CH 1

Blue sea, beautiful island, locals in short-sleeved shorts and sunglasses… It is the utopia that I aspire to. I fantasize about when I’ll be able to buy my ticket. My daydreaming time is from 8:20 to 8.30 a.m. every day. The office hours start at 9:00 a.m., but I occasionally have customers who call me early, so I’m usually at work by 8:20 a.m. Am I crazy? This is just what it is. It makes no difference because there is extra payment. However…

“Kim Joo-hyuk ssi, you’re looking at that picture again today.”

“Oh, yes.”

The director is the problem.

Director Lee Si-hyun is the youngest director of One Heart Education Consulting and an elite Alpha who studied abroad. He arrives at work at 8 o’clock every day and reads the newspaper or wanders around the office. He is not an NPC sitting around for the Pokemon battle… every morning at 9 a.m., there is a briefing for the public relations team, but I don’t think he needs to come out early to read the report. He is a strange person.

And he comes down from his office on the 9th floor to my desk on the 3rd floor. Then, he sniffs once, snoops around my monitor, and brags about his white and neat teeth.

“Would you like to go with me this holiday season? I have a villa on the Gold Coast. Now is the perfect time to go.”

“It’s fine.”

“I’m not going to be too rigid as a boss. Really, I’m just saying it out of courtesy…”

I yanked the director’s hand away from my shoulder.

“You have to hold an ancestral rite during the holidays. Then I’ll send you fruits as a holiday gift. I’ll pick something fresh.”

“No thank you because I am Christian.”

“But don’t you still have to hold an ancestral rite…”

“My parents are, but I am not.”

The director looked a little dazed and then smiled brightly.

“You are a funny person. As expected, Kim Joo-hyuk ssi…”

He muttered.

“Haa…You are so cute.”

“…”

“No. If you want to go to the Gold Coast, come up to the 9th floor.”

Director Lee winked at me and disappeared. Looking at his back, my fist swallowed my middle finger. What the…

This is just one of my morning routines. Wondering about Director Lee’s flattering words. I’m not sure what kind of hope he has in me, despite the fact that I’m a Beta. Perhaps he mistook me for an Omega.

And, that’s not the Gold Coast. It’s Hawaii.

***

“Uhmm… ahh…haa.”

A moan came from the bathroom cubicle. I shook my hands vigorously and rummaged through my pants pocket. Oh, I should check first.

I walked over to the bathroom cubicle and listened quietly.

“Uhm… ahh…haa… haa… ugh.”

This person is alone. I gave a satisfied nod. I have to be cautious about what I do because I don’t want to disrupt someone’s enjoyable sex life after attempting to help them. In the first place, why do it in the company bathroom? Well, they say you will lose if you ask a question.

The person inside is definitely an Omega. They probably didn’t take the inhibitor again.

In this crazy world, far too many people do not take any inhibitor. Second, aside from being the victim of a crime, you can’t control your body once you’re in heat, so why are you skipping the medication? As a peace-loving beta citizen, I pondered the possible answers while touching the medicine in my pocket.

The reason I’m taking omega trait inhibitors is simple. That’s it in order not to work overtime.

Previously, Deputy Kang, who was an Omega,  had forgotten to bring an inhibitor and thus became trapped in a heat cycle. Whether it was his bonding Alpha or not, he was on a business trip abroad. We urgently moved deputy Kang to 119. The Alpha new employee, who was pursuing him, pretended he didn’t know. It’s someone else love problem, not my problem, and the problem was work. As deputy Kang fell, the number of documents I had to enter into the computer and return them to the Department of Commerce doubled. Deputy Kang was only absent once, and the entire customer management team 1 was working overtime.

I began carrying omega inhibitors with me from that day forward. When someone groans, it represents someone else’s overtime work and blood tears. This inhibitor was put in place to prevent this from happening. I’m going to be the fairy who blocks overtime for this company.

A man who had been gasping for a while came out of the cubicle. As he stumbled, I supported him and he leaned on me. I led him to the water purifier, poured him a glass of water, and gave him a suppressant tablet.

