Seojin organized his thoughts based on what Manager Kim had told him, trying to figure out exactly when he had transmigrated into the story.
‘When does the incident from the original novel happen?’
The exact date wasn’t clear, since how the sub top and the main bottom first met hadn’t been important.
But Seojin clearly remembered the incident that caused the two of them to become seriously entangled.
‘Something happened while Shin Seyoung was filling in for a part-time job that a senior—or maybe a friend—introduced him to.’
Of all times, that was when the warning signs of the main bottom’s heat cycle appeared.
Flustered, Shin Seyoung searched for his suppressants.
But for some reason, they were nowhere to be found in his bag.
With no other choice, Shin Seyoung called a taxi driven by a beta and hid in the bathroom while waiting.
Yoon Haegang found him there, was lured in by the pheromones of a dominant omega, and lunged at him.
That was how their ill-fated relationship began.
‘This is where the difference between the main top and the sub top shows.’
Then, before Yoon Haegang could actually do anything, a secretary who had come looking for him stopped him.
And that was when Choi Munhyeok appeared.
Like a true main top, he grasped the situation instantly, condemned Yoon Haegang’s shameless behavior, then put Shin Seyoung into the taxi that arrived just in time and handed him his business card, telling him to call if there were any problems.
What a gentlemanly attitude.
‘Right. Then that means the boss already knew Shin Seyoung by then.’
And judging by the circumstances, it also meant an enormous amount of background research had already been completed.
Details like that had never appeared in the novel.
Naturally.
Yoon Haegang wasn’t one of the main characters.
‘And Noona hated sub-character backstories more than anything.’
She had always been firm about one thing: a sub top should never be given enough charm to threaten the main top.
That was why information about Yoon Haegang had been strictly limited.
“Wow… I can’t believe there was this much hidden stuff going on behind the scenes.”
“Hm? Seojin, what did you say?”
“Ah! Nothing.”
The moment Manager Kim’s gaze landed on him, Seojin’s shoulders stiffened automatically.
He quickly turned his eyes back to the monitor and clicked the mouse around meaninglessly, trying to look as though he were focused on work.
“Oh, come on. You don’t have to pretend.”
“……What?”
Did he figure out what I was thinking?
Seojin looked at Manager Kim with a tense expression.
A knowing smile appeared on the man’s lips.
“I read webtoons too. Sometimes I watch dramas and movies. We’re not busy anyway, so it’s fine. Don’t worry about me.”
“Ah… right.”
It had been a pointless concern.
With an awkward smile on his lips, Seojin looked back at the screen and continued thinking.
‘Then I can probably assume I won’t have much contact with Shin Seyoung for a while.’
That could actually be a good thing.
The secretary’s role was to stay beside Yoon Haegang and actively help him at times, while interfering with him at others.
In particular, whenever Yoon Haegang tried to get between the main couple, the secretary gave him crucial assistance.
The story would only end safely if the two of them got together properly.
The secretary had calculated that once that happened, he would have fulfilled his role and could finally claim Yoon Haegang for himself.
‘The problem was that he overlooked the fact that Yoon Haegang wasn’t just a sub top, but a yandere top.’
And he paid heavily for overlooking it.
Yoon Haegang didn’t simply fire his secretary.
He made sure the man could never set foot in Korea again.
Was he supposed to consider it fortunate that Yoon Haegang at least sent him away with all four limbs intact?
‘Not a chance. He uses his dominant traits to completely destroy a pheromone system that never developed properly in the first place. How could the secretary possibly live normally after that?’
And as if that weren’t enough, he even threatened that if he ever saw his face again anywhere, he wouldn’t let him off.
So the secretary left the country trembling all over.
No one knew what happened to him afterward.
Neither the author nor the readers had cared in the first place.
‘They were more interested in how Yoon Haegang would go berserk and make the main couple’s relationship even stronger.’
Still, compared to the secretary, Yoon Haegang got a relatively decent ending.
His sister didn’t give the sub yandere top much backstory, but she liked the character himself enough that she eventually had Yoon Haegang turn over a new leaf and ended things with him starting a relationship with a kind-hearted omega.
“So what the hell? In the end, the secretary’s the only one left out in the cold.”
“Hm? Is the webtoon good? Tell me too. What are you reading? Let’s read it together.”
“N-no. I’m just watching Shorts. Shorts.”
He must be bored.
