VDN Ch 33
by STAR“Wow, is this a house or a club?”
The living room was very spacious. The dim interior was filled with dazzling lights, and the soundproofing was so good that the foreign music, which couldn’t be heard in the apartment corridor, was playing. On the sofa, naked people were entangled, creating a scandalous scene. Nam-woon, feeling awkward, turned his gaze and stared only at the lights attached to the ceiling.
To think there’s a club inside the house. The homeowner must be quite unusual.
As he was blankly looking around the house, his phone suddenly rang. The caller was Kwon Seo-oh. But this time, it wasn’t a message but a call.
It’s the first time he’s called. What’s going on?
“Hey, Seo-oh.”
“……”
“Hello?”
– Yes.
…Did I make the call? The caller didn’t say anything. Was the music too loud to hear? Nam-woon raised his voice.
“Why did you call?”
“……”
“Is something wrong?”
At this point, Nam-woon had nothing to say.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
Then, suddenly, the music changed to a crazy beat that thumped loudly. Then a sinister voice came from the other side of the phone.
– Where are you now?
“Uh, here? Just at a friend’s house.”
– Which friend? You don’t have friends.
“Uh. It’s just an acquaintance’s house I met today.”
– What are you doing at that person’s house?
“Hanging out.”
He couldn’t say he was collecting money from pizza. When Nam-woon said he would hang up if he had nothing to say, Kwon Seo-oh suddenly asked out of the blue.
– So, are you sleeping there?
“What?”
– Are you spending the night with someone you just met?
When a flustered Nam-woon replied, “I don’t know.” Seo-oh was silent for a moment before speaking.
– Se-han keeps asking where you went.
Nam-woon was at a loss for words. A quiet voice continued from the other side of the phone.
– For now, I told him you went on a business trip to make money.
“Ah… okay.”
“……”
“……”
An awkward silence followed. Nam-woon hesitated before asking.
“Did you eat?
– Yes. Did you?
“I ate too.”
“……”
“……”
Then silence again. Why is it so awkward?
– Is there any side dish in the office fridge?
“Side dish? Probably not. Why do you ask about side dishes?”
– Hyung, are you just eating ramen…
At that moment, he saw someone vaguely coming out from the inside. It seemed like they were coming out to pay. I should hang up now. If I don’t, it’s obvious I’ll be caught for what I’m doing.
I wouldn’t mind if it were someone else, but I couldn’t let Kwon Seo-oh catch me delivering. He would surely think it was strange. In the novel, Seok Nam-woon hated this kind of part-time job the most. His body was exhausted, and the money was barely worth the effort.
If Seo-oh found out about the part-time job, he would soon realize Nam-woon’s dire financial situation. Even though the office was busy, he was doing a delivery job he had never done before. Seo-oh would most likely ask where the office money had gone and he didn’t want to say he had been paying Chairman Seok.
When Kwon Seo-oh was angry, he was very scary. So much so that his hands would automatically come together respectfully on their own. But Nam-woon disliked a worried Seo-oh more than an angry one.
“Let’s talk again later.”
Nam-woon quickly hung up and looked at the man approaching.
I feel like I’ve seen this person somewhere.
Pale eyes, brown hair. A small face with perfectly arranged features. Tall and long-legged man that could pass for a model.
“First, the dry cleaning fee…?”
“Throw it away.”
Yes, it was a face he couldn’t forget. He was the same man that Nam-woon got chicken sauce on his suit jacket while delivering and he immediately ordered his subordinate to throw the jacket away.
The unbuttoned shirt revealed the man’s toned upper body. The abs were well-toned, subtly drawing attention even in the dim light. The man, with a bored expression, walked up to Nam-woon.
Surprised by the strange coincidence, Nam-woon bowed his head and checked the receipt attached to the pizza box. He felt sorry for not paying the dry cleaning fee, but it was the man who didn’t take the money and for today, he had to collect the pizza money. Six boxes, so one hundred eighty-eight thousand two hundred won…
Grab
But suddenly, Nam-woon’s head was grabbed by the man’s large hand.
“What the…!”
Startled, he tried to look up but couldn’t move. A low voice came from above.
“Your head looks familiar.”
“Hey, you, let go while I’m speaking nicely.”
Nam-woon said, only raising his eyebrows. His head was pressed down by the man’s brute strength. What the hell! Nam-woon, unable to just drop the pizza he had brought with him, grabbed the man’s forearm with one hand and struggled. The man smiled mischievously as he faced Nam-woon’s reddened face. Looking into this guy’s eyes. He’s a psychopath.
The man leaned over and gently lifted Nam-woon’s damp forehead.
“What are you doing…!”
The man, who had been staring at the neat forehead, suddenly burst into laughter. It was a refreshing laugh, but it sounded insane to Nam-woon. Without swiping away his smile, the man spoke.
