Third Day of Pretending to Be an Alpha

Chu Mo snapped out of his shock, frowned, and was just about to refuse.

“I’d be more than happy to be of service to President Chu,” Xie Songchen said calmly, holding Chu Mo’s clothes, “as long as President Chu doesn’t mind changing in front of an Alpha like me.”

After saying that, Xie Songchen just quietly looked at Chu Mo, waiting for his response.

Everyone in the meeting room had their eyes glued to Chu Mo.

“…Of course, I don’t mind.” Chu Mo’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he gritted his back teeth and forced out those six words.

He was a top-tier Alpha—how could he possibly say “I mind”?!

“Secretary Li, please apologize to the shareholders,” Xie Songchen turned to Li Shuo and said steadily, “and let them know that the online meeting will be delayed ten minutes due to an intern not being familiar with the equipment.”

The “intern” he mentioned was clearly referring to himself.

Li Shuo froze for a moment, then quickly realized—

Xie Songchen was protecting President Chu’s image.

Although the board showed respect to President Chu on the surface, plenty of people talked behind his back about how young and inexperienced he was.

Countless eyes were on Chu Mo, just waiting for him to mess up.

Li Shuo couldn’t help but widen his eyes—an intern was actually thinking this far ahead?

Chu Mo had caught on too.

Before he could say anything, Xie Songchen looked at him and stated plainly, “You have ten minutes.”

Everyone was stunned—did this intern think the meeting room was his own house? It was one thing to boss around Li Shuo, but he even dared to speak to Chu Mo like that?

Chu Mo sucked in a sharp breath—this main lead gong really didn’t see him as someone to be reckoned with!

But at this point, Chu Mo couldn’t afford to back down under so many watchful eyes. He forced himself to stay calm and said, “If you can’t finish helping me change in ten minutes, I’d love to hear what excuse you come up with next to delay the meeting.”

With that, Chu Mo left the meeting room with a frosty face.

Two minutes later.

Inside the wardrobe room.

Xie Songchen pulled out a similarly colored suit from the closet and handed it to Chu Mo. “This one?”

Chu Mo frowned. “Too light.”

“What about this?” Xie Songchen picked a darker one this time.

“Outdated,” Chu Mo scoffed.

Xie Songchen then pulled out a newer style. “This one?”

Chu Mo waved it off. “Not suitable for a meeting.”

Xie Songchen fell silent.

“What’s wrong? Never seen this many haute couture pieces and don’t know how to pick?” Chu Mo raised a brow, cocky as hell. “A bumpkin like you who’s never seen the world still dares to dream about marrying into the Chu Family?”

The moment Xie Songchen heard the words “marrying into,” his expression became a little complicated.

He hesitated for a second, then suddenly said, “I’ve seen them before.”

Chu Mo sneered. “Heh, as if you’ve ever seen these clothes before—”

“You wore them,” Xie Songchen said flatly.

Those three words shut Chu Mo right up.

At the same time, he was completely thrown off—how did Xie Songchen even know what he wore on the regular?

Before he could react, Xie Songchen pulled out a suit that Chu Mo had only worn once before and handed it to him. “This one suits you well.”

Chu Mo was just about to shoot back a “how do you know it suits me” when Xie Songchen cut in mercilessly—

“You have six minutes left.”

Chu Mo: “…”

All he could do was scowl and say, “If it doesn’t look good, I’ll fire you on the spot.”

As he got ready to change, a sliver of hesitation crept into Chu Mo’s heart—

As an Omega, he had never changed clothes in front of an Alpha before.

But if he acted too reserved now, it’d look super suspicious.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Chu Mo decided to keep up his top-tier Alpha act. No way a top Alpha would be afraid to change in front of another Alpha!

A top Alpha would only boldly show off his body!

Chu Mo pretended to be all calm as he reached for his buttons.

Right at that moment—

The real Alpha, Xie Songchen, froze.

He awkwardly looked away, eyebrows tightening as he said with a tone full of disdain, “Put on the shirt yourself first, then I’ll help you.”

With that, Xie Songchen set the clothes down and strode out of the wardrobe room.

Bang! The door slammed shut.

Chu Mo was stunned for a second.

He hadn’t expected that Xie Songchen would be even more self-conscious about this than he was.

