Episode2

Voices echoed through the darkness.

"Boss, you know he's poisoning you, but you still trust him?" a worried voice asked.

There was a brief silence.

Then another voice spoke.

A familiar voice.

A voice that made my heart ache.

"So what if he is?"

The speaker sounded calm.

Possessive.

Certain.

"Seo Jaehyun is mine."

"He was mine yesterday. He is mine today. He will be mine tomorrow."

"He will be mine forever."

The room fell silent again.

Then the voice continued.

"Even if he handed me poison with his own hands, I would still accept it."

"I trust him."

My chest tightened painfully.

No.

It couldn't be.

That voice...

I knew that voice.

"Kang Minjun..."

My vision trembled.

Slowly, I forced my eyes open.

A blurry silhouette appeared before me.

As my vision cleared, I finally saw his face.

Black hair.

Sharp features.

Cold eyes that I had once foolishly avoided.

Kang Minjun.

It was really him.

Alive.

Alive.

My eyes widened.

Tears immediately burst from my eyes.

Without thinking, I threw myself toward him and wrapped my arms tightly around his waist.

The Alpha froze.

"Jaehyun—"

I buried my face into his chest.

The familiar scent surrounded me.

The scent I hadn't smelled in years.

The scent I thought I would never smell again.

My body shook with sobs.

"Minjun..."

The Alpha stiffened.

Then he suddenly let out a gasp.

"Are you trying to murder me?" he asked.

Only then did I realize how tightly I was hugging him.

But I refused to let go.

I had so many questions.

Were you hurt?

Were you sick?

Why do you look so thin?

Are you eating properly?

Are you sleeping enough?

Do you know how much I regretted everything?

But when I opened my mouth, only one question escaped.

"Kang Minjun..."

My voice trembled.

"Are you really alive?"

The room became silent.

Minjun blinked.

Then one eyebrow rose.

"Did you want me to die?"

My heart nearly stopped.

Immediately, I covered his mouth with both hands.

"Don't say that!"

My voice cracked.

"Never say that."

"Not now."

"Not ever."

Shock flashed across Minjun's face.

I hugged him again.

Even tighter than before.

My tears soaked his shirt.

"I really missed you."

"I missed you so much."

"You don't know how much."

The words poured out uncontrollably.

For a moment, Minjun simply stared at me.

Confusion filled his eyes.

After all, the Seo Jaehyun he knew hated him.

I always avoided him.

Ignored him.

Rejected him.

Yet now I was clinging to him as though he was the most precious person in the world.

Which, in truth...

He was.

A complicated expression appeared on Minjun's face.

Slowly.

Very slowly.

His arms rose.

Then wrapped around me.

As if afraid I would disappear.

As if this was a dream.

The embrace was hesitant.

Careful.

But warm.

I felt his hand gently rest against my back.

And for the first time in two lifetimes...

I allowed myself to cry in the arms of the Alpha I had lost once before.

This time...

No matter what happened.

I would protect Kang Minjun.

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