Chapter 54.1

“Ha ha. Right? What a relief anyway!”

Bora laughed loudly and shook her shoulders.

“Oh, I thought I was in big trouble…….”

“Bora…”

Finally, Bora burst into tears. Louis, who barely stopped crying, sniffed at her, too. Hae-won picked the tissue and gave it to the two.

Li Yu-yen smiled at them and turned to Adam again who was quiet throughout, and rose. Then, looking at Li Yu-yen, he nodded his chin outward.

“What is it?”

Li Yu-yan tilted his head.

“We’ll be on our way now.”

Li Yuyen spoke on behalf of Adam. Hae-won jumped up and approached Adam.

“Already?”

“Something came up.”

Adam grinned. Then he turned to Louis sitting behind Haewon.

“Actor, congratulations.”

“Yes, yes, thank you.”

Louis bowed his head.

“I will send you a wedding invitation, so please come then.”

Adam didn’t forget his last words.

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A black sedan ran on an elevated road.

Li Yu-yen glanced at the back seat in a room mirror.

When Haewon comforted Louis, he thought he would be jealous of course. Adam was strangely quiet the whole time.

“Family….”

Yeah, that word.

Was it that shocking that Hae-won said Louis was her family?

“Hahaha.”

Then all of a sudden Adam burst into laughter.

Li Yu-yen grabbed the steering wheel with that sudden laugh. It was a laugh that made people nervous for no reason.

“Oh, she’s cute.”

After a hearty laugh, Adam clasped his chin with one hand. When he glanced down, his rich eyelashes sank together.

“She was shamelessly alive.”

“What?”

“No, I’m just talking to myself.”

Li Yuyen looked at him with a puzzled look, but Adam looked out the window calmly. He was so dumbfounded that he lost his pulse.

Adam realized today why he was so nostalgic whenever he saw Haewon. It’s a very ridiculous opportunity.

“People who eat together at the same house are called family.’

‘…….’

‘So we’re family, too.’

People change, but the way she talks remains the same.

It was her.

That girl.

If he had known that they would separate like that, he would have asked for her name. If so, would he have noticed sooner?

Haewon was Alpha.

‘An alpha can only be paired with an omega.’

‘Then I’ll be an omega!’

Was that day’s promise not kept?

But it was a relief. He can turn Haewon into an omega thanks to the fact that he was a rare type of alpha.

* * *

Adam picked up a record and hung it on the record. It was ‘Carmina Burana’ composed by Carl Orff.

The record went round and round.

The first song, “O Fortuna”, was his favorite cantata.

The orchestra, which is so magnificent that it is overwhelming, made the pessimistic lyrics more tragic, expressing human helplessness swayed by the enormous power of fate.

It was a song that made blood boil in many ways.

Like Seo Hae-won.

“It’s a great house.”

Li Yu-yen looked around and admired it.

It was the place Adam used as a studio. The porch hallway leading to the living room hung a butterfly frame he had carved himself. The study site was also filled with butterflies stuffed on one wall.

Adam tucked an empty LP into a corner of his study. In the study, which turned its back to the desk, there were books in various fields, including classical literature, biological books, and anatomy, as well as LP records.

Adam closed his eyes and listened to the choir’s voice. Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“Alpha and Omega. And beta.”

Li Yu-yen, who was watching the butterfly, stopped tall. As he turned his head, Adam’s gray eyes met his.

“The characteristics are innate. Then why does there exist a variant like me, who goes against the providence of nature, that can turn Alpha into Omega?”

“If you ask me that…….”

Li Yu-yen frowned.

Although he helped Dr. Bjorn in Manila, he had no medical knowledge to answer Adam’s questions. He knows how to cut and sew wounds.

“Take a philosophical approach instead of a scientific point of view.”

Adam added, as if to consider Li Yu-yen.

“It has nothing to do with me.”

Li Yu-yen replied crookedly.

Adam burst into laughter when he saw Li Yu-yen. He clapped his hands. The sound was so loud that he was surprised even when he was watching.

“I-I was surprised……!”

Adam rubbed his palm lightly and held them tightly. Like a devout believer who prays to God. He was an atheist, and he didn’t believe in fate either.

But as of today,

He had a hunch that life would be different.

Very much.