Black Card Debt: Daddy's Little Thief (Omegaverse bl)-Chapter 49: When sharks cry

Seoha’s POV

With Taesan out of the room, I let out a sigh of relief and little Sooin looks up from her coloring book to look at me.

"Daddy, are you tired?" she asks and I shake my head, laughing softly at the look of concern on her face, how did a man like Taesan get lucky with a treasure like her?

Sooin gets out of her seat, and closes up her book, "are you tired?" I ask and she nods with her hand folded in a fist as she rubs at her eyes.

"Tomorrow, I want to show everybody my daddy" she says and I hold her hand to stop her from hurting her eyes, "stop itching" I say and she stops to wrap her fingers around my wrist.

She keeps chatting as I take her to the room and starts a bath for her.

Sooin remains full of pure childish joy as she sits in the tub, patiently waiting for me while singing a cheerful tune about three bears in a house, each word she sings is followed by a loud splashing of water.

"Innah, you’re making a mess" I scold and she stops splashing immediately, "sorry" she apologizes cutely with a lisp, and I ruffle her wet hair to make her giggle.

Once she’s done with her bath, I dress her in a green cartoon shark pajama, and the little girl doesn’t stop making growling noises.

"I’m a shark! See?" she says and shows me her teeth while I help her brush, "you’re a cute shark" I indulge her and she squeals, "me, I’m baby shark and you and dad will be mommy and daddy shark"

"Time to sleep" I announce as I pick her up and I tuck her in her father’s bed, when I don’t climb in, she sits up with a pout.

"I have to wash up too" I laugh and she shakes her head, "daddy, stay in dad’s bathroom" she whines and my eyes wander to the bathroom, the thought of using the things Taesan uses makes me dizzy.

The thought of smelling like him brings back the memory of the awkward position we were in today...and I wonder how he would react if he sees me.

"I’ll build our nest!" Sooin claps as she bounces on the bed with excitement, "yes, make it pretty, hmm?" I say and she gets distracted; I watch her play around for a few seconds before going back to the bathroom.

Alone in the space, my hand reaches for the half empty shampoo bottle, but I stop halfway with my fingers almost touching the label.

’Did I give you permission to touch me?’ Taesan’s word from this afternoon comes back to me and I slowly put my hand down.

He didn’t give me permission to touch anything, I’m allowed to sleep here, and nothing else.

With a sigh, I return to the room and find Sooin already lying on one of the pillows, "I waited for you" she says proudly as she opens her arms for me, inviting me to cuddle with her.

"Thank you for waiting" I say to her and climb into the bed to hold her gently, stroking her hair and humming just like I used to do for the pups in the daycare I worked at three years ago.

Exhausted from running on so many emotions today, my eyes slip shut and I leave my hand in Sooin’s hair, it doesn’t take long before the little girl falls asleep and I follow suit.

I dream of nothing, but I feel everything, I feel my skin itch from wearing the same clothes from the morning, I feel sweat beading on my face, and I feel tiny fingers digging into my skin.

It doesn’t hurt too much, but it’s uncomfortable enough to force me out of sleep.

"Don’t go" Sooin’s small voice whispers, and as I try to sit up, she lets out a small cry and holds me tighter, "no, please, don’t leave me" she cries in her sleep.

"Sooinie" I call her gently, but she doesn’t wake up.

"Baby?" I whisper, brushing her hair out of her face while she cries, "I don’t want to be alone, please, mommy" she sobs and I shake her body harder to bring her out of the nightmare.

"Baby, no one is leaving" I say loudly and as soon as she opens her eyes, she hugs me tightly, immediately pressing her face into my neck to seek out my scent, and I hold the back of her head to keep her as close as possible.

Sooin’s crying doesn’t stop even as I whisper comforting words to her, she just keeps on sobbing quietly like she’s hiding, it’s heartbreaking to see her like this.

"Baby, can you tell me what you dreamt about?" I ask and she shakes her head, still sniffling as she presses her face closer to my scent gland and wrapping her arms even tighter around me.

"You don’t want to tell me?" I whisper softly and a shudder rocks her tiny body, "everyone was going away...like mommy" she says against my skin.

"Oh, sweet pup" I whisper to her, rubbing my hand up and down her back, my own eyes are watering as I think about it, what kind of mother will walk out on a child like Sooin?

This has to be the reason Taesan will do anything for her...the reason he made me stay.

"Daddy, please don’t go too" she says and I pull her away from me to look into her eyes...looking at her little face feels like looking in the mirror, sad brown eyes and wet cheeks.

My omega is completely at alert for the pup, standing for her, like Sooin is really ours.

"I’m never going to leave, no matter what" I say and she nods, her eyes are still flooded with tears, and I wipe them with my fingers, "I am here to stay, okay?" I say as I hold her in my lap and rock her back to sleep.

The little girl’s body keeps shuddering till she falls asleep with her thumb in her mouth for comfort.

Once she’s asleep, I put her back in bed and get out of the room to breathe.

I can’t hold it back anymore, seeing the child cry for a mother that left her makes me think of my own mother, I walked out on her and made her cry when I left the family for Daeshin.

Look where I am now, a thief with a child who needs me for comfort, I keep my sobs at bay till I get into my room’s bathroom.

My chest feels tight as I put on the shower and stand naked under it. I wish the punishing cold water would do better for me than crying for my dead mom has ever done, I wish it could wake me up just a few years back.

’Seoha-ya, come home soon, I have something to tell you’ she once said to me over the phone, but I never went home, and now all I have left is a lifeless guitar.

I shut off the shower and without drying my body, I put my pants back up and stumble back to the room with blurred sight to pick up the guitar, the guitar I kept in the wardrobe for years.

The old guitar with its rusty and broken strings is the only meaningful thing I own.

I place it on the floor and just stare at it...I put my mom in Sooin’s shoes when I left home, didn’t I? Did she have nightmares too? Did the heartbreak contribute to her death?

I swipe the back of my hand at my face to wipe some of the stray tears and that’s when I hear a clicking sound behind me.

Kang Taesan is standing right behind me, dressed in that black shirt a those pair of frameless glasses sits on his nose bridge, the alpha’s phone between his shoulder and ear with his hand holding a gun and pointing it right at my head.

But instead of being afraid and panicking...I just stare.