Chapter 118: I’ll come back as soon as I can

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Chapter 118: I’ll come back as soon as I can Jin-Yeok walked closer and then saw Min-Cheol in my arms, hugging me like a baby bear. His eyes slightly twitched, but he did his best to hide it and said to me, "Yes, it’s done." Wait, come to think of it, I doubt these jealous Alphas would let the people in the viewing room watch me as I sleep or as I bathe. They would blind them if they did. So, was the camera in my room connected to their own devices instead? Wow, I felt chills run down my spine, and the hair on my body stood erect. They were acting like stalkers now. I hadn’t confirmed it, but I would have a lot of chances in the future. For now, I could just stick to my intuition. "What’s wrong with him?" Jin-Yeok asked, and I smiled, brushing Min-Cheol’s hair with my fingers. "Little Min feels tired and has something weighing on his heart. I’m just waiting to hear what he has to say," I said and looked up again, only to find Jin-Yeok’s face very close to mine. It took me by surprise, and sweat dropped down the corner of my face. How was he so fast? And more than that, why couldn’t I hear his footsteps at all? I knew he was a mafia, but maybe he should consider switching professions and becoming an assassin. He liked killing people, after all. With this stealth skill, he would definitely make a name for himself. He suddenly pressed his head on mine, just as Min-Cheol had done, and his emerald eyes looked deeply into mine. "You’re not hot." He said. "Thank goodness for that." So, what? This was the new way of checking someone’s temperature? Come on, my heart was skipping for no reason. "I have to go somewhere right now." He said and moved back. "I wished I could spend the whole day by your side but..." "No, it’s fine. You should go if your attention is needed. Besides, I’m not alone." I said, and his eyes traveled to Min-Cheol. I could feel a rather slithering feeling from those eyes as they gazed coldly at Min-Cheol. He closed his eyes, sighed, and nodded. "Yes, you’re right." He leaned closer again and kissed the top of my head. "So, I’ll leave you in their hands." He said. "I’ll come back as soon as I can." "Yes, I’ll be right here. In this mansion." I waved as I watched him leave, and seeing me wave, his lips curled up in a pretty smile. He liked me, this man. He definitely liked me. "Jo-Pil," I heard Ki-hoon call out to me just as Jin-Yeok left. "Yes, Hyung?" "Cha Hyun-woo will be here in an hour." He said, and my eyes slightly flinched. That bas-- I mean, that doctor. I really wished I wouldn’t get to see him for a long while, especially when my spirit no longer aligned with him. Though I didn’t want to see him, I couldn’t reject getting treatment. My head might’ve been healed, but he would still need to check my condition. I was actually expecting them to call him in the middle of the night after I woke up just so he could check my condition, but surprisingly, they didn’t. As much as I’d like to say they were mature enough to be sensible, I couldn’t say it with my full chest because I knew the reason why they didn’t call Hyun-woo. They wanted to spend the time I had woken up with me and not be disturbed by an outsider. Yeah, they were still pretty childish. "Shall we have lunch before then?" Ki-hoon answered, and that jogged my memory. I almost forgot. With all the ruckus, I didn’t feel hungry one bit, but food was essential to my bony body. "Yes, let’s have lunch." I said and looked down at Min-Cheol. "Little Min, let’s have lunch." I said, my voice was soft as a whisper. He wasn’t sleeping, but I felt it was the right tone to convince this kid to let go of me. He was holding me so tightly and yet so gently at the same time. Min-Cheol finally raised his head and then looked up at me. He really felt like a puppy. A super clingy puppy. "Hyung," he called and snuggled on me once more, which was somewhat ticklish, but I tried to contain my laugh. It would be kind of awkward if I started laughing out of the blue. "Ahem, why are you like this today?" I asked, grabbing his arms and trying to take them off, but he was holding tightly again. This kid... "It’s not like anything happened to me." I said but pursed my lips as I recalled I had my arm bruised and my lips kissed. "Okay, it’s not like anything major happened to me." Surely, he wouldn’t count those things as ’something major’ right? "I’m completely fine." I said to him and turned to Ki-hoon, who was simply staring at us, wondering what we were doing. At this point, I didn’t even know whether to call him innocently stupid or if he was just pretending. Could he not see what Min-Cheol was doing? So what was with that inquisitively curious and innocent expression while watching us? Hm, it couldn’t be that he was observing so he could act this same way later, right? They’re already acting like a bunch of crazies, so I couldn’t exactly rule out the possibility. I awkwardly and stylishly avoided his gaze, looking towards the other direction. Just meeting his gaze made it seem like I was giving him ideas. Then, my stomach growled and my face burned. Great. Now, of all times. "Pft!" I heard Min-Cheol laugh. "Hyung’s stomach has a mouth." Yes, yes. My stomach has a mouth and it will eat you up if you don’t stand on your feet and let me go to the dining table. "You’re hungry." He said, raising his head to smile at me, and I exhaled. Obviously. My stomach wouldn’t growl for no reason. "I told you," I said to Min-Cheol. "But you wanted to be stubborn." I flicked his forehead lightly out of nowhere, startling all three of us. Seriously, where was my mind? "Did it hurt?" I asked, panicking inwardly. I felt I could grab my head and scream at the top of my lungs for the mistake I had made. Deciding to clear this matter before it escalated, I kissed his forehead, the same spot I had flicked, and said, "There. It won’t hurt anymore." I smiled, but I knew it. I knew I had only ended up making things more complicated with that kiss on his forehead. Can someone interrupt us already? I feel I’m going to have holes in my head from the way their eyes bore curiously at me. "What are you lots doing?" I heard Seo-Jun’s voice and turned to find him with that displeased frown and his hands in his pockets. "If you’re not here to eat then pack up and go somewhere else. You’re ruining the scenery."

Chapter 118: I’ll come back as soon as I can

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