If You Want Me - Episode 80
<Episode 80>
There are alpha omegas all over the world and I’m also one of them, so it wasn’t strange to get a call from an alpha omega.
However, most of his connections were people with excellent dominant traits. It wasn’t that he was selective about who he associated with, but rather that was the nature of the chaebol world. As a result, it felt a bit awkward to him that he had an acquaintance who was an alpha omega other than me.
“Could it be……”
I had asked Do-gyeom before if he had ever met another omega. At that time, he answered that he had liked me all along since being in America, so he hadn’t.
But when asking about meeting someone, I wasn’t asking if he had an omega partner he was physically intimate with like me. As a result, I became suspicious that maybe… Seo Chaeyeon was briefly his partner instead of me.
The current Do-gyeom says he doesn’t embrace anyone else due to the one-sided imprinting, but that alone won’t relieve his pheromone congestion. However, it took quite a long time before he was diagnosed with one-sided imprinting.
During that time, could he have had someone else as his partner? Since he only recently became aware of his feelings for me, there was a possibility that……
“Ha, no. Stop thinking about it.”
Seo-won, who was deep in thought, shook his head vigorously to erase the gloomy thoughts.
There was no reason to be jealous of who he may have met in the past when I wasn’t even willing to meet him right now. Even if we did meet, how draining would it be to dig into every person from his past one by one……
As I tried hard to get rid of those thoughts, the call suddenly disconnected. I’ll have to let Do-gyeom know there was a call when he gets back. Just as I was about to move on, the phone rang again. It was Seo Chaeyeon again.
“Must be an urgent call……”
Usually with calls, if the person doesn’t pick up, you leave a message or something, but seeing consecutive calls, it might be urgent. Maybe it was work related.
Honestly, I didn’t want to take it to him, but it was just my assumption that the other person would be an alpha omega Do-gyeom used to see. Seo-won pondered for a moment, then picked up the phone and walked towards where Do-gyeom had gone.
Do-gyeom was smoking alone on the outskirts of the restaurant where no one was around. He seemed to be deep in thought and didn’t notice Seo-won approaching.
“Young master, there’s a call for you.”
“Huh? A call?”
When Seo-won approached him and held out the cell phone, Do-gyeom looked a bit surprised. Not only did he not sense him coming, but he seemed surprised that Seo-won had his phone, as if he wasn’t even aware he had lost it.
He naturally tried to take the phone, but first put out the cigarette in his hand.
“So you had it. Sorry.”
“No… More importantly, shouldn’t you answer the call? It disconnected once earlier. Seems like an urgent call.”
“……”
At Seo-won’s words, Do-gyeom looked down at the still vibrating phone.
He saw the name on the screen and oddly hardened his expression. He seemed reluctant to answer for some reason. He glanced at Seo-won and spoke naturally.
“Go on inside.”
“……”
Somehow, the atmosphere was such that he would only answer the call once I left.
Seo-won had no choice but to turn around at that strange atmosphere. But a strange uneasiness settled in a corner of his heart.
Even while denying that it wasn’t what he thought, the thought occurred to him that he had no right to interfere even if she was an omega who had crossed paths with Do-gyeom before. That would clearly be overstepping.
However, bad curiosity gradually expanded in volume. Perhaps these feelings were foreseen from the moment he decided to face Do-gyeom again. Because Seo-won couldn’t fully trust him.
As he hesitantly walked back with slow steps, around the corner, he heard Do-gyeom’s voice from a distance.
“Hello.”
It was him answering the phone.
At that voice, Seo-won’s steps abruptly stopped. His mind knew he should go back, but his feet wouldn’t move as if they were glued to the floor. He was curious why Do-gyeom was talking to that actress.
Seo-won, who was hesitating, pretended to go back but hid his body around the corner of the restaurant wall. Suddenly he couldn’t understand why he was acting like he was in a spy movie. But unlike his cool reason, anxious emotions made him do this.
As he held his breath and stayed still, he faintly heard Do-gyeom’s voice from afar.
“I was going to call you first. I was worried you were too drunk that day.”
Combining the content of the barely audible conversation, it seemed Do-gyeom and the actress Seo Chaeyeon had gone out drinking together.
