The Claimed Omega

Wonho sits silently, gripping the fabric of his trousers as tight as he can while hearing the defence lawyer's argument. Though he knows everything is bullshit, the look on the juries' faces tells him that they are buying on to the ridiculous excuse of Juwon acting out due to his PTSD.

That bastard does not have PTSD. What he has is a rotten personality and anger management issue. And psychopath friends.

Now the man, a young and apparently unknown lawyer, is calling someone to the stand. Wonho leans against the backrest, annoyed and wanting to be near his alpha who is sitting right behind him. As soon as the person enters, Wonho's heart drops.

The person they called is one of his seniors, a project manager who sat two rows in front of him back at the company. 'No.'

Wonho turns around, scared that other people from the architectural department is here as well. There are none. While looking over, his eyes caught on to the two alphas - Heiran and Sangmo. They are staring at him, and Heiran has a wicked smile on her face.

She planned this. She purposely asked someone from the architectural department to testify for Juwon, just to let them know about their history.

'Do you notice any changes in his personality for the last few years?' The questioning has started, and Wonho quickly turns towards the stand, his palms sweaty. Chohee, who entered the company almost at the same time as the three is apparently one of their close friends. But it is obvious she is not aware of what happened, since she only said that Juwon had an accident which changed him. 

Owh god.

'Are you aware that the accident has something to do with Seo Wonho?'

'Objection!' Mr. Lim stops the questioning, as it has nothing to do with the case at all. The judge agrees and orders another question to be asked.

But it is already too late. Chohee's confused look says it all.

She is suspecting Wonho.

And the omega can just tell what expression is on Heiran right now - an evil smirk.

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'The jury is thanked and excused. Court is adjourned.'

Wonho gets up from his seat and hugs Mr. Lim for his effort. Juwon gets the punishment he deserves, but because the opposing lawyer manages to gain the juries' sympathy, his sentence is reduced. Wonho does not care though, this one win is enough for him to feel like a huge weight has been lifted from his shoulders. Already he feels like nothing in the world can stop him right now.

'Hope this will help you get better,' the old beta utters as he gives Wonho his bright smile, proud of himself to be able to help the poor guy. Minwoo comes to the front as well, patting his shoulder and saying his thanks before moving closer to the smaller male to hug him.

'And uh-'

'I won't tell your grandma. Aigo, kids these days,' the lawyer playfully complains, shaking his head as he makes his way out of the court. Grinning foolishly, Minwoo lays a kiss on Wonho's head before sensing another alpha coming near.

'Seo Wonho.' The noble turns to see the two alphas Wonho had been worrying about. The female alpha has a smug look on her face, as if her friend getting locked up for a few months does not bother her at all. And how dare she comes close to his omega? He can just punch her right now.

Except he won't. Because there are still a lot of people right now, making their way out. They should too.

'Wonho, let's go.'

'Hey-' Heiran calls his omega and Minwoo moves in between the two, strengthening his pheromone to challenge the shameless alphas. She must be crazy if she thinks she can talk to Wonho in his presence.

As expected, the two choose to lower theirs, not looking for a fight.

'Wonho, come on.' Minwoo pulls the other gently to guide him out but Wonho refuses to budge. Glancing at his omega, he notices that Wonho has a confused face. He is thinking. 

Then Wonho turns around to talk, but not before holding Minwoo's hand tightly, making sure his alpha stays with him. 'What do you want?'

'I just wanna say, we're sorry.'

Wonho scoffs, not believing the female alpha. She obviously doesn't mean it. And Heiran too, hearing the laugh, gives up on pretending. She smiles instead, her head falling down to her side slowly. 'I told you to leave us alone.'

'Yo-' Minwoo is about to start a fight, provoked by the menacing tone of the lady, but is quickly stopped by his mate. Wonho still keeps his stare, unmoving from his place, but the grip on his hand is tighter than before. Which means his omega is scared, or unstable.

'Is that why you called Chohee?'

'You disturb our workplace. I only kept my promise.'

'Sirs, lady, you need to move so we can to close the room.' The new voice of the security breaks the tension and the groups moves as instructed. Minwoo eyes the other two's movement, ready to attack if they dare to do anything to his mate.

Fortunately, they don't. Instead, they wave them goodbye and starts walking towards the exit. As soon as they did, Wonho grips his own hand tightly, feeling frustrated by the turn of situation. Just as Minwoo about to say something though,

'Owh one more thing,' Heiran stops her steps and turns around to face the couple, 'If you're wondering why we hired an inexperienced lawyer for Juwon, it's because he was one of the alphas there. You seem to forget that there were lots of alphas that night.'

Wonho's eyes widens at the realization. He quickly turns to his alpha, wanting instant security. His whole body shaking involuntarily.

'You better be careful or there's gonna be lotsa court days for you~' The female alpha hums as she left the court, laughing. No longer able to hold his anger, Minwoo starts to chase her, really wanting to hurt that bitch. 

'Minwoo!!' Wonho screams, begging for his mate to return, scared to be left alone in the hallway. There are a lot of alphas, he doesn't know if any of them were one of his attackers. What if the trial trigger them and they decide to take action against him before he does?

Owh god. What had he done? He shouldn't have started this-

'Wonie! Hey,' the familiar scent envelopes him, and Wonho starts to tear, holding on to his alpha tightly, 'It's okay. We'll get through this.'