#40
Eun Sajun soon moved away. Yeoul wiped the cold sweat flowing down his forehead with his hand. Why did this sweating keep repeating? It felt like needles were entering his mouth and tearing it apart.
Even if he had somehow managed to get by until now, it seemed like if he got caught going out now, irreversible troublesome things would happen. Like him seriously injuring Eun Sajun or even killing him…. It was dizzying in various ways.
“Um… what will you do about these clothes?”
The employee holding the suit looked at Yeoul carefully. Yeoul opened and closed his mouth like a goldfish, then gave an awkward smile.
“My CEO… no, my husband and I will come back again.”
Just moments ago they had been arm in arm creating a harmonious atmosphere, so he couldn’t very well use the title CEO. So although it was awkward, he said husband and then left the spot.
He looked around, wondering where Eun Sajun had gone.
Since the shopping mall was so large and there were crowds, he couldn’t be seen.
Instead, he saw a public phone. Until now, he had wandered around looking for public phones many times, but this time he found one immediately, which was amazing. It was as if God was giving him an opportunity to save Yeoul, who was standing at the edge of a cliff. Yeoul approached the public phone.
Then he took out his phone and checked the time. It was past 3:50. Realistically, there was no way he could get to that cafe from here now. He decided he had no choice but to call Shin Taeon first and beg desperately.
Yeoul quickly made the call. The signal continued briefly, then Shin Taeon’s voice was heard.
[Is this Geum Yeoul?]
He too was now able to immediately catch that it was Yeoul just by seeing the public phone caller ID.
“That’s right.”
[Good that you called. It seems like we won’t be able to meet today.]
“What? Why?”
[I came to Taean to collect from a debtor. I don’t think I can return to Seoul today.]
Not Seoul? If he had forced himself to leave here today, he would have faced a very futile result. That really could have been a disaster.
[Since there’s no route to contact you, I thought it couldn’t be helped. Good timing that you called. Haha.]
It was an irresponsible answer typical of Shin Taeon. But in Yeoul’s current situation, his claim was also correct.
[So let’s meet again next week. Just come out at 8 PM that time. Ah, fuck. They’re saying the debtor ran away now. Hanging up.]
The call ended along with Shin Taeon’s brutal voice.
“Haa….”
Although it was fortunate, he felt hopeless that the time to escape this complicated situation had been postponed. Yeoul put down the receiver with difficulty. At the same time, a long shadow fell behind him.
“What are you doing?”
Eun Sajun was standing in a crooked posture. Hic. When did this Alpha come again? Yeoul barely managed to calm his heart that had jumped out.
“No, it’s nothing.”
“You have a phone, so why are you using a public phone?”
Huh. Did he see me talking too? Yeoul was so surprised his eyes seemed ready to pop out. He wondered what excuse to make. Suddenly, Yeoul, who checked the crowd positioned around, found an appropriate answer.
“I had to talk with my younger sibling, but my phone wasn’t getting signal, so I did that.”
“Ah… I see. Then, shall we look around a bit more?”
“Yes… yes….”
Yeoul nodded with an awkward smile. Eun Sajun extended his hand like a gentleman. At that sight, Yeoul’s heart fluttered. He didn’t know why, but he took his hand. It was really strange. This warmth felt so very warm.
* * *
The shopping mall was really large-scale. He looked and looked again at baby clothes he thought he’d never see in his lifetime. The designs were so pretty and varied that he thought babies these days must be really happy.
By the time they came out of there, the sun was setting. Eun Sajun’s hands held several shopping bags. Including the suit he had looked at earlier, he bought various baby items like space suits and shoes. This behavior of his seemed to assert definitively that Yeoul would absolutely get pregnant. He had just thought of it as a date, but it felt like only guilt was added, making him uncomfortable.
Thanks to that, he remembered the fact from when they wrote the contract last time that he would have to pay damages if he lied, making his heart even heavier. Also, would he be able to safely escape from Eun Sajun?
Yeoul, who had fallen into despair, shook his head. No, this wasn’t the time to worry about such things. Saving Yeojin, who was in Shin Taeon’s grasp, was the priority. He steeled his heart.
