Chapter 181: Golden Desire
Taesan’s POV
I made a big mistake.
Fuck.
I had already burst into the restaurant before I realized what I was doing, but none of that matters in this moment.
Sooin needs me. She is crying with one little hand over her face.
It’s not the usual sobs and sniffle of when she’s hiding her emotions. This one is big and loud; it’s the cries of a child that is throwing a tantrum.
I let out a breath of relief. She’s okay.
During my life as a father, I have always avoided being seen with Sooin in public. I would rather send Junho or Yuki than go with her.
I have hidden from my world since the day she was born till now, but hearing that she’s crying in the middle of a restaurant forced my body to move even before I would think it through.
This is my daughter, the apple of my fucking eye.
My mafia world and its paranoia be damned. I will stand for her, will stand with her, and will stand by her.
Before I will get to her, Seoha is already there on his knees, holding her shoulder and asking what’s wrong.
"Are you okay? Did someone hurt you?" Seoha asks with the care of a real omega mother.
His anxiety from a few minutes ago is forgotten as he focuses on his daughter in the middle of the crowded restaurant.
"Hmm? What happened?" he asks softly.
"I want a drink for you, but the ahjumma won’t let me buy it" Sooin says, still crying with her lips downturned and her tiny hands in a fist.
Cute.
"What drink did you want?" I ask, and she looks up at me.
For the tone I just used, most men will wet their pants in terror, most people will fall on their knees in surrender to beg for their lives.
But my daughter, Sooin, just points at the drink she wants and as we follow the direction.
Jisu starts to laugh, Seoha’s mouth falls open and I stare in disbelief.
Golden Desire.
It’s a drink made for couples who want to...enhance their passion in the bedroom.
Well, fuck.
"Oh...Sooinie" Seoha whispers in embarrassment as Jisu continues to snicker behind us. She knew what she was doing when she made us come in here.
I like her mind; I should give her and her mother a raise.
"I will drink some water instead, hmm?" Seoha says in hurry, trying to get our attention off the drink, but I won’t have it.
"Water? Water isn’t fun, pack it with what they ordered" I tell the woman behind the counter and Seoha gawks at me.
I love this look on him, and I love this side of me.
"Taesan, don’t" he whispers, pulling on my shirt shyly, but I ignore him, paying for the drinks and food.
"What did you say, wifey?" I ask, saying the words directly into his ear, and like earlier in the car, his scent spikes with sweetness.
"You’re unbelievable, Innah, let’s go" he pouts, before taking Sooin’s hand and walking out of the restaurant with her.
How did I live so long without loving Seoha? How the fuck will I live without him if he dares walk away?
’Walk away? He can never, and if he does, we’ll bring him back’ my alpha growls possessively in my chest.
"Wow, our boss Kang Taesan really fell in love, this is so weird" Jisu giggles behind me, and I huff, pretending to be uncaring.
As the cashier packs what they bought, I send one of the guards to take a burger to Sooin for me, while Jisu and I wait for the rest.
"I’m telling you, it’s him" someone says, showing his phone to the woman next to him and I turn.
"It’s the same small waist, you know, the type you can hold when you do it" he says and the woman gives him a disgusted look.
"That’s very rude" she says to her friend but he keeps scrolling.
"You don’t get it, if I get in one room with him, I’ll use him like the prostitute he is" he says and everything around me suddenly disappears.
I only see blood dripping out of his eyes and mouth.
Within a second; I imagine myself pinning him to the floor and having the entire restaurant turn into chaos.
I won’t let him scream for long, I will shove that damn phone down his fucking throat, and make sure he bleeds.
Then, I will wait for his eyes to start welling up with tears.
Those eyes that dare to look at my mate, I will make sure Seoha is the last vision he sees before joining his pathetic ancestors in the afterlife.
Then, I will-
"Thank you for trusting us, have a wonderful meal" the cashier interrupts my daydreaming and I give her a nod before taking my card back from her.
"You" I point to one of my guards, a loyal underdog I trained myself.
"That one irritates me, send him home" I say, nodding in the direction of the man that is still scrolling through the x app.
"Home?" my bodyguard asks to confirm the instruction, and I look skywards, passing my message.
"Home" I repeat.
"Understood" he says, and I leave with Jisu.
"He’s going to kill that man, isn’t he?" she asks as we approach the car where Sooin is happily munching on her burger.
"Rule number one, you see but you don’t talk. Rule number two, Seoha and Sooin are not to know" I snarl at Jisu and she gulps with fear.
"Yes sir" she says.
We get into the car and I give Seoha a smile.
The omega is still blushing from what we bought in the restaurant, his arms are folded across his chest and he is looking outside the window.
Is this our first lovers’ squabble like the one in those movies Taerin used to watch when we were kids?
"Are you upset?" I ask and the omega’s bottom lip juts out.
Does he know how cute he is?
"Don’t talk to me" he mutters and my smile widens. I haven’t smiled like this at anyone except Sooin since my mother’s death.
"Don’t talk to me" I mimic him and he turns his head with a gasp, not believing that I will be this playful.
It can’t be helped, he brings out parts of me that I didn’t even know about.
"Don’t be mad at me for long, little deer, I have something planned out for you" I say and he blinks slowly.
"What is that?" he asks and I tilt my head, "you have to wait and find out" I say in a deep and rough voice.
The tone seems to do something to Seoha; his eyes dim a little, almost changing into something...lustful, but before anything can happen, our pup interrupts the moment.
"Dad, let’s go!" Sooin says cheerfully and I chuckle at the way disappointment creeps into Seoha’s aroused expression.
He has to wait and find out.
