Chapter 19: UNWANTED ROLE
"SUNBAE-NIM, what are you eating?"
"Mettbröchen."
"What?"
"Mettbröchen. It’s a popular German open-faced sandwich with raw minced pork spread on a bread roll and sprinkled with fresh, finely chopped onions, salt, and pepper."
I knew it— that’s raw pork.
Wonyoung couldn’t help but stare at Yun Dujun’s sandwich, which he couldn’t even pronounce.
At least, it looks appetizing.
"Would you look to take a bite, Hoobae-nim?"
"No, thank you. I don’t have the courage to eat raw meat yet, Sunbae-nim. Speaking of it..." Wonyoung trailed off, and then he lifted his head to face his Alpha husband. "Sunbae-nim really likes raw meat, huh?"
The corner of Yun Dujun’s mouth turned up in a small, kinda teasing smile while looking at Wonyoung in the eye. "Yes, I like it raw."
Oh.
Wonyoung’s cheeks with embarrassment when lewd images suddenly occupied his mind.
All because of the word ’raw’ that came out of Yun Dujun’s mouth.
Sunbae-nim phrased his words weirdly, too!
Now Wonyoung couldn’t help but remember his very intimate moments with Yun Dujun in the past.
The two of them always had unprotected sex back then.
We were trying to conceive a baby, so of course, we’d do it raw.
"Hoobae-nim, your pheromones..."
"Sorry, Sunbae-nim. I’ll tone them down. My heat cycle is near, so I’m having a bit of a hard time controlling my pheromones."
"No need to apologize for that. Your pheromones smell good."
Aigoo.
"Thank you, Sunbae-nim," Wonyoung said, and then he quickly changed the topic while toning down his pheromones. "Why did you visit me so early in the morning?"
"I heard you were hurt," Yun Dujun said, glancing at Wonyoung’s bandaged left hand for a moment before looking at his face again. "What happened?"
"How did you know I got hurt in the first place?"
"You know that I have people keeping an eye on you, don’t you?"
Hmm?
Is that something I already know?
Probably.
I didn’t feel surprised, after all.
"You’re still my husband and the mother of my child. I need to make sure that you’re safe all the time," Yun Dujun said, and then the Alpha started scolding Wonyoung. "You should have called me right away, Hoobae-nim."
"What would have you done had the accident been orchestrated by your mother, Sunbae-nim?"
"What?"
"You would have probably turned a blind eye again and let your mother get away with almost killing me unscathed."
"Hoobae-nim—"
"I already fulfilled my role when I gave birth to Yun Yuhyun. So, let’s divorce now."
"But you need me, Hoobae-nim," Yun Dujun said confidently. "You need to stay married to me if you want to be a foster parent."
"I’ll worry about that later, Sunbae-nim," Wonyoung said firmly. "For now, I want to quit my role as your husband."
"What made you change your mind, Hoobae-nim?"
Wonyoung flinched, not because of what Yun Dujun asked but because of what echoed in his head after hearing the Alpha’s question.
"If you have to choose between the baby and the Omega, save my son first."
To be fair, he didn’t resent Yun Dujun for choosing Yun Yuhyun.
And, no, it wasn’t because he loved his biological son more than his own life.
I just know what I signed up for when I agreed to give birth to Dujun Sunbae-nim’s baby. Dying in the process of childbirth is especially high for male Omegas, but I still accepted the offer since I needed the money back then. So, I don’t resent Sunbae-nim for choosing Yun Yuhyun over me. We don’t have a romantic relationship, after all.
So, Wonyoung wouldn’t have changed his mind about divorcing Yun Dujun just because of that.
After all, he needed to stay married to the Alpha for his plan.
However...
"Your mother scares me, Sunbae-nim."
Yun Dujun’s jaw clenched tight, but the Alpha kept his mouth shut.
"I won’t be this scared of your mother if I know you have my back, Sunbae-nim. But that’s not the case," Wonyoung said bitterly. Ah, now he knew the source of his resentment. It was this. "Your mother almost killed me, but I heard from my cousin that the incident was swept under the rug. ’Accident,’ my ass. It was attempted murder, and yet Kang Chunja-nim wasn’t punished."
He wasn’t that naïve to believe that a quasi-chaebol’s mistress would be punished for trying to kill an insignificant individual like him.
But, at least, he expected Yun Dujun to do something.
I don’t know, like, maybe make sure that his mother won’t be a part of his life anymore if he wants me to raise Yun Yuhyun?
Was that too much to ask?
After all, Wonyoung and Yun Dujun didn’t have that kind of relationship.
"I’m sorry, Hoobae-nim," Yun Dujun said in a serious tone. "My mother is protected by the state shaman who oversees the Yun Clan."
Huh?
State shaman?
Wonyoung waited for the ’punch line,’ but Yun Dujun remained serious.
Well, in the first place, the Alpha wasn’t the type to joke around.
Wait, what?
Dujun Sunbae-nim is serious about the state shaman thing?
"My grandfather, despite his very old age, still has the power over the company and our family," Yun Dujun continued with his explanation. "That’s why my father is forced to protect my mother, even though Abeoji despises Eomma. As you already know, my mother is favored by the state shaman."
"As I already know?" No, I don’t know anything...
Wonyoung had now accepted the thing that he kept denying— he really was suffering from memory loss.
That’s probably why my memories are a mess...
"The law can’t touch Eomma because of my family’s connection, but I made it so Eomma won’t approach you again, Hoobae-nim."
"Well, that’s not enough, Sunbae-nim," Wonyoung said, clenching his hands tightly. He couldn’t help but get worked up now that they were talking about Yun Dujun’s mother. "Yes, your mother hasn’t approached me yet after I woke up. But what if she does later? You’re just going to let it slide again because of that state shaman or whatever."
He waited for Yun Dujun to deny it.
But the Alpha remained quiet with a complicated look on his face.
How disappointing.
So, Dujun Sunbae-nim can’t promise my safety from his mother.
"I’m not going to risk my life the second time around, Sunbae-nim. So, let’s just divorce for real. That’s the only way your mother will leave me alone," Wonyoung said firmly. "Sign the divorce papers and give me the alimony we agreed on, as well as the money and other properties that my uncle tried to steal from me."
Until the end, Yun Dujun just kept his mouth shut with an unfathomable look on his face.
Truly disappointing, Dujun Sunbae-nim.
***
WONYOUNG stayed in the dining hall even after Yun Dujun had already left.
In fact, he even sat on the chair that the Alpha had occupied earlier.
He couldn’t leave because the scent that Yun Dujun left was strong in there.
I want to bask in Sunbae-nim’s lingering pheromones while they still last.
Yes, he was being horny.
And, yes, my heat cycle is near.
Wonyoung made a mental note to stock up on heat suppressants.
No, actually, let’s put a physical reminder.
He grabbed his phone and was about to write on the calendar when, suddenly, he got a call from the person he had been waiting for.
Mr. Seo!
Wonyoung immediately picked up the call. "Yes, sir?"
<"Client-nim, I’ve found an An Baekya who suits the descriptions that you gave.">
Oh, finally.
Wonyoung was relieved...
... until he remembered something important.
I don’t know what An Baekya looks like!
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