"This..."
"This isn't me."
He slowly looked around the bathroom. Nothing looked familiar. The sink, the mirror, the walls, and even the layout of the bathroom were completely different from the one in his house.
"This... this isn't our bathroom."
Cold sweat covered his body as his hands began to tremble uncontrollably. His heartbeat grew louder with every passing second. Unable to calm himself, he hurried out of the bathroom and looked around the bedroom. The room was enormous, filled with expensive furniture and decorations he had never seen before.
"What the hell... where am I?"
"Where's Mom...? Dad...? My brother...?"
"What the hell happened to me?"
He began pacing around the room while biting his nails, desperately trying to remember what had happened yesterday.
"If I remember correctly..."
"I went on a date."
"She broke up with me..."
"...Yeah."
"I got into an accident."
As soon as the memory returned, he quickly examined his body, searching for any sign of an injury. He rolled up his sleeves, checked his arms, and looked at his legs.
Nothing.
Not even a single scratch.
His body was perfectly clean, as if the accident had never happened.
Confused and frightened, he slowly walked toward the bedroom door. Taking a deep breath, he turned the handle and stepped into the hallway. His eyes wandered across the unfamiliar mansion while his heart continued pounding inside his chest.
As he slowly walked downstairs, an unfamiliar voice suddenly called out.
"Young Master!"
"What happened?"
"Why did you come downstairs? I was just about to bring your meal to your room."
Even though the maid was speaking to him, Heesung couldn't hear a single word. His mind had gone completely blank.
Then...
His eyes stopped on a large family portrait hanging on the wall.
His entire body froze.
His breathing became uneven as he stared at the photograph.
The face...
The same unfamiliar face he had seen in the mirror...
Was standing beside another man.
The two of them looked like a married couple.
His legs suddenly lost all their strength.
He slipped onto the floor and clutched his chest as he struggled to breathe. His asthma attack had returned.
The maid immediately rushed toward him.
"Young Master!"
"What happened?"
"Oh God!"
"What should I do?"
"Please wait! I'll call your husband!"
Heesung slowly raised his head.
"H... Husband?"
"What... what is she talking about?"
His eyes returned to the family portrait.
"No..."
"This can't be real."
Driven by fear, Heesung immediately stood up and rushed toward the front door. Still wearing his night clothes, he ran out of the mansion without looking back.
He only had one thought.
I have to go home.
He ran as fast as he could.
But the farther he ran, the more terrified he became.
Every road...
Every building...
Every person...
Everything looked completely unfamiliar.
He slowly came to a stop in the middle of the street and looked around in disbelief.
"What the hell...?"
"Why does everything look so unfamiliar?"
He grabbed his hair with both hands before slowly sitting down on the roadside. Tears rolled down his cheeks as countless thoughts filled his mind.
People passing by glanced at him for a moment before continuing on their way.
A few seconds later, a stranger walked toward him.
"Hey..."
"Did you run away from home?"
The man looked Heesung up and down before biting his lip with a grin.
"You look like an omega."
"Am I right?"
Heesung looked at him in complete confusion.
"W-What...?"
"What are you talking about?"
The stranger stepped even closer.
"Come with me."
"There's a hotel nearby."
"We'll have some fun."
His gaze slowly wandered down Heesung's body.
"You've got beautiful legs."
Heesung's expression instantly darkened.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"You fucking gay bastard!"
"Leave me alone!"
The stranger's smile disappeared.
"I asked you nicely."
"So why are you shouting?"
He grabbed Heesung's wrist and tried to pull him toward him.
Just then...
A deep voice echoed from behind.
"Yihan."
Before Heesung ran out of the mansion, the maid hurried upstairs to inform Hyunseok.
She stood in front of his bedroom door and knocked repeatedly.
Knock. Knock.
Knock. Knock.
Even though there was no response, she continued knocking.
"Young Master..."
"Young Master..."
After a few moments, the bedroom door slowly opened.
Even though Hyunseok had just woken up, he looked as neat and composed as ever. His slightly messy hair was the only sign that he had been sleeping. Even in simple night clothes, his cold expression and intimidating presence made the maid lower her head instinctively.
"What is it this early in the morning?"
"What happened?"
