Chapter 121

That was as far as Grayson got in his thoughts. His half-open eyes blinked, and the corners of his lips softened. He smiled faintly and whispered,

“…Dane.”

Dane paused at the weak voice. What on earth was going on?

“What happened? Weren’t you supposed to be at the Pheromone Party?”

He was drenched in Omega Pheromone. The scent permeating his entire body was something that could only happen if he had been to a Pheromone Party. Grayson chuckled at Dane’s question.

“I went.”

He continued, as if lamenting, to Dane, who still frowned.

“I was going to get the Pheromone extracted with a shot, but that damn Steward wasn’t there… So some employee or something came and gave me the injection, and, shit… They were terrible at it… The medicine all leaked out of the blood vessel… They were crying, saying my arm might rot, crazy… Why were they crying? It’s my arm…”

Grayson chuckled again. Dane stared down at him, dumbfounded. What was this guy even saying?

He was clearly out of his mind from the drugs. It was a miracle he made it back safely. He must have made it this far thanks to his Homing Instinct, but collapsed before he could even get into his room.

Dane sorted out the situation as best he could, but questions remained.

“What do you mean, getting your Pheromone extracted with a shot at the party?”

Grayson answered casually to his uncomprehending question.

“It’s to avoid having sex… “

“Why?”

Dane still couldn’t understand. Why would he do that when there was a sure and easy way to get rid of the Pheromone? Especially after going all the way to the party.

“Why, you ask…”

Grayson replied brightly to him, who was still frowning deeply.

“How could I sleep with anyone but you?”

Dane was momentarily speechless, simply staring at him. The loud sound of rain continued between them. Meeting his bewildered gaze, Grayson continued to confess.

“I thought I didn’t really need to get rid of the Pheromone, but Papa would get angry… And I might, go crazy and… hurt you. I can’t let that happen, you know.”

He was rambling on as he pleased. Dane couldn’t tell if it was because of the Rut or the side effects of the drug. What was certain was that Grayson was not in his right mind right now. What should he do in this situation? Dane thought bleakly. He knew all about various emergency treatments, but none of them were applicable right now. What do Dominant Alphas even do in situations like this? In the first place, drug side effects for a Dominant Alpha? That was absurd!

Oblivious to Dane’s confusion, Grayson blinked his hazy eyes and looked around.

“That’s strange, but why are you here…? I definitely went to the party…?”

He tilted his head, rambling. Was he trying to wake up from the drug? Dane couldn’t decide how to react to his bewildered appearance, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.

It was then. In the short time Dane was pondering, Grayson’s condition suddenly changed.

“Guh, guh…”

“Grayson!”

Suddenly, he began to writhe and gag. Dane hurriedly grabbed him, but the fit didn’t stop. Grayson, shaking violently and gasping for breath several times, had his ragged breaths cut off one after another. At this rate, he would stop breathing altogether. He had to do something. Just as Dane was about to get up in a hurry, Grayson suddenly grabbed Dane’s arm.

“Wh-what?”

Dane stumbled back in surprise and turned to see Grayson looking up at him.

“Where are you going?”

A hoarse voice escaped between his panting breaths. Dane blinked and belatedly opened his mouth.

“Let go, I’ll go get some water…”

“Don’t go!”

Grayson quickly turned pale and shouted violently.

“Don’t go, Dane. Please don’t leave me.”

“Just a moment, just let go. I’ll be right back, I’ll be back soon…”

Dane tried to pull his hand away, but the more he did, the more Grayson gripped his arm with unbelievable strength. Soon after, Grayson screamed desperately.

“I was wrong!”

Dane, who had been trying to force Grayson away, stopped in his tracks. Grayson was still staring at him with a pale face, desperately continuing.

“I won’t ask, I won’t ask you anything… I won’t be curious about anything. I don’t need to know forever, it doesn’t matter if you don’t tell me.”

“Miller.”

“Please, Dane. Please.”

Grayson’s voice trembled violently. He grabbed Dane’s arm with all his might and cried out desperately.

“So please don’t abandon me…!”

Dane said nothing. He simply stared at the grown man begging him.

Ah.

The sweet scent of Pheromone filled the air. It wasn’t just Grayson whose brain was melting. Dane slowly sighed. Grayson’s wide-open pupils were filled with Dane’s face. He looked as if he was about to cry, as if he was smiling, as if he was angry, as if he was dumbfounded.

Dane was looking at him with a complex expression that Grayson could not possibly understand.

And.

“…Huh?”

Dane suddenly reached out and grabbed Grayson by the collar. In a moment of carelessness, Grayson was pulled in and Dane immediately pressed his lips against his. Grayson, surprised, widened his eyes.

What was this? Was he still dreaming?

It was unbelievable, but the sensation on his lips was real. And that wasn’t all. Dane unhesitatingly opened Grayson’s lips with his tongue and stirred inside. The thick flesh caressing and rubbing against his stunned tongue jolted him awake.

It was real. Dane was really kissing Grayson. Really, unbelievably.

The sensation of a tongue licking the inside of his cheek made his lower body instinctively tense. Why? Why? Why was Dane doing this to him…?

Question marks swirled in his head, but his body was faithful to its instincts. Grayson closed his eyes and focused on the kiss with Dane, leaving his bewildered brain as it was. Sweet saliva mixed in his mouth. He hurriedly wrapped one arm around his waist and grabbed his chest with the other. Goodness, Dane didn’t push him away even though Grayson’s hands were full. Rather, he continued the kiss as if he didn’t care.

It’s a dream.

Grayson was sure. This couldn’t happen in reality. Because, because…

“What’s wrong?”

Dane asked in a low voice, pulling away from his lips. His breath was also rough, perhaps from the aftereffects of the persistent kiss. Grayson looked at him and opened his mouth.

“This is a dream, isn’t it?”

“What?”

Grayson answered self-deprecatingly to Dane, who frowned.

“There’s no way you’d be this nice to me. Yeah, this is definitely a dream.”

He smiled, raising the corners of his lips.

“You never even talked to me.”

Dane was silent for a moment. A sigh escaped from his lips as he put a hand to his forehead and looked at the ceiling.

“Haa…”

He didn’t move for a while. Many thoughts went through his head, but it was truly just ‘a while’. He never looked back or hesitated on things he had already decided on. That was the same in this moment.

“Ugh!”

Grayson yelped as Dane suddenly grabbed his collar and pulled him up. Dane dragged him to the bed and threw him down. As his large body bounced on the bed, Dane immediately followed, grabbing the back of his shirt and pulling it off. Dane, who had taken over Grayson’s body, who had widened his eyes, unbuckled his pants and said.

“Let’s do it, have sex.”

“…Wh-what?”

Dane declared to Grayson, who was flustered and unable to react properly.

“I’ll help you get rid of the Pheromone.”

And before Grayson could even grasp the situation, he grabbed his hand and brought it to his chest.

“Here, touch as much as you want.”

At that moment, Grayson’s heart rate exceeded 200.