Chapter 59
Hyeon-woo roughly shook off Tae-geon’s arm. He swung several times as if brushing it off, but Tae-geon’s hand gripping his wrist didn’t let go, instead restraining him with increasingly strong force.
Unable to free his captured hand, Hyeon-woo spoke again.
“I don’t want to be by your side anymore. These 3 months here have been happier than the decade-plus I spent with you. Live your own life. I’ll live mine.”
“……”
“Maybe this is how it should have been between us since I presented as an omega. Let’s never see each other aga- Ow!”
An involuntary groan escaped at the terrible pain. Tae-geon’s grip on his wrist hurt so much it felt like it would break.
“This… this…!”
Twisting his wrist and looking up at Tae-geon, Hyeon-woo couldn’t finish his sentence. Eyes as black as an abyss were staring at him as if to devour him, glinting eerily in the moonlight.
“…Never see each other again, you say?”
“……”
“Who decides that.”
The low voice sounded ominous.
“You say… the time away from me was happy…?”
“…Ngh!”
“You say it’s not my child…?”
“……”
“No, it is my child.”
Tae-geon reached for Hyeon-woo’s belly. Alarmed, Hyeon-woo quickly wrapped his arms around his stomach, blocking Tae-geon’s hand. Tae-geon’s hand stopped abruptly in midair. Hyeon-woo shouted at Tae-geon with a terrified expression.
“Why can’t you understand? It’s not your child. Don’t you get it?”
“……”
“It’s another alpha’s child, not yours!”
Tae-geon’s eyebrows twitched.
“You think I only slept with you?”
Watching Tae-geon’s expression begin to contort, Hyeon-woo felt an inexplicable elation.
“Just like you slept with other omegas, I slept with other alphas. K, not you. With other alphas!”
Tae-geon’s shoulders flinched at the name K that came out of Hyeon-woo’s mouth. But that was it. There was no further reaction, as if in acknowledgment.
…As I thought. Tae-geon was K.
Hyeon-woo inwardly sneered as he keenly observed Tae-geon’s reaction with cold eyes. Though he had known, a dull pain spread through his heart as if shocked by this newly confirmed fact.
The wrist Tae-geon was gripping hurt terribly, but Hyeon-woo forcibly held back the groan trying to escape his lips and pressed on aggressively.
“You’re the same, aren’t you? Don’t be angry at me. We’re no different.”
“……”
“Nngh! If you understand, let go…!”
“Fine.”
“Ow, it hurts!”
“I understand.”
Tae-geon roughly released Hyeon-woo’s wrist. Red marks in the shape of Tae-geon’s grip remained on his skin.
“I understand very well. Then all the more reason I must take you with me.”
“……”
“To prevent that vulgar hole from carelessly attaching to other bastards.”
…Wh-what did he say?
Hyeon-woo couldn’t believe what had just come out of Tae-geon’s mouth.
Vulgar hole, he just said…
Ignoring Hyeon-woo who had frozen in shock, Tae-geon spoke in a cold voice.
“Get rid of the child.”
“What nonsense. Why should I get rid of the child.”
“You were planning to give birth? To another alpha’s bastard that isn’t even mine?”
A fierce madness gleamed in Tae-geon’s black eyes.
…He’s insane.
As Hyeon-woo pushed Tae-geon away and grabbed the doorknob, Tae-geon’s right hand suddenly reached out from behind and pressed against the front door. The nape of Hyeon-woo’s neck that Tae-geon’s hand brushed past felt chilly as if touched by a cold blade. Tae-geon’s hot chest pressed firmly against Hyeon-woo’s shoulder blades.
“Do you know what this is?”
Tae-geon pulled out a document from his coat’s inner pocket and suddenly waved it in front of Hyeon-woo’s eyes.
“You should repay the kindness of being fed and housed all this time.”
[We confirm that the above claimant has repaid the full borrowed amount and no further debt exists.]
It was a debt repayment confirmation.
The cafe owner’s name was visible as the claimant. Hyeon-woo’s eyes widened.
‘You should repay the kindness of being fed and housed all this time.’
The paper Tae-geon presented while saying this could not have been shown in this way without thoroughly understanding Hyeon-woo’s relationships with those around him. Moreover, he pulled it out at an impeccable timing as if anticipating Hyeon-woo would refuse to return.
Hyeon-woo’s eyes trembled endlessly as he scanned the document.
The owner who fled after having an acquaintance guarantee a debt due to lack of money could not possibly have the ability to repay such a large amount. This was all Tae-geon’s scheme. Hyeon-woo’s teeth chattered at Tae-geon’s meticulousness and cunning in bringing the situation this far to get his hands on him.
He must have patiently waited for the prey to fall into the trap he had set. And as planned, Hyeon-woo had fallen into Tae-geon’s trap with conditions he couldn’t refuse.
