Chapter 72: Chapter 72

The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary - c72

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Hyeseong unconsciously swallowed hard as he faced the nonchalant Ihyeok. Although he had expected to run into him someday, he didn’t know it would be now. Moreover, in this state.

No matter how spontaneous the accident was, it was much more embarrassing than he thought to face the person he had shared a passionate kiss with a few days ago like this.

“Why does he look like that?”

Ihyeok’s gaze was directed at Dohyun who was sprawled on the ground. It was a gaze as if looking at trash thrown on the street.

“Huh? Ah…”

Hyeseong quickly turned his head. Unlike someone, Ihyeok seemed no different from usual.

“He drank a bit too much. I’m sorry, but could you possibly help?”

“You call that a question? It’s fine, so get up and get in the car. I’ll move him.”

Ihyeok got out of the car and hoisted Dohyun like a piece of luggage. Then he opened the back door and threw him in. Hyeseong also got up and naturally got into the passenger seat.

“You two drank together?”

“Yes.”

“Why all of a sudden?”

“We were just bored. And to cheer up Dohyun’s mood a bit.”

Ihyeok turned the steering wheel and slowly started the car. Even while answering, Hyeseong constantly tried to maintain his voice and expression as normal.

After that incident, he had imagined countless situations of meeting Ihyeok. In those imaginations, Hyeseong ran simulations thinking about how he should act. Of course, the problem was that no scenario was properly completed.

But the bigger problem here was that Ihyeok’s nonchalant attitude like that wasn’t part of his imagination.

Honestly, he thought Ihyeok would come to him first and mention that incident. Didn’t Ihyeok say before regarding the affair incident by someone from Wolhyang Group, why can’t they take responsibility for what they did and ruin things?

Ihyeok was a person with a strong sense of responsibility to that extent. So rather than the act of kissing itself, he thought Ihyeok would feel much more guilty about the fact that the person involved was someone he considered like a younger brother.

Or if not that, he had an ominous thought that Ihyeok might interrogate him, asking what happened since he had acted on instinct after smelling omega pheromones that day.

But far from that, he was acting as if nothing had happened, so Hyeseong couldn’t help but be quite perplexed.

To what extent? To the point where he thought maybe the kiss that happened was actually all Hyeseong’s dream or a mirage created by his hopes.

“Did you come back from your business trip, ahjussi?”

“Yeah.”

“How did it go? It was resolved well, right?”

“Why are you curious about that when you’re not even a Taeseong employee?”

Ihyeok gently pulled up the car in front of Hyeseong’s yard. That playful voice and way of speaking were all the same as usual. Ihyeok messed up his hair without looking at Hyeseong. It was no different from a touch to a young sibling.

Hyeseong felt his heart sinking heavily.

“It was resolved well, so don’t worry. Let’s get out.”

“…Okay.”

Ihyeok went to the backseat, hoisted Dohyun, who was still muttering about fighting or not, and strode into Hyeseong’s house. Then he opened the door to Dohyun’s room, roughly threw him on the blanket, and dusted off his hands. Boksil approached his owner and lightly licked his cheek.

“From now on, you can call me a friend, not an owner.”

After patting Boksil’s head once, Ihyeok came out.

“The house is chilly. Sleep warmly.”

Ihyeok showed Hyeseong a smile and approached the front door. The naturalness that made the fact that a deep kiss was exchanged between the two while sober feel absurd. It felt so unchanged from usual that it rather felt more artificial.

In a way, it could be thought of positively. It wouldn’t be bad for this incident to be left unspoken like this and for both of them to not bring it up. In fact, what Hyeseong wanted was for this matter to be resolved smoothly. In order to hide his omega type from Ihyeok.

But what abruptly occupied Hyeseong’s heart wasn’t a sense of relief, but a childish emotion full of resentment.

Why does that person have nothing to say even after kissing? If you think about it, it was all something Ihyeok did first. Someone was waging a war alone inside, trying to give up his one-sided love. Ihyeok was the one who suddenly dropped a nuclear bomb on the situation that seemed to be finally reaching an armistice.

But somehow, seeing him shut his mouth like that and act as usual was infuriating. If you were suddenly hit on the back of the head while walking down the street, wouldn’t anyone be angry if that person pretended not to know?

Could it be that such a kiss is no big deal to Ihyeok? Do alphas not care who the person in front of them is and just start by kissing when they get excited?

There weren’t many alphas around Hyeseong. It was natural since his human relationships weren’t wide in the first place. So in reality, he didn’t even have a comparison group to compare with Ihyeok.

