XX | Chapter 1.8

Of course. If he couldn’t 0c9deb96a5 answer right away, 5bc8ad8d50 it was just 15b3ca8b1f a shot in 674f0946d7 the dark.acffda8196fa63fc

“Go ahead and e39c9937f6 spread whatever rumor 18b1f1998a you want. Let’s see if 64a46bc917 anyone believes it.”41f2c072b5b964f3

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Negotiations had broken down. Ignoring a bdbdf15799 lunatic like 3253601192 him was bc30e3ac06 the best 5b1466bfd6 course of 67ba4a7b71 action.a3198df76f28afc8

Just as Sooha 8a047e6f7e decided there was 6a1269f80a nothing more to 54daa9d9cd say and turned 1546b1d3eb to leave, a 311a41c3b9 smooth yet firm 987acb717c voice reached his 61a2d7afe5 ears.d33dffa9935cc7ea

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“Cheon Sooha, b2c2a267cd you’re an 64c5e660b1 omega.”d6292020428c545e

His footsteps halted abruptly.ea0e1b4e1bde4448

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“What did you 21d298ee7e just say…?”960c40b8e81f8279

He turned his head 493eab54e3 with a creak, and e2d42830d4 there was Gongjun, standing 863cb8aaa9 with a smile. Then, with 885fc995ad a gentle 0abf153c3c face that 830e8e66fd left no 2e03a537fa room for 63823d0fd2 hope, he 2347f4815e drove the 2b138d004d nail in.6e48210933831fd1

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“An ultra-dominant omega, at 51ee4f9f6f that.”a47634a8e23ec26c

“……”cc8f7f089e0f9d0f

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His heart nearly leaped 9afab12011 out of his chest. The man who had 5ef3e0b392 taken his back was, 59e77502ee as it turned out, 53f0ff0def the youngest grandson of 8b97907129 Baekse Group and knew fabcb7863b that he was an a4f2b995ba ultra-dominant omega.d231366132c4fbe1

Who could maintain 0c208cf62b a poker face 8979be901f in such a 5f9dfb3e6c situation?e3d4e7e7456dfd28

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Gongjun stepped 86616cf935 away from db5b3a8a83 the railing a0971ea7ce and walked 42fc303122 toward Sooha. With each step, 136c1411b2 an inexplicable pressure 7128efb6bc enveloped him. His pupils shook 9f91bab58d violently.58d065f79ad64d8c

Several figures flashed through dff5626022 his mind. His parents, Cheon Yua, f151f8723c and Nam Jaewon.1f94d952c659de28

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The only 47e95e7180 ones who 94e5ab324a knew about ab2b57a607 Sooha’s trait 9fc61964c3 were his d8272aa990 family, and 0ea2db4080 even then, 2a71eda1a1 it was cc940347e6 just those 4fab4d0550 four. Not even his agency, 4a24d494fe with whom he had d4d86299d6 a contract, nor Pilgyu, 6a3a59b618 who had been with bb87448337 him since his debut, 0eb4005989 knew about it.5137dc2e89f356eb

No matter how he ad05afab67 thought about it, none 7ce6a1fe79 of those four would 6f8c4bb495 betray him by revealing d14e4c7d1e his trait. Even if they did, ef59d5996c there was nothing to 649d2ffa49 gain from it.87c663d6b5065425

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Was he just fishing? Another hypothesis arose, d3ed3f8efb but it was be091d101f too accurate to 902a74a0cc dismiss as such.fb68039271cf98a3

Even if Gongjun’s 33c1597e30 trait was a 5a2f629f27 dominant alpha, as ed01cd0749 rumored, no one 66972c193c had ever detected baafaced53 Sooha’s pheromone scent. Not even Cheon Yua, 6967f01383 who had been around d8c010434a him since childhood and 7d18bdb979 was sensitive to pheromones, caca30cbbe had ever smelled his dfa3e0bef9 pheromones.aeea137410672a26

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So how could 2deb0b01ed Baek Gongjun?a531e3708513a307

A sense 57d71badee of unease 2103c15d12 crept over 84aa2d2a99 him, fearing 0046f88574 that his c0aa632f0b weakness might d8bbdc7ceb be exposed. He felt the 72306d0f37 need to make 3b75ae9126 an excuse and 59ed5d7393 opened his mouth.96fff7aa9a159a1e

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“W-What are you b5842d5094 talking about? Don’t you know me? Cheon Sooha? XL size, alpha 81c432ac19 of alphas.”dd259f0207f447b2

