Chapter 79
...What was that? Did I make some kind of mistake...
“Ah, ah! I mean, I rely on him a lot emotionally. Like... he’s like family, or maybe like a hyung?”
None of what I just said was true. Who in their right mind would rely on Yoon Taeo? I’ve never had siblings, but if I had a hyung like Taeo, I’d rather cut ties with my family altogether. Somehow, just breathing carelessly around him feels like asking to get hit.
“...I’m sorry.”
It was an attempt to get out of the crisis, but with Taeo’s unwavering gaze fixed straight on me, I had no choice but to admit my slip-up.
“To think you actually believe that about me.”
Taeo opened his mouth, and from the side of the grill on my plate, a piece of golden-brown pork skin was lifted. Pork skin dipped lightly in fine soybean powder.
Another correction was needed. I must’ve been mistaken in thinking I handled alcohol well. Or maybe these Alpha bastards are just seriously abnormal.
Or maybe it was a pride battle between these beasts. Taeo and Kang Seokho had been drinking nonstop, and after about twenty bottles, I lost count of how many more they had downed.
“This table seems to be having the most fun, huh? Pour me a drink too, sir.”
Choi Hyunjin, who had been chatting head-to-head with the Chief Secretary, suddenly took the empty seat. The atmosphere at the table shifted; I wasn’t the only one who felt uneasy about Hyunjin joining. The previously heated tension seemed to cool slightly.
It was as if everyone deliberately ignored Hyunjin’s words—no one moved. Even as Hyunjin’s face gradually showed growing embarrassment, waiting with his glass extended, the silence held.