Kiss Me if You Can Novel Completed - Chapter 91

The surroundings were quiet. It was surprising how the clamor from earlier had vanished. A ringing in his ears still lingered, but everyone knew it was just an aftereffect of the incident.

The first to speak was an exhausted Henry.

“When is that bastard going to listen to us?”

At his unusually subdued voice, Mark cleared his throat. After a brief pause, he gave the answer everyone knew.

“That day will never come, Henry.”

“Damn it!”

Henry immediately cursed and tore at his hair. This time, he wasn’t the only one battered. Not only Josh’s team but also the existing security team was in a mess. Their suits were torn in places, some lost their shoes, some were almost strangled by their ties, and some were nearly crushed. Among them, physical weaknesses sometimes acted as strengths.

“I was grabbed by the head, but there was no hair at all, so their hand slipped! Haha!”

The bodyguard, who was stroking his clean bald head and laughing heartily, however, had long nail marks on his exposed scalp. And the good news ended there.

Not a single person was unharmed. At least the existing security team, accustomed to such incidents, merely shook their heads and showed no other reaction.

“Mr. Miller’s impulsive actions are always happening.”

The regular team leader said that and then fell silent, but the situation was not good. Two of the security team members had suffered serious injuries and were hospitalized. To have such a thing happen immediately upon returning and to have another vacancy, Josh’s team was dumbfounded, but the individuals involved remained calm.

“When you’re guarding Mr. Miller, this also happens frequently.”

Another bodyguard whispered, but it offered little comfort. Anyway, after adding that it was fortunate that additional personnel, including Josh, were there, they returned to their positions. Thanks to this, only Josh’s group was gathered in the lounge now.

They had hastily escaped the chaotic event hall and barely made it back to the filming location. Some of the injured bodyguards went straight to the hospital, and the remaining people also received treatment from the medical staff waiting at the filming location.

After a quick check-up, Josh’s group, sitting in a circle, remained silent for a while. Seth, who had stayed at the filming location, was silent for a moment when he saw the members return in tatters. Then he comforted Isaac by patting his shoulder a couple of times.

Everyone was just sighing deeply when a knock sounded, and Laura poked her head in.

“Excuse me for a moment. Josh?”

He followed her beckoning hand, puzzled, and as he left, the remaining members simply stared at Josh’s retreating back with dispirited expressions. Seth got up to ask what was wrong, on behalf of the other members who didn’t even have the energy to ask, but Josh raised his hand as if to say he was okay, then left the lounge.

“Mr. Miller called for you. I’m not sure what it’s about…”

Her vague trailing off conveyed full of anxiety. It seemed she was worried that Chase might call Josh separately to hit him or cause some unspeakable trouble. But Josh clearly understood Chase’s intention.

“That’s good, I also had something to talk about.”

“Something to talk about?”

To a puzzled Laura, Josh replied, looking straight ahead.

“I’m going to give him a warning about today’s incident.”

Laura looked momentarily flustered but soon returned to her businesslike expression. In this situation, Josh wouldn’t just blurt out such words recklessly. He must have something in mind, since something similar had happened once before. Thinking that, Laura headed to Chase’s trailer with Josh.

Around the trailer, as always, three or four bodyguards stood guard. There would also be bodyguards patrolling the vicinity.

“We’re scheduled for a shift change in two hours.”

The team leader, who met Josh, gave him a heads-up. It meant that whatever the business, they should finish talking and come out for the shift change by then. In fact, in normal circumstances, two hours would be more than enough time. But that was in normal circumstances.

Josh simply nodded and entered the trailer. Through the closing door, he saw Laura’s complicated expression as she stood outside. Josh closed the door without a word and turned around.

The trailer was filled with a sweet scent. It was Chase’s pheromone scent. The pheromones would intensify or weaken depending on his mood, and anyone could tell that he wasn’t in a good mood right now.

Standing in front of the bedroom door, Josh took a moment to catch his breath, unconsciously frowning. It would be troublesome if he lost his reason due to the pheromone scent and just let this situation pass. He took out his medicine and swallowed it without water.

