Love Born of Pity Chapter 64

Do Yeonjae stared at the Beta birth control pills in his hand, lost in thought.

This, Kwon Jiho, why.

He took the contents out of the opened box and saw that a few pills had already been taken. No matter how naive Kwon Jiho was, he wasn’t so foolish as to not know that a Beta couldn’t get pregnant just from having sex with an Alpha.

Why on earth did he take them? No matter what scenario he imagined, it couldn’t be explained. A long, firm finger traced the empty spots. One pill, two pills, three pills. He had only taken the contraceptive three times. Could these pills have even helped prevent an Omega’s pregnancy?

‘I… I really didn’t know, Director.’

The memory of that voice, muttering with a pale, innocent face, echoed in his ears. As Do Yeonjae, his face contorted in confusion, let out a sigh, the sound of water stopped.

The door opened, and a wave of steam and the soft scent of body wash flowed out. Kwon Jiho, pushing back his wet hair to reveal his pale face, smiled when he saw Do Yeonjae. The gentle smile that suited his handsome features and the flush on his cheeks from the warm water were needlessly pretty.

“Director.”

He was walking towards Do Yeonjae when he suddenly spotted the object in his hand and stopped in his tracks. His curved lips and relaxed expression hardened in an instant. His grip on the sash of the gown tied around his waist tightened.

“Explain.”

“…”

“You said you really didn’t know. It seems that wasn’t the case.”

Was he even breathing properly? Do Yeonjae reached out towards Kwon Jiho, whose chest showed no faint rise and fall. He pulled him to stand in front of him and continued speaking slowly. As his body trembled, water droplets that had formed on his clumped strands of hair dripped, tok tok, to the floor.

“It doesn’t make sense. A Beta, a male bastard, why the fuck would he take birth control pills. He can’t even get pregnant.”

“…”

“And you didn’t even take them diligently. Three times? What, were you just pretending to use contraception?”

At the mocking tone, Kwon Jiho tried to back away, but since his arm was being held, the attempt failed. Do Yeonjae moved closer. He forced the downcast eyes up to meet his, stared into the wavering pupils, and muttered in dismay.

“Seeing your reaction, it’s true you knew all along.”

“…”

“Why tell a lie that won’t even last a day?”

Ah, was it from back then? When he tried to take him to the hospital, when he vehemently refused to go, did he already know then? He had wondered why he was refusing so strongly, and now the pieces finally fit.

“Were you planning to use the kid as a bargaining chip?”

“That’s not, that’s not it. Back then…!”

“Did I think of you as too naive, Mr. Kwon Jiho?”

The hand gripping his arm tightened. Kwon Jiho couldn’t hold back a groan from the sharp pain.

“The baby you were pregnant with was mine, right? Shit, that’s gone too, so there’s no way to even check.”

“Director…”

Once suspicion began to bloom, everything about Kwon Jiho felt like a sham. Maybe he had conspired with Kwon Yoon Taek to deceive him. Considering he hadn’t asked for help even once in that shitty situation and just kept saying he was fine. Maybe he had been waiting for the right moment with that innocent-looking face.

“I was… because you said you didn’t need an Omega, Director… So I was scared—”

“Scared of what.”

“…That you would, throw me away.”

“Ah, you were scared I’d throw you away? But back then, you were planning to take money from Kang Gyumin and run. A bastard like that is scared? That doesn’t make sense, Jiho. Aren’t you going to fucking speak straight?”

Do Yeonjae gripped the body trembling like an aspen leaf and relentlessly pulled his gaze, which refused to look at him, to meet his.

“Did you sleep around? Did you spread your legs for another bastard? You knew you were pregnant, didn’t you. Is that why you deliberately took stimulants and acted like that, that day? Because if you were in heat, I’d act like a madman.”

“No. That’s not true. That, that kind of thought… another person…!”

“Ah, that’s not it either? Then why didn’t you use contraception if you knew everything. Were you hoping to use that as an excuse to marry me?”

Kwon Jiho’s eyes widened. Tears that flowed before he could even blink gathered on his chin and dripped down. Even when he said in a trembling voice that he had never had such thoughts, Do Yeonjae didn’t believe him. With a flabbergasted expression, he tapped the wet cheek and continued, as if chewing his words.

“Even if you get pregnant, why would I marry you. There’s nothing in it for me.”

Watching Do Yeonjae spit out even the emotional, insult-laced words so indifferently, Kwon Jiho shook his head. No, his lips moved, but not even a proper excuse came out.

