Chapter 203: Marry Daddy?
Hours earlier.
Taesan’s POV
"Dad?" Sooin’s voice wakes me out of my sleep and I crack one eye open to find her standing by the door.
My daughter is dressed for school but her hair is not combed.
The brown locks fall down her shoulders in a messy wave, reminding me that I need to take her to a stylist soon. Sooin doesn’t like keeping it too long.
"Hello, princess" I say with a gruff voice, pulling the blanket up Seoha’s naked body. I would hate to scare my daughter.
"Is daddy doing my hair?" she asks, and I can hear her little pout through her voice.
She has been asking for Seoha since last night and I have no answer to give her. I wouldn’t tell my pup that I fucked her father so hard that he fainted on my work desk...that doesn’t sound right.
I get out of the bed, pulling up the waistband of my sweatpants to make the sagging pants sit on my waist.
"I’ll do it for you" I offer, giving Seoha one last look before going to the door. My little girl stands on her tiptoes and cranes her neck to peek into the room.
"Come here" I say and pat her head before she allows me to pick her up.
Fuck. It hasn’t been too long since she was born...why is she so big right now?
"Is daddy sick?" Sooin asks, wrapping her arms around my neck as I take her back to her own room.
"He’s fine, he’s just tired" I lie, placing her on the bed and picking out her favorite pink brush.
"What style do you want?"
"Dad you’re bad at hair too" she complains while shaking her head at me and I chuckle. "You don’t want me to do it?" I ask, playing along by sighing dramatically.
"Do it! I miss silly hair" she giggles, kicking her feet as I run the brush through her soft hair.
Soon, Sooin starts to chatter.
She talks about her school, about a character she likes, and about her favorite cartoon. She fills me in on her life and I listen to every word she says, completely a sucker for my pup.
"Dad" she whispers when I finally give up on styling her hair.
Her hair refuses to cooperate, so I put it in a pony tail...if this can be called a ponytail.
"Hmm?"
"Will you marry daddy?" she asks in a small voice and I look at her face in the mirror.
She’s looking at the floor while swinging her legs.
"Everyone’s dad and mom are marrying. I don’t want you to marry my mom, I want daddy" she continues to talk and my fist tightens around the pink hair brush.
Fuck.
She doesn’t even know that Jaemin isn’t her real mom. She doesn’t even know that her real mom is Seoha.
"I’ll marry daddy, Sooin-ah" I say and she smiles so bright that the room fucking lights up.
"Really? Then I can call him mom? Will he like it?" Sooin asks with childish excitement and I chuckle softly.
"We have to find out soon, yes?"
"I’m so happy! I’ll tell all my friends" Sooin cheers, bouncing on the bed and vibrating with pure happiness.
A knock on the door breaks our moment and the door creaks open, revealing Jisu.
"Taesan oppa, Junho-ssi is here to see you, and Sooin is ready to leave for school" she says and I sigh.
"You’ll be good, pup?" I ask.
"I’ll be the best" she says, showing me all of her little teeth while smiling. "There’s my princess, let’s go" I give Sooin the mandatory hair ruffle before leaving the room with her.
"Bye dad! I love you" she lets go of my hand, waves at me and runs off with Jisu.
With the girl gone, I shove my hands into my pockets and tilt my head at the man in a suit. He is standing there and watching me with a deep scowl on his face.
"Yes?" I ask.
"You succeeded" he says and I lift my shoulders before dropping them again in a careless shrug.
"I always succeed, Junho. Having Seoha with you while planning something against me was a mistake" I growl.
Yes, I was lost in pleasure yesterday, but it didn’t dull my senses. I knew Seoha shut the bond when he was with Junho. I knew something was being planned.
I don’t know what exactly it is, but I interrogated my men and found out that Junho has been blocking my access to the Deus family.
"You’re making a big mistake" my righthand man says and I turn around to go into my office. An ordinary staff shouldn’t overhear my clan business.
Junho follows behind me and we sit across each other.
"I’m a powerful man, Junho. But I’m not all-powerful" I say.
"The Deus are not all-powerful either. At the end of the day, they are still men" Junho says calmly and I smile.
Yes.
They are men. But they are men that the world fears. They are men that let their primal sides dominate them without fear.
To the government the Gods don’t exist. And if they do exist, they do so as wanted and hunted terrorists.
But at the same time, when the government are unable to handle something, they would reach out to ask for the help of the Deus family.
They clean up countries within weeks...and that’s why they haven’t been caught.
"I’ll give you my advice, because I love you Taesan" Junho says through clenched teeth.
"Yes?" I ask flatly. I’m already missing Seoha’s warm body. He’s still asleep and I feel him through our bond.
"Be very careful with them, you’ll never know what they want as sacrifice" Junho says and I nod slowly.
"If it’s Damien Deus that shows up, don’t fall for his madness. If it’s Elias Deus, bargain wisely. If it’s Kai Deus, don’t let him fool you"
"And if it’s their father?" I ask.
"Run" Junho says it seriously but I throw my head back and laugh. My alpha is snarling at the thought of someone trying to scare me.
"I only need their help because of my grandfather, but if they cross the line. I will put on my mask and slaughter all of them" I snarl.
I can already picture myself fighting off the Deus.
They are Gods for a reason and I’m Captain for a reason.
The door opens without a knock and we break out intense eye contact to look at it.
One of my trusted guards stands there with his hands in front of him.
"They are here" he says, bowing his head deeply, and I frown. "Which one of them?" I ask.
"The three brothers" my guard says and Junho’s back straightens.
Fear.
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