Hmph, after taking a breath, when he raised his hand to knock, the door suddenly burst open from inside. Josh was startled and involuntarily stepped back. Naturally, the one who opened the door was Chase.

“Joshua!”

As soon as he saw his face, he shouted and immediately pulled Josh into a hug. Chase, with his lean and tall physique that seemed to have not an ounce of fat, had immense strength contrary to his appearance. Once caught in his tight embrace, it was impossible to break free. Again, Josh found himself helplessly bound in Chase’s arms and momentarily held his breath. It took some effort not to lose his mind to the overwhelming force and pheromone scent.

Haa…

Slowly exhaling, and trying his best not to inhale the scent, Josh waited for him to calm down for a moment. The pheromones were so strong that he felt he would have collapsed immediately if he hadn’t taken the medicine. Chase hugged Josh tightly, showering his cheeks, neck, and lips with kisses alternately, and finally spoke after a long time.

“I was worried.”

Relief was mixed in his faintly trembling voice. He must have already heard that Josh was safe. Nevertheless, Chase must have been worried enough about Josh to send Laura to call him separately. Only after confirming with his own eyes did he finally feel relieved. But Josh was the opposite. Chase, who had buried his nose in Josh’s neck, sniffing and trying to smell his scent, raised his head with a greatly disappointed expression.

“Did you take your medicine?”

He seemed quite disheartened that Josh’s pheromone scent wasn’t present. But this was definitely not the time to soothe Chase by saying something like, I had to for work, didn’t I? Chase, who belatedly looked down at Josh’s face, flinched. Josh’s expression was not good at all. Chase frowned and asked cautiously.

“What’s wrong? Are you not feeling well? Don’t tell me, are you hurt?”

Seeing him immediately turn pale with fright, Josh barely managed to suppress the urge to hit him and roughly spat out, filled with indignation.

“Are you asking because you don’t know? You…”

He barely suppressed his voice, which was involuntarily rising, and closed his eyes with a groan. A flustered Chase released his arms that were holding Josh. As soon as he was free, Josh immediately pressed him.

“Do you know how many people got hurt because of you? Why did you come back instead of going straight inside?!”

Although it was an obvious statement, Chase had something to say.

“You almost got hurt.”

His faint protest, of course, didn’t work on Josh.

“Is that something to say? What client tries to save their bodyguard?”

Chase fell silent. In truth, he had a lot to say, but nothing he said would get through to Josh right now. Even if he argued that it was unfair, that was only Chase’s opinion. It was true that he had deviated from the planned route, and it was natural for Josh to be angry. No matter how much he pleaded, “I was worried about you,” he wouldn’t listen. As Chase silently bowed his head, Josh continued.

“You have your job to do, and I have mine. But you messed it up! Do you know how many people got hurt? Because you ran in without thinking to save me…”

Josh, who was angry, paused. Chase’s sad face, with downcast eyes, came into his sight. And not just that. Even tears were subtly welling up in his long eyelashes.

Suddenly, Chase’s face, crying as he confessed to him, overlapped with that image. The sight of him silently shedding thick tears without even a sob. Josh paused for a moment, and Chase, who had been silent for a while, raised his eyes. His purple eyes, full of moisture, met Josh’s, and then a tear flowed down one cheek.

“I’m sorry.”

Chase whispered. And he lowered his gaze again. That was all, but Josh couldn’t be angry anymore. Chase’s crying face was both heartbreakingly sad and incredibly beautiful.

“Haa.”

In the end, Josh surrendered. He raised his hands to his shoulders and then lowered them, sighing again and messing up his hair. When he raised his head again, Josh’s anger had subsided somewhat, but that didn’t mean he had forgiven everything.

“If it’s like this, I can’t be your bodyguard.”

Josh declared firmly. Chase opened his mouth in surprise, but Josh cut him off first.

“My job is to protect you, but you’re not cooperating at all, are you? So what am I supposed to do? I should quit.”

“But.”

“Shut up, answer me. If you act like this again, I’m quitting. And I’ll reconsider marrying you too. Isn’t that obvious? If I’m next to you, you’ll just jump into danger on your own, so it’s better if I’m not around.”

