Wedding Ending Chapter 23

At the same time, a heavy silence hung in the air. Min Jaeyoon was not particularly close to Lee Yuseong. He had never shared his inner feelings with him either. He was merely one of the people he encountered when coming to the tennis court.

Until the two got married, Min Jaeyoon and Lee Yuseong had no overlapping ties whatsoever. Lee Yuseong grew up in an ordinary family. His father was a civil servant, and his mother was a nutritionist. Min Jaeyoon had only overheard that fact through word of mouth from people.

Min Jaeyoon was contemplating what to say when he looked at Kang Seunghyun. Just as he was feeling relieved that he was staying quiet for once, Kang Seunghyun suddenly opened his mouth.

“Why doesn’t it smell like anything?”

Min Jaeyoon’s complexion turned deathly pale.

Lee Yuseong stared at Kang Seunghyun with doubtful eyes.

“Is the place you got hurt… by any chance your head?”

Lee Yuseong spoke with a playful smile.

However, Kang Seunghyun snapped at him mercilessly.

“Release it.”

“What?”

“Why are you so quick to misunderstand? Let me smell your pheromones.”

Looking back and forth between the two, Min Jaeyoon was restless. He reached out his hand and grabbed the sleeve of Kang Seunghyun’s navy coat. His gaze slammed downward as if crashing, then turned back toward Lee Yuseong.

“I can only smell disgusting sweat on you.”

Lee Yuseong’s smiling face froze in an instant. Min Jaeyoon stood up abruptly.

“We’ll be going now. We still have places left to look around.”

Dragged by Min Jaeyoon, who was holding his sleeve, Kang Seunghyun pulled his body upright.

“Yuseong, take good care of your health… and I’ll call you later….”

“Even though we’ve become family now, the sense of alienation is still the same. You’ve never even called me first, yet you sure speak lip service well.”

Lee Yuseong slowly raised his body. Min Jaeyoon’s complexion turned dark. It was just as he said. Min Jaeyoon had maintained a distant relationship with Lee Yuseong even after he married Kang Jion.

It was also partly because Lee Yuseong did not attend official events. Strangely enough, Lee Yuseong, who possessed the body Min Jaeyoon wanted to have, did not show up at events hosted by ‘Yeonjin Group.’ He was always said to be sick.

On top of that, he was the person who married the one Min Jaeyoon had liked for a long time. Min Jaeyoon was not bold enough to smile at him. Even though a year had already passed, that one year was also short for Min Jaeyoon.

Because Min Jaeyoon had liked Kang Jion since he was eight years old. He was Min Jaeyoon’s first love, puppy love, and unrequited love. Those twenty years could not be compared to anything.

“I’m sorry… I’ll be going.”

Min Jaeyoon chose to apologize. He spoke briefly and yanked Kang Seunghyun’s arm. It was then.

“Wait.”

Lee Yuseong called out to stop the two heading for the entrance. Min Jaeyoon’s head turned back. However, Lee Yuseong stepped up in front of Kang Seunghyun.

Min Jaeyoon’s fingertips hesitated. He let go of Kang Seunghyun’s sleeve. A subtle pheromone flowed out from Lee Yuseong’s body. The baby’s breath scent, which felt completely dry, was worse than the smell of sweat.

Recessive Omegas had weak pheromones. Even their heat cycles were erratic, often skipping altogether. Lee Yuseong overcame his shortcoming. As long as he was living an athlete’s life, that was a gain, not a loss. Since he didn’t have to pay much attention to managing pheromones, he could devote himself to sports. Because there was no such thing as a heat cycle, he could even form a team with an Alpha.

“Satisfied?”

Kang Seunghyun’s brow furrowed.

Min Jaeyoon muttered softly with a troubled face.

“Yuseong, the truth is Seunghyun can’t remember you right now… He hurt his head a little during the accident. That’s why he’s acting like this.”

If only he remembered, he wouldn’t act so cold to you like this….

“He would have treated you warmly….”

The thoughts floating inside Min Jaeyoon’s head leaked out of his mouth. Lee Yuseong looked at Min Jaeyoon once and raised his head even more stiffly. After appearing to scan Kang Seunghyun’s face, he suddenly smiled.

“Brothers really are identical.”

Min Jaeyoon blinked his eyes. It was hard to understand Lee Yuseong’s words at once. Min Jaeyoon looked up at Kang Seunghyun as if following the same spot. To him, Kang Jion was his hyung. Min Jaeyoon could not agree that Kang Jion and Kang Seunghyun were identical.

