By Zephyria Noh Hee-cheol, thrown from the gate, leaped up as if trying to climb over the fence. He fixed his repulsive gaze on Ryu Jeong, who was trembling in the corner, and flailed his legs as he tried to get over. Ryu Jeong, who was watching Noh Hee-cheol try to climb over while gasping for breath as if he were about to die, saw a dark shadow fall behind him. Before he could even figure out what it was, the dark shadow grabbed Noh Hee-cheol, who was hanging on the fence, and threw him back.
“Argh, you son of a… bitch! What the hell!”
“Like father, like son… you’re both disgustingly greedy for money.”
Ryu Jeong stared blankly at the dark figure as a deep voice cut through the dawn. He immediately recognized who it was and gasped. It was Lee Do-hyeon.
Lee Do-hyeon, who had easily detached Noh Hee-cheol, who had been clinging to him like a leech, kicked him without showing Ryu Jeong his face. When Noh Hee-cheol raised his arms to cover his face, he stomped on his exposed stomach with his shoe. As he relentlessly kicked his face, back, and sides as Noh Hee-cheol instinctively covered his stomach, Noh Hee-cheol, who had been spewing all sorts of filthy words at Ryu Jeong, screamed. But that didn’t last long, and it turned into a groan.
“I thought I could just deal with the father, but I guess I have to take care of you too.”
“You… you son of a bitch, treating people like this… I’m going to report you, you bastard!”
Noh Hee-cheol, who had been kicked all the way to the fence across the street, didn’t give up and screamed. Lee Do-hyeon didn’t even blink. He nodded calmly as if he expected it, and then put his hand in his jacket pocket. Noh Hee-cheol, who was looking up at him with swollen eyes, flinched. He must have thought a knife would come out.
Lee Do-hyeon, as if mocking Noh Hee-cheol, raised the corner of his mouth and took out his wallet. He opened the wallet, roughly checked the contents, and then threw it at Noh Hee-cheol. The expensive leather wallet rolled obscenely on the dirt floor.
“What are you doing? Pick it up.”
“What…”
“Isn’t this what you wanted? There’s plenty of cash in there.”
He drove a wedge into Noh Hee-cheol, who hesitated, unable to pick it up right away. As soon as the word money came out, Noh Hee-cheol’s eyes widened and he reached out and grabbed the wallet. When he opened it with trembling hands, as Lee Do-hyeon said, it was full of yellow bills. Noh Hee-cheol couldn’t hide his laughter as he confirmed that there were plenty of crisp checks as well.
“That’s the price for getting beaten up just now.”
“Is this… enough? This is for medical expenses, and I need… compensation for mental damage too.”
“Ah, compensation for mental damage?”
Lee Do-hyeon smiled leisurely, as if saying, “Why didn’t you say so?” and then took off his wristwatch and threw it. Noh Hee-cheol quickly picked it up, afraid it might break, and exclaimed, “Ooh.” It was an expensive brand that would be worth more than the cash in the wallet if he resold it.
“Is this enough to accept?” Noh Hee-cheol, stuffing it into his pocket as if afraid of having it taken back, scanned the man in front of him up and down. He said he was the CEO. He thought he could threaten him a few more times about the sponsorship. Noh Hee-cheol, shuffling sideways, turned around and went down the slope. He couldn’t hear the laughter, but the back view was so frivolous that it felt like he could hear it.
“…….”
Lee Do-hyeon, who had been watching his back, took out his cell phone and sent a message. That stupid bastard who was blinded by money would be taken care of later by Chief Yoon, who would be waiting below.
First, Lee Do-hyeon, who had cleaned up the trash that was not planned, sighed as he looked down at his shoes, which had become unnecessarily dirty. He tried to maintain his composure, but his breath trembled at the presence of Ryu Jeong inside the gate.
“Jeong-ssi.”
Lee Do-hyeon approached the gate and glanced inside. Ryu Jeong, who was sitting on the floor far from the gate, no more than a few steps away, was looking at him with trembling eyes.
Lee Do-hyeon stared at Ryu Jeong, who didn’t respond, and then stared at his stomach, which was covered by his clothes. Ryu Jeong, noticing his gaze, quickly covered his stomach and shut his mouth. He had heard about it before, but Ryu Jeong’s actions to protect his stomach made him certain.
Lee Gyu-hyeon, that son of a bitch, must have said something. He should have confessed his pregnancy shyly, but it was obvious that he was trying to hide it like this. Lee Gyu-hyeon must have been trying to threaten him with me. He regretted not raising a hand, considering that the prosecution would be coming soon.
“Jeong-ssi. Can you… open the door?”
Lee Do-hyeon could have torn down the gate or climbed over the fence like a spoiled brat, but he didn’t bother. He didn’t want to approach Ryu Jeong, who was already terrified, as an object of fear.