He hadn’t expected to be able to avoid Tae-geon forever. But he never imagined being caught like this.
“We’re going back.”
Tae-geon’s breath scattered near Hyeon-woo’s ear.
“And get rid of the child.”
A strong feeling of rebellion rose in Hyeon-woo against Tae-geon, who was trying to control him at will again without any regard for his wishes. Hyeon-woo’s eyes flashed fiercely as he gritted his teeth.
“No!”
“……”
“I’m going to have it.”
“……”
“It’s my child. I want to have it, why-”
“That mouth. Shut it.”
Tae-geon grabbed the back of Hyeon-woo’s neck and roughly turned him around. Tae-geon’s firm, hot chest touched Hyeon-woo’s before separating.
“Don’t make me angry.”
Tae-geon’s heart was beating as passionately as Hyeon-woo’s.
“I don’t need your thoughts.”
“……”
“If you want this to go through the notarization process, do as I say.”
Tae-geon tucked the document back into his chest. Hyeon-woo, his breathing heavily disturbed by shock and anger, glared at Tae-geon while panting.
“…How could you… do this to me.”
Hyeon-woo’s face was as pale as wax as he clenched his fists and trembled. Tears poured endlessly from Hyeon-woo’s bloodshot red eyes.
“You’re the one who shouldn’t do this to me.”
Tae-geon reached out and cupped Hyeon-woo’s cheek, his thumb gently wiping beneath the wet eyes.
“…While liking me.”
“……!!!”
Hyeon-woo’s eyes widened to their limit.
With K’s identity revealed, Tae-geon had nothing left to hold him back.
“Not satisfied with carelessly rolling around with others, you even got pregnant with another alpha’s child and want to give birth? That’s too much.”
“……”
“So, who’s the baby’s father?”
“……”
“……”
“……”
“Who is it.”
Tae-geon’s low voice was as chilling as frost. Tae-geon roughly grabbed Hyeon-woo’s chin as he began to avoid eye contact like someone trying to hide something, forcing their gazes to meet.
Tae-geon’s sharp, eerie gaze felt like it was shredding Hyeon-woo’s soul. Hyeon-woo clenched his teeth hard.
…Even though you knew everything.
You deceived me while clearly knowing I liked you…!
“…You knew… everything?”
“……”
“Knowing everything, you pretended not to know until the end, pretended to be K, and did that to me?”
He had guessed.
That Tae-geon knew all of his feelings and thoroughly ignored them. Nevertheless, Hyeon-woo’s heart bled bright red blood as he was dealt this final blow of confirmation in such a way.
A sneer appeared on Tae-geon’s lips as he looked at Hyeon-woo, who was asking as if wounded with bloodshot eyes, as if he found him detestable.
“So what if I knew?”
“……”
“Does it change the fact that you rolled around filthily?”
“…What…?”
Hyeon-woo’s voice shook as he questioned back.
“You rolled around with K because you wanted to, not because anyone told you to, right?”
“……”
“Hyeon-woo, you know what?”
Tae-geon’s lips curled up sickeningly as they came close to Hyeon-woo’s ear. Goosebumps rose all over his body at the hot breath digging into his sensitive hearing.
“You tasted good.”
Hyeon-woo shuddered, startled by the unbelievably vulgar mockery. Tae-geon pressed his body even closer, firmly restraining Hyeon-woo as he struggled to break free from his embrace, and sneered at him with a vile expression.
“Like a fool.”
“Hnngh, let go! Let this go…!”
“Not knowing it was me, you kept calling my name and crying every time you were penetrated.”
“Stop it!”
Hyeon-woo hurriedly covered his ears. But it was no use.
“I thought you were going crazy with lust.”
Tae-geon’s vulgar voice finally pierced through his eardrums and polluted his mind.
His vision spun with dizziness.
If I hadn’t said goodbye to K, would you still be deceiving me with two faces even now? Pretending not to know until the end that I had presented as an omega. Pretending to hate and despise omegas in front of me while secretly making love with another omega.
Tae-geon would never understand, even if he died and came back to life, with what feelings I had remained by his side, resolved to stay together.
It felt like his throat was being strangled with guilt. There hadn’t been a moment without pain since realizing the true nature of these impure feelings he harbored for Tae-geon. His heart was in tatters. It was an affection he had never cherished for even a moment, mired in guilt and self-loathing. It was a pure love he had trampled countless times to prevent it from growing.
This pitiful, wretched heart that wasn’t respected even by myself.
How dare you, how can you, mention it so easily with that mouth?
In a place like this. For the purpose of trampling on me… how can you, so carelessly, taint it like that?
I never desired to become a happy omega loved by an alpha.
I wanted to stay by your side like that, even feeling relieved that I was only half an omega.
And yet you…
