Mated To My Alpha Stepbrother (A Sunwoo ff) ✓

Chapter Fifty-One

˚₊໒🌙꒱Jihyo₊˚

Eric watched TV from the corner of the room while Jihyo's mind raced. She wanted to put the pieces together so badly, but she couldn't place them.

Something was missing.

Rolling over, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Eric's occasional attempt at a conversation was weighing her down.

She didn't want to talk. She wanted to sulk, and potentially figure something out. Jihyo' smelled Sunwoo's scent growing near, Eric did, too, apparently because he stood up and stretched his arms above his head.

Sunwoo opened the door.

"Everyone is here this time," Eric said. "She was a good girl, she didn't try to run."

Jihyo slipped him the bird as he left with a smile on his face.

Sunwoo locked the door and pulled his t-shirt over his head. "How did it go with my dad?"

"Fine," he said, kicking off his jeans and climbing into bed with her. "I could be completely wrong but I think he is genuine, Jihyo."

Jihyo looped her arm around Sunwoo's stomach and he pulled her into the crook of his arm. "I hope so," she whispered.

"You should rest now. We've had an emotional night."

"I'll say," she said softly, her eyes shut without a second thought.

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The next morning pounding on their door woke them up. Sunwoo jolted upright, rubbing his eyes with the heel of his hand. "This better be something important."

Sunwoo opened the door to Jacob standing in the hallway. "What do you need?" he asked, hostility in his voice.

He grinned. "You're needed in the conference room. A few alphas showed up a few minutes ago needing to speak to you about something."

Sunwoo groaned, but let Jacob inside the room. "Okay. Let me get dressed. Can you stay with Jihyo while I'm gone?"

Eric plopped down in the spot next to the window and kicked up his feet.

"You got it, Boss. There will be no escapes either."

Jihyo grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom with Sunwoo to get dressed. He watched her in the mirror as she tugged on her clothes. "I have some emails to get to but afterwards, maybe we can get some breakfast? I'm starving."

Sunwoo zipped his jeans. "Sure thing. I have no idea what this meeting is about, but I will make sure it doesn't take too long."

He kissed the top of her head and left her to finish getting ready. Jacob was still in the same spot when Jihyo walked out. Grabbing her laptop, she powered it on and waited for it to load.

Jacob's gaze settled on hers from across the room, and he grinned. There was something she didn't like about it. Something that turned her stomach into knots. Jacob was always friendly, but this didn't seem friendly.

"I wonder what those alphas want to talk about?" Jihyo asked.

Jacob shrugged while whistling under his breath. Jihyo wasn't sure if her senses were off because she'd just woke up, or they were spot on.

Something was wrong with Jacob.

She stared at her computer screen, unable to work, and finally shut the top. "Why don't you go downstairs and grab us some breakfast?"

Jacob swung his feet to the floor. "Nah, you can wait until Sunwoo gets back for that. You won't waste away in the meantime."

He stood up slowly, walking around Sunwoo's room as if he'd never been there before. Jihyo tried to keep herself calm as he neared her and only smiled when he glanced at the crest of their pack above Sunwoo's bed.

Jihyo watched his face morph into something wicked. Was there a longing there? Jacob did a lot for Sunwoo. Maybe he resented him for it?

This wasn't right. Something was really wrong.

Just as she stood up, the window opened, and there he was. Seojun. Her entire body froze at the sight of him. He stepped down into the room causing chills to run up her back.

She knew when Jacob didn't launch himself at Seojun that he was the mole. He was in on this. He betrayed Sunwoo and it made her sick to her stomach.

"Little Fox," Seojun said softly.

He looked just like she remembered, but this time his eyes flickered a different color, and his wolf was present.

No more hiding.

"What in the hell are you doing here?"

Seojun glanced at Jacob who looked pleased with himself. "So you can't be alpha so you swerve towards the cowardly side of this, huh? I didn't expect much more from you. I could tell you were a yellow belly when I first saw you."

The corner of Jacob's mouth twitched. "Says the Luna that was forced to come and stay here. Look at her mark, Beomseok. Isn't it pretty?"

Beomseok? Who was Beomseok?

"So you kept your wolf hidden from me, and your real name. Fitting."

Seojun stared at her mark for a long time, so many emotions twisted over his face. "You let him mark you," he chuckled. "There are ways of correcting that, and I'm gonna be the one that removes it."

Seojun stepped closer to Jihyo causing her to step back into the wall. "You thought I was just going to let you go on without me? You seriously had me completely wrong, Jihyo. Your observation skills are lacking."

He touched her cheek, and she swatted it away. "Don't. Touch. Me."

Jihyo attempted to reach Sunwoo with a mind link, but as soon as Jacob realized it, he shoved Jihyo into Seojun's chest. "Take her. She's trying to mind-link him."

Jihyo's fight or flight kicked in. She shoved, kicked, and bit his skin as he dragged her toward the window.

Jihyo watched Jacob begin to stage the room, and even slam his head into the wall to cause bruising. He was setting the scene.

Fear built in her stomach. She tried to reach out, but she became dizzy when he jumped from the window with her. It was broad daylight. Surely someone would see them.

Jihyo's claws came out, and she dug them into Seojun's back.

He howled in pain, slammed her on the ground, and stepped over her.

The corner of his lip raised into a nasty snarl.

He lifted his leg, and she knew what was coming. He was a coward, of course, he would kick her while she was down.

"He's here. Jacob bad," she sent to Sunwoo before everything went black.