Chapter 3
Encountering Lu Heng, the man he had just “robbed,” An Le instinctively trembled, tugging on Xiao Xiao’s clothes, “Xiao Xiao, let’s go home quickly.”
“Okay.”
How could Xiao Xiao refuse? He pulled An Le to leave, but Lu Heng stopped them, “Were you the one who forced him to rob me?”
Xiao Xiao was a beta; he couldn’t smell pheromones. After returning from his business trip, he hadn’t noticed that An Le’s pheromones were different.
Therefore, he didn’t understand why Lu Heng had been so cooperative with An Le earlier, even kissing him, taking advantage of him, and wanting to stand up for him. He just thought this guy must have fallen for An Le.
But outside alphas were unreliable. Even if he liked An Le, he had to vet him personally. Furthermore, this alpha didn’t look like a good person, and he didn’t approve.
Xiao Xiao instinctively stood in front of An Le, “What’s it to you? We were just playing. Get out of the way; I’m taking him home.”
An Le’s mind was in chaos, but he still instinctively defended Xiao Xiao, whispering, “Yes, we… we were just playing. Now… we’re leaving.”
“Leaving?”
Lu Heng’s face was cold, completely ignoring the arrogant beta. He pushed Xiao Xiao aside, grabbed An Le’s wrist, and pulled him into his arms, “You’re covered in my pheromones. Where do you think you’re going?”
Alphas were very strong. Xiao Xiao was pushed back several steps. Just as he thought he was going to fall hard, he landed in someone’s embrace.
Looking back, he found that it was his crush holding him. His body froze, and his face turned red.
But after only three seconds, he reacted, immediately pushing away his crush to find An Le, but his arm was grabbed, “Okay, you don’t need to worry about them two, they know each other. Come with me…”
Xiao Xiao: “Ah, Le Le, mm…”
His crush covered Xiao Xiao’s mouth while saying this, pulling him away.
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Looking at the fierce Lu Heng, An Le was terrified, instinctively apologizing, “I’m sorry…”
The terrifying memory of being marked in the mall made An Le extremely afraid of Lu Heng. He didn’t notice that Xiao Xiao had already left; his mind was filled with what to do now.
Having been bullied since childhood, no matter whether he was right or wrong, he always apologized. It was the same now. Although Lu Heng had forcibly marked him, he was so scared that he cried and apologized to Lu Heng.
“I’m sorry, I’m wrong. Let me go. I want to go home. I want to go home…”
On his birthday half a month ago, Xiao Xiao was overworked by his boss and couldn’t accompany him. He sent An Le a 3,000 yuan red packet, telling him to go shopping at the mall.
So, he went to the most luxurious mall in City A, wanting to see if there were any glasses he could use. But after asking around, he got the same answer as in other malls: there were no glasses he could wear, and everyone suggested he go to the hospital for surgery.
He went to the restroom to wash his hands, dejected. Before he could turn on the faucet, an alpha rushed in and pressed him against the sink, tearing off his inhibitor patch and biting down on his gland…
It hurt, a pain he had never experienced before, so painful that he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, he found himself in the hospital, his body aching, his gland throbbing with an unfamiliar pain.
He had been marked, completely marked by a stranger.
An Le was both panicked and afraid. He secretly escaped from the ward while no one was around.
After escaping home, he cried for a long time. He had originally only needed to save money for eye and ear treatment, but now he had to save money for a marking reversal. Although he could ask the alpha for compensation, he didn’t dare to.
This incident made him depressed, hiding at home for half a month without daring to go out. He hadn’t expected that the first time he went out, he would run into the alpha who had marked him again.
And the other party was stopping him from leaving.
Although Lu Heng hadn’t said anything, An Le was still terrified, his eyes filled with tears as he looked at Lu Heng, softly pleading, “I… I didn’t mean to. Please let me go. Please let me go…”
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Chapter 4
This omega was unusual.
Lu Heng frowned, and after understanding the situation, he released An Le’s hand.
An Le immediately trembled and retreated, but behind him was a busy highway. Lu Heng quickly said in a low voice, “Stop, don’t move.”
An Le instinctively stopped, looking at Lu Heng in a panic.
Lu Heng said in a low voice, “Behave, and I’ll let you go.”
An Le’s eyes were vacant as he slowly nodded, “Okay…”
Actually, even if Lu Heng hadn’t asked An Le to behave, An Le would have obeyed. In his experience, from childhood to adulthood, except for his mother, it seemed anyone could order him around.
Knowing An Le was scared, Lu Heng didn’t approach but stepped back a few steps before saying, “Come here.”
An Le hesitated, overcoming his fear to walk to Lu Heng’s side, his mind blank, “I’ve behaved. Can… can I go home now?”
Lu Heng didn’t speak or use pheromones to comfort him. Instead, he looked at the trembling An Le and grabbed his wrist, “Of course.”
He then pulled him towards the roadside. Just as his assistant arrived with the car, he pulled An Le into the vehicle, “I’ll take you home.”
An Le was hesitant about Lu Heng taking him home, but not only were omegas naturally weaker than alphas physically, but given An Le’s upbringing, he wouldn’t resist.
After getting in the car, An Le immediately curled up in what he considered a safe corner.
There was a faint trace of Lu Heng’s pheromones in the car, but it still relaxed him, making him unconditionally believe that Lu Heng would really take him home.
But he forgot that Lu Heng hadn’t asked him where he lived.
Only when the car stopped at a luxurious apartment did An Le realize what was happening. His tearful eyes stared at Lu Heng in surprise, anxiously saying, “This isn’t my home. This isn’t my home…”
Lu Heng looked at An Le’s red eyes, frowning, “It’s my home.”
“Your home?”
An Le was stunned, then shook his head, “No, I’m not going to your home. I want to go back to my own home. Please take me back. Please, please take me back.”
An Le carefully clutched Lu Heng’s clothes, begging.
But Lu Heng didn’t speak; he was even somewhat displeased.
Before, he thought he had only marked an ordinary omega, and that both emotionally and physically, things would be easily resolved. But now, it was clearly not the case.
Omegas were protected. If forcibly marked, they could sue. If the omega had a powerful background, they could even bankrupt the alpha and send him to prison.
Even without a powerful background, an omega could demand compensation—one-fifth of the offender’s assets.
This omega could use the omega protection law to threaten him, blackmail him, and demand money.
So, after discovering that the omega could soothe his heat cycles, his plan was, before discovering any ulterior motives from the omega, to try to spoil the omega like a partner and then marry him.
But this omega didn’t know how to protect himself; he even diligently apologized to his assailant, begging for forgiveness and mercy.
This wasn’t right.
This wasn’t the reaction of a normal omega.
In the past, Lu Heng certainly wouldn’t have cared. He wasn’t interested in omegas, nor did he care if they were normal or not. He even disliked catering to others’ emotions.
But now this omega was his, not only could he share his assets, but he could also alleviate his heat cycles; he had to care.
A problematic omega.
This made Lu Heng somewhat irritated, but then he thought again, an omega in this situation, completely marked by him—wasn’t that even better to control?
Not only could it solve the problem of heat cycles, but it could also solve the marriage problem. Most importantly, given this omega’s personality, he probably wouldn’t cause trouble; he would completely submit to him.
Thinking this, Lu Heng’s furrowed brows finally relaxed. He turned to ask, “What’s your name?”