By Zephyria 
That’s right. Tae-hwon was also surprised. The fact that the Jeun Faction and the Gyeongjeong Faction had broken up was a famous story in this world. As much as the two were close friends in their youth, the sudden disappearance of their relationship and the severance of exchanges could only lead to so much speculation. Whether the rumors were inflated or time had filled the gap, it was a fortunate thing.
“If the son of an enemy had caused an accident, something big could have happened on the spot. No matter how young the child was, the Jeun Faction’s status was at stake, so it wouldn’t have been strange if one of his arms had been cut off.”
“That’s right. I was prepared for that… Hahaha. Anyway, President Hwang held my father responsible, and my father said that he didn’t have any children, so he would give him that kid. President Hwang got angry again. He said he didn’t need a son who looked just like you.”
“Yes? Yes…”
“While they were fighting on the phone, President Hwang was screaming and shouting, and my father, who had never laughed in his life, kept chuckling. I wondered what was going on. Did they have a thing for each other in the past? Anyway, the incident happened and someone had to take responsibility. Hwang Jin-soo decided to take me in and use me as he pleased. My father drew a line and said that he didn’t care if I died in Jeun, it was my fate.”
The more he heard the story, the more surprised he was.
Kwon Rae-i had such a thing happen when he was only fourteen years old. Moreover, that was only six years ago from now.
“Anyway, I lived separately in the Separate House of Gyeongjeong, and even if I was away for a few days… no, about a month, no one would look for me or care. Even my father didn’t show me anything. He didn’t come to see me or talk to me. So I just went to Jeun.”
“…”
“I got a room in the basement, the lowest level of the Jeun building, and started doing odd jobs. Wiping blood, cleaning tools, cleaning ashtrays. After I got a little older, I also did outside work, but as Tae-hwon knows, my appearance is like this, so I had to cover my face again.”
“It’s true that albinism is noticeable, so you had no choice but to do that. If it was known that young master, who is from Chairman Kwon’s bloodline, was going in and out of Jeun, the conflict between the two organizations would have grown.”
“That’s right. President Hwang just told me to cover it up because he didn’t want to see my face. Haha.”
Kwon Rae-i pushed Tae-hwon down and climbed on top of him. He leaned down, pressing his weight onto Tae-hwon’s torso, bringing his face close. Tae-hwon’s chest felt heavy and he was suffocating, but he could endure this much.
“They say they get annoyed when they see my eyes. I think I’ve heard the words ‘pluck out those eyeballs’ about five hundred times.”
“Ugh, President Hwang said that?”
“Yeah. He keeps saying I look too much like my father, but goddamn it, I couldn’t understand it. I’ve only ever heard that I don’t resemble him my whole life. Even I don’t think I look anything like him.”
“Young Master…”
“I swear, I’ve never thought of that man as my father. Chairman Kwon is Chairman Kwon. The head of the Gyeongjeong Faction. So, I was ultimately planning to swallow up Gyeongjeong, based on Jeun. Because I had to get my Tae-hwon back.”
Kwon Rae-i grabbed Tae-hwon’s cheek with one hand and gently stroked it. It felt strange to have his face caressed while their eyes met so closely. In his pale face and blue-gray eyes, Tae-hwon saw an earnestness directed at him. And now, Tae-hwon was extremely bothered by that fact.
After a while of making eye contact, his gaze shifted to the torn wound on Kwon Rae-i’s eyelid. A bandage was stuck on the long tear near his eye, caused by Kwon Sang-oh, and his eyelid was half-closed.
“I missed Tae-hwon so much back then. Really.”
“…”
“I secretly went to the main house several times to argue. I got angry. I cried.”
“…”
“But Tae-hwon never accepted me. He told me not to act like a child and that we should live our own lives from now on. I didn’t give up. I resented Tae-hwon to death, I hated him, and I couldn’t forgive the fact that he was fine even after abandoning me, so I wanted to tear him apart and kill him, but I still persistently went to him, and Tae-hwon always drew a firm line. It was truly terrible.”
Kwon Rae-i’s voice trembled slightly from deep within. He was still filled with resentment. It seemed he still hadn’t forgiven Tae-hwon. It couldn’t be helped. Thirty-year-old Woo Tae-hwon had rejected, pushed away, betrayed, and run away alone from Kwon Rae-i until the end.
Even if Kwon Rae-i hated Woo Tae-hwon, it was understandable.
