#85
His words made Yeoul’s heart churn even more.
“I don’t want to.”
“Why?”
“Because I can’t trust what CEO-nim might do to Yeojin.”
The knife he was holding seemed to gleam ominously, and each knuckle gripping it felt cruel.
“Ha.”
Eun Sajun exhaled and his lips gradually curved upward.
“It’s okay. I won’t do anything. I’m just worried that Geum Yeojin might be startled if I do something terrible to Shin Taeon. This won’t do.”
He then threw the knife he was holding to the ground.
“Are you relieved now?”
And he raised both freed hands and waved them.
“……”
Yeoul felt his complicated feelings calm down a little at his actions. Of course, he could fully understand that from Eun Sajun’s perspective, his trust in Yeojin had hit rock bottom and it was uncomfortable. But he didn’t want to see him meet the same end as Shin Taeon.
In the midst of the strange tension, Geum Yeojin began running deeper into the mountain. Like a broken trigger.
“Yeojin!”
Yeoul tried to urgently follow behind Yeojin. But Eun Sajun readily blocked his way.
“I’ll bring him back. Stay still.”
“No…”
“Why? Are you afraid I might do something bad to Geum Yeojin?”
Through Yeojin’s words, Eun Sajun seemed like a monster who would harm not only Shin Taeon but Yeojin as well. But when he actually faced him, it seemed like he might be misunderstanding. In fact, he had said that if Geum Yeojin acknowledged his faults and apologized, he could forgive him.
“Don’t worry. I’ll calm him down and bring him back.”
Eun Sajun soon left Yeoul behind and followed Yeojin.
“Let’s go back.”
Secretary Kim, who had approached at some point, lightly touched Yeoul’s shoulder. But Yeoul didn’t want to obediently go back. Even if Eun Sajun didn’t attack Yeojin, this was his younger brother’s problem and he didn’t want to leave everything to Eun Sajun. Feeling a strong sense of responsibility, Yeoul stepped back two paces from Secretary Kim.
“I… I think I should just follow CEO-nim.”
And he followed behind Eun Sajun.
* * *
“Huff, huff!”
Yeojin ran frantically, breathing heavily.
That Alpha Eun Sajun is not normal.
It had been unusual since he immediately recognized him as an Extremely Dominant Omega during the housekeeper interview before. But back then, he only thought he was a perceptive crazy bastard, not knowing it would be more than that. He recalled the situation where he had confronted Eun Sajun with Shin Taeon moments ago.
‘What?’
Shin Taeon furrowed his brow toward Eun Sajun who had suddenly appeared.
‘Seeing you two together is disgusting. Not beautiful at all.’
Eun Sajun suddenly spoke of beauty and looked over Yeojin. That gaze had the form of an unpleasant examiner and was fishy.
‘There should only be one poisonous apple in this world.’
‘What?’
‘When anything is unique and rare, its value is recognized and its worth goes up. I’ve lived thinking this principle is natural. So the more deformed it was, the more excited I felt and the more I coveted it.’
Yeojin couldn’t understand what kind of sophistry this crazy bastard was spouting in front of people. It felt even more uncomfortable, like facing some perverted collector.
‘But what I hate most are copied fakes. Things that clumsily imitate the real thing don’t know their place and try to become real. In that process, they cross lines too.’
Eun Sajun gazed at Yeojin coldly.
‘I’ve never associated with replicas since I was young. When I found out my father’s cherished porcelain was fake, I smashed it right there on the spot, and when I was in special forces and discovered spies lurking around me, I eliminated them without hesitation.’
Replicas, fakes, spies.
Only then did Yeojin seem to understand what this Alpha was trying to say. His breath was choked by the pressure.
‘What kind of bullshit is this?’
Shin Taeon furrowed his brow as if he couldn’t bear to listen to more of Eun Sajun’s sophistry.
‘You’re talking fucking nonsense. Eun Sajun, what are you trying to do now…’
That was the moment. Eun Sajun’s knife mercilessly slashed Shin Taeon’s throat. Blood spurted up like a fountain in an instant.
‘Huk!’
Terrified, Yeojin stepped back. The dark soil was dyed red with blood as if a red carpet had been laid, and Shin Taeon’s heavy body fell as if defeated by gravity.
‘Ugh… what…’
Shin Taeon, who barely had breath left, twitched his fingers. But Eun Sajun mercilessly grabbed Shin Taeon’s throat and stabbed the knife in as if tearing it.
‘Kugh!’
It was living terror itself. Unable to bear watching with his eyes any longer, Yeojin ran away. Being so terrified, he tripped over a stone while running and fell. He tried to quickly get up, but a shadow fell over him.
‘You look quite pitiful.’
Eun Sajun had approached at some point.
What was more frightening was that although blood had splattered on his own body and Shin Taeon’s body was covered in blood, not a drop of blood had splattered on him. Only the knife was stained with blood. It was a calculated movement as if he knew which direction blood would splatter when attacking. It meant he was that skilled at killing.
‘At least it’s fortunate that you’re fucking trash. If you had been a good younger brother, our Yeoul would have been extremely troubled when you disappeared.’
