Minjae’s POV

I hold the jacket and stare at the pompous bastard in disbelief.

My eyes are still burning with tears and now I feel even more angry, he’s throwing a jacket at me like I’m what...a dog?

"Yah, you bastard!" I yell again, ready to put my two years of judo into finishing him, I won’t leave here without putting a mark on him.

"Who do you think you are? Huh!" I shout and Junho keeps pulling me back, he keeps his hands on my waist and is saying something that I really don’t want to hear.

I need to fight right now.

"Yah! Look at me, you- you are nothing to us, Seoha deserves better than a dog like you" I keep yelling with rage, but the man doesn’t flinch.

He looks like he doesn’t care, like I am just a disturbance, like a distracting bug and I roar in anger.

"Fuck you!" I manage to get out before Junho forces me out of the office.

The big man carries me bridal style, staying as rigid as that motherfucker in the office, while being gentle at the same time.

They have to be the same people.

Unable to express my frustration and my anger, I start to cry, the sobs shake my body, and I hide my face in Junho’s neck.

He can take all the snot and tears, I don’t care, he is part of everything making me this upset.

I press my nose to his neck, nosing at his scent gland subconsciously, and the comforting smell of sandalwood and linen fills my nose.

The smell is weak because he’s a beta, but it soothes me faster than anything I’ve smelled in days...better than the dirty shirt of Seungmin’s that I’ve been clinging to for days. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The man keeps walking and I pay attention to the sounds around us, the way people fall quiet as he walks by, carrying the crazy pregnant man with a baseball bat.

Once we get outside, he sighs and I steel myself again, I don’t want to let this get to my head, Seoha is the one who needs comfort...not me.

"Put me down" I say tiredly and he does, he puts me down, carefully holding my waist and his finger brushes over my small bump.

"Don’t touch me ever again" I say, holding the jacket in a way that I won’t put my pheromones on it in any way.

"Can I at least drive you back?" he asks and I eye him, not trusting him but too broke and tired to find a taxi for myself.

"Fine, but I will get out of the car if you do anything that makes me uncomfortable" I warn him and he nods, holding out his hand to direct me.

As we take the first few steps, a female voice calls Junho’s name and he looks back, there is a pretty woman dressed in all black with a bob.

"Excuse me" Junho says to me and goes to the woman while I turn my back, trying not to care what they’re talking about.

It doesn’t take long before Junho returns to me and places his hand on the small of my back.

He leads me away from the front of the building to one of those expensive cars, a different one today.

"Hold on" he says and opens the door for me to get in.

One part of me wants to be petty and sit on the back, but I slide into the seat instead, keeping the jacket on my lap.

"I’m sorry about Taesan" Junho says when he gets into the car, "he’s not usually like this" he says and I scoff.

"Really? It’s the first time he’s being an asshole like this? I would have sworn he’s acting like professional asshole" I say, keeping my tone as bitter and angry as I feel.

"I understand how you feel..."

"No you don’t, so please don’t say that, it makes me so mad" I snap at him.

"You people kidnapped him, took him away from his life and now he’s stumbling back into my arms, beaten and marked" I say and take a deep breath to calm my pheromones.

I wouldn’t want Seoha to smell anything harsh on the jacket.

"He wasn’t kidnapped" Junho says simply, keeping his hands on the steering wheel, "what do you mean?" I ask angrily.

"Seoha stole from Taesan"

"Seoha is not that type of person!" I argue.

"You can say what you want, but it’s the truth, Seoha stole from Taesan and he was employed to pay back" Junho says flatly.

"What does that have to do with justifying the way he hurt him?" I snap and Junho presses his lips together.

"Taesan will come to his senses" Junho says and I scoff again, "even though he comes to his senses, what do you think will happen? I’ll let him waltz back into Seoha’s life?" I ask with sarcasm.

"You can’t keep them apart from each other, this is far bigger and stronger than you, Minjae" Junho says and I frown.

Just what the hell is going on? Isn’t this just a fashion company? I can sue them and their shady asses with all my savings.

"There is nothing you can do, they’re fated mates" he says and I slump in the seat.

I could barely register anything else till I arrived at my small apartment, the door is still locked, and Junho stands by me till I unlock it.

"I’ll bring more of Taesan’s shirt, let me know if Seoha will need it" Junho says and I nod tiredly, just go in and locking my door.

My Seoha, my best friend is fated mate with a monster, he has suffered too much, he doesn’t need more.

"Moon goddess, this is too unfair" I say as I go to my room where I left Seoha.

He’s still asleep and looks sick.

I place the jacket over him like a blanket, and he seems to relax in his sleep.

"I will make sure that man never hurts you ever again, I swear" I say protectively and brush his hair out of his face.