With the appearance of the merchandise, the auction began and whistles burst out from tables throughout the room. Following the host’s guidance, people who liked the goods began participating in the auction one by one, raising the signs that had been placed on the tables.
“Product number 1, sold to table 24 guest for ten million won! Usage time is 24 hours.”
“Oh, we got more than expected. Send up the next one too. Since this one’s the main event, let’s quickly get through the earlier slots.”
The manager giggled at the host’s voice coming from the stage. Even though they’d sent out the least remarkable product as number 1, they’d made ten million won, so he looked forward to seeing how much Ian would sell for.
The auction proceeded sequentially without any problems. The reaction to each product that came up was good, so the inside of the club was heated with hot fervor. As the products’ appearances became more outstanding toward the end, people’s eyes gleamed with lust in anticipation of the final product.
Finally, Ian’s turn came. Perhaps because the drug was taking effect more strongly than expected, Ian still couldn’t properly control his body. At the manager’s instruction with a click of his tongue, a chair was placed on the darkened stage.
Two club employees sat Ian in the chair and came back down below the stage. A pure white pin light shone down on Ian.
In the space filled with red light, only Ian’s figure shone white. Because the light was dazzling, Ian tried to raise his hand, but only his limbs flopped about.
His vision spun round and round. Even though he was sitting still, he felt dizzy as if riding a roller coaster. Ian’s palms gripping the armrests were drenched with cold sweat.
All sorts of noises poured into his ears, tormenting him. The faces of people laughing while looking at him floated around him like will-o’-the-wisps.
The cackling laughter, the naked gazes scanning his body, the pheromone scents of unknown origin—everything was too stimulating.
He became conscious of his legs spread wide open. When he barely managed to bring his knees together, cheers were heard from somewhere. He felt thin straps sliding down along his arms. His nipples, exposed to the air, stood up stiffly.
It’s unbearable. I feel like I’m dying.
His body, permeated with the drug’s effects, reacted sensitively to the alpha pheromones flowing onto the stage. Heat pooled in his lower abdomen. Even though he was sitting still, his thighs tensed as if someone were touching his genitals. Each time his waist jerked, thirst surged up.
“Fifty million won! From now on, it goes up by ten million! Sixty! Seventy!”
The host’s voice became distantly faint as if submerged in water. His vision turned pitch black then came back. Like a blown fuse in a lightbulb, each time his consciousness flickered, his body grew hotter.
“Haah…”
Ian let out a moan and writhed his body. As the lace underwear became soaked through, his light pink-tinged skin was revealed. When his erect genitals rubbed against the lace, Ian’s eyes quickly reddened.
The moment his tear-beaded face parted his lips and panted, the atmosphere inside the club heated up like a desert with a blazing sun.
“One hundred million! From now on, it goes up by twenty million!”
The amount shot up to one hundred million in an instant. A lull occurred at the high price for playing with an omega for one day. The principle was that if you won an item at the auction, you had to pay in full in one lump sum right there on the spot.
Payment was only possible in cash. Customers began making hesitant sounds, as if paying over one hundred million at once was too much.
“Ah, I want him so badly.”
Minjae, who had been improperly shaking his right leg, smacked his lips while looking at Ian. He’d brought one hundred million in cash because he heard a dominant omega would be up for auction, but the price was higher than expected.
That said, it wasn’t money he couldn’t afford. He could just have his secretary withdraw more money. However, before raising his hand, he surveyed the surroundings. If he lit the wrong fire, it might become a price that would truly be difficult to handle.
It was big money to play with one omega for a day, but looking at Ian, he wanted to buy him even at that price. A twenty-year-old dominant omega with no sexual experience was truly rare.
But Minjae soon had the initiative stolen by someone else.
“Three hundred million.”
The moment a low voice rang out in the hall, people without exception turned their gazes to the towering figure.
Ganghyuk, who had stood up from his seat, turned his gaze from Ian to the host. The host swallowed dry saliva at Ganghyuk’s eyes, which had seized control of the atmosphere in one moment.
The host had memorized all the faces and names of members attending today’s auction in advance in case of any eventuality. The person now looking at him was among the dozens of VVIP members, one of the top three most influential and dangerous figures.
It wasn’t just the host who was watching Ganghyuk’s mood. Several customers who had been deliberating quietly put down the paddles they’d been holding onto the table.
Now that Ganghyuk had declared he’d claimed that omega, there was no one bold enough to participate in the competition. Only Minjae alternately looked at Ganghyuk and Ian while distorting his brow.
The Ganghyuk he knew was called an oddball even among alphas for having no particular interest in omegas. That’s how it had been from what he’d seen so far. Of course, Ian was a dominant omega with outstanding looks, but separately from that, there was a suspicious smell to Ganghyuk’s behavior.
The host sent a look to the club manager below the stage. At the look asking what to do, the manager sent an okay sign. It meant to proceed with the auction as usual.
“Three hundred million. Any more bids?”
Minjae fiddled with the paddle in his hand. While he pondered and calculated, the host raised the gavel and pounded the wooden board to make banging sounds.
“Product number 13, sold for three hundred million!”
Jaehyun was just as flustered by the host’s words. Jaehyun had recognized who Ian was at once. He was the omega who’d been the chief mourner at the funeral home they’d stopped by about two weeks ago.
He’d remembered him because his appearance was striking, but he hadn’t expected him to suddenly appear as merchandise at an auction. He was a bit curious about the circumstances of why he was in a place like this, but he was dumbfounded because Ganghyuk had stepped forward himself.
“Jaehyun-ah, prepare the money.”
“Yes, Executive Director.”
But he put his questions aside for the moment at Ganghyuk’s instruction. Three hundred million was of course big money, but compared to the money Ganghyuk moved, it wasn’t that large an amount. And Ganghyuk’s wealth was embarrassingly incomparable to Minjae sitting next to him. Not that he would know. As it happened, there was about one billion won in cash in the car trunk, received as payment for a transaction.
While Jaehyun went to pay, Ganghyuk went up onto the stage himself. The closer he approached Ian, the fainter scent of flowers he detected. It was a green, grassy smell like that from a flower that hadn’t fully bloomed.
“Hng, ngh…”
Ian, completely intoxicated by the drug’s effects, didn’t recognize Ganghyuk at all. His body trembled as if he were ejaculating, and the slip dress flowed downward.
At the nipples now visible on both sides, Ganghyuk took off the jacket he was wearing. When he wrapped the jacket around Ian’s body like a blanket, his upper body and half his thighs were all covered.
Ganghyuk, holding Ian in his arms, headed toward the table where Minjae was sitting. Minjae looked up at Ganghyuk while holding a crystal glass in his hand. At the eyes full of interest, Ganghyuk let out a small sigh inwardly.
He absolutely hated troublesome matters, but he’d unwillingly thrown Minjae a piece of prey.
“I think I should be going now. I’m sorry when you took the time to invite me.”
Whatever his complicated inner feelings, Ganghyuk’s expression was cool enough to be unreadable. Meeting his mirthless eyes, Minjae grinned instead.
“Yeah, you should hurry and go. From what I saw earlier, he’s in heat and needs his hole drilled right away. Have a fun night.”
Ganghyuk’s face didn’t look like he was anticipating sex at all, but Minjae thought whatever he pleased. That Ganghyuk was also just another alpha bastard.
He took a sip of alcohol while scanning with his eyes the white, slender legs not covered by the jacket. Looking at the toes with a faint pink tint, his genitals quickly hardened.
“Hey, come here.”
Aroused, Minjae called over his partner who had been sulking and glancing at Ganghyuk. When they hesitated, he grabbed their hair and pressed them down against his crotch.
