“The Chairman instructed us. When Lee Seunghyun’s heat cycle comes, we were to separate him from the young master and admit him to the hospital.”
“…”
“Right now, we need to take Lee Seunghyun to the hospital, Director.”
At Dowun’s words, Hwalyeon lowered her gaze. She frowned as she looked at the crying Suhwan.
“Suhwan.”
“Hic.”
Hwalyeon knelt on one knee in front of Suhwan and gently called his name. Suhwan, who had been trembling while embracing Seunghyun, flinched and raised his head.
“Noona.”
Hwalyeon took out a handkerchief from her pocket and sighed as she reached out. Carefully wiping his tear-stained cheeks, she spoke.
“Suhwan, calm down and listen to me.”
“Uh.”
“You’re both still young. So you might regret what happened today at any time.”
Suhwan blinked as he listened to Hwalyeon’s calm words. A teardrop hanging from the tip of his eyelashes fell with a plop. Suhwan’s lips, which had been swallowing his sobs, slowly parted.
“No…”
“Suhwan.”
“No, Noona… Please don’t take Seunghyun away from me…”
Please, please…
Hwalyeon bit her lip at the desperate pleading voice. Soon, a thought crossed her mind.
Could they have already imprinted? It was an excessive reaction for merely an attachment relationship.
With a hardened expression, Hwalyeon rose from her seat and stood in front of the tense Dowun.
“Director Kim.”
“Yes, Director.”
Feeling that Suhwan’s condition was clearly unusual, Hwalyeon suppressed a sigh and said to Dowun:
“Let’s just let the kids go.”
“B-but…”
Dowun stammered in confusion at Hwalyeon’s words.
Hwalyeon, being a female alpha, was shorter than Dowun, who was a beta. Yet somehow, he couldn’t understand why he felt like she was looking down on him. Feeling crushed by an invisible pressure, Dowun barely managed to speak again.
“But the Chairman… won’t remain silent about this.”
“…”
“Urgh…”
As soon as he mentioned Chairman Jin, the pressure emanating from Hwalyeon intensified. Sweat poured down Dowun’s forehead like rain. Feeling like his knees might buckle at any moment, Dowun gritted his teeth and desperately endured.
“I truly appreciate how hard Director Kim works for the Chairman.”
“Thank… you.”
Hwalyeon lazily reached out and grabbed Dowun’s tie. Then, with delicate fingers, she straightened the slightly loosened tie.
“But think about it carefully.”
“…”
“The Chairman is still hale and hearty, but… one never knows what might happen. Human affairs are unpredictable.”
“…Director.”
“Think carefully about who will lead Hwamyeong in the next generation.”
“…!”
The touch that brushed his shoulder was light. But Dowun felt as if he was being crushed by a boulder.
The Hwalyeon before him was still just the director of a Hwamyeong affiliate, but it was clear that she would soon inherit the chairman’s position. Additionally, another alpha with the same succession rights was not far away. The future of Hwamyeong would be shaped by these two alphas.
Swallowing hard, Dowun nodded slightly.
“I’ll keep that in mind, Director.”
Then, with a tense face, he signaled to the security guards. At Dowun’s gesture, they all stepped away from Suhwan and Seunghyun as if they had been waiting for it.
“I’ll handle things from here, so you may leave.”
“Yes, understood.”
Even if he might face a scolding from Chairman Jin, for now, he had no choice but to retreat. Still struggling with the alpha’s pressure weighing on his shoulders, Dowun bowed in greeting.
Soon, Hwalyeon’s gaze turned to Suhwan and Seunghyun, who were sitting on the ground. With his legs weakened by the omega’s pheromones and panicking at the thought of possibly losing his omega, Suhwan didn’t seem capable of properly walking with Seunghyun, who was in heat.
Although Hwalyeon, who had imprinted with an omega, couldn’t sense Seunghyun’s pheromones, it was clear that they had already heavily permeated the surroundings. Frowning, Hwalyeon gave instructions to her secretary, who was standing like a shadow behind her.
“Secretary An, please help the kids get inside. Make sure they’re not frightened.”
“Yes, don’t worry, Director.”
