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“…No. That’s not my personality.”
“You cursed, though.”
“…That was because you pushed me away. You’re the one who seduced me. Though, of course, it was a mishap caused by pheromones.”
Kim Seunghyun pouted, saying it was too much that I pushed him away.
His slim face, pale skin, and slender figure made me want to take care of him.
It felt strange to use such words for a man, but I couldn’t help but think that way when I looked at him.
“I have to be careful. Even I, your friend, went crazy. Imagine what it’s like for others.”
“Yeah.”
“Carry the deodorizer with you. Take mine today.”
He added that since I was a Beta who couldn’t smell pheromones, I should spray it as often as possible.
Siho just chewed on the innocent straw, touched by Kim Seunghyun’s care as a friend.
“What kind of bastards are they to rub such pheromones on your body? So rude.”
“…”
“Well. It’s a good thing it was me who jumped you. Most other genders wouldn’t dare.”
“Why?”
“Because it’s too strong. It’s so strong it’s a problem.”
Kim Seunghyun looked satisfied, saying it was a good thing he was an Alpha Prime.
He sounded proud, saying others would have suffocated before they could attack since it was a mixture of more than one pheromone.
He seemed extremely proud of his Alpha Prime gender.
Siho vaguely nodded at his proud face and folded up the empty milk carton.
As I moved my hands in silence, Kim Seunghyun looked like he just remembered something and quickly turned to me.
“Oh, right. Moon Dowon called me yesterday. Did you know?”
“Yes.”
“Why did he call? He told me to come, and then when I answered his call again, he suddenly told me not to come. It’s like his mind changes constantly.”
Kim Seunghyun clicked his tongue with a displeased look.
He complained that good looks weren’t everything.
“Do you know what the bigger problem is?”
“What?”
“The fact that he had my contact number. A number I don’t even know.”
“…Then how did you know the call was from Moon Dowon?”
“I didn’t know at first either. He just abruptly told me to come and hung up, so I wondered what was going on. Then, he sent a car to my house. It was less than five minutes after he called. So I asked the driver who sent him.”
“…”
“He said Moon Dowon sent him. Do you know how scared I was? I thought I was being sold off or something!”
Kim Seunghyun rubbed his arms with a shiver.
He was terrified, asking what on earth their true identities were.
I was just as creeped out.
“I’m scared too.”
I was afraid that Moon Dowon’s excessive obsession would turn into poison.
While thinking about how he had managed to send a car so quickly, I remembered seeing Moon Dowon handle his phone briefly after hanging up on me.
Thinking about it now, he must have made the call then.
‘But it’s still strange… How did Moon Dowon predict I would meet Kim Seunghyun?’
Siho blinked with a puzzled look.
‘Was there a bug in my house?’
As I tilted my head, Kim Seunghyun abruptly thrust his face toward mine.
“What are you thinking about?”
“You startled me.”
“What are you thinking about, ignoring me?”
Kim Seunghyun looked sulky and sidled closer.
The incident from a moment ago came to mind, and I involuntarily shook off his arm and moved my body back.
“I know I was wrong, but if you keep doing that, I’ll get hurt.”
“Sorry. But I still feel a bit uneasy.”
“Okay. This was my mistake, so I’ll admit it.”
Kim Seunghyun raised both hands in a gesture of surrender.
Still, he nudged my shoes with his foot, telling me not to run away.
“You have a nice body, I noticed. Your skin is soft and tender.”
Kim Seunghyun smirked and gave me a sly look.
It was a look that naturally made me frown.
“Want to meet up casually?”
“What?”
“You bring the pheromones, and I’ll use those pheromones to make you happy.”
I was speechless with shock, but he poked me in the ribs.
It felt like all the fine hairs on my body stood on end.
“Are you turned off because I’m an Omega? Or is it because of the world’s opinion? That’s not a big deal these days. If we click, we sleep together. If not, we go our separate ways.”
“Seunghyun.”
“I’ll make sure not to break our friendship. We can just screw when we’re horny, or just stay as we are now. It’s fine as long as we don’t attach feelings to sex, right? I think it’s a pretty good offer.”