Above all, he thought that acting arbitrarily was enough for once. He wanted to end the oppression and coercion he had used when he first took him to his house, blinded by possessiveness. This time, it was time for Ryu Jeong to take the step himself.
“Jeong-ssi. I know everything.”
“…….”
“About our child.”
“…How did you know?”
Ryu Jeong, who had been trembling and looking elsewhere, suddenly raised his head. His face was expressionless, but full of impatience. Ryu Jeong bit his lip as he looked at me anxiously and uneasily.
“I should have been the first to hear this news… I’m too late.”
“…….”
“First of all, there are so many things I want to say. Can you look at this first?”
Lee Do-hyeon took something out of his arms and slid it under the gate. When he just stared blankly at the white object, Lee Do-hyeon stood up again and took a few steps back from the gate, telling him to look at it comfortably. Then he didn’t urge him.
Ryu Jeong hesitated for a moment and then took a step forward. What was neatly placed on the floor was an envelope. Ryu Jeong carefully picked up the slightly thick envelope, which made it impossible to guess what was inside, and took a step or two back and opened it.
“This is…….”
Ryu Jeong’s eyes widened as he unfolded the paper that was folded in half. It was a promissory note.
His father’s name, which he barely remembered, and the repayment plan written below were dizzyingly visible. It was the first time he had encountered it since the loan shark appeared in front of young Ryu Jeong and held it out to him. He had confidently said that he could only get rid of it by paying back the principal and interest, but he couldn’t understand how it was in Lee Do-hyeon’s hands.
When he looked at Lee Do-hyeon as if asking for an explanation, Lee Do-hyeon, who was watching Ryu Jeong from a distance, gave a bitter smile.
“It’s a long story to explain… I hope you don’t misunderstand.”
“…Please tell me.”
A firm voice flowed from Ryu Jeong, who had been trembling all along. Lee Do-hyeon hesitated for a moment, feeling like he was the one trembling, and then opened his mouth.
“I did some background checks on Jeong-ssi. I felt sorry for you because you couldn’t sleep because you were working part-time every day. Then I found out that you had a debt in your deceased father’s name, and I also found out that the reason you needed so much money was because of that.”
“…….”
“I knew you’d be uncomfortable, but I was going to pay it off for you. But the reason I didn’t was because I found out that… my mother was behind that debt.”
“Mother…?”
Ryu Jeong’s eyes shook greatly as he listened to Lee Do-hyeon’s words. If it was his mother, was he talking about the person who raised him? He couldn’t understand how that could be, so he just stared at him, and Lee Do-hyeon continued to speak with difficulty.
“The day I slept at Jeong-ssi’s house before, I saw a document that looked like it was from a loan shark. It was about raising the interest rate for a ridiculous reason, did you know about it?”
“Ah… no.”
Raising the interest rate? It was the first time he had heard of it. Lee Do-hyeon sighed, saying that he knew that Ryu Jeong was flustered and shook his head.
“You were already repaying at the highest legal interest rate, but it’s illegal to raise it any further. I found out that the loan shark was just a figurehead. Someone else was taking the amount between the actual interest rate and the new interest rate. That was…….”
That was my mother. She wasn’t related to me by blood, but she was a family member, so I couldn’t hide my miserable feelings even while talking. I hoped that Ryu Jeong would think of Kim Mi-hee and me as separate people. How Ryu Jeong would think was entirely up to him.
“I’m speechless even saying it…….”
Lee Do-hyeon repeatedly wiped his face. He wanted to see Ryu Jeong as much as possible, but he couldn’t look at him anymore. He came to take Ryu Jeong with him, but he became anxious about what to do if he didn’t go.
“…….”
Ryu Jeong, who had been staring blankly at Lee Do-hyeon, who was avoiding his gaze, lowered his gaze. The eyes looking down at the promissory note in his hands were blank.
It would be a lie to say that he wasn’t shocked. But he couldn’t even tell himself which part he was shocked by. Being investigated? That Lee Do-hyeon’s mother was involved? Ryu Jeong, who had retraced the words that came out of Lee Do-hyeon’s mouth one by one, raised his gaze.
“…I have something I want to ask you.”
“…….”
“Is this promissory note… because of pity…?”
“No.”
Lee Do-hyeon frowned suddenly.
“From the day I fell in love with Jeong-ssi, I have never treated you with pity or sympathy.”
Lee Do-hyeon’s words were firm. He put his heart into his words and paused for a moment. Then he looked Ryu Jeong in the eye.
“But I want Jeong-ssi to treat me with pity.”
“…What do you mean?”
“I mean, I want you to feel sorry for me, who is so desperate to take my Omega with me.”
Ryu Jeong’s lips parted slightly and then closed. There were so many things he wanted to ask and so many things he wanted to hear. Nevertheless, the reason he hesitated was because his heart came before anything else. The promissory note, which had become meaningless, rolled on the floor. Ryu Jeong rubbed his feet on the bare floor and bit his lip tightly.