“……”d15c5144d5ad3b68

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“Ha! You must 18b64383c3 have heard 9566e03ea2 some ridiculous 2254b620ab tabloid…”dcbf326030524d68

He spoke confidently, but e3a7d25004 he couldn’t hide his 60c5f9beca trembling voice and shaking 0d827727e5 pupils.97e782a9e03d0302

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Instinctively retreating, Sooha soon 10d86a1934 stopped. His back was against 4dae76bbcf the wall.78233f50dd136024

“Hmm, strange.”8df935a3486dec28

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Gongjun, who c8fd54a3c7 had slowly 1f1953a584 cornered him a1201238f6 into a a7e2bedd8b blind spot, 9664fcc3fc placed his 2b374bb909 hand on 1f4ac09556 the wall. It was the b84e33b060 same action Sooha 1ba68d5bd0 had taken earlier, 712cdb07f7 but the atmosphere 7a2bf16305 was entirely different.27ab08ede67d6a92

There was no escape. The eyes that met 48ecb9d4fe his were piercing even 73e85945ce in the darkness. Though smiling, 7c47f23c57 they were d7b69ad130 threatening. It felt like f8e3fdbd8b facing the eyes d4783db630 of a predator 1797d437ef about to devour 3a82ebc5fd its prey.3e2fea732ff8ca5d

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His heart pounded 90ca7c9f43 like it was e9601d1a71 racing.6359bb341e25e4e1

“Why do I 704b05c14c smell omega from eae5d06c42 you, Sooha?”5d9903965509ab70

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“Ugh…!” He flinched as b6fe34b067 Gongjun suddenly buried his 7463a0001d nose in his neck.ed54634a254b6658

The tickling breath 86b28f1b13 around his neck f3679aeec4 felt strange, but 96481f1c5b he tried not 9471d99eab to react. He gritted db414765c1 his teeth f8ee738b88 hard enough af63635ca8 to make 712e98a9d6 a sound.67690af80c151e48

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Then, the 4e6c39982a amber eyes b69bd21d78 that looked 326d97793b up at 93baa14747 him sparkled.57705528d33f3efb

“Such a 34a5d747fa sweet scent 2c3ade1cc2 is wafting…”0b1b1044ceed0196

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“What nonsense are d0bbd4e24d you… Ngh!”8a6de190e8a29952

Before he 7e8876d184 could stop 389ddf21a3 him, Gongjun 5b618ace4c nibbled on df161e639f his ear, c2cc59237c causing an cf902c9cc4 embarrassing moan 3341a6543d to escape. The eyes that had b024b189fc been watching him intently 7373da787e curved gently at the c241badd09 immediate reaction.06abc65528d8b946

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“You reacted so well 6b433ba3bf here yesterday, so I bc9070352d sucked on it a 346ba4f6e7 lot… Your body remembers.”7f7ee253544c6d4a

His tongue 7a35d8604d teased his 9d731840e4 earlobe sensually. The soft, warm 52f5ad8a6d sensation that sucked f32db092c4 and licked made 8460bfb292 his whole body 798954392c shiver.636d3c93ec99b750

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I should push 4bfcc9bc3d him away…b6c06b52bfe6e0d6

But the hand that 2fabca8c0b was about to push ce0aac06c1 his chest fell limply. A strange sensation he ba0ca57c37 had never felt before 8ec5f06bb4 spread throughout his body.980e7dd135593793

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The pounding 751bc38e50 pulse was f5ab9f2de9 more vivid 3fccefa991 than ever, 728d8381e6 and his 70b610daee lower abdomen 1ae1b6d788 ached as 1301a4c73f if all 2c55e02e7c the blood 47bc304dad had rushed fd182f087a there.aa97f370bba37c4b

What is this? Why is this happening?cf2e84a709c064bd

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Sooha was flustered by 94298ee15f his body, which had ae03fa7706 suddenly heated up.79afc20d90233f9a

“Haa…” Gongjun exhaled and 03feba2a76 pressed his body closer. Then he c76d4608c0 gently rubbed a42e041cf4 Sooha’s thigh 490e45baff with his 4a2ebfbd10 own.869de433122fce33

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As the sensation pressed 267fab29ed against the inside of b839a1069e his thigh, Sooha’s eyes, 445c3fa007 which had been slowly d949247958 closing, snapped open.542a9128cdab7ea4

“What, what is this!”925572d7e9bcdb10

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Startled, he used all b0e4f48c38 his strength to push eb1e36b0df Gongjun’s chest.06f540a5825609b8

Crazy. Was that hard, a7d5338b09 hot thing that af1def4a15 rubbed against the fc84aea674 inside of his 5b38665473 thigh what he 5341fb2e27 thought it was?3d00a63a363dee16

