DOTH Volume 4 Chapter 14.9

“I just wanted to keep devouring you until I was satisfied. But I was afraid my Heeyeon wouldn’t let me.”

Director Yeon answered plainly. It had been teasing during rut, yes, but never a deliberate lie.

“Keep devouring…?”

“Sex.”

“Oh…”

Why were there so many metaphors for sex? Jung Heeyeon tucked the new phrasing into the pile of expressions he was collecting in his head, lips parting softly.

“You didn’t have to say that, Director. I would’ve let you keep going as much as you wanted… But having a baby, you can’t lie about that. It is an important matter.”

“Mhmm, I was wrong.”

Director Yeon gave a small chuckle and nipped lightly at his round cheek without hurting him.

“Yes. It’s important. So you shouldn’t lie about it again, Director.”

“I won’t in the future. Are you not upset anymore?”

He pressed his lips gently against the faint bite mark, making the body in his arms squirm lightly.

“Director.”

Instead of answering whether his hurt feelings had faded, Jung Heeyeon gazed up at him with a startlingly serious tone.

“Do you not want to have a baby with me?”

It was a straightforward question.

“Director, I want to have your baby… We both have a lot of money, so raising one wouldn’t be a problem. And if the baby looks like you, how beautiful would that be… I’ve been thinking about it these past few days, but I don’t think you’ve ever really answered me.”

Director Yeon’s cheek tightened ever so slightly at his young lover’s earnest talk of pregnancy. From the beginning, Jung Heeyeon had mentioned wanting a baby, but he couldn’t tell if it was truly what the omega wished for or if it was the lingering shadow of manipulation. Victims of gaslighting often didn’t realize their desires had been brainwashed.

Regardless of Jung Heeyeon’s sincerity, Director Yeon had no intention of getting his omega pregnant. His age was one thing, but more importantly, it was the life he had lived. Jung Heeyeon had just begun to step outside the walls and blend into society, and now, pregnancy? Director Yeon intended to let him do anything he wanted, but if he bore a child now, all of his focus would inevitably be consumed by it.

The primal instinct of a dominant alpha urged him to seed his bonded omega, to make him bear a child and claim him fully. But the man was a socialized human being. No matter that an alpha’s essence was similar to a beast, he had no intention of treating Jung Heeyeon like an animal. He already bared enough of his violent side through his work.

At the same time, Director Yeon knew instinctively. If Jung Heeyeon had grown up in a normal household, he would have done whatever it took to impregnate the omega, to make him carry their child and bind him completely. It was only patience and his affection for the small omega that kept him restrained. Beneath it all, though, he couldn’t help that he was an alpha.

“It’s not that…”

Director Yeon chose his words carefully. He couldn’t look his lover in the eye and say, ‘Your wish might not even be your own.’ He didn’t want to trigger memories of Jung Heeyeon’s past either.

“Planning a family should come after marriage.”

In the end, he settled on something safe, something his inexperienced lover could easily accept.

“Marriage?”

At the unexpected word, Jung Heeyeon stared at the man who held him by the waist. Now that he thought about it, their order of things was a little reversed. While some couples had children without marrying, but most married before having kids.

Since this was about the Director’s baby, would it really matter? he thought. But after more consideration, he realized it would spare Director Yeon from being called a thief. He didn’t want people calling his lover a scoundrel who got a child out of wedlock because of his own selfish wish.

“Let’s get married.”

He said it firmly, word by word. Director Yeon gave a low laugh that rumbled in his chest. Why was he laughing? Curious, Jung Heeyeon hugged the alpha’s waist tighter, meeting his eyes.

“Are you proposing to me?”

“Yes.”

“Heeyeon. Where’s the ring?”

“Ah… I’ll give it to you tomorrow. If I give you a ring, will you marry me?”

“No.”

The outright rejection made Jung Heeyeon blink blankly.

“You’re too young, Heeyeon.”

“Pardon? I’m not. I’m an adult…”

“You haven’t even imprinted on me yet.”

His refusal was simple. He wasn’t so shameless as to take a proposal from a young child and run with it. Director Yeon planned to live with Jung Heeyeon for life anyway, it would be better to spoil him endlessly and then wait for the perfect day to tie him legally.

“And if we have a baby with only one-sided imprinting, your pheromones will become unstable, Heeyeon. That’s not good.”

The hushed whisper made Jung Heeyeon pause and sort his thoughts. He thought he understood why Director Yeon had refused his proposal. Both of them were dominant alpha and omega, if he got pregnant, their child would almost certainly be born dominant as well. For an omega with unstable pheromones to carry a dominant child was indeed risky.

He also began to understand what Director Yeon meant by calling him too young. Pheromone control was something children and teenagers often struggled with. In that sense, by pheromonal standards, him being young wasn’t such a wrong description. He hadn’t even managed to imprint on Director Yeon yet.

“Then… once I imprint on you, let’s get married.”

Jung Heeyeon declared in a slightly nervous voice. Director Yeon laughed softly and kissed his lips briefly.

“Yeah, when that time comes, propose to me again.”

“Y-Yes.”

The knot of worries that had weighed on him for days loosened all at once, leaving him drowsy with relief. Jung Heeyeon rested his head against the man’s chest. A large hand stroked his hair tenderly.

“Are you feeling better now?”

“Yes. I was upset, thinking I was the only one who wanted a baby…”

“I see, you were?”

“Yes. But now that I know we can get married and have a baby after I imprint on you, I feel fine.”

Jung Heeyeon hugged the man’s waist tightly, soothed by the scent of pheromones at his nape.

As he laid out their future step by step, his mind drifted back to when he first met Director Yeon. The blue moonlight pouring between shipping containers, the eyes that had gazed down on him, too beautiful and too terrifying all at once.

“Director. I want to go back to the sea where I first met you.”

The words slipped out on impulse.

“Shall we go now?”

The man, toying with his ear, asked gently. His voice held no trace of surprise, no hesitation.

“Ah, but you must be tired, Director. It’s already dawn… Driving to Busan would be exhausting. And I’m not good with helicopters…”

“It’s fine.”

Director Yeon rose to his feet, still holding Jung Heeyeon in his arms.

“If you want to go, then we shall go. I’m not tired.”

“Still…”

“Just give me a present in return, Heeyeon.”

“Will a peck do?”

“Mm. A peck will do.”

The omega, now used to resting in his alpha’s arms, fidgeted with his fingers before tilting his head toward Director Yeon. Soft, warm lips landed carefully on the sharp scar across the man’s face.

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Note: i’m sorry that my break ended up way longer than what i promised!! To celebrate the webtoon release, I’m uploading the whole chapter ^^ The next chapter will be the last of the main story, look forward to it!!