PO 36

When the car stopped at the Snow Reflection Residence, Joo Yeongmo, who had been waiting, rushed out. He looked startled when he saw Woojeong in the passenger seat, but he quickly moved toward him. Han Jaegang made him step back and opened the passenger door himself.

“Lee Woojeong, you have to get out.”

As soon as he leaned his upper body into the car, Woojeong suddenly reached out his arms and wrapped them around his neck. His soft cheek touched his neck, and he felt the burning heat transmitted to him. His rapid breaths tickled his ear again and again.

He gave his embrace and hesitated for a moment, then he bent down and lifted Woojeong up. Even while already holding him, the way he kept trying to burrow deeper into his chest looked pitiful.

“Isn’t this Lee Woojeong? Did some kind of accident happen?”

“It’s not that. Where is Kim Junghyun?”

“He will arrive soon. Shall I support him?”

“No.”

“Hng…”

Joo Yeongmo’s expression looked troubled as he heard the barely audible sound. Han Jaegang wrapped his arm around Woojeong’s back and went up the stairs into the Snow Reflection Residence.

In the brief time riding the elevator up, Woojeong’s pheromones wound tightly around Han Jaegang.

Even his breath brushing his neck and his heated body kept stimulating him without pause. Han Jaegang looked straight ahead and exhaled.

Joo Yeongmo also stared only straight ahead as if he couldn’t see anything, and when they reached the third floor he got out quickly. Han Jaegang, who was about to open the front door and step inside, stopped walking.

“Let Kim Junghyun in right away when he comes.”

“Yes. Don’t you need anything else?”

“No.”

When he stepped inside the door closed quietly. Han Jaegang exhaled and he patted Woojeong’s back.

“It’s fine now. We’re home.”

He spoke to Woojeong, but in truth it wasn’t different from speaking to himself. At least he wouldn’t be swept away by a rutting omega and act on impulse.

He walked to the living room and he sat with his body leaning against the sofa backrest. Along with burning heat Woojeong’s weight passed onto him.

“Lee Woojeong. Raise your head a little.”

He briefly turned his hand and stroked the back of Woojeong’s head as he spoke. But Woojeong only breathed against his nape and he didn’t seem to have any thought of doing that.

Han Jaegang cupped both of Woojeong’s cheeks and he forced him to lift his head. Woojeong still resisted as if he didn’t want to part with him, but he couldn’t overcome his strength.

Woojeong’s face that met his was a mess. His face was flushed and the dried tear marks were clear. Every time he blinked his wet lashes glittered. Han Jaegang kept his gaze fixed on Woojeong and he asked.

“Pull yourself together and tell me. What medicine did you say you took?”

The words that he took the new medicine kept nagging at him. Kim Junghyun had chosen based on the test results a medicine with fewer side effects and prescribed it to Woojeong. If he had taken it properly then there was no way Woojeong could be in this state.

“Phe, Pheromone Center’s medicine….”

Woojeong’s words made Han Jaegang’s face turn grave. He searched through the outer pocket of Woojeong’s clothes and he found a white pill bottle. When he opened the cap, white tablets with a few sky blue tablets mixed in could be seen.

“Did you get the right medicine according to the prescription?”

“Yes. My hyung picked it up instead… hng.”

Woojeong’s hand shook weakly without him being able to continue speaking. At the same time a seductive scent bloomed. The thin fabric of their lower bodies that touched without a gap started to grow damp little by little.

Han Jaegang bit back a curse quietly. The young omega who wasn’t guilty of anything kept putting him to the test every moment.

Woojeong’s pheromones filled the air. The omega’s change that instinctively tried to seduce an alpha, made him dry-mouthed. When he barely managed to hold back his impulses, a knocking sound came from outside.

“Doctor Kim has arrived.”

“Come in.”

Right before Kim Junghyun entered, Han Jaegang grabbed the blanket hanging on the sofa backrest and he covered Woojeong’s lower body. Even though he was a doctor, he didn’t want to show Woojeong’s condition like this to anyone.

Kim Junghyun, who entered hurriedly, faltered when he saw the two holding each other as if they were one body.