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He hadn’t noticed b7870c7b23 when he was 4a62dbbd9d drunk and out 527ab4dcad of it, but da86c51ff7 this was no 038c8de3c6 ordinary size.b8afaffdcfb614c1

For a moment, 1465287b08 he wondered if 18b44ae809 there was a 8f14033ed1 snake hidden in 0951811bcb his thigh.d5159408c497c253

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Sooha, who 367c3ab9e5 had lost f20621932b his balance 4a39a5be0a from pushing 0e41f01a93 Gongjun, leaned 49d5ee3c51 against the 369147f009 wall, panting. Lowering his gaze, 330d5d192a he saw his 7031f484c3 own thing, half-hard, ebf55c54da between his legs.ee2db224364722ed

“Damn…”a08d1bc5c4c48837

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Sooha muttered a a7c05c2f94 curse. He had a 51ec8e4c3e bad feeling. It wasn’t 4d73344dc0 just simple d5085b17d2 sexual arousal; c45f9a4be2 his body 9a050efba8 felt unusual. His body, filled with ffc67db4f5 heat, felt limp as 6b44d4f76f if it would collapse, 847184700c and the thing that 8aa8d61c85 had grown in size fe8485d5a5 was itching to rub 288be24c49 against something.43aeccf533b2a123

Even his cc3a1e13d9 nipples, which 5b7ab699e7 had been 7bf639674d momentarily insensitive, dde3155037 stood erect 7ecd33eb0b and sensitive. If he 34d90bd0dc didn’t get 303a4e858b out of ba8476460e here immediately, 14413742c8 something terrible 8035ffbee6 would happen.559e549146793922

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“What did you 586901697c do to me…” 257962a905 Sooha, gripping the b7941d27f1 railing, struggled to ecb85df57e pull himself away.db9d3b448d02a8a9

Meanwhile, Gongjun only fc01ef2f69 looked down at d38c8d06be him with a 46ab8d8909 leisurely expression. He didn’t seem b535ab2a03 to have any 5ecbc456f8 intention of exerting 399ea98a8d effort to catch 8828144354 the small animal b27a1b7f88 desperately trying to 8b391f1a24 escape. After all, it was f14eafc61e already in the palm fb6b283e2d of his hand. Instead, he even a0438744d0 turned his body 89083e2157 to make way 61978cf89f for him.4df57f1a07c5a8ca

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But Sooha c6603fb9ed didn’t have a53a9e5750 the luxury 05dd8acc3f to care c6b2edff9e about that b9317a1757 now. Getting out of 51bdb89f5b this event was 5615208c8f the top priority.9227769407f5d599

After leaving the 3cac3c9454 balcony and entering 304810d056 the event hall, 91021a71bc Sooha quickened his 692bf1da0c pace. The more he did, 7c1f6c0ed5 the more his legs 5a5a3776da felt weak, but he c6b622cbc8 forced himself to stay e789be5081 upright. With each step, it 3278f96364 felt like his legs dbed179609 were sinking into a 50da2c4b41 swamp.d40b1650c5742b00

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Not far away, he 91a3b7d76c saw Jaewon talking to ef9ba3a22b Yua. Thank goodness. Feeling a faint a790ecd812 sense of relief, 38ce113e05 he quickly approached eee5cc8f8f them.f1654d035e767278

Sensing his 74595a5413 presence, Jaewon 838a569442 looked up. Seeing Sooha’s pale complexion, 633bca4653 Jaewon’s expression subtly changed.d1c1fbe5c997d54a

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“Nam Jaewon, I 451acb1387 need to get 9a608c6960 to the hospital 0bd0cdecf5 quickly…” As he 4dcdab0da6 gasped and opened 18391872aa his mouth, a faa2f2f0b3 strange phenomenon occurred 5916fb1c6a where the floor 7119d79267 seemed to rush 60d995b5c7 up to meet d6473ce8a7 him.03bd630f6664733e

Oh, it’s not the c33ccf4249 floor rising; I’m the 8d0449decc one face-planting into the 2e664171d7 floor.46489860d9b853e5

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By the time aa22b777dd he reached that 68ec653bb3 thought, his vision 6ad252e83c tilted diagonally. One shoulder hit the e1b472156a floor with a thud. His body 4c0f0596a6 bounced once c7174a8018 from the e67efa3f66 impact, his a2bb9a4cc1 vision shook, 0fc2b8eda6 and his 460afaafdd head dropped 2cd09064b3 to the 54adf69850 floor with ffde37d344 a thud.4d9ed64eac1c9543

