The Omega Is Pregnant-Chapter 102

The place Tae-seo had been dragged into was a fitting room. It was suffocatingly tight with two men squeezed into a space meant for just one. In a way, that might’ve been a stroke of luck for Tae-seo. Because it was a space where you couldn’t even extend your arms properly, Tae-seo planned to strike the man behind him when he saw the chance. It was a fitting room—if things got noisy, someone might come over to check what was going on.

Now.

He swung his elbow backward. With a grunt, the arm holding him loosened, and just as Tae-seo reached toward the fitting room’s lock—

“Yoon Tae-seo.”

It was a familiar voice. Tae-seo turned his head, and the other’s hat came off, revealing his face. He’d been elbowed in the face—his lip was split.

Tae-seo’s mouth dropped open in shock at Kang In-hyuk’s irritated expression as he wiped the blood from his lips.

“You.”

He was about to ask, Do you even know what the hell you’re doing?—but In-hyuk moved faster. He reached forward, as if to cover Tae-seo’s mouth.

“Shh.”

“What the hell?”

Tae-seo shoved In-hyuk’s hand away.

“I have something to say.”

“Then you could’ve called. What, did you think I’d ignore you if you called or something?”

This went far beyond anything that could be taken as a joke. His stomach, still tight, hadn’t relaxed yet.

It was a situation where he couldn’t help but be on edge, and that made In-hyuk’s insane behavior all the more absurd.

“If it wasn’t me, someone else would’ve kidnapped you.”

“What? Kidnap?”

In-hyuk calmly explained what Han Mi-sun had planned. He didn’t care at all how Tae-seo might take it.

“Don’t leave yet. They’re still looking for you. If they catch you, you won’t get away.”

“Then instead of chasing me, you should’ve stopped them.”

“If I could’ve, I would’ve already.”

“Why can’t you?”

“What?”

While In-hyuk faltered, Tae-seo pushed him away with a cold expression.

“If you couldn’t stop them, then you shouldn’t have let such a ridiculous plan happen in the first place.”

“Do you really think that’s possible?”

“Why wouldn’t it be? She’s your mother. If no one else could, at least you could’ve stopped her.”

Tae-seo struck In-hyuk’s shoulder with his fist. Thinking Blessing might’ve been startled, he hadn’t hit hard. And seeing In-hyuk’s face, silently taking the blow, drained him of strength almost immediately.

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In-hyuk gave a bitter smile and shook his head.

“You think I couldn’t?”

Meeting In-hyuk’s eyes, Tae-seo lowered his voice.

“Yeah. Honestly, I don’t think I could. This is all I’m capable of.”

Even if it made him sound pathetic—there was no other way to say it. This was as far as In-hyuk could go.

At that moment, for the first time, Tae-seo, who’d been glaring at In-hyuk with a stony face, finally smiled.

“Want me to tell you how?”

****

After stepping out of the fitting room, Tae-seo brushed off his clothes and picked up his phone from the floor. The call was still connected. He pressed it to his ear.

Only tense breathing could be heard. He’d made the right choice choosing this one.

“Han-soo.”

[You... are you okay?]

“Yeah.”

[I called the police, but they said it won’t go directly to you, so I tried calling Se-heon hyung. He didn’t pick up.]

“He’s probably in the middle of the interview.”

Tae-seo checked the time and nodded. He exited the call screen, opened his messenger app, and confirmed that his message had been read. Keeping his eyes on In-hyuk, he spoke to Han-soo.

“I’ll handle Se-heon hyung. You do something else.”

Han-soo, who had said to just name it, got a promise that Tae-seo would call again before the call ended. Then Tae-seo looked at In-hyuk with a glance that said, Why are you still here?

“You really want me to go to the police?”

“You said you’d do what I told you.”

“Still...”

“Ordering someone to kidnap me seems like enough.”

Even if In-hyuk had cut it off midway, Han Mi-sun had clearly committed a crime.

“If you hadn’t stepped in, who knows what would’ve happened to me. And if you hadn’t told me in advance like this, I might not have known at all. So just because nothing ended up happening, that doesn’t mean what you did is justified.”

Worried Han Mi-sun might catch wind of something, Tae-seo looked down at his phone. The battery was nearly dead—and the power shut off the moment he checked. He’d been planning to shut it down anyway, so he didn’t feel much regret.

“You said there are still people looking for me, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Then I’ll lay low. You contact Se-heon hyung.”

And tell him exactly what you told me.

After the police station, Kang Se-heon would be next. For In-hyuk, it must’ve felt like Tae-seo was pushing him to betray his mother. He had probably only come here to warn Tae-seo to be careful of her.

But it had to be In-hyuk himself. If he didn’t do it, it meant nothing. He was the only one who could stop Han Mi-sun. She didn’t want KH right now.

