How to Have a Baby Secretly-Chapter 36

A thin, short boy stood there, holding an umbrella almost as big as his upper body. He had pale skin, with a neat, delicate appearance, and was a classmate of Kang Jinwook’s.

“Choi Sunwoo.”

Unlike usual, Choi Sunwoo didn’t act curt or dismissive. He simply stared at Kang Jinwook, not with contempt or indifference.

“No umbrella?”

Choi Sunwoo’s gaze turned to Kang Jinwook’s empty hands. Kang Jinwook didn’t answer. He knew Sunwoo wasn’t really asking because he was curious.

Bang.

The large umbrella opened wide. Just as expected. Choi Sunwoo, looking uninterested, held up the umbrella and began walking into the rain.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

The sound of raindrops hitting the umbrella echoed loudly. Kang Jinwook stood still for a moment, watching Sunwoo’s retreating figure. Whether it was the weather or because of the large umbrella, Sunwoo seemed smaller than usual.

It would have been nice to walk under the same umbrella, with his body close, shielding him from the rain. He would’ve gladly held up the large, heavy umbrella for him. But there was no chance of doing that with Sunwoo.

Just the fact that Sunwoo didn’t ignore him and said something was enough for Kang Jinwook. When they were younger, Sunwoo’s gaze had been filled only with contempt and hatred.

It wasn’t until middle school that Sunwoo had changed. Maybe he thought it was time to stop acting childish.

Since then, Sunwoo had ignored him completely, as if he didn’t exist at all. But that only made Kang Jinwook feel worse.

Sometimes, Kang Jinwook even thought it would be better if Sunwoo looked at him with the same contempt as before and teased him.

“Hey.”

The sudden sound made Kang Jinwook’s eyes widen slightly. Sunwoo had turned around abruptly and called out to him.

“Come here.”

His voice sounded almost like he was calling a dog. But without hesitation, Kang Jinwook rushed toward Sunwoo.

“Ugh…”

Their shoulders brushed as they entered the umbrella’s coverage. The cold, damp sensation made Sunwoo shiver and shake his body.

“It’s cold!”

He spoke irritably, but he didn’t tell Kang Jinwook to leave. Instead, he just distanced himself slightly and kept walking.

Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.

The sound of rain hitting the umbrella was loud. Kang Jinwook thought it sounded like his heartbeat.

With the umbrella handle between them, all Kang Jinwook could focus on was Sunwoo. The heavy rain noise faded as he was completely absorbed by Sunwoo’s faint scent.

At the same time, Kang Jinwook felt an overwhelming desire, almost like intense hunger. He wanted to bury his nose in Sunwoo’s neat, slender neck and inhale his scent. He wanted to bite him, lick him, and taste his skin.

Sunwoo was a Beta. Whether he would develop into an Alpha capable of producing pheromones that could attract other Alphas wasn’t certain yet, but right now, he was not an Omega who could emit pheromones to entice an Alpha.

Still, Kang Jinwook wanted Sunwoo. He had to focus on something else. If he didn’t, he wasn’t sure what he would do to Sunwoo.

“Why are you doing this? Covering me with the umbrella.”

Kang Jinwook tried to push the impulses in his mind aside and forced himself to ask a question. But because he was trying to suppress his desires, his voice came out lower and rougher than usual.

Sunwoo stopped walking. Then he turned around to face Kang Jinwook, staring at him sharply.

“What’s the deal? I tried to help you out, and now you’re starting trouble.”

“Exactly. You’ve been ignoring me all this time. What’s going on now?”

“Ha, Kang Jinwook. Now you’re starting trouble even when I try to do something nice. What, should I just push you away again like last time?”

With that, Sunwoo stopped walking and turned his body completely toward Kang Jinwook. The way his eyes narrowed, especially today, seemed more striking than usual.

As soon as Kang Jinwook noticed this, the suppressed desire inside him surged back to the surface.

“When did I do that?”

He asked, suppressing his internal urges. Sunwoo looked at him with a confused expression.

“Don’t you remember? You don’t recall?”

