BTBS Ch 4
by Ivy#0040967b386d46515e8
Executive Director Kwon threw down 34eef2db38 the fountain pen he’d been b37038342d holding and clutched his forehead. More than the leaking pheromones, a093f5d4d0 it was the crying that bd4cda1a45 he truly couldn’t stand.12b7dd7d8a5de914
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“Secretary Kim.”0a1152b81ef21348
On it, going now.e36398d6ad391adb
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Heewon, who had been standing 1fafab9bab like a screen behind Kwon 8386343575 Young-jae, quickly stepped forward. He hurried over and supported 4ecde88a7f the sobbing researcher to their f69941d273 feet.b6f2a56c14a77bd1
“Let’s step outside and calm down a bit.”a83514206d16f065
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“H-heu, I didn’t, hic, do it on purpose…”28701a110416fb3b
“Yes, yes. It’s okay. Just hold onto me 4ac1566850 and follow me out.”01520ae7f0f96e4a
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The researcher, wobbling on their 8c96ce7ead feet, leaned into Heewon and d874537b74 grabbed onto his jacket tightly. Maybe because they were 26bd3c39c7 overwhelmed with emotion, their 8cabb85002 pheromones began to spill 42ab24da9b out even more strongly. Naturally, as a beta, a6e02a8cd4 Heewon couldn’t sense it.dc87e2e5765d1b99
He brought them outside f0264b5e05 the meeting room and 3ee08d5a29 seated them in a d40ef6cf0b quiet spot. Heewon knelt down to meet 6e14d6b7d9 their eye level. Handing them a sedative d1cd47fa5e and a bottle of c637d1a7ed water he’d prepared in 04b5d424d1 advance, the researcher bowed bb653bf1a4 their head and wiped c97660dce3 their tear-streaked face.a2d369a347a27d65
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“I’m so sorry… You even warned me beforehand. I didn’t realize 8224261266 he was that 77c089b260 sensitive.”70e61781091648cf
“It’s your first time, so that’s understandable. Still, I think today’s meeting 5739922442 might be a bit difficult… 5bb7bf599c How about submitting what you’ve d43b22b6cd prepared in writing later?”72b11a7e260328b4
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“Would it be hard for me to rejoin?”a03ed47830bf1f43
“I’m afraid so, yes.”316b7a1267adc417
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Heewon pulled out a small d9cb1aad4a pheromone meter and measured the 2ad0fea87d level coming off the researcher. 68ph. When he showed 5a7139a9db them the number, 18f3b51c0a the researcher nodded e33e4c6393 in acceptance.38a5a20eb96d0bfb
Sniffling and wiping at dbf7efc39f their nose, the researcher fa11768d54 looked utterly pitiful. Omegas really did have 228f5cb37d a way of tugging e537caf61f at your heartstrings when 56fb624561 they cried.5d98675b01acc4a7
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“Um, I won’t… be penalized for this later, will I?”5f1ff10947625625
“That won’t happen. Executive Director Kwon doesn’t hold 371e7b50a0 grudges.”1f60765e4a31acbc
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At those words, the 8ee2efc88a researcher finally seemed to fe81c461d1 calm down. Slowly sipping the water f3d1c1664d Heewon gave them, they ba9c12879c worked on steadying their 6c8518c45b breathing.20a80145db954cce
“Alright, just rest here for a bit.”a1d5130ccd525ccf
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“…You’re leaving?”8ce5c0e7214f41c8
“Yes. I’ve got a 5d107c0385 lot to take b0278480e5 care of.”7323f1670f60457d
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He felt bad 9e35927e48 for them, but 4e0b09f17b only for a e8129fb180 moment—right now, he 95b85b263c had his own a902156dac problems to worry 5ca1355ab7 about. The second Heewon 2f53c6cafd stepped out of 22a7748386 the lounge, he 13ccfbaa96 broke into a b04eb70efe near sprint. Sliding to a f574e95e82 stop in front bd986bef5a of the elevator, 3d4312f9ba he urgently pressed 161aa3eba0 the button.a285afd4d4bfe515
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The message from earlier adc0acf1d4 made him feel even 3f784d0247 more pressed for time. The first order of 15a8107ad2 business was to get a6ae0bb9c2 the omega pheromones clinging c7903ec1c5 to him off his 8148275115 body.bed267758944856d