The secretary nodded and approached Suhwan with the other staff. Watching their retreating figures enter the building, Hwalyeon’s eyes deepened in thought.
She wasn’t sure if this was truly the right decision, but she couldn’t ignore Suhwan’s unstable appearance. It was because she saw her past self in him.
An alpha, always respected by others but also feared. However, these so-called alphas could become infinitely weak if they were weakened—precisely because of the omega they loved.
“Haa…”
Shaking her head, Hwalyeon turned around. Her role was merely to observe. Just to protect those children as much as possible, ensuring they wouldn’t get hurt.
As she turned away, Hwalyeon narrowed her eyes, thinking of someone who had ignored her warning.
***
Click.
The door closed behind them. As soon as the hands supporting him disappeared, Suhwan collapsed in place.
“Ugh.”
Sitting at the entrance, Suhwan instinctively held the person in his arms tightly to prevent injury.
Suhwan trembled as the intense pheromone scent invaded his mind. He looked down with reddened eyes at the body that kept emitting a sweet smell.
“…Seunghyun.”
“…”
Seunghyun still had his eyes tightly shut without answering. Looking at his pale white face, Suhwan bit his lip.
He had to regain his senses. He couldn’t hurt Seunghyun by being swept away by instinct.
As his sharp canines crushed his lip, it tore and bled. Without even thinking to wipe the bleeding lip, Suhwan hurriedly got up.
“Medicine… suppressant.”
He remembered the pill bottle Seunghyun had received from Jaehyun. Taking that might make Seunghyun’s condition a bit better.
Standing up, Suhwan took a step toward Seunghyun’s room. However, he had to stop, unable to move even a single step properly.
“Ahh!”
His ankle wouldn’t move. Suhwan flailed his arms in the air and looked down.
“Seunghyun?”
“Haa…”
Seunghyun’s hand was tightly gripping Suhwan’s ankle. After watching Seunghyun breathing heavily, Suhwan lowered his head.
“Are you okay? Are you conscious?”
Seunghyun, who had been still, raised his bowed head. The brown eyes that met his were vacant, as if unable to focus. His flushed face gazed at Suhwan as if yearning for something.
“Hyung…”
“Urgh, Seunghyun.”
A viscous sensation enveloped Suhwan’s body. Like magnets drawn to each other, Suhwan’s body slowly crumbled.
“Don’t go…”
“Ah.”
“Please…”
The pleading voice penetrated his ears. Suhwan realized he could never refuse that voice.
Exhaling a sigh, Suhwan lowered his face. The breathtakingly beautiful face was wet with cold sweat. Suhwan reached out and cupped the flushed cheek.
And at that moment, a concentrated scent incomparable to before spread widely around them. The unrestrained pheromones of a dominant omega instantly robbed the alpha of his reason.
Suhwan lowered his head and hastily kissed him. He took the red lips into his mouth and sucked them intensely. The omega’s saliva, now even more potent, tasted like it was made of honey.
“Haah, mmm.”
“Hnngh.”
The passionate kiss continued, to the point where they couldn’t tell whose moans were whose. The bodies of the two, entangled right at the entrance they had just entered, pulled and embraced each other tightly as if they were one.
Red tongues delved into each other’s mouths. Each time the hot tongues entered and exited, Suhwan felt as if something was leaving his mind and then returning to its place.
It feels good. It really feels so good.
The desire to further explore his omega excited Suhwan to the tips of his hair. Unable to hold back his desire any longer, Suhwan released his alpha pheromones fully.
“Haah, Seunghyun…”
“Ah…”
For an omega in heat, an alpha’s pheromones were an irresistible temptation. The sweet pheromones with a clear meaning enveloped Seunghyun’s body. Although it was difficult to produce enough for a pheromone shower with his recessive trait, Suhwan poured his pheromones onto his omega to the best of his ability.
“Urgh, hyung…”
“Seunghyun, haah… Seunghyun…”
The sensation of being thoroughly drenched in each other’s pheromones from head to toe was incomparable to simple physical stimulation.
Ah, so this is what a dominant omega’s heat is like. Experiencing it for the first time, Suhwan’s mind began to grow increasingly distant.
After strongly intertwining their tongues one last time, Suhwan finally lost consciousness.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
