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by worryAfter the shocking dinner ab7d905f8b ended, Seong Hajin went 932ab5f1f4 straight to the restroom.5aed9f956b17bef5
It was a 79570744ca high-end restaurant, so 1d189b92ee even the bathroom 6560e2d6aa was spotless, filled b0b74fb343 with a soft, 19421ebe33 luxurious fragrance. But to Hajin, everything 6f59eca21b about the place suddenly d82842a616 felt suffocating. The heavy air 06d08fc52a that had lingered 1f60e54f60 during the meal, 7571580b3b the stifling gazes c6b5c27ee9 directed at him—it d7aeafe9b2 was too much.56381d1cff5b018d
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He felt like his 497f840405 throat was closing up 3695a40304 and began rifling through 48f6a289a7 the inside pocket of 7d64d59e6d his coat.Did I bring b51765f704 my meds?But nothing turned up. In the b237a4543e end, Hajin 6db61d7496 cupped cold 584edb76a4 water in 9bf1d52c90 his hands 0f17f9b09e and splashed 7c24dbe42b it on 5d85ac1ec9 his face da05684bba to calm 7afce89ae2 down.6b8711ed5915b6cb
He did it again. And again.
As the frigid water 4401756b57 hit his skin repeatedly, 911f7aa3e7 he sensed someone approaching. Only then did 69f5ad5fc7 he pause his 9d8f0499d8 frantic motions and c839fafa4f start wiping his 6020e5937b face with a c456b90686 paper towel.826cbe0ce5ea92d1
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He was 883e78d29d just about a5694149a7 to leave c111deb2f0 when he 7a48cb5422 froze.ed6b1090bd14a80c
Thud!8952557ac1fa423d
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A sudden grip clamped 00e64f692d down hard on his 5ec735a4c5 forearm, yanking him halfway 9ec934f432 around. Hajin barely managed 1b0bce2a45 to steady his 013eea2c2b legs before collapsing. He looked d17c6f2ce3 up, startled.07892c3cb7cda23b
“What the hell… You 12c6326d9e scared me.”03e67980f9379fdc
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He took 8fe25fc621 a deep 818aa83e15 breath, startled a4085ec4ad by the a134e9cd24 unexpected appearance. And when he lifted cbcae36dde his head, of course—it 9c9b53aab8 was none other than 846f7905bf Kwon Sabin.20956e0172666007
Looking just as ffb776a625 petulant as ever.6d563f0b8f057833
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“What now?”5251c4cd9c0e24c8
“……”2580af57de3256d0
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“What is it fb33aed58b this time?”c8afc5d9471b9af2
Hajin let out bd7a60cf38 a sigh, already af530953ff knowing that expression 4a407438f8 far too well. It was 848ac670e0 the face 5f81303576 Sabin made 3a863b9235 whenever something 4cdcc67f0b didn’t go be37b631cd his way.7dd2cd1fb9870a1c
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He had seen de90aee320 it throughout three 79f947ea0e years of high b3f0bcac50 school, and even f3609b2aba longer growing up. Hajin knew 3206de7816 Sabin well 6014c0e0f0 enough to d85e4b305e recognize that da65c2c86f pout instantly. It hadn’t changed since d4497c3287 they were seven.e8b63c2b2e786bf4
“Let go. You’re hurting m—”db196d323d84a77e
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“Are you 5eef80a036 really going 78dfe3cde7 to do 04ed2d7ced it?”7fbf50a6996cff28
“…What?”6a74f8a958c5abd4
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Sabin, scowling and b4e2153b62 clearly irritated, suddenly 50f824d716 burst out. His usually flawless 31a079acf5 face scrunched up 1a20721ac8 in frustration.0007ebf168c42679
