Pig Government Official

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Won Hyeopjae, the chairman of the Won Group, had three sons and two daughters. Chairman Won Hyeopjae was old-fashioned and believed that the eldest son should naturally inherit the company. So he passed the company to his first son, who is now President Won Youngjae.

President Won Youngjae was a superior alpha with excellent intelligence and abilities, and he grew the Won Group even larger like a fish in water. He wanted to pass on this well-established group to his eldest son, just like his father had done.

However, Won Youngjae’s eldest son was born as a recessive alpha, and Won Youngjae, enraged by this, divorced his wife without realizing he was the cause of the problem.

After divorcing his wife, Won Youngjae remarried, and his new wife was Song Heejin, who is now Won Junjae’s mother.

Coming from the Song family, known for producing only superior genes for generations, and being an extremely rare omega herself, it was obvious that a child born between Song Heejin and the superior alpha Won Youngjae would be a superior alpha.

However, Won Junjae, who was expected to be a superior alpha, was also born as a recessive alpha. It was then that they realized the cause lay with Won Youngjae, but this fact had to be kept strictly confidential.

If Won Youngjae’s brothers, the second and third sons of Chairman Won Hyeopjae, found out about this, they would surely claim legitimacy by producing superior alpha offspring.

Therefore, President Won Youngjae raised Won Junjae pretending he was a superior alpha. Of course, this process was so harsh on the young child that it could be considered abuse.

He forced Won Junjae to eat more than necessary and exercise from a young age to ensure he had the same physique as superior alphas. Despite being a smart child, he was only allowed to study without any leisure time, fearing he might fall behind superior alphas academically. He even brainwashed the child into believing that watching cartoons instead of studying was wrong. Everything a young child should enjoy was denied. This was happening to a very young child of only 8-9 years old.

The child gradually lost his smile, and his expression became lifeless.

However, Won Youngjae was more afraid of losing face because his son couldn’t inherit the company due to being recessive, than he was concerned about his son’s happiness. Won Youngjae’s abuse continued until Won Junjae was 10 years old.

Then one day, Won Junjae heard that his maternal grandmother had collapsed and was hospitalized. He was taken to the hospital by his mother. There, he suddenly collapsed, experiencing unexplained shortness of breath and a headache.

When he woke up, he had become a real superior alpha, not just imitating one.

The doctor said that while extremely rare, such a phenomenon could occur. It seemed that because Won Junjae’s mother, Song Heejin, was an extremely superior omega, the child’s constant exposure to her pheromones suddenly triggered a change from recessive to superior.

Naturally, President Won Youngjae was overjoyed. The child who had been pretending to be superior was now genuinely superior, so there was nothing to fear anymore. He finally allowed his young son to breathe a little, but Won Junjae, whose emotions had already died, grew up differently from normal children.

He particularly struggled with giving and receiving emotions in relationships with others, and according to a doctor’s report, his ability to form trust between people was close to zero.

Won Junjae’s mother, Song Heejin, took this seriously, but President Won Youngjae said such emotions were obstacles and rather thought it was good. He didn’t allow proper treatment and let the child grow up lacking in human relationships.

As no one told Won Junjae, who grew up abnormally, that anything was wrong, he came to treat people easily. He acted arrogantly and calculatingly towards everyone, and if there was nothing to gain from a relationship, he would cut it off mercilessly.

And he still didn’t know what was wrong with that.

That’s why Won Junjae, angered by the situation not going his way, hadn’t visited the café for two days. He had always been the one making choices, but feeling like he wasn’t chosen made him furious. Of course, he wouldn’t have been happy to be chosen by a pig. It was just… annoying that this made him experience such a blow to his pride for the first time.

So he thought, let them collapse due to pheromone problems if they want, and really had no intention of visiting. It was the first time he felt so irritated because of a person, and because this unfamiliar feeling was out of his control, he tried to cut off the cause.

But then…

[Hyung, we have a new dessert menu, and I’d like you to try it… Would you like to come…? Haha]

Clearly, if it had been his usual self, he would have ignored such a message from Park Jihoon, saying it wasn’t even funny, or might have even broken his phone in half. Who did they think they were to tell him to come and go?

However, the emotion he felt upon seeing that message was, ridiculously…

“Were you busy?”

“…”

“I was waiting…”

It was anticipation.

Jeonggwan slowly approached Won Junjae, holding a white paper box containing basil scones. He placed the dessert box on Won Junjae’s desk and stepped back slightly.