“…”

“Your answer?”

Chase distorted his neat face and remained silent for a long time. Josh knew his feelings of injustice without him having to say it, but he couldn’t just accept it indefinitely. It was fortunate this time that there wasn’t much damage, but no one could guarantee that they would be lucky next time. Not only those around them but also Chase himself could suffer a major, irreversible accident. Josh waited, glaring at Chase until he answered.

“…”

Chase, who had stubbornly kept his mouth shut, finally nodded. Seeing his dejected face, Josh’s expression softened.

“It’s dangerous, and if you get hurt, I’ll be worried too.”

“…Yeah.”

This time, Chase answered obediently. With a hint of regret, Josh slowly stroked Chase’s earlobe, thinking.

Even his ears are pretty.

The old Chase would never have agreed to postpone marriage or wait. If he didn’t like something even a little, he would usually shout or be sarcastic, get angry, and resort to violence without hesitation, but seeing him obey his words like this now was, in a way, even touching.

How commendable.

“When we get married, let’s leave a pretty mark here too.”

Josh gently stroked Chase’s exposed ear. Again, Chase nodded obediently. Seeing him transform into a docile lamb, Josh found him endearing and put his hand behind his neck, pulling him closer. He lightly touched their lips for a kiss, and Chase immediately tried to wrap his arms around his waist. Josh pulled his lips away before that and added in a low voice.

“And reduce your pheromones a bit, it’s making me dizzy.”

“Pheromones?”

“Yes.”

Josh nodded and continued.

“You can reduce them, can’t you? I’ve been completely out of it because of you. You’ve confirmed I’m safe, so calm down now.”

After saying that much, Josh suddenly felt puzzled. Chase’s reaction was strange.

“You, you can control your pheromones, can’t you? You’re not saying you can’t, are you?”

“…Why?”

When he asked suspiciously, Chase avoided answering and asked back. Josh still calmly persuaded him.

“Try to refrain from pouring them out like this anytime. It makes things difficult for me.”

“Why?”

This time, the reaction was even quicker. This time, Josh couldn’t help but frown.

“Because your pheromones make me lose my mind. Don’t you know?”

He lightly shook the imprinted ear, and Chase’s gaze briefly shifted there. When his gaze returned to his face, Josh hoped he would give the answer he wanted this time, but what came out of Chase’s mouth was completely different.

“But, if I don’t do this, won’t other pheromones get on you?”

Josh frowned at the fact that Chase had no intention of reducing his pheromones, but then he relaxed his expression and replied.

“Even if they did, it wouldn’t have an effect. Besides, you’re probably the only extreme Alpha on set right now, aren’t you?”

Chase blinked. When Josh looked puzzled, he paused and asked.

“Because I marked you, you only react to me?”

“Until someone else marks you, yes.”

Josh, who had spoken nonchalantly, now frowned seriously.

“You didn’t know?”

Chase paused for a moment and asked.

“…You don’t react at all, do you? Even if there’s a mark.”

Josh calmly explained again.

“Mostly not. But ‘your pheromones’ have a big effect, so I’m telling you to be careful.”

Then Josh asked mischievously.

“You slept with me even before you knew I was an Omega. Wasn’t it strange that I got wet?”

“Uh…”

Surely he didn’t think it was because he was so good, did he?

Josh was momentarily flustered by the unexpected hesitation. Chase hesitated for a moment, then confessed honestly.

“I heard Betas also get wet when they’re aroused.”

He stopped himself from saying, You don’t have that much technique. He didn’t want to crush Chase’s small confidence. Besides, it was true that he was aroused not just by the pheromones but also by Chase himself.

“That’s only for familiar cases, Betas don’t get wet easily.”

Chase blinked in confusion. Josh thought he was cute, and at the same time, realized that thanks to that, Chase hadn’t doubted that he was a Beta.

I know he’s inexperienced, but is he too lacking in knowledge?

Josh, who had thought that to himself, soon remembered a forgotten fact.

Come to think of it.