“Ah, so…”

“Check his condition quickly. It looks like a heat cycle, but something is strange. He was fine until dinner, but his condition suddenly got worse. It might be that the medicine he said he took is the problem.”

Kim Junghyun came back to his senses and walked toward the sofa. As he set down the things he needed on the table, he made a troubled face. It was because the posture was too awkward to examine.

“Executive Director. Shall we lie the patient down first?”

Han Jaegang shook his head.

“Just do it.”

“Sorry?”

“He doesn’t want to let go, so just do it.”

Han Jaegang said the embrassing words as if it was nothing, and he shifted his body slightly so that Kim Junghyun could examine Woojeong.

Kim Junghyun quickly checked Woojeong’s condition. After confirming basic numbers like blood pressure and body temperature, he even finished drawing blood with practiced hands.

He immediately took out a test kit and dropped a few drops of blood, then waited for the result. After a moment, when he checked the numbers, he frowned slightly.

“The numbers are too high. Did you take some medicine?”

“He said it was medicine prescribed at the pheromone center. He said he took it for the first time today.”

Han Jaegang handed him the pill bottle he had set down beside him.

“Excuse me.”

Kim Junghyun opened the cap and looked inside, then he poured a few pills into his palm and examined them closely.

“It’s mixed with other drugs? Did the patient put in some separate medicine?”

“He didn’t say that. What kind of medicine is that”

“Well. This looks like some morphine. It doesn’t seem like a standard product either. For now, I’ll take it and check it in detail.”

Kim Junghyun took out a stainless steel container from his medical bag. He drew medicine from an ampoule and filled a syringe, then he explained to Han Jaegang.

“I’ll give him a suppressant first.”

Han Jaegang loosened Woojeong’s outer clothes slightly so that his shoulder could be seen. When Kim Junghyun rubbed alcohol on the exposed arm, Woojeong tried to avoid his hand.

“I’m going to give you a shot, so hold still for a moment.”

Taking advantage of the moment when Han Jaegang held his arm down, Kim Junghyun quickly gave the injection. As soon as the arm that had endured it was released, Woojeong wrapped his arms around Han Jaegang’s neck again. The way he anxiously hanged on him looked desperate.

As he organized the used medical tools neatly, Kim Junghyun wore a troubled expression.

“For now I gave him the medicine, but I can’t guarantee the effect.”

“If the medicine isn’t enough?”

“To be honest, even if we transfer him to the center now, there isn’t really another method. If it was the early stage of the heat cycle maybe, but once the numbers rise to this level, in most cases medical intervention is useless. That’s why we focus on managing before the numbers rise.”

“What other method is there? We can’t just watch him suffer.”

As Woojeong’s strength loosened and his body went limp only to then grab onto him again with strength in his arms as he fought to hold onto his mind, Kim Junghyun carefully spoke.

“Normally I shouldn’t tell another person the patient’s condition, but right now it’s a dangerous situation where pheromone shock could come, so I have no choice but to say it. Executive Director, this person’s pheromone sensitivity numbers are excessively high.”

“Pheromone sensitivity numbers?”

“Simply put, it shows how much a person reacts to a certain person’s pheromones. Even at the last test the numbers were very high, so I explained it separately.”

“Tell me the conclusion first. Why is that a problem?”

“This patient reacts especially sensitively to your pheromones. If there’s a best way to improve his condition right now, of course…”

After hesitating briefly, Kim Junghyun pointed his palm at Han Jaegang.

“It means you, Executive Director. Uh…”

As he trailed off and rubbed his nape awkwardly, Han Jaegang understood the meaning exactly.

On top of that, he could feel with his whole body that the words about Woojeong possibly going into pheromone shock were by no means an exaggeration.

Woojeong’s condition was strange. Woojeong he trembled like someone thrown into the cold winter wind but he was burning hot like fire.

“I understand, so get out.”

“Sorry?”

“If the doctor’s words are the solution, then stay on standby so you can come right away if I call you.”

Supporting the back of Woojeong’s head, Han Jaegang stood up from the sofa. Leaving behind Kim Junghyun, who froze in surprise, he headed straight for the bedroom.

Before Han Jaegang even put his hand on the bedroom doorknob, he heard him hurriedly packing behind him, and soon after, the front door slammed shut with quick footsteps.