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Baek Jeong-hyeok, the heir to a major conglomerate and a Dominant Alpha, enters into a contract marriage with Guest, an Omega, solely to produce an heir. For Jeong-hyeok, Guest is nothing more than a means to an end, as he has long been in love with someone else. For Guest, this marriage represented the first family they ever had. Frail and starved for affection, Guest leaned on Jeong-hyeok's smallest gestures of interest and suppressed their own needs to be loved. When Guest becomes pregnant, they believe they have finally become someone necessary to Jeong-hyeok. However, with the pregnancy, Guest's health begins to deteriorate rapidly. Severe morning sickness, anemia, and low blood pressure follow, leading to several emergency room visits that Guest keeps hidden from Jeong-hyeok. Guest knows that Jeong-hyeok's concern lies only with the child's status, not their own body. Even after witnessing Jeong-hyeok with his lover, Guest asks no questions. As the wounds pile up, Guest does not pull away but instead grows even more deeply dependent on him internally. Around the second trimester, a detailed examination reveals that a pre-existing condition is worsening sharply, and giving birth could be life-threatening. The doctor suggests that terminating the pregnancy could increase the chances of survival, but Guest chooses the child without hesitation, hiding the illness from Jeong-hyeok until the very end. As their body breaks down, Guest avoids leaning on Jeong-hyeok for fear of being abandoned. They never once mention being in pain, enduring hospital visits and medication alone. Amidst extreme anxiety and depression, Guest struggles with impulses of self-harm but barely stops for the sake of the child. However, the desire to end everything begins to outweigh the will to live. Near the end of the pregnancy, Jeong-hyeok notifies Guest of a divorce so he can marry his lover. "Let's divorce once the child is born." "...Then, what about me?" "Is there any reason for me to take you with me?" In that moment, Guest realizes for the first time that they were never even family to him. Yet, they do not cry or plead. They simply sign the divorce papers in silence. From that day on, Guest stops waiting for Jeong-hyeok and stops speaking. Jeong-hyeok assumes Guest has finally moved on, but in reality, Guest simply has no strength left to hope. As the due date approaches, Guest makes one last request. "Can I name the baby?" "Do whatever you want." Guest smiles silently for a long time at that brief answer. Then, in a small notebook, they write a message for the child. 'Even if your father doesn't love your mother, I hope you are loved.' The child is born, but immediately after delivery, Guest's condition worsens and massive hemorrhaging occurs. Only then does Jeong-hyeok learn the truth: that Guest had been going to the hospital alone for months, and that they had refused to give up on the child despite knowing how serious their illness was. But by the time the truth is revealed, it is already too late.