“The future.”

She didn’t want the company through her husband—but through her son. That’s exactly why Tae-seo couldn’t go easy on In-hyuk.

When she tried to drive a wedge between Kang Se-heon and him, it had been the same—Han Mi-sun had contacted Kang In-hyuk. She was desperate to hand the group over to her son, growing more forceful by the day—but at the same time, In-hyuk was also the person she was weakest against.

“...Is that all?”

“If there’s something you want, say it. As long as it’s within my ability. If not, find someone else.”

Tae-seo drew a firm line. In-hyuk looked at him with eyes full of things left unsaid.

“What if I say I want you?”

“Of course I wouldn’t give you that.”

“You really haven’t changed.”

“It was a question with an answer already set.”

At Tae-seo’s sharp rejection, In-hyuk let out a small laugh. He thought that even if this had started because of his mother, since he’d saved Tae-seo, there might be a slight flicker of hesitation. But even standing at the edge, Tae-seo said it wasn’t him—and with that, the thin thread of hope In-hyuk had been clinging to unraveled.

He pulled his cap down low over his face and turned to leave.

“Kang In-hyuk.”

When his name was called, In-hyuk froze like a mannequin and turned his head.

“I don’t know why you changed your mind, but... thank you.”

At Tae-seo’s gratitude, In-hyuk stood in silence for several seconds, then turned away again.

What followed progressed quickly.

The moment Kang Se-heon received a call from Han Mi-sun while still in the department store, he moved immediately. Meanwhile, Kang In-hyuk contacted the police and then appeared before Se-heon at the building. After explaining everything, Se-heon instructed his secretary to bring in the men Han Mi-sun had hired—and gave them a way to walk away from the crime.

Only after all preparations were complete did Se-heon go to Han Mi-sun as if he knew nothing.

Han Mi-sun boldly laid out her demands in front of Se-heon, and when the signal was given, In-hyuk entered. Tae-seo, who had been listening to everything while leaning against the wall near the door, hadn’t expected Chairman Kang Hak-jung to show up—but he wasn’t surprised either.

Still embracing Kang Se-heon, Tae-seo let out a deep breath and rested his chin against the man’s back.

“I’m sorry for making you worry.”

Whatever the reason, hurting the heart of the person you love was still wrong.

“I wanted to call and tell you, but I was afraid it would ruin everything.”

It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Se-heon. But earlier, when In-hyuk had grabbed him, his stomach had tensed—and after they separated and he finally caught his breath, there had even been a dull ache. Hiding had turned out to be a blessing. If he hadn’t been somewhere he could relax, it might’ve affected Blessing more than he could afford. Thinking about that, Tae-seo didn’t want to waste the opportunity they’d managed to secure.

“I was selfish.”

He’d reassured Se-heon through In-hyuk, but still—he remembered the cold, grim look on Se-heon’s face at the department store.

“I’m sorry.”

Only after Tae-seo apologized once again in a heavy voice did Se-heon finally release the tension in his body and slowly turn around. Not knowing what kind of expression Se-heon might have, Tae-seo instinctively shut his eyes. Even if it was a look of disappointment, he would take it. He knew he had to—but it was easier said than done.

As Se-heon’s gaze traced ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) gently down his face, it tickled his skin. Tae-seo squeezed his eyes shut harder. He clenched them so tightly it seemed like he’d never open them again—until he heard Se-heon sigh.

I closed my eyes but forgot to cover my ears.

“Open your eyes.”

Like an obedient child, Tae-seo snapped his eyes open.

As his blurred vision cleared in an instant, the first thing that came into focus was Se-heon’s face. His tightly pressed lips and furrowed brows clearly showed he was upset...

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Maybe it was just his gaze—but Se-heon’s expression looked so fragile. The man who had always supported him so firmly, who he thought would never waver no matter what, now looked so... vulnerable.

“Just get mad instead.”

Tae-seo forced a smile as he spoke. He was trying to lift the heavy atmosphere, but it didn’t help at all.

“Tae-seo.”

Se-heon pulled him into a real embrace. Tae-seo slowly closed his eyes in his arms.

“If something ever happened to me... and I disappeared for a while, then showed up again in front of you—what would you feel?”

It was a question: what if the roles had been reversed and Se-heon had gone through what Tae-seo had just experienced? The anxiety would rise to his throat, his heart would race like it was about to burst. And after going through all that—if he saw the person safe and sound, what would he want to hear?

An apology? No.

“I missed you.”

Just knowing he was alive and okay—everything else would stop mattering. Even if the waiting had made him feel like he couldn’t breathe, it would be enough to see him again. That alone would be enough.

He heard a soft chuckle above his head, and Tae-seo knew he’d given the right answer.