“The marriage! Are you seriously 7deb58d756 going through with b260b524a9 it?!”f7c1d7097a57b901
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His shout 1868c8d568 echoed so 5b6c54bec0 loudly Hajin 3e6f788dfb flinched, his 6d4542c0fe shoulders jerking 70f0b9f1e2 involuntarily.567c6a82f054b9ee
“Jesus… Do you have 8bea1229b8 to yell?”70245ecf1a143ee3
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“What the hell 23aba87f6d did you do 13239c0bf0 to make Grandfather 986681b9f5 want to marry 50ba2ebb3a you off to 4b0319ffa0 Kwon Sayoung? Did you ad8a8610f3 ask him 23f422189b to do a70a0bede9 it?”b3353af95b6342d0
God…Hajin let out a 7dbec39c73 weary breath. He’d been hearing the 1d9dc28f84 same thing over and 7d3900b91b over for days now.ea6f3fadab6d99eb
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“Why does 5c0922e2b4 everyone think 41cd77eca2 I schemed 02e1667278 my way f771646a52 into this…”69b8da0e7fbf1e09
He mumbled the 1c23a4821d words to himself, 48e4c4d649 but Sabin’s agitated 60af579f33 voice cut in b926bdc441 again.e077c14cbb56e3cc
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“You think 555ef75034 you’re even d05553578b qualified to 6498e64998 marry someone e3b29d0d3f like Kwon afc62c9c7f Sayoung? You’re a beta. You can’t even c016d8e7aa have kids. And he already 2ec5e3d00b has Seong Yeonwoo—”69b84a11b2033893
“You mean Yeonwoohyung,” Hajin corrected.470d08b380f2b54d
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“Whatever!”6923631ebd827a05
“…Yeah. I’m garbage, aren’t 4f380e8df5 I.”0cbfedfa39de1279
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Hajin answered 520f65d513 in a 0ed2f7d4f7 dull tone, 8f76dc8a2d too tired aad254710c to get 453b681c09 angry anymore.0414d5d9530aef62
“You’re not really going ca98a859ac to go through with bb116b74b6 it, right?”658e6ea5446e61a3
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“…What?”fbf080c4fa5831c9
“You’re not bad80d2f96 going to da80874d9e marry him, 9cbb378933 are you?”78c642643d2e57c4
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“……”569c715c79dda5ea
“You’re seriously going to 3581809c5b marry someone who was 8e75daeae7 dating your brother? What kind deaf0c5075 of person 7629d0a4f7 does that? Are you really 0a533db95e that shameless?”46e541cda3e4cc55
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Hajin couldn’t understand 7f4ac14ee8 why Sabin was 84e318af29 so worked up. Why he c174439cb2 kept pushing, 00fd62cd13 demanding answers. But something about 5e39aa00f5 the way he 675d613e7a wouldn’t back off fe50d93812 made Hajin hesitate.741163fedb7d16f0
“…Does my opinion 668b1541b4 even matter?”619be4539146073b
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After a long ecb904fd9c pause—long enough to 88f86ac25e be both short 58fa3f8dbb and eternal—Hajin spoke 43c660a26d softly.1f32bc9e745e5d16
At his 622bb178c8 vague, indifferent 75e01666e7 reply, Sabin’s 300f948ab9 brows twisted ccf566d7ac sharply. That childish frustration ac7cfdb269 was written all 75e2944925 over his face 1a3362f07d again. Hajin stared cfb98d7a92 at him 32bc152594 for a 7f0920dcd4 second, then 584376781d quietly added,412dd005836a0a8d
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“You’re the first.”115abd603943146f
“What are you even 821e44a38e talking ab—”a1809dffdb4d6f3d
