I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C104
#104
“Fuck, really! Stop it, Cha Yuwon!”
“Stop, don’t touch my body!”
Whenever I saw Kim Sangchul, I felt dizzy remembering the karaoke room I was dragged to back then. As I barely managed to push Kim Sangchul away with trembling hands, he let out a deep sigh, spat on the ground, and took a step back.
“Shit…”
As I hurriedly turned my body to crawl out of the alley, Kim Sangchul, who was throwing a tantrum behind me, shouted.
“You idiot, do you think that guy will date you even knowing your parents killed his mother?”
“…What?”
Who… killed who?
I slowly turned my head to look at Kim Sangchul. Then, rubbing his twisted lips, Kim Sangchul approached step by step and stopped in front of me.
“Was it Kwon Taebeom? The guy you like.”
My steps stopped abruptly at hyung’s name coming from Kim Sangchul’s mouth. Why… is that name coming from such a filthy place?
I looked at Kim Sangchul, hiding my trembling hands by clenching them tightly. He lifted one corner of his mouth in an unpleasant smile.
“You really don’t know your place, do you? How could you even compare to a dominant alpha and the heir of Taeho Group?”
With each word Kim Sangchul spat out, I felt like my chest was being gouged out. Even though I knew it, hearing such words from someone else’s mouth felt like I’d been hit on the head.
I already knew it was an impossible relationship realistically. Kwon Taebeom didn’t even like me anyway. No, he didn’t even care about me.
At best, the position of a known younger brother was all I could occupy in Kwon Taebeom’s life. It was ridiculous to even be talking with Kim Sangchul about his name when all I had to do was sort out my own feelings.
“I don’t… like that person.”
“Bullshit. You went there again today, didn’t you?”
“How do you… know that?”
Just how much do you know? Did you follow me again? The thought that he might have been tailing me without my knowledge gave me chills.
As I unconsciously stepped back, Kim Sangchul also took a step forward. At that moment, a strange smell wafted from Kim Sangchul’s body.
What is this…?
I frowned at the smell that seemed familiar yet unfamiliar, and Kim Sangchul grabbed my shoulder and met my gaze.
“You’re really a funny guy. Kwon Taebeom, is that bastard crazy? To meet the child of the person who caused his mother’s death?”
“What are you… talking about all this time?”
I stopped while pushing away Kim Sangchul’s hand and raised my head, freezing. Hyung’s mother… was killed?
“Id-iot. You really don’t know anything, do you?”
“What… who… killed who?”
“Kuk kuk. Ah, shit. This is so fucking funny.”
Kim Sangchul bent over laughing and wiped his tear-stained eyes. After laughing to his heart’s content, he suddenly erased the remaining smile on his face and his eyes flashed.
“That’s why that bastard abandoned you. You didn’t know until now?”
“No, no… it’s not true…”
It was clear that he was trying to torment me again with his sharp tongue, but somehow my chest hurt. As I stepped back one step at a time, Kim Sangchul followed and grabbed my shoulder tightly.
“Taeho Group, Kwon Taebeom. And Kwon Taebeom’s birth mother Lee Hyunjeong. These are the names of the victims who died in the accident caused by your parents.”
“No, hic, no. It’s all, it’s a lie, sob… stop lying!”
I covered my ears and shook my head, but Kim Sangchul’s grip tightened. Along with a splitting headache, the faces of my parents, which I had forgotten for a long time, came to mind.
My parents who always neglected me because they were busy, and their place that disappeared overnight. And then…
“Hic… Why are you… doing this to me?”
Memories from my childhood that I had completely forgotten came flooding back. The time I went to my parents’ cold, lonely funeral wearing all black. Someone who looked at my parents’ funeral portraits with resentful eyes.
No. It still can’t be true… It must be another lie to torment me…
“The reason? Well, there isn’t really one.”
“Then why…”
I leaned against the wall, struggling to support my wobbling legs, and asked Kim Sangchul. Why he had such a grudge against me to do this. And what exactly he wanted to do. I wiped away the tears blurring my vision and glared at him, and Kim Sangchul tilted his head crookedly and took out a cigarette.
“Phew… shit, this is pissing me off. After waiting for years, you go to another guy in an instant.”
“Kim Sangchul…”
“Do I like you? Fuck, yeah. I like you, Cha Yuwon.”
