Felix's POV

The next morning the prior wave of confidence came crashing down on me hard, I'm still not really sure where I found the confidence to interact with the older male or even go back to the club at all. On the bright side today is a studio day so I won't have to worry about facing Chan just yet.

I'm meeting up with Yunho, San, and Wooyoung today to work on a new dance project. We're making a choreography for a freelance musician and today is the day we meet him and the company CEO who is his mate to finalize all the details.

I throw on one of my nicer outfits: a cream button up dress shirt, and a long flowy black skirt that has a slit running up to mid thigh on both sides, along with my knee high cream boots with a slight wedge. When I walk into the studio I head straight for our small conference room where the others are already waiting beside a man with mid length black hair.

"I'm sorry, am I late Yunho?" I ask as I slide into one of the empty chairs, Yunho shaking his head in response.

"You're fine, I got here early but my mate is still on his way. I'm Seonghwa, I'm looking forward to working with you all." The male speaks up, reaching over to shake my hand from across the table. An alpha, I note to myself as the scent of coffee hits my nose.

"I am as well, It's nice to meet you Seonghwa." I reply with a smile as another male with light blonde hair enters the room, one I recognize from the first time I went to Chan's club. My surprise must show on my face because Wooyoung, who is beside me, quirks his eyebrow up at me in question and my scent sweetens with embracement.

"You okay there Felix?" San questions drawing everyone's attention to me and I send a short glare to the older in response.

"Yeah I was just a little surprised is all, I could be wrong but you remind me of someone my friend and I saw perform at a local club a while back." I speak directed to the blonde male who thinks for a second before speaking.

"Red Lights? Yeah, we both perform there on occasion since our friend owns the place." The blonde male relies casually,

"Oh so your friends with Chan, that's cool, you did amazing that night. My friend and I had to leave early due to some complications but I loved the way you performed on stage." I reply kindly and the male smiles as the scent of honey hits my nose.

"Thank you, I'm Hongjoong by the way, I'm looking forward to working with you all." The male, Hongjoong, greets kindly before Yunho gets straight into business talk. The choreography we are working on will be a sensual modern contemporary dance to match with Seonghwa's new song and the moment we hear it I already have a million Ideas running through my head.

Our discussion ends up lasting around 2 hours and I get ready to head to my practice room to put together some ideas when Hongjoong and Seonghwa gesture me over to where they are standing.

"The day that I was performing at Red Lights, are you by chance the customer Chan ended up helping that night. He mentioned that an Omega with a Vanilla scent went into heat early and got attacked by another customer so when I caught your scent earlier it rang a bell." Hongjoong asks quietly and I can hear the concern in the older Omega's tone.

"Oh um yeah that was me, Chan helped me out and I ended up being okay so it wasn't a big deal." I attempt to shrug it off but I can almost taste the anxiety in my scent at the mention of my ex.

"I'm sorry you had to deal with that, some alpha's are just really shitty." Hongjoong frowns and Seonghwa looks at his mate with a playful offense that makes me chuckle.

"Yeah, unfortunately that was an alpha I knew." I shrug off my own comment but I can see the way even Seonghwa tenses.

"Chan didn't say anything about that." Seonghwa is attempting to hold back a growl but it still comes out low in his throat and both Hongjoong and myself tense a little.

"I didn't tell him, I was a bit too panicked at the time anyways but yeah, he was my ex. He was also my first Dom but that didn't end well as I'm sure you can imagine." I shrug as I finish speaking and before I can even react Hongjoong is pulling me into a hug. Within seconds my body relaxes and I melt into the olders embrace a few soft tears rolling down my face.

"I'm so sorry, we shouldn't have pried," Hongjoong whispers after a few minutes and I pull away shaking my head.

"No, it's okay, don't worry. And I appreciate the support." I reassure the older with a small smile as we exchange goodbye's and go our separate ways for the time being. I spend the next three hours after our chat in the studio working on ideas to share with Wooyoung and San and we end up all heading out for drinks after, chatting about everything going on and catching up on some local drama. When I finally got back home I unlocked my phone to a message from Chan.

Chan

Hey Felix,

I had fun yesterday.

Me

Hi Chan,

I did too.

Chan

Do you work at the cafe tomorrow?

Me

Yep

Chan

Cool, I'll look forward to seeing you.

Rest well cutie.

'Fuck' I can't help but panic too myself as I plug in my phone for the night vanilla and lavender flooding my bedroom as I attempt to fall asleep for the night.