Chapter 223: The cure
Seoha’s POV
A million fearful thoughts flood my mind as I freeze right next to Minjae.
"Oppa, did you hear me? Hello?" Jisu asks and my pregnant best friend snatches the phone. He impatiently presses it to his ear with a scowl and barks at the young lady.
"What do you want?" he snaps and that’s when I come out of my temporary daze.
Taesan isn’t okay right now...Taesan is probably hurt right now.
"Something is wrong with my mate, I have to go" I say, getting off the couch and rushing out of the door.
"Seoha, hold on!" Minjae calls after but I’m too worried and too scared for my mate’s safety. "I have to go. I’ll call you later Minnie" I say over my shoulder, bending forward as I put on my shoes at the door.
’Goddess please, don’t let anything happen to Taesan. I was mad at him, but I love him too much’ I pray in my head.
Tears fill my eyes as I push the small button of the elevator repeatedly. It doesn’t work, so I keep pushing.
"Arggh" I shout in frustration, pushing the button even harder, but it doesn’t open.
"Wrong button" Junho’s voice says behind me, moving me aside to open it for me.
"T-thank you" I say, getting in and wrapping my arms around myself in guilt.
What if something bad is happening because I left? What if I had just stayed with him? Would he be safe?
"Come on" Junho says, leading me out and taking me to his car. The beta quietly opens the car door for me, and I nearly bump my head out of anxiety.
I sit in the passenger’s seat with my hands pressed together. I try not to cry, but the tears leak out of my eyes.
"Don’t worry yourself too much about Taesan, he’s a strong man" Junho murmurs when he notices that I am crying by myself in the seat.
"I know...I just...I don’t think I can live if anything happens to him" I sniffle and the beta mumbles an insult under his breath.
"You don’t know how much I love him" I defend my tears and he gives me his signature unimpressed, flat look.
"No, I don’t, but I’m already sick of you two"
"I’ll say this to you when you and Minjae are in love" I mutter begrudgingly, wiping the tears off my cheek and sniffling at the same time.
Junho drops me off at the mansion and I jump out of the car, taking the stairs two steps at a time.
The mansion is quiet. Maybe it’s because it’s late, but no one is talking about my mate, do they even care about him?
With pain in my heart, I rush to his room and open the door, stopping in my tracks at the sight that greets me.
Taesan is lying in bed, his eyes are shut, a small towel is on his head and a blanket over his body.
Ever since I’ve known the alpha, I have never seen him use a blanket.
I choke back a sob as I move towards him slowly. Worry is killing me and I’m about to burst into tears.
"Tae-Taesan" I call his name with a breaking voice. "What’s wrong with my mate?" I ask Jisu.
The lady is by his side, she seems to be taking care of him, and at my question, she wipes off the tears streaming down her cheek.
"He has been this way since he came home...oppa, I’m so worried" Jisu says and Taesan lets out a fit of coughs.
My chest feels like it would explode. The cough sounds so scary and serious, what if he dies?
"Goddess, I would never leave him alone again. I’ll be by his side and protect him, please don’t let anything happen to him" I pray.
"I’ll go get water...maybe prepare a lawyer" Jisu says in a soft voice and my body stiffens.
"A lawyer? For what?"
"He might need to write his will, I’m sorry oppa" she gives me a sad face before leaving the room and I almost fall to the floor and start to sob.
"Goddess..."
The alpha coughs violently again. His body shakes so hard that the towel on his head slips off, so I rush to his side to place it properly.
"S-Seoha?" he asks without opening his eyes and my bottom lip trembles.
"Yes, it’s me...I’m sorry I left" I apologize and he slowly opens his eyes to peek at me.
"You look so beautiful..." he whispers before another rough cough rocks his body again, and I place my hand over my mouth.
"I’m so sorry, Sannah. Please don’t be sick" I plead, sitting on the edge of the bed but not touching him.
"The doctor gave me a cure" he wheezes.
"A cure? What is it?" I ask, eyes wide open with hope that my mate will be alright. "Tell me and I’ll go find it right now" I insist.
"It’s...he said my mate has to take off his clothes...oh, hurts" he groans in pain. My heart is pounding from how scared I am for him, so I get up and start stripping.
"You don’t have to do this" Taesan says softly.
How dare he try to stop me from saving him? Does he think I want to continue living without him?
"I want to, I want to do this for you, Taesan" I say as I pull off my pants and chuck it to the side with my discarded top.
I strip down to my boxers, making sure Taesan knows that I’m doing this for him. He better stay alive for me.
"The-the boxer too" he coughs and I pull off my boxers, not caring about how my entire butt is out in the open.
"What do I have to do next?" I ask with a sniffle, very concerned about his well-being.
"Kiss me. A true love’s kiss can heal me" he says and I immediately lean in, holding myself carefully as I press my lips to his.
Taesan grunts and opens his mouth. And as I kiss him, I hold the side of his face. That is when I realize that his body’s temperature is perfectly fine.
Huh?
I reach for him through our mating bonds, and I feel his alpha’s pride. He’s gloating like a...winner?
"You..." I say as I break the kiss and Taesan looks at me with all innocence.
"You tricked me?"
"Oops?" the alpha says and I burst into tears.
He tricked me!
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