Crazy A Married Life

#29

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The thunderstorm showed no signs of stopping. Heavy raindrops were hammering against the windows as if trying to shatter them.

“Haah… I’m dizzy.”

Idam, who was hiding in the shed on a waterproof sack, felt a wave of dizziness. Gradually, breathing became difficult and his fever spiked. If his concentration slipped even a little, his pheromones would leak out. Idam slapped both his cheeks with his palms and bit his tongue to endure. He didn’t want to do something foolish like revealing his location by being careless.

He hoped the fever would subside as soon as possible. The same went for the rain. Idam clasped his hands together and prayed.

Please let me escape from here safely. Please!

* * *

“CEO!”

Taemin, walking in the rain, turned around at the sound of someone calling him. He saw Secretary Kang holding an umbrella.

“It’s cold out here, it’ll be difficult on your own. I’ll have the guys search for Yeo Idam-ssi.”

He held the umbrella over Taemin. But Taemin politely pushed the umbrella handle away.

“No need. I’ll find him faster. Idam-ssi’s condition isn’t normal right now, so his movements will be slow. I think I know where he’s hiding, so it’s fine.”

“What? Really?”

Secretary Kang looked around incredulously. He looked at Taemin with an expression that suggested this was beyond belief.

“Even with the lighting, it’s night and hard to see properly. How do you know?”

“My eyesight is 2.0, remember? That’s how I know.”

“But still, even so…”

Secretary Kang seemed to think this was nonsense, even if Taemin was an extremely dominant alpha.

“You should go inside. What if you catch a cold and it affects your work?”

“I’m more worried about you, CEO.”

“I don’t get minor illnesses, you know.”

Although he suffered from omega pheromone rejection syndrome, his physical strength and immunity were superior to anyone else’s.

“I’ll come back after catching the fairy.”

“What? Yes, sir.”

Secretary Kang seemed bewildered by the phrase ‘catching the fairy’ but tried to hide his expression. However, Taemin didn’t care what he thought and continued speaking.

“Prepare the bedroom, turn on the heating, and fill the bathtub with warm water. I’ll need to bathe him when I catch him.”

“Ah… Understood. Should I call the doctor as well?”

“Yes. Call Im Hoyoung.”

“Understood.”

Having received his orders, Secretary Kang hurried towards the mansion. Taemin also started walking towards Idam, his eyes curving beautifully. His smile was like a halo around him, even in the rain. Then his gaze fixed on the shed with the water wheel.

“Found you.”

The scent of Idam’s pheromones was like a bouquet made from all the flowers in the world. It was so strong and intense that once released, the scent would linger for 20 minutes to an hour. So now, that sweet scent was wafting around the water wheel. Like moist flower petals scattering in the air.

He had learned this fact on the night he first met Idam.

The Baekwol Corporation that Taemin currently leads was once famous as the Baekwol Gang in the gangster world, but it grew into a corporate form as times changed.

Externally, it appears to be a normal company engaged in traditional Korean house construction and related businesses. However, behind the scenes, it focused on poison development, drug business, and entertainment industry. Especially, the poison development called ‘Jerami Revolution’ was the central axis supporting Baekwol Corporation.

Jerami is a venomous spider. It’s not a naturally existing spider, but one artificially bred from various venomous spiders.

Taemin’s grandfather created this spider, and Taemin’s father started the business by extracting its venom. Now, Taemin was expanding this business by applying it in various ways.

This venomous spider doesn’t exist in Korea. It’s secretly bred on dozens of islands owned by the Ji family.

It’s mainly distributed secretly to countries at war or frequently used in the underworld organizations like the Mafia, Triads, and Yakuza.

Jerami’s venom is colorless and odorless, and its extreme toxicity can cause severe lethargy, physical paralysis, vomiting, dizziness, and paralysis of the heart leading to death even in small lethal doses. It also doesn’t leave traces in the body, so it’s undetectable even in an autopsy. Thus, it could be used for perfect crimes.

However, it wasn’t just used as a murder weapon. Depending on the manufacturing method, it could also extremely heighten pleasure, potentially having a significant impact on human reproduction.

Due to its high effectiveness, it was quite popular, and other organizations were also eyeing Jerami. As a result, even when bringing it into the country, they used secret routes, and information about breeding and the islands where they live was kept under tight security.

But a month ago.

There was an incident where top-secret data containing information about Jerami was hacked and stolen. Although it was a copy, not the original data, it contained important information intact. Of course, even if the data was encrypted, it was only a matter of time before a determined hacker could crack it. Because of this, their monopolistic business was at risk of spreading to other companies and falling into chaos.

