I Possessed a Terminally Ill Omega - Episode 184
I Possessed a Terminally Ill Omega – Episode 184
Secretary Park understood swiftly. As Han Seung-jae turned around, doctors rushed in from both sides. They checked the wound near Seo I-kyung’s chest and quickly tended to the bandages.
Han Seung-jae turned to take in Jin Tae-won, Jin Seok-young, and Gwon Gi-jun in the hospital room at a glance. Jin Seok-young, with one cheek flushed red, stepped forward first.
“I was just about to contact you.”
Jin Seok-young tried to somehow protect Jin Seon-yoo.
“I just got here and saw the situation, so I hadn’t had a chance to call yet…”
“I’m sure I told you to return what was taken to its rightful place.”
Jin Seok-young’s lips trembled, unable to finish his sentence. Han Seung-jae fixed his gaze on one spot. Jin Seon-yoo’s shoulder was barely visible behind Gwon Gi-jun’s back.
Jin Seon-yoo was trembling, his body shrunk in on itself.
“You certainly have a way with words, even after causing this situation.”
Han Seung-jae cut off Jin Seok-young’s words and then addressed Jin Tae-won, who had remained silent until then. Just that was enough to visibly twist the floating air.
“It would be best if you found Seo Dong-hu before I do.”
The first to be dealt with is Seo Dong-hu. Because he’s the one who put Seo I-kyung in this state.
Executive Director Jin Tae-won responded to Han Seung-jae.
“We’re looking for Vice President Seo too. We’ll hand him over to you as soon as we find him.”
Just as he said that, Jin Seok-young rushed out of the hospital room. Following him, Secretary Park held the open door to keep it from closing.
Han Seung-jae slowly turned and headed towards the entrance where Secretary Park stood. As he left the room, he gave instructions to Secretary Park. Hearing his words, Secretary Park bowed in understanding.
The hospital room door closed. Then Gwon Gi-jun spoke.
“I was the one who informed him.”
Tears that had pooled under Jin Seon-yoo’s eyes fell incessantly to the floor. Gwon Gi-jun’s voice continued to be heard overhead.
“Hiding it would only make things difficult for Seon-yoo.”
Gwon Gi-jun recalled the scene of Jin Seon-yoo and Seo I-kyung eating breakfast together. Jin Seon-yoo had shown extreme intimacy towards Seo I-kyung. He paid attention to what he ate and watched him get into the car. It was more than enough to guess the bond between the two.
But he couldn’t watch Jin Seon-yoo get hurt because of that.
So when Jin Seon-yoo called him, Gwon Gi-jun held onto the phone to keep it from disconnecting and told the secretary next to him to inform Han Seung-jae of this fact.
“He would have found out anyway.”
Gwon Gi-jun’s voice spreading through the hospital room was relatively calm. He couldn’t deceive Han Seung-jae. There was just a very slight time difference until he found out.
Jin Seon-yoo, who had been crying silently all along, came out from behind Gwon Gi-jun. He looked at Seo I-kyung, obscured by the doctor, then bowed his head, unable to watch any longer.
It felt like everything had happened because of him. What if he had sent Seo I-kyung back immediately as Jin Seok-young said? Then none of this would have happened. But Seo I-kyung clearly wanted to leave that house. That’s why he even took the time to carefully paint a picture, wasn’t it?
But for all of that to result in this…
If Jin Seon-yoo had known Seo I-kyung would end up like this, he would never have granted his request.
***
“No, you’re moving the patient like this?”
The doctors couldn’t hide their bewilderment at Secretary Park’s words. Just moments ago, they had told Han Seung-jae that he would recover quickly, but as soon as he left, they quickly changed their tune.
“He hasn’t regained consciousness yet, and moving him like this could put a great strain on the patient’s body.”
“Isn’t it quite late already? Wouldn’t it be better to observe the situation a bit more and move him after the patient wakes up?”
However, Secretary Park’s concern wasn’t the doctors’ words. He was carrying out his duty as Han Seung-jae had instructed when leaving the room, to move Seo I-kyung to Haseon Hospital.
Late at night, Seo I-kyung was carried out of Seju Hospital, and Butler Do also came out in the ambulance. It seems he had held onto the sword with his bare hands, trying not to let go. To prevent Seo Dong-hu from swinging the sword at Seo I-kyung anymore. As a result, four of his fingers, excluding the right thumb, were cut off and he had just finished reattachment surgery. He was also unconscious, not having woken up from the anesthesia.
At Haseon Hospital, which had been on standby after receiving advance notice from Secretary Park, they quickly prepared a room as soon as Seo I-kyung arrived. Seo I-kyung’s body was moved to a VIP room and laid on a new bed.
