Correction Chapter 85

The contract was drafted honestly based on the conversation they had in the hospital room earlier. Nothing in it was disadvantageous to Jungmin, and likewise, there was nothing for Kim Joohwan to lose. It was a clean contract, clearly created with a focus on their mutual goals and benefits.

In fact, as the subordinate party who would have had to agree even if Kim Joohwan brought an unfavorable contract, Jungmin would have stamped anything, so seeing such a proper contract was honestly baffling.

Come to think of it, Kim Joohwan had always been like that. He was clean in everything he did. So clean that it sometimes felt chilling. Jungmin chuckled, wondering if he was the one who had overlooked that.

“The contract seems fine to proceed with as is.”

“Is there anything to add? Revisions are also possible.”

“No need. I can’t get advice from anyone on this contract anyway.”

He couldn’t show it to the family’s lawyer. If he did, the news would get back to his family one hundred percent, and all hell would break loose.

“That’s true.”

Jungmin put the contract into the envelope.

“Then, the signing-.”

“Let’s do it at my place.”

As he was about to say, “At your place?” he lifted his head and sensed something was wrong. The parking garage they had entered at some point was not the one Jungmin had been in and out of for decades.

“We’ve arrived.”

While Jungmin was dumbfounded, Kim Joohwan got out of the car and opened the passenger side door for him.

“Please get out.”

“Hey, this is your place, isn’t it? I want to go to my home.”

“We have things to talk about… I’ll take you home when we’re done. And I don’t think there’s a better place to sign a contract than here, do you?”

“Haah…”

He was right about that. If it had been Jungmin’s actual home, the contract would have had to be signed in the car. Nevertheless, he didn’t feel like getting out of the car readily. Was it because his body remembered what had happened in that house? His lower part, which hadn’t ached for two days, began to throb with pain.

“Sunbae.”

Kim Joohwan called Jungmin, as if to rush him. Sensing a nuance that suggested he had absolutely no intention of yielding, Jungmin reluctantly got out of the car.

“What’s in that paper bag?”

“Medicine.”

As Jungmin got out, holding the paper bag preciously, Kim Joohwan asked, looking curious. Upon hearing Jungmin’s answer, he seemed to lose interest and walked ahead, boarding the elevator that had arrived as if it had been waiting.

“Sit.”

As soon as they arrived at his home, he said as he took off his jacket. It had only been a week since he had received the injection and taken the medicine on that sofa. And he would have to spend countless identical days in the future. Well, what could he do? He chose it himself. Jungmin steeled his resolve once more and sat on the sofa. Then he took out the contract again and signed it with the fountain pen that was in the inner pocket of his jacket.

“So impatient.”

Kim Joohwan said, placing a coffee cup down and clicking his tongue.

“You sign it too.”

As soon as Joohwan sat across from him, Jungmin pushed the contract over as if he had been waiting, and Kim Joohwan borrowed Jungmin’s pen to sign. They each took one copy, and Jungmin took his share and got up from his seat.

“Where are you going.”

“What do you mean, where am I going. I have to go home. Isn’t our business done now?”

“Sit down. We have something to talk about.”

“What is it?”

“I need to explain about the drug, and we need to discuss what to do.”

“Couldn’t you have talked about that at the hospital?”

“Sunbae. I’m not that free of a person. For now, sit down. I’ll explain.”

He wanted to say he didn’t need that crap and was dying to leave the house right that instant, but what could he do? He was the subordinate party who had just signed a heavy piece of paper. Jungmin sighed and sat back down on the sofa.

“Drink this. It’s your favorite coffee bean.”

How do you know what kind of beans I like? When Jungmin expressed his doubt, Kim Joohwan tapped the table, telling him to drink. Reluctantly, he took a sip, and a clean and savory flavor filled his mouth, making Jungmin blink his eyes.

Amazingly, it was the most delicious coffee he had drunk recently. For Jungmin, who hated acidity, it was the best. But he didn’t want to say it was delicious, so he just drank it silently. Kim Joohwan, who was watching him quietly, soon got up from his seat and came back from somewhere with the aluminum case he had seen back then and a tablet.

The thought, Already? crossed his mind, but time was of the essence. As soon as the aluminum case was on the table, Jungmin reached for it, and Kim Joohwan quickly grabbed his wrist.

“I told you, you’re so impatient.”

“What is it?”

“Calm down. We’re not doing it today.”