“…Why, would I…”

“I said I wouldn’t throw you away, was that not enough? Did you need a way to tie me down?”

“…”

“I’m starting to think. That this little fucker might have intentionally taken a drug to make him present.”

At the muttered words, a crack appeared on Kwon Jiho’s face. To be misunderstood like that was unjust and deeply sorrowful.

“You shouldn’t have hidden it.”

“…”

“And made me say things like this.”

“I’ve never, done that. Marrying… you, Director, I’ve never even thought, thought about it. Heuu, presenting, heup, I didn’t even know there were drugs like that. It’s true. Another, heuk, I’ve never been with another person. It really wasn’t me.”

The more Do Yeonjae listened to Kwon Jiho, his face flushed and crying sorrowfully as he stammered out his excuses, the more absurd it all seemed. He didn’t get a convincing answer to any of his questions. His words, broken by sobs, made it impossible to understand what he was trying to say. His face contorted in annoyance, Do Yeonjae hesitated before finally slapping away the hand that had barely managed to grab onto him.

Smack— More than the stinging pain spreading across the back of his hand, Kwon Jiho was shocked by the act of being pushed away. Why… His trembling lips moved, and he stared at Do Yeonjae with watery eyes.

“Director, because I’m a Beta, heuk, because I’m a Beta…”

“You fucking bastard, to the very end. The fact that I said I was with you because you’re a Beta is a reason to hide that you presented as an Omega? Huh? What the hell does that have to do with anything.”

“Heuu, ah, ahh…”

Grabbing the sorrowfully weeping Kwon Jiho by the collar, Do Yeonjae stared intently at his wet face. It was a face he had never once tired of, from the first time they met until now. A face that had made him want to keep him by his side from the start, regardless of his personality, his age, whether it was interest, or curiosity, or whatever.

His docile personality and even his naive ignorance of sex. In truth, there was nothing about Kwon Jiho he didn’t like. Not his poverty, his misfortune, or even his overwhelming debt.

“Fuck, Jiho.”

He could find someone this pretty anywhere, but the problem was that even after knowing he had been played by this dirty scheme, he couldn’t bring himself to throw him away.

♬⋆.˚

After that day, their relationship changed completely. Kwon Jiho couldn’t take a single step outside the house, and their physical encounters always resembled a war. To Kwon Jiho, who resisted every time, Do Yeonjae raised his hand. His weak body and mind easily crumbled in the face of violence.

Sex transformed from an act based on affection into rape. His once beautiful face was always covered in bruises that never faded. His lips bled without a chance to heal from forced oral sex and hands that grabbed his face carelessly.

“Where’s an Omega whose juices don’t even flow properly. Or are you doing this on purpose because you want my pheromones?”

Penetrating the limp body, Do Yeonjae released his pheromones for a moment. The pheromones rolled over Kwon Jiho’s skin and seeped beneath it. The gaze of Kwon Jiho, who had been swaying with the upward thrusts, became clearer. A ticklish pleasure spread throughout his body. The strength left the hands that were pushing Do Yeonjae away.

“…Ah, ahhng.”

“You need to get properly wet, Mr. Kwon Jiho. I’m even releasing my pheromones for you.”

Moans of arousal spilled from the mouth of Kwon Jiho, who had been shuddering and saying no. At the weak sound mixed with tears, Do Yeonjae’s penis slowly swelled inside him. As the penis, which had been grinding as if to crush his insides, grew larger, Kwon Jiho became terrified and struggled.

“Hk, it hurts… Please, take it out. I don’t want to, I don’t want to… Don’t do this…”

Looking at the sorrowfully contorted face, Do Yeonjae, who had been thrusting his hips faster, bent his upper body and covered Kwon Jiho. He slipped his arms under his back and pulled him into a tight embrace. As he reined in the pheromones he had been pouring out, Kwon Jiho couldn’t even feel the thread-like pleasure and writhed in pain.

“Ah… Aack, heup, don’t, I don’t want to— Hk, it hurts…”

“Endure it.”

At the merciless words and attitude, Kwon Jiho trembled before soon losing consciousness. The hands that had been scratching at Do Yeonjae’s arms lost their strength and fell limp on the sheets. Do Yeonjae slowly pulled his body away and checked the flushed face.

His face was stained and wet with a nosebleed that had started at some point. Wiping away the blood that wouldn’t stop flowing with his hand, Do Yeonjae let out a low curse.