The attending physician who had been in charge of Seo I-kyung quickly approached and performed several tests. The doctors standing on either side were equally busy. They hurriedly continued emergency treatment. The bandages from Seo I-kyung’s shoulder to his chest were more deeply stained with blood.
The doctors wore perplexed expressions. Although the surgery seemed to have been successful, it couldn’t be called fortunate. The stab wound near Seo I-kyung’s chest would leave a long scar even if the torn flesh healed.
Although the cast had prevented the sword from reaching down to the belly where the child was, the patient’s condition couldn’t be called good.
The attending physician, after thoroughly checking Seo I-kyung’s body, exhaled a long breath. When he received the call from Secretary Park, his legs had given out and he had collapsed into a chair.
However, the child was safe. Whether by instinct or reflex, Seo I-kyung seemed to have used all his strength to block the sword from penetrating downwards with his arm. As a result, the wound was higher up.
“You can all go now. I’ll tell Director Han that the child is safe.”
In the suddenly quiet hospital room, only the sound of Seo I-kyung’s pulse from the machine could be heard.
The attending physician turned after examining the sleeping Seo I-kyung one last time, as if making a final check. It seemed it would be a very long night until he woke up.
***
“I see.”
Secretary Park carefully listened to the attending physician’s words about Seo I-kyung’s test results, which he had already heard once at Seju Hospital, along with the news that the child he was carrying was also safe.
[And I think I should tell Chairman Han as well, what should I do?]
The attending physician cautiously added.
Secretary Park turned his head. He looked at Han Seung-jae sitting in the main seat of the sofa, drinking whiskey. The black suit that came down along his broad shoulders was slightly creased. Since returning home from the hospital, Han Seung-jae had been maintaining the same posture.
He hadn’t even changed his suit, as if waiting for someone inside the house. Secretary Park relayed the attending physician’s words to Han Seung-jae.
“Do I have to spell out even such things?”
And Secretary Park relayed Han Seung-jae’s words back to the attending physician. There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone, and then the attending physician, seeming to have made a judgment of the situation, said:
[I’ll tell Chairman Han tomorrow morning.]
Secretary Park ended the call. Since having an unexpected lunch meeting with Han Seung-jae, the attending physician had been acting according to Han Seung-jae’s intentions rather than Chairman Han Yechan’s.
Perhaps it’s natural that Han Seung-jae’s words are more trustworthy compared to Chairman Han, who only speaks nice words while putting Chief Secretary Kang forward. He was clearly judging who would be the one to make him the hospital director.
Thud, then Min Ra-hyun, who was moving his steps, looked around and said:
“Where did everyone go? Butler Do?”
The house was extremely quiet. Min Ra-hyun checked the clock on the wall. It was already approaching midnight. Is that why no one was visible? Among them, only Han Seung-jae was seated on the sofa.
Although Secretary Park was standing beside Han Seung-jae, he was the person in charge of outside affairs, wasn’t he? Butler Do was mainly in charge of affairs inside the house. So, unlike usual, even Butler Do, who would have been moving around Han Seung-jae, was nowhere to be seen.
Min Ra-hyun, approaching the side of the sofa, asked:
“Are you drinking without anything?”
On the table where Han Seung-jae sat, there was only a bottle of whiskey and an ice bucket filled with ice.
“I’ll go call Butler Do.”
Every time the crystal glass in Han Seung-jae’s hand moved, the ice made a clear sound as it collided. In contrast, Han Seung-jae’s voice that leaked out was excessively low.
“Leave it.”
He won’t be able to come even if called anyway. Min Ra-hyun, turning his body slightly, looked at Han Seung-jae again. He recalled the meaning of what Han Seung-jae had just said. If he hadn’t misheard just now, Han Seung-jae said that Butler Do wouldn’t come even if he looked for him.
Han Seung-jae put down the whiskey glass he was holding on the table. Then Secretary Park beside him picked up the curved whiskey bottle and filled the glass. Han Seung-jae raised the crystal glass again. As he did so, he looked at Min Ra-hyun.
“I’m waiting for someone.”
“Who? I-kyung?”
Min Ra-hyun felt that Han Seung-jae’s expression was excessively cold. His eyes looking at him were equally chilling.
Suddenly, as if hearing the sound of someone’s presence, Han Seung-jae turned his gaze from Min Ra-hyun.
Seo Dong-hu, dragged in by men, had a pale complexion. His face was full of marks as if he had been hit several times in the process of being caught. The cheekbone under his eye and his lip were torn.
At the same time, Min Ra-hyun’s eyes widened. He stared at Min Seon-woong being dragged in stumbling, held by the scruff of his neck behind Seo Dong-hu. And Han Seung-jae’s voice reached his ears.
“Come here.”