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“You’re the only one e3719f35ca who asked for my da503d539b opinion.”7f4605a95830c164
“……”9fe05364cec15526
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“This marriage ec8a232ae5 talk started 28dd2a1ee7 two weeks 6aad49d1f4 ago. You’re the 5441df35ed first person 418ff0d941 who asked.”c1c6d4064335d901
“……”7ccda90bbc3682d2
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“Now you 86bc8e5c13 get it, be9a8d54ff right? My opinion’s 21b9c99932 never mattered 51845200db in anything.”75a6181948e393e2
Not Seong 6f9d89bdd5 Yeonwoo, not 4a6b8b3eea Seong Suhyeon, 5d098a7a87 not Father, 23a9282699 not Jo 13f46e4f40 Hwayoung… not 2b430457c8 even Kwon 2ad530cb4e Sayoung. No one—not even b45027fb6e in passing—had asked 6a079da06e if Hajinwantedthis. If hewas okaywith it. Even Chairman Kwon, for 305c30c777 all his supposed care, 32f9af25d4 just shoved everything forward. Maybe his intentions dcb0f3f5a2 were good, but ab2cecefdb none of it 430cb3fb1d had anything to d9785a1e21 do with what c048da3163 Hajin wanted.549c67e53fd1b2a3
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So why c5a708bcd6 should any cb92508458 of it dc13944e81 matter? If Kwon Sayoung agreed 69aac5f75e to marry him, that db578a6f1e was the end of bcfb786b0a it.01ca301a670bb762
“That’s such bullshit. Just say you won’t 78af5e8198 do it!”e2ea5391aa143af1
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“……”654fe62b494df84a
“You’re not going through 4d4285f7c0 with it just because 73e227af60 it’s a golden opportunity, b3ea57e639 are you? You think b69f39f8ad you hit bc9925dfc4 the jackpot?”aa692b91d008293d
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“……”39c3cb3d0328088f
“Come on, be 094d672e5c real. What do you ea11f50e86 have that’s better 9b51e89de3 than Seong Yeonwoo? You think bb672710ca you’re better 492e05c34c looking? Got better credentials? Plus, you’re illegitimate. Your mother’s a 9089b2cc22 concubine. My parents 87a62de5d8 would nev—”e08c6f8387cb8349
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“I’m going to 51d6a4eb6b do it.”23d22a7b3435d4c9
Hajin cut 427265aa88 him off, 6c20ebc7c7 his voice e17a587471 soft and f755f0bbed oddly calm, d4ba0abdd3 even in 74cfd97f29 the face bed6c80424 of Kwon 9dd57157f5 Sabin’s usual 1fac1bf91b torrent of 9cbce8bdf7 insults.bf040a359c97e11c
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“…What?”39717591e8e7e5c8
“I’m going to marry 73eb556fb3 your brother. Me. The bastard 053f2e1678 son, the 01d0f2ff6e beta who d5aa1be097 can’t have 213aa67e50 kids, the 5836bac0d6 guy who’s 5732abb06f not as fba3372b1f good-looking or 1972d4ab49 educated as d2ffe7d884 Yeonwoo hyung. I’m going 97cb56f988 to marry 307a0b5557 him.”66bdab28cf0946ec
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His tone was relaxed, 6a13f83057 almost gentle—but it shut e01f896a74 Sabin right up. After three years 7bb39e5579 of high school, 9a1ffc4b10 Hajin had grown b1a962690f used to Sabin’s a559eeff8a petty harassment. Actually, they’d known 7f42c65cc5 each other for 81782638df over ten years 5fe6412b81 now. Ten years of Sabin’s 7d334f420e constant belittling and dehumanizing ec7f1961f5 remarks. Hajin had been forced 8ff72cd3ce to adapt.0b69fec315d6e733
