TSG 25

Se-hyun couldn’t come to his senses even after all payments were made. Until now, all purchases made using Shin Tae-oh’s money had been for Yoo Jin-ha gifts, which were eventually rejected. It was like picking up expensive items that had just fallen to the ground…

“Sir.”

Before responding to Se-hyun’s call, Shin Tae-oh turned around.

“Did you buy it for me?”

“I think you bought it on my behalf.”

The more casually he responded, the more Se-hyun couldn’t understand. No. He could understand. Yoo Jin-ha felt uncomfortable every time he received a sudden gift.

“Did it bother you that I didn’t have any dishes? However, if you don’t tell me and just give them to me like that…”

Shin Tae-oh hadn’t even asked about which dishes were pretty. He had chosen everything according to his taste from the beginning, and now it turned out it was for him?

“You said you didn’t need a bowl because you ate instant rice.”

“Yes? Yes. That’s right.”

That’s why Se-hyun couldn’t receive the bowl that Shin Tae-oh said he would give him.

“Then can’t we just live like we are now?”

“…What do you mean?”

“I’m buying those dishes for me to use.”

For you?

“Then why did you ask about the packaging?”

“But since I was going to keep it in your house, I was wondering if it would be a good idea to pack it up.”

By now, Se-hyun was utterly bewildered.

If it comes into my house, it belongs to me. It’s mine.

“So you’re saying you’re going to give that bowl to me, right? Why are you twisting it around like that?

“That dish is going to Se-hyun’s house, but it’s definitely meant to be kept for me?”

Why did he have to respond like this again?

“Then why don’t you send them directly to my house?”

Se-hyun, curious about how far he could go from here, asked a slightly rebellious question. Even in the midst of it, Shin Tae-oh, who looked at him calmly, smiled.

A smile?

“I was pouring coffee next to the bed, and if you give me all those dishes, where am I supposed to stack them?”

“Well…”

His words trailed off.

“I’ll put a few little by little.”

Shin Tae-oh neatly summarized the situation.

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A man lay sprawled out on a large bed in a hotel suite. He was sleeping face down, so his face couldn’t be seen, but from the faint rising and falling of his back, it appeared that he hadn’t woken up yet.

Someone came to the bed where the man was sleeping and gently sat down next to him. Wearing only a robe, he slowly stretched out his hand, releasing his pheromones towards the man.

“Babe. Are you going to keep sleeping?”

He then used a delicate touch to help the man wake up.

“You have to wake up now. Didn’t you say you had an appointment today?”

The man released his pheromones more strongly and woke him up with a gentle voice. He was trying to wake him up on time, but there was also a hidden intention for them to make love once more before he left.

“Jin-seong-ssi, that’s enough… ugh.”

The man, who was about to kiss his forehead, let out a suppressed moan as Jin-seong grabbed his hair.

“Jin-seong-ssi.”

The man desperately called out to Ha Jin-seong as he couldn’t remove Ha Jin-seong’s hand. However, Ha Jin-seong, yawning as he got up, did not let go of the man’s hair. Instead, he shook it irritably, an overly harsh response for someone who had been with him all night.

“Who releases pheromones from the morning? So annoying.”

“I’m sorry.”

Even though he had been encouraged to release it more yesterday, he was now annoyed by it.

“Get out.”

At Ha Jin-seong’s short command, the man quickly got up to avoid being grabbed by his hair again. He grabbed his clothes and departed the suite without changing into new ones.

After the man left, Ha Jin-seong stood up and clicked his tongue.

“This is why I don’t bring in omegas.”

Being with an Omega meant constantly releasing pheromones, making everything sticky. The plan was to attract suitable Betas as usual, but there was no time to do so.

“Especially, when the old man shows up…”

It was an unexpected appearance. Since it was a new product created under Ha Min-hyuk’s leadership, he saw an appropriate opportunity and planned to interfere. But then Chairman Ha Cheol-gyu appeared.

Ha Jin-seong realized that things were going wrong with the appearance of the chairman who was the only one to embrace the illegitimate child that even his father had ignored.

“Lucky bastard.”

It was annoying to see a child of lowly blood living so well under the eyes of the Chairman.

“If you want to push me to the edge…”

Ha Jin-seong’s head tilted to the side as he tried to think of a way to bring Ha Min-hyuk down. The omega pheromones that remained in the room reminded Ha Jin-seong of the man he had seen yesterday, Yoo Jin-ah.

“It would be best to tear that Omega to pieces.”