“I… I’m pregnant.”
“…….”
“I wanted to tell… President first…….”
Ryu Jeong, who muttered in a small voice, put his hand in his hoodie pocket. Among the prescriptions and receipts he received from the hospital that he hadn’t been able to take out, one particularly shiny and long piece of paper caught his hand.
“But this is… the first time I’m showing it to President.”
Seen in the dark, the white spots were particularly noticeable. Ryu Jeong touched the existence of the child with his fingertips and glanced up. Lee Do-hyeon, who had been staring at his hand, looked at Ryu Jeong as well.
“…….”
“…….”
Ryu Jeong, swallowing hard, took a step forward. When he slid the well-locked latch to the side, the old iron gate opened wide with a creak. Through the gap that opened with a rustling sound, the faint dawn light carefully seeped in.
Lee Do-hyeon was standing in that light.
Ryu Jeong looked at him without saying a word and held out what he was holding. Neither the person handing it out nor the person receiving it made a sound at that moment.
“How is it……?”
Ryu Jeong, who was unable to suppress the rising anxiety, asked, swallowing hard, as Lee Do-hyeon was just looking at the ultrasound picture with his mouth shut. He had heard that he knew about the pregnancy, but he was worried about what would happen if he saw it with his own eyes and changed his mind. But contrary to his expectations, a kind voice flowed from Lee Do-hyeon.
“It’s small.”
“…Yeah.”
“…Yeah.”
Lee Do-hyeon, who took his eyes off the picture, looked Ryu Jeong in the eye. The tightly closed gate had been opened, but he hadn’t crossed the line yet.
“If you’re not going to sleep… shall we walk together?”
“Together?”
“Yes. The road is too dark, so I’d like you to go with me.”
It was a familiar word. Ryu Jeong burst out laughing without realizing it at the word he had heard before. Lee Do-hyeon, who smiled at that, reached out his hand, and Ryu Jeong gladly took it. In front of Ryu Jeong, who had stepped over the threshold, there was still a dark road.
But this time, they were together. Just as they were walking together through the dark and complicated alley, it seemed that they could write the rest of the story slowly and together.
It was a dawn alley where even the moonlight was faint, but their future would surely be bright.
Only a quiet and serene love mixed with the dawn air and quietly bloomed.
Dawn Guest Fin.
Synopsis
Background/Genre: Modern, Omegaverse
Keywords: Handsome Gong, Caring Gong, Indifferent Gong, Playful Gong, Chaebol Gong, Beautiful Su, Naive Su, Pregnant Su, Walks Su
Gong: Lee Do-hyeon (33) – An alpha dominant and CEO of Youngkang Construction. While looking for land for his business, he meets Ryu-jeong, a convenience store part-timer who always looks precarious. He can’t help but notice Ryu-jeong’s pretty looks and innocent, kind attitude. One day, he becomes actively involved in Ryu-jeong’s heat cycle.
Su: Ryu-jeong (23) – A recessive omega who owns nothing but a room in a shantytown and a weak body. He works tirelessly at various part-time jobs to pay off his father’s debt. In the midst of this, he meets Lee Do-hyeon, who is always kind and caring, and whom he misses when he’s not around, and he gives him his heart.
Read it when you want to see:
A heart-fluttering Harlequin story where a seemingly indifferent and temperamental chaebol gong pretends to be kind while being unaware of his own feelings, seduces a naive baby su, and quickly progresses to pregnancy and cohabitation.
When you want to see a chaebol gong, who is scary if you get to know him, easily swayed by the innocent baby su’s trivial actions.
Dawn Customer
Introduction
#Omegaverse #Harlequin #IndifferentCaringGong #PoliteGong #SchemingGong #BeautifulSu #NaiveSu #PoorSu #WalksSu #PregnantSu
“There’s an ashtray outside. May I smoke?”
“Yes, yes… Thank you. Please come again.”
Ryu-jeong, a recessive omega who works hard every day to pay off the debt left by his father, continues his grueling part-time life.
One day. A man with a picturesque appearance helps Ryu-jeong, who is in trouble because of a troublemaker, and the two become acquainted.
“You don’t look okay at all. May I touch you?”
“Yes?”
“I’m going to help you up.”
The man named Lee Do-hyeon seems to be living a busy life, but he often visits the convenience store, buys Ryu-jeong meals, and even makes a heart-fluttering offer to have Ryu-jeong show him around the neighborhood.
One day, when Ryu-jeong, who longed for human warmth, began to open his heart to Do-hyeon little by little.
Do-hyeon gets caught up in a sudden heat cycle, and the relationship between the two begins to change rapidly…
“Ryu-jeong. Are you in heat?”
“C, CEO… Ugh. D, don’t look. Heuu, sob…”
“Ah, shit… This is driving me crazy.”