Woosung Alpha’s Sour Grapes

Chapter 14

Just before sending the composed message, Hyeon-woo felt his racing heart suddenly cool down as a certain suspicion flashed through his mind.

Could he treat a night with this alpha who resembled Tae-geon like the countless one-night stands he’d had before?

He wasn’t confident.

The reason he had been able to avoid developing feelings for any of the alphas he’d been with so far was because he clearly recognized where his heart was directed. Because there was someone else he truly desired with all his heart, he could avoid lingering attachments to purely physical relationships.

But sex with an alpha resembling Tae-geon was different. This wasn’t about romantic feelings. Just the symbolism of being a “Tae-geon substitute alpha” would clearly give him a different significance compared to previous alphas.

The moment a purpose is assigned to the subject, the relationship gains meaning. Being attracted to the profile of an alpha resembling Tae-geon in the first place went against the principles he had maintained until now.

Nevertheless, Hyeon-woo couldn’t easily shake off the temptation, as if faced with forbidden fruit. He was in a position where he could never confess even a hair’s breadth of his feelings to Tae-geon until he died. It was a pitiful heart that had been conceived but must never reveal itself to the world.

Would it be such a great wrong to soothe his unrequited feelings through an alpha resembling Tae-geon? Once the floodgates of doubt opened, they grew uncontrollably, consuming Hyeon-woo’s consciousness. A voice from deep within chided him for foolishly pursuing only empty relationships with alphas, trying not to assign reasons or meanings to them.

…For what purpose…?

No one will appreciate it even if you nobly maintain it. Isn’t it contradictory to speak of nobility with a dirty body that has already been rolled around?

A wicked snake whispered in his ear with a forked tongue.

You’re curious, aren’t you? Don’t you want to know how wonderful and ecstatic the pleasure this dominant alpha resembling Tae-geon will offer?

…I’m curious. I want to know.

As if entranced, Hyeon-woo sent the message. Soon, a reply arrived from the alpha.

[Aiden Hotel, Room 2302. Let’s meet at 10 PM tonight.]

With that message, the alpha’s status light went off and the chat window closed. After copying the message left by the alpha to his phone, Hyeon-woo turned off the computer and got up.

Ignoring the self-loathing that raised its head along with anticipation, he headed to the bathroom to wash up.

*

Standing in the hotel corridor, Hyeon-woo double-checked the room number he had copied to his phone against the metal plaque on the door.

2302. This was definitely the right place. However, for some reason, the front of the room was blocked by large-bodied guards. They stopped Hyeon-woo as he tried to approach the door, deliberately ignoring them.

“What…?!”

One of the guards showed Hyeon-woo, who was flustered, a black cloth that looked like a thin scarf.

“I’m sorry, but we can only escort you inside if you cover your eyes.”

Hyeon-woo rebelled against this absurd request.

“What could be in there that I need to cover my eyes?”

Although he was acting as if he had nothing to lose, in reality, he had no room for negotiation. Feeling his underwear start to get wet, Hyeon-woo bit his lip in dismay.

Damn, if I had a little more time, I’d look for another alpha. I arrived just in time for the appointment, only to be met with this nonsense at the entrance.

“Does he have some unique fetish? Or is he a sexual deviant?”

“That’s not it, but he’s someone whose face shouldn’t be revealed to the public.”

Hyeon-woo frowned in disbelief and recalled the alpha’s profile he had seen on the community. It clearly stated he was in his 20s. So he’s not a politician. A celebrity? A public official? Maybe the son of some prestigious family.

He disliked the attitude of trying to hide one’s identity as if it mattered. As if my face is one that can be shown in public.

“We guarantee your personal safety.”

“……”

“We promise.”

Hyeon-woo looked at the black cloth the guard was holding out, then glanced at the CCTVs densely installed in the hotel corridor. A red light was blinking under the lens. It was a signal that they were working properly. At least it seemed unlikely that he would end up in the news for some unsavory incident. If their intention was something dirty, they wouldn’t be doing this here where evidence would clearly be left.

Judging by his physical condition, it was too late to find another alpha, and his interest in the dominant alpha’s pheromones hadn’t easily cooled. As long as there was no danger to his safety, this wouldn’t be the first alpha with unique fetishes, so covering his eyes didn’t seem like a big deal.

When Hyeon-woo, who had been standing motionless, nodded, the guard wrapped the black cloth he had shown earlier around Hyeon-woo’s eyes and tied it securely.

This alpha was chosen with the impure purpose of being a “substitute” for Tae-geon. Hyeon-woo felt both regret and a strange sense of relief at not being able to visually confirm the alpha’s appearance.

He had worried about the relationship gaining meaning, but if he didn’t know the other’s face, it would be easier to dismiss tonight’s memory as just another one-night fling.

A relationship that didn’t need to be given meaning.

Since his business was with the dominant alpha’s pheromone shower, having his vision blocked wasn’t a loss. Due to his constantly changing pheromones, he had even been advised by Tae-geon to go to the hospital, so he had been feeling the need to settle on one person.

Not knowing the other’s face seemed less burdensome for continuing the relationship repeatedly. Whether once or dozens of times. No matter how many nights they spent together, there would be no clues in his mind to recall this alpha’s appearance.