Feelings aside, I had never thought of Kim Seunghyun in that way.
Of course, the same went for the three Dukes, but this situation brought home the fact that this book was a BL story.
“I refuse.”
“Why! Think about it carefully. This is an opportunity. Let’s just mix bodies, okay? Just satisfy each other’s needs?”
“Then why should I do that with you?”
“Then what about the guys whose scents are on your body?”
“…”
“They’re Alphas, too. Why is it okay for them but not for me?”
Kim Seunghyun whined like a spoiled child.
Seeing how high his sex drive was, I could understand why the story’s focus shifted to him.
Suddenly, I became curious about what he thought of the three men.
“Say. What do you think of Moon Dowon, Yoo Joohwan, and Kang Taeyun?”
“What do I think? I think of them as celebrities.”
“Celebrities?”
“Yeah. Beings you can’t reach even if you want to. Wealth, gender, looks. They lack nothing. And they don’t keep others close, so they seem even more mysterious.”
He made a displeased face, saying they were people even fellow Alphas found hard to associate with.
His expression showed he hated the fact that people were ranked by their gender.
“You know from stalking them. Those guys barely show up at school. There are even rumors that the three of them are sleeping together.”
“I don’t think so.”
“I think so too. Why would they bother sleeping together? They have Omegas overflowing around them.”
According to Kim Seunghyun, there were ranks even within the Alpha Prime gender.
The three men belonged to the highest tier and were idols to Alphas.
The idea that such Alphas were dating me would shock anyone who heard it.
“If you ever got a chance to be with them, what would you do?”
“Hmm. I’d take them to a hotel.”
“…Huh?”
“Since their gender is superior, how satisfying would they be in bed? Just smelling the pheromones from you makes my heart pound!”
Kim Seunghyun looked completely aroused and excited, his face flushed.
Watching him fuss as if steam would come out of his nose, I felt uncomfortable.
“Then, would you like to meet them?”
They weren’t mine anyway.
If I hadn’t twisted the original plot, the person dating them would have been Kim Seunghyun.
I looked away out of guilt, but he grabbed my face with both hands and forced me to turn my head.
“They say excessive greed brings trouble. I’ll be satisfied with you.”
“What are you talking about? Why me—”
“Those guys are yours. The pheromones, of course, but the mark etched on your shoulder. Anyone can see that’s an Imprint.”
He asked if I thought he was that clueless, then pressed my cheeks hard.
Kim Seunghyun laughed at my distorted face and gently let go of my cheeks.
“It’s not an Imprint.”
“If it’s not an Imprint, then what is it?”
“…There is something. But it’s not that. I’m a Beta, after all.”
I rubbed my cheeks with my hands and explained to him as if to justify myself.
It was a kind of punishment, but Kim Seunghyun, who couldn’t have known, narrowed his eyes with suspicion.
“An Alpha bit your neck because you’re a Beta? What kind of Alpha does that? Especially one from the absolute top tier.”
“…”
“Those guys are educated from the moment they are born. They know they must take responsibility for their actions. It’s a fundamental part of their upbringing. There are so many people plotting to get a hold of those guys. That’s probably why they are so guarded.”
“…Is that why they didn’t show up at school much?”
“It’s not just that, right? They might also be busy with their business training.”
I felt like I was finally learning things I hadn’t known about them.
As I seriously nodded, he continued, his tone a little more arrogant.
“Think about it. The fact that they rubbed pheromones on your body is strange. And they even bit your neck? These are guys who know their every action carries responsibility. Why do you think they are so obsessed with you?”
‘Because of the original story,’ the words almost escaped my throat.
If this wasn’t a novel, there would be no reason for them to be obsessed with me, and if I hadn’t twisted the original plot to survive, I wouldn’t be in the main character’s position right now.
“These are guys who receive harsher training than us. Think carefully.”
“…What do you want to hear?”
“That out of the countless people aiming for them, you were chosen. Shouldn’t this be on the news? Like ‘What in the World’?”
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