Kang Jion is kind and warm to everyone. His disposition was so gentle that he would quickly get close to someone he met for the first time. He was a friendly person who always wore a smile on his lips. He had never even been seen getting angry.

On the other hand, Kang Seunghyun is expressionless, taciturn, and cold-hearted. Laughter did not exist inside him. As a result, naturally, no one approached him first either. Because Min Jaeyoon had to see Kang Jion’s face, he was one of the few people who remained around Kang Seunghyun under the pretext of being friends.

How could two such people be identical?

“I guess you still haven’t told Jaeyoon yet? No wonder….”

“What does that…?”

Min Jaeyoon looked at Kang Seunghyun and Lee Yuseong, who were confronting each other. He looked carefully into Kang Seunghyun, who had now transformed into a completely different person. Having lost his considerate and caring side, he would pick a fight no matter what Lee Yuseong said. So he wanted to ask more, but he couldn’t ask. Instead, Min Jaeyoon spoke with a somewhat calmer face.

“The New Year event at the hotel is coming up soon. See you then.”

Lee Yuseong turned his head.

“I don’t know about such things. I’ve never been invited either.”

Invited….

It was strictly an event hosted by ‘Yeonjin Group,’ and one that Kang Jion took full charge of directing. Let alone family, no invitation was necessary. Furthermore, even Kang Seunghyun had his schedule planned out six months in advance. So how would Kang Jion be? He would already have plans up until the second half of next year. How could Lee Yuseong, his spouse, not know that?

“No doubt I won’t be able to go because I’m ‘sick.’”

Lee Yuseong recited emphasizing one part. As if something that hadn’t even happened had taken place. Min Jaeyoon wore a puzzled face. Kang Seunghyun spun his body around abruptly as if it had become a hassle.

“Let’s just go. My head hurts, so I can’t hold my breath any longer.”

Even so, out of respect for his sister-in-law, he didn’t say any more foul words. However, in the eyes of Min Jaeyoon caught between them, the relationship between the two seemed beyond repair.

“How could you come out like that!”

Min Jaeyoon shouted as he climbed into the driver’s seat.

“It’s because you don’t remember. You originally liked him….”

Kang Seunghyun, who had been looking straight ahead, turned his head to the side. His mood looked extremely foul. He displayed his displeasure with his whole body.

Min Jaeyoon’s lips closed slowly. He felt like he had been too harsh to a sick person. It was just a misunderstanding caused by losing his memories.

“Apologize the next time you meet.”

Min Jaeyoon grabbed the steering wheel. Or rather, he was about to. Kang Seunghyun yanked his arm hard.

“I liked something like that?”

“Yeah… You might be flustered, but you liked him….”

Min Jaeyoon took a low, deep breath and recited slowly so it would be easy to understand.

“Your grandfather sponsored Yuseong. That’s how he was able to train at this tennis court, and because of that, there were many times when you practiced together, and you and Yuseong were in sync like one body.”

“It wasn’t me, he was the one who adjusted to it. Since he’s a doubles player.”

He must have seen all the titles stamped on the trophies. Even so, if their hearts weren’t aligned, it would be difficult to play like a duo like that. Without a single gap for the ball to slip through, it was fantastic teamwork that anyone could see.

“Who were you on a team with?”

“…?”

What does that have to do with this work…?

At the sudden question, Min Jaeyoon opened his eyes wide and expressed his doubt.

“As for me… Jion hyung….”

Lee Yuseong was an athlete. The person corresponding to him was Kang Jion, who was five years older. Though he was currently a person representing a conglomerate, he was talented in various fields and also had a knack for sports. Because of that, Min Jaeyoon didn’t dislike Lee Yuseong from the beginning either. Since he could become a team with Kang Jion once he arrived.

However, whenever he saw Lee Yuseong, who was the same age, active and thriving, Min Jaeyoon felt discouraged. Min Jaeyoon was merely an added plus-one person behind Kang Jion. Still, since Kang Seunghyun was next to Lee Yuseong, it could be said that the balance was right.

“My brother?”

Kang Seunghyun’s brow crumpled harshly. Min Jaeyoon couldn’t understand why his mood suddenly got even worse.

“Hand over that hand over here.”

Min Jaeyoon had a bewildered face, not knowing the reason. When he slowly reached out his left hand, which had been on his thigh, Kang Seunghyun snatched his wrist hard.

“What happened to the ring?”