After Xie Songchen left—

Chu Mo took off his white shirt that had a few smudges on it and reached for the new one.

The buttons on the new shirt were designed a little complicated, and it took Chu Mo a while to fasten them.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Knock knock.

Two crisp knocks came from outside the door.

Then, Xie Songchen twisted the doorknob and walked in with a frown. “You’ve only got three minu—”

His words cut off abruptly.

Inside the wardrobe room, Chu Mo hadn’t finished buttoning up. Between the shirt’s open fabric, his defined chest muscles and the fair abs below were clearly visible.

Chu Mo had a great body—everyone in the company knew that.

To pull off the image of a perfect Alpha, Chu Mo had to work harder than the average Alpha. He spent two hours in the gym every single day.

Hearing the sudden silence, Chu Mo looked up at the door.

Xie Songchen’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

Before Chu Mo could say anything, he quickly shut the door again.

From the gap in the door, Chu Mo heard Xie Songchen mutter under his breath, “Why the hell is it taking so long to get changed…”

A moment later, Chu Mo had finished getting dressed. Wearing a frosty expression, he opened the door.

Xie Songchen was standing right outside and blinked, looking at Chu Mo.

Chu Mo thought he caught a glimpse of a faint red tint on the tips of his ears.

Was… Xie Songchen getting shy?

No way.

They were both Alphas.

Maybe the wardrobe room was too hot?

No… that didn’t make sense either…

Just then, Xie Songchen furrowed his brows and interrupted Chu Mo’s wandering thoughts with a cold voice. 

“You’ve got two minutes.”

“What’s the rush?” Chu Mo gave a cold laugh, then—almost by reflex—started mocking Xie Songchen again. “Jealous of my body being better than yours?”

He always made sure to stick to his top-tier Alpha persona.

Xie Songchen froze at the words. His fingers, which were holding the suit jacket, stiffened—and the jacket almost slipped out of his hand.

After a moment, Xie Songchen frowned deeply. He suppressed his emotions and said, “You’ve got a minute and a half.”

Time was tight, so Chu Mo didn’t keep up the “humiliation session.”

He gestured for Xie Songchen to help him put on the suit jacket.

Xie Songchen hesitated for a second, then walked behind Chu Mo.

He was taller than Chu Mo, and Chu Mo could clearly feel the pressure coming from behind him.

Chu Mo knew that with Xie Songchen’s aloof personality, there was no way he’d normally help someone get dressed.

Just as expected, Xie Songchen’s movements weren’t smooth at all.

Especially every time he accidentally brushed against Chu Mo—he would freeze, then awkwardly shift away.

He was extremely reluctant to have any physical contact with Chu Mo, like he was afraid to even touch a single strand of his hair.

His brows stayed tightly knitted the whole time.

“Doesn’t matter how unwilling you are, you still gotta help me get dressed.” After putting on the suit jacket, Chu Mo threw in a well-timed jab. “That’s the difference between a broke guy like you and someone from the Chu Family.”

He said that while striding toward the door.

The next second, he was suddenly stopped by Xie Songchen.

“Wait.”

Chu Mo paused, thinking Xie Songchen was finally going to snap from all the trash talk.

But instead of getting angry, Xie Songchen simply raised both hands.

His fingers were long and pale, the joints clean and defined, veins faintly visible on the backs of his hands.

Those hands reached around to the back of Chu Mo’s neck and gently gripped the collar of his shirt.

The pads of his fingers slid along the collar, not too hard, not too light, quickly tidying it up until not a single crease remained.

Chu Mo froze completely.

He couldn’t believe it—Xie Songchen was actually voluntarily fixing his collar.

The two of them were standing extremely close.

The pressure radiating from an Alpha made Chu Mo’s fingertips go cold. He didn’t dare move a muscle.

Xie Songchen looked down, not once glancing directly at Chu Mo’s face.

To avoid the awkwardness, his gaze landed on Chu Mo’s Adam’s apple.

While fixing the collar, he clearly saw Chu Mo swallow.

The curve of his throat, the fair skin, the way his Adam’s apple rolled—

Xie Songchen’s hand twitched, then he quickly drew it back.

Chu Mo immediately took a step back, putting distance between them.

