Moon Dowon approached and showed me the necklace wrapped twice around his wrist.
To think that the first “couple item” the four of us shared was a pendant modeled after his own penis…
I felt like I was going to die of shame.
“You didn’t have to show me something like this……”
“It was cute. Seo Siho.”
At his words, which were packed with many hidden meanings, my ears turned bright red and heat flushed across my face.
I knew they weren’t normal, but seeing Yoo Joohwan so proud of making such a thing and Moon Dowon standing tall as if he were showing off a trophy, I had no choice but to hide my face in my hands.
As I stood there unable to move my hands from my face, Kang Taeyun grabbed both my arms and slowly pulled them down.
“As I thought, do you actually like this kind of stuff?”
“Absolutely not.”
“Your face looks like it’s about to explode. Should I start wearing one too?”
Kang Taeyun asked shamelessly, without a trace of embarrassment.
Being stuck like this, I felt like I was just a toy for the three of them to tease.
“You guys just want to torment me, don’t you……?”
“Because you’re cute.”
“…….”
“You’re so cute, our Siho.”
Gently stroking the wrist he held, Kang Taeyun’s eyes curved elegantly.
The deep smile on his lips looked so beautiful that it almost made me want to kiss him.
“What is this? This dangerous vibe I’m feeling only between the two of you?”
Yoo Joohwan cut in between us and grabbed one of the wrists Kang Taeyun was holding.
His gaze wasn’t one of open hostility or dissatisfaction toward Taeyun.
“Honey is practically dripping from your eyes. Seriously. Why don’t you look at me like that too?”
“……When did I ever look at him like that.”
“Are you playing innocent? After looking at Kang Taeyun with eyes that said you didn’t know what to do because you liked him so much?”
My eyelids flickered slightly at his pinpoint accuracy.
Because it was a truth I had been trying to avoid, it was all the more flustering.
“It’s just because I’m embarrassed. Because you guys keep teasing me……”
I pulled my wrists away from the two of them and rubbed the spots where they had held me.
As I fanned my face with my hand to cool the heat, Yoo Joohwan tilted his head.
“When did I tease you? I was being serious.”
“…….”
“I’m actually uncomfortable because it feels like you’re playing favorites. No matter if it’s Kang Taeyun, giving your attention to only one person is just asking for a fight.”
Yoo Joohwan took the pendant he was still holding and hung it around my neck.
As if no one could be left out of this couple item set, he stroked my neckline with eyes full of obsession.
“I don’t necessarily enjoy the four of us being together either. Human hearts can change, after all. But picking just one won’t work. This relationship was for the four of us from the very beginning.”
“…….”
“The way we look at each other has changed a lot from the start. But if you choose only one person here? What kind of situation do you think will happen? There will be massive chaos. If blood must be shed, then that’s what will happen.”
“…….”
“That’s how serious we are. It might be different if we hadn’t started this together.”
Having grown so attached to them, choosing one and discarding the other two felt cruel.
Of course, I had no intention of choosing just one person either.
Staying by their side or leaving them. One of those would be my final conclusion.
“So, none of us can be left out. We agreed to respect each other’s styles as a condition of being together. That’s why I’m staying still right now. Even while looking at you, showing up soaked in Kang Taeyun’s pheromones.”
“…….”
“I’m an Alpha too. How do you think I feel when I smell that? But I have no choice. I can’t satisfy only my own greed in a shared relationship.”
Yoo Joohwan spoke with a firm, mature tone, showing a surprising level of growth.
His words weren’t wrong, but I could clearly feel just how much he wanted to be with me through all of this.
Kang Taeyun, who had been listening quietly, checked his watch and lightly tapped Yoo Joohwan on the shoulder.
“Save the jealousy for later. Let Siho rest well today.”
“Why. Where are you going?”
“The family home. Chairman Kang called.”
“I heard there’s a lot of talk about splitting your subsidiaries lately. Is it because of that?”
Kang Taeyun said nothing. Seeing him blink lightly, it seemed to be a ‘yes.’
“……He’s not leaving it all to you, is he?”
“Probably.”
“Then what about the management rights? No matter how much he hates giving them up, he’s going to kick his own grandson out?”
“It’s not so bad. It’s better if he stops paying attention to me.”
“……Is it because of Seo Siho?”
“Nonsense. I’m leaving.”