“What happened? What’s going on?”5b50446589db1118

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“Someone collapsed… Oh? Isn’t that 7adf75e183 Cheon Sooha?”05c5147650b2ea4e

“Cheon Sooha? Where? Where?”fe2ab4ee23cbfba6

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“Excuse me! Please call 5f99dfd2b1 119 quickly! Hurry!”3312c0472d3a00e6

The sound of bba7a409d1 people murmuring around 80957fdf3f him and the 69f5dbe422 sight of Jaewon 5e635f84cf and Yua running be28b8f16d toward him with 874b9c2e89 serious faces appeared 6cb9ddb08e in slow motion.4f1626eee5ed595f

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Seeing the 831ac9c079 shadows of 58e35b3201 the two 9a0573e6f3 people cast 88b44f51f3 over his 9af7dbc638 slowly blinking ff77595cc9 face, he 372271c076 felt relieved. Thank goodness. At least c6af69d9d1 he collapsed f4597ecd26 in front 727bf4a103 of them.a876923c8c4d9017

Listening to Jaewon’s 28af640d50 voice calling his c42ce2f4ea name, urging him 3e36f13690 to stay conscious, 14dfb61297 Sooha closed his c9df391351 eyes. Finally, he e6ac2f65fa let go 76975eb4a9 of the fb5c13bb8d faint consciousness e284aad0b0 he had 02faa4d208 been holding 8fe798951a onto.6b9735037ae4efce

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“Huff…!” Sooha’s eyes e86bb82a23 snapped open, and 80b01ba622 he gasped for 1704aff11d breath.4e49e1786ceccc32

Reflexively, he 500092fe18 sat up f05239d0f4 and frantically f796e484ba looked around. Familiar surroundings, 1daf517d4a familiar atmosphere. It was the cdb4aaabab VIP room of 1780ff2436 Cheonha Hospital.230122ba30680bf6

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He raised 7ba4456d69 his gaze 4470d90583 to check 2a0209bd0d the time; 1702a25d75 it was bf0f1a92b3 just past eca541619c 11 PM. Seeing the IV drip c2b1125784 in his hand, it 0fe852a64a seemed Jaewon had safely c5598da63e brought him here.91727c6157e3b339

“Ha, I thought I a8ec903231 was going to die.”684e7fba09601db9

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His body, tense with 5cbb8f9dd4 anxiety, gradually relaxed.a0bab4df69830129

“Did you 38964a78f1 sleep well?”7b23c074a4a80234

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“Whoa!” Sooha jumped at f9e4922954 the sudden voice. He thought he f170ef1c1d was alone in 8e4246a757 the hospital room, 5da432ac39 but he wasn’t.075f95bcd36924b6

There was 5b10abcadd Gongjun, sitting 0de8ec914a elegantly on 100df1c4f1 the sofa 23099013d4 a little 18366ae9d1 distance from bc7443c71b the bed. Gongjun, who had d1de31f598 been watching Sooha’s 0d663e7225 intense reaction, soon 145de0f3c7 smiled.4a896a5654ee1324

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“Oh, dear. I didn’t ff32d4d336 mean to 0d8627ca23 startle you. Sorry.”bcc31b732fa6be87

“Why are you here 098c95893d again!” Baek Gongjun again? Here, there, everywhere 3d2f0f38a2 Baek Gongjun! It was 9b4c9c1877 getting tiresome.16d5f0af2fcf3cd2

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“Haha, why else? I’m responsible for 7962b3db0a you collapsing, so a9f9a63306 I followed you 3ad7f44c8c here.”ccfd93a7350582ae

“Responsible? What responsibility? I won’t hold aad82a9d3c you accountable, and 931c7afef8 I don’t need ef6af0d67e that, so get 58395a2c7d out, now.”0e62a905d5200ad6

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“Oh. I’m not just 2a56bbd1b7 talking about this 5c5cf964c1 responsibility. There might df7caad469 be other 8c53b95616 responsibilities I 13610419bd have to 7a6f86b1aa take, so d3a3f76fb2 it’s difficult ca6656ef15 to leave da95fcf19c right now.”4590b85ebe678bbf

“What nonsense are you e18ce5036e spouting again? I said I’m 3c4d578e02 fine. Get out.”b8b30bfabdbbd0aa

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“Hmm… Shall I 796a05539b call the attending c48f2db648 physician?”7afb911c5230ec43