He put on a show of annoyance, furrowing his brows as he said, “Don’t suddenly get so close to me.”

Only then did Xie Songchen lift his eyes to glance at Chu Mo, his voice cold with a hint of dryness, “…You have thirty seconds left.”

Chu Mo froze for a second at those words.

Then he huffed, left behind a “Who told you to move so slow,” and strode off in long, quick steps toward the meeting room.

After Chu Mo left—

Xie Songchen walked into the bathroom next door and splashed his face hard with cold water.

He didn’t head straight back to the meeting room. He waited until the burning heat at the tips of his ears had fully faded.

By the time he returned, the meeting had just begun.

Chu Mo was speaking in front of the computer, while Xie Songchen opened his notebook and started taking meeting notes like a pro.

Between the two of them, it was as if nothing had happened earlier.

The atmosphere was… subtly strange.

On the video call, the board members had no idea what had just gone down. One foreign shareholder even gave Chu Mo a generous compliment, “Nice suit!”

Chu Mo raised the corners of his lips and replied fluently in English, “Thank you. I like this outfit too.”

Xie Songchen’s fingers froze for a moment on the keyboard, and his gaze unconsciously drifted toward Chu Mo.

After the meeting ended—

Li Shuo walked over to Xie Songchen with the meeting notes in hand, and bluntly criticized, “Why did you miss a few sentences when the foreign shareholder started talking?”

“Oh,” Xie Songchen glanced at him, tone calm, “bad hearing.”

“Are you kidding me?” Li Shuo was so mad he nearly choked. “You’re a top student from H University, and you’re telling me you’ve got bad hearing? And what the hell is this—‘President Chu said he likes light-colored suits’? Why did you even write that down? Do you not know what counts as a key point?”

Xie Songchen glanced at the notes and replied lightly, “Sorry, that part was a key point.”

Li Shuo looked at him, baffled.

“The key point is—” Xie Songchen tugged the hood of his sweatshirt over his head, gave Li Shuo a lazy side-eye, and said, “I’m the one who helped him change into that suit.”

“You…” Li Shuo was too stunned to speak for a second. After a long pause, he finally snapped back, “Just you wait, you’re gonna get fired by President Chu sooner or later!”

Meanwhile, in the President’s office—

Chu Mo was currently racking his brain, trying to figure out how to kick Xie Songchen out of the secretary team.

Right then, he suddenly got a message from Chu Yun.

[Ge, Chi Cheng is coming back to the country]

Chu Mo froze.

Chi Cheng was the second male lead from Perfectly Matched with Four Alphas, and his popularity among readers was sky-high—sometimes even rivaling the main lead, Xie Songchen.

Unlike Xie Songchen, Chi Cheng was a rich young master from a powerful family.

The Chi Family used to be neighbors with the Chu Family, and the kids from both households had known each other since they were little.

Originally, the Chi and Chu families were on par in terms of power. But in recent years, the Chi Family lost a ton of money in overseas investments, while the Chu Family soared ahead by diving into emerging industries under Chu Mo’s leadership. The gap between the two families had widened drastically.

Because of that, the original Chu Mo disapproved of Chu Yun getting involved with Chi Cheng.

Add to that the fact that Chi Cheng was a notorious playboy, constantly switching between different Omegas, and Chu Mo had even more reason to oppose his little brother being around such a rich scumbag.

But in truth, Chi Cheng had liked Chu Yun ever since they were kids—even after going abroad, he couldn’t get him out of his mind.

The playboy persona was just a front. Deep down, he was a hopeless romantic.

Chi Cheng was wild and rebellious by nature, and he refused to admit that he had feelings for Chu Yun.

In his mind, liking someone meant teasing and picking on them.

Chi Cheng never spoke nicely to Chu Yun. Every time they met, it was all bickering and banter.

In the end, his tsundere act would make him lose out to Xie Songchen, perfectly setting the stage for the classic “Childhood Friend Loses to the Sudden Love Interest” trope.

His return this time was triggered by the news that he and Chu Yun had a perfect match rate—but Chu Yun also had more than one perfect match.

Once he found out, Chi Cheng couldn’t sit still. He decided to come back and deal with the competition personally.

In short—Chi Cheng was back to chase his love.

And that meant… the love triangle drama in the novel was about to go full throttle.