The Omega’s complexion improved and he appeared more refreshed after drinking the water. He was a slim, attractive man. The chin is thin, but the eyes are large, and the tall nose has a round tip. He had the appearance of a woman, which people would believe even if he was a man. Of course, it doesn’t matter to me. He spoke to me with tears in his eyes.

“Thank you… For helping me… Perhaps… Oh no… I almost asked a rude question…”

“Oh, it’s fine.”

“Love at first sight… I also…!”

“…”

“Thank you very much. Even just a name…”

“It’s done. I have an ugly name. Goodbye.”

I quickly left the place. The gaze on the back of my head stings, but I’ll get used to it. SUCCESS. I prevented someone from leaving work early today.

On the way back to the seat after successfully saving several people. I reached into my pocket, but it was empty. Did I drop the medicine bottle?

I retraced my steps to the restroom. Because omega inhibitors aren’t cheap, I searched through the hallway floor.

I noticed a white medicine bottle rolling next to the chair when I got to the front of the water purifier. Thank God. As I approached and reached for my bottle, a long, limp hand grabbed it instead.

“What is this?”

“…Director Lee.”

When I lifted my head, there was Director Lee Si-hyun frowning in front of me.

“Kim Joo-hyuk ssi.”

“Yes.”

“Is this trait inhibitor yours?”

Director Lee’s expression hardened. He bites his lips as he alternately looks at my face and the bottle. I realized that something incredibly annoying was about to happen. Let’s think calmly for a moment.

Now, if I say yes, it’s my medicine, I have no idea what kind of imagination this Alpha will unleash. Perhaps he will misunderstand me as Omega, and he will be more sticky on me than usual.

But saying no is a waste of medicine. When an inhibitor is present in a person who does not have the corresponding trait, it is not covered by insurance.

The scales in my mind were tilted back and forth.

“…Just follow me. Let’s talk in my office.”

No, we don’t. Your office is located on the ninth floor. In the first place, there’s nothing to talk about between us. The scale was tilted to one side. on the reasonable side.

“Director Lee.”

“What is it?”

“It’s not mine.”

“…”

Money can be earned. But I don’t want to be with this director for another five seconds. I might scream, smash the 9th floor window, and jump out.

Director Lee was definitely a person who liked me or wanted to have something to do with me. In the first place, he’s the boss. I refused to be alone in such a small space with Director Lee. I hate it even if he brings me a ton of gold coast sand. I don’t need sand, to begin with, so I don’t have to…

The director smirked. I came to my senses. It’s not time to think about anything else.

“This isn’t yours?”

“Yes.”

“Then why did you try to pick it up?”

“Because it’s right in front of me”

“And?”

“That is the answer.”

“…That would be it. I had an absurd thought. You’re a Beta, so why would you own the omega inhibitor. It’s doesn’t make sense…”

Looking at it, it seems that the people at our company have no intention of hiding their inner thoughts at all. Everyone blurted out whatever they can think of on the inside. Director Lee was very loyal to our company, and he eagerly blurted his thoughts, which I was not curious about at all.

“I had this assumption. You’re actually an Omega pretending to be a Beta. I think that makes sense. When you see Alphas, you avoid them and only approach Beta and Omega… Am I right?”

Director Lee’s words are not wrong. No, it can be wrong. The majority of the Alphas in our company rank higher than me. There is a limit to how close you can get to your boss at work, and the customer management team 1 is made up of Beta and Omega. There are only two new Alpha employees.

I’m just not friendly with the new Alpha employees. Our desk is too far away.

Director Lee came one step closer to me.

“Let’s say you’re not an Omega. Then why are you here right now? I mean, why did you try to pick up this bottle. I’m asking why you came looking at the floor like a person who comes to pick this up.”

There was a shadow on my face. Director Lee appeared to be two spans taller than me when I looked closely. Director Lee had a smirk on his face. I’ve never seen such a smile except when department head Seo was late for PT while kissing section chief Lee. My spine is numb.

“I’m here to drink water.”

“…Is that so. Go in and drink water.”

Director sighed and tapped my shoulder once. Then he took my hand in his and forced me to hold the bottle. The director’s hands were extremely cold.

“Go in. You take this medicine. Whether it’s yours or not.”

I felt a subtle sense of defeat as I looked back at Director Lee, who was moving away.