Vol. 1 Chapter 1.1 - Chapter 1

He steps and walks on the soft carpet. His steps on the floor were a little strong, but the sound of footsteps was barely audible. The shoes made of leather with soft soles do not produce the sound that ordinary shoes with hard soles would make.

 

These luxurious shoes weren’t made for walking. A type of clothing that covers the feet. Don’t walk on rough floors with these shoes. Walking on rough floors in these will wear you out in less than a few steps.

 

The car stops right in front of the marble. He takes a few steps on the smooth, cold marble and then gets in the elevator, and there was nothing but a soft carpet behind it. Soft shoes made for those who don’t need to walk on hard floors hit the carpet without making even the slightest sound of the step.

 

The black, well-fitted shoe stops in front of the door, which he doesn’t open. Another person who was waiting in advance opens it. He doesn’t need anything. A watch on his wrist and a fountain pen in his front pocket. That’s all he has on his body.

 

“CEO, you have been invited to a dinner party by a VIP.”

 

On the desk, newspapers published that day are arranged in a certain order and at regular intervals. Then behind the man standing next to him, he sees several people quickly entering the room, holding documents and talking.

 

His leather-wrapped feet twitch.

 

“Is there anything else important?”

 

“Yes, the weather is fine today, and there are no particular changes in the schedule. This is today’s planned schedule and expected weather.”

 

A tablet PC and file come up together. The long fingers lightly removed the file and picked up the tablet PC. Then, with a light moment of a long, well-stretched finger without a single callus, he scans through the content. Every time he moves the finger, it makes a small cracking sound. Everyone watching the scene doesn’t make any sound.

 

In a fairly Large room, there is only the tickling of a clock, a few breaths, and a very small sound of fingers flicking the screen of a tablet PC.

 

“Secretary Yeo. Could you please turn on the TV?”

 

The man, who is called the CEO, spoke without taking his eyes off the tablet PC. Reading the newspaper and listening to the news in the morning was the beginning of his daily routine.

 

The secretary, who was standing next to him, quickly grabbed the remote control placed right next to the newspapers on the desk and pressed the button. A large TV on the wall right in front of the desk lights up, and those waiting with papers avoid their seats just in case they block the view.

 

The TV screen was always fixed on the news channel. The screen you see at this time every day, the unchanging signal music, the same announcer, and similar economic news.

 

The man who was called the CEO was still watching the tablet PC while the television screen was busy.

 

On the TV screen turned on, the announcer recites the main news of the day. It reports some important stories in newspapers, including corruption in a group, accidents overseas, and the rise in international oil prices. The man raised his eyebrows and nodded his head in response to some news while looking at the screen on tablet PC.

 

And in the news that flows like that, a name tickles the man’s nerves.

 

[….Recently, Actor Yu-Irim revealed that he is an alpha and became a hot topic. Recently, discussions about the human rights of Alpha and Omega have become more active, and this coming-out has become even more common…..]

 

The man’s finger stopped flicking through the screen of his tablet PC. The secretary standing next to him watched his reaction and immediately turned up the sound of the TV screen. The man’s gaze looked up at the screen.

 

It is quite rare for news from celebrities to appear as economic and social news. Cases other than drugs or assault are even rarer. But it wasn’t because he was a celebrity that drew his interest.

 

Now, the TV screen has changed from an announcer to a drama with an actor named Yu-Irim, and Yu-Irim in the data screen was smiling at him beyond the screen with his beautiful appearance.

 

“What’s the actor’s name?”

 

“He’s an actor named Yu-Irim. Shall we find out?”

 

“….No.”

 

The man replied, but for a while he couldn’t take his eyes off the screen.

 

On the screen, the celebrity called Yu-Irim was definitely beautiful, and his smiling face was so fantastic that it felt like he was a foreign being and not a human being. But it was his eyes, not his appearance, that caught the man’s eyes. Deep, dark and unobtrusive eyes like a lake waiting for people to jump in.

 

He looked at the screen until the man on the screen disappeared.

 

The secretary glances at the other person who is standing next to him. The person who received the gaze quietly exits the room. The man called the CEO saw it too, but he did not stop him. Instead, he put down the tablet PC he was holding.

 

“Let’s adjust the schedule a bit.”

 

 

 

 

 

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A ringing tone is heard over the phone. Muyoon’s fingers impatiently tapped the table a few times. The ringing tone seldom transferred the call. The longer it took, the faster his fingers moved, and the inside of his mouth seemed dry.

 

He saw melted ice in the glass of alcohol that he drank a while ago, so he brought it and drank a little. The bitter-sweetness of alcohol mixed with ferocity of water didn’t taste good, but it was enough to dampen his dry mouth.

 

Muyoon chews his mouth a few times and rolls the water in his mouth. And as his mouth was wet, he heard a click over the receiver. Muyoon hurriedly passed the liquid down his throat.

 

[Hello.]

 

Almost at the same time as the voice was heard, the water passed through his throat. It felt like he swallowed his saliva nervously. And that feeling soon made him really nervous. His palms were slightly wet. It’s first time he had made a call like this, so he actually didn’t know what to say.

 

[Hello?]

 

“…..Are you Yu-Irim?”

 

[No, I’m his manager. Who are you?]

 

This was a situation that Muyoon hadn’t thought of. He had no idea that the manager would receive it, so he was a little taken back.

 

“Are you the manager? Ahh, well…I should have contacted you in advance…”

 

[Oh, are you CEO Seo? Yes, I have been contacted by your secretary.]