Disappeared.
That is, Eun Sajun was now targeting his life. Feeling an acute sense of crisis, Yeojin hurriedly got up from his spot. And his eyes met Eun Sajun’s. Those eyes, beyond the normal range, were eerie.
‘Do more trashy things. That way our Yeoul will only rely on me.’
‘Ha…’
It was absurd. Although Yeojin didn’t have silk-like humanity either, his likes and dislikes were still normal. Logically, when someone you love gets hurt and suffers from others, you should feel pity and worry—isn’t that normal thinking? Yeojin had hated him because of his inferiority complex toward Yeoul. Rather, if he had liked Yeoul, he would have been considerate and caring.
‘I want to make Yeoul only rely on me and become a fool who can’t do anything without me. I want to dominate even that pretty life.’
This viper before his eyes was terribly selfish.
‘Ha…’
From his crazy appearance, Yeojin realized. His life was already as good as dead. Then the only option was to use this death. So Yeojin ran away first, and in doing so, he encountered Yeoul. He wanted to tell him about Eun Sajun’s true nature and liberate Yeoul. But in the end, he was alone again, becoming a fugitive like this.
Soon he saw a cliff ahead. It was the place Eun Sajun had said yesterday that if you fell, you’d become a pretty angel. Yeojin stared at it blankly.
“Right. Since it’s come to this, let me really become an angel.”
Yeojin, who had been muttering emptily, felt an unwelcome presence behind him.
“Are you trying to commit suicide?”
It was Eun Sajun as expected. Yeojin slowly turned around. He could see him holding a knife slightly smaller than the one he used to kill Shin Taeon.
“No. Just stab me.”
Yeojin hadn’t been a good younger brother to Yeoul. Even so, he didn’t want to see Yeoul by this bastard’s side.
The thought of Yeoul living happily beside this crazy bastard without knowing his true nature made his insides burn. So he hoped Yeoul would break away from this madman. To do that, he decided to put his life on the line.
Was this repentance? Or…
“I wanted to handle it with my own hands anyway.”
Eun Sajun raised the knife. And just as he was about to stab Yeojin’s throat like he did to Shin Taeon…
“Stop!”
Yeoul came running. And behind such Yeoul, bodyguards followed as well. They grabbed Yeoul’s arms and blocked him. Yeoul struggled even more desperately.
“Get out of the way!”
Yeoul tried to break through between the bodyguards with force. But they were doing their utmost to stop Yeoul.
“Please… stop it. CEO-nim, please!”
Gradually, tears began to well up in Yeoul’s eyes.
“Don’t, don’t do it. Please… Yeojin… Yeojin… Just say you did wrong. Then CEO-nim will forgive you too!”
Facing such Yeoul, a strange light appeared in Eun Sajun’s eyes. He briefly moved away from Yeojin and approached Yeoul.
“Baby. Earlier on the phone, you asked me what my weakness was, right?”
“Yes… I… I did…”
Why was he suddenly asking such a question? Maybe he was going to forgive Yeojin? He felt himself harboring vain hope.
“I said baby was my weakness, but who did baby say was the weakness?”
“The… the baby in my belly, I answered.”
“Then Geum Yeojin isn’t even a weakness, so it doesn’t matter if I eliminate him, right? Not only did he switch traits, but he even tried to kill.”
“That… that’s…”
Yeojin’s evil deeds were undeniable facts. Eun Sajun also twisted his lips as if to say ‘see?’
“I’ll just clean this up myself.”
“No! Yeojin is like my other half. He’s so precious. Actually, Yeojin is my weakness.”
“Ah, our baby’s weakness is this?”
Eun Sajun’s eyes darkened. Yeoul nodded without reading the waves of his emotions. Thinking he felt the same way as himself. Gradually, darkness settled in Eun Sajun’s blue gaze.
Soon, without a moment’s hesitation, he slashed Yeojin’s throat with the knife. Yeojin also didn’t show any expression of pain or confusion, as if accepting his fate. In an instant, blood spread like rain from Yeoul’s throat.
“Yeo… Yeojin… Yeojin…!”
Tears burst from Yeoul’s eyes.
At the same time, Yeojin’s body collapsed, covered in blood.
“No… no… nooo!”
Yeoul cried as if he would collapse. Then the bodyguards also stepped back, perhaps their hearts had weakened to endure any longer at Yeoul’s tears. Yeoul approached Yeojin, who had collapsed like a rag, and embraced him to his heart.
“Get a grip… Yeojin… get a grip.”
Although he could still feel warmth, Yeojin was frozen with his eyes open. It seemed he had died instantly in one blow. Eun Sajun, this time too without a single drop of blood on his noble form, threw the knife to the ground and approached Yeoul. And he embraced him from behind.
“If I had left Geum Yeojin alone, you would have died.”
“Haa… let go… I don’t want to hear it!”
Yeoul shook off Eun Sajun’s hands. Then Eun Sajun’s eyes became vicious. Soon he grabbed Yeoul’s chin and turned it, then kissed him.
Author: Hyacinthus B
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