When his father was healthy, he couldn’t openly antagonize Ganghyuk because he had to be mindful of him, but currently Chairman Tae was hospitalized due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
If he had his way, he wanted to get rid of Ganghyuk somewhere immediately, but he couldn’t because Chairman Tae had suddenly collapsed without clearly designating a successor.
Even if he didn’t like it, Ganghyuk was an essential person in making the Taehyun Group his own. To push aside his older brother the eldest son, he absolutely needed the power of the directors.
And Ganghyuk was the head of the directors. Despite being the youngest, he had made those snake-like directors his allies.
The empty glass was filled faster than before. Ganghyuk raised his glass this time too and cleanly drank it all without spilling a single drop.
Jaehyun, who was watching from behind, glanced at Minjae inconspicuously. No matter how high Ganghyuk’s alcohol tolerance was, drinking two glasses of whiskey on an empty stomach would naturally make him tipsy.
He felt displeased sensing Minjae’s determination to see Ganghyuk’s weakness no matter what. Jaehyun thoroughly scanned the inside of the club.
Aside from being so messy it was hard to distinguish whether this was a club, an orgy party, or a drug party, there didn’t seem to be anything particularly different. But accidents always happened when one let their guard down.
Preparing for any possibility, he had the guys on standby near the club. With just one text, a swarm of guys who would give their lives for Ganghyuk would come rushing. Recognizing that fact, some tension released from his stiff shoulders.
“Vice President-nim, please have another glass.”
Ganghyuk, who quietly set down the empty glass on the table, lifted the whiskey bottle. Minjae’s brow furrowed slightly, having been drunk on alcohol and drugs even before Ganghyuk came.
His vision was spinning, but he didn’t want to show a weak appearance in front of Ganghyuk. As the two gave and received drinks, a bottle of whiskey disappeared in an instant.
“Hey, bring one more of the same.”
Reeking of alcohol, Minjae called a waiter. The fingertip pointing at the empty whiskey bottle trembled slightly.
“If it’s too much, you can stop drinking.”
Unlike Minjae who was practically buried in the sofa, Ganghyuk maintained the same posture as when he first sat down. His straight back tightened the previously loose atmosphere.
“No way. We’re just getting started.”
Minjae gritted his teeth and raised his body up. Seeing Ganghyuk’s face, from which not even a hair’s breadth of emotion leaked, made his mood turn foul without any reward for coming out to play for once.
When he held out the empty glass to Ganghyuk, the ice clinked inside the glass. Without even looking at the filling glass, Minjae sent a signal to the Omega sitting next to Ganghyuk.
“Please have some snacks too. If you only drink alcohol, you’ll ruin your stomach.”
The man wearing a shirt made of see-through material picked up a melon with a fork and held it out to Ganghyuk. A fragrant but strong lily scent embraced Ganghyuk.
A crack formed on his previously expressionless face. To get a better look at Ganghyuk’s face gradually turning pale, Minjae opened his eyes thinly. A crooked smile formed on his stiff lips.
“I’m fine.”
Ganghyuk pushed away the man’s hand and took out a cigarette instead. Before Jaehyun could step forward, the man pulled out a lighter.
This time without refusing, Ganghyuk tilted his head. The moment the cigarette end lit up, his pale-colored lips slowly pursed.
White smoke flowed out long between Ganghyuk’s lips. Under the red lighting, Ganghyuk’s silhouette briefly blurred ambiguously.
Ganghyuk held the cigarette between his fingers and inhaled deeply once more. His deeper-than-others eye sockets slowly sank down, and hazy smoke spread like fog below his sharp jawline.
His half-lowered eyes gave off a sensual atmosphere as if kissing rather than smoking a cigarette. Smoke and leisure flowed together along his fingers.
Though he was merely smoking a cigarette, he drew the gaze of everyone sitting at the table. The man tightened his grip on the fork and blushed. At the sight of him even swallowing like someone thirsty, Minjae frowned.
Even while thoroughly concealing his pheromones, Ganghyuk bewitched Omegas. For Minjae, who had an inferiority complex toward Ganghyuk, a Dominant Alpha, it was an unpleasant situation.