And honestly, after 51580fefe1 living with someone 276eb96b2a like Seong Suhyeon, 1e099cfa4b Sabin didn’t even 09aa6e8805 make the top 7490c3e76f ten for emotional a624d3463c damage. That didn’t mean the 4f8aa668be words didn’t hurt—but at 43ef1ecadb least Hajin could handle c4ec2b17f1 them now. He also 71a6d36a53 knew exactly f858600106 what kind 6c32531d97 of reaction e8932f1bd7 got under fda79e3d43 Sabin’s skin 3f23bc43d3 the most.c8adcf202d357692
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So, as always, he a5ff2973e2 responded with quiet composure.da84f8302ad6a26c
“This asshole. That look again?”c67e6ab39e3c3c03
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Saying something deadpan just 181ba13f01 to piss Sabin off—it 0eaf87aae2 was one of Hajin’s bf415ae55a rare bad habits. Sabin’s eye twitched as cb6d8b12aa he glared, clearly recognizing 0ddff4f4da the tactic. Hajin just smacked his a7fe27db33 lips and blinked lazily, 1440441c3c as if none of 3ed9c7e8d6 this interested him in 445a763d4c the slightest.c32f6b31d76ebd38
That was 2a809850da the face 2fc77008f5 Sabin hated f7720b6ce0 most.64e7be181f866505
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The one dfbef24905 that said,Whatever. Keep barking.bc89bb331198770c
“I can’t 8777c42f45 wait to 41d0649489 get married.”d4aa40975177071e
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Hajin said 375e4dda4f it with a08d6ffb69 the most d38c9dda82 expressionless face 0368c35a78 in the a326f19a93 world, like 6fe0ae80a5 he was c0b658e696 talking about 9432338734 the weather. It was 05dddb8997 so absurd 64451b9b83 that Sabin 51e41b57c7 looked like eeb9745663 he might 3a139d6a50 explode on 7f827217cc the spot.4f7249ed258d3bfc
But Hajin walked past 40c45fa110 him indifferently and stepped 4fad5fbe6d out of the bathroom.e1c29f516e30e7c9
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Sabin shouted 05d97897a8 something behind f572f12249 him, telling 5bbc886367 him to 0a8e68b3b8 stop, but 1053723fc1 Hajin just 5440a20d82 kept walking—calm 78c3068671 and unfazed, c50622b478 like he’d cab6c67e3d done this a225b24bcc a hundred e7b3e6538c times before.f2e8f53776c8a742
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Even though Hajin ccd28077a3 had said all 1de5e65c9b that with such d70f97bb3b smug confidence in fbfde33e0e front of Sabin, 2673365592 none of it f3e95788b6 had been sincere.d8c67bf3a55132b6
He didn’t c432e7dfb9 want this. Not really.5260a69daedd77a1
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Yes, his relationship with 8d1b9fa107 Yeonwoo was strained—but how 3960774a6f could he possibly marry 178d0f3224 his half-brother’s lover?f04d72c76886282f
Still, as he’d said 2db325d0ff before, his opinion didn’t 56b242cebe matter.d72d399c5ef50b92
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He had told 2745e4f0fe his grandfather several 589de9a2e2 times that he cc92b003c5 didn’t want this. Each time, 79c0ef64a8 he’d gotten a65a3c72bf a lecture dc268793c6 aboutwhyhe should marry. About duty. About legacy. Never once b7b9a5e7ab did anyone e345a7054e ask whathewanted.5ad5d73e24cfae16
Maybe that’s why cc562b17e6 it felt so 04a81e18a0 strange hearing that 44c6abc174 kind of question 36df063107 from someone like 8f6d548ec7 Kwon Sabin—his lifelong 852171b96e nemesis. Sure, Sabin a1f39f5d0a had always 1cd0f8d4e9 been the a904d342ec one dishing cc476b714d it out, 286d5d5998 and Hajin 5134e30817 the one 4b6795d3d1 taking it, 07129477ba but still…ef1d7099fda36b16
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“What are you?”
