Vulgarly? Yeah, poverty made me this way. What the hell kind of elegance? I don’t even have money to eat and die with.
“Why? …Why are you asking that?”
The man slowly raised his eyebrows and lowered them.
“I need to know to decide. How much charity I’ll give.”
Woonghee’s lips squirmed. I should just say five hundred, right? But why won’t my lips move? Right, it was because of that damn pride. Having nothing, he’d survived this far with just that. It was his brain, his spine, his arms and legs.
But just for this moment, he had to swallow it like hiding dust. Because right now, really, money is more urgent. He had to send the down payment of thirty million won by today, by midnight tonight. Only then can I become a Beta…
“Fi-fi…”
Then the man slowly moved his three-inch tongue.
“Ah, five hundred million?”
“What kind of nonsense is that…!”
What crazy bastard would hand five hundred million won into his hands? A fishy taste of blood spread in his ringing throat.
“Five million. I said five million!”
Managing Director Gi’s eyebrows shot up sharply for a moment.
“Five million?”
His voice was mixed with a scoff, and his gaze had cooled coldly. It was an expressionless face as if he’d chewed on a bug. Without saying anything, he held out his hand into the air.
“Here you are, Director-nim.”
His subordinate offered a leather wallet while bending his waist almost in half. Managing Director Gi pulled out a bundle of checks and placed them firmly on his thigh.
“Come here and take it.”
He flaunted his cold power. Like a monster, bristling its fur and inflating intimidation.
“……”
Sharp gazes flew from all directions too. Eyes that were going crazy with curiosity about what choice he would make.
…Kneel, go between my legs, lick my shoes, want to suck my dick too? These were the words Lee Ijun had spouted. Those words were probably all spouted to toy with him too.
If an Omega couldn’t find an Alpha partner, his life as an Omega was no different from trash. A life where it wouldn’t be strange for anyone to come spit on him, beat him mercilessly, and hit him. Woonghee had been trampled mercilessly.
…Do you know? Me crawling on the floor with my limbs cut off, my life where I have to chew and swallow with gums if I have no teeth—do you know? You’re just busy giggling and mocking, you bastards.
“Hurry.”
A splendid voice rang out. The man was urging.
Woonghee slowly lifted his foot. One step, two steps, three steps. Managing Director Gi’s expression wasn’t visible. His eye sockets protruded like a nobleman’s, and his eye holes were sunken deep.
However, he could see the bundle of checks placed on the thighs that were fiercely and firmly stretching the smooth suit pants. Million-won checks were piled in a chunk, so what was five million? It seemed like it would be far more.
You have bundles of checks like this just sitting in your wallet. When I scrape together all my assets, only shitty dust clumps come out…
Woonghee reached his hand toward it. The man watched the wrist approaching toward his thigh and let out a snicker. The expression said “I knew it.” Just as the gaze that had been glistening with curiosity was about to freeze coldly.
“…Is this all?”
The man’s eyebrows shot up sharply. His eyes glistened as if he’d heard something unexpected.
“What?”
“You—they say you’re a nouveau riche with bulging eyes, but is this all? It’s not like you’re treating me like a beggar bastard.”
Instead of the bills, Woonghee firmly grabbed a liquor bottle. Then he flipped it upside down like an hourglass. Drip drip, yellow liquid flowed down over his face. From his hair that had been firmly fixed with wax without a single strand out of place, it passed through the nose that stood tall like a sail soaring toward the sky in one chunk and pooled on his lips.
“Cra-crazy…”
“That guy, is he a druggie? What the hell did he take…”
Gasp, sounds of gasping burst from the surroundings. Vroooom, above his head, the sky flashed. A loud bursting sound was heard.
“Bastards like you are more vicious, you know?”
“What? Me?”
Managing Director Gi suddenly opened his eyes wide, then threw his head back and burst into loud laughter.
“…Take this shitty money yourself, you bastard.”
He thought another firecracker had burst. But no. The night sky was splitting in half. Lightning struck as if tearing the sky. Vroooom, an ominous sound rang out. The man’s eyes glinted as if absorbing the lightning.
“Lee Woonghee-ssi really isn’t normal.”
He was clearly smiling with his eyes. His pupils held secrets, with an eerie yet sensual light. He exuded a luxuriousness that reeked of rot.
“……”
“……”
And then an iron-wall-like silence flowed. Not a single person could break that solid stillness, only frozen as if shoved whole into a freezer. In an instant, a massive wave sloshed.
‘Ugh…!’
The cruise rocked greatly, and Woonghee’s body swayed as if collapsing. Finally, kwak, his forearm was grabbed by a powerful force that extended from behind.
“Let go of this! Let go, you bastards!”
The bodyguards that burst out from behind pressed down on Woonghee’s body. Like a butterfly with torn wings, Woonghee struggled violently. He flailed his arms and kicked his legs wildly.