As far as Seo-won knew, it wasn’t like Do-gyeom particularly enjoyed drinking, but he could enjoy it to some extent. There were often times when he had to drink for work, so it wasn’t strange for them to meet for business.
But saying he was worried. He never used to say things like that, even insincerely…… Moreover, the way he spoke informally made it seem like they were quite close.
Maybe they were friends? Surprised by the unexpected connection, Seo-won heard more of what Do-gyeom was saying.
“Next time? Ah…… Yeah, call me when you have time.”
“……”
“Right. That day, you left your clothes at my place that day. Should I send them by courier?”
Clothes…?
Come to think of it, last time when Seo-won was in the countryside, Do-gyeom had told Jihwan that he left his clothes at his place. At the time, Jihwan had a shocked expression as if he had heard something shocking, and now Seo-won seemed to understand the reason.
Leaving clothes at someone’s house meant two things. First, that Seo Chaeyeon had set foot in his house. Second, that she took off her clothes.
Alcohol, house, clothes…… It was a combination of keywords that could unfold the wings of imagination as much as you wanted. Seo-won was already suspicious of why Do-gyeom was in contact with her, so it gave even more conviction to his imagination.
Even though he said he liked me. The thought that he met another alpha omega and flirted with her in the few days he didn’t see me made me feel betrayed.
Of course…… There’s no way Young Master would sincerely like me.
I was being silly, giggling just because he was a little nice to me. I felt pathetic for being so happy just because we ate chicken soup together, and felt self-loathing.
Since he could win my favor just by feeding me a meal once, it must have been very cheap for him. What was I hoping for? It was as shocking and heartbreaking as when I was rejected after confessing.
“Yeah, okay. Then bring it then. Yeah. Yeah, rest.”
As Seo-won’s eyes were burning hotly, he heard a voice that seemed to be ending the call.
At that, Seo-won hurriedly got into Do-gyeom’s car as if running away. Fortunately, Do-gyeom didn’t come back, probably planning to smoke more before coming in.
“Hah……”
Seo-won let out a deep sigh, completely leaning back in the passenger seat.
He realized it once again. He shouldn’t expect anything from that man. Perhaps even saying he liked me was all calculated. Because then I would return to his side. For him, who was born with a businessman’s temperament, such tricks would have been very easy to see.
It was unpleasant, like sinking deep into the mud under his feet. The urge to leave him again arose, but there was still the contract left. If he ran away without a word, there was a ridiculous penalty of having to marry him.
No matter how much I liked him, I didn’t want to marry someone who didn’t love me.
Since I couldn’t run away, the only way left to distance myself from him was to make him stop being obsessed with me.
How did they say you could break a one-sided imprint? Did they say it naturally breaks when you give up? The vague thought occurred to him that perhaps the most effective way would be to make him hate me and break that imprint.
“You’re late. I was airing out the cigarette smell.”
When Seo-won was immersed in gloomy thoughts, Do-gyeom got into the driver’s seat with an unknowing face.
That seemed to be true, as only a fragrant pheromone scent emanated from him, no acrid smell.
Earlier, when he seemed considerate of me like this, as if he was thinking of tteokbokki, I almost fell for it. But the current Seo-won was different.
As Seo-won remained still without responding, Do-gyeom, who was about to grab the steering wheel, suddenly seemed to remember something and rummaged through his pocket.
“Oh right, I have something to give you.”
“……”
Give me something? As I stared at him blankly, wondering what he was trying to do, he held out a card.
The card he gave me was black and shiny as if it had just been made. Seo-won took it with a clueless expression and asked,
“Why the card?”
“I told you before. That I would support you in every way once you returned to Seoul. If you need to buy something, use the card, and if you need cash, contact me. I’ll put in 100 million won for now.”
“…100 million won?”
“Let me know if you need more. There’s no limit on the card, so you can buy almost anything with it.”
“……”
I wasn’t asking him to give me more money……
Providing full support was part of his contract terms, so there was no reason to refuse. However, recalling what he had been thinking about earlier, hot words surged up. He wanted to ask if he was trying to win his favor with money, if he looked that stupid to him.
As Seo-won’s expression distorted slightly, Do-gyeom seemed to understand it differently and continued.
“Don’t feel burdened and use as much as you want. I told you to use me.”
Use me……
Seo-won fiddled with the card, mulling over his words, then slightly nodded and shoved it into his pocket.