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Join the ServerHe trembled like someone who had heard something that should never be spoken.
Then, showing clear disbelief, he asked again.
“What kind of nonsense are you spouting right now? Hm?”
“It’s exactly as I said.”
“…….”
Hyeon-woo calmly handed over the documents.
On top was the medical report confirming that his trait had changed and he had been reclassified as an omega.
Behind it were the pregnancy confirmation and the baby’s ultrasound image.
“T-this… w-what is this….”
“Well, that’s how things turned out.”
“…….”
Chairman Joo finally tore his gaze away from the papers.
Even after checking the documents himself, Hyeon-woo’s overly calm attitude made it difficult for him to accept the situation as real.
He stuttered like his brain had frozen.
“What kind of dogshit situation is this!”
Bang!
He slammed the desk hard.
A burst of angry pheromones filled the air—yet to the imprinted Hyeon-woo, they barely registered.
“What’s done is done. What can we do?”
“Haa… Do you even understand how big of a problem this is? Hm?!”
“Mm….”
Sitting on the sofa, Hyeon-woo casually sipped the tea the secretary had just placed with trembling hands.
Seeing that only infuriated the chairman more.
“Get rid of the child immediately!”
“…….”
“The baby—haa… Take care of that first. And then we’ll find a way to change your trait back—”
“No.”
“…What?”
Chairman Joo snapped his head up, glaring darkly at him.
His calm tea-drinking demeanor only made the chairman angrier.
“Are you out of your mind?! What the hell are you saying?!”
“You wanted a dominant alpha successor, didn’t you?”
“…What?”
“I’ll give you one. A dominant alpha.”
“……!”
The chairman’s eyes went wide.
He seemed unsure he’d heard correctly.
“A dominant alpha? You’re saying the thing in your belly is a dominant alpha?”
“It likely is.”
“What kind of ridiculous—”
“The baby gives off pheromones even in the womb.
The father is a dominant.
And I conceived while alpha pheromones were still active in my body.
Statistically, the child is far more likely to manifest as an alpha than an omega.”
“Hm….”
He raised a hand and stroked his chin.
Dominants were rare—extremely rare.
Especially dominant alphas—there were only a handful even among top-tier business families.
Chairman Joo wanted a dominant alpha heir more than anything.
He had always wanted his successor, Hyeon-woo, to marry a dominant omega and produce a dominant alpha grandson.
His reaction now was exactly what Hyeon-woo had predicted.
From yelling to erase the baby, to wavering the moment the possibility of a dominant alpha was introduced—
So predictable it was almost funny.
“Then who’s the dominant alpha who gave you that child?”
“…Lee Seung-hyuk. He interned in my department.”
“What?”
The chairman’s face twisted.
He already knew of Seung-hyuk—and not fondly.
“You insisted nothing was going on back then, and now you’ve gone and done this with that bastard?”
“Well… that’s how it turned out.”
“For god’s sake!”
The chairman cursed again, clearly displeased.
He had disliked Seung-hyuk even before regression—back when Hyeon-woo was still an alpha.
Even now, he would never approve of someone from an ordinary background.
But Hyeon-woo didn’t plan on wasting time arguing.
He handed him a tablet he had prepared in advance.
“…What’s this?”
“When Seung-hyuk joins Munseong, he’ll work in the engineering division.
What you’re looking at is the skeleton of the program he’s developing.”
“A program…?”
The moment he saw the outline, the chairman’s eyes widened.
He immediately understood its value.
“Yes, L&S is in shambles now, but we still have other competitors.”
“…….”
“Didn’t you always say you wanted Munseong to become a top-10 global company?”
“…….”
A non-regressed Seung-hyuk would have taken years to reach this stage.
But the regressor version already had the complete blueprint in his head.
Even with only this draft, persuading the chairman wasn’t difficult.
“You’re telling me that brat came up with this?”
“Yes.”
“Hm….”
“You don’t want L&S to crawl back and surpass us, do you?”
“……!”
The implied threat made the chairman’s shoulders jolt.
His gaze shook violently as he stared at the tablet.
To think that kid was capable of something like this…
He broke into a cold sweat.
“How are you going to give birth?
If people find out you’re an omega, Munseong’s stock will plummet.”
“That’s why it has to remain completely secret.
I’ll give birth overseas.
Just approve it as a business trip.”
“You think you can hide it?”
“Of course.”
“Hm.”
Fortunately, the hospital he used was sponsored by Munseong—silencing them would be easy.
If he married quickly and left the country before his stomach showed, they could hide everything.
Now swayed, the chairman nodded slowly.
He was already envisioning Munseong’s glorious future.
“Then I’ll leave it to you.”
“Yes. Please lend your support when needed.”
“Mhm.”
Negotiation succeeded easily.
He wasn’t stupid—refusing a dominant alpha heir and a groundbreaking program would be idiotic.
Satisfied, Hyeon-woo bowed and exited the office.
He soon ran into Seong-yoon again.
“Did the talk go well?”
“Yes, well enough.”
“Ah… but…”
“……?”
Seong-yoon tilted his head slightly as he studied him.
“You smell a bit different today. Is it because you’re unwell?”
“Ah…”
Hyeon-woo smiled awkwardly.
He understood the misunderstanding.
Seong-yoon didn’t know he had become an omega.
Didn’t know he was pregnant.
As a recessive alpha, he wasn’t highly sensitive to pheromones—but he could notice changes.
But what he was sensing right now wasn’t Hyeon-woo’s pheromones.
Nor Seung-hyuk’s.
Imprinted partners’ pheromones can’t be detected by outsiders.
He was probably sensing the baby’s pheromone instead.
“I’m just a bit tired. Don’t worry.”
“I see. Please take care of yourself.”
“Thank you.”
Since his pheromone and Seung-hyuk’s were similar, the baby’s scent must not be too different either.
Thankfully, Seong-yoon chalked it up to health issues.
Before anything else could escalate, Hyeon-woo excused himself.
Back in the executive office, he buried himself in work.
Unlike Seong-yoon, Jung-hoon, being a beta, couldn’t smell anything—much easier to deal with.
Until he left for the overseas trip, he planned to avoid traited employees as much as possible.
“I’ll head out a bit early today.”
“Ah, yes. Please rest well.”
“Haha… thank you.”
Jung-hoon, thinking his boss was truly ill, nodded quickly.
It felt wrong to deceive him, but getting home was more urgent—he needed Seung-hyuk’s pheromones soon.
He must be home by now…
Feeling his energy draining, Hyeon-woo took a taxi and hurried inside.
Beep—beep—click.
The moment the door opened, a familiar scent flooded the air.
“……!”
It was Seung-hyuk’s pheromone.
Stronger than in the morning—meaning he’d only just arrived home too.
Following the scent, Hyeon-woo walked into the living room.
“…How can you tell me that only now?”
“……?”
As expected, Seung-hyuk was there.
But he was on the phone.
And for once—raising his voice.
Hyeon-woo froze in surprise.
Then their eyes met.
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