Chapter 45: A pair of neon green crocks.
It was mutually decided that it was in their best interest if Jang Song-rik left for the day.
Yeon Doha waited outside the room diligently as Song-rik changed back into his suit.
It was already almost evening since they watched a movie for about two and a half hours. Doha’s bar shift was also about to start.
Song-rik offered to drop Doha off at his job, but then they remembered why Song-rik was leaving in the place.
"Oh, you didn’t see your gift," Song-rik noticed the handbag that he had dropped in the doorway.
He picked it and arranged the crocks he had brought in properly.
"I saw you really liked wearing these," he smiled while handing them over. "So I brought matching pairs. Mine are in the car."
Doha was a bit bewildered by the misunderstanding Song-rik had that Doha was some crock-lover. But when he heard the word ’matching’, he immediately took the role of a freqk who would go out in neon green crocks.
"I love these, hyung! Thank you so much!" Doha squeaked while changing out his old white pair with the ones Song-rik brought.
In all honesty, they looked hideous.
But it couldn’t matter any less to the idiots in love.
Song-rik left as Doha waved him bye from the balcony in front of the door.
Once Doha had spotted Song-rik stalking him from over there when they had that fight. And now he was smiling and waving him with such a light heart.
We’ve really come a long way.
Doha noticed something as the car turned around the building corner.
There was someone else in the front passenger seat beside Secretary Cha. Hmm?
Maybe it was another secretary. Song-rik hyung seemed to have quite a few of them. I guess Mr. Cha still isn’t feeling well enough to work alone.
Doha concluded and walked back in to get changed for work.
But the other person in the car was no secretary.
In fact, Jang Song-rik was sitting in the back seat, wondering if he should’ve just stayed over at Doha’s.
Because, well, he had infact walked in on Oh Ryujin eating out Secretary Cha’s ass.
As lightening struck, Song-rik opened the car back seat door, only to be face to face with Secretary who was flushed and red from all the stimulation.
Doha is right up there watching. I need to calm down.
He shut the door right in Secretary Cha’s after signalling that they should... uh cover up and take this matter home.
Jang Song-rik was thoroughly and completely traumatised.
Never in his wildest imaginations, he would have thought that the two were... like that...
"So, uh... since when we’re you two... going out?" Song-rik asked because he couldn’t handle the silence in the pheromone clad car anymore.
"Aw, he thinks we’re going out, Jihwan," The ever so shameless Ryujin winked at Jihwan as the car screeched before continuing on smoothly.
Cha Jihwan was... infuriated and mortified.
Well, who would really want to be seen in such a state by their direct boss.
The screech didn’t scare Ryujin one bit, he seemed like he was thoroughly enjoying the situation.
While Song-rik felt like a passerby caught in the crossfire of two vehicles colliding.
"Then you’re not going... out...? Are like... that? What they call it... friends with needs?" Song-rik blurted out whatever he could just to ease up the situation.
"Ah! You mean friends with benefits. In simple words, fuck buddies. Sure, we could be called that," Ryujin answered thoughtfully. "Since we do have a deal going on, would we be contractual fuck buddies, Jihwan?"
Jihwan glared at Ryujin with rage in his eyes as he abruptly stopped the car.
Song-rik was scared by the sudden stop and almost reached for the emergency handle.
"Director, you don’t have any other engagements today, would you like to turn in," Jihwan said forcing out a decent smile for Song-rik.
They looked out and they had already reached in front of Song-rik’s house.
Secretary Cha indeed took Doha too to Song-rik’s place in Godspeed back then.
Song-rik nodded and made a run for it.
"I’ll explain the situation to you tomorrow. I apologize you had to witness that... shameful sight."
Secretary Cha said before Song-rik left.
"No, it’s alright. Just talk it out, you two."
Song-rik awkwardly consoled Jihwan before going in.
He’s so sweet!! And then... (turns violently towards Ryujin) there is this abomination of a man!!
He pressed the clutch and then spammed the accelerator.
"Where are we going, Jihwan?" Ryujin asked, excitedly.
"To your death," Jihwan said with a glare.
"Oh dear."
Ryujin chuckled.
Doha entered the bar hurriedly as he was a few minutes late. He was daydreaming while walking there from the subway.
Daydreaming about his boyfriend, for sure.
He saw Yohan talking up to an alpha shyly as he walked over to the counter.
"Ah, the sweet-tooth is here!" The man boasted looking at Doha.
"Ah, hello," Doha didn’t know the man. He looked at Yohan questioningly.
"I told him you’re a specialist in sweet alcohol drinks." Yohan told him.
Then he turned to the alpha.
"You really gotta be careful how you drink his shots, he’ll make you drunk before you even know you’re drinking booze."
"Then, I should up him for a challenge. Care to make me a drink, sweet-tooth?"
The man said to Doha. He looked like he was in his late thirties. But he seemed incredibly handsome and had dimples in his cheeks.
Doha found himself repeatedly looking at the man. He had this face that makes people look back.
He looked familiar in an odd way.
And, he sure could hold his liquor. Even after seven gold shots from Doha, he was still sober.
And Doha could see Yohan fawning over him. But somehow, he could feel, this man didn’t come here looking for omegas.
If anything, he seemed more interested in Yeon Doha judging how he kept exchanging nods and glances with him.
After some time chatting and joking around, the man politely refused Yohan’s offer to go out alone.
He then walked over to Doha and handed him a business card.
"Your friend is very cute but too young for a married man like me," he said with a smile. "Take good care of our Song-rik."
Doha was dumbstruck and hurriedly looked at the card as the man took his leave after winking at Doha.
There was written ’Jang Taejun: Executive Director, Millennium Corporation’.
Doha’s face faltered as he realised who that man was.
He was Jang Song-rik’s uncle and the very man who had Song-rik expelled from the family after getting pregnant in the novel.
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