Cold City Romance Chapter 1.1

Just because he was a top star with a luxurious and clean image did not mean he was without instinctual desires.

The product known as the actor ‘Cha Dokyung,’ created through thorough image-making, was a beautiful and aloof, cold handsome man who boasted an ascetic image with an aristocratic and elegant face, as if he could pop out of a luxury brand pictorial at any moment, and was sometimes even called a cold beauty, but the actually existing human ‘Cha Dokyyung’ was by no means like that.

Contrary to public speculation or rumors, Cha Dokyung’s secondary gender was not Alpha, but Omega.

To be precise, the public consumed the elegant and mysterious image of Cha Dokyung, as his secondary gender or pheromone type was impossible to guess, whether he was an Alpha or an Omega, a dominant, or even one of the very few of a rare, dominant-class.

CEO Yeom of the agency, known as the Midas of the entertainment industry for discovering Cha Dokyung and raising him into a superstar, had accurately grasped what the selling point of the planned product called ‘Cha Dokyung’ was.

The firm principle that CEO Yeom presented in the contract even before his debut was that Cha Dokyung must never reveal his secondary gender as an Omega, and CEO Yeom’s sharp judgment launched Cha Dokyung to instant stardom.

Ultimately, for years, Cha Dokyung’s secondary gender remained a perfect secret, concealed by the agency, which adhered to a mysterious concept.

In reality, there was almost no one who accurately knew the fact that Cha Dokyung’s secondary gender, which had manifested late after he turned twenty, was a dominant Omega.

No matter how advanced modern medicine became, allowing for a cover-up with suppressants, the periodic heat of an Alpha or Omega could never be satisfied unless they released pheromones and ejaculated through intercourse. There was no way that instincts could be controlled by something like a drug.

This was precisely the reason why Cha Dokyung sought out ‘Messiah’.

At this secretive and decadent ‘members-only clubhouse exclusively for pheromone-gendered individuals,’ one had to register their personal DNA bio-code from the very start of the membership process, with the identities of the Alphas and Omegas guaranteed. For dominant-gendered individuals, it operated an even more stringent and special VIP privacy security system, ensuring complete anonymity and secrecy among its members.

Thanks to ‘Messiah’s’ thorough post-management, the top star Cha Dokyung could remain free from countless rumors and scandals, such as that he was actually an Omega and not an Alpha, that he liked rough sex, or that he had promiscuous encounters with a new partner every time.

In ‘Messiah,’ there was no actor Cha Dokyung, nor was there a luxurious CF star with a cold and elegant image. There was only a dominant Omega who wanted to passionately enjoy pheromone sex when his heat cycle approached.

***

For Cha Dokyung, who had spent the entire last month suffering through a grueling filming schedule on location in Prague for a spy movie, it was a night out after quite a long time.

Cha Dokyung was skeptical about forming steady relationships and only sought one-time encounters through ‘Messiah’ in secret when he needed to take care of his unbearable desires.

The thirty-two-year-old top star Cha Dokyung had learned through his last ten years in the entertainment industry that this was the most convenient and trouble-free method.

If he were to get caught up in a malicious scandal that damaged his image, the penalty fee that the top-tier CF star Cha Dokyyung would have to pay was beyond imagination. For that reason, maintaining a clean image and private life was a grave duty that his agency instilled in him.

The ‘Messiah’ clubhouse, with its classic atmosphere modeled after a medieval library for the sake of secret rendezvous between its members, was extremely dark and hazy inside, to the point that one had to carry a replica lantern like a medieval monk.

However, even in the secretive atmosphere lined with layers of wood slab partitions, the appearance of superstar Cha Dokyung caused a stir in Messiah.

Conscious of the gazes, Cha Dokyung moved quickly to find a target. He hated dragging out the time it took to search for an Alpha. He had no intention of providing a spectacle for others for a long time.

After a boring search, Cha Dokyung finally approached a man.

The man possessed a unique appearance that captivated the eye even within the artificially smoky and dark clubhouse.

His tall and slender proportions, well over one hundred and ninety centimeters, were like a sculpture crafted by a sculptor. Although he himself considered his height not short for a man, the other man was a head taller than Cha Dokyyung.

Certainly, he was not the kind of person one could easily encounter on an accidental and vulgar night out like this.

His broad shoulders, stunning bone structure, and firm, muscular, perfect physique felt like an even more sexual objet when he got closer.

Taking a bold step closer, Cha Dokyung unconsciously forgot to breathe when their eyes met.

The beautiful man’s facial contours were somewhere on the ambiguous border between a boy and an adult man. The silhouette in the dreamlike darkness felt like an unreal illusion.

The fact that he had such a handsome and restrained, beautifully-shaped face, despite having a lewd body like a trained stud horse, evoked a peculiar excitement.

It would be stranger to say that someone with such a perfect and overpowering physique was not a dominant Alpha. The restrained beauty and masculinity felt from his appearance were so sexy and intense that one could immediately guess he was a top-class dominant Alpha.

Cha Dokyung was always used to choosing.