Enraged, Taemin hired people to catch the culprit. It was President Ahn Jihyuk, who ran Sanggu Trading. He planned to make a big score by selling the data to the Chinese Triads. The problem was that this data file couldn’t be found on any of President Ahn’s computers, pads, or phones. The same was true for all the computers in his company.

So after torturing President Ahn to the brink of death, they learned about the key collaborator who had the data. It was Han Jiwoo. He was a former manager at Baekwol Corporation who had moved to Sanggu Trading and had participated in the Jerami project. As it turned out, they were hometown friends, and the reason Han Jiwoo joined Baekwol Corporation was to steal the Jerami Revolution data.

Taemin decided to catch and punish Han Jiwoo to prevent the data from falling into other bastards’ hands. First, to figure out exactly where the data was, he had people install bugs in his house and car and monitored his every move.

After a few days, one day Han Jiwoo left his house wearing a suit in a different style than usual. His face looked relaxed and excited. The place he arrived at was the parking lot of a 5-star hotel. It seemed he was trying to contact someone. Taemin eavesdropped on Han Jiwoo’s call through the bug installed in his car.

‘Jang Hahyun, how far have you come?’

[We’ll meet at the hotel restaurant, right?]

‘Yes.’

[I’m coming with a friend now. Treat them well on my behalf.]

The person on the other end of the call was a man with a youthful voice.

‘Did you have them wear the suit I gave you?’

[Of course.]

‘I had it custom-made thinking of our Hahyun, does it fit your friend too?’

[It fits well enough.]

‘That’s good. Did you say that friend went to the same school as you?’

[We went to the same orphanage. Unlike me, he’s innocent. Just have dinner with him and send him back. I’ll properly entertain you next time.]

‘Okay, okay. I’m getting another call now. I’m hanging up.’

Han Jiwoo, who ended the call as if annoyed, immediately made another call.

‘Is this Han Jiwoo?’

The other person was speaking Chinese, not Korean. Han Jiwoo also demonstrated fluent Chinese.

‘Yes. President Ming, I’ve hidden the Jerami that those Baekwol bastards are guarding well. I’ll go to Incheon Port with the data at midnight tonight.’

[Where have you hidden that data?]

‘I put it on an SD card. Just in case, I hid that card in the suit pants that the omega I’m meeting today will wear.’

[The hiding place seems careless. I’m worried.]

‘Don’t worry. When I meet that omega, I plan to put him to sleep and hide it inside his body for transport.’

[What? You mean you’ll make him swallow the SD card?]

‘No. Omegas have developed back holes. I plan to insert it there for transport. Especially dominant omegas, I hear their holes open up well. That’s why I chose to introduce one.’

[It seems we have to do such dirty things to avoid Ji Taemin’s eyes. But I’m concerned about the identity of this courier.]

‘Don’t worry. He’s just a worthless orphan, a 20-year-old boy. Once you get your hands on him, President Ming, you can do whatever you want – play with him or sell him.’

At this time, Taemin felt no pity or sympathy for the boy who was to become the courier. He was only filled with thoughts of preventing the leak of data crucial to Baekwol Corporation’s survival.

Taemin immediately surrounded and caught Han Jiwoo after he ended the call. And as he had said on the phone, Han Jiwoo didn’t have the data. In the end, he had to face the omega with the SD card.

He considered kidnapping the boy and stripping off the suit, but since the meeting place was an open space, he didn’t want to cause a scene. Moreover, because it was related to Jerami, he wanted to be extra careful. So he decided to meet the omega naturally.

At first, he thought of sending Secretary Kang to the meeting. But it was more like a date than a business meeting, and his impression was too rough and he lacked social skills, which could ruin everything. Sending another employee wasn’t an option as they all seemed uncomfortable with the idea. In the end, as the saying goes, “the person in need digs the well,” Taemin decided to go himself. Although omegas made him uncomfortable, he thought he could endure it as long as he wasn’t exposed to their pheromones.

So Taemin entered the restaurant.

The moment he saw the omega Han Jiwoo was supposed to meet, he thought a wingless fairy was sitting there, not a person.

Orange-tinted brown hair. Skin whiter and more flawless than milk, lips redder and plumper than cherries. A slender jaw and small face. The caramel-colored eyes looking up at him were like marbles filled with all the light in the world.

It was the first time he’d seen a fairy… no, an omega like this.

Taemin stared at the omega as if he’d fallen into a black hole, then caught himself. This wasn’t the time to be standing like a wooden statue.