“Start again.”
At Managing Director Gi’s one word, the colorful party resumed. Boom boom, music burst out again. Firecrackers burst bang bang, splendidly embroidering the night sky. Below it, Managing Director Gi wiped his face with a silk scarf while smiling slowly.
“Let go, let go of this!”
Woonghee was dragged by his hair. He tried to grab the wall with his hands and brace himself with his heels, but it was useless. He was just helpless.
Soon he was flung into a room.
“Stay still, you vermin.”
With those cold words as the last, the door closed with a squeak. Woonghee was startled and quickly ran toward the door. But his chest was kicked hard by a large foot.
“Ugh…!”
Woonghee rolled and tumbled. Thud, the door soon closed firmly.
“Open up, you bastards…!”
He quickly rushed over and pounded the door, and kicked it with his feet too.
He firmly grabbed the lamp placed by the bed and struck the door wildly. The bulb shattered, the lamp broke, and the head flew off.
“Haa, haa…”
But that damn door didn’t budge. While his small chest heaved, he randomly threw at the door whatever he could grab. Soft cushions, a large single-person sofa chair, picture frames, even the safe.
Thud, thoom!
Whatever it was made of, it didn’t even crack. He was extremely irritated. This is serious. He had to send money to Korea. Only then could he participate in the clinical trial.
“Fuck, fuck…!”
But shouldn’t they let him out of here so he could at least try something? Already riding on the waves, even his phone signal was completely cut off.
Behind his closed eyelids, regrets from the past rushed in like high waves.
熊豨. Bear woong, wild boar hee.
Did it mean to live as a strong man like a bear and wild boar?
It was a name his grandfather had given him. Since he was a recessive Omega, he must have known. How hungry and famished Woonghee’s life would be ahead.
From childhood, there wasn’t a sport he hadn’t tried. Taekwondo 3rd dan, Hapkido 2nd dan, mixed martial arts for 17 years.
However, he crumbled in front of reality. This transparently pale skin, a slim body at 174cm and 62kg. By face, by waist circumference, no matter where you looked, Woonghee was an Omega.
So he only kept failing interviews in succession. Why is it so hard to work at a decent company that provides the four major insurances?
‘Do you even know how many Alphas are among our employees?’
‘I mean, bluntly speaking, what if Lee Woonghee-ssi seduces someone during heat or whatever it’s called and ends up pregnant, what then?’
Dirty and filthy humans. He should have shoved his fist into each of their mouths one by one.
Fuck, but in the end, like an idiot, he ended up trapped in a place like this. Is it because he’s an Omega bastard? Did he hit a limit due to the characteristics of his species?
What are they going to do to get rid of me? Throw me in the ocean? Or beat me with fists until I die? At least pay me to hit me, I’m desperate for even a single won…
Then the ship rocked once greatly. The things Woonghee had thrown tilted sharply to one side. Woonghee also rolled on the floor like a bean beetle.
“Ah. Fuck, that hurts like hell…”
Then, slosh, something sloshed in his hand. Some liquor bottle had rolled in. It was already half empty, as if someone had been drinking it. Probably drunk out of boredom by Managing Director Gi’s subordinate who was guarding this place.
“What the hell are they babbling about…”
It was obviously a fucking expensive liquor. Over there, money was rotting away so they were pouring it into the pool. Is there any reason he couldn’t drink it?
In a fit of anger, he roughly twisted off the cap. A sweet scent rushed into his nose. He stuck the opening right in his mouth and gulped it down.
“Ugh, urk…”
His tongue felt like it was burning up. His esophagus squirmed and his stomach seemed to twist. He clenched his teeth and drank it all to the end. With the hot heat rising warmly, drunkenness quickly surged up to his head.
“I’m dizzy…”
Staggering like a zombie, he collapsed in that state. Thud, he fell and crashed onto the bed.
“Fuck…”
The ceiling swayed. Strength gradually drained from his hands.
“…I want to sleep.”
Drunkenness rushed in. His body was extremely tired. How many all-nighters had he pulled because it was the last shoot?
His reddish lips crushed. A self-deprecating laugh flowed out.
Living life, I get to ride such a fucking expensive cruise… Although it’s a prison where I’m trapped. There’s even a bed like this. Didn’t I drink fucking expensive liquor too?
Just a little.
Just closing my eyes for a moment should be okay, right? It wasn’t comfort permitted to him, but in exchange for five million won, at least this much…
Like that, Woonghee’s white hand dropped onto the sheet with a thud.
How much time had passed like that?
“Mmm…”
While he was soothing his fatigue with his cheek crushed like that. His face, which had been white like kneaded flour dough, began to gradually darken.
The night sky visible through the window colored into deeper darkness, and soon thud, thoom… A massive roar followed.
Kyaaaaa, the screams that burst out all mixed together weren’t even heard, blocked by the thick door.
