My complexion had no choice but to turn as pale as Baek Sahyun’s. Damn it, why didn’t I consider this point? I was the one who had to get pregnant, and I was the one who had to give birth. Then naturally, the position in bed would also be….
Come to think of it, the Chairwoman had also mentioned something about receiving Baek Sahyun’s seed. Fuck. Whether I looked forward or backward, it seemed like I would be the one getting pinned down.
‘…Can I back out even now?’
In the end, my head became complicated with all sorts of thoughts. I thought about just closing my eyes tightly and letting myself get pinned down, but I couldn’t accept it at all when I recalled the cruel sexual descriptions I had read in the original work.
Baek Sahyun let out a faint sigh and said.
“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that, so don’t bring up that kind of talk again. It’s not something to carelessly mention without thinking.”
But I hadn’t carelessly mentioned it either. In fact, since I had already stamped the contract, the fact that I had to carry his child had become a foregone conclusion. Moreover…, it was an inevitable choice even to keep Baek Sahyun far away from me.
“Let’s have it.”
I said while taking a deep breath. Since it was a contract I couldn’t break anyway, I thought I could just get it done while completely drunk. If I wasn’t in my right mind, wouldn’t it somehow be possible?
However, Baek Sahyun glared at me as if looking at human trash and asked.
“…You secretly drank today, didn’t you?”
“What?”
“You’re going back and forth because you’re wasted, right?”
It seemed he had judged that I was talking nonsense because I was intoxicated.
“I swear I didn’t drink a single drop.”
When I answered firmly, Baek Sahyun lowered his eyelids as if holding back anger, then raised them again.
“No. You drank.”
Baek Sahyun, who spat out as if forcing intoxication on me, shook off my arm that had been embracing his waist.
“Otherwise, there’s no way a beta would stubbornly insist on getting pregnant with an alpha’s child. There’s also no way someone who was babbling until recently about wanting to marry a wise wife and have rabbit-like children would change their stance. Or, have you suddenly started liking men now?”
His cold voice picked at my track record.
“…People’s thoughts can always change, right? Isn’t it possible I started liking it?”
When I barely made an excuse, Baek Sahyun laughed emptily.
“…Changed? You?”
“……”
“Just how much have you changed that you’re fearlessly talking about having a child? Do you know what you have to do to become a body that can bear children?”
I was aware of that much thanks to Chairwoman Baek Seonghee’s kind explanation. Taking an omega manifestation drug and receiving a pheromone shower from a dominant alpha to reverse one’s traits—wasn’t that the established procedure?
So I only wondered how I had been able to maintain composure while hearing this explanation at that time. Perhaps I was too flustered to even think about the bedroom issue.
Baek Sahyun said with a hardened face.
“I don’t want to make you into an omega, and I don’t want to have a child.”
“…Why? You said your dream was to be a good father up until middle school.”
It was words I had let slip without realizing. Taking advantage of the moment Baek Sahyun paused, I persuaded him at length.
“Don’t give up on that dream, Sahyun-ah. Let’s become good fathers together. I’ll plop out a son like a chubby toad for you.”
“……”
“Ah. Do you prefer a daughter like a chubby toad? I prefer a daughter too.”
Because if a son resembling Baek Sahyun was born, I’d probably be scared to death.
But even to me, it was a proposal with no appeal whatsoever, so I was also losing motivation. Could I fucking persuade Baek Sahyun? Why did the Chairwoman pass such a major responsibility onto me? She should have just done it herself.
Baek Sahyun muttered irritably.
“Jang Woohyun.”
Anger was mixed into the voice calling my name.
“…Don’t tell me you met Baek Seonghee?”
“I, I didn’t meet….”
“Try lying. If it’s not that person’s doing, how would you know about my middle school dream and bring it up? Did you go to the same middle school as me? You didn’t.”
Only then could I remind myself of the fact that for a blockhead like me, it was best to just keep my mouth shut. Baek Sahyun snapped in a menacing atmosphere.
“Why. Did Baek Seonghee tell you to get pregnant or something?”
He strode toward me. Stepping back accordingly, I answered.
“It’s not exactly because of the Chairwoman’s coercion, I also….”
“……”
“I also….”
“You also, what.”
The original plan was to pretend that I proposed it because I wanted to give birth too, but what little conscience remained wouldn’t allow it.
So I confronted him head-on.
“…Let’s just have it. You fucking said you liked me. Usually, when people who like someone hear about having a baby, aren’t they happy?”
