I Became the Only Omega in a Makjang Novel - C101

Kang Woo-ryeon looked at herself in the mirror. She had never failed to get what she wanted before. This time would be no different.

“Yeonseo-ya.”

Kang Woo-ryeon called out her daughter’s name. Why hadn’t she noticed before? Woo Yeon-seo’s thick eyebrows, the slightly upturned corners of her mouth even when expressionless. Everything pointed to her.

She hadn’t been searching all this time just to hear that she didn’t want to be found. The bond of blood was undeniable. If it couldn’t be accepted, then it could be reversed. The parental bond, and the benefits that could have been gained through the rediscovered daughter.

Even if they had parted, those feelings wouldn’t have been resolved so quickly.

Click.

Before she could sort out her emotions, the dressing room door opened without a knock, and Do Chanwoo entered with a tired face.

“Aren’t you overdoing it, working so late these days?”

“I have to stay until the work is properly finished.”

Despite hearing concern after a long time, Do Chanwoo replied gruffly. Their relationship had been at its worst lately, and it was past the stage where it could be glossed over with a single word of concern.

“At this rate, will you have time for your lovers?”

“…What?”

“It seems you’ve broken up with one of them recently.”

She had noticed Do Chanwoo’s affairs for quite some time but hadn’t particularly cared. However, while learning more about Yeon-seo, Kang Woo-ryeon unintentionally found out about one of Do Chanwoo’s mistresses.

Shim Joohee.

The woman Woo Yeon-seo thought was her birth mother instead of her. Just thinking about it made her grit her teeth.

“If you didn’t break up badly, why don’t you see her again?”

“…”

“You didn’t break up badly, did you?”

“I’m already stressed about work, why are you suddenly bringing this up?”

Do Chanwoo seemed momentarily flustered by the sudden topic of his affair but soon regained his composure and raised his voice.

Instead of turning her head, she looked at Do Chanwoo’s flushed face reflected in the vanity mirror.

“Because we might become in-laws, it would be troublesome if you ended on bad terms.”

“…What?”

“If you can meet again, you can even do that.”

Do Chanwoo stopped loosening his tie at Kang Woo-ryeon’s words, calmly encouraging her husband to reunite with his mistress.

“…What are you talking about? Why are you mentioning in-laws?”

Do Chanwoo approached behind Kang Woo-ryeon, unable to grasp the leaping conversation, and asked in a harsh voice.

But Kang Woo-ryeon, without a trace of emotion in her voice, stated what she wanted instead of explaining the reason.

“Let’s marry Seung-jo to the partner he wants to bring.”

“Explain so I can understand.”

“I heard that Seung-jo will receive Lee Sung Electronics and Lee Sung Life Sciences stocks from Father this time.”

“…What?”

“Even if we arrange a strategic marriage, Seung-jo won’t move according to our wishes anyway, so let’s just please him instead. Even now.”

“…”

“If such a discerning child is dating someone unprofitable at such an important time, it means he’s lost his way. Wouldn’t it be better if it looked like we were giving in from our side?”

Family forms are diverse, and she intended to bring Woo Yeon-seo into the family one way or another.

If not as a daughter, then as a daughter-in-law would do. Even if her daughter didn’t want to be a daughter, she wouldn’t dare refuse the title of Lee Sung Group’s daughter-in-law.

“Would Father approve of someone we don’t even know where they came from?”

Anger briefly welled up at Do Chanwoo’s scathing words, but she couldn’t show her anger here. Kang Woo-ryeon turned around to face Do Chanwoo and asked with a look of contempt,

“How long are you going to make decisions while only watching Father? You’ve been so obedient, but you haven’t gotten even a crumb, have you?”

Then she precisely hit the part Do Chanwoo was most sensitive about.

* * *

I was finally able to open my eyes after the sun had risen high. A glance at the clock showed it was already 2 PM.

It was the first weekend after quitting my part-time job.

Since I had initially decided to try the job for a short term and then decide whether to continue or not, I was able to quit quickly.

Beom-soo hyung seemed to want me to continue, but he couldn’t cling to someone who had been hit and collapsed by the owner, Kim Chan-ik, asking them to work more. He kept repeating with regretful eyes, “It can’t be helped, but it’s really a shame.”