He woke up one morning and had become a star. It was not an exaggeration to say he had been at the top ever since his debut. Whether it was casting or a one-night stand, Cha Dokyung was very used to choosing his own partner.

It had been a matter of course since birth. He had never even had to compete when it came to his looks. ‘Messiah’ was always filled with guys who wanted to somehow bring down the aloof Cha Dokyung.

Cha Dokyung’s gaze became fixed on one man.

No, in truth, he simply could not take his eyes off him. From the moment the man came into view, he couldn’t even see the other guys in this space.

It was a face and body that matched his tastes to a T. The man was also looking at Cha Dokyung. The meeting of their gazes was by no means a coincidence. The fact that their eyes clashed repeatedly was proof that the other person wanted him too.

The moment their eyes met again, he suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu. In the darkness, he somehow felt that the person before him looked familiar.

However, due to the nature of his job, where he filmed several times a day and met various people, the people he encountered were mostly celebrities, aspiring actors, or models he worked with, all of whom possessed outstanding looks. He just thought the man in front of him was probably one of the models he had brushed past at a photo shoot once.

When Cha Dokyung directly pulled him by the hand, he did not resist. On the contrary, he seemed relaxed enough to smile and whisper in his ear.

“Have I been chosen?”

It was a voice like velvet. It was deep and soft, making the area below his stomach tingle.

“What do you mean?”

The bewitchingly handsome face whispered with a faint smile in his eyes.

“Don’t pretend you don’t know. Everyone was waiting on pins and needles for Cha Dokyung-ssi’s choice.”

Cha Dokyung was one of the most famous and high-class S-rank top actors in South Korea, and for the small, elite group of VIPs at ‘Messiah’ composed of dominant-gendered individuals, the fact that Cha Dokyung was an Omega was no longer a top secret to be hushed up.

But no one there acted like they knew Cha Dokyung. ‘Messiah’ was mainly frequented by not only Cha Dokyung but also numerous powerful celebrities, and it was an absolute rule of this secret role-playing party not to acknowledge each other’s identities until the other person allowed it.

“Well… To my eyes, it seemed like the gazes were fixed on you, not me.”

It was a smile so brilliant it was dazzling even in the darkness.

“If the gazes were fixed on me, it was probably because of the envy and jealousy that I was chosen by you.”

He was a man who was needlessly humble for what he was born with, and whose smile was devastatingly pretty. The fact that even his smile was perfectly his type would make things even more difficult.

After seeing his smile, Cha Dokyung became rushed. There was no more time to weigh his options. Cha Dokyung’s time was limited, and the given night was far too short.

***

The two, who had been guided, each entered a luxurious hotel room that was intimately connected to the clubhouse. It was not an unfamiliar sight at ‘Messiah.’

After entering the sleek, monotone room, what surprised Cha Dokyung was not just his partner’s appearance, which was much taller and more handsome than when he had seen him in the dark.

What surprised Cha Dokyung even more was the fact that he was restraining his pheromones as if putting up a solid wall, not letting a single drop of pheromones leak out for even a moment.

He seemed to have no intention of seducing Cha Dokyung in this room at all.

Among the guys he had met at ‘Messiah,’ he had never seen a single Alpha who followed him all the way to a hotel room and deliberately suppressed his pheromones. It was astonishing self-control, and at the same time, it made him questionable.

“You don’t like pheromone sex?”

Cha Dokyung added again with a relaxed smile.

“If you don’t want to, shall I hold back too?”

“…Ah, I’m sorry.”

“…”

“I don’t like using pheromones the first time.”

At the firm answer, Cha Dokyung looked up at his partner as if it were unexpected and said.

“It’ll come out eventually when we’re doing it anyway… I’ve never seen anyone hold back while inserting into me.”

For a moment, a quiet silence fell between the two.

The man, whose name he didn’t even know, gave a somewhat hollow laugh at Cha Dokyung’s words. He noticed that beyond his restrained face, the rims of his ears had turned bright red.

He knew how that must have sounded. It meant that among the Alphas who had tumbled with him, there had never been one who could control his instincts.

There was no need to advertise that he was promiscuous. In that moment, he just wanted to tease this sexy and cute man in front of him.

He didn’t know why, but Cha Dokyung wanted to clearly imprint upon him the fact that this was just a one-night fling. And if that man got hurt and was in pain, he thought that could also be a pretty good tool for pleasure.

“Haah…”

It wasn’t clear who started it first.

He just lifted his head and stared intently at his lips. A plain breath, devoid of pheromones, touched his cheek. Just when he felt the breath was cold, a sharp nose buried itself dizzily, and the kiss deepened.

The handsome face, seen from a kissing distance under the faint light, was entrancing. At the same time, Cha Dokyung thought that he might be much younger than he had guessed.

Unlike his broad shoulders or thick chest, which were large enough to cage his own body, his perfectly drawn eyes and mouth left a strangely fresh, boyish afterimage.

Cha Dokyung touched the corner of his eye and whispered affectionately.

“Your eyes are pretty…”