ALPHA UNIVERSE #2: HEAVEN

CHAPTER 26

Vancouver, Canada | 2004

Loud emergency sirens and horrific overlapping voices filled the snowy night air as investigating authorities and medical liners scattered around to grab any possible evidence.

The prime reason is the slippery, cold road, and the still-investigating drive speed comes in second.

The ambulance containing two unconscious people is long gone, yet the traces of trickling red still paint the snow.

It was 6:30 PM of the Winter season when a loving mother and an excited daughter went to a happy ride down the market to purchase different goods and planned ingredients to surprise the hardworking father's arrival.

It was clearly a month when the head of the house had last seen at home due to frequent flying from country to country to sort out business, and today is definitely a moment to celebrate.

"We already retrieved the footage from the black box," one officer announced.

"Right. Scan it immediately to the quarters. Now."

It was exactly 6:30 PM when a huge truck and a small white car collided, and the newly arrived father froze in horror rather than freezing in surprised excitement.

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"Don't tell Donghyuck."

Mark once again sniffled and wiped his still-flowing tears, the young boy's shoulders shaking and hands itching to hold the unconscious young girl who's cradled with tubes.

"He n-needs to m-mom," Mark mumbled while helplessly scratching the glass that's separating the completely different atmosphere.

Instead of answering, Sooyoung just held her eldest son closely, embracing him tight with both fear and sadness.

It was late in the evening when the young girl survived the risky operation. And it was at the same time that the mother's heartbeat stopped.

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"Hyerim is the same friend you've been with, Donghyuck. You've just been missing each other since you're 4."

"Tell me something I don't know," the young alpha snickered and made himself comfortable on the CEO's swivel chair. —"You knew that something happened while I was being sent back here– oh wait, you all knew."

Dowoo exasperatedly sighed and settled on the black single sofa just in front of the well-organized desk.

Haechan's legs were on top of it. His back pressed on the backrest while he lightly twisted from side to side. On his propped-up hand lies his father's recently signed document folder, whose contents clearly highlight the merger of Lee Holdings and Bae Accessories.

It started on that very morning when he spotted Hyerim descending the stairs from the rooftop. The next will be his encounter with the young pureblood, where his fucked-up mood totally lies in there. So he decided to pay his father a visit,—a very unexpected one as he had never done before.