I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C61
#61
“Euh…?”
With Kwon Taebeom’s large hand pressing against my cheek, the pronunciation slipped out. Even after that, Kwon Taebeom kept pressing his lips against my face and then hugged me tightly. As I was bewilderedly nestled in his embrace, Kwon Taebeom’s pheromone scent filled my lungs. While I was sniffling and sneakily smelling his pheromone scent, Kwon Taebeom spoke.
“Done crying?”
“There’s still a li-little left….”
I answered like that unintentionally out of bewilderment. Kwon Taebeom, who smirked again, rubbed the corners of my eyes that were still moist.
“Looks like you’re done crying though.”
“But… Taebeom-ssi.”
Held in his arms, I thought a little. The conclusion I reached was that this wasn’t right. Even though Kwon Taebeom knew that I was pregnant with his child, and even if he said he would take responsibility for me, whether it was a joke or not, Yoon Seolah was by Kwon Taebeom’s side.
As long as she was there, Kwon Taebeom and I were a relationship that could never be. This was the life of a supporting character. Thinking that way, while this situation was sad, my heart gradually calmed down.
“You don’t… have to take responsibility for that.”
“…The reason you think that is?”
“Well… I actually know everything. That you and Yoon Seolah-ssi are in that kind of relationship. So if you could just… support me with a bit of child support-“
“Haa….”
Suddenly, a deep sigh escaped from him. Was mentioning child support burdensome? The corners of my mouth drooped in dejection. Kwon Taebeom put his outer clothing on me and then lifted me up.
“Tae, Taebeom-ssi?”
“It’ll be faster to show you directly.”
“What is it? Wh-what is it!”
When we exited the hospital room and went down the corridor, people glanced at us furtively. Embarrassed, I hit his shoulder and wiggled my feet, but Kwon Taebeom didn’t budge an inch.
“Yuwon-nim, it’s been a while.”
“Ah, Uncle Jun-seok….”
As long as I had been apart from Kwon Taebeom, the ajusshi I was seeing after a long time looked… not well. My heart grew heavy as I felt like I was the reason.
“Where’s Han Gi-chan?”
“He’s coming with Yoon Seolah-ssi.”
“Why is Yoon Seolah-ssi coming here….”
Is this what he meant by showing me? I never expected to hear Yoon Seolah’s name here all of a sudden. I don’t want to see her. I really don’t want to meet Yoon Seolah in this state. I squeezed my eyes shut and resisted more fiercely to escape from his arms.
“Tsk. Stay still. You’ll fall over.”
Then Kwon Taebeom lightly patted my bottom as if handling a child. At his embarrassing action, I heard the sound of Uncle Jun-seok clearing his throat behind me.
“Ahem.”
Because of that, my face heated up. I obediently buried my face in Kwon Taebeom’s shoulder and took small breaths, and the sound gradually approached closer. And finally.
“Han Gi-chan.”
“Yes, hyungnim.”
It seemed Yoon Seolah had arrived. What is Kwon Taebeom doing right now? What if he holds another person in his arms in front of the person he likes? I didn’t even ask him to hug me, but worried about Yoon Seolah, I slowly raised my head.
“Huh…?”
“Say hello. This is my fiancée.”
Why… is Yoon Seolah holding hands with someone else?
“Hello, sister-in-law. My name is Han Gi-chan.”
“Uh… umm….”
What on earth is this situation?
As I couldn’t answer while looking at Yoon Seolah holding hands with Kwon Taebeom’s subordinate named Han Gi-chan, she greeted me.
“We’re acquaintances, right? I’m Yoon Seolah. I’m also dating Gi-chan-ssi here. And from now on, I’ve agreed to help Yuwon-ssi with your studies. Please take good care of me.”
I looked at Yoon Seolah, who was smiling brightly, and bewilderedly grasped the hand she extended. As I watched her enthusiastically shaking my hand, I got a creeping feeling that something was wrong.
“That’s enough greetings.”
“Aw. I’m just happy to see you after a long time.”
“Se-Seolah-ssi….”
Kwon Taebeom warned in a low voice, but as if Yoon Seolah wasn’t afraid of Kwon Taebeom, she snorted and didn’t let go of my hand. And the man named Han Gi-chan was busy sweating profusely and gauging the reactions of the two.
But I mean. What on earth is this situation?
“If you’re done greeting, go now.”
“Why? Meeting like this is also fate, so let’s have a meal together-“
“Seolah-ssi, let’s go now. Okay?”
Seeing Kwon Taebeom’s brows twist, Han Gi-chan desperately dissuaded Yoon Seolah. Then Yoon Seolah, who said okay and smirked, left a message saying she’d see me again next time and got in the car. I was dumbfounded by the situation that had passed in an instant.
“What ki-kind of situation is this…?”
“You still don’t understand?”
Kwon Taebeom smirked and brushed my hair back, then carefully buttoned up my jacket.
“Han Gi-chan and Yoon Seolah are about to get married. So obviously, Yoon Seolah and I have no relationship.”
“…What?”
“And from the beginning, I only had you, Cha Yuwon.”
