Caelen opened his eyes.
"Are you awake?" Soren's voice startled him, and he quickly sat up. He was on the bed and it was obviously Soren's house.
The memories flashed through his head, him initiating the kiss and wrapping his arms around Soren's waist.
"You are stable now. I am sorry my rut came earlier than expected. I wasn't prepared, so I couldn't alert anyone."
The doctor gave inhibitors to Caelen, and he fell asleep while they had to extract Soren's accumulated pheromones to avoid aftereffects and giving him inhibitors as well.
"I told you not to enter, just walk out quickly and it will be fine." Those words rang in Caelen's head.
"Wait, you already knew I am an omega?" Caelen hung his legs down the bed.
"Of course I do. How could I not?" Soren's words struck Caelen with a sourness.
"You remember me?" Caelen looked at him.
"I do cause you are my first love."
"The hell first love, stop talking. I don't want to hear it anymore." Caelen stood up from the bed. "But why did you stay silent? Were you planning to play with me?"
Soren stood up to face him. "That's not true. At first, I was confused why you were acting like a stranger. Later I realized that you think I don't remember you," Soren walked closer. "Caelen, I..." He meant to say how much he searched for him but Caelen interrupted.
"Now you see how much I hate you," he looked straight into Soren's eyes. "That night meant nothing except for a way to bring you down." Caelen took two steps away from him. "Seeing you didn't report me to the police, I am guessing you are not planning to do it in the future either."
Caelen gulped. "Right now I am just trying my best to survive. Let's pretend we don't have such a past."
"How could I pretend..."
"I will quit my job if you insist on bringing it up," Caelen threatened walking further away, "or you can just report me to the police."
Soren tilted his head. "How could you be so cruel," moisture rose in his eyes. "Alright, I will not bring it up. Just keep working."
"Then I will take my leave." Caelen grabbed his coat hanging on the hanger near the bed and walked out.
It was already dark outside. He opened his phone and saw a lot of missed calls from Eiran's nanny, Wariza.
"I am really sorry, there was an emergency." Caelen walked through the garden with speedy steps. Soren looked at him from the balcony.
"It's alright, he is already sleeping. But could you hurry up? I have to go back," the woman's voice came through.
"I apologize again. I will be there in half an hour." Caelen hung up and ran to get into the car.
Soren watched the car drifting away. "You want me to pretend like nothing happened? You are something to say that you did it out of hatred to my face, and now you want me to forget about it."
Soren rubbed his trembling hands on his face. Why do I become so weak in front of him? Maybe I just don't want to lose him. The fear of not being able to see him again... it's terrifying.
The following day Soren got out of the car but someone else was waiting for him instead of Caelen.
"Greetings, President. I will be escorting you today," the man who looked in his forties said.
"Where is Caelen?"
"I am not sure. I was instructed to assist you by Miss Arsha."
Soren took out his phone and called Caelen as he walked to one side.
"Why aren't you here?" he said as soon as the other party picked up.
"I..." Caelen's voice came through but that was all he said.
"I already told you I wouldn't talk about the past. Then why didn't you come?"
"It's not like that."
"Then why? Are you feeling unwell? The company offers free medical assistance to its employees. You can get treated..."
"I am doing fine." Caelen's voice came sharp.
"Then what is the reason for your absence?"
"Cause I am..." Caelen stopped midway, then changed the topic. "I will come tomorrow."
"Are you concerned about what happened yesterday?" There was a brief silence. "I am sorry, it's all my fault."
I was the one to kiss him, why is he the one apologizing? I don't get this bastard.
"I was exposed to a lot of omega pheromones this month and was taking a lot of inhibitors that backfired, accumulating pheromones, and I entered into an early rut."
"Why are you explaining that to me? That's not the reason for my absence. Then see you tomorrow." Caelen hung up.
"No wonder he didn't react to those omega pheromones," he mumbled. Come to think of it, wasn't that a good excuse to sleep with me? Why did he resist even when he was in that situation?
He turned to look at Eiran, who was awake looking at him. Caelen kissed his forehead and took him in his arms. "My lovely son. Why are you so sweet?" Eiran started giggling as Caelen sniffed over his whole body, rubbing his nose against Eiran's soft skin above the shirt.
Then he lightly placed his head on Eiran's belly, holding the weight of his head. "Ahhh, I am so embarrassed to face him again."
His pheromones are so strong. I don't react to others pheromones like this, but yesterday in just a few seconds, his pheromones took over me. Is that because he is a prime alpha?
He raised his head to look at Eiran's face, who was playing with Caelen's hair.
Now that I see him every day, the more I realize that Eiran is the spitting image of him. I shouldn't let him see Eiran.
Caelen placed Eiran on his chest as he lay down and wrapped his arms around Eiran.