 

“Yes, then can I talk to Yu-Irim on the phone?”

 

[That’s…]

 

He can feel that the other person is in trouble. However, Muyoon’s mood over the phone was not good either. The fingers that had been tapping on the desk were no longer anxious, but annoyed.

 

Secretary Yeo must have contacted him first. When Muyoon asked for Yu-Irim’s contact information and said he wanted to be contacted, he must have already prepared for the rest. When Muyoon called, Yu-Irim had to answer immediately. He is not used to mixing other processes in the middle of what he wants.

 

‘Did secretary Yeo make a mistake?’

 

Muyoon thought for a moment, but soon erased the idea. That’s impossible. He has been with him for nearly nine years. There has never been such a mistake.

 

“I thought I’d be speaking with Mr.Yu-Irim.”

 

[Ah, yes…I tried to do that but….]

 

“I think you should have contacted my secretary in advance if you were unavailable right now.”

 

[I’m Sorry, CEO. It’s not that I can’t talk to you right now rather than…..]

 

“Rather than?”

 

[Yu-Irim ah! Come on, wait…!]

 

“Hello?”

 

There was a moment of commotion over the phone. The voices of other people were muffled. The sound was heard for a while, like a hum, as if the phone was blocked by a hand. Muyoon was holding onto the phone, but the other party was not listening to him because of something else.

 

Muyoon wonders whether to hang up this phone call or not. He has never experienced anything like this before, so he was actually a little embarassed. No, it’s very annoying.

 

[I’m sorry, CEO! Hold on a second..…!]

 

[If he is not going to be a sponsor, then say that I don’t need it!]

 

Someone else’s voice mixed with manager’s voice is heard. The second voice is clearly identified as belonging to whom. A voice that seemed a little slow, but a low-pitched. It was the voice that came out of TV this morning.

 

Yu-Irim. It was the voice of that Alpha man.

 

“Sponsor?”

 

[Sorry, CEO! I’ll be right back…….]

 

There is a lot of noise over the receiver again. And then suddenly, a tone is heard indicating that the line has been cut off.

 

It was the most tense, most obscure and most rude call of all time. Muyoon, who never suffers from such rudeness, briefly looks at his phone screen and thinks.

 

‘Should he call back and point out the rudeness?’ He just watched as the screen blinked a few more times before disappearing into black.

 

He thinks for a moment. Yu-Irim’s voice echoes in his head again.

 

[If he is not going to give a sponsor, then say that I don’t need it!]

 

In fact, he was more concerned about this than the rudeness. Yu-Irim’s voice on the phone was a little different from what he heard on TV.

 

Muyoon looks at the black screen of the phone in his hand and presses a button to turn on the screen, and looks for a familiar number.

 

“Secretary Yeo, does our company’s Public relations (PR) department sponsor celebrities?”

 

 

 

 

 

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As always today, after going to work in the morning, Muyoon turned on the TV, listened to the news, and picked up the newspapers on the desk. The articles that his assistants had highlighted beforehand were the ones he had to keep an eye on, and there were a few that stand out.

 

It was an article that actor Yu-Irim was cast in a corporate advertisement to promote the image of Seogeum Co.,Ltd.

 

Regarding the direct hiring of an actor who recently came out as Alpha, there was also an analysis article saying whether Seogeum was trying to take the image of a company that respects the human rights of minorities.

 

Muyoon taps the top of the article with his finger.

 

“I think, Alpha recently caused a sexual assault during the rut period…The atmosphere is a bit different. There are also extreme supporters and, on the contrary the view that they are advocating for s*x offenders…”

 

“Is that so?”

 

While listening to secretary Yeo’s explanation, Muyoon’s eyes were on Yu-Irim’s face in the newspaper. He wasn’t interested in what the secretary was saying.

 

Yu-Irim in the newspaper looks quite beautiful. Unlike most alphas, Yu-Irim has a unique aspect. He looks like an alpha, but also has an omega-like face. Among the few filmographies reported by the secretary, Yu-Irim was a male omega in a minor role.

 

A white and thin face. But it doesn’t look like a woman. He is quite tall and has fairly broad shoulders, but overall he is skinny and elongated. It’s like looking at a tall model. The overall lines visible on his body are thin, slender and very beautiful. Yes, it’s beautiful.

 

In fact, it was the first time he became interested in an alpha, but more than that, Muyoon couldn’t take his gaze off Yu-Irim’s face. He remembers it even when he closes his eyes. Yu-Irim’s smiling face. Eyes that seemed to draw in.

 

His smiling face never left Muyoon’s eyes the whole time, sending a sweet look to the camera as if he was saying I love you to him. It was only once he saw it on the news, but these few days Muyoon was completely obsessed with this man.

 

He had never thought of a person so much in his whole life.

 

Even now, Muyoon couldn’t take his eyes off Yu-Irim’s brightly smiling face in the newspaper. Even though the newspaper was slightly folded and his face was strangely twisted, it was still beautiful nonetheless.

 

“So when do you say the commercial will be filmed?”

 

“Well, I wasn’t planning on making an image commercial right now, but I suddenly hired an actor. The PR team said they would prepare it as soon as possible, so by the end of month, the concept and outline of the script will be released ….”

 

“I’d like to start filming it at the end of this month if possible.”

 

“I’ll try to prepare for it.”

 

Secretary Yeo replied without hesitation. Muyoon’s and his long fingers were still on Yu-Irim’s face, who was still smiling in the newspaper.

 

 

 

 

 

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