The Main Character is Obsessed With a Foreign Substance

Having to go to work on the weekend. Even though his internship had ended during the break.

It felt unfair, but Suhwan didn’t know what would happen if he ignored Jin Gilnyeong’s words. Frowning, Suhwan reluctantly got out of bed.

“Ungh.”

Suhwan, who had painfully raised himself up, entered the bathroom to wash. The continuous pain in an embarrassing area made him physically and mentally exhausted.

Nevertheless, he somehow managed to wash and put on formal attire for the first time in a while. When he slicked back his hair neatly with pomade, he looked quite stylish.

Dressed like this with an expressionless face, even Jin Suhwan looked like a superior alpha. Although inwardly he was a timid commoner, and only his outward appearance was polished.

Sighing softly, Suhwan left the dressing room and passed through the bedroom. Then he stopped abruptly and looked around the room.

“It’s really gone.”

The mattress that had occupied a corner of the room was nowhere to be seen. Seunghyun’s words, which had seemed like a dream, were true.

To think he really threw away the mattress. He had said it was defective, but was that true? It seemed perfectly fine when he was using it.

Tilting his head, Suhwan checked the time and hurried to move. If he was any later, Jin Gilnyeong’s scolding would only grow louder.

With a click, the door closed, and the house was wrapped in silence.

The tiny cameras hidden throughout the house silently captured everything on screen.

***

“Young master.”

When Suhwan arrived at the company, he was escorted to the chairman’s office as if he had a free pass. Dowun, who was standing in front of the chairman’s office, approached Suhwan.

“Ah, Director.”

Spotting Dowun, Suhwan greeted him cheerfully.

“Hello.”

“…Yes, hello, young master.”

Dowun, who received the greeting with a sour face, stared at Suhwan. Suhwan, showing peculiarly tired signs today, frowned and asked.

“What’s grandfather up to now?”

“Well…”

Dowun quickly explained the situation. When he had mentioned that Suhwan’s breakup of his engagement might take longer, Jin Gilnyeong had immediately flown into a rage.

“I’m sorry, young master.”

Dowun blamed himself, saying this happened because he hadn’t conveyed the message well. However, Suhwan shook his head at those words.

“It’s my fault for dragging it out. It’s not your fault, Director.”

“Young master…”

Dowun looked at Suhwan with a rather moved expression. Since he had been working at Hwamyeong, this was the first time in a month that something other than nonsense came out of Suhwan’s mouth.

At first, he had been uncomfortable, wondering what Suhwan was plotting, but not anymore. Thinking that Suhwan had finally matured, Dowun felt a pang in his nose.

“Let’s go in. The chairman is waiting.”

“Sigh, okay.”

Suhwan, sighing, hesitated before entering the chairman’s office. As soon as he entered, the thick scent of pine needles pierced his nose. Jin Suhwan’s grandfather, Jin Gilnyeong, was also an alpha, so his pheromone scent was pervasive throughout the chairman’s office.

It felt like walking into a beast’s territory of his own accord. Nervously, Suhwan approached the elderly gentleman who was sunk into a black leather sofa.

“I’m here.”

“…”

Surprisingly, Jin Gilnyeong didn’t immediately burst into anger upon seeing Suhwan. Instead, he scrutinized Suhwan from top to bottom with piercing eyes.

Suhwan’s parents had passed away in an accident when he was young. Jin Gilnyeong, his grandfather, had practically raised Jin Suhwan, who had lost his parents early.

Although he grew up under the strict and conservative Jin Gilnyeong, Jin Suhwan had diligently become a delinquent. It wasn’t as if Jin Gilnyeong had pampered him because he pitied him.

Jin Gilnyeong appeared robust for his age. Perhaps because he was an alpha, he had a good physique and looked much younger than others his age. He didn’t look like someone who had a grown grandson.

Jin Suhwan seemed to have hated his grandfather terribly. From the name saved in his phone to the time he was being eliminated by Ju Geonyul, he never asked Jin Gilnyeong, his own blood, for help. Though Ju Geonyul, the main character, would have probably already taken steps to prevent any reckless actions anyway.

Thinking of the main character made him feel conflicted again. Looking at Suhwan standing stiffly, Jin Gilnyeong clicked his tongue in displeasure.

“This worthless fellow.”

“What is it now?”

And Jin Gilnyeong also disliked his grandson, Jin Suhwan, considerably. To make such a face as soon as he saw someone. When Suhwan stood with his lips protruding, Jin Gilnyeong shouted with an angry face.

“When will you fix that habit of rolling around with any omega?”

“What?”

“The omega smell reaches all the way here, you rotten boy!”

What omega?

Suhwan was surprised, opening his eyes wide. Then he soon recalled the events of the previous night.

Ah, Seunghyun’s pheromone scent… Well, after showering each other with pheromones to that extent, it would be stranger if the scent hadn’t rubbed off. Feeling embarrassed, Suhwan cleared his throat.

