Yigyeom shook his head as he remembered Kang Jihoon telling him that the car Kwon Taejung came with cost roughly 1 billion won, which was an unfathomable sum for him. Even 300 million was a substantial sum in his life, so how much did 1 billion win? He felt distant just thinking about it.
“How is the caregiver?”
The pleasant smell returned when Kwon Taejung took the wheel. Yigyeom shrank his shoulders somewhat and gazed at Kwon Taejung. He could feel his heart racing for some reason.
“Yes, she’s very nice to me. Grandpa likes her too…Thank you very much. My grandfather also asked me to thank you.”
“I am asking you to hear your thanks. If you don’t like her, then I’ll bring someone else instead.”
“…Okay.”
Yigyeom, who was standing at the wheel, elevated his gaze along his fingers and the sleeves of his shirt moved up, his glance went to the exposed wrist, watch, and then to his arms and shoulder. Carefully, he examined his neck and chin, lips, nose, and eyes in that sequence. He couldn’t take his gaze away from Kwon Taejung because of his smell.
“…Hey…Chief…”
“Hm?”
“Did you use…perfume?”
After he asked it, Yigyeom thought it was a stupid question and dropped his head low, his face flaming up. Kwon Taejung just remembered that he couldn’t take his inhibitors that morning because he was coming from his parents’ place.
Although Kwon Taejung was aware that he was preparing some things, he couldn’t help but let his pheromone escape in the evening and morning. That was because a dominating alpha’s pheromone was incomparable to that of an ordinary alpha.
Kwon Taejung wasn’t conscious of it because he was with his family, who didn’t have to care about each other’s pheromones at all, but his pheromones felt stronger to Yigyeom, an omega.
Yigyeom’s cheeks reddened as he kept staring at Taejung, and he even questioned if he was using perfume.
“I do use it, but I didn’t use it today because I came from my parent’s house.”
“Parent’s house?”
“Yeah. The house where my mom and dad live.”
“Ah…”
“But why were you asking about perfume?”
“Just…you smelled good so…”
Kwon Taejung decided to stop by the house and get an inhibitor. There was nothing he could do, no matter how inconvenient it was, because the inhibitor available at the pharmacy could not be used by dominating alpha’s pheromones.
Kwon Taejung tapped the steering wheel and looked over at Yigyeom, who was sitting in the passenger seat. He could feel a weak notion gathering in his lower stomach as he noticed the rim of his ears and cheekbones going red.
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Kwon Taejung noticed Yigyeom breathing more easily than usual as he concentrated on himself more than usual. He reasoned that it would be wiser to drop by his place after they had brunch together.
“…Um…can I lower the window a little more?”
“Yeah, sure.”
Yigyeom opened the window a little wider with Kwon Taejung’s consent and took a deep breath of the fresh air from outside. Still, Kwon Taejung’s pheromone was weaker than before so it was good, but his racing heart and underwear that was a bit damp was not okay.
“Did you get another call from Goo Daebom yesterday?”
“Oh…no, I didn’t get a call.”
“If you get a call or he visits you when I’m not around, call me right away. Even though he says he understands, there are people who don’t understand even then, so we have to kill those people.”
“..Okay.”
Although it smelt good, it wasn’t powerful enough to cause his body to react strongly, so Yigyeom closed the window and wrapped his hand over his own cheek and pressed it.
Because Yigyeom had reacted properly to an alpha’s pheromones,it was so unbelievable and a little alarming that he was reacting so shamelessly to Kwon Taejung’s pheromones.
He was especially eager a while ago, to the point that he thought he couldn’t contain himself.
Yigyeom still pressed his legs together and covered his thumping heart with his palm.
“Is there anyone else bothering you other than Goo Daebom? Someone who is troubling you..”
Kwon Taejung asked a question to see if he was contacted by the broadcasting station. Yigyeom shook his head after mulling on the question for a while.
“No, there’s no one.”
“According to Goo Daebom, he says there are some people who come to visit you. What did he mean by that?”
“Oh…I think he’s talking about the broadcasting station. They are preparing a follow up report on the previous broadcast about the demolition village in Daramdong…They called me saying that I needed to appear on the broadcast. When the people at the broadcasting station said they wanted to talk to me, a loan shark came too so we didn’t have the chance to meet.”
Constructively, those people were indeed coming for a follow-up report. Kwon Taejung shook his head dissatisfied, gripping the steering wheel tightly so Yigyeom wouldn’t figure him out.
They were undoubtedly determined to acquire the follow-up report before the demolition began.
It would be pointless for them to do the show if everything broke apart.
“Ah…they came from the broadcasting station.”
“They came about two times.”
Fuck, they came to meet him twice? Kwon Taejung thought he should spend as much time as possible with Yigyeom. If necessary, he could lock him up at his house and wrap it nicely.
