Chapter 101.2

after receiving the text, everything went by in a flash. hae-won contacted the real estate manager she met the other day just in case. and she heard an unexpected story. at that time, the real estate manager who sold the building did not completely close down, but opened a new real estate business in another neighborhood. in addition, he gave the contact information to haewon.

when she came to her senses, haewon was in a real estate in a strange neighborhood.

“that’s right. he’s a foreigner, but i remember because he’s fluent in korean.”

the manager, who was staring at the picture that hae-won put out, nodded.

“he looks much younger than your age…” the following words were not heard at all.

words stuck in her ears, but that’s all. eventually, it was scattered incompletely in complete sentences. the scene quickly changed as if it were turning over a bookcase, and when she blinked once, she was leaving the real estate by moving her legs without realizing it.

a view of an unfamiliar but similar neighborhood. above it, the same red sunset was coloring the sky.

looking blankly at the sunset, she felt like her body was floating.

it was a sense of which she was in a different dimension from freedom or liberation.

no.

a sense of floating that comes for a while when the ground on which you were stepping collapses. and the body that couldn’t resist gravity,

it was falling.

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why is li yuyen standing in the picture?

why did he visit korea in the past and buy this building? and why does the man standing next to him look like adam? it’s just the back.

why? why…

“let’s not be awkward since we’re both alphas.”

that day, her heat cycle exploded, and the alpha’s voice, which she met after stopping in front of a building, was vividly revived in her head. although he was a stranger, he helped haewon and disappeared. she could only vaguely understand the reason today.

the reason why he said that.

“you’re not an alpha, are you?”

things that had not been understood in the meantime slowly became clearer, like faces in photographs. and it’s complicatedly tangled in her head.

‘why, even though we are both omegas, he’s so different, why he doesn’t panic in front of the other alphas. i didn’t understand at first. that’s what it was.’

of course. because he was alpha. he’s an alpha like them.

different from me…

totally different from me, an omega.

“who the hell are you?” a transparent stream of water trickled down haewon’s cheek.

hae-won didn’t return home until after midnight.

the living room light was on until late at night. adam, who was sitting alone in the living room, jumped up and approached haewon.

“where were you, haewon?”

“…….”

adam asked, affectionately covering her shoulder. haewon could not answer any questions.

what should i say?

i was afraid to go back to my own house so i wandered around the park near my house?

“you didn’t answer the phone. i was worried.” adam added with an upset face.

“…….”

hae-won stared at the back of adam’s hand on her shoulder. she wanted to shake off his hand right away as if a bug were sitting.

even though he touched her body countless times.

why is it so awkward and horrible?

it was as if they were speaking different languages. the man standing in front of her now is a stranger.

no, it’s a completely different species than her.

everything that she once thought was common was just an illusion, and she was no more than omega standing in one space with alpha. she has always lived with the feeling of a herbivore running away from the eyes of predators. but she was relieved that she didn’t have to do that in front of this guy.

‘it was all an illusion.’

something hot rose from the depths of haewon’s heart. however, hae-won answered surprisingly calmly.

“i’m sorry, i’ve been busy with work.”

“i see. i was worried because you looked so tired.” adam’s hands, who were pressing her shoulders, crept up. he carefully covered haewon’s cheek.

“……!” hae-won clenched her fist without realizing it.

it was her cheek that was caught, but she felt like she was strangled. her heart began to beat like crazy. her heartbeat was so fast that her ribs ached.

“will you be able to go to work tomorrow?”

“……yes, i have to. wait, can you step back, i need to wash up.” hae-won managed to suppress the urge to strike adam’s hand, which was touching her cheek. instead, he gently pushed adam away.

“lie down first. you couldn’t sleep because you were waiting for me, right?”

“…….”

adam looked like he had something to say, but he seemed to be holding it in consideration of hae-won, who worked late.

hae-won left adam behind and went into the bathroom.