Chapter 79 - Dreadful Curiousity 2

'They're locked up.'

That's it? Minwoo sighs at the simple answer given by the stern man. Should he tell the man to elaborate? Unless, that night happened as he is informed, and nothing more, which makes him innocent. That is goo-

'They're a part of a syndicate. I took care of everyone in the group. Rest assured.'

Shit. And he thought Chris is just a normal bodyguard. Bringing down a whole syndicate? The man is one crazy fucker. The story about him having friends in the Chinese mafia must be true. Minwoo shivers just thinking about it. Hanging up, he stares at the windowpane.

This cannot be it. It still doesn't make any sense. He is still accused of biting Wonho last year. If nothing happened to him, how the hell did Wonho managed to get his scent stuck on him?

Unless… they are not amateur after all. Maybe they are a part of the syndicate Chris is talking about, and what happened to him, and to Wonho, is carefully planned from the start. If he did actually mark Wonho like they said, then it is possible the omega is another victim of the syndicate, just like him.

Doping him with rape drug, and somehow placing Wonho in front of him, like putting a piece of meat in front of a hungry predator. Then they waited for the right time to get settlement fee by suing him or something. He can really imagine Sangcheol or Junjie doing that because they had already begin threatening him.

Maybe they wanted to go with Minwoo violating their friend but as it involves the police, and their group had already fallen, they went with forced-marking instead? This makes much more sense. If this was the plan, then maybe they are not amateur after all, just desperate conmen.

If that is the plan from the start, he is the dumb one for trying so hard to get Wonho's attention all these times. If he knew they would push the omega towards him anyway, he would have just waited silently instead of chasing the man around like a madman.

And… since they already accused him of claiming Wonho anyway, he will not be blamed if he takes what is his, right? He can just bite Wonho again, just to be sure, and they won't be able to do anything to him. He can make the man his, finally.

Fuck. That is so messed up. Why did he even consider doing that??

And Wonho… he shouldn't be a part of the fucked-up scheme. The man's trauma is real. His panic attacks, his crazy eyes, his tears… Heck, nobody can pretend to have nightmares for a week straight. No omega's strong enough to control his pheromones and increase it like Wonho does when he is in tremendous fear. That is not something one have control over.

Wonho could also be a victim. Someone might have done the same thing to him too. He might have been drugged as well that night.

And Minwoo could have assaulted him like they said…

Panicking by his own thoughts, the alpha redials the first number in his call history. The other did not answer it the first time, and the second, but after the third try, Minwoo finally lost his temper and coincidentally screamed curses the moment Chris answered. Not bothering to hide his anger anymore, Minwoo continues, 'Tell me the exact thing the happened the moment you found me. What the fuck happened? Did I do anything to anyone?'

He hears a sigh which is very unsettling to hear, 'They took you out from the club and I was waiting outside. I told you to run while I dealt with them. I found you on the street a few blocks away, throwing up, so I took you home and called the doctor.'

'That's it?'

'You were shaking, you told me not to tell.'

'Did I hurt anyone?'

'No one else was with you. I'm positive nothing happened.'

Minwoo bites his lips, wanting to trust the butler of his. Wanting to trust his innocence. But he needs to know how he is related to Wonho too… 'Hey Chris. Find out what happened to Seo Wonho last year.'

'Young Master, I'm not a detec-'

'You brought down an entire underground gang. Don't tell me you can't find something on a college student, Chris.' He emphasizes on the man's name, showing how serious he is. He knows this is illegal, but if his butler cannot do it, he will hire a private detective to do it for him anyway.

He is desperate. He wants to claim his memory back. He wants to prove to Wonho he didn't do it. And he wants proof that Wonho is not a part of the messed up scheme he is thinking about.

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Basketball practice didn't do it for him right now. He thought sweating out would help release some of the stress, and since jogging around campus is out of the question, he had been looking forward to bouncing balls and hitting his seniors head on. Thinking if he was lucky, he would get to bicker with Seungyun and annoy the shit out of the omega but none of that happened.

He sweated, got a bit too aggressive, and almost broke one of the senior's wrist. So much for stress-relieving…

'You okay?' He feels a hand squeezing his shoulders and turns to look at Jeongmin, their captain. Ignoring the question, he leans back towards the rail, trying so, so hard not to scream and throw tantrum right now. He feels a cold sensation on the cheek and quickly grabs the canned soda. 'Someone in the team would always crack a wrist, it happens once a year. Club curse.'

Lifting an eyebrow to give a weird look at the other, he is greeted with the familiar bright smile where the man's eyes disappear completely.

'I cracked mine first year. Still working.' And Jeongmin slaps him a few times, 'See? Still usable.'

'Yah!' A can is shoved onto his forehead.

'Calm the hell down. So noisy.' He hears a scoff and turns towards Seungyun who only made an appearance after all the chaos is gone. Sighing, he accepts the other drink and puts it in his pocket for later. Who would've thought he would be comforted by the two fools who he wouldn't even look at had he been back in Europe. Now, the overly-positive nerd and the obnoxious diva are the only two he can turn for support. How his life has changed…

Feeling slight goosebumps on the back of his neck, Minwoo turns to see Seungyun avoiding his gaze, 'What?' Hearing that, Jeongmin also looks towards the omega, wondering the same thing.

'I heard what happened.'