“I’ll leave this here.”

“…”

Jeonggwan was close to Won Junjae, but if he took just one step back, he would be out of Won Junjae’s reach. Jeonggwan stood there, maintaining that ambiguous distance.

“This isn’t sweet, it’s savory, so it will suit your taste.”

“…”

“But sometimes it’s good to eat sweet things too.”

“…”

“Eating sweet things can make you feel better.”

As if saying, I won’t cross this line any further.

“I’ll set aside a cake I made for you tomorrow.”

It meant if you want to cross over, you should be the one to do it.

Won Junjae stared blankly at Jeonggwan.

What exactly was this pig… What made him so confident and unbreakable? What made him think he could manipulate me without even blinking? Who does he think he is?

“I…”

Clear eyes looked straight up at Won Junjae. Somehow, Won Junjae couldn’t hold that gaze for long. He shifted his eyes from Jeonggwan back to his tablet. However, none of the content was registering at the moment.

Kim Jeonggwan, seen up close after a long time, looked even whiter than at the party. Whether to call it white or how to express it, I’m not sure, but anyway, Kim Jeonggwan is white. And his pheromones, deeply inhaled from this close proximity, were damn good.

Just smelling Kim Jeonggwan’s pheromones seemed to instantly calm his on-edge nerves, noticeably so. It was nice how it soothed his heavy head, but he also disliked it. Because it made him defenseless.

“…I said I don’t eat sweet things,” Won Junjae grumbled, expressing his refusal. It meant he wouldn’t go to the cafe tomorrow either.

Jeonggwan felt a flash of anger at this grumpy coward. This perfect man was clearly interested in him. Because he had done things he normally wouldn’t do, contradicting Park Jihoon’s words about his character.

He probably thought Jeonggwan hadn’t noticed, but that man had stopped in his tracks to look at him even when dining with Won Sejin. At the time, Jeonggwan thought he was looking at Won Sejin, but from his behavior during the interior work and after the opening day, Jeonggwan gradually realized that man was interested in him.

Honestly, he had doubted it at first. Such a perfect superior alpha? Interested in me? And someone who’s an executive director at Won Electronics? But Jeonggwan soon accepted it. Honestly, he’s young, cute, and fun. Who wouldn’t be interested?

While pathetic betas said things like “You’d be really popular if you lost weight,” most alphas who became friends with Jeonggwan had confessed to him. He was already popular. However, Jeonggwan seriously considered looks, build, height, and charisma. Because he hadn’t seen anyone better than his ex-boyfriend, he had firmly decided not to date.

That man was clearly very interested in him. But it seemed he didn’t want to admit it. Coming to see him every day, sitting in front of him despite many other seats being available, deliberately only looking at his phone and not speaking a word. Getting angry seeing him being kind to Won Sejin and leaving, not coming for two days.

He didn’t want to admit it. Why? Because Jeonggwan was a “pig.”

Jeonggwan felt annoyed at Won Junjae for this, and he really wanted to see a man like that fall to his knees for him. Honestly, romance had always been out of Jeonggwan’s priorities in life, so it didn’t matter if he didn’t have that man, but there was also no reason not to have him. The title alone was cool. Executive Director of Won Electronics. Not to mention his appearance.

Jeonggwan decided to deliberately try to seduce him. If you won’t cross this line, I’ll make it so you have no choice but to cross it, he thought. Jeonggwan opened his mouth again towards Won Junjae, his voice soft but firm.

“Come tomorrow at 1 PM. After your company’s lunch break.”

“…I clearly said I don’t like-“

“Try it.”

Won Junjae’s pupils shook once more.

“It might be unexpectedly good, even delicious.”

“…”

“I really hope you come.”

The sound of swallowing was clearly audible. Of course, it wasn’t Jeonggwan’s.

“I’ll be waiting.”

Won Junjae, who was about to say something more, closed his mouth at Jeonggwan’s look that said, “You’ll come, right?” Jeonggwan sent one more look that said “Make sure to come!” before turning around and leaving the room.

Honestly, Jeonggwan didn’t know if Won Junjae would come or not. This was just a gamble. If that grumpy man didn’t come this time either, there would be no way for Jeonggwan to approach him first or even accidentally run into him, so it was uncertain when the seduction plan could be executed again. It might never happen.

That would be a bit of a shame, he thought.