Touching Yoo Jin-ha could have caused more damage to Ha Min-hyuk. To do that, it would be best to attract Yoo Jin-ha as his Omega…

Ha Jin-seong turned his head and saw himself reflected in the mirror. He remembered the Beta man who was slightly shorter than him yesterday. He thought Yoo Jin-ha’s body would be softer to hug, but he was attracted to the firm Beta man.

“Ahn Se-hyun.”

That seemed to be his name…

Ha Jin-seong’s eyes flashed with interest.

“Shall I take both?”

Since he didn’t like Sin Taeo’s attitude either. He took immediate action after making his decision.

“Jin-woong.”

Calling Jin-woong, Ha Jin-seong grabbed the perfume from the vanity and applied it near his neck.

It was the Alpha pheromone that the Omega liked the scent of from last night.

Ha Jin-seong, who had manifested as an Alpha but didn’t releasing pheromones and lived a completely twisted life, had wicked eyes.

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‘Yoo Jin-ha, Ha Min-hyuk, Shin Tae-oh.’

Se-hyun looked around at each person in a clockwise direction. It wasn’t surprising that they met yesterday since it was in the original plot, but now it was different. They came together in one place through a truly unexpected meeting.

‘Why did this happen?’

Yoo Jin-ha, who felt as uncomfortable as Se-hyun, spoke with an awkward smile.

“Did I call Secretary Ahn for no reason?”

That was it. Shin Tae-oh and Se-hyun were about to leave the department store when he made eye contact with Yoo Jin-ha, who was walking beside Ha Min-hyuk. When Ha Min-hyuk approached and pretended to know them, they found themselves in this awkward situation.

The chances of meeting at the same moment in such a wide space were close to none. However, they encountered each other as if it were fate. It could have just passed by, but Yoo Jin-ha suggested having coffee together and led them to the café.

“No.”

What’s the point of saying that now?

Se-hyun swallowed the coffee in front of him along with the awkwardness. Then he looked at Shin Tae-oh. Se-hyun couldn’t tell what he was thinking because his expression was the same as always.

”Momentum.’

Shin Tae-oh expressed his liking for Yoo Jin-ha as momentum. That would mean that his feelings for Yoo Jin-ha were wavering, but he hadn’t properly sorted them out yet.

When Shin Tae-oh saw Yoo Jin-ha and Ha Min-hyuk together, he might have felt jealous instinctively.

Se-hyun felt more uncomfortable than when Shin Tae-oh bought the bowl.

‘Uncomfortable?’

Se-hyun was surprised when he finally realized how he felt. Just yesterday, it was undoubtedly a more time bomb-like situation. He definitely enjoyed watching it at the time, but he couldn’t understand how much his feelings had changed in just one day.

‘Pull yourself together.’

He must strictly remain as an extra and a bystander here.

“Ah, Secretary Ahn, this is your first time meeting Minhyuk, right?”

“I saw him yesterday.”

Yoo Jin-ha started off as if he had finally found something to talk about, but Ha Minhyuk’s short answer made the atmosphere awkward again.

“You probably didn’t greet him. This is Secretary Ahn Se-hyun.”

Ha Min-hyuk’s curious eyes lingered on Se-hyun’s face upon Yoo Jin-ha’s introduction. He probably saw him several times as he passed by. However, they had never spoken directly.

“I’m Ahn Se-hyun.”

When Se-hyun bowed his head in greeting, Ha Min-hyuk did as well, but for some reason, he did not take his eyes off him. It was when Yoo Jin-ha, who seemed unfamiliar with the situation, was about to intervene to stop Ha Min-hyuk.

Shin Tae-oh’s voice, accompanied by an uncomfortable expression with his arm folded, intervened at this moment.

“What are you so curious about?”

Shin Tae-oh’s direct and piercing gaze made Yoo Jin-ha and Se-hyun awkward as he was giving away his apparent displeasure.

“Do you have any questions for my secretary?”

“Before he was a secretary, I met the person named Ahn Se-hyun.”

“Does it matter?”

Shin Tae-oh did not hide his displeasure. Even Ha Min-hyuk, who was calm at first, eventually began to show signs of disapproval.

“Regardless of his job, I liked the person named Ahn Se-hyun so I looked at him.”

“Like… “

Shin Tae-oh muttered the troublesome word that Ha Min-hyuk used. He didn’t appreciate using the word “like” in a context that didn’t necessarily imply a romantic interest.

Se-hyun was at a loss for what to do in that uncomfortable atmosphere when he made eye contact with Yoo Jin-ha. In that shared moment, it seemed like Yoo Jin-ha also felt a similar discomfort.

“Mr. Ha Min-hyuk.”

Shin Tae-oh called Ha Min-hyuk.