Be My Baby - Vol.1 Chapter 2 Part 3
“I’m so sorry. It really wasn’t intentional, it was a mistake. The original experiment was… ah…”
Sitting in the passenger seat of the car, Seonwoo was reading the scenario his brother had written out when he let out a sigh of displeasure. Seonjung, who was driving, immediately continued the next line.
“The experiment was terminated!”
“…You want me to just recite this whole thing as is? You said I lack quick thinking so I should prepare in advance. I may lack quick thinking, but I have good application skills, so I should respond according to the situation.”
Seonwoo clearly understood the meaning behind his brother’s words.
The problem was…
“Hyung, can’t we postpone it just one day?”
“No. It’s already delayed enough. Even if you get a consent form right now, I can’t guarantee it will be effective.”
“So, since it’s already late, just one more day…”
“If you repeat the same thing one more time, I, who never hit pregnant women, might make an exception just for you. Keep that in mind.”
Seeing his brother’s attitude that suggested he wouldn’t budge an inch, Seonwoo slumped his shoulders and started reading the scenario his brother had written again. By then, the car had already stopped in front of the Genitech headquarters building.
Seeing the shiny silver building, Seonwoo suddenly felt dizzy and covered his eyes with his hand. Seonjung, who had stopped the car, quickly unlocked the doors.
“We’re here. Get out. And make sure to get the signature. If you don’t, know that you can’t come home today.”
“I got it…”
As promised yesterday, Seonjung had put one consent form each in the inner pocket of Seonwoo’s semi-formal jacket, the outer pocket, and the back pocket of his pants. Not satisfied with just that, he even made Seonwoo wear a belly band with another consent form inside.
“No matter what, you must get the signature. Don’t tell me you lost it, tore it, or dropped it. That’s out of the question.”
“Can’t you at least loosen the belly band?”
“I don’t trust you. Get out quickly.”
“Okay.”
“I have an appointment nearby too, so call me right away when you’re done.”
“Okay.”
Seonwoo listlessly unfastened his seatbelt and got out of the car like a cow being led to slaughter, looking up at the tall building.
“Haa…”
He was still skeptical about whether things would go as planned, but as his brother and Seyoon had said, this was something that couldn’t be postponed any longer… Even though he really, really hated it, he had no choice but to go up.
“What was I thinking…”
When he first noticed something was off, he was shocked. After confirming the facts, he felt terror. When he was attacked from both sides by his brother and Seyoon, he was bewildered.
After such a tumultuous day, when he opened his eyes this morning, the emotion that hit him was “I really don’t want to do this.”
He had decided to calmly accept the situation itself now since it had already happened, and in any case, the experiment was successful, so it was something to welcome from his perspective.
The problem was that he had to talk to Eungyo hyung about this situation.
He really didn’t want to have to make this bombshell announcement just when things had finally improved to the point where he was allowed to make phone calls again.
“Ah…”
Standing in front of the entrance to the building, Seonwoo let out a groan.
He was so happy to meet Eungyo, but the conversation he had to have was so serious that his feet wouldn’t move. As he hesitated, a loud honking sound came from behind.
Startled, he turned around to see his brother’s car still parked by the curb.
Seeing his brother’s face, which showed his determination not to budge an inch until he confirmed Seonwoo had gone inside, Seonwoo finally slumped his shoulders and approached the information desk inside the building.
“I’m here to see Director Kang Eungyo. My name is Lee Seonwoo.”
“Please wait a moment.”
While the receptionist immediately connected an internal line, Seonwoo looked around the spacious lobby, when suddenly someone lightly tapped the back of his head.
Surprised by the playful, gentle touch, he turned around to see a man standing behind him, smiling down at him.
“You’re so dull.”
“…Ah… Hello?”
“Come on. Let’s go.”
“Huh? Weren’t you on your way somewhere?”
“Just coincidence. Let’s go.”
Though he wondered how it could be a coincidence that he saw him from the 27th floor to the 1st floor, Seonwoo suddenly remembered the security cameras installed on each door and just accepted it.
Thinking that as a director, he must be able to see all the security cameras, Seonwoo slowly nodded and started following him.
And then he took a small, quiet deep breath.
The moment of destiny was right in front of him.
