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At the age of 18, to escape bullying and seek protection, I, a beta, pretended to be an omega and seduced the school alpha, Lu Ci.

Later, at the age of 20, due to changes at home, I fled from Lu Ci overnight.

When we met again, he had become a famous rising star in the business world.

In the dead of night, Lu Ci would always hold me in his arms, gently kissing my gland. His gaze was dark and obsessive, lifting my fingertips and lightly nibbling them:
“If I mark you a few more times, your entire body will be filled with my pheromones. Let’s see if you dare abandon me then.”

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One

If I had known I would run into Lu Ci at the banquet, I would have refused my boss’s invitation half an hour ago.

But now, with Lu Ci already standing in front of me, leaving would be impolite.

Besides, my boss was introducing me with a smile.

Even though I kept my head down, I could still feel Lu Ci’s intense gaze, like a starving wolf, mercilessly tearing apart my clothes, ready to devour me whole.

After all, no man can tolerate being abandoned by their partner.

And moreover, I had disappeared for three whole years.

“This is the young and accomplished editor, Qiu Shui, right?”

Lu Ci’s smile didn’t reach his eyes: “Editor Qiu Shui looks a lot like someone I used to know.”

Cold sweat immediately ran down my back. I hadn’t expected Lu Ci to confront me so directly.

Unaware of the tension, my boss cheerfully responded, “Who might this person be, Mr. Lu? Perhaps Xiao Qiu has met them before?”

My heart raced like crazy. I wished I could stretch out two hands, one to cover Lu Ci’s mouth, the other to cover my boss’s.

But I couldn’t do that.

When I raised my head, sure enough, I met Lu Ci’s half-smiling gaze.

His lips curved slightly, showing an expression I knew all too well.

I knew he was waiting for me to plead, to look at him pitifully and beg him not to speak.

After all, during the two years we were together, Lu Ci always enjoyed looking at me like this in bed.

His occasional madness had terrified me.

At the time, as a beta, I was forced to behave like an omega.

All I could do was cry and beg.

Remembering this, my face flushed slightly.

Pushing those thoughts aside, I bit my lip and looked at Lu Ci with damp eyes:
“Mr. Lu, you must be joking. How could someone like me have crossed paths with a person of your status?”

Lu Ci’s smile faded, his handsome mouth tightening, and his whole demeanor changed.

It was as if, in the next moment, he might throw a punch at me.

I hurriedly shut my mouth.

All I heard was a cold laugh from Lu Ci. The pain I expected didn’t come.

When I opened my eyes again, I saw my boss looking at me with a complicated expression.

His wrinkled face showed a worried look: “Xiao Qiu, did you and Mr. Lu have some bad experience?”

“The way he looked at you, it was like a man who had been abandoned by his wife.”

Patting me on the shoulder, my boss spoke earnestly:
“If you really did steal Mr. Lu’s wife, you better run quickly.”

“Everyone in the business world knows that Mr. Lu has been turning the whole city upside down looking for his wife.”

My mouth twitched slightly.

I didn’t know how to explain the truth to my boss.

After all, I didn’t steal Lu Ci’s partner, because I was Lu Ci’s partner.

But saying that out loud, no one would believe it.

Who would have thought that someone as top-tier as Lu Ci would have a beta as his partner?

After my boss finished speaking, he sighed and walked away, still seemingly suspicious that I had stolen Lu Ci’s wife.

Calming my breath, I realized my back was slightly damp.

I started walking toward the restroom.

But before I could reach the door, a hand grabbed me and pulled me into a nearby small cubicle.

Lu Ci’s face was dark, but his arms gently encircled my waist.

He held me close, whispering: “Are you planning to abandon me again this time?”

His voice was filled with an inexplicable sense of hurt.

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Two

The first time I heard Lu Ci’s name, I was being cornered in the bathroom by an arrogant omega.

It should have been a time for studying at university, but the omega had rallied the entire class to isolate and bully me.

They even threatened my roommates, demanding that they kick me out of the dormitory.

The omega’s family was rich and powerful.

I had no choice but to endure all the unfair treatment, even though I didn’t know what I had done to offend that beautiful omega.

One of those countless times when I was cornered in the bathroom, Lu Ci appeared.

He stood coldly behind the group of omegas, his tone icy as he said:
“School bullying?”

Lu Ci hadn’t come to save me.

He knew that omega, and he was there to issue a warning:
“Lu Shang, don’t disgrace the Lu family.”

With that, the omegas left, leaving me kneeling on the floor, not knowing what to do.

After that, I noticed that wherever Lu Ci appeared, the omega wouldn’t dare bully me anymore.

But Lu Ci couldn’t be there every time I was harassed.

Desperate, with no one to save me, I mustered the courage to pretend to be an omega and seduce Lu Ci.

I knew he was an alpha.

So, I used some drugs, hoping to have a relationship with him.

Alphas are truly strong.

I hadn’t died at the hands of my bullies, but I almost died under Lu Ci that night.

After that night, Lu Ci was forced to bond with me.

To better pretend to be an omega, I spent a lot of money on fake pheromones.

Whether Lu Ci liked it or not, I wasn’t sure.

But every time, he would bite into my neck, roughly injecting his pheromones into me.

Being with Lu Ci was good in many ways, but that part wasn’t.

Because once the omega found out about my relationship with Lu Ci, they stopped actively bullying me. More often, they would just glare at me with jealousy.

Time passed slowly over two years.

One day, I came home and overheard Lu Ci on the phone with his family.

His gaze was soft as he spoke gently to the person on the other end:
“Mom, I’ve found a really cute boyfriend. I want to marry him.”

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