Kang Jinwook dug through his memories, trying to recall a hazy past. But no matter how much he thought, he couldn’t remember anything specific. Then, he suddenly recalled the time he had helped Sunwoo when he nearly fell on the stairs.

“Are you talking about that time on the stairs? I already explained it. I helped you because you were about to fall. I was trying to catch you, and then I lost my balance and fell too.”

To be precise, it was Kang Jinwook who had helped Sunwoo when he slipped on the stairs while trying to push him away.

At that time, Kang Jinwook was just a target of Sunwoo’s teasing. Nothing more, nothing less.

“Right. You fell with me. But that was definitely because you pushed me!”

“It wasn’t! I just tried to help because you were in danger!”

Sunwoo glared at Kang Jinwook. His eyes, which lacked double eyelids, seemed even sharper than usual. Kang Jinwook’s gaze shifted, reflecting a change in his expression.

He felt a dryness in his mouth. This wasn’t thirst. It was something much stickier, more intense, something he craved.

If he stayed like this any longer, he was sure he would make a mistake. He needed to cool down, both his head and body.

“Thanks for the umbrella. I’ll go ahead.”

Kang Jinwook said curtly and immediately dashed into the pouring rain. What had felt uncomfortable before now seemed refreshing.

“Hey! Kang Jinwook!”

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He heard Sunwoo shouting from behind, but didn’t look back. He saw a familiar car pull up in front of the school gate. It was the car sent from home.

He had thought the car wouldn’t come because of Kang Jin-tae, but it seemed it had just been delayed. Regardless of the reason, what mattered now was that Kang Jinwook finally had a place to escape to.

Kang Jinwook quickly got into the car and slammed the door shut. Through the rain-soaked window, he could still see Sunwoo.

Sunwoo, looking quite confused, was holding the umbrella awkwardly. Kang Jinwook couldn’t take his eyes off of him and, at that moment, made a firm decision.

He was going to tell Sunwoo everything he had been holding back, no matter what.

Swoosh.

Kang Jinwook opened his eyes, standing under the cold water. He stepped back, turned off the water, and ran his left hand through his wet hair.

After finishing his shower, Kang Jinwook quickly dried off and grabbed his phone from the side table.

In the meantime, two new messages had come in from the guard he had assigned to watch over Sunwoo. One said that Sunwoo had gotten out of the taxi, and the other said that he had entered his house.

The last message had a photo of Sunwoo entering the front door with two large shopping bags and a heavy envelope in hand.

“How foolish.”

His arms were thin, and he was weak, yet he was carrying such heavy things. And he had been carrying a large, heavy umbrella that didn’t even suit him.

If he had known he had so much stuff, he would’ve had the guard help him, just like earlier.

Kang Jinwook clicked his tongue. He might have been able to help him at the market by pretending to bump into him, but it was impossible to do that in the neighborhood.

The neighborhood was quiet and almost devoid of people. It would have been unrealistic for someone to pass by and help.

Moreover, the guard who had helped earlier at the market might have been able to help once, but doing so repeatedly would have been dangerous.

Of course, Kang Jinwook could have contacted anyone in the neighborhood. He had already bribed a few people, including an intermediary. If he had known this would happen, he would have contacted one of them beforehand to carry Sunwoo’s things.

Kang Jinwook frowned as he scrolled through the phone screen to check Sunwoo’s movements, which he hadn’t reviewed earlier. The last photo he had seen was of Sunwoo struggling with two heavy bags.

He had instructed the guard to help with the bags based on the photo alone. After that, he had put off checking the details to handle other matters.

As Kang Jinwook looked at the photo, his hand stopped. There was a picture of Sunwoo talking to someone at the checkout counter.

“?”

It wasn’t just some passerby. Kang Jinwook quickly recognized the man talking to Sunwoo. It was the man he had seen two days ago in the underground parking lot.

He had thought it wasn’t strange then either.

“So, he’s one of Sunwoo’s friends.”

The man from Sunwoo’s apartment building was in the picture.