He keeps paying attention to me.
Seojin waved him off vaguely, signaling him to mind his own business, then sank back into thought.
At this rate, there really wasn’t a single advantage to being the secretary.
Helping the main couple didn’t earn him anything from them.
And even if he stayed loyal to Yoon Haegang, all that awaited him was fleeing overseas.
‘Yeah. I should just work moderately for a while, watch the mood, and resign. Then I’ll switch to a safer company and live happily with Euni!’
Seojin closed the document window he had left open on the screen.
‘Just don’t do anything. Yeah, that seems like the smartest thing.’
Once he reached that conclusion, some of the suffocating pressure weighing on his chest eased.
Seojin leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath.
Nothing had even happened yet.
Was there really any need to scare himself in advance?
It wasn’t that he needed to do absolutely nothing.
He just needed to avoid anything the moment there was even the slightest sign of getting tangled up with those people.
“Looks like the boss isn’t coming back today either. Seojin, let’s wrap things up and go home.”
“Can we?”
At the welcome suggestion, Seojin checked the time first.
This was still a company, after all, so normally they finished work at six.
But it was only four thirty.
“Yeah. Do you have anything else to do?”
“No.”
“Then let’s go.”
“What if we get a request?”
“We just don’t take it.”
Is that really okay?
Can this office actually keep running without going under?
As if he had somehow noticed the incredulous look Seojin was giving him yet again, Manager Kim grinned.
“I’ll forward the calls to my phone, so don’t worry.”
“Ah…….”
Then you should’ve said that from the beginning.
Then again, like boss, like manager.
The two of them were unexpectedly similar in the strangest ways.
Seojin glanced sideways at the boss’s seat, which had been empty all day, then checked the time again.
‘He should be in a golf meeting with the executive director of Korea Construction around now.’
That was also the company where the main top, Choi Munhyeok, worked.
Which meant this had been an environment where the main bottom, the main top, and even the sub yandere top were bound to get tangled up from the beginning.
‘That’s how these stories always work.’
Besides, because of the executive director Yoon Haegang was meeting today, he would later take a major hit from Choi Munhyeok toward the end.
It wasn’t as though Seojin hadn’t considered saying something when he learned about the meeting.
‘Nope. Not happening. Pretend you don’t know. Pretend you don’t know.’
Still, he had made the right choice by keeping quiet.
From now on, he needed to treat all of it as none of his business and stay one step removed.
“Shall we go?”
“Yes!”
Seojin immediately gathered his things.
While checking that he hadn’t forgotten anything, his fingers rapidly tapped across his phone keypad.
He wanted to message the daycare and let them know he could pick Euni up early today.
[Euni’s Teacher: Daaad~~~~ Euni is sooo happy that Daddy is coming early >< See you soooon! 4:37 PM]
Not long after, a cheerful reply came from the daycare teacher.
Just imagining the look of delight on Euni’s face made Seojin’s heart feel light enough to float.
‘Today, I should tell her we’ll eat something delicious outside and spend some time at the playground.’
The truth was, he hadn’t gotten to spend much time with Euni.
He had gone straight to work after transmigrating and had been too preoccupied with figuring out what he was supposed to do to give her much attention.
He felt guilty about that.
She was a precious connection his sister had arranged for him with him in mind.
How could he neglect her like this and still face his sister?
Of course, this wasn’t exactly the kind of compensation he had wanted.
“Well, good things are good.”
“Hm?”
“I said I’m happy we’re getting off work early.”
“Ah! I thought I saw you sending a KakaoTalk message earlier. Who was it? Your lover?”
Manager Kim leaned subtly closer as he asked, a sly look on his face.
‘Come to think of it, did I mention having a child during the interview?’
Probably not.
At that moment, a good idea flashed through Seojin’s mind.
This was the perfect chance to cut off any possible misunderstanding that he had feelings for Yoon Haegang at the source!
“Lover, my ass. I was contacting the daycare.”
“Daycare?”
“Yes. I have to go pick up my kid.”
“Huh! Seojin, you have a kid?”
Why are you so shocked?
At this age, it wouldn’t be strange to be married and have a child.
Seojin nodded as if to say exactly that and opened the door.
He was about to step outside when a massive wall blocked his path.
He looked up.
Yoon Haegang stood there in a polo shirt that suited him effortlessly, one eyebrow raised crookedly.