Every time he spoke while exhaling, white smoke obscured my vision, then disappeared.
“I liked you from the start. But fuck, you’d tremble every time you saw me. You wouldn’t even look at me unless I treated you like shit!”
Kim Sangchul’s face was full of anger as he yelled with bloodshot eyes. But I too felt enraged by his words, and my vision turned red. A heavy sigh burst from deep within my blackened heart.
“Haah…”
“Cha Yuwon.”
There’s still a memory vividly etched in my mind. The look in Kim Sangchul’s eyes as he looked down at me with contempt, saying I was like an omega. Kim Sangchul’s firm hand pushing me into that black abyss even as I cried, screamed, and begged on my knees.
“I’ll treat you well now-“
“Yeah… you’re right, I like hyung.”
“You little- Cha Yuwon. Didn’t you hear what I said?”
Kim Sangchul spat and grabbed my chin. My face involuntarily contorted at the force applied to my jaw, as if he was trying to crush it, along with his cursing.
“I don’t believe you.”
I won’t be fooled anymore. I won’t waste time crying and being deceived by Kim Sangchul’s words again.
I pulled Kim Sangchul’s hand and struck his solar plexus hard with my elbow. He let out a groan and frowned, exhaling softly.
“I’m grateful for one thing.”
“……”
“Because of you, I’ve found the courage to meet hyung and talk to him.”
“No, Cha Yuwon!”
“I’m going to ask hyung directly.”
***
Taebeom had tried for a very long time to forget Yuwon. It was a bit difficult since it was the first time he had given his heart to someone, but time solved that. No, he thought it had solved it.
“Boss, haven’t you been working out lately- Oof!”
Junseok kicked the leg of the tactless subordinate. Amidst the commotion, Taebeom thought of Yuwon for the first time in a very long while.
I wonder if his body is okay now.
He also recalled grandmother’s words about Yuwon taking medicine because he was sick.
Enough. What does it have to do with me now?
Taebeom passed by his squabbling subordinates and pulled at his suffocating tie. He took out a cigarette and lit it with a click. His inhalation of the cigarette was as deep as his complicated feelings.
Even when he tried to focus on work, once he started thinking about Yuwon, he couldn’t stop. As his hand roughly flipped through documents, a commotion broke out outside the door.
[You can’t- No, grandmother.]
[Just, just a moment, okay? Just a moment-]
[You can’t, please leave immediately.]
As Taebeom turned his gaze, Junseok bowed his head.
“I’m sorry, I’ll go check right away.”
“No, tell them to come in.”
“Boss?”
Taebeom quietly stubbed out his cigarette and stood up. It was clearly Yuwon’s grandmother’s voice.
Junseok, a bit flustered by Taebeom’s words, hurried outside. After a brief conversation, Junseok and Yuwon’s grandmother entered.
“What’s the matter?”
“That student from back then… was it you…?”
“……”
It was an out-of-context question, but Taebeom could immediately understand what grandmother was talking about.
11 years ago, he had encountered grandmother and young Yuwon at the funeral. Like then, grandmother, now knowing everything, had a devastated look on her face.
Could Yuwon have found out too? The first thought that came to mind upon seeing grandmother’s tear-stained face was concern for Yuwon.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry. Really… I have no face to see you like this…”
“It’s all in the past. It’s already an issue that ended 11 years ago, and I have no intention of discussing it further.”
Taebeom looked at Junseok standing behind, saying it was time for her to leave. Junseok said, “Let’s go now,” and grabbed grandmother’s arm.
Haah… Taebeom rubbed his tired face and reached for a cigarette with a familiar gesture. His mind was especially complicated today.
He looked at the darkened sky and closed his eyes. When he closed his eyes like this, he could still see Yuwon. He vividly remembered the face shedding tears with a pale, trembling expression.
“I’m truly ashamed, but just once… hic, please help just this once.”
Taebeom opened his closed eyes at the sobbing voice behind him. As he turned his head, he saw grandmother looking up at him, bending her knees.
“You’re the only one I can ask for help…”
Taebeom frowned at grandmother’s pleading, crying with a frightened face. An unpleasant anxiety slowly coiled around and gripped his heart. Just as he was about to open his mouth after a moment’s hesitation, grandmother spoke first.
“Please help find our Yuwon.”