“Ahem, it’s not like that.”

“What do you mean it’s not?”

Unable to say that he hadn’t taken an omega but had been taken by one, Suhwan kept his mouth shut. Glaring at such a Suhwan, Jin Gilnyeong clicked his tongue again. Even without speaking, his eyes seemed to say it: This worthless fellow.

“Sigh, did you call me just to talk about that?”

When Suhwan spoke with a sigh, Jin Gilnyeong’s brow narrowed. Although Dowun had been saying that Suhwan seemed to have changed a bit lately, as if instilling hope, Jin Gilnyeong didn’t think so. Not when he came in reeking of omega first thing in the morning.

Shaking his head, Jin Gilnyeong asked in a sharp tone.

“When are you going to break off your engagement with HS’s omega?”

HS was once a thriving domestic pharmaceutical company. It was established by Seunghyun’s great-grandfather. So the “HS’s omega” Jin Gilnyeong mentioned would be referring to Seunghyun. Suhwan’s face frowned deeply.

“Don’t speak like that. It’s Seunghyun. Lee Seunghyun.”

How long had it been since the anti-omega discrimination law was passed in the National Assembly? Yet the conservative Jin Gilnyeong was still going on with “that omega, omega.” Suhwan protruded his lips even more, as if displeased.

“You, you, still not coming to your senses! You’re the one who said you’d break off the engagement with that guy!”

“Ah, I’m saying I will.”

Suhwan muttered softly and heaved a deep sigh inwardly. Things were really getting tangled. He needed to break off the engagement with Seunghyun somehow, but to do… that… while drunk. Suhwan gritted his teeth, forcing strength into his heating face.

Glaring at Suhwan and clicking his tongue, Jin Gilnyeong blurted out.

“Go on a blind date next week.”

“What?”

“I’ve set up a meeting with Samyoung’s omega.”

“Ah, Grandfather!”

Suhwan shouted angrily. This impatient old man. Jin Suhwan wasn’t even that old, he was just about to graduate from university. Nevertheless, he couldn’t understand why Jin Gilnyeong was so fixated on engagement and marriage.

No, he could guess the inner thoughts. He probably hoped that by marrying off the rogue Jin Suhwan quickly, someone would hold his reins. That was the reason why the original Jin Suhwan could be engaged to Seunghyun from the financially declining HS.

But since he, who had possessed the body, had been the one to say he would break off the engagement with Seunghyun first, the flow of the story was getting very tangled. Even if he were to go on a blind date with another omega, shouldn’t he at least break off the engagement with Seunghyun first?

“I’m not going.”

“Oh my?”

When Suhwan spoke rebelliously, Jin Gilnyeong’s eyebrows shot up. Then, baring his teeth, he fiercely shouted.

“If you don’t go, know that I’ll kick that omega guy out of the house first!”

“What?”

At Jin Gilnyeong’s threat, Suhwan frowned as if bewildered. Jin Gilnyeong had nagged Jin Suhwan countless times, but had never directly imposed sanctions on him. That was also the direct reason why Jin Suhwan had become crooked.

But with him, Jin Gilnyeong strangely behaved differently. Getting a headache, Suhwan pressed his forehead and sighed.

“Ha… alright. I’ll go.”

“Hmph, you should have done that from the beginning.”

“Don’t touch Seunghyun. Seriously.”

Only after repeatedly emphasizing this did Suhwan turn his tired body away. It was because if he continued the conversation with Jin Gilnyeong any longer, he felt his head would explode.

“I’m leaving. Don’t call me like this again.”

“Tsk tsk, the way you speak.”

“Sigh…”

Sighing again, Suhwan bowed slightly and left the chairman’s office. Outside, Dowun was waiting for Suhwan.

“Did the conversation go well?”

“Ha… well, yes.”

It wasn’t good, but they did have a conversation. Suhwan nodded roughly and walked forward.

“I’ll drive you home.”

“No, it’s fine. You must be busy.”

“Still…”

Despite his persistent refusal, Dowun followed Suhwan down to the lobby. Even though he kept saying it was really fine, Dowun, who stuck by his side, said in a serious tone.

“You seem to be walking a bit uncomfortably. Are you tired?”

“No, that’s…”

Unable to tell the truth, Suhwan bit his lip slightly. Perhaps misunderstanding his reddened face, Dowun reached out his hand. Dowun’s large hand covered Suhwan’s forehead.

“Hmm, you don’t seem to have a fever.”

“W-wait…”

It was when the surprised Suhwan tried to push away Dowun’s arm.

“…Senior.”

“Huh?”

A low voice that couldn’t possibly be heard in such a place sounded in his ear. Suhwan turned his head with a surprised face.

There stood Seunghyun with a dark expression, staring at Suhwan and Dowun.