. Seoyoon had hardly practiced standing up to or rebelling against anyone in his life until now.

But what Seoyoon was trying to do now was neither resistance nor a fight. His biggest concern was that showing what was under his shirt now would rather block the possibility of leading to another meeting.

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“…Would it be alright to show you next time we meet?”

Seoyoon blushed as the tone that came out of his mouth sounded more desperate than he had thought. If he could just promise, it would take at least a week until the next meeting, and by then the flaw he was trying to hide would be mostly healed.

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“Whether there will be a next time or not depends on what Seoyoon does now.”

But what came back was a refusal to compromise. Seoyoon lightly bit the inside of his lower lip and lowered his gaze. Kijung also lowered his eyes to his wristwatch.

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“I’ll wait just 5 more seconds.”

5 seconds. If Seoyoon didn’t respond during that blink of an eye, he would stand up and leave the room like this. There would obviously be no next time, and it was uncertain how Kijung would talk about Seoyoon to his parents or grandfather if he failed to lead the situation as he wanted. Meanwhile, Seoyoon couldn’t truthfully convey to anyone, not even his own parents, how he had treated him today.

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Five, four, three, two, as he counted down in his mind, still unable to decide what to do, the sentence finally fell on Seoyoon.

“Time’s up.”

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The utterly indifferent tone carried a coldness similar to a child quickly putting down a toy that had briefly piqued their interest.

Naturally, Seoyoon’s naked body was hardly an amusing entertainment for him. Perhaps it was just a good excuse to end this unwanted matchmaking meeting in his favor. Kijung stood up without any lingering attachment.

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“Let’s end today’s meeting here. We will fully compensate for the mistakes made by the employees.”

He immediately turned his back and walked towards the door. The room was quite spacious, but it didn’t take long to reach the exit. Just as the sliding door was about to glide open, Seoyoon unconsciously raised his voice.

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“Wait a moment!”

Kijung didn’t turn around. Seoyoon hurriedly ran towards him and pushed the door that was about to open shut with his hand.

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Though the distance he ran wasn’t much, his breath became slightly ragged, perhaps due to his anxious state of mind. After catching his breath, Seoyoon became utterly serious.

“I’m sorry. I’ll… I’ll do as you say.”

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As if he had no intention of accepting the change of heart, Kijung didn’t readily answer. Seoyoon added, almost pleadingly:

“Just one thing, if there’s anything unsightly, could you please keep it a secret…”

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“If I don’t keep it secret, you won’t undress? Do you have a choice?”

When Seoyoon shook his head, Kijung chuckled and then, as if giving in, let go of the handle and stepped back. Now he really seemed curious about Seoyoon’s naked state.

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“What is it?”

“…”

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“If it’s just some trivial tattoo, I’ll be disappointed.”

Instead of answering, Seoyoon brought his hand up to his neck area. After exhaling a small breath, he began to undo the buttons he had almost finished fastening, one by one. Though he had made up his mind, the speed at which he unfastened the buttons with trembling hands was very slow.

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He wanted to believe that it was better to somehow create another opportunity by making excuses rather than ending things here. Maybe it wouldn’t look as strange as Seoyoon himself felt it was.

Leaving the center of the spacious room empty, Seoyoon undressed right in front of the door. Kijung also leaned against the doorway without suggesting they move inside, watching Seoyoon.

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One person in an impeccable suit, facing another hurriedly undressing. The sight of them engaged in this strange act while standing face to face in front of the antique sliding door might have looked like a scene from a play if viewed from afar.

Seoyoon slowly opened the front of his shirt and pulled it down. His upper body, shoulders, and upper arms were exposed to the air. The old hanok used warm orange lighting instead of bright LED lights to maintain its traditional atmosphere. Seoyoon’s white skin also appeared more blurred than usual under that lighting.

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But after finally unbuttoning and opening his shirt completely, Seoyoon hesitated again. Seeing him fumble, unable to immediately remove the sleeves covering his lower arms, Kijung urged impatiently:

“Don’t drag it out one by one. I’m not one to enjoy waiting.”

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“I’m not trying to make you wait, it’s just…”

“You’ve exposed your nipples but why are you hiding your wrists? Are wrists an erogenous zone for omega Han Seoyoon?”

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“That’s not it.”

“3 seconds. It won’t help even if you try to stop me this time.”

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At the unyielding tone, Seoyoon let go of his reservations. If he backed out now after coming this far and hastily ruined things, he would surely regret it endlessly.

Seoyoon pulled on the sleeves covering his lower arms. The last hidden parts of his body were fully revealed.

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Holding the removed shirt in one hand and standing at attention half-naked, Kijung looked him over like a judge and instructed:

“Raise your arms.”

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Though he had consoled himself that it might not be noticeable, Kijung’s gaze seemed to quickly discover Seoyoon’s flaw hidden in the shadowed areas.

Seoyoon swallowed hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing, and slowly raised his arms that had been behind his back, bringing them forward.

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His tense arms trembled involuntarily even before facing the other’s reaction. His flushed face slowly tilted downward. He looked like a child preparing to be punished for wrongdoing.

Kijung’s gaze fell on the outstretched forearms, and almost simultaneously, Seoyoon let out a short cry.

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“Ah.”

A slightly cracked sound of surprise escaped. It was because a large hand suddenly grabbed and pulled both his arms. The shirt that had been hanging from his fingertips fell silently to the floor.

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Though not skinny, Seoyoon’s arms weren’t particularly fleshy either, yet they were easily grasped in one of Kijung’s hands. His body stiffened in shock at the sudden contact with another person’s body heat.

It had been a difficult meeting to arrange. He hadn’t expected, not even slightly, that a situation like this would unfold in this polite and uncomfortable setting.

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Before he could think of anything, strength entered his arms. As Seoyoon reflexively tried to twist away, Kijung told him:

“Stay still.”

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Though it was a quiet voice, Seoyoon stopped his weak resistance and pressed his lips more tightly together.

He was confused whether his inability to move like this was due to his position that forced him to maintain a submissive attitude, or because of the compatibility between alphas and omegas he had only heard about. He had heard that it’s difficult for omegas to refuse an alpha’s words, especially those born with strong pheromones even when suppressed by medication, but for Seoyoon, this was the first time facing an alpha in this way.

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Even with his head lowered, Kijung’s head was comfortably above Seoyoon’s. Just standing close together, it felt as if his entire body was covering him. The feeling of being observed in front of a watchtower, the feeling of his entire being as a person being engulfed by a huge shadow. Seoyoon’s body trembled finely from fingertips to shoulders to waist, as if cold.

When people hear ‘alpha’, they usually imagine someone much taller and more physically built than average, with great strength and an overwhelming aura of charisma. Those with these traits laugh that these are all fantasies created by mass media or prejudices of those who don’t know better, but statistics prove that many alphas have more developed physical functions than betas or omegas. And as it happened, Kwon Kijung was the very embodiment of the alpha people imagine in their fantasies.

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His face, which Seoyoon looked at while lowering his head to examine his arms, was so handsome that he found himself staring, losing his embarrassment. More so than any artwork he had seen before.

With nowhere else to look, he gazed at the thick eyebrows and sharp nose bridge, then anxiously followed the color of that gaze. The eyes that had been carefully examining Seoyoon’s arms suddenly met his gaze. The moment he met those eyes that seemed to see right through him, Seoyoon took a small breath as if he had forgotten how to breathe.

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“You said it was an injury from falling.”

The hand gripping his forearm slowly slid down and firmly pressed on a part of his arm. A stinging pain suddenly assaulted him, and Seoyoon unconsciously furrowed his brow slightly.

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“Hng…”