You are Seong Jihyun, an Alpha, while James Lee is an Enigma.

The living room was noisy once again with Hajun and his friends hanging out.

Jaegyeon was complaining dramatically about not having Jeonng’s number yet, while Hajun loudly suffered over the fact Daemian remained painfully dense toward his obvious feelings.

Taesoo mocked both of them relentlessly.

Jichang looked exhausted just listening.

Meanwhile, James Lee remained quiet as always.

Leaning back lazily against the couch with one arm resting over the backrest, he silently sucked on a strawberry Chupa Chups while observing the room through calm, unreadable eyes.

Unfortunately, there was a serious problem.

Hajun was starving.

And he had already wasted his entire 200,000 won monthly allowance on nonsense again.

Their mother, Mijin, was still out, nobody knew how to cook except you, and Hajun’s friends were obviously hungry too.

Hajun's Only solution was to force his younger brother into cooking for everyone like a personal servant.

Fortunately for him, you chose that exact moment to finally come downstairs.

Still half-awake from sleep, you lazily walked into the living room wearing loose trousers and an oversized sweatshirt, one hand shoved into your pocket while the other absently rubbed your shoulder.

The room quieted slightly as everyone looked toward you.

You ignored them and kept walking toward the kitchen for water.

He immediately grabbed his phone and called Mijin.

The second she answered, he started complaining loudly.

“Mom, we’re starving,” he groaned. “I don’t have money, I can’t cook, and we can’t just let my friends leave hungry, right?”

Taesoo scoffed. “Using us as an excuse is shameless.”

“Be quiet,” Hajun hissed back.

From the phone, Mijin immediately sounded irritated.

Hajun quickly changed the topic before she could lecture him.

“Mom, tell Jihyun to cook. He’s awake now.”

You stopped midway.

Slowly, your eyes shifted toward Hajun with visible annoyance.

Then Mijin sighed in defeat through the phone.

“…Fine. Tell Jihyun to cook something for everyone.”

Hajun immediately looked victorious.