I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C34
#34
“Let go of this. I said let go!”
Kwon Taebeom, who was holding me as I violently struggled and resisted, said with a chilling gaze.
“You’re forbidden from going out for a while. I’ll get you a private tutor so quit the academy.”
“Ugh… sob, I really hate you Taebeom.”
I didn’t want to cry in front of Kwon Taebeom. I bit the inside of my cheek and looked up at the ceiling. Even if I die soon, I didn’t want to show him my crying face.
“From now on, these two will be by your side instead of me, so you better not have any strange thoughts.”
With those words, Taebeom passed by me. I blankly stared at his receding back. Can a person change so much in a single day? I felt empty.
“Let’s go inside.”
In the end, I was imprisoned in the room again without being able to take a single step outside. I pulled the blanket over my head, cried, and fell asleep as if I fainted. When I came to my senses with a splitting headache, it was already dark.
‘It’s already this time…’
Growl-
Although I haven’t had much of an appetite lately, my starving stomach that hadn’t eaten in over a day made a small rumbling sound as if protesting to put food in right away. There was still steaming porridge on the nightstand, but I didn’t want to eat anything Taebeom gave me.
“I’m hungry… sob.”
I was so hungry that my stomach was now cramping. Wiping away the tears that had trickled out, I hugged my bag. I think there was bread that was handed out at the booth yesterday….
“Oh, it’s here!”
The full moon-shaped cream bread was slightly squashed but wasn’t torn and was in good condition. Thinking I might really starve to death like this, I hurriedly stuffed the bread into my mouth. But after not eating much, I felt nauseous again.
As if I was about to vomit up what was inside at any moment, I threw the bread bag and got up from my seat in a hurry. I went into the bathroom, grabbed the toilet, and vomited what was inside. Even when there was nothing more to come out, my stomach contracted and acidic stomach fluid came out.
“Hah… What am I really doing here?”
I rinsed my mouth and sat leaning against the bed, covering my face with my hands. I shouldn’t have gotten involved with Kwon Taebeom from the beginning. I was a fool for falling for his nice outward appearance.
I have to deal with the guys who bullied Cha Yuwon and take good care of grandma, but just taking care of my own body was this difficult. The man in the mirror looked haggard. As if avoiding everything, I hid my body under the blanket.
Again, I fell asleep as if collapsing and when I opened my eyes, I felt the chilling cold on my body. Perhaps because I slept all day, my body felt heavy as if a rock was placed on it. My fingertips were cold. I pulled the blanket to cover my body but the cold air persisted. My whole body shivered, my stomach hurt, and everything felt scary and sad.
“Hic… sob, mom… hic, ugh… dad… sob.”
Everything felt resentful, having fallen into an unfamiliar world overnight and having to endure all this treatment while being here. I’m not Cha Yuwon. He’s a complete stranger, but just the fact that I possessed his body made enduring all of this tiring and burdensome.
“Sob… bad guy… hic… really bad guy….”
If you were going to be like this, you should have been from the beginning. You should have acted like your original self from the start. Why did you treat me well and make my heart like this? The arrows of resentment were all aimed at him.
Tears flowed down my temples, dampening my ears and falling onto the pillow. Like that, I cried and cried thinking of Kwon Taebeom until my head felt heavy.
***
“Hyung-nim. Are you really going to leave sister-in-law like that?”
Junseok, who entered the study representing everyone, let out a sigh as if frustrated.
“He hasn’t eaten anything for days now and keeps lying down.”
Ignoring the impure gaze directed at him, Taebeom poured whiskey into the glass.
“Hyung-nim!”
Taebeom didn’t even reply to Junseok’s words and just looked at the swirling liquor in the glass he was holding. The fact that Yuwon was lying down like that all day was something Taebeom knew best. Yuwon didn’t eat anything and fell asleep crying as if he fainted. Taebeom stood in front of Yuwon’s room all night, unable to go inside, and then returned to the study.
“Sister-in-law will really collapse at this rate! Tomorrow is the departure date, what are you going to do!”
Taebeom, who raised his head towards Junseok who was looking at him with a worried face, spoke in a low voice as if warning.
“Shut up, Park Junseok.”
“Hah… for now, this is the report on Baek I-junk that you mentioned.”
Junseok, who handed over the documents saying to read this at least and think about it again, opened his mouth.
“Name, Baek I-junk. He is twenty-four years old and the second son of Baek Sunghan, the director of Baek Hospital in Gangmyeong-dong. Currently, he is living alone after leaving home, and it seems there was a conflict with Director Baek regarding college admission.”
If it’s Baek Hospital in Gangmyeong-dong, it’s quite a large general hospital. At the words that I-jun, the son of the director of such a hospital, was living alone, Taebeom’s brows furrowed.
“Go on.”