This put his mind at ease. If he had to maintain a relationship with one specific person, he became increasingly convinced that this alpha was suitable in many ways. This way, it wouldn’t violate his principle of not sleeping with the same person more than twice out of concern for the relationship developing.

It seemed like he could become a not-bad sex partner.

Just as Hyeon-woo was considering a long-term relationship with the dominant alpha:

“Would you please put your hands behind your back.”

Frowning at the guard’s sudden request, Hyeon-woo panted as he replied.

“…There was no mention of… tying my hands.”

“It’s to prevent you from removing the blindfold. There’s no other intention. Please cooperate.”

…Damn. Please? With such an overbearing attitude?

His body started to heat up intensely. Reluctantly, he put his hands behind his back. This was really the limit now. Feeling his underwear getting wet, Hyeon-woo squeezed his eyes shut in dismay. Could there be alphas among these big guys too? At this moment, he was sincerely grateful that his pheromones were so poor.

After finishing tying both his eyes and hands, the guard grabbed Hyeon-woo’s shoulder and guided him from behind. With his vision blocked, his hearing became more sensitive.

Beep.

He heard the sound of the card key being tagged, followed by the click of the door lock opening. Hyeon-woo moved his feet, entrusting his body to the guard’s guidance.

He felt a soft carpet under his feet, different from the texture of the corridor. The guard led him a few steps further in and sat Hyeon-woo on the edge of the bed before withdrawing. Then, with the sound of receding footsteps and the door opening and closing, everything fell silent.

Hyeon-woo felt the sensation of the bed he was sitting on with his tied hands. A high-quality sheet touched his fingertips. Apart from the rustling sound of the fabric following his hand movements, he couldn’t hear anything. He blinked his eyes, but of course, nothing could be seen in his completely blacked-out vision.

What’s this, is no one here?

As Hyeon-woo started to turn his head busily, he heard the sound of a chair being pulled from not far away, followed by approaching footsteps. Just as he sensed the presence reaching very close through his heightened senses:

“Aahk!!!”

With a moan, Hyeon-woo tumbled to the floor and curled up, trembling slightly.

If the carpet on the floor had been any thinner, he would surely have gotten large bruises on his chin and shoulders.

Amidst the terrible pain, remnants of pleasure that had struck like lightning continued to cause subtle tremors as they coursed through his blood vessels. Like someone electrocuted, all his muscles twitched and convulsed uncontrollably.

Huff… huff….

The center of his beige cotton pants started to get deeply wet. He had reached climax on his own without even a single touch from the alpha’s finger.

Hyeon-woo’s cheeks, neck, and the collarbone visible through his shirt collar turned red like ripe apples as he lay on his side, breathing heavily.

He was completely out of his mind. Before feeling shame, he first felt his own powerlessness, having no choice but to submit to an absolute and overwhelming force. Even as an incomplete defective product, he could clearly tell.

The dominant alpha’s pheromones. There was no doubt about it.

Although he couldn’t smell the scent with his nose, his omega body was faithfully responding to the formidable pheromones of the alpha standing nearby.

“…Ugh?! Ahk!”

Hyeon-woo bit his lip and curled his body into a ball as another stimulus struck like lightning, clawing down his spine. Blood must have burst, as a fishy iron taste spread in his mouth. His sweat-soaked hair clung messily to his forehead.

He couldn’t have imagined such pheromones existed. He knew there were different levels of pheromones. He had personally learned through relationships with numerous alphas that the quality of pleasure varied drastically accordingly.

But the existence of such monstrous pheromones that could send someone to climax without even moving a finger…

It felt as if switches were attached all over his body. Every time that dominant alpha touched them with an invisible stick, his body convulsed mercilessly, bursting with hot fluids.

“W-wait a moment…!”

Hyeon-woo, who was being frantically tossed about by something fiercely rushing at him as if to devour him, pleaded while writhing, but the alpha showed no mercy.

Hyeon-woo’s breathing, which had been desperately gasping like someone thrown into space without an oxygen tank, gradually began to heat up excitedly. The alpha’s pheromones, which had been nothing but torturous like impurities mixed in the air, soon became a sweet hallucinogen, starting to stickily mess up his mind.

His consciousness gradually blurred. It felt like his whole body was slowly sinking into a bottomless swamp.

Starting from the extremities of Hyeon-woo’s body, which had been completely submerged in the mire, a hot and itchy sensation began to spread slowly.

“…Uh… ugh….”

The alpha picked up Hyeon-woo, who was sprawled on the carpet, and laid him on the bed. As he wiped away the blood stain on Hyeon-woo’s burst lip with his thumb, the soft inner flesh pushed along with his finger, revealing and then hiding a row of white, even teeth. The alpha brushed away Hyeon-woo’s hair that was messily clinging to his forehead with sweat, and slowly kissed the exposed area.

“Wh-what are you…?”

Hyeon-woo struggled, flustered by the alpha’s sudden kiss. However, the alpha’s lips, undeterred, gently landed on every place except his lips, from his forehead to his temples, between his eyebrows and the bridge of his nose.