“Hey, when does the auction start?”
Seeing his partner seemingly entranced by Ganghyuk hurt his pride. Minjae tilted his head back toward the secretary waiting behind and wiggled his finger. The purpose of visiting the club today was all to find a new Omega.
Rumors circulated that a Dominant Omega with no sexual experience would appear, so the club was more crowded than usual. Even though everyone was playing with the partners they brought, their gazes occasionally turned toward the empty stage.
“They say it’s opening now.”
The secretary immediately went to the club staff and brought back the information Minjae wanted.
Even at the mention of an auction, Ganghyuk showed no particular reaction. He just puffed on his cigarette and rejected the Omega male who clung to him annoyingly with a polite but cold attitude. While spacing out calculating in his head how long he should humor Minjae before getting up.
However, when the item everyone had been waiting for came up at the auction, Ganghyuk threw the cigarette he was smoking into the whiskey glass. This was because a person who shouldn’t be here was on stage with empty eyes.
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“Get ready. You’ll go up soon.”
At the words of the man whose thin hair was slicked back with wax, Ian lowered his head blankly. His near-naked body entered his view. The focus in his slowly blinking pupils was hazy.
When Ian grabbed and pulled down the hem of the slip he was wearing, his pale-colored nipples were half-exposed. When he released the strength from his hand, this time his hairless groin appeared.
Though he was wearing panties, it would have been better not to wear them. The white lace underwear didn’t properly cover his genitals while the back part was almost all strings.
Every time he walked, the silk material dress swayed revealing his white, fair buttocks. The dress length was so short it couldn’t even cover half his buttocks.
He was even barefoot without shoes. Ian trembled while clenching his pale fingertips into fists.
What had happened during this time rapidly destroyed Ian. Even though he had brushed his teeth several times, it still seemed like the fishy smell of semen lingered in his mouth. His empty stomach churned and slight dizziness arose.
The club manager grabbed the arm of the staggering Ian and sniffled.
“Wow, a Dominant Omega’s pheromones really are different. The subtle and sophisticated scent will make the customers very happy.”
The hand that released his arm naturally moved downward and groped his plump buttocks. Even as the middle-aged man with a protruding belly freely touched his body, Ian only trembled his eyelashes finely without any particular resistance.
It was all because of Hongdo’s training. Even now, the inside of Ian’s throat was completely raw. The eyes that had sparkled when his grandfather was still alive had already become cloudy like glass beads covered with pale dust.
“It’s good that the kid is docile, but he has no spirit at all.”
The club manager clicked his tongue softly and pulled out a small ziplock bag containing several white pills from his pocket.
“It’s medicine that makes you feel good. Our boss has really high expectations for you. The money he gave Gal Hongdo was one hundred million won.”
Ian’s shoulders, which had been hanging limply, tensed at the pills thrust right in front of his nose. He instinctively felt a sense of crisis. Feeling that things would truly go wrong if he took the medicine, Ian pressed his lips tightly together.
“Oh ho, you still have a little energy left to resist?”
The man who laughed as if it were laughable roughly grabbed Ian’s face. The moment Ian’s brow furrowed in pain, his lips finally parted open.
As soon as the pill that entered his mouth dissolved in saliva, a bitter taste spread sharply. He tried to spit it out, but the man blocked both his nose and mouth at once, so the pill went straight down his throat.
“Cough, cough…”
A stinging sensation came from his throat scratched by the pill. Ian clutched his throat and coughed. As the already friction-worn flesh was irritated, the taste of blood rose up.
“Urgh…”
His stomach churned and he dry heaved. The man roughly stroked the back of Ian’s head as he dripped watery saliva onto the floor.
“You’ll be fine soon, so just bear with it a little. There’s a whole crowd of customers outside who came to see you today.”
Greed writhed on his grinning face. Ian’s eyes gradually took on a flushed tint.
“Send up number 1.”
Supporting Ian who was starting to sway as the drug took effect, the club manager ordered his subordinate. One omega man dressed similarly to Ian was pushed from behind and went up onto the stage.
