Afterward, Joo Pil-tae made a speech, saying, “It’s not good to have many children,” and closed his mouth only when he was out of breath.

“Heuk…!”

“Here’s the water, father.”

Nam quickly poured water and handed it to Chairman Joo. Chairman Joo glared disapprovingly at Nam, took a cup of water, and gulped it down.

“Hoo…!”

Chairman Joo crumpled his face when he saw his hand shaking holding a water cup. Perhaps because he was in bed for a long time, his physical strength was not the same as before.

“There’s a ton of work to do.”

Chairman Joo quietly recited and threw the empty cup on the floor.

“We should put out the fire first. It’s not a good thing to have an illegitimate child in the house.”

“F-father…….”

The vice chairman had a bad feeling about it.

Sure enough, Chairman Joo continued with a fishy smile.

“I failed once in the past, but I hope you succeed.”

Nam was surprised by this remark too. The two brothers looked at their father with pale faces.

“You, my son, should do what I failed.”

Joo Pil-tae emphasized again.

Joo Pil-tae failed to remove Marie’s child decades ago. To do it again now.….

“He wasn’t supposed to be born.”

Joo Pil-tae muttered again.

* * *

“You didn’t eat again? Please eat something.”

Li Yu-yen nagged hard when he saw inside the refrigerator. But Adam didn’t understand half of what he was saying.

After Haewon left, the sense of time faded.

When he closed his eyes and opened them, the color of the sky changed, and sometimes the place changed. He was sitting on the sofa but in front of the mirror…….

In the meantime, he was maintaining his appearance because he didn’t know when Haewon would come again. However, he didn’t really feel like visiting her.

No, he didn’t have the courage to.

“You’re always going to use your Alpha’s traits to wield me.”

When he thought he was completely abandoned by Hae-won, his heart choked up.

It seemed like someone was beating his heart. Cold sweat flowed down my neck.

“If a person asks something, please answer…. Adam? Hey, wake up!”

Li Yuyen hurriedly caught Adam, who collapsed as if he had paralysis while breathing roughly. He had panic attacks several times a day.

The wound on the arm has recovered enough to continue his daily life. So it wasn’t because of his arm.

“Is Seo Haewon the cause?”

The two had made an imprint.

However, the relationship between the two has recently reached its worst, and he didn’t even know the impact.

‘Is it better to let her know?’

At the thought of it, Adam’s cell phone rang.

“Haewon…!”

Adam leaped to his feet. He picked up his cell phone by calling Haewon’s name.

* * *

“…….”

“…….”

Adam stared blankly at the teacup in front of him.

On the other side, the vice chairman was talking, but not a word was heard.

By inferring from the rare words, Chairman Joo Pil-tae seemed to have woken up from a coma.

So what am I supposed to do?

That kind of work was not important. Rather, it was questionable why he came.

His mind was in a muddle.

Then, for the first time, the vice chairman’s words were heard.

“I’ll be honest with you. Father ordered me to kill you.”

“Then kill me.”

Adam answered immediately.

“I’m not kidding. Even in this situation,”

“Me too.”

Adam cut off the vice chairman in a cold tone.

“I’m not kidding either.”

Adam looked at the chairman with a fishy smile. The chairman looked very embarrassed.

For some reason, Adam was different today.

He didn’t feel as relaxed as he used to be.

His eyes were out of focus, his legs shook without conscious thought, and his lips were wounded from incessant biting.

However, Chairman Joo Pil-tae did not seem to be the cause. There seemed to be something else wrong.

‘Oh, that’s not the point.’

The vice chairman quickly broached the subject.

“I’ll make your flight, so wait calmly in a safe place for now.”

“Flight?”

Adam’s eyes narrowed.

“Yes. Go back again. After that, I’ll cover it up. In Korea, death will be dealt with, but it won’t matter anyway.”

“I don’t want to.”

Adam murmured softly.

“You don’t want to, where do you want me to go back to in the first place? Is there a place for me to go back? Huh?”

“In this situation, unreasonable coercion.….”

Feeling tired, the vice chairman pressed down on his temples. He sighed deeply and raised his voice.

“You’ll die. I’m not kidding! Father means it.”