The maid nervously bowed before speaking.
"Young Master... Master Yihan came downstairs."
"He was trembling, and he looked terrified."
Hyunseok frowned.
"What?"
"Yihan came downstairs?"
"What happened to him?"
The maid shook her head.
"I... I don't know, Young Master."
Just then, the baby started crying again.
The loud cries echoed throughout the mansion.
The maid quickly rushed toward the baby and gently picked him up, trying her best to comfort him.
Hyunseok immediately looked around the living room.
"...Yihan?"
There was no response.
He searched the entire hall with his eyes, but Yihan was nowhere to be seen.
His expression instantly changed.
"He ran away..."
Without wasting another second, Hyunseok took the baby into his arms and walked outside, gently patting his back while trying to calm him.
But the child refused to stop crying.
The moment they stepped outside, Hyunseok spotted a familiar figure running down the street.
"Yihan..."
Without hesitation, he handed the baby back to the maid.
"Take him inside."
The maid immediately nodded.
"Yes, Young Master."
Hyunseok sprinted toward Heesung.
As he got closer, he noticed a strange man grabbing Yihan's wrist and trying to drag him away.
"Leave me!"
"Please... let me go!"
A deep, commanding voice echoed from behind.
"Yihan."
The stranger instinctively stopped and turned around.
"Who the hell are you?"
Hyunseok didn't answer.
He simply looked straight into the man's eyes.
The next second...
He released his alpha pheromones.
An overwhelming pressure spread through the air.
The atmosphere instantly became suffocating.
Even dominant alphas found it difficult to withstand Cha Hyunseok's overwhelming pheromones.
The stranger's expression froze.
His legs became weak.
Cold sweat poured down his forehead.
His entire body trembled uncontrollably as fear crept into every part of him.
Who... who the hell is this man?
I'm a dominant alpha...
Then why can't I even stand in front of him?
Unable to endure the overwhelming pressure any longer, the stranger turned around and ran away without looking back.
Meanwhile...
Heesung's vision suddenly became blurry.
His chest felt heavy.
His breathing grew uneven as his body instinctively reacted to Hyunseok's powerful pheromones.
Before he could understand what was happening...
His legs gave out beneath him.
He collapsed onto the road.
Hyunseok's expression instantly changed.
Without wasting another second, he rushed toward Yihan and caught him before he could hit the ground. He carefully scooped him into his arms and hurried back to the mansion.
As soon as he entered the mansion, he gently laid Yihan down on the couch. His face was filled with worry as he immediately took out his phone and called Jeewon.
After a few moments, the call connected.
"Jeewon..."
"Come to the mansion immediately."
"Something happened to Yihan again."
"And the baby wouldn't stop crying."
"Come quickly."
Without waiting for Jeewon's response, Hyunseok ended the call.
He slowly sat beside the couch and carefully lifted Yihan's head, placing it gently on his lap.
His fingers gently ran through Yihan's soft hair as he silently stared at his pale face.
A deep sigh escaped his lips.
"It's all because of me..."
"If I hadn't become the next chairman..."
"If I had never met him..."
"If I hadn't married him..."
"Our child wouldn't have been born..."
"He wouldn't have suffered like this..."
"It's all because of me."
"It's all my fault."
His eyes remained fixed on Yihan's face.
Guilt slowly consumed him as he gently brushed away the strands of hair covering Yihan's forehead.
Unable to control himself, he slowly leaned forward and pressed a gentle kiss against Yihan's forehead.
Just then...
"Hyun!"
"What happened?"
Jeewon hurried into the mansion with his assistant, carrying a large medical kit.
He immediately walked toward the couch.
"Hyun, what happened?"
Hyunseok let out a tired sigh before explaining everything.
"I don't know what happened."
"I was asleep when the maid came and told me that Yihan had come downstairs."
"She said he was trembling and acting strangely."
"When I went downstairs, he was already gone."
"The baby started crying again."
"So I went outside to look for him."
"I found him running through the streets."
"There was another alpha trying to drag him away."
"I only released a little of my pheromones to stop him..."
"...but Yihan suddenly collapsed."
Hyunseok lowered his head, guilt filling his eyes.
"I don't know what happened..."
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