He hadn’t realized it until now because of other things, but after Josh learned he had a mark, Chase hadn’t seemed puzzled at all when he saw Josh getting aroused by his pheromones.

“Surely you didn’t know? That you only react to the person who marked you.”

At Josh’s question, Chase avoided his gaze for the first time. Josh let out a dumbfounded gasp. Before becoming involved with Josh, Chase had abhorred sexual relations, so he probably would have loathed even someone mentioning it, let alone looking it up himself. Naturally, his knowledge would be shallow.

Even so, isn’t he too ignorant?

Josh, who had thought that to himself, immediately corrected himself.

Well, if that guy said he didn’t like it, what could I have done?

He could vividly imagine Chase, eyes wide, shouting and getting angry, saying he didn’t want to hear it, without even trying. There were some children in the world whom even their parents couldn’t handle. And that was Chase Miller. Even as he readily accepted this, another question arose.

He must have learned something by watching his Papa and Daddy. They’re an extreme Alpha and extreme Omega couple, aren’t they?

Just as he thought that, Chase wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled him closer. Their lips met, and Josh stopped pondering. That wasn’t important right now. Josh pushed Chase onto the bed.

Chase’s pheromones continued to overflow, lingering in the air. Josh couldn’t keep his mind straight. He wasn’t sure if he had managed to hold on until now because of the medicine, or if even the medicine wasn’t working against the overwhelming pheromones.

The important thing was that they didn’t have much time. Even as his reason blurred and his heart raced, Josh vaguely remembered what the security team leader had told him. He had only about two hours of leeway initially. Of course, the team leader wouldn’t have expected him to use all that time. But it was a tight schedule for the two of them, and they had already wasted time arguing with Chase, so it must have been even shorter.

How much time is left? 30 minutes? 20 minutes?

10 minutes?

Unable to bear the impatience, Josh ripped off his jacket, stopped kissing, and lifted his upper body. Chase lay on his back, watching Josh pull his shirt over his head and take it off. He reached out and placed his hand on Josh’s chest, feeling his heart pounding wildly beneath the thick muscles.

“Haa…”

A groaning sigh boiled up from deep in Josh’s throat, making Chase’s waist throb. He could feel his cheeks flush. It wasn’t just there that he was heating up. Josh also looked down at him with a reddened face. Immediately, Chase sat up and brought his lips to Josh’s chest. As he sucked on the erect nipple, it reacted instantly. Between Josh’s widely spread thighs, his penis stood firm.

Chase hugged his waist with one arm and propped himself up with the other hand on the bed, passionately sucking on Josh’s chest. The nipples on his muscular chest quickly became wet and shiny with saliva, and the friction sound from below, mixed with his rough breathing, completely blew away Josh’s reason along with the pheromones.

“No matter how much you suck, nothing will come out.”

Josh gasped between rough breaths. Yet, he didn’t try to pull Chase’s head away. Chase chuckled briefly. Air escaped between his lips, adding cold moisture to his wet nipple, sending a shiver down Josh’s spine.

“Well, you never know until you try.”

With those words, Chase opened his mouth wide and bit hard into Josh’s chest. He bit so hard, as if to swallow his heart, leaving teeth marks, making Josh flinch for a moment.

“Ugh.”

He let out a short cry and almost pushed him away, but Chase pulled him even tighter. Then he pursed his lips and began to suck hard, pressing down on the entire areola.

“Ugh, it hurts…”

Josh groaned and grabbed his shoulder, but Chase showed no sign of stopping. A strong pressure was felt on his chest, which was fully engulfed in Chase’s wide-open mouth. With lips roughly sucking his areola and a rough tongue brushing his erect nipple, Josh grabbed Chase’s shoulder with one hand and hugged his head with the other.

Haa, haa. Haa, ah.

Groans and breaths mingled chaotically, escaping his lips without restraint. He was soaking wet below. It felt like he would hear squelching sounds with even the slightest movement. Josh closed his eyes and completely sat on Chase’s body. Chase released his hand from the bed and, with his legs wide apart, began to unbuckle Josh’s belt as he slumped onto his waist.