CHAPTER 9

"Who…are you?" I asked while looked up as I grabbed the blanket.

When I opened my eyes a man I didn't recognize stood staring intently, his creepy face, with glasses and buzz hair cut. The man was wearing a neat suit, I could smell Alpha pheromones from him.

"Are you an Omega?" His tip eyes moved.

My body trembled, I looked around, I was still in my room, the curtains were open and the sun was up. The window is open.

I can run away running through there, I just need to jump. But, this is the third floor…

I still freeze on my bed, trying to move my body. I have to hurry before this guy get me.

When I was about to get up suddenly my ankle was pulled by the man. My body trembled more and more, I looked at the man full of fear. My lips were uptight, I couldn't get a single sentence out of my throat at all, everything was muffled.

"George, What are you doing?"

Gruvv came with a glass of milk in a clear cup, he looked confused when he saw the man named George was clutching my ankle.

"He try to run away."

Gruvv knitted his eyebrows, he put the cup on the nightstand and hit the man's hand. He looked at me and sighed, "You scared him." He said as he pulled me to the middle of the bed and covered half of my body with a blanket.

I'm still a little shaky while I process what's going on.

"He's my secretary." Gruvv explained, he sat down next to me and handed me the cup. "Shit, George! You're making him shaking like crazy!" Gruvv said while throwing a pillow at the man who was still looking at me with a fierce look.

I keep my head down, it was the first time I heard Gruvv's tone rise.

"I was just watching him sleep." The man said casually, his voice was no less deep as Gruvv's. He sat down on the couch and glanced at me again.

"Shiloh, have a drink. You'll be much better after drink the milk, don't mind him."

I gulped down a little warm milk that Gruvv gave, I shifted my seat so that Gruvv's body prevented me from seeing the man immediately.

"Why are you here?" Asked Gruvv, he let me be behind him.

"I picked you up of course, we have to leave immediately for a morning meeting."

Gruvv sighed, he turned to me and took the cup out of my hands.

"I'll go to work, don't forget to finish your milk. The nurse will come as usual and they will take a stroll around with you in the evening."

I looked at him, "You're not coming?" For some reason there was a strange feeling when he said that the nurse would replace him doing our routine.

"I'll back home a little bit late. There's work to be done." Gruvv replied with a small smile. Then he left to get ready.

In the room, it was just me and the secretary. I sat awkwardly on the bed, I don't know why he didn't go with Gruvv and just sat on the couch playing with his phone.

"Hey.." He started talking to me, without turning his head and just playing with his phone. "You're Rudapriya's son, right?" He asked.

I didn't answer, my heart was racing, I was so scared to just peek at his face. The smell of his pheromones was so heavy and it made me tremble.

"I thought Rudapriya's only child was an Alpha." He said again.

I don't know why he keeps trying to talk to me. I lowered my head deeper and deeper as I watched from the edge of my eyes he got up from his seat and slowly walked over to me.

"Hey, I'm talking to you."

I swallowed my saliva because of nervousness. His pheromones was so strong and it was really scared me, it's different smell from Gruvv this guy named George had a scent like another Alpha. The scent is menacing.

"George." Gruvv's voice made the man glance.

I cover my nose, now I smell Gruvv pheromones are more heavy than George. I don't know what he's feeling, but I'm sure this scent is meant for George. Ah, He's a gangster after all.

The man chuckled then cleared his throat, he smoothed the cuffs of his shirt.

"I didn't mean to scare him, he was shaking himself." George said as he shrugged his shoulders.

Gruvv said nothing and left the door.

I was still silent on the spot. I thought I was getting used to the smell of Alpha pheromones, in fact I was still so trembling smelling other pheromones besides Gruvv's. I looked at my pale, trembling hands.

I remember Gruvv's voice when he called George, a voice so low and deep. There is a feeling of fear and horror when you hear it. He sound so different when he talk to me.

I spend my time for almost three months with Gruvv but I never knew how he worked.

He left and went home in a neat suit like the one George wore, he left with his hair neatly combed using gel and came home with slightly disheveled hair. When I asked, he just said "Uh, my job, it's exhausting. Sometimes, I ruffle my hair unconsciously." He replied with a small laugh.

"Mr. Shiloh, are you all right?" A maid came to me.

I looked at her.

"You're shaking, your face is so pale, do you feel any pain?" She held my forehead and also wiped my sweat with the cloth she brought.

"Ah no, I just... " I paused for a moment because I felt my throat so blocked. The scent of the man still lingered in this room. "Can you please take me to the bathroom?"

The maid nodded and helped me up, my legs give up. Helped by her, I went to the bathroom and throwing up everything from my stomach. The smell George's pheromones is so overpowering.

"Is this because of Mr. George's pheromones?" Ask the maid.

The nurse had come and was giving me an IV, my condition dropped instantly just because I smelled the scent of another Alpha pheromone. I hate this body, weak body.

"Is there another Alpha coming here?" Ask the nurse back while preparing the medicines I have to drink.

"Mr. Gruvv's secretary is an Alpha, he came here this morning to pick up Mr. Gruvv and visit Mr. Shiloh for a moment." The maid explained.

The nurse nodded and looked at me, "It seems that Mr. Shiloh's body is still reacting to the smell of other Alpha pheromones besides Mr. Gruvv. We're looking into it, because the doctor and nurse who came here before were also Alphas and Mr. Shiloh's body reacted badly so Mr. Gruvv changed all the nurses and doctor."

I listened intently to their conversation. Gruvv never explained anything to me, our conversation was just a small, meaningless conversation. He always brought something home, either a book or fruit for me. We never talked as seriously as yesterday.

I sighed, remembering that I was a guarantor for my father's debts. I haven't talked to Gruvv about it yet, what do I have to do to pay it all off with this weak body?

"Mr. Shiloh, you should rest today." The nurse and the maid left my room.

I looked up at the sky from my bed.

This body is so weak as a result of long-term use of drugs. For two years I was locked up by my father and given sleeping pills then for a month I was given the same medicine by Madam, my body became helpless. And, Hanahaki disease.

I grabbed the sheets, I should have died.

How can I pay my father's debt to Gruvv if I can't stand on my own two feet?