Do Seung-jo suggested suing Kim Chan-ik, but I decided not to.

It wasn’t just because I hadn’t collapsed from being hit, but also because I had used that incident to get a written pledge from Kim Chan-ik.

[It’s a pledge that he won’t contact our family ever again.]

I chuckled, recalling that moment. I thought it was not a bad outcome for being hit once, but it seemed I was the only one who thought so.

When I told Hae-na that I had gotten the pledge on the condition of completely deleting the CCTV footage, she jumped up unexpectedly.

[Let’s just sue him, I said.]

[This is a better deal. Would he go to jail for hitting me once?]

[I heard that Chairman Do said he’d take care of everything else if we just decided to sue, you know?]

[…You should make some noise when you move around. When did you hear all that?]

[Why are you sacrificing so much for me, oppa?]

[It’s because we’re family. Why are you making a fuss?]

At the end of that conversation, Hae-na cried like a child. She must have been anxious inside.

After that, Do Seung-jo and Chairman Do continued to persuade me that we could still sue even with such a pledge, but I felt it would be easier on my mind to just not get entangled again.

Knock knock.

A cautious knock from outside the room snapped me out of my thoughts.

“Yes?”

“Were you sleeping?”

Hae-na poked her head in, slightly opening the door at my response.

“No.”

“Breakfast?”

“…Not really thinking about it.”

“You should still eat. Food’s here outside.”

“…Is Seung-jo here?”

“Yes.”

After that, my relationship with Hae-na became a bit more peaceful.

She was even able to welcome Do Seung-jo, who visited every day, without irritation.

We postponed the decision about living together until after the semester ended, and after I was discharged, Do Seung-jo came to see me, making time even when he didn’t have any.

More than because of the pregnancy, it seemed the events that had occurred while he was away had been quite shocking.

“When?”

“About 30 minutes ago.”

“You should have called me right away.”

“He said to let you sleep.”

“Sorry.”

“Didn’t you say you’re going to some party tonight?”

“Ah, right.”

Come to think of it, it was today.

Today was the day we were going to the party hosted by Do Seung-jo’s birth mother, which he had casually promised before, as if adding water to water or alcohol to alcohol.

Only then did I hurriedly get up from the bed. Checking my phone under the pillow, I saw several messages from Do Seung-jo. I quickly went to the bathroom. Maybe because I’ve been sleeping too deeply lately, my face was shiny with oil.

Shhhh.

I quickly turned on the shower and took off my clothes. Before stepping into the water, I looked at my reflection in the mirror.

“Has my belly gotten a bit bigger?”

Even touching my stomach, I still didn’t feel much like I was pregnant. As time passed since hearing about the pregnancy, rather than feeling more real, I wondered if it was really there. The slightly protruding belly seemed more like it was from eating a lot rather than from being pregnant.

“Still, I need to get used to it.”

It will get bigger from now on.

I had told Hae-na in advance, but I was planning to give Do Seung-jo the answer I had been postponing today.

There were many issues with having the baby right away. First of all, a man being pregnant was unusual, and the partner was none other than a third-generation chaebol.

Starting from how to tell my parents, to the inevitable leave of absence when it’s time to give birth, worries about having a child while still being an unprepared student, people’s perceptions.

Even with Chairman Do’s protection, there was nothing but worries from beginning to end.

There were more disadvantages than advantages.

But as the deliberation was about to drag on, I suddenly wondered who the child would resemble.

Then I became curious about whether it would be a boy or a girl. And after that, questions followed endlessly.

That’s when I realized. I wanted to have this baby.

Even though I could think of several disadvantages that would arise if I had the child, my curiosity about the baby didn’t stop.

The moment I realized this fact, the decision was easily made.

When I came out to the living room after washing up, Do Seung-jo, who was on the sofa, hurriedly approached me as if something big had happened.

“Why did you come out without drying your hair?”

“…It’ll dry quickly now that it’s hot.”

“You should still dry it.”

Do Seung-jo dragged me into the room and insisted on drying my hair with a hairdryer.

As I wondered how Do Seung-jo would react if I said I was going to have the baby, words suddenly blurted out without me realizing:

“I’m going to have the baby.”