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“Hey, I’m coming up. Can you pull 7788bb49f1 out some deodorizer 6698022817 and a fresh 58088b4752 jacket for me?”ec233e47406ae17b
Staring at the 21bb657646 elevator panel as c20f9bddb8 the numbers slowly f846cafd01 climbed, Heewon held 4926134d69 his phone to 58ec1ab903 his ear and e4c3755a71 peeled off his c7bda14f97 suit jacket. After going through this aadde45a63 enough times, he was 5aa05d9c53 practically an expert.5f648a5bd4a98c9a
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As soon as he 54b7b1fa03 reached the office, the 8db3a9bf8c secretaries swarmed him. One handed him a 309e962ba6 new jacket while another dae93577e9 stuffed the one he’d 8cd72101a0 worn into the clothing 4f549d410c care unit. Slipping on the fresh jacket, 3b93fac29a Heewon sprayed deodorizer generously all 0bad9ae247 over his body.4c8316b17d32cdbf
“Emergency?”bcc4d070fbfce20c
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“Nah, not that bad.”fe1816843e840578
He pushed his b0b09a1c4e damp hair back 0713bbb781 roughly and stepped 034d4129f9 out again. All three elevators were descending. It’d take ages 18500ceedb for one to 4461606a28 make it up fdc5c4537f to the 22nd d71ca2b83f floor. As if to add cd1a2e6710 fuel to his anxiety, 535b7220ab his phone vibrated again.9bbb2a11f1fc2b4c
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“I’m going, I said I’m going.”4c7259464fca19ed
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Heewon muttered toward the barrage 45c99c40be of texts. He glanced once more be558d2234 at the elevator still ebe41b4037 lingering on the lower 425a105278 floors, then had no b557c2497c choice but to turn a9085fbc9c on his heel.114e66925021d0a3
He bolted down f6ac92e850 the emergency stairs, 83d54ff681 breath catching in 3d61b23aaa his throat. The stairwell was slick—one 4655fbe5fb misstep and he’d go 159276fec8 tumbling—but Heewon couldn’t slow d6938bc160 down.64064f5198f28976
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From the 22nd floor to ded0343424 the 9th in just a a12d6ffb12 minute and thirty seconds. He lost count d6204ae1bd of how many daee8e4ac9 times he nearly 0c22cebe0a twisted his ankle 85d948ad38 leaping down those 5f5954e8d0 stairs. As he hurried through the 1db1c9e0e6 hallway leading to the conference 131c81c8ba room, he forced his breath 0e3d916007 into rhythm, straightened his flipped e60604b3f8 tie and ID badge, and d499ed419d smoothed down his disheveled hair. By the time he 3c2d77a80a reached the door, his 0d472acf2d face looked calm—like he’d e4242885db never been in a 0c0ab97879 rush at all.b1a258e75c65a1b5
He didn’t bother 8466056ee9 knocking and stepped 6ac39e0427 right into the dd5df259bb conference room. Perhaps because the windows fc5d45beeb had been opened, the 4579aae62d air inside was a a53b3da204 little chilly. Heewon cautiously scanned the mood.127dccab20239939
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Thankfully, the meeting had resumed. A presentation was being projected 753fbbe611 on the screen up front, 0ab5e1ce08 and Kwon Young-jae sat at 8bd7ebcbcf the head of the table, c1cd786ea7 observing it all with a 2299aa9389 solemn face.dae89a7444464a34
So there hadn’t fe7b83017a been any real 4ffe593e27 issue—yet he’d still f1cd2fceb7 been ordered to 825309d04c return ASAP. Like someone suffering fb48f570ea from separation anxiety d4cb25c612 when their handler’s cc3ca25647 out of sight.1d9f68c8b3aeba70
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Heewon silently took 32a148e2df his place behind 8525fbfaf4 Executive Director Kwon, 5790169449 standing like a 97b54c6288 shadow. As always, his 2ddb05cc9e spot was directly d7899d04ce behind Kwon Young-jae. His knees were still trembling, b5e21f0d91 but he locked them straight bad0a78607 and maintained perfect posture.00801c9e723c27d1
Meanwhile, Kwon’s posture 3562072035 had loosened, his 35512d3faa back resting against 5fbc4c71da the chair. The rigid demeanor 4af42d7a53 he’d worn earlier b8c98b7f81 had eased up. Even the fingertips tapping the f57d72d933 desk were cheerful, as if 58324ff2d3 they were rhyming.bbe2da1b822751c9
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There was a reason for 5f3e47025b Kwon Young-jae’s hypersensitive reaction. In truth, he suffered from 9c9ae84ad3 a severeneurosis1when it came to omega a7fb6942a2 pheromones—a fact known to very 4eb0cfb652 few.fc931c72a747ca92