First and foremost, because there would be an outcome, he had to be careful not to rush things and keep a watch on Yigyeom one on one. Kwon Taejung, who was still trying to figure out what Yigyeom was thinking, stared at the sky reflected on the wiper.
“Oh, it’s raining all of a sudden.”
“..it must be a drizzle.”
Suddenly, drops of water began to splash on the car’s glass. Yigyeom, surprised by the sudden downpour from the clear sky, thought it was a good thing he had closed the window earlier and gazed at the blue sky, which did not suit the rain.
“At times like this, doesn’t it stop raining after a while?”
“Oh, that’s right. If it really wants to rain, then why does it? Even if it does, why is it so fucking little?”
“Do you like rain?”
“If there’s nowhere to go, it’s good when I’m at home. I like the sound of rain and since it’s dark, I can sleep well. What about you?”
“I don’t like it much because when it rains, it’s difficult for me to go to work.”
“Ah, right. It’s damp, your shoes get weak, the water slips from the umbrella…ugh, the worst.”
Yigyeom smiled at Kwon Taejung who was shaking his head as if he was irked, and captured the clear sky which was left after the rain, which stopped quickly.
“Oh, did it stop?”
“Yes, it seems so.”
“For no reason, fuck, only my car got dirty.”
“I’ll wipe it for you later.”
“Why would you?”
“…You gave a lot of money last time and bought me delicious food. You’;re nice to my grandfather that I felt like I didn’t have anything to do for you.”
Kwon Taejung caressed Yigyeom’s silken hair in the passenger seat before lowering his hand and pulling his cheeks. When they went away, Yigyeom turned his head to stare at Kwon Taejung’s hands, and the delightful aroma seemed to emanate from his fingertips.
“You’re going to eat with me now. That’s enough for me. Staying quiet in front of me is really helping me so you don’t have to think about doing anything more. Wiping the car is out of the question.”
“…Then let me know if you think of anything you want me to do. I’ll do everything.”
“Okay. Everything, okay?”
“…Yes.”
When Kwon Taejung saw Yigyeom nod, he chuckled quietly as if scoffing a breath, declaring he would do all asked of him. Nonetheless, Kwon Taejung couldn’t help but giggle at how sweet Yigyeom was, so nice that he couldn’t spend his time relaxing and accepted to do everything, and he questioned how difficult his life had been up to that point.
They got close to the store while inquisitively chatting about this and that. Kwon Taejung exited the car and drove to the valet parking at the entrance to the outdoor parking lot.
There were little pools of water on the walk from the parking lot to the store, so it may have rained a little more there. Kwon Taejung stepped away from the puddle.
Kwon Taejung’s gaze was drawn to Yigyeom’s shoes as the latter walked along the road, unconcerned by the puddles. Yigyeom’s sneakers were a little soiled since he stumbled in dirt by accident.
Initially, Kwon Taejung thought he would see Yigyeom staring down if he was bothered by the mud on the shoes. Yigyeom, on the other hand, didn’t mind his shoes getting a little soiled.
Kwon Taejung also stepped inside with Yigyeom and approached him, pretending that he didn’t know about his shoes.
“Welcome. It has been a while, sir.”
“Yes, I was a bit busy. Is there a quiet place where we could sit?”
“Of course, I will guide you to the best room.”
Yigyeom looked at the person who appeared to be the store’s owner as he immediately recognized Kwon Taejung before kindly leading him, and Yigyeom followed suit. Even if he hadn’t stepped in mud by accident, his shoes were initially disheveled, and he was embarrassed that his already worn out and dirty shoes had become much more soiled.
Yigyeom knew he was completely hiding behind Kwon Taejung, yet he was intimidated and covered himself behind him before entering the room.
“Wow…”
The entire wall of the room was glass, allowing them to see the store’s designed garden outside.
Yigyeom sat, unable to pull his gaze away from the beauty outside. He was relieved because he could hide his sneakers beneath the table.
“It must have rained more here.”
“I know. But I’m glad that it stopped when we got off.”
Kwon Taejung sat across from Yigyeom and scanned the menu on the table before handing it to Yigyeom. The latter took the menu and slowly glanced through it one by one. Fortunately, the names of the foods weren’t too tough for him to understand.
“There will be a set, so you can choose one of the ones you like the most.”
ahhh can’t wait for the romance between them to bloom😍😍😍
thank you as always mimiwriterr for this wonderful update ☺️❤️
yes look forward to it! thank you for reading!
I thought that he’s wearing the pair Teajung gifted him …
taejung didn’t gift him any shoes yet :))
He didn’t? 😳 … I think my memory if failing me… Or I mistook it with other similar book…
haha it happens!
Sigh these two learning to meet half way
yes! look forward to their chemistry in the later chapters wink
Thanks 😊