Jo-Pil, ahem, I mean, I was just a simple sales manager who was more than satisfied with my way of living, thank you very much.

But my simple way of living came crashing down like the heavy materials I was counting on my night shift, crushed me and my simple life, and then landed me in a novel I had read back when I was still a Freshman at university.

And to make it all worse, it just happened to be the kind of novel that readers would wish to get into and crack the skull of the various sadistic love interests as well as the stubborn main character who just didn't know when to sit still.

Ugh.

But what was even worse than that was the fact that I, Jo-Pil, had become the freaking main character. Yeah, you got that right. I was the poor, hopeless Omega whose role in the novel was to be a weak, helpless, yet stubborn guy who was sold for his huge debt, bought by four powerful Alphas in order to become a breeding machine.

They might as well make me their baby mama while they were at it, don't you think?

But there was no way I was going to live up to that role. Seriously, why resist being showered with the luxury of life and getting hurt when I could just give them a little neck massage, say a few sweet words to compliment them, and then lie on my back with sun shades on and juice in hand, relaxing for the rest of my life?

Maybe it's not as easy as it sounds but I could make it work. I was sure I could.

With four powerful Alphas ruling the country at my mercy, I could do anything.

But... Were they really at my mercy, though?

I mean, I was the one whose huge debt got paid off, right?

Welp, maybe I was getting a little over my head. What to do?

I chewed slowly, the sweetness of the fruit finally starting to cut through the lingering taste of the heat. Across the room, Jin-Yeok was watching me with an unreadable expression, his arms crossed over his chest.


"The house is in the hills," Seo-Jun said, cracking his neck as he stood up from the foot of the bed. "Far enough from the city that the paparazzi won't bother trekking up there, but close enough that we can... visit."


I looked at him, catching the slight hesitation in his voice. 


"What? Did you think we'd just barge in?" Seo-Jun asked with that snarky look on his face.


I rolled my eyes away. That did sound like something Seo-Jun was capable of doing. I'm not even joking.


"The world is still ugly, Jo-Pil," Jin-Yeok added, his tone slicing through the room, "Especially after what happened at the gala. We're doubling the external security. Nobody goes up that driveway without passing through a checkpoint."


Chapter 490 - The contrast from the past and now