𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 || 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐊𝐰𝐚𝐧

Chapter 12

The driver dropped him right outside the hotel, and Seungkwan walked in the door with confidence, searching for signs to the restaurant. He was stopped by a concierge.

“Can I help you, sir?”

“Yes, I’m meeting a friend for dinner.”

“Your friend’s name?”

“Simon Urley.”

There wasn’t so much as a flicker in the concierge’s expression, but Seungkwan had no doubt he knew who the alpha was.

“And your name?”

“Boo Seungkwan.”

If he recognized Seungkwan’s name, he gave no indication as he waved over a porter. “Please escort Mr. Boo to the penthouse suite.”

“Oh, no. I’m meeting Mr. Urley at the restaurant.”

The concierge glanced at him. “Mr. Urley left instructions with us that you were to be escorted to the penthouse suite on arrival. He will be dining there this evening.”

Seungkwan followed the porter to the elevator and up, watching the floors tick by. His unease grew the closer they got to their destination. This was not going to plan, and he’d only just arrived.

He knocked on the door to the penthouse and waited. It was thrown open a moment later by none other than Simon himself.

“Thomas! How marvelous to see you.” The alpha leaned in and kissed him on the cheek. The scent of alcohol wafted from his breath. “Come on in, darling. Join the party. My, look at you.”

He ran his eyes down Seungkwan’s body, licking his lips appreciatively. “I knew Stewart wouldn’t let me down.”

“Party?” Seungkwan asked, hearing voices inside.

“Oh, just me and a few friends. Letting our hair down a little.”

He gestured inside, and Seungkwan stepped through the door. Simon turned to walk with him, settling a hand on the small of his back. Seungkwan instinctively quickened his pace to avoid the alpha’s touch. But that only hurried his arrival into the lion’s den. There were three other guys in the room, all alphas. Seungkwan took in the full glasses, the half-empty bottles of wine and vodka, and the telltale smudges of alpha dust on the coffee table.

“Looks like you guys are having quite the party,” he said, swallowing the wave of revulsion that hit him.

“All the better for having you here,” Simon said, his hand on Seungkwan’s back again as he urged him further into the room.

They sat side by side on the couch, and Seungkwan was handed a drink. He pretended to sip at it and tried to ignore the way Simon’s hand roamed lower and lower on his back.

“And here we thought we were in for a lonely night,” one of the other alphas said, looking Seungkwan up and down slowly. “Now that you’re here, we can have some real fun.”

Seungkwan could see exactly where the night was going, and it wasn’t any place he wanted to be. But he couldn’t see a way of getting out of it that meant he’d still have an agent in the morning.

“Are you here on business?” he asked Simon, desperate to delay the inevitable. “Stewart didn’t say.”

“Business was my first priority,” Simon said, his hand trailing up and down Seungkwan’s back. “But now that you’re here, I’m thinking pleasure all the way.”