“I need to go to the company now too. Let’s eat dinner and then baby, you go home.”
“Yes… I understand.”
Yeoul was relieved that the day he had expected to be exhausting seemed to have passed more peacefully than expected, but something was strange.
* * *
An office with jet-black walls and marble floors. Eun Sajun entered. After dropping Yeoul off at the mansion and coming to the company, his hands held shopping bags full of baby clothes. He placed them on the sofa and looked at them meaningfully. Then he put his hand into the shopping bag and took something out. It was a pacifier.
“Hmm. It would be quite a sight if the baby sucked on this.”
He giggled with a perverted smile. Soon he approached the desk and picked up a tablet. Then he touched the screen and opened a document.
「Extremely dominant traits have had psychopathic tendencies since ancient times.
They don’t understand others’ emotions well and also sympathize with aggressive tendencies.
Extremely dominant individuals with excessive violence have had their symptoms improve after receiving treatment at psychiatric departments.
However, this is only temporary – most cannot suppress their aggression and it flares up again.
This fact is not known to the world. Because of the rarity and special nature of extremely dominant individuals, it’s hushed up.」
“Extremely dominant, how interesting.”
Eun Sajun tilted his head crookedly and looked at the pacifier he had just picked up.
“We have no choice but to live like this for our whole lives.”
Muttering this, he put away the tablet and began to concentrate on work.
* * *
Why does time keep flowing like this?
Another week had passed. Now he was on the verge of going crazy mentally. He had to meet Shin Taeon at 8 PM today, but it felt so hopeless.
After coming to the mansion, he had hoped that his security might have lessened a bit, but only the conclusion of vain hope greeted him. Except for the time spent with Eun Sajun, bodyguards monitored him constantly.
In the midst of this, today he received a call that Eun Sajun would be working late. Recently, he had been working late constantly, wondering what was keeping him so busy. But what did that matter?
“Haa…..”
Yeoul sighed. Today too, there would be a bodyguard beyond that door. That would be the case, but even knowing this, he gently opened the door holding onto the possibility that there might not be one.
“Huh?”
Had hope become reality? The bodyguard who usually stood upright like a loyal minister wasn’t there. Yeoul quickly came out. This had never happened before – what was going on? He was dumbfounded, wondering if he was dreaming.
Just as he was about to hurriedly go down the stairs, he saw a familiar back. It was Song Hobin. Holding his phone, he was talking to someone.
“It’s my first time seeing an extremely dominant Omega, and he’s definitely different.”
Huh?
“The Omega that the CEO here is keeping has a pretty decent face. I heard he’s twenty-one now, his skin is fair and his body is good too. Haha.”
His voice was more fishy than blood.
Is he talking about me right now? Yeoul felt his body temperature drop sharply. It was a side of him he had never seen before, so he was extremely bewildered. For now, it seemed awkward to face him, so he stepped back. Cold sweat immediately flowed down his spine. Then he heard footsteps.
For a moment, Yeoul thought Song Hobin was approaching and his heart shrank. He hurriedly went behind the sofa and lay flat on the floor, hiding his body. But contrary to his expectations, no more footsteps were heard.
“What?”
He didn’t feel any presence either. Yeoul felt relieved and got up again to look around. Silence lingered and no one was there.
Yeoul thought now was the timing to go meet Shin Taeon. First, he went into the bedroom. He layered pillows and covered them with a blanket. He made it look like a person was lying down.
From his experience so far, the bodyguards only stayed at the entrance and didn’t come inside. Housekeepers would come at meal times, but he had already finished eating dinner. And the housekeepers were also at the time to get off work now. Also, when Eun Sajun worked late, he came home around midnight. He just needed to return to the mansion before then.
Yeoul put on his coat and was about to hurry out when he remembered the bodyguards standing at the main gate. How should he get past those people? As he pondered briefly, he remembered the secret space Song Hobin had told him about last time.
Thinking of his conversation just now, he wondered if it was right to trust his words, but he couldn’t break through the bodyguards with his bare hands in this situation. So he recalled the route Song Hobin had mentioned last time and headed there.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