Taebeom poured whiskey into an empty glass and took in the information about I-jun without missing anything.
“He is working the early morning part-time job at the convenience store on the first floor of the building right next to the academy, and he is in the same class as sister-in-law. The kids say they have similar grades and sit right next to each other, so they became close, but there is no particularly strange atmosphere between the two.”
Junseok hesitated, looking at Taebeom who kept filling the glass with strong liquor, and continued.
“I think they became close because sister-in-law has a kind and active personality. Even at the department experience fair that the two of them went to yesterday, there was nothing particularly unusual.”
Junseok sighed at the sight of Taebeom, who looked cold but somehow tired.
“Although alpha pheromones were on sister-in-law, that’s a mistake that passionate alphas often make… isn’t it, hyung-nim.”
“……”
“Please judge rationally and try to resolve it through conversation with sister-in-law…”
Taebeom had been aware of I-jun’s existence through the subordinates he had planted by Yuwon’s side. It bothered him and was annoying that there was someone else beside Yuwon instead of him, but he tried to let it pass quietly, knowing it was the first time she made a proper friend. If it wasn’t for what happened the day before yesterday.
He knew Yuwon was going to Korea University with Baek I-junk under the pretext of a mock exam. There were dozens of people placed next to Yuwon. Nevertheless, Taebeom let Yuwon go. However, when he saw the photos sent by his subordinate while waiting for Yuwon, the pheromones of the dominant alpha trying to protect his omega twisted and squirmed inside his body.
The way Baek I-junk looked at Yuwon resembled the way he looked at Yuwon. The instinct as an alpha warned that he had to get that guy away from Yuwon. Moreover, the moment he saw Yuwon covered in Baek I-junk’s pheromones and facing him, the patience he had accumulated exploded.
He wanted to break I-jun who coveted his omega right away and lock Yuwon underground. The image of Yuwon only looking at him and waiting for him was temptingly imagined in his head.
“You can go now.”
Taebeom put down the documents and closed his eyes tightly as the sound of the door closing. He tried to control the emotions burning like fire. Yuwon, who cried like a child, came to mind. That small body that stiffened in fear, saying he was scared, came to mind. The image of Yuwon sighing with reddened eyes while curling up his small body kept coming to mind, making his chest feel stuffy and anxious.
“Ha… fuck.”
At the same time, a memory came to Taebeom’s mind, and he roughly put down the glass and got up from his seat. He felt like he was going crazy with the thought of Yuwon sobbing alone even now. Taebeom, who arrived in front of Yuwon’s room, knocked on the door with a hesitant hand.
“Yuwon.”
The tightly closed door felt like Yuwon’s heart towards him, making him anxious. Taebeom, who knocked on the door with a pale white hand, called Yuwon again.
“Cha Yuwon.”
But no matter how many times he called, Yuwon did not answer. Taebeom was anxious.
“I’m coming in.”
In the end, Taebeom opened the door when there was no answer.
“Cha… Yuwon.”
Yuwon’s figure, which used to always be rolled up into a mountain, disappeared, and an empty bed came into view. In an instant, his heart sank and a bright red signal rang in his head.
“Cha Yuwon!”
With trembling fingertips, Taebeom picked up his cell phone and called Yuwon.
“Ha… fuck.”
The ringing sound of the vibration rang out. Taebeom, who found the cell phone lying alone where Yuwon had been, bit his lip tightly. Where could Yuwon have disappeared to? If he thoroughly searched the places Yuwon might go, could he find him? But if Yuwon still doesn’t want to see him, if he has already lost affection for him….
Taebeom, who turned his body with rough footsteps, was about to grab the doorknob with an urgent hand. It was then. From the bathroom attached to the room, a small, faint breathing sound was heard, like a small animal grunting. With a doubtful heart, Taebeom turned his body and entered the bathroom.
“Hah….”
When he opened the door, Yuwon’s uniquely sweet body scent touched the tip of his nose. Yuwon’s figure, curled up in a ball in the narrow bathtub, came into view. As if he had accidentally touched it while sleeping, a thin stream of water was flowing from the end of the shower head. Because of that, Yuwon’s wet T-shirt was sticking to his body.
“What if you catch a cold?”
Taebeom’s heart, which was trembling with anxiety, gradually found its place with the relief of finding Yuwon. Taebeom, who took out a large towel and wiped Yuwon’s wet body, carefully lifted him up.
Once he fell asleep, Yuwon was the type to not know even if someone carried him on their back. As expected, Yuwon was in a deep sleep, making soft breathing sounds with a face that knew nothing. Taebeom brushed back his light brown hair that was sticking to his forehead.
“I’m sorry but I can’t do without you anymore. I can’t.”
Taebeom, who was reciting while holding Yuwon in his arms, slowly lowered his head and kissed his round forehead.