If he had an alpha acquaintance, he would have asked slyly, but he couldn’t do that. For Hyeseong, who considered types to be just one classification system that categorized people like blood types, their world had to be an unknown territory in the first place. So there was no way he could know how alphas acted when they got excited.

The Ihyeok that Hyeseong knew was someone who didn’t have much sexual interest. He was fine enough to suppress his rut with suppressants every time without any problems.

But what if that was a misunderstanding? Even though he thinks he knows everything about Ihyeok, there must be one or two aspects that he doesn’t know.

Thinking like that, he suddenly felt a fire rising inside.

Then, if there had been another omega in front of Ihyeok that day, would he have acted like that too?

“Ahjussi.”

Hyeseong raised his head with empty eyes. His sunken voice was enough to grab the ankle of Ihyeok, who was about to leave.

“I have something to ask.”

Hyeseong saw the ends of Ihyeok’s eyes subtly trembling.

“…Let’s do it next time. You said you drank. You must be tired, so go to sleep quickly.”@@novelbin@@

Hyeseong felt it. That he was blatantly trying to avoid this situation right now. Like someone who was anticipating what he would say.

“I didn’t drink much. I’m not drunk and I’m not tired.”

“Hyeseong.”

“I’d like to ask about your intention for kissing me that day.”

Ihyeok lightly bit his lip.

What Hyeseong read from that action was perplexity. As if he didn’t want to hear this question of all things. Hyeseong’s heart ached at the bewilderment that dyed Ihyeok’s face, like a child who made a mistake and hid it well but was soon caught by his mother.

“That’s…”

“Yes.”

Ihyeok lowered his eyes. His brows narrowed, creating a sculpture-like curve. It was obvious that he was diligently choosing what to say.

Hyeseong knew. In a way, Hyeseong was the perpetrator and Ihyeok was the victim in the kiss incident. Why? Because it was just an accident caused by an alpha whose body instinctively reacted to a rookie omega who couldn’t even control his pheromones.

That’s why Hyeseong also intended to bring it up first so that Ihyeok wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. That let’s just move on since that day was just an accident. He was going to say that.

However, contrary to his intention, asking that person about the intention of his action was something that stemmed from a very impulsive feeling.

He was curious. About the words that would come out of Ihyeok’s mouth. Perhaps he was expecting something without realizing it.

“…It was a mistake.”

The saturation of Hyeseong’s pupils slightly lowered.

“I’m not sure why I did that either, but anyway, it was a mistake. I’m sorry. Hyeseong.”

Is this the feeling of thinking you connected with someone and spent a night together, but when you wake up in the morning, your partner is gone from the bed and you’re left alone?

What comes back to the emotion that recklessly attached the name of expectation despite knowing it won’t be reciprocated is only the cold wall of reality.

But that was always his own fault, as usual. Because he thought as he pleased and expected as he pleased. It was truly ridiculous. Then what kind of words was he expecting to come out of that mouth?

Hyeseong smiled slightly and raised his head.

“I thought so.”

“Huh?”

“Ahjussi, you don’t have much time left until your rut, right? I heard somewhere that if you get a little excited before the rut period… accidents like that can happen even if it’s not with an omega.”

Of course, this was just something Hyeseong made up on the spot. While hiding his omega type, this was the only thing he could naturally counter with and also relieve Ihyeok’s guilt.

“…Ah, I see.”

“Let’s not talk about this anymore. It would be troublesome if Dohyun heard… and it’s a bit, you know, for various reasons.”

Ihyeok slowly nodded with a blank face.

“Then rest well.”

Hyeseong slightly bowed his head and went into the room. Ihyeok blankly stared at the spot where Hyeseong disappeared and soon went out.

Only after hearing the sound of the door did Hyeseong take off his clothes as if relieved. Until just yesterday, he foolishly lost sleep recalling what happened here. But starting today, he wouldn’t do that at all.

Hyeseong changed into comfortable clothes and laid down in the soft bed. He felt empty and suffocated inside, but paradoxically, he also felt refreshed.

In a way, Hyeseong had received a confirmation kill. That Ihyeok would never act like that to him, that even if he did, it could only be called a mistake.

Right. Who in the world would kiss someone they cherish like a younger sibling? Hyeseong closed his eyes, shaking off his thoughts.

Still, he wanted to keep the memory intact. It was a coincidence full of only wounds, but from this moment on, something like that would never happen again with Ihyeok.

The kiss he shared with Ihyeok was both a misfortune and a fortune for Hyeseong.

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Translation Notes:

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