“Why are you delivering?”
“Why are you speaking informally?”
It seems that everyone in this house defaults to speaking informally to delivery people. The man, removing his hand from Nam-woon’s head, asked as if feeling sorry for him.
“Poor thing. Doesn’t your dad give you money?”
Sigh. Nam-woon, who had put the pizza boxes on the floor, took a breath and swallowed his anger. Drunk people shouldn’t be dealt with the same applies to the rich too. The man also reeked of alcohol. Nam-woon counted to ten in his head and said,
“Six pizzas, 188,200 won.”
The man slowly approached a nearby table, picked up his wallet, and took out a card. When Nam-woon said it was a cash payment, the man rummaged through his wallet and handed over a ten million won check. When asked if he had ten thousand or fifty thousand won, the man threw his wallet into Nam-woon’s arms, and as Nam-woon checked inside at the man’s gesture, there were only white checks.
“Transfer it.”
“I don’t have my phone right now.”
“Are you an asshole?”
“You have a rough mouth.”
That’s not a bad thing either. The man replied with a smirk.
Nam-woon immediately called the pizza shop owner,
– Where would I have that much change? Try to get it if you can. Otherwise, we’ll have to deduct it from your delivery fee.
Only such an absurd response came back. He had really gotten into trouble. He had to give change to the man for the pizza, but how could pizza cost one hundred eighty thousand won? Even if he tried to negotiate, it was quite a lot of money for Nam-woon.
Without saying much, Nam-woon held out his phone.
“Number.”
The man took the phone, pressed the keypad with one hand, and returned it to Nam-woon. As Nam-woon was about to save the number, he paused and scrutinized the man from head to toe.
His appearance was not ordinary. In a good way.
Such looks were something he had only seen in Kwon-seo-oh since coming here. And Kwon-seo was one of the main characters. Naturally, the other main character, who had yet to appear, came to mind.
Jin Hae-geon.
Jin Hae-geon was born between two dominant alphas. Even before being born, he was a diamond spoon who had everything in his hands, living in the world just for fun.
An environment where everything was given to him even before he wanted it. He had a perfect appearance from childhood and the intimating presence of a dominant alpha that developed as he grew. Perhaps that’s why Jin Hae-geon found everything boring and had difficulty empathizing with people’s emotions. It was Kwon Seo-oh who caught his interest.
Jin Hae-geon felt no sexual attraction to omegas. His abnormal desire for conquest was directed towards his same trait, alphas. Jin Hae-geon and Kwon Seo-oh were initially just acquaintances who knew each other’s faces. However, due to a certain incident, Jin Hae-geon became interested in Kwon Seo-oh.
And the one who caused that certain incident was,
Me, right?’
It was Seok Nam-woon.
The incidents caused by the villain, Seok Nam-woon were always the same. He would be shitty towards Kwon Seo-oh, only to get beaten badly and not get anything in return. After meeting Jin Hae-geon, he would try to flirt with him while rubbing his palms together, hoping for some sort of favor.
That day was no different either. Seok Nam-woon visited Seo-oh at his university and was beaten mercilessly. And Jin Hae-geon, who witnessed Kwon Seo-oh’s ruthless violence, found himself strangely interested in Kwon Seo-oh.
Nam-woon looked up at the man with suspicion and asked,
“What’s your name?”
“Me? Jin-sang.”
With a deep breath, Nam-woon bit his lip, forgetting about the situation. How could his name be Jin-sang? But a moment later, Nam-woon asked with a serious expression.
“Show me your ID.”
Even though he was being interrogated, the man calmly took out his ID from his wallet.
The name was Jin-sang and the date of birth is the same as mine. But…
“The face…”
“Diet, LASIK, orthodontics.”
The man spoke confidently as if questioning what the problem was. The face in the photo was different from the man in front of him, but the light pigmentation somehow looked similar. Judging by the fact that he took out money from the wallet, it seemed that he was indeed the owner of the wallet. With some of his suspicion eased, Nam-woon said,
“You better come out to pay back the money whenever I contact you.”
“Alpha?”
Nam-woon, without answering the man’s sudden question, turned his back and walked quickly towards the front door and turned the doorknob, but for some reason, the door wouldn’t open.
The man, who had approached Nam-woon from behind, slightly tilted his head and took a breath.
“You don’t smell like one. Are you a beta?”
He scanned every corner of Nam-woon’s face, which was frowning. Calm eyes, a prominent nose, and slightly parted lips. The man, who had been quietly observing, spoke up.
“Do you do other jobs?”
He pulled out a check from his wallet.
“How about doing something fun with me?”
“I’ll give you this.”
The expensive white paper fluttered in the man’s hand.