There was no one in the world who could hate Woo Tae-hwon more than Kwon Rae-i.
Kwon Rae-i felt a fierce mix of love and hate whenever he saw Woo Tae-hwon.
“As I got older, my body grew and my head became more rational, but when I thought about Tae-hwon, I turned into a child. I still haven’t escaped that feeling. I really hated Tae-hwon, and I really liked him. I felt like I could do anything to get Tae-hwon. And… soon, I realized that I wanted Tae-hwon in a different way too.”
Kwon Rae-i lowered his hand, which had been caressing Tae-hwon’s cheek, and touched his lips. He gently stroked Tae-hwon’s dry lips with his thumb, opening his mouth. Kwon Rae-i gazed at the tongue inside and let out a heated sigh.
“Tae-hwon was my first wet dream. I was constantly horny for Tae-hwon, and it was so natural to me. Tae-hwon didn’t believe it, though.”
“…I believe it now.”
He had been fucked several times now, so Tae-hwon had no choice but to believe that Kwon Rae-i wouldn’t get tired of fucking Woo Tae-hwon once or twice. His words about proving it with his body had actually come true.
“I was so jealous when Tae-hwon was entertained by beautiful women everywhere. I wanted to have sex with Tae-hwon too. I wanted to kiss him. I… I could love Tae-hwon. Back then, even if I attacked Tae-hwon, I would only get overpowered. Ha, goddamn it, really. I had no choice but to try hard. I even thought about raping Tae-hwon by pinning him down with force.”
“Yes, um… did you.”
“I don’t know. Anyway, I thought you’d believe my sincerity if I got my Dick up and fucked you. I actually almost succeeded.”
“Almost succeeded…”
“It was only once, but I managed to get my first kiss then…”
“Almost, almost, ha. Young Master.”
“I’m sorry. Looking back, I think I was really impatient. But I got severely beaten by Tae-hwon after that, so please forgive me just this once.”
“Wait a minute. You got beaten? I hit Young Master? Where? How much?”
“Here.”
Kwon Rae-i lowered his hand, which had been touching his lips, and tapped Tae-hwon’s chin. Then he moved it up and touched his nose.
“Here too.”
And this time, he went down and pressed on his stomach.
“Here… I got kicked.”
“Ha. Young Master, how old were you then… how old were you?”
Did I hit a child? Was Woo Tae-hwon, that fucking bastard, really crazy? How much did he beat a kid just for a surprise kiss? Goddamn it. Goddamn it. Where on earth was there to hit on Rae-i? And he hit his face and stomach? What if his beautiful face got ruined? And his stomach, what if his organs ruptured!
“I was eighteen. Tae-hwon was twenty-eight.”
“Haa… I’m sorry. Even so, to a minor, ha.”
“No, I was the one who was sorry. And I liked being hit by Tae-hwon.”
Wait a minute. Liked being hit…?
Huh?
As Tae-hwon looked up at him with a puzzled expression, Kwon Rae-i shrugged his shoulders and chuckled. His naturally curving white eyes were as beautiful as a depiction in a painting hanging in a museum.
“I don’t know if I developed a strange fetish back then, or if I realized it… I liked things that were a bit violent. Maybe it’s because I kept masturbating while repeatedly recalling the memory of my first kiss with Tae-hwon and getting beaten up. Or maybe it’s because I had resentful feelings towards Tae-hwon from before. I kind of wanted to… torment Tae-hwon. Sexually.”
Tae-hwon opened and closed his lips slightly.
Tae-hwon knew that his fetish was in a dangerous zone, but after hearing the background of how it happened, his head felt dizzy. Kwon Rae-i awakened to sadism after being beaten by Woo Tae-hwon? Really…?
“I, I don’t really know about that kind of thing, Young Master. Can it really be connected like that?”
“I don’t know either. Anyway, I resented Tae-hwon so much. I had thoughts like wanting to spank Tae-hwon’s ass, torture his nipples, put a leash on him and make him crawl on the floor on all fours, make him cry and suck my Dick, and so on. Besides, Tae-hwon was a hitman for Gyeongjeong. He received a lot of entertainment, but he also fought often, so he was always injured and hurt somewhere. That was so annoying, I wanted to hurt Tae-hwon with my own hands rather than him getting hurt fighting someone else. I wanted to monopolize Woo Tae-hwon…”