Kang Taeyun frowned slightly at his smooth forehead, but then gave a clean smile, raised his hand, and headed down the stairs.
Watching his back as he left quickly before I could catch him, Yoo Joohwan let out a low sigh.
“See? We’re all serious right now.”
“……Is it really because of me?”
“Yeah. Chairman Kang is a real piece of work. If Kang Taeyun says he’s going to marry a Beta like you, he’ll do anything to stop it. You know what kind of family that is.”
“……Marriage. Not dating, but marriage?”
“Then what? Who were you planning to marry? Were you planning to have fun with us and then go off with some other bastard?”
A vein popped in Yoo Joohwan’s eye as if it were an established fact.
I felt like if he ever found out I ran away later, he would actually break one of my legs just like he warned before.
The fear that surged instinctively reminded me once again that this was a world of “obsessive drama.”
“I’m not getting married if I break up with you guys……”
“You can’t do it. In many senses of the word. Isn’t that right, Moon Dowon?”
Yoo Joohwan asked Moon Dowon, who had been staying silent.
Whatever he was thinking, Moon Dowon kept an expressionless face and gave a formal nod without much reaction.
“He looks pissed off just thinking about it.”
“……That expression? He looks like he doesn’t care.”
“He’s not answering, is he? Can’t you see the murderous intent in his eyes, as if he’s already decided not to leave any bastard alive who tries to take you? Ah, you can’t smell pheromones, so you wouldn’t know.”
I didn’t know Moon Dowon was thinking such things.
Pheromones with murderous intent.
As I thought, if I run away, I must never get caught.
“Why don’t we just get engaged now?”
“No, it hasn’t even been that long since we met, why an engagement……”
“How long it’s been doesn’t matter. What matters is how long we’ll be together in the future.”
“…….”
“If we get engaged, the whole world will notice. An engagement between a Beta and three Alphas. It’s not a common sight.”
Yoo Joohwan looked at the pendant around my neck as if he loved it.
He smiled without filter and gently stroked my cheek, looking satisfied just by looking at it.
“There’s no need to be scared. We’ll protect you so nothing happens to you. No matter how powerful Chairman Kang is, he won’t be able to touch you easily. Kang Taeyun, me, and Moon Dowon… we are all people with quite a bit of influence.”
“……Are you really going to protect me?”
“Of course. Whose lover do you think you are?”
Of course, his words sounded trustworthy.
Looking at how they had acted so far, Kang Taeyun showed a chilling side behind his kindness, and Yoo Joohwan showed madness within his “psycho” personality.
The blunt Moon Dowon seemed to be the fastest to take action behind the scenes.
He also seemed to gather information quite quickly, but a high-ranking Dominant Alpha couldn’t just keep seeing a Beta forever.
Even if the families left them alone now, treating it as curiosity, there was no telling how they would react when things got serious later.
Since the three of them had joined forces, there was no guarantee their families wouldn’t join forces too.
‘In any situation, running away is the right thing for me.’
Before I grew even more attached to them, running far away seemed like the best way for everyone.
“I can see what you’re thinking in your eyes.”
“……What was I thinking?”
“You’re worried that my family, not just Kang Taeyun’s, will hurt you, right?”
“……How did you know? Does it show on my face?”
“Yeah. There’s no other reason for you to have such a serious face in this kind of atmosphere.”
As expected, Yoo Joohwan was quick-witted.
Fortunately, he didn’t seem to read my thoughts about running away, but he was definitely the person I had to be most careful with among the three.
“Don’t worry. I’m the black sheep of the family anyway.”
“……Huh?”
“You didn’t know? Seriously, you know nothing about us. Why did you follow us around if you liked us so much? Was it really just for our faces?”
“……Probably? Maybe I just liked looking at you, like a fan following a celebrity?”
It was a guess, but if it were the Seo Siho from before the possession, that would have definitely been the case.
“But…… why did they cast you out?”
“You really don’t know anything. Are you naive, or just really uninterested?”
“……I’m sorry.”
“Forget it. I’ll forgive you since you’re curious now. Instead, find out for yourself why it happened. It’s something you can find out if you just pay a little attention.”
Yoo Joohwan said he wouldn’t tell me directly and curled the corners of his mouth.
Then, he came up behind me and covered my eyes.
“What are you doing?”