“I’m not happy. Only thoughtless people like you would be like that.”
But Baek Sahyun was continuing the conversation with an expression that said he wanted to strike me instead. In fact, it seemed he was regretting his earlier self who had pledged never to do anything I disliked.
“Let’s go home, Woohyun-ah. No matter how Baek Seonghee threatened you, you don’t need to worry about it. I’ll solve everything for you.”
Baek Sahyun, who said that, pressed his eyes firmly as if tired. But I could only become more flustered by his statement.
‘I absolutely can’t let him find out!’
Unlike Baek Sahyun’s assumption, the Chairwoman hadn’t threatened me but persuaded me. She promised to give me freedom by offering his study abroad as a condition. But if the contract terms reached Baek Sahyun’s ears…, then I really might not be able to guarantee my life or death.
“No, seriously. Thr-threatened…? Why are you saying such scary things?”
I deliberately laughed more cheerfully and continued.
“It’s something I decided, so you don’t need to worry about that. I also, I also…, I also want it…! Fuck.”
“I’ll go meet Baek Seonghee right now.”
“I said I wanted to do it!”
I hastily added since Baek Sahyun seemed ready to storm into Haseon Group’s executive office.
“I told you! That my dream is to build a harmonious family and live in harmony. But hah, when marrying a stupid guy like me would only lead to hardship, how could I court a woman with any conscience? But you…, you said you like that I’m stupid.”
“……”
“If I just become an omega, I can even bear a child directly, so wouldn’t this be worth trying? You’d be good because you’re building a family with someone you like, and I…, would be good because I can have rabbit-like children and live in harmony. How about it. Mutual benefit, right?”
I thought I was smearing my own face, but I didn’t care. Since I was standing in front of someone who considered a stupid head an advantage, I had to appeal with even this. After not responding for a long time, making me extremely nervous, Baek Sahyun belatedly opened his mouth.
“How much did you agree to receive?”
Cold sweat couldn’t help but drip down my forehead. His voice was full of murderous intent.
“I don’t care if you’re materialistic. As long as you’re honest. So, don’t hide it and spill it.”
“…That is, hah.”
“How much did Baek Seonghee propose?”
“…40 billion.”
“……”
“In addition to that…, she said she’d let me obtain Intol’s management rights. So I accepted. Because it’s a condition that’s not bad for me or Nam Heejae.”
Baek Sahyun didn’t answer again. I could glimpse absurdity on his face. Baek Sahyun, who took a big breath in and out as if organizing his breathing, said.
“Unless you wrote a contract, there’s no way she’d grant it….”
“If I hadn’t written it, would I be desperately pushing to have a baby?”
“……”
“I wrote it long ago. The contract.”
“Are you even in your right mind after doing that? Why would you do that…!”
He looked drained of blood like a wax doll. Since Baek Sahyun was the Chairwoman’s successor, he might know even better than Chae Eunwoo about that infamous Haseon Group legal team. Baek Sahyun, shaking his head from side to side, spewed out painful words.
“What did the child to be born do wrong! Who’s responsible for the wounds the child will receive because of the contract?”
“That can be solved by raising them well with love, affection, and care….”
“Besides, you’re not even in a sound enough state to raise a child normally. When you can’t even take care of yourself properly, how are you going to raise a child?”
“…How about, if I study?”
“Say something that makes sense, Woohyun-ah…. What study with that head of yours? A dog at a village school would be smarter.”
Baek Sahyun said while running his fingers through his hair as if annoyed.
“If you want to have a child that badly….”
Soon he tapped near my temple and added.
“Study first and propose again.”
“Huh?”
“I’m telling you to study. Study. Do you think a child grows up on its own once you give birth? Absolutely not. They grow up properly only when born under proper parents.”
“…Huh huh?”
“I have no intention of making my child unhappy. So, Jang Woohyun.”
“……”
“Try studying hard from tomorrow. Then I’ll also accept your sincerity and cooperate.”
“Hey, that’s.”
“Don’t want to?”
I judged that even if I said I didn’t want to, the only answer that would come back would be something like ‘So it wasn’t sincere after all. Then let’s forget about it.’ When college studies were already exhausting, what was this about childcare studies, but….
“Not want to? My adrenaline is just rushing at the thought of studying. Let’s do it, that. Let’s do it properly.”
I ended up accepting it.
I got no words to say but damn. I love him