“……What?”
“I told you to take responsibility if you seduced someone, little one.”
Kwon Taebeom kissed my bewildered eyelids and headed back to the hospital room. While being carried in his arms back to the hospital room, there were countless gazes directed at me, but I had no time to care about such things.
What is this situation, why are Han Gi-chan and Yoon Seolah acting like that. Then how on earth is the original novel progressing? Just thinking about this made my head complicated. Returning to the hospital room, Kwon Taebeom sat me on the bed, undressed me, and sat across from me.
“No, then wh-why did you… h-hide me in the annex…?”
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand, so the words I had kept in my heart suddenly burst out. I was startled at my own words and lowered my head.
“Hide?”
Is he pretending not to know, or does he really not know…? Or maybe he’s going to marry Yoon Seolah, and I’m like a concubine… Is that the feeling? To deceive me who knows nothing, he had his subordinate act. And after I get fooled like this again, he meets her behind my back. At the development I had only seen in dramas, I felt like tears were about to burst out.
I can’t cry here. Cha Yuwon. Don’t you dare cry. Chanting inwardly, I bit down hard on the flesh inside my mouth. Then Kwon Taebeom, who had been caressing my cheek, split my tightly closed lips with his finger. As his finger suddenly entered my mouth, I released the flesh I had bitten and raised my head.
“Are you telling me to bring an alpha into the house you’re in right now?”
When I raised my head, my eyes met Kwon Taebeom’s, who had bent his waist to match my gaze. Unlike my expectation that he would be flustered as if his weakness had been exposed by my words, Kwon Taebeom’s face was colder than ever.
“What? No-“
“Cha Yuwon, speak clearly. Who are you telling me to bring into the house right now?”
“…That’s not it.”
“You being in the house with another alpha while I’m not there. That’s out of the question.”
As if just imagining it irritated him, Kwon Taebeom furrowed his brows and clicked his tongue. Why… is he angry now? Because I brought up Yoon Seolah? If not that… I raised my head to look at Kwon Taebeom’s face, and the wound on his neck stood out more than usual today.
“Do you like Yoon Seolah?”
What? Why is the conversation going that way? Startled by the bewilderment, I opened my mouth.
“Wh-what? Why would I- You, you and Yoon Seolah-ssi are in that kind of relationship…!”
I squeezed my eyes shut and shouted at him. I was dumbfounded by Kwon Taebeom’s serious face, asking if I liked Yoon Seolah despite standing there with such an affectionate appearance.
“You, you two spent your r-rut together….”
“What?”
This time, Kwon Taebeom asked, scrunching one eye as if asking what nonsense I was spouting.
“What is that supposed to mean? What would two alphas do together?”
“What…?”
Alpha…? As I blinked my eyes in a daze, he removed the hair sticking to my forehead and said,
“You didn’t know Yoon Seolah is an alpha?”
I didn’t know. Alpha and omega were terms I first learned after coming to this world. I was sure I had never seen such terms in the novel. As I remained silent, biting my lip because it was strange, Kwon Taebeom opened his mouth with a short sigh.
“What on earth were you imagining? Besides, I just showed you directly earlier. Yoon Seolah is dating Han Gi-chan.”
“Then all of that was… a mis-misunderstanding?”
Really…? Yoon Seolah coming to Kwon Taebeom’s house was because of Han Gi-chan, and when they said they spent the rut well thanks to each other….
“Then, then what about when you kept saying you sp-spent your rut well thanks to each other?”
As if asking how I knew about that too, he narrowed the space between his brows and answered with a sigh.
“My rut hit earlier than the scheduled date, so I got some help from Yoon Seolah. Dominant alphas can’t get suppressants unless prescribed in advance because the ingredients are a bit strong.”
“Ah….”
What do I do…. Then all of this was my misunderstanding. Knowing the truth made my head spin.
“If there’s anything you’ve been misunderstanding on your own all this time, ask about it all during this opportunity.”
“Now, uh, there’s nothing.”
“Really?”
Kwon Taebeom pressed and rubbed the tip of his fingernail against my reddened earlobe as if teasing.
“Then… do you l-like me, Taebeom-ssi…?”
“You think I just like you?”
What does that mean again…. As I rolled my eyes and chewed my lips again, Kwon Taebeom released my lips as if it were a habit and continued.
“I’m crazy about you, Cha Yuwon.”
“C-crazy.”
In his eyes looking down at me, tilting his head playfully, I felt a strange heat. As I covered my flushed face, Kwon Taebeom chuckled and grabbed my wrist.
“More importantly, I think we have something to discuss.”
“What? Wh-what is it?”
Kwon Taebeom glanced at my lower abdomen and then stared at me intently. Just that gaze alone startled my heart, making it flutter and causing me to choke.
“Cough, cough-“
“Tsk-“
Kwon Taebeom, who clicked his tongue softly, slowly rubbed my back.
“Haa….”
I lowered my head, avoiding Kwon Taebeom’s gaze after calming my barely settled heart.
“Umm…. I, Taebeom-ssi…. About that….”