The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary

Chapter 3

The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary - c3

Kwon Ihyeok was more certain than anyone else. No, it wasn’t a matter of trust or certainty. It was just natural. It might seem arrogant in a way, but it was reasonable to some extent. Hyeseong had been assisting him by his side for several years.

“Why do you think it’s not true, that my resignation is not sincere?”

As if hosting a quiz show or a talk show, Hyeseong was asking Ihyeok persistently.

“Cheon Hyeseong. Do you have to say that aloud? It’s obvious. That you’re by my side.”

Hyeseong’s hand gripping the tablet slightly tensed up. Taking short breaths to find his pace against his heartbeat trying to escape the monotonous rhythm, Hyeseong regained his composure.

“It’s not obvious. Nothing in the world is obvious. Representative-nim.”

“......”

At Hyeseong’s voice tinged with a bit of unfairness, Ihyeok’s face slowly began to turn cold. Hyeseong tried hard to avoid his gaze. Although he gave off a cold and sharp atmosphere, it wasn’t usually a threatening impression. But now, Kwon Ihyeok’s expression was somewhat scary. Ihyeok in his days of using his fists had always had that expression.

“I will submit my resignation letter again today. Please process it. Then I’ll be leaving now.”

Ihyeok didn’t hold Hyeseong back anymore. He didn’t utter a single word until the moment Hyeseong closed the door and left.@@@@

“What did the representative say?”

When Hyeseong returned to the secretarial team office, a secretary carefully approached and asked. Hyeseong briefly explained the current situation to her and how he planned to deal with it in the future.

Fortunately, Ihyeok had no external schedule at all today. After roughly finishing his tasks, Hyeseong stretched and suddenly felt a sharp headache.

“Ugh......”

Hyeseong quietly leaned over the monitor and covered his mouth with his hand. From time to time, his stomach would churn or headaches would rush in like now. Hyeseong was not unaware of the reason.

“Secretary Han.”

After quietly pondering, Hyeseong slowly got up from his seat and went to Secretary Han’s desk.

“I’m sorry, but I think I’ll have to take the afternoon off urgently.”

“What? All of a sudden?”

“I’m not feeling very well.”

“Ah... come to think of it, Team Leader’s complexion has gotten much worse lately. It must be because you have a lot to take care of before resigning.”

The first person Hyeseong told about his resignation was none other than Secretary Han. She was on the same secretarial team and would be most affected by his resignation. At first, she was surprised and tried to persuade him to think about it again, but quickly backed down at Hyeseong’s adamant attitude.

“I’m sorry, but I have a favor to ask. If any new issues arise regarding the scandal, please contact me right away.”

“Yes. Don’t worry and go ahead.”

“Ah, and please deliver this to the representative on my behalf.”

“Ah......”

“You must be surprised, but take a look here. What I’m pointing to is a kind of pheromone gland.”

The doctor turned the computer monitor towards Hyeseong and began to explain.

“And this shape is a typical form of an omega pheromone gland.”

“Doctor, I am a beta.”

Hyeseong shook his head and said. There must be some misunderstanding.

“Cheon Hyeseong-ssi, you can feel the pheromones of alphas, right?”

“Yes. But I heard that sometimes betas can also feel pheromones.”

“Well, that’s right. But the reason Cheon Hyeseong-ssi can feel the pheromones of alphas is because you are an omega. Did you happen to be diagnosed as a beta after becoming an adult?”

Hyeseong remained silent. Realizing it was an affirmation, the doctor nodded as if he knew it would be like that.

“Very rarely, there are cases where the constitution develops late. Like you, Cheon Hyeseong-ssi. When determining whether one is an alpha or an omega, we usually make a judgment based on this pheromone gland, but the patient’s pheromone gland likely developed late.”

Hyeseong’s head gradually began to feel dizzy. What on earth is this? Even if it developed late, how could the hospital that determines the constitution not catch it? There must have been many other criteria to judge the constitution besides the pheromone gland.

“By any chance, did you go to a small hospital like a local clinic instead of a big hospital when you got your constitution diagnosed?”

“I guess that was the problem.”

Hyeseong let out a deep sigh. Because his constitution developed late, Hyeseong had to annoyingly go to the hospital every time since high school. What’s the big deal with that damn constitution? With a childish mindset that it didn’t matter much even if he didn’t know, Hyeseong only went to the small hospital in the neighborhood where he used to live.

And then, when he became an adult, he received the result of being a beta there.

“Well, it happens from time to time. That’s why we recommend getting your constitution test done at a large hospital if possible.”

The doctor cleared his throat again and continued, leaving the dazed Hyeseong.

“So in other words, Hyeseong-ssi was in a state before fully manifesting as an omega until now. You can understand it like that.”

The reason he could faintly feel the pheromones wasn’t because he was a special beta. It was because he was an incomplete omega.

“And now it has fully manifested as an omega?”

“Yes.”

“Then why did it suddenly manifest now when it was fine all along?”

“Well... actually, since this case happens with a very rare probability, the exact reason is still unknown. Currently, academic circles consider exposure to an excessive amount of alpha pheromones as the biggest reason, but...”

Excessive exposure to alpha pheromones? Hyeseong’s heart slowly began to beat.

“Have you been heavily exposed to the pheromones of another alpha recently? For example, having sexual relations with an alpha or something.”

“......”

Hyeseong’s gaze gradually turned to the ground. His head was ringing and his mind turned as white as a blank sheet of paper. And in the emptied mind, a memory suddenly came to mind.