“How pitiful. Or lick this water like a dog.”
As Hongdo tapped the floor with the tip of his shoe, Ian looked up at him while shedding tears. Regret set in. He should have just nodded when asked if he wanted to drink water. If he had, this maddening thirst would have gone away by now.
Even though he was the person who kidnapped him and locked him here, he bit his lips until they turned pale, feeling like a plea to let him drink just one sip of water because he was wrong was about to come out.
“Then see you later.”
Watching Hongdo turn his back without lingering attachment, Ian opened his eyes wide. The sound of footsteps walking briskly toward the door sounded exactly like a death sentence to Ian’s ears.
“N-no, don’t…….”
Ian crawled on all fours toward Hongdo. He tried to grab Hongdo’s leg with his desperately outstretched hand, but as if mocking his earnestness, the iron door slammed shut with a bang.
“Hnngh, d-don’t go…”
He pleaded while pounding on the iron door with weakened fists. He had no pride or anything. It was because his mind turned completely white at the thought of being left alone again in this place with nothing.
However, the iron door didn’t open again. After that, Ian was neglected until just before death. While suffering from high fever and unable to even properly let out groans, he faintly felt his body shaking.
He thought he should come to his senses, but he fell completely into darkness. The distinctive pungent smell of disinfectant brushed past the tip of his nose.
His consciousness, which had been asleep for a long time, rose slowly. His trembling eyelids slowly lifted, and an unfamiliar ceiling came into view.
He had finally escaped from that place where only a single incandescent bulb dangled. On the achromatic, faded ceiling, two elongated fluorescent lights hung side by side, scattering bright light.
The place where he was lying wasn’t the hard, cold cement floor either. Though not soft, it was a bed with a mattress.
His head throbbed and his vision was blurry, as if he still had a severe fever. He felt a heavy and stiff sensation in his arm. When he slowly lowered his gaze, he saw his arm with an IV needle stuck in it.
Flesh-colored tape was crudely attached around the needle, and following the line connected to the needle, transparent IV fluid was dripping down from above, drop by drop.
…I’m alive.
Along with faint relief, heavy despair pressed down on his chest. Ian himself felt it. That his spirit of defying Hongdo had been broken.
The time spent trapped in the freezing basement without water had butchered Ian’s mind. Even though he was now lying on a bed in a place where warm air circulated, he felt as if the chilling cold he had felt then was still breathing in his bones.
His eyelids slowly lowered. He no longer felt the terrible thirst. What replaced it was resignation that hurt bitterly.
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Ian, who had been in the hospital’s care for a while, was dragged by Hongdo to an unknown place as soon as his body recovered to some degree.
“Baby, turn around once. You need to rehearse.”
Hongdo leaned his back against the sofa, crossed one leg, and gestured with his chin toward Ian standing in front of him. His gaze scanning Ian from head to toe was sticky.
Ian grabbed the end of the string tank top and pulled it down, but it only revealed more of his white, round shoulders. Looking at Ian wearing only the see-through material tank top and lace underwear, Hongdo smacked his lips.
Ian’s figure standing under pin lighting on the makeshift stage was seductive enough to arouse even a eunuch.
His face was tiny but his limbs were long and slender. The line from his shoulders to his waist was graceful, and his white skin like poured milk even felt transparent enough for veins to show through.
The face flushed with shame and the eyes full of fear all stimulated lust. He was thin but had quite a bit of flesh on his buttocks, giving the urge to immediately lay him down face-first and shove a cock into his hole.
The trembling appearance aroused lust, but he had to train him to some degree before sending him up on stage. He heard many big spenders were coming to this auction. If the merchandise made even a small mistake, the aftermath would be a headache.
“What are you doing? Not moving? Should we go visit the basement again?”
At the word basement, Ian’s shoulders flinched. Ian, gritting his teeth, moved according to Hongdo’s instructions. Goosebumps rose on the skin touched by the gazes of Hongdo and the other men.
His eyes reddened, but there was nothing Ian could do here. Except to obey Hongdo’s words.
“Ha, that guy really is built lewdly.”
Hongdo showed disappointment while kneading his front, which had already swollen bulging, with his hand. Outstanding appearance, dominant Omega, plus the age of just turning twenty and being inexperienced.
Ian’s value was higher than any Omega Hongdo had ever sold off. Should he chase immediate pleasure, or think about the money he’d hold in his hand?
The scale tipped precariously toward the latter. It was a rumor that had spread through the grapevine that Taehyun Construction would soon begin the Hyoseong-dong redevelopment project in earnest. Since they had connections with the current regime’s ruling party, the development was scheduled to proceed very quickly and smoothly.
It was an opportunity to earn several times the invested money. In a few days, a fairly large Omega auction would take place at Club Nocturn. The president of Nocturn said if Hongdo brought one usable Omega, he’d give him money generously.
It was regrettable that he couldn’t have it right now, but there was plenty of time. Hongdo planned to extract dozens of times what he lost to bring Ian. Moreover, there were plenty of ways to play without leaving marks on the body.
“Baby, come closer here.”
Ian, who had been trembling, hesitated with his toes. The air became heavier than before. Hongdo, a recessive Alpha, was subtly releasing pheromones. A smell like cheap diffuser fragrance reached Ian’s nose.
His body, affected by the pheromones, tried to heat up, so he bit his inner lip with all his strength. Normally, this level of pheromone would have just caused unpleasant feelings, but he was helpless because he hadn’t been able to take medication that lowered sensitivity to pheromones since being kidnapped.
“Tsk, did our baby break his legs…”
When Hongdo’s expression twisted viciously, one of the men waiting behind him approached Ian and roughly grabbed his hair.
“Ugh.”
Ian was dragged as is from the pain as if his scalp would tear off. Thud. Ian, shoved in front of Hongdo, knelt with both fists clenched.
The pheromones became thicker. In addition, there was also a fishy yet musky smell. It was because Hongdo had finally pulled out his genitals while looking at Ian.
Swish, swish. The hand wearing a gold ring stroked up and down the bumpy cock embedded with beads. Already precum was fully formed at the tip, so the hand moved faster and faster.
“Haa, fuck…”
Hongdo muttered curses and leaned his body toward Ian. The tip of his genitals poked the soft cheek then headed toward the lips.
Ian desperately kept his lips closed, but as his face here and there was rubbed by the genitals, his large eyes filled completely with fear.
When he was harassed by the man who had tried to starve him to death while wearing clothes that were no different from being naked, his eyes became very red. That also stimulated lust, so before long Hongdo made a grunt and ejaculated.
Cloudy semen fell plop plop onto Ian’s face. At the chilling sensation, Ian closed both eyes. Silent tears of fear flowed down his gaunt cheeks.
2.
“Director, we’ll arrive soon.”
At the voice coming from the passenger seat, Tae Ganghyuk opened his eyes that had been closed. The whites of his eyes were faintly bloodshot because he hadn’t slept properly for several days already. Rubbing his dry eyes, he turned his gaze to the car window.
Beyond the darkly tinted window, a street full of flashy neon signs could be seen. Just then, a group dressed in barely-there clothes passed by the car, cackling.
Since he didn’t like noisy places, fine wrinkles formed above Ganghyuk’s brow. Jaehyun, noticing that Ganghyuk’s mood had become uncomfortable, raised the audio volume.
The subtle classical music somewhat suppressed the noisy commotion outside. The car carrying Ganghyuk advanced through the street full of countless people.
The more they distanced from the main street, the calmer the sights that had been dizzying became. The car soon arrived in front of a building without even a sign. When the car stopped, one of the men standing at the entrance approached the driver’s side.
