Chapter 1.1

[I’m Alpha and Omega

The first and the later. It’s the

beginning and the end

22:13]

Hae-won looked far away at the painting on the wall of the representative office. It was a gift from Chairman Seo.

An oil painting in an antique golden frame underneath the religiously colored painting was a passage from the Bible.

Omega (Omega, Ω).

She couldn’t take her eyes off this word. As if she is attracted by magnetism, the farther she tries to distance herself, the closer she feels.

She thinks it’s a brand on her body.

Buzz

It was not until the cell phone vibrations rang that Hae-won finally removed her eyes.

[At 1 p.m., meeting place: Haerogak]

Haewon turned off the alarm, took a pill from the drawer, and put it in his mouth.

It was an Omega-specific suppressant.

‘I hope it’s okay today.’

Hae-won thought as she swallowed the suppressant.

The supressant had shortened the cycle for a while, so she was very worried.

Hae-won hesitated for a while and swallowed a handful of pills without water. Desperation was ahead enough to endure the pain that forced the throat to open.

‘I can’t get caught being an omega.’

Now she was going to marry an Omega man as an Alpha woman.

“Absolutely”

Hae-won made up her mind and left the representative office.

* * *

“…….”

Haewon mechanically drove the car along the direction the navigation told her.

The closer she got to the meeting place, the heavier she felt. It was as if she had been taken to a death row or a slaughterhouse in front of a guillotine.

During the Joseon Dynasty, it was only possible to see your spouse’s face for the first time at a meeting, not a date.

But Haewon lived in such a world, and she was so used to this kind of treatment.

Chairman Seo, her aunt, adopted Hae-won, who became an orphan in her childhood. She was nothing short of an automatic doll that moved according to Chairman Seo’s orders.

Haewon’s marriage seemed to have been planned for quite some time ago. It was only after Chairman Seo decided everything that she found out.

“You’re getting married.”

This was what her sister Sera said last night when she came out of the blue. With a lawyer from Seohwa Group.

As Hae-won remained bewildered and still, she even kindly nailed him to put blood on it.

“You’re getting married. With the youngest son of JS group.”

‘But if it’s the youngest son of the JS group, he is an Alpha, right?’

“Oh, not him. I heard that one person is returning home this time. What’s his name again?’

“It is Joo Adam.”

Sera nodded and the lawyer stuck out a file. Inside the file covered with black velvet, there was a prenuptial and marriage contract.

‘Yes, Joo Adam. He was studying abroad. I heard that they sent him to study abroad because they were worried about him. Well, he’s not known.’

Hae-won held onto the file containing the information. She couldn’t say anything because she was suffocated.

Sera looked at the sea with satisfaction and then rose.

“You have a meeting tomorrow, so don’t be late. Talk to the lawyer about the contract.’

“T-tomorrow?’

“Then you and I are done talking. You can meet him tomorrow. When are we going to do it? This month, my mother only has time tomorrow. Unlike you who are free, I’m busy. There’s nothing more to ask, right? I’m going.’

When the car caught a signal, Hae-won glanced at the file in the passenger seat.

Adam.

A small talk.

All she knew about the man who would live as her husband for the rest of her life was the three unfamiliar names.

* * *

A new world surrounded by dense forests emerged as it went deep into the road lined with traditional hanoks.

Haerogak

This place, which seems to have moved some of the palaces of the Joseon Dynasty, was a place visited by the descendants of the nation’s most famous chaebol families for a funeral.

“Are you sure you took the right suppressant? I’m having a bad feeling today.”

“That’s what I’m saying. Smile a little.”

As soon as Sera saw Haewon, she started a quarrel, and next to her, the youngest Ellie helped her. Chairman Seo also watched Hae-won casually and sat on the sidelines.

“The ceremony is this way, Mrs. Seo.”

And just in time, the manager dressed up in hanbok approached and bowed politely. Led by Chairman Seo, Seo Sera, Seo Hae-won, and Seo Ellie moved one after another.

The ceremony was prepared in a pavilion built in the center of a large pond. Natural sounds such as waves created by the wind that brushed the water and the chirping of birds replaced classical music.