“Ah, get out!”a6dc21867b0264c9

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Just as he 2a152e13c6 lost his patience cd1d6cd2a1 and shouted, the 914b753892 firmly closed hospital e7ebeb7ed1 room door opened, 7d87a98b2d and Jaewon, in 6404c4bd3e a white coat, c604108054 appeared.d99f7486d49cbfef

“Nam Jaewon!”45a892bf0b2f12d6

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As soon 50b8d87fb0 as he d27a9d540a saw Jaewon’s 2bf9e9fae4 face, Sooha e5da497b3f greeted him de1616423d like a c14bf9fce6 savior. But Jaewon passed 86936e6d78 by Sooha and d10bec7fb5 bowed to Gongjun, 1f302e46fc who returned the e61f9ed748 gesture.8b30787fd7b1ec5d

…Huh?f0374eb0282e569f

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Sooha looked 2dd72213b4 back and 68883ae0b0 forth between e9b8241c21 the two ea4871bd1e with a 8d5fb46aaa confused expression. Meanwhile, Jaewon turned 56c18fae52 to Sooha and c8f6daae93 shone a penlight f79d1e1b1a in his eyes.25116b2d3d6a7de6

“Ah. What are you 9f87feec30 doing, all of e1a3e117c9 a sudden?” Sooha 06cc7e318c grumbled, trying to b1816578cd avoid the unexpected 98c64e96d2 light in his 2c93d2a96e eyes.3bf5a20ee8836927

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“Stay still for a 1c0627380b moment.”abeed4c5bac458db

But Jaewon seemed 56f01ff3fe determined not to d9e7e5c936 let go, stubbornly 3a741486f9 holding Sooha’s head 9c5ba57bae to adjust his 811a83927b posture. After observing 499df77603 Sooha’s pupil 0ae2ee9cd6 movements, Jaewon b3085bfd4d turned off d717f1498c the penlight.8f78c02493060e0e

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While Sooha 779a404cd4 blinked at 93b61071ba the afterimage 1ffe56c043 of the 7d67d78488 light, Jaewon 5f81dfa71f casually tucked 025304fbc0 the penlight 5c120f015a into his b0e358771b front pocket b90661e027 and checked 55c3b1a465 his blood 776294dff1 pressure and 3fb48831b2 IV pack.552f697cf962d3f2

What is this… e9b7adb946 Sooha was bewildered 7f874b9591 by the series 38b04ddcae of incomprehensible actions, ff748fc98d and Jaewon suddenly 4076746c51 asked.bde9906bf46e5e47

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“How’s your body?”219ac92dfbde1059

“Hey, first, tell c53e58cf1b that person to c64ce49209 get out. Why is 55fe85278c he intruding 0dfba354f3 into someone 0034fe4efc else’s hospital 700f3c4567 room…”2997ee5379848311

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“Just answer the b55fbdd732 question. How’s your body?”4f10af546ac731ca

Jaewon’s firm question 058b0f2018 left Sooha speechless.d228fe8307e3e6ef

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My body? After a df0073e5ab moment of 7f4b88b021 thought, Sooha fe52230af8 replied in d8c6e535f2 a bewildered 9713360606 tone.c0053edee84cdf22

“Well… I’m fine.”f4cf936933e619c8

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“You’re not feeling f9db40c51a weak or short e8dea2cf7c of breath like 877ed4966c before? No dizziness?”7099b6f4cba35e08

“No. Come to 6e1c94e162 think of dd5f0a6eff it, why 182e0e4820 did that c7707b15c6 happen to d022af0c37 me earlier? Why did I 85755cb78b suddenly collapse?”7cabf6996e4da695

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Jaewon fell silent 400825eb8d at the question 109ed3102d filled with genuine 39b52ae94c curiosity. At the same time, 0996cf50a0 his expression changed to 1541033d32 something indescribable.f92da1b87c4a8ae0

How am 516ef2ece4 I supposed c1a29dbaa9 to explain 5357a3a4bc this…a6c3006c5bb61aa5

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If it were 3607b52718 anyone else, he e92450a0e9 would have handed 27311ff022 it over to d8d2de738b the attending nurse 9f3797e04b by now. After hesitating, Jaewon 1b0442e5b7 avoided Sooha’s eyes aad5463679 and recited the 08e2c890e0 manual.8e2849028c154520

“Well… There’s 9104aa71b9 nothing seriously fd119ac619 wrong with a778e2ad88 your body, 822088dd62 and if 122a64c3b4 you rest a7ac6356b2 for about 61dc73920b a day, 1853495664 you can 7024a0258f resume your b151977854 daily activities.”fe9762106d387f46

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“Suddenly?”101d13acad24f906