“What?”

“I told you. I haven’t been playing around.”

Kim Joohwan clicked on the tablet and showed him a screen. It was filled with medical terms, statistics, and complex calculation formulas. Looking at the densely packed words that Jungmin, a doctor, both seemed to know and yet couldn’t understand, he could be certain of one thing.

As he and Dr. Kim had expected, the injection had had no effect on Jungmin, and in fact, his alpha factor had taken on a stronger trait. At first glance, it looked like a failure, but…

“The alpha factor rarely ever changes.”

An omega could become a recessive, then had the possibility of becoming a dominant, and there was also a slim but existing possibility for a dominant to become a recessive. There was also a possibility for a standard-type omega to become a dominant or a recessive. That’s how much complexity and sensitivity the omega trait factor had.

On the other hand, the alpha trait factor never moved. It was immovable; once a dominant, always a dominant, and once a recessive, always a recessive. Jungmin’s case was like that. A standard alpha whose classification was ambiguous, neither recessive nor standard. But that had tilted more towards the dominant alpha side and become stronger.

“Yes, that’s right. In short, the fact that you took that injection wasn’t entirely meaningless, sunbae.”

It had definitely stimulated the alpha factor. That was no different from saying that the alpha factor had sensed danger and, fearing change, had built up a defense mechanism.

“So, we’re remaking the drug based on your data, sunbae. To do that, we need to return to the original point. We’re neutralizing what is currently threatening your alpha factor.”

The aluminum case opened, revealing a syringe. There was no need to hesitate this time either.

“Don’t tell me I have to have sex with you again after getting this shot?”

“Rest assured. You don’t have to today. I wasn’t that starved, sunbae.”

“Wow, if that was sex you had when you weren’t starved, you should probably change your sex style.”

“Hmm. I see it wasn’t to your taste, sunbae.”

“What?”

“That’s why you’re protesting to me right now. Asking me to do it according to your tastes.”

“What are you talking about. I’m just saying it for your future.”

“My future is my business, so there’s no need for you to worry about it, sunbae. Rather, I’m concerned about the present. So, what style do you prefer, sunbae?”

“Is that important?”

“Of course it’s important. Since you and I have to do this anyway… wouldn’t it be better if we both enjoyed it while we’re at it?”

“I have no desire to enjoy having sex with you.”

“Haha.”

Kim Joohwan laughed cheerfully. It wasn’t a funny moment at all, so his laughter was rather baffling. But when Kim Joohwan’s face soon hardened, Jungmin could tell that his laughter moments ago had not been genuine.

“Fine. Well, we have plenty of time, so let’s get to know each other gradually. You said the contract was fine, right?”

“Right.”

Now that it’s been signed, it can’t be revised even if there is an issue. Kim Joohwan looked over the contract once again. He must have written it himself, so why was he looking at it so seriously now?

“The clause that states, ‘While using the drug, Shin Jungmin must not have skinship with anyone other than Kim Joohwan,’ you saw that clearly, right?”

“I saw it.”

“It doesn’t specify alpha, omega, or beta here, but you know what it means.”

Why is this bastard treating me like a child.

“Am I an idiot?”

“No. That’s why I’m pointing it out one more time. In case you do something stupid, sunbae.”

“What?”

“I mean, don’t let me see you being held by Yoo Shinwoo sunbae like today. I’m working hard to inject my pheromones without you noticing, and I don’t really like other alpha pheromones getting mixed in.”

“Injecting them?”

“You may not know it, sunbae, but I’m working hard to put my pheromones into you right now. Just like giving pheromones to a pregnant omega. Wouldn’t that increase the possibility of correction even a little?”

He didn’t know. He hadn’t felt it at all.

“It’s because I’m putting them in very carefully, and you are currently on the suppressants that doctors take, so you probably can’t feel others’ pheromones.”

That’s right. That suppressant blocked the influence of any pheromones. That was why he could have sex with Kim Joohwan. If not, it would have been harder due to a greater sense of rejection.

“Still, it’s not like I can’t feel them at all… I didn’t know.”

“I told you. I’m putting them in carefully. It’s hard to push them in because your alpha pheromones are stronger than I thought, sunbae, but I’m doing it.”

That too must be possible because he’s a dominant alpha. A standard alpha probably couldn’t have done it.

“So, please make an effort too, sunbae, so that my efforts are not in vain.”