The Omega Is Pregnant

Chapter 20

Episode 20

Kang In-hyuk sighed as he ended the call with Seo Da-rae and held the documents in his hand. He knew why his parents had instructed him to deliver these to Kang Se-heon.

This time, he wanted to involve KH Electronics in the business being conducted at KH Mart. He thought it would be a win-win strategy since they were the same company, but the other party was Kang Se-heon. If the feasibility of the business and the appropriate level were not satisfactory, he would never accept it.

Just a few days ago, his father had called and mentioned Kang Se-heon’s lukewarm response when he tried to discuss their fortune. That said it all. His father would rather delegate to those beneath him and feign ignorance, but his mother would have nudged him. She wanted to somehow make this business a success and move his father’s position to the center.

And since his father couldn’t handle it, he had been involved as well. His father had said, “I’ll talk to him first, but if it doesn’t work out, you go to Se-heon.” He didn’t understand why he had to intervene in business matters, but that’s what his mother had said. She mentioned that Kang Se-heon still treated him with a lot of consideration.

“When will you push your brother out?” she had said.

But why resort to using him like this? Kang In-hyuk shook his head and entered the company. Exactly five minutes later, Kang In-hyuk emerged, his expression even more hardened than before.

Kang Se-heon, who usually worked late, had gone home early today. That meant he had more time to be approached. His thoughts turned to Seo Da-rae, who would be waiting at home.

“Nothing seems to be going well.”

Could things continue to go this way? Nevertheless, there was no turning back now, so Kang In-hyuk made his way to Kang Se-heon’s house. As he returned to the parking lot, he lifted his phone to call Seo Da-rae before starting the engine. He wanted to tell her to wait a little longer.

However, just as the screen lit up, a call came in from Park Han-soo.

“Why.”

[Park Han-soo’s tone when answering the call was very polite.]

Kang In-hyuk’s voice, skipping the greetings, made Park Han-soo feel a bit uneasy. But Kang In-hyuk wasn’t in the mood to respond warmly to Park Han-soo right now. He felt a subtle impatience because he couldn’t go straight home where Seo Da-rae, whom he had longed for, was waiting. Plus, the conflicting events of the day had put him in a strangely bad mood.

“Why did you call?”

[Oh, it’s nothing... You wouldn’t happen to... um......]

As Park Han-soo hesitated to answer, Kang In-hyuk narrowed his eyes. It wasn’t often that he showed this kind of reaction. One of those rare occasions might involve Yoon Tae-seo, and he wondered if Park Han-soo was about to mention him.

[I mean Tae-seo.]

As expected. Kang In-hyuk rested his forehead against the steering wheel as he raised his arm to the handle.

[Do you happen to know where he is?]

“How would I know that? You probably know better than me.”

Lately, he had noticed Park Han-soo and Yoon Tae-seo spending time together. So when Park Han-soo asked about Yoon Tae-seo’s whereabouts, Kang In-hyuk responded sharply.

[I didn’t mean it like that. I was actually trying not to call you either, but someone asked, no, inquired......]

“Stop it.”

Kang In-hyuk cut Park Han-soo off. The repeated questioning brought to Kang In-hyuk’s mind the thought of a blind date. Yoon Tae-seo had talked to Park Han-soo in front of him and blatantly asked for a setup. When he overheard Park Han-soo asking when he would contact him, it felt like they had already met. So if someone was looking for Yoon Tae-seo through Park Han-soo, it was obvious they were a potential date.

“I don’t know anything about Yoon Tae-seo right now, so if you’re going to mention that, just hang up.”

Without waiting for a response, Kang In-hyuk ended the call. However, he didn’t immediately start the engine. With his hand on the steering wheel, Kang In-hyuk tapped his fingers thoughtfully, completely forgetting his intention to call Seo Da-rae.

He hadn’t exchanged many words with Park Han-soo, but his words kept echoing in his mind. “I don’t know where he is.” He didn’t understand why Park Han-soo had asked such a question. Part of him wanted to listen until the end and then hang up.

“I never believed your words before, but now I really can’t.”

“What do you mean?”

“You said it might be there or might not be.”

“Oh, yeah.”

Tae-seo obediently nodded, then furrowed his brows slightly as if feeling unjust. He had also intended to be in his room when Kang Se-heon came in. But every time he tried, the person who called him to eat was there.

Now, he had come out thinking it was probably okay to be in the living room, but he used to be able to read the situation well.

“Should I go into the room now?”

“Study. I thought you were always at school, but you do study.”

“I’m doing assignments too. Look, I did assignments earlier. Now I’m studying.”

He seemed like a six-year-old boasting to his parents. Since Kang Se-heon seemed to view him as a slacker, Tae-seo tried to make his own appeal.

“Remarkable.”

As if he had achieved something, Kang Se-heon nodded approvingly, causing Tae-seo to straighten up slightly. He felt relieved that the man seemed to have a weak heart.

Then, as he tried to focus on studying again, the doorbell rang. It was time to decide whether he should be in Kang Se-heon’s house. Kang Se-heon nudged Tae-seo’s leg with his foot.

“Go and open the door.”

“But this isn’t my house.”

“It’s the landlord’s order, so go and open it.”

Kang Se-heon nudged Tae-seo because he didn’t like that he kept showing his waist. He had anticipated who would come and had been looking for Tae-seo in advance to inform him.

“It’s not my house either, but you could just open it.”

“Well, since it’s not your house, you never know when you might get kicked out, right?”

Under Kang Se-heon’s threat, Tae-seo quickly got up.

“I’m going. I’m going.”

Grumbling that it was sad to be sent on errands by someone who should be studying, Tae-seo approached the front door.

“Who is it?”

Tae-seo swung the front door open wide.

“...?”

And as soon as Tae-seo saw the other person’s face, he froze in place.

“Why are you...?”

Kang In-hyuk’s words trailed off in confusion.