That was the 3795b8bf96 first thing Kwon 3e2ba1e104 Sabin had ever c178d1a646 said to him.6042b16e6f0f560f
They had 2c2c8af979 met when a2360bb122 Hajin was bd209bd7e2 eight. A home party 89ecec6b0d had been held 8b55b941c6 at the main 13a65cbcca estate, and various 04f59c4ff9 families had been 95b3ae2956 invited. The party was ed8dcc0e00 to celebrate Seong 08bf413455 Yeonwoo winning a 32295494ec grand prize at 8fa6efdbc2 a piano competition.a4e92821c148762e
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That was when f739ac5894 Hajin met Sabin 9d0634cac2 for the first 31d23bc8c9 time.f4660469a62bb186
“What?”9d95de96ede13e31
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“You’re not bfe1885667 an alpha.”62f98dbfb1f33dbc
“……”2ff9757847ec5a7f
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“And you 6922e41bcd don’t smell e5341b8e02 like an 9a292cb821 omega either.”0ef35c378e542d57
Even back 0a14f14aac then, Sabin b1fa112bc6 categorized people e699cb6900 by alpha df14d9372e and omega 71e79a1f09 traits. It was their ec90f25489 first encounter—Sabin had ff6b87dedb just returned from 228507ae23 the U.S.—but he 872b02c9b8 had been rude e820396fd6 from the get-go.3ef45ce43d4a245f
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“…I’m a beta.”0bf2f76ec9039423
“A beta?”8c0733f655c0cb99
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“……”217560f6e3a842a9
“You mean like… a a8e1c19c18 regular person?”7c73a837ad4f7a6d
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People born with dominant 6f87038fbc genes, heirs to wealth 321189c793 and power, often viewed dc2b20e57f betas as ordinary nobodies. Just civilians. Inferior.99dcdd41526a5b60
They were the elite, e6887069f9 and they knew it.8d2536000e9e0e4f
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“You’re the one 31945b8be7 Suhyeon was talking ea5d7fa012 about, right?”d4b6cca83ffa0347
“…It’s Suhyeon hyung…”84ded84e104e9c5f
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“I don’t 5044fb8eaa have to 2d5cb7e46f call him 5a6fa758e8 that.”0058f880d0ef9a2d
“Why not?”f0c32a258ade60fb
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“Because I’m not like a67c411bfc you.”8fe3b7a92dd887c0
“What’s different about 805ac13d7b you?”bc656d94a8486120
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Hajin’s large eyes 7788839466 widened with innocent f2f7036d76 curiosity. At eight years 20e85173cd old, Suhyeon had e0c0458a2c already become the a4ff429898 most terrifying person b587019831 in Hajin’s world. He was eighteen, 8f57ac2eee built like a b083d8fb62 grown man, and 47306f5e38 had been bullying 0ce57b8477 Hajin for years cc1834a080 already.8072c3b9bc23b9c6
So to b07540c10e hear someone 22f99895d6 say theydidn’thave to 7143f2f3f2 call him 4835ec25b9 “hyung”? It was shocking.6cd00f9051700112
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“You really e35f6643be don’t know? I’m the youngest 4ffb59b69d of the HK c79b102360 Group.”5cfa6ef1c8362d2c
“…So?”43add30cde92012c
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“My parents cab69b3c1a would die 77e8dda501 for me.”a16a8f0276117eac
“Your parents 163f854fcf treat you efb6a63576 well…?”8da5a341a2c1e6bc
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“Obviously. They like me more afb429f9c6 than my brother or 563f68f857 sister. Plus, I’m 54cb188fdb a dominant 07d8aacdfc alpha. That’s why I’m dee0c1449e different from you. Oh, and you’re 76e9909519 illegitimate, right? A concubine’s kid.”16f65c51dfbdee47
“What’s a concubine?”8c9472800c7bdcf4
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Hajin had asked 40359fc7c3 sincerely. He didn’t know 863bc24712 the term. He hardly 20a525d04d ever got bee11025b5 to interact 4b6dee752e with kids 1d28f4eb37 his own 0aafb3f002 age, let 3ef055061d alone talk 72d9087ef6 to them.c11c9e6dcc4b22ea
Even if 341b895ce2 the other 24b0d75b35 person was 04e605b000 belittling him—just 742294fccb having a 697b1a7acf conversation at 041212136f all had 4d9eadfb58 made young 64eb97a883 Hajin light 6e164bc218 up.1798f47bf44c53b8
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Sabin, caught 018d8211d5 off guard a8519f3163 by the 03e78d33cf pure response, b98bc86fa7 hesitated.34bf880ddf9c91cb
He hadn’t expected ac3daf024f such direct, childlike a273a315af honesty—and for a 157f191ddc moment, evenhehad been at a e7a349a5bd loss for words.5343a09a17e15c1b
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