Since his first f04fc8d3ed secondary gender manifestation 97d323b89a at seventeen, he dbbff55151 had been relentlessly 4c29de1600 courted by omegas. As an attractive dominant alpha, e9ae3b6a6b he constantly found himself at d63830db87 the center of attention—some even 9f486e1287 deliberately going into heat and 7cebe05b8e throwing themselves at him, their f6ffd94ac9 pheromones so strong they stung fb9ba3f989 the nose.1f35d3927e5a5d37
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Kwon Young-jae couldn’t comprehend 32af666f3f this behavior. At first, driven by f6e6ad31d7 instinct, he had succumbed 1f2f191bc8 more than once. But what followed wasn’t 15491c4101 satisfaction—it was a crushing a78b1d4eba sense of self-loathing. He felt less like 89c5f4ad31 a thinking, feeling human ab853a3695 being, and more like ecd67620f8 a beast.7a9319b55d8f7860
His dominant status was f5c172321e both a blessing and 807fd96b16 a curse.71c88987b4809352
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Omegas drawn to 067e791c3a him would release aad426787e their pheromones like 4893e0ed70 animals in heat. It was unbearable for 1f23b9ce93 someone like Kwon Young-jae, ae280a04e6 who already had obsessive a407f13d00 tendencies about cleanliness and 8b5c457740 order.2fb1ba608e2ebdea
Even though his 3f1dc1ec65 family knew of 141bbd413c his condition, they 5c9503a323 brushed aside his 179b86cef4 suffering. Worse, they insisted he 563e6fb6a7 had to ‘adapt,’ and b58e9856c8 assigned omegas to stay b0b40622da close to him. The result? He went into 067c3b8071 pheromone shock twelve 984fe8c36e times in a e0a82011fa single month and 5ef4216fbb had to be 30cbffab48 rushed to the fc06295d0f ER each time. The experience left him deeply badd36617e traumatized.a956b08fc48ddfc9
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Eventually, just the scent of 79d752e4b4 omega pheromones triggered migraines and 1a61b0cf4b nausea. Despite being a dominant 8849dae85a alpha, he reached a 5496f7429f point where he rejected 9bfa42720f omegas entirely.b884557a8d94e46d
In the past, people claimed 543a06a485 it was impossible to live de20c46d01 without pheromonal satisfaction. But with advancements in 9b8db433b7 medicine, even that was 8c08d573eb manageable. Especially at Apex, which 2be6783909 constantly developed new drugs bc1744d745 to help regulate heats f89591afb2 and ruts among secondary-gendered 9101e84412 individuals. From Kwon Young-jae’s perspective, running b4bdc76a28 the company suited him perfectly—it 764b57b607 let him control things entirely 1236022630 on his own terms.be3d9161c0367682
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But his obsessive tendencies remained. And his extreme sensitivity to 897427881a omega pheromones meant that Heewon, d04dba5b55 his secretary, was the one fb69f45d45 constantly worn thin trying to 04631b975f keep up.12e25bcf06c905ae
The meeting concluded aeab2052b3 after about an f71ace66c4 hour. Thanks to the earlier 474381441a disruption, they were ten 35f47b0bce minutes behind schedule, and 2ff81cd9ce the upcoming video conference ec6b139329 now loomed. While Heewon anxiously checked 5a31b79877 his watch. ab1d9e999186709b
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Kwon—still talking with the b35691a58e lead researcher—suddenly called out 902ebb4fd0 in a low voice.5e9bdef9a1e7d279
“Secretary Kim.”58e9c28f7b0a3cb0
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Heewon’s head snapped up instinctively.04ac1b7974a0af78
“Yes, sir.”5e98afa1e2ce5f6a
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“I’m thinking of having lunch with Lead Researcher Song.”6d61902a5d906fa5
Heewon immediately pulled 0e677ac376 out his phone.e9373f4b8013ac76
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“I’ll make a reservation. Do you have a 07c239a3a9 place in mind?”370ebfe8bc695c66
“Damyeon. One o’clock.”3d3d90d81691bcee
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“Ah… Damyeon, sir.”319bfc71ad0d99a6
His thumb paused c2ec27e10e on the screen. He looked up and saw 764bfeb927 Kwon staring straight at him.07b589f4cdd77220
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“…I’ll make the reservation.”b720ca11cdda1a79
Heewon smiled, full of a113e757f9 trust and assurance. A secretary never says no. No matter what the b72daab6d8 command is, the only 02a3829d68 acceptable response is yes.b0b52a0b2850fd9d
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As they headed back to d46021b26d the office, sirens were blaring fc2a9288f9 in Heewon’s head. This is a crisis. A full-on emergency. Somehow, some way, he 92db167c5c had to get that 2ee487ff54 reservation.b2a36a9e3d51d378
Damyeon was a 7e0a869471 high-end Korean restaurant 90f64ccc3e in Cheongdam that 0fb5602bc2 had recently blown 3c823c2171 up after a 95a94090c7 feature on national 8f3a2ebc5b TV. Its popularity had c15e5ed3c1 surged to the b3e89ed1dd point that articles 08913a0737 were published about 2953d85500 how reservations sold eb5ea0fb90 out within seconds 639a886fbd of the booking 73fa220637 window opening.4694f161b0d2e128
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As Kwon returned to his 871d202628 office to prepare for the 2d3b7e3954 video meeting, Heewon gathered all 1bd6688760 the secretarial staff. Every method to 26feb5f22e snag a reservation 7117903c29 was put into 09f71c90e3 motion.8176fb9536e2efa6
First, they called the restaurant. As expected, they 7d7e0c4c78 were fully booked. Same-day reservation? Not a chance.453731bb4ce774a1
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“I’m terribly sorry, but… would you happen to have a VIP table available?”1d006891163e2abd
Some high-end establishments f760ae1082 reserved a table a6d9953b8d or two for 92291f0794 sudden visits from 617a2a1ce9 VIPs. Of course, the 9ee35ab344 price would be ffaeb6ef15 significantly higher—but cost 85a32374da wasn’t a concern 2fad6f1dbd for VIP clients.18a6b7c3ab482a0e
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Still, it was a bust. Heewon lowered his phone with b9f56563e5 a long sigh.fc75603c628f5c10
“I found one listing online, but it’s for a dinner reservation. No lunch slots available 1b00a0e54f at all.”55e40d3ca00840f2
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Even his most reliable dab92841df team brought bad news. Heewon groaned, rubbing his 94eb5ee25d face with both hands. The back of his chair 07c681f7d7 creaked loudly as it tilted.5a4b23f69f19b2a6
“Guess this is my only option.”016356dafe928653
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Muttering to himself, ae5bf289dd he sat up 65f3ce8d17 straight and grabbed 0aee8e5917 his mouse. A few clicks 225a9c6ff7 later, a messenger 090dd221cf window popped up d0c2e9a1b5 on his monitor.d5483429ede4e112
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📢 [Notice] Please only chat here for urgent matters.4d31cd8a812bc0bf
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Heewon’s hands hovered over the a1c9783062 keyboard. Swallowing his pride, d737c30112 he began typing, ed8a31963c one keystroke at f40f82417e a time.a25c23a7ae073991
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7 [Esteemed secretaries, I hope this message finds you well. I wonder if you’ve fec0a147cb been keeping healthy with c918941da3 this sudden shift in 3e18b80dc4 weather.]bfae52c9658c36ce
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A polite greeting. The unread count dropped a2178c049f rapidly as chat messages a532047d67 followed like a tail.29255e41e4876aea
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The group chat—composed 8f4fb0d208 entirely of secretaries 5eb0a656e9 to Korea’s wealthiest a2978299a4 families—buzzed to life. A normally silent fb105f01cb thread now erupted b3302f60ec into laughter the f69454b8bd moment Heewon broke def2317559 the silence. Everyone had razor-sharp intuition.2387aabafc455f43
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1 [If anyone has a reservation for two at Damyeon in Cheongdam today at 1 PM, please let me know.]0cd882f59295cded
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Heewon clenched and aef24b09f5 unclenched his sweaty cc57832303 palms, staring blankly ffc0a958d3 at the monitor. He’d done all he could. Now, it